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  1. ICYMI

    Joyrides For Shut-Ins

    Experience the dark and twisted world of American absurdist literature in this collection of stories that will leave you both perplexed and entertained.

    From micro-fiction to short stories, each piece delves into the encounters, desires, and violence that make up the fabric of American culture and psyche. Meet characters who are both familiar and bizarre, as they navigate a world that blurs the lines between imagination and reality.

    Fans of Samuel Beckett, Lydia Davis, and Chuck Palahniuk will find themselves immersed in this kaleidoscope of dead-pan incidents, where nothing is quite as it seems.

    But be warned, as you turn each page, you may find yourself questioning your own grasp on reality.

    Don't miss out on this masterful chiaroscuro of a book.

    Name your price now!

    Buy the paperback at Bookshop.org!

    absurdproject.gumroad.com/l/Jo

    #bookstodon #weird #absurd #literature #shortstories #microfiction #satire

  2. I was writing a wee serial on substack before I abandoned the platform, but I also abandoned the story.
    Here, rising from the ashes... A pair of witches!

    “Succumb to my devil vagina magic!” Shouted the naked woman as she ran down the street, the wind and rain not bothering her at all.

    The suited guy she was chasing ran like his life depended on it. It didn’t, but he didn’t know that."

    buymeacoffee.com/mnescedrake/a

    #shorts #writing #stories #shortstories #serial #fiction

  3. NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
    Edinburgh launch
    15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

    Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

  4. NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
    Edinburgh launch
    15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

    Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

  5. NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
    Edinburgh launch
    15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

    Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

  6. NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
    Edinburgh launch
    15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

    Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

  7. NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
    Edinburgh launch
    15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

    Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-

    #Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh

  8. From the British Fantasy Society:

    The ever-prolific Tracy Fahey is readying her second of three releases this year. Following on from Queens of the Crone Age, the acclaimed Irish author claims the 42nd entry in the Black Shuck’s Shadows series — and it’s a little different from her usual fare. She tells us more about her first collection of crime and noir stories.

    britishfantasysociety.org/from

    #crimefiction #crimenoir #noirfiction #shortstories #gothicfiction #writers #writing #books

  9. This week, Story Hour showed us how SF can go from universal to personal scale and still ring true. Beautiful and beautifully written stories from Wole Talabi and Lauren Parker. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #LaurenParker #WoleTalabi youtu.be/KWlP2Pu0S50

  10. Patrick W. Marsh @patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com@patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com ·

    Preorder my new book The Unnamed: A Collection of Short Stories from the Greenland Diaries While Supplies Last

    My new short story collection is up and available for preorder on my Square Store. I’m opening preorders pretty early since I don’t know how many copies I’ll have for my first run and this is the best way for you to get a paperback before I go through them at my six different October events. So yeah, supply will be very limited.

    The Unnamed is $15 and I’ll ship it to you for FREE. It will be signed, doodled, and personalized. This is a fantastic book, and a must have if you’ve been reading the Greenland Diaries for the last ten years. These monsters are incredible. This collection is the spotlight they so richly deserve.

    Cover and description below:

    A Collection of Short Stories from the Greenland Diaries

    Before the Drum, during it, within the shadow of its destruction, and decades after its absence; experience a vast collection of short stories from this apocalyptic horror universe.

    A strange earthquake below a refinery, a series of grave robberies in a Saint Paul graveyard, a mysterious light in a rural slaughterhouse, a monster reborn in a gravel pit, a tour guide lamenting a journey through the Jade, and the Unnamed finding new purposes without the demonic Drum.

    Enjoy a true variety of tales about the vibrant and unique monsters from the Greenland Diaries.

    A mixture of violence and melancholy, these agents of the apocalypse will no doubt make you wonder about their existence and meaning long after the final story ends.

    Hit it here to Preorder Your Copy of the Unnamed While Supplies Last

    #apocalyptic #blogging #bookRelease #books #collections #fiction #horror #literaryHorror #monsters #patrickWMarsh #reading #shortStories #theGreenlandDiaries #writing
  11. The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town (The Uncanny Chronicles)

    "Thirty-Three Tales. Thirty-Three Tellers. One Lost Town"

    Sale: $6.99 to $1.99

    by Gregory Miller
    Rating: 4.3/5 (1,685 Reviews)

    #horror #fiction #books #booksky #thriller #ghoststories #shortstories #creepy #mystery

    The Uncanny Valley: Tales from...

  12. i'm ewan — developer, writer, occasional poet. i build open-source ATProto tooling,
    self-host most of my own infrastructure, and take commissions for things i'm actually
    good at.

    if any of that is useful or interesting to you, ko-fi.com/ewancroft
    is where commissions live:

    • poetry from £10
    • short stories from £20
    • SvelteKit websites from £100

    everything's CC BY-SA 4.0. no NDAs, no nonsense.

    tips are also welcome if you've got use out of anything i've made or written.
    either way, cheers.


    #kofi #commissions #commissionsopen #opentocommissions #hire #forwardslashforhire #freelance #freelancedev #freelancewriter #writing #writer #poet #poetry #shortstories #fiction #creativewriting #literarywriting #webdev #webdeveloper #frontend #sveltekit #svelte #javascript #typescript #nodejs #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #indieweb #decentralised #decentralized #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #nixos #linux #homelabbing #homelab #developer #softwaredev #smallcreator #indiecreator #supportcreators #supportindiedevs #supportindieartists #makersofmastodon #mutualaid #ukdev #ukwriter #british #introduction
  13. i'm ewan — developer, writer, occasional poet. i build open-source ATProto tooling,
    self-host most of my own infrastructure, and take commissions for things i'm actually
    good at.

    if any of that is useful or interesting to you, ko-fi.com/ewancroft
    is where commissions live:

    • poetry from £10
    • short stories from £20
    • SvelteKit websites from £100

    everything's CC BY-SA 4.0. no NDAs, no nonsense.

    tips are also welcome if you've got use out of anything i've made or written.
    either way, cheers.


    #kofi #commissions #commissionsopen #opentocommissions #hire #forwardslashforhire #freelance #freelancedev #freelancewriter #writing #writer #poet #poetry #shortstories #fiction #creativewriting #literarywriting #webdev #webdeveloper #frontend #sveltekit #svelte #javascript #typescript #nodejs #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #indieweb #decentralised #decentralized #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #nixos #linux #homelabbing #homelab #developer #softwaredev #smallcreator #indiecreator #supportcreators #supportindiedevs #supportindieartists #makersofmastodon #mutualaid #ukdev #ukwriter #british
  14. i'm ewan — developer, writer, occasional poet. i build open-source ATProto tooling,
    self-host most of my own infrastructure, and take commissions for things i'm actually
    good at.

    if any of that is useful or interesting to you, ko-fi.com/ewancroft
    is where commissions live:

    • poetry from £10
    • short stories from £20
    • SvelteKit websites from £100

    everything's CC BY-SA 4.0. no NDAs, no nonsense.

    tips are also welcome if you've got use out of anything i've made or written.
    either way, cheers.


    #kofi #commissions #commissionsopen #opentocommissions #hire #forwardslashforhire #freelance #freelancedev #freelancewriter #writing #writer #poet #poetry #shortstories #fiction #creativewriting #literarywriting #webdev #webdeveloper #frontend #sveltekit #svelte #javascript #typescript #nodejs #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #indieweb #decentralised #decentralized #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #nixos #linux #homelabbing #homelab #developer #softwaredev #smallcreator #indiecreator #supportcreators #supportindiedevs #supportindieartists #makersofmastodon #mutualaid #ukdev #ukwriter #british
  15. i'm ewan — developer, writer, occasional poet. i build open-source ATProto tooling,
    self-host most of my own infrastructure, and take commissions for things i'm actually
    good at.

    if any of that is useful or interesting to you, ko-fi.com/ewancroft
    is where commissions live:

    • poetry from £10
    • short stories from £20
    • SvelteKit websites from £100

    everything's CC BY-SA 4.0. no NDAs, no nonsense.

    tips are also welcome if you've got use out of anything i've made or written.
    either way, cheers.


    #kofi #commissions #commissionsopen #opentocommissions #hire #forwardslashforhire #freelance #freelancedev #freelancewriter #writing #writer #poet #poetry #shortstories #fiction #creativewriting #literarywriting #webdev #webdeveloper #frontend #sveltekit #svelte #javascript #typescript #nodejs #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #indieweb #decentralised #decentralized #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #nixos #linux #homelabbing #homelab #developer #softwaredev #smallcreator #indiecreator #supportcreators #supportindiedevs #supportindieartists #makersofmastodon #mutualaid #ukdev #ukwriter #british
  16. i'm ewan — developer, writer, occasional poet. i build open-source ATProto tooling,
    self-host most of my own infrastructure, and take commissions for things i'm actually
    good at.

    if any of that is useful or interesting to you, ko-fi.com/ewancroft
    is where commissions live:

    • poetry from £10
    • short stories from £20
    • SvelteKit websites from £100

    everything's CC BY-SA 4.0. no NDAs, no nonsense.

    tips are also welcome if you've got use out of anything i've made or written.
    either way, cheers.


    #kofi #commissions #commissionsopen #opentocommissions #hire #forwardslashforhire #freelance #freelancedev #freelancewriter #writing #writer #poet #poetry #shortstories #fiction #creativewriting #literarywriting #webdev #webdeveloper #frontend #sveltekit #svelte #javascript #typescript #nodejs #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #indieweb #decentralised #decentralized #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #nixos #linux #homelabbing #homelab #developer #softwaredev #smallcreator #indiecreator #supportcreators #supportindiedevs #supportindieartists #makersofmastodon #mutualaid #ukdev #ukwriter #british
  17. Story Hours come together in uncanny ways. Eugen Bacon and Phil Keeling read artful, chilling stories addressing resource shortages in different parts of the world. Cli-fi, social horror, incredible storytelling. A must-watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #EugenBacon #PhilKeeling youtu.be/BHiCJZ6WTZg

  18. This week's Story Hour took us through loneliness and grief...and left us with love and healing. Phenomenal stories from Corey Farrenkopf and James L. Sutter. You can still watch! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Bookstodon @CoreyFarrenkopf youtu.be/gxe2ydwm6IQ

  19. This week's Story Hour took us through loneliness and grief...and left us with love and healing. Phenomenal stories from Corey Farrenkopf and James L. Sutter. You can still watch! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Bookstodon @CoreyFarrenkopf youtu.be/gxe2ydwm6IQ

  20. This week's Story Hour took us through loneliness and grief...and left us with love and healing. Phenomenal stories from Corey Farrenkopf and James L. Sutter. You can still watch! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Bookstodon @CoreyFarrenkopf youtu.be/gxe2ydwm6IQ

  21. This week's Story Hour took us through loneliness and grief...and left us with love and healing. Phenomenal stories from Corey Farrenkopf and James L. Sutter. You can still watch! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Bookstodon @CoreyFarrenkopf youtu.be/gxe2ydwm6IQ

  22. This week's Story Hour took us through loneliness and grief...and left us with love and healing. Phenomenal stories from Corey Farrenkopf and James L. Sutter. You can still watch! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Bookstodon @CoreyFarrenkopf youtu.be/gxe2ydwm6IQ

  23. This week, the delightful Corey Farrenkopf returns, and James L. Sutter makes his Story Hour debut! Prepare for beauty, eeriness, and melancholy. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @CoreyFarrenkopf

  24. This week, the delightful Corey Farrenkopf returns, and James L. Sutter makes his Story Hour debut! Prepare for beauty, eeriness, and melancholy. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @CoreyFarrenkopf

  25. This week, the delightful Corey Farrenkopf returns, and James L. Sutter makes his Story Hour debut! Prepare for beauty, eeriness, and melancholy. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @CoreyFarrenkopf

  26. This week, the delightful Corey Farrenkopf returns, and James L. Sutter makes his Story Hour debut! Prepare for beauty, eeriness, and melancholy. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @CoreyFarrenkopf

  27. This week, the delightful Corey Farrenkopf returns, and James L. Sutter makes his Story Hour debut! Prepare for beauty, eeriness, and melancholy. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! storyhour2020.com/ #Horror #HorrorFiction #CoreyFarrenkopf #JamesLSutter #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @CoreyFarrenkopf

  28. My aim is getting sharper as I've stumbled into Goodreads Listopia. I'd love some love and even an expansion of my presence in different lists 🙂 Here's where I am so far. #ShortStories #Weird #Fiction #WritingCommunity #SelfPromotion #StrangeStories #OddStories goodreads.com/list/book/231834

  29. My aim is getting sharper as I've stumbled into Goodreads Listopia. I'd love some love and even an expansion of my presence in different lists 🙂 Here's where I am so far. #ShortStories #Weird #Fiction #WritingCommunity #SelfPromotion #StrangeStories #OddStories goodreads.com/list/book/231834