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If you like twisty plots, where you don't know what's really going on until the end, I highly recommend this story. It's psychological horror, not slasher #horror. For fans of The Twilight Zone who wouldn't necessarily see a Freddy Krueger movie, so those who normally avoid horror shouldn't avoid this one. One of the best things Pseudopod has run.

Enjoy!

#WritersOfMastodon #AmReading #WritingCommunity #AmReadingHorror #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

https://pseudopod.org/2026/07/10/pseudopod-1037-playing-tricks/

If you like twisty plots, where you don't know what's really going on until the end, I highly recommend this story. It's psychological horror, not slasher #horror. For fans of The Twilight Zone who wouldn't necessarily see a Freddy Krueger movie, so those who normally avoid horror shouldn't avoid this one. One of the best things Pseudopod has run.

Enjoy!

#WritersOfMastodon #AmReading #WritingCommunity #AmReadingHorror #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

https://pseudopod.org/2026/07/10/pseudopod-1037-playing-tricks/

If you like twisty plots, where you don't know what's really going on until the end, I highly recommend this story. It's psychological horror, not slasher #horror. For fans of The Twilight Zone who wouldn't necessarily see a Freddy Krueger movie, so those who normally avoid horror shouldn't avoid this one. One of the best things Pseudopod has run.

Enjoy!

#WritersOfMastodon #AmReading #WritingCommunity #AmReadingHorror #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

https://pseudopod.org/2026/07/10/pseudopod-1037-playing-tricks/

If you like twisty plots, where you don't know what's really going on until the end, I highly recommend this story. It's psychological horror, not slasher #horror. For fans of The Twilight Zone who wouldn't necessarily see a Freddy Krueger movie, so those who normally avoid horror shouldn't avoid this one. One of the best things Pseudopod has run.

Enjoy!

#WritersOfMastodon #AmReading #WritingCommunity #AmReadingHorror #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

https://pseudopod.org/2026/07/10/pseudopod-1037-playing-tricks/

If you like twisty plots, where you don't know what's really going on until the end, I highly recommend this story. It's psychological horror, not slasher #horror. For fans of The Twilight Zone who wouldn't necessarily see a Freddy Krueger movie, so those who normally avoid horror shouldn't avoid this one. One of the best things Pseudopod has run.

Enjoy!

#WritersOfMastodon #AmReading #WritingCommunity #AmReadingHorror #WritersCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

https://pseudopod.org/2026/07/10/pseudopod-1037-playing-tricks/

At this point in the year, I'm usually finishing up the rewrite process, getting ready to format and publish my new book. Now, with a different job that demands more of my time, that's not the case. I have seven chapters of my first draft so far. The seventh isn't even finished. Whereas I used to be able to pen 5,000 words a week, sometimes I can barely get through 250. Life sucks, because it's never what you need, and when what you need finally arrived, the need for it is well past. Gershwin summed it up best when he said, "When you want 'em, you can't get 'em. When you got 'em, you don't want 'em."

But I will keep writing. Despite everything that life throws at me, I will have a finished product at some point. And maybe, maybe, maybe, I will have found an audience that likes to read at that point.

Buy me a coffee at www.ko-fi.com/AndrewAlanBuhman

You can see all of my books so far at:
tinyurl.com/26vfjuht

#authorslife #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

At this point in the year, I'm usually finishing up the rewrite process, getting ready to format and publish my new book. Now, with a different job that demands more of my time, that's not the case. I have seven chapters of my first draft so far. The seventh isn't even finished. Whereas I used to be able to pen 5,000 words a week, sometimes I can barely get through 250. Life sucks, because it's never what you need, and when what you need finally arrived, the need for it is well past. Gershwin summed it up best when he said, "When you want 'em, you can't get 'em. When you got 'em, you don't want 'em."

But I will keep writing. Despite everything that life throws at me, I will have a finished product at some point. And maybe, maybe, maybe, I will have found an audience that likes to read at that point.

Buy me a coffee at www.ko-fi.com/AndrewAlanBuhman

You can see all of my books so far at:
tinyurl.com/26vfjuht

#authorslife #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon

Happy 6th Anniversary to Wakeless River Press. It's been a great run. Here's to many more.
#Bookstodon #IndiePub #WritingCommunity #Publishing #AuthorsOfMastodon #Books #BookishMilestone #IndiePressAnniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary to Wakeless River Press. It's been a great run. Here's to many more.
#Bookstodon #IndiePub #WritingCommunity #Publishing #AuthorsOfMastodon #Books #BookishMilestone #IndiePressAnniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary to Wakeless River Press. It's been a great run. Here's to many more.
#Bookstodon #IndiePub #WritingCommunity #Publishing #AuthorsOfMastodon #Books #BookishMilestone #IndiePressAnniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary to Wakeless River Press. It's been a great run. Here's to many more.
#Bookstodon #IndiePub #WritingCommunity #Publishing #AuthorsOfMastodon #Books #BookishMilestone #IndiePressAnniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary to Wakeless River Press. It's been a great run. Here's to many more.
#Bookstodon #IndiePub #WritingCommunity #Publishing #AuthorsOfMastodon #Books #BookishMilestone #IndiePressAnniversary

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

A highly amusing alternate history/fantasy story. You think our current government is bad? See what dark arts Thomas Jefferson attempted.

#ShortStory #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy #WritersOfMastodon #History #HistoricalFantasy #JohnAdams #ThomasJefferson #AuthorsOfMastodon #AlternateHIstory #AltHistory #AmReadingFiction

https://calendaroffools.com/stories/for-the-rectitude-of-our-intentions-stephen-kotowych/

More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

More 2025 short fiction: this one reimagines the life of Alan Turing if he crossed into the fairy world and had a life long affair there. Gorgeous prose. Structured only by the events of Turing's life. Strongly recommended.

https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/because-i-held-his-name-like-a-key/

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

Okay, I'm back to catching up on 2025 short fiction reading. Zach Shephard's "From Darkness, Awake" ran in this anthology about Circe and has her taking on a drug lord in present-day Miami. I thought the blending of myth with crime fiction was creative.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #AmReadingFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories #AuthorsOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Ancient-Greek-Tales-Immortals/dp/1804179639/ref=sr_1_2?crid=345L158GO39X1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.neVMf1RdlwOiDitq1M2yJnAOGYkVJZhyElpQq1f6O4ikP3yfnL-slOTWMsAV9qDeO3s6CbuY_CaOuzSos9_Jc-QFtJELxqgbNY4EaFuPQNeKAUU8ynxpDR1qew9WIgGocesxl7EMOjD4lFItEUk2dzaxiSaU66NrEf_lT-lG4YBuhy0VOoH7x4YncuXIGSYYONkCbT-xThlRW-wgkN6qBPY_nJVdvE6WtTj8NjOnTSg.O-dcZfXcuYx9mfLiTSLiBEIW5U0Lv0MwNU2k-LFeLI0&dib_tag=se&keywords=circe+anthology&qid=1767485635&sprefix=circe+anthology%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

One last #ShortStory to write about before I call it a weekend: this one is not my usual cup of tea, but it's oddness and strangeness appealed to me. It's beautiful.

#AmReading #AmReadingFiction #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorsOfMastodon #Bookstodon #WritingLife #AmReadingFantasy

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fiction/arachnomorphosis/

I'm starting a #multitoot of #authors on Mastodon! Feel free to add to it, as I will only list the ones I recognize from #TheOtherPlace. Hoping this gains some traction; I bet many of us are trying to #FindAuthors right now.
#authorsofmastodon #writingcommuity #bookstodon #booktoot

Here we go!

✒️Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline)
@neilhimself

✒️William Gibson (Neuromancer, The Peripheral)
@GreatDismal

✒️Stephen Fry (Mythos, Troy)
@stephenfry

🧵1/?

I'm starting a #multitoot of #authors on Mastodon! Feel free to add to it, as I will only list the ones I recognize from #TheOtherPlace. Hoping this gains some traction; I bet many of us are trying to #FindAuthors right now.
#authorsofmastodon #writingcommuity #bookstodon #booktoot

Here we go!

✒️Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline)
@neilhimself

✒️William Gibson (Neuromancer, The Peripheral)
@GreatDismal

✒️Stephen Fry (Mythos, Troy)
@stephenfry

I'm starting a #multitoot of #authors on Mastodon! Feel free to add to it, as I will only list the ones I recognize from #TheOtherPlace. Hoping this gains some traction; I bet many of us are trying to #FindAuthors right now.
#authorsofmastodon #writingcommuity #bookstodon #booktoot

Here we go!

✒️Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline)
@neilhimself

✒️William Gibson (Neuromancer, The Peripheral)
@GreatDismal

✒️Stephen Fry (Mythos, Troy)
@stephenfry

🧵1/?

I'm starting a #multitoot of #authors on Mastodon! Feel free to add to it, as I will only list the ones I recognize from #TheOtherPlace. Hoping this gains some traction; I bet many of us are trying to #FindAuthors right now.
#authorsofmastodon #writingcommuity #bookstodon #booktoot

Here we go!

✒️Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline)
@neilhimself

✒️William Gibson (Neuromancer, The Peripheral)
@GreatDismal

✒️Stephen Fry (Mythos, Troy)
@stephenfry

🧵1/?

I'm starting a #multitoot of #authors on Mastodon! Feel free to add to it, as I will only list the ones I recognize from #TheOtherPlace. Hoping this gains some traction; I bet many of us are trying to #FindAuthors right now.
#authorsofmastodon #writingcommuity #bookstodon #booktoot

Here we go!

✒️Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline)
@neilhimself

✒️William Gibson (Neuromancer, The Peripheral)
@GreatDismal

✒️Stephen Fry (Mythos, Troy)
@stephenfry

🧵1/?