Caleb Bethea (they/them)
@calebbethea.bsky.social
Author of DISCO MURDER CITY | Dirty South Enby Punk | No AI
https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/#disco-murder-city
https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/#disco-murder-city
Pinned
DISCO MURDER CITY. Out Today.
For those who pre-ordered, I would commit extreme violence on the dance floor in your honor.
For those about to order, there’s always room for 666 more. Snag your copy: shop.maudlinhouse.net#disco-murder...
My eternal disco love to you all 🖤
For those who pre-ordered, I would commit extreme violence on the dance floor in your honor.
For those about to order, there’s always room for 666 more. Snag your copy: shop.maudlinhouse.net#disco-murder...
My eternal disco love to you all 🖤
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congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!
We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press
The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...
tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!
and the prose is fucking SAD and GORGEOUS as a little treat
If you want to read a book by a pretentious NY stoner about a Hobbesian Leviathan attacking the East Coast and devouring people who have to escape the Flesh Zone and destroy New Atlantis, you can get a copy here for any price and I'll donate any proceeds I make for the next month to mutual aid
FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN (a novel)
A man falls asleep on a river raft tube and drifts out to sea, where he is found and devoured by a titan of unbelievable size. But rather than death, what Owen finds inside is a community of fellow su...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:05 PM
and the prose is fucking SAD and GORGEOUS as a little treat
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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Hey everyone! We've extended our preorder offer! You can now enter the giveaway until Fri 13th March 😱! Post your order confirmation or email it to [email protected] for a chance to win 1 of 5 paperbacks!
Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! 👻 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR
Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! 👻 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Hey everyone! We've extended our preorder offer! You can now enter the giveaway until Fri 13th March 😱! Post your order confirmation or email it to [email protected] for a chance to win 1 of 5 paperbacks!
Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! 👻 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR
Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! 👻 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR
Listening to Pig Destroyer in the van today when my 6yo asked if this was “metal or black metal?”
And now my baby knows about grindcore.
And now my baby knows about grindcore.
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Listening to Pig Destroyer in the van today when my 6yo asked if this was “metal or black metal?”
And now my baby knows about grindcore.
And now my baby knows about grindcore.
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Very proud and excited to share a new story in X-R-A-Y today
This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children
thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!
This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children
thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!
read this story by John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social !
it's about a girl who gets trapped in a crowd crush during a big concert. i feel like the claustrophobic writing style matches the story - don't miss this !
xraylitmag.com/how-to-survi...
it's about a girl who gets trapped in a crowd crush during a big concert. i feel like the claustrophobic writing style matches the story - don't miss this !
xraylitmag.com/how-to-survi...
HOW TO SURVIVE A CROWD CRUSH by John Waddy Bullion
First and foremost, don’t panic, baby girl. And please understand that it’s not your fault—you aren’t in this situation because you’re young and dumb, or because your already-questionable decision-mak...
xraylitmag.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Very proud and excited to share a new story in X-R-A-Y today
This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children
thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!
This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children
thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!
The best editor I know is looking for work!
I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.
Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈
He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.
I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.
Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈
He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The best editor I know is looking for work!
I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.
Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈
He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.
I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.
Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈
He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.
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Calling out the boss here:
As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:
Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.
Link to buy ⬇️
As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:
Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.
Link to buy ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Calling out the boss here:
As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:
Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.
Link to buy ⬇️
As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:
Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.
Link to buy ⬇️
will never stop tweeting that Trap Queen is the last great american novel
January 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM
will never stop tweeting that Trap Queen is the last great american novel
licking a 9 volt battery just to feel something
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
licking a 9 volt battery just to feel something
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long horse sighting, motive unclear
January 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
long horse sighting, motive unclear
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congrats to Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
congrats to Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!
Still plenty of healing to do, but there are more and more days where I realize the younger me would be pretty stoked with how I turned out.
January 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Still plenty of healing to do, but there are more and more days where I realize the younger me would be pretty stoked with how I turned out.
Shortlisted, baby! Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for nominating my @hexliterary.bsky.social story for Brave New Weird Vol. 4.
Feels good. Feels WEIRD.
👀✨🔪
Feels good. Feels WEIRD.
👀✨🔪
January 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Shortlisted, baby! Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for nominating my @hexliterary.bsky.social story for Brave New Weird Vol. 4.
Feels good. Feels WEIRD.
👀✨🔪
Feels good. Feels WEIRD.
👀✨🔪
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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No more, no more.
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
No more, no more.
twerkin for the chicken man.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM
twerkin for the chicken man.
Find me on shelves in Sioux Falls next to some of the goats!
new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls!!
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Find me on shelves in Sioux Falls next to some of the goats!
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Happy 2026! This is what I'm #querying this year. Wish me luck!
Introducing AND THE DARK WILL KNOW MY NAME
a novel I'm currently #amquerying #querying
🖤Adult contemporary #horror 💙📚
🖤**68,000** words of neopagan witchcraft, murder, mental illness, and some romance
#writing community reposts appreciated
a novel I'm currently #amquerying #querying
🖤Adult contemporary #horror 💙📚
🖤**68,000** words of neopagan witchcraft, murder, mental illness, and some romance
#writing community reposts appreciated
January 1, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Happy 2026! This is what I'm #querying this year. Wish me luck!
I don’t want a friendly neighbor. I want a neighbor with crushing social anxiety.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I don’t want a friendly neighbor. I want a neighbor with crushing social anxiety.
It’s the last 48 hours for Splatterpunk noms🩸If you fuck with my work, it would be eternally chill if you emailed [email protected] to say you nominate DISCO MURDER CITY for Best Novel.
Let me know if you did and I’ll owe you one in this life and the next.
Let me know if you did and I’ll owe you one in this life and the next.
December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It’s the last 48 hours for Splatterpunk noms🩸If you fuck with my work, it would be eternally chill if you emailed [email protected] to say you nominate DISCO MURDER CITY for Best Novel.
Let me know if you did and I’ll owe you one in this life and the next.
Let me know if you did and I’ll owe you one in this life and the next.
Today, @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social published my Springsteen essay on death, manhood, and wondering what your grandparents would think of your queerness.
farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/fast...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Today, @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social published my Springsteen essay on death, manhood, and wondering what your grandparents would think of your queerness.
farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/fast...
farewelltransmission.net/2025/12/fast...
People ask me why I write horror and it’s this.
Horror is your big sister who just lets you talk shit about those who hurt you, and won’t try to correct what you’re feeling. You can just Be.
Truly life-affirming shit.
Horror is your big sister who just lets you talk shit about those who hurt you, and won’t try to correct what you’re feeling. You can just Be.
Truly life-affirming shit.
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
People ask me why I write horror and it’s this.
Horror is your big sister who just lets you talk shit about those who hurt you, and won’t try to correct what you’re feeling. You can just Be.
Truly life-affirming shit.
Horror is your big sister who just lets you talk shit about those who hurt you, and won’t try to correct what you’re feeling. You can just Be.
Truly life-affirming shit.