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R.L. Meza

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OUR LOVE WILL DEVOUR US. Spec fic in Clarkesworld, Nightmare. Painter. Gamer. 4 cats in a trench coat. Vegan. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (he,him) NO A I rlmeza.com

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · Jul 18

beat the heat with my screwed up family in OUR LOVE WILL DEVOUR US, a winter isolation horror novel about two mothers trying to save their children from the monster inside their daughter. come for the frostbite and cannibalism, stay to get your heart wrecked: darkmattermagazine.shop/products/our...

Our Love Will Devour Us

"A terrifying, twisted roller coaster of a book. From the first page to the last, R. L. Meza's gripping debut novel affirms a rising star in horror." —Noelle W. Ihli, author of Ask for Andrea "Genuine...

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 36m

Here are some nice mushrooms

A raspberry red coral mushrooms grow grows from the rain soak moss of the forest floor. It’s so young and bright it looks like a red rubber kooshball that’s been dropped. All photos by me

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 3h

Mom of two children with disabilities here —

There are no words for this cruelty.

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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2h

I’m very much into conspiracy theories but only the ones I make up for myself.

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 2h

day 71 done

R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 3h

I see you, super late-nighters, we are same but different

R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 3h

THIS. find your best time to create and protect that time. for me, it’s very early while everyone is asleep and my mind is a clean slate. yes, I can write in the afternoon, but I have to sort through noisy brain and it’s harder to block out distractions. everyone is different. experiment!

Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 3h

I think one of the big things I've learned in my writerly life (which always has to fight for space and time with the rest of my life) is to protect the hours when I do my best writing (right after breakfast) from all other demands.

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 1d

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 7h

Pinhead pulling two needles out of his head to knit a sock with while waiting for the current schmuck to finish solving the puzzle cube

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localswampgay @localswampgay.bsky.social · 1d

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the dna strand from Jurassic park if she slayed

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 17h

an orc shoving that sandwich right into the eye

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 23h

ALT TEXT, people. Alt text. Multiple reasons. First, for accessibility. Second, so you're not VagueBooking BS. Just commit to it and follow through. I'm not perfect with it, but really try. Do it. Por favor, molim, prosim, please.

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 19h

day 70 done

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Cindy Creature Feature Phan 💀 @cindyphanauthor.com · 3d

Contract signed! Thrilled to announce that my flash fic, "Behold the Beholder," will appear in an upcoming issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly (@chmmagazine.bsky.social) 😱

It's a story that asks, What if you voyeured a god?

What if the god caught you? 🫦

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 1d

you too! (spidermen meme here) congratulations!!!

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 1d

thank youuu!

R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 1d

also, where is the opt-out to turn it off

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

do a gay man silent hill

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 1d

happy birthday!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · 1d

For the PM people, and because I find this one hilarious 👻

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinasdemons.com · 1d

Day 10, #hARToween25
Undead, Feeling Cute
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An illustration in gouache: a zombie stands in a graveyard at night, holding a severed arm that holds a phone, about to take a selfie

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R.L. Meza @rlmeza.bsky.social · 1d

thanks!

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thank you!

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Shortwave Publishing @shortwavebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Out next week! @gemmafiles.bsky.social's LITTLE HORN includes 14 dark short stories and novelettes, each with an accompanying original full-page illustration by the author.

Available in hardcover, paperback, and eBook!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/litt...

Cover art for LITTLE HORN shows the title spelled out in bound sticks on a dark dirt background. Natural bits of earth and nature are mixed in to the dirt. Gemma's author name appears in pumpkin orange with little horns incorporated into the serif typography.

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