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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 1d

Reading the Weird celebrates spooky season all year long, but now an Edgar Allen Poe deep dive feels...thematically appropriate. This week let's discuss "Metzengerstein," Poe's first published story 📖

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Two Stables Both Alike in Dignity: Edgar Allan Poe’s “Metzengerstein” - Reactor

Maybe one *should* look a gift horse in the mouth...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · 1d

#writingopportunity

Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · 1d

Keeping everyone on their toes with this wee drive by submission window

I'm open to unagented manuscripts until Sunday evening

#mswl #booksky #writingoppurtunity

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · 3d

Haven't watched the video but I enjoyed reading this little breakdown on structuring horror novels 🐈‍⬛✍️

I'm a big proponent of save the cat especially for early writers

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Save the Cat! Writes Horror – Reedsy Live

Learn to freak out your readers with the help of Save the Cat!

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · 29d

teeny reminder that i re-opened recently to agent subs

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 29d

A reminder to agents that I've reopened to subs. Very interested in literary fiction with darkness; unusual mysteries; unreliable narrators; modern-set gothic; folk horror; horror that leans literary; weird fiction; dark vibes & remote locations

www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ar...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Sep 8

First day of cinnamon in the coffee grounds season

a man in a suit is holding a cup and says " pinch of cinnamon "

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a cup and says " pinch of cinnamon "

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Sep 3

I don't have anything scheduled at the moment but I recommend signing up for the Wild Hunt Books newsletter because subscribers get early notice.

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy pub day (belatedly)! Woohoo

Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Sep 3

So delighted that Bear Season is *still* getting lots of love over a year later. A semi-finalist for the Small Spec Book Awards.

*proud editor vibes*

Read more about the book here: www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/bear...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Sep 3

Summer is over... and I'm open again to agent submissions. Can you all please send me your most lush, most dark, most dreadful manuscripts?! A bit on the literary side but playing in the shadows... I'm ready for them #mswl

www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ar...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Aug 29

Anyone else reading Fox by Joyce Carol Oates?? I'm 200 pages in and HOOKED. Francis Fox is so unnerving 😬

a black and white photo of a man with a dirty face looking at the camera .

Alt: a black and white photo of a man with a dirty face looking at the camera .

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Aug 19

i feel really dumb that i knew nothing about all this before but when i read about him it's so impossible that it wasn't caught earlier

Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Aug 17

a bit disheartening to always hear that readers should support indie bookshops but many bookshops don't pay their invoices to small publishers leaving us in the hole for hundreds of £££

bless those bookshops who pay on time without a temper tantrum

something @thebookseller.com should report on

Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

the grim satisfaction when your accounts are up to date but that *another* UK bookseller still owes you £££ from a late unpaid invoice

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Aug 12

Really happy to say that I've had a good run of clients this year (not always the case!). A bit booked for the next several weeks but opening up starting in October (could squeeze in a shorter manuscript in September if in a rush).

Let me know how I can help

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Manuscript Assessments & Developmental Editing by a professional editor, writer & reader — Ariell Cacciola

Manuscript Assessment and Developmental Editing by a professional developmental editor, writer and reader help with a guided manuscript assessment. Have you finished a first draft? Wondering if your f...

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 28

One of the most disturbing books I've read and I couldn't look away

The Yellow Wallpaper x Shirley Jackson x Our Wives Under the Sea x The Wasp Factory

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 20

Howdy #folklore aficionados of bsky!

Can you point me in the direction of any folklore concerning vampires or other shadowy creatures in Italy or Greece (contemporary or historical)?

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

worked on a manuscript where I realised the person copied Gosford Park word-for-word.... it was bizarre. they didn't quite get why you don't do this.

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hahaha. I told her this and that he does a minimum of 4 edits on his own and she just continued to yell that she didn't want to be Stephen King. She just wanted her book in bookstores. I did not respond.

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

Totally true. Once had a client that yelled at me via 18 emails that she didn't want to edit and that she only wanted to hear nice things and...SHE JUST WANTED HER BOOK IN BOOKSTORES (actual quote)

She didn't use AI at least 😅

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh dear, didn't see that one. I find the whole AI thing really strange. What's the point of "writing" a book if you don't actually write it?

The average reader can definitely get the vibe that something is AI written.

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sounds like a dream!

Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · Jun 18

Editing enquiries are way down the last year few years. I was reading a self-pub forum where a lot of people say that they are just running their manuscripts through chatgpt to spit out "advice" and rewrite their sentences.

I ask, really what's the point then 🤷‍♀️

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · May 30

It's just baffling: 'we ran a company into the ground so we will start a new one with the same people and fuck everyone' 🤷‍♀️

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · May 30

It's astounding that more publishing people aren't chattering about this. Disgraceful, the whole lot of them at Unbound.

www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound...

Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'

As founder John Mitchinson leaves, Unbound authors learn they will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books unless Boundless "survives and thrives".

www.thebookseller.com

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Ariell Cacciola @ariellcacciola.bsky.social · May 29

I absolutely adored this book One of my favourites of the year and it's safe to say she's an auto-buy from me with any new books 🖤🖤

I'm ready for my gothic summer #booksky

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