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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!
https://absurdproject.gumroad.com/l/JoyridesForShutIns
#bookstodon #weird #absurd #literature #shortstories #microfiction #satire
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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."
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October can't come soon enough! Pamela M. Durgin and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez opened the door to autumn (among other times and places) with these spooky tales. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PamelaMDurgin #KarloYeagerRodriguez #KarloYeagerRodríguez @kjy1066 https://youtu.be/dxJhsTbzsLA
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October can't come soon enough! Pamela M. Durgin and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez opened the door to autumn (among other times and places) with these spooky tales. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PamelaMDurgin #KarloYeagerRodriguez #KarloYeagerRodríguez @kjy1066 https://youtu.be/dxJhsTbzsLA
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October can't come soon enough! Pamela M. Durgin and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez opened the door to autumn (among other times and places) with these spooky tales. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PamelaMDurgin #KarloYeagerRodriguez #KarloYeagerRodríguez @kjy1066 https://youtu.be/dxJhsTbzsLA
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October can't come soon enough! Pamela M. Durgin and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez opened the door to autumn (among other times and places) with these spooky tales. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PamelaMDurgin #KarloYeagerRodriguez #KarloYeagerRodríguez @kjy1066 https://youtu.be/dxJhsTbzsLA
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October can't come soon enough! Pamela M. Durgin and Karlo Yeager Rodríguez opened the door to autumn (among other times and places) with these spooky tales. You can still watch! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PamelaMDurgin #KarloYeagerRodriguez #KarloYeagerRodríguez @kjy1066 https://youtu.be/dxJhsTbzsLA
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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with bookCelebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh
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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with bookCelebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh
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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with bookCelebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh
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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with bookCelebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh
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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with bookCelebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #writing #writingcommunity #Edinburgh
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Pues fantástico, esto 🖤🖤🖤
#books #libros #bookstodon #literatura #literature #relatos #shortstories
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Pues fantástico, esto 🖤🖤🖤
#books #libros #bookstodon #literatura #literature #relatos #shortstories
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Pues fantástico, esto 🖤🖤🖤
#books #libros #bookstodon #literatura #literature #relatos #shortstories
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Pues fantástico, esto 🖤🖤🖤
#books #libros #bookstodon #literatura #literature #relatos #shortstories
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Pues fantástico, esto 🖤🖤🖤
#books #libros #bookstodon #literatura #literature #relatos #shortstories
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Behind the Scenes: Part 5
The storyboards are taking shape in The Book Nook. I wanted to drop in and share a raw, quick sketch from the draft table as our newest picture book builds momentum. Capturing the emotion in a scene before any painting begins is where the real storytelling happens. These initial drawings are the blueprint for everything to come, giving us our very first look at how the pages will feel in a child’s hands. I cannot wait to share the next steps in this journey with you, so stay tuned right […]https://heathercongrove.com/2026/09/09/behind-the-scenes-part-5/
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Behind the Scenes: Part 5
The storyboards are taking shape in The Book Nook. I wanted to drop in and share a raw, quick sketch from the draft table as our newest picture book builds momentum. Capturing the emotion in a scene before any painting begins is where the real storytelling happens. These initial drawings are the blueprint for everything to come, giving us our very first look at how the pages will feel in a child’s hands. I cannot wait to share the next steps in this journey with you, so stay tuned right […]https://heathercongrove.com/2026/09/09/behind-the-scenes-part-5/
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Behind the Scenes: Part 5
The storyboards are taking shape in The Book Nook. I wanted to drop in and share a raw, quick sketch from the draft table as our newest picture book builds momentum. Capturing the emotion in a scene before any painting begins is where the real storytelling happens. These initial drawings are the blueprint for everything to come, giving us our very first look at how the pages will feel in a child’s hands. I cannot wait to share the next steps in this journey with you, so stay tuned right […]https://heathercongrove.com/2026/09/09/behind-the-scenes-part-5/
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Behind the Scenes: Part 5
The storyboards are taking shape in The Book Nook. I wanted to drop in and share a raw, quick sketch from the draft table as our newest picture book builds momentum. Capturing the emotion in a scene before any painting begins is where the real storytelling happens. These initial drawings are the blueprint for everything to come, giving us our very first look at how the pages will feel in a child’s hands. I cannot wait to share the next steps in this journey with you, so stay tuned right […]https://heathercongrove.com/2026/09/09/behind-the-scenes-part-5/
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Behind the Scenes: Part 5
The storyboards are taking shape in The Book Nook. I wanted to drop in and share a raw, quick sketch from the draft table as our newest picture book builds momentum. Capturing the emotion in a scene before any painting begins is where the real storytelling happens. These initial drawings are the blueprint for everything to come, giving us our very first look at how the pages will feel in a child’s hands. I cannot wait to share the next steps in this journey with you, so stay tuned right […]https://heathercongrove.com/2026/09/09/behind-the-scenes-part-5/
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Short stories deserve big production. Cinematic intros and clean edits and art that matches the mood. See what’s possible. https://inkican.com/inkican-audio-production/ #scifi #audiobooks #bookstolistento #shortstories
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Short stories deserve big production. Cinematic intros and clean edits and art that matches the mood. See what’s possible. https://inkican.com/inkican-audio-production/ #scifi #audiobooks #bookstolistento #shortstories
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Short stories deserve big production. Cinematic intros and clean edits and art that matches the mood. See what’s possible. https://inkican.com/inkican-audio-production/ #scifi #audiobooks #bookstolistento #shortstories
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Short stories deserve big production. Cinematic intros and clean edits and art that matches the mood. See what’s possible. https://inkican.com/inkican-audio-production/ #scifi #audiobooks #bookstolistento #shortstories
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Short stories deserve big production. Cinematic intros and clean edits and art that matches the mood. See what’s possible. https://inkican.com/inkican-audio-production/ #scifi #audiobooks #bookstolistento #shortstories
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And yes, that means our time is fast approaching.
The place: Zoom.
The time: FOUR DAYS from now.
Get your ticket to ride >> writingtheoccult.carrd.co
#writers #writing #artist #filmmaker #film #books #tv #fiction #shortstories #novel #novella #sciencefiction #timetravel #horror #gothic #fantasy #darkfantasy #writingevents #writingtheoccult #occult #fortean #weirdfiction #weird
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#Novelists, #poets, professors, typewriters, and Asian-American identity conflict are features in several of the stories in this collection. Some of the #stories seem to have #memoir qualities.
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Pirra and Frost’s story is $1 on Barnes and Noble!
Guuuuyyyyyssssss. The story about a cute black fairy and the dragon shifter she’s trying to save from his crazy ass ex! It’s partially written in a poetry style, too! (No rhyming going on)
Take a look! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-alien-space-dragon-and-a-fairy-lponi-baldwin/1149240854
Thank you~
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#BlackAuthors #BlackBooks #BookPromo #books #Dragons #Fantasy #Fiction #indieAuthor #IndieBooks #literature #PoetryBooks #reading #ScienceFiction #ShortStories -
Got a terrifying tale in 500 words or less? 🖤
Submit your microhorror story to Whispers From Beyond, the webzine for Dark Descent. Share your dark voice with fans of the macabre.
📖 Submission link: https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/ddportal
#DarkDescent #HorrorWriters #horrorcommunity #darkesttales #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #horror #darkfantasy #anthologies #bookstagram #kindle #shortstories #twistedtales
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“I yearned for escape. It hurt to yearn. The more I yearned, the more pain I felt. Sometimes I wished that I could be satisfied with all that appeared to be, rather than yearning for more.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/07/28/i-yearned-for-escape-it-hurt-to-yearn-the-more-i-yearned-the-more-pain-i-felt-sometimes-i-wished-that-i-could-be-satisfied-with-all-that-appeared-to-be-rather-than-yearning-for-more/ #AbsurdistFiction #all #appearedToBe #book #EnglishShortStories #EnglishShortStories21stCentury #escape #felt #hurt #MagicalRealism #MikeRussell #pain #quote #ratherThan #satisfied #shortStories #wished #yearn #yearnedFor #yearningForMore -
Ever penned a story so bizarre your document shivered? Nice! Dark Descent seeks microhorror—500 words tops, no fees, just a shot at chilling some spines.
👉 Submit here: https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/darkdescentsubmissions
#HorrorWriters #Microfiction #DarkDescent #darkesttales #writingcommunity#horrorcommunity #horror #shortstories #twistedtales
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"#Cooking is a conversation with ingredients that have their own opinions"
Dr Srividya Sivakumar - Marsala and Marginalia
#shortstories #books #bookstodon #reading #female #writing #coimbatore #India #champaca #bookstore #bengaluru #bengalore #TheDeodarPrize
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"#Independence is the luxury of crying during #movies without having to explain the plot to anyone"
Dr Srividya Sivakumar - Marsala and Marginalia
#shortstories #books #bookstodon #reading #female #writing #coimbatore #India #champaca #bookstore #bengaluru #bengalore #TheDeodarPrize
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"Sometimes #love looks like knowing when to stay quiet."
Dr Srividya Sivakumar - Marsala and Marginalia
#shortstories #books #bookstodon #reading #female #writing #coimbatore #India #champaca #bookstore #bengaluru #bengalore #TheDeodarPrize
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Announcement: New Reading Period for the Fall Issue
Hello to all the writers, poets, and artists, and to our Heart of Flesh family,
We have a new reading period this year for our Fall issue! Our submission window will open on July 20th (in two weeks!) and will close on September 20th. Our editor-in-chief will be going on a mission trip at the end of September into October, and she needs a little extra time to go over submissions. The issue is still scheduled to be released in November.
We’re so excited to read your work. If you feel led, please pray for our editor — for the submission process, for the mission trip, and for the wisdom, discernment, and blessing from God to cultivate an issue that will glorify Him above all else.
May God bless and guide you all on your creative journeys, and we hope to see your work in the coming weeks!
Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com
#art #bookReview #CallForSubmissions #christian #fiction #newIssue #nonfiction #photography #poetry #reading #readingPeriod #shortStories #submission #submissionCall #submissions #Testimonies #testimony -
Thurs. June 25, 2026: A Steady Creative Day
image courtesy of Dan from PixabayThursday, June 25, 2026
Waxing Moon
Pluto Retrograde
How did it get to be Thursday again so quickly? You can read about the latest over on Gratitude and Growth. I talk in more detail about cooking with the CSA ingredients, so I won’t repeat it over here.
We were out of the house at 8 AM yesterday and back by 8:45. Can you imagine? The car put-putted up the hill to the hospital, we checked in at radiology, and within 5 minutes we were taken back. I got my mom changed into the hospital gown and she went with the technician for the Xray, which took less than 5 minutes. I got her back into her clothes, we trotted back to the car, and came home. Easy-peasy, which is the way it should be.
It was a lovely day out, so it was nice to be out and about, and it’s good for my mom to get out of the house sometimes, even if it’s for a medical appointment. Although she spends a good portion of the day (like Tessa) on the enclosed front porch, which is almost like being outside (and suspended over the world).
We still needed a break when we got home! The worry going into it always takes a toll.
We are lucky with the hospital up the hill (now that’s open again). They are very kind there, and try to take as much stress out of everything as possible. That is very much appreciated.
I had a bad case of the “I don’t wannas” when I got home, which is ridiculous, because everything I needed to work on was something I wanted to work on. I just didn’t feel like doing so that day.
Oh, well, too bad for me!
I spent most of the day working and reworking the first three radio episodes. I layered in detail beats and subplot beats. I tried a few things and tore them out and tried again. Writing about it takes only a couple of sentences, but it was a full day’s work.
I also managed to do some straightening up and organizing, and tidying up the reading corner in my office.
I received an anthology contract. It seems to be from yet a different publisher than the previous two contracts for inclusion in this same anthology, so I think it’s bounced somewhere else yet again. It’s a straightforward contract, so I will sign it and return it. And the Monthology anthology looks like it’s finally going forward, too. No release dates on either of those, but if those both happen, added to the comic noir cat story I have in an anthology releasing in August from Thalia Press, I will have three different short stories in three different anthologies over the next stretch of time.
Another anthology has extended their deadline, and I might actually be able to submit to them. I roughed out a flash fiction piece in this morning’s free-write session.
I was assigned another book to review, so let’s hope that’s picking up again.
I walked down to Savvy Hive and picked up the CSA box, which was lovely. You can read about how I’m using it on Gratitude and Growth here. The humidity is rising, but the temperatures are still in the 70’s, so it was a lovely walk down and back.
The WAM literary committee meeting went well, and was a lot of fun. Always energizing to be around this group.
I received my official invitation to be an associate member at Future Labs for the coming year (their year starts in September). The two shows I would be involved in are scheduled for December and January, which isn’t ideal for me. I have to re-think what I would put into the December show. It was something I planned to work on next year, inspired by a fabric-on-canvas exhibit I saw at MASS MoCA a few years ago, but the space limitations for December mean it makes sense to do it for that, 3 small pieces 12” x 12”. I need to clarify the story I’m telling in each panel. I already started sourcing fabric for “Elemental Nine Patch” which will be my central piece for January (I want to put on the quilting and do the backing while I’m in-studio in October), and, if I have time and the Nine Patch is the size I hope it is, I might also do “Jenna Breaks the Fourth Wall” which is a weird little piece I want to do involving a stuffed unicorn. You’ll have to see it for it to make sense.
I heard from the organizer of the exquisite corpse poem. The whole first round is complete, ahead of schedule, so we may get our second words earlier than expected. My next word was supposed to arrive on July 5th, so it will probably show up sometime this coming week, which is fine.
All in all, a solid creative day.
I cooked dinner using CSA ingredients. I liked the result. My mom has decided she does not like escarole. Getting enough vegetables into her is always a challenge.
Quiet evening, and got to enjoy the moon from the front porch. We’ve been lucky this month with the weather, only a few really hot and humid days. It looks like temperatures will be steadily rising over the coming weeks, but the nights are supposed to cool down, which is what I hope for in this region, and that helps me keep the apartment comfortable.
On today’s agenda: online meditation group (I think this is our last one before we break for the summer), the usual round of errands, writing on whichever projects I can, an Authors’ Guild seminar on ghostwriting, open studios at MASS MoCA, and then the closing of the show at Future Labs (which I really have to attend, since I missed the opening due to my play).
That’s the latest. Hope you’re having a good week.
#anthologies #art #books #poetry #radio #shortStories #theatre #writing -
I'm reminded, by way of a post from my friend Mark Valentine (https://wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-centenary-of-connoisseur-and-other.html), that Walter de la Mare's collection of stories, The Connoisseur and Other Stories, was published a century ago this year. It contains some truly singular ghost stories that are masterpieces of the form: the title story, Mr. Kempe and All Hallows to name but three of them.
I'm also reminded when getting it from the shelf that my copy contains on its front pastedown a lovely bookplate of one Dorothy Nash, about whom I've not been able to find out very much. The age of the plate would seem to be contemporaneous with this 1926 volume. Its motto - “adscriptus glæbe” - means something like tied, or attached, to the soil or the earth. The depiction of an oak sapling sprouting from the acorn might even be a playful nod to the æ ligature also known as an “ash”.
One other book listing online has the same plate which it describes as “Interesting Bookplate of Dorothy Nash (actress.)” IMDB tells me that Ms. Nash is “known for Johnny Ring and the Captain's Sword (1921) and The Stain in the Blood (1916)” but since both of these appear to be US-made films, I think it's unlikely to be our Dorothy…
And finally, right at the bottom of that front pastedown is also a tiny bookseller's label, with gold type on a black background, which reads:
S.W. SIMMS & CO., Booksellers
12 George Street & 8 Bridge Street
BATH.I love that books contains these secrets and avenues for investigation, even before you get to the "true" contents.
#WalterDeLaMare #TheConnoisseurAndOtherStories #ShortStories #GhostStories #StrangeStories #Bookstodon #Bookplates #ExLibris #DorothyNash @bookstodon
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Got a terrifying tale in 500 words or less? 🖤
Submit your microhorror story to Whispers From Beyond, the webzine for Dark Descent. Share your dark voice with fans of the macabre.
📖 Submission link: https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/ddportal
#DarkDescent #HorrorWriters #horrorcommunity #darkesttales #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #horror #darkfantasy #anthologies #bookstagram #kindle #shortstories #twistedtales
