C.J. Subko
@cjsubko.bsky.social
Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Artomancer.
Words in Small Wonders, Penumbric, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
Words in Small Wonders, Penumbric, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
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C.J. Subko
@cjsubko.bsky.social
· Dec 4
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 25, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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I know you’re tired
But please keep making queer art if you can.
But please keep making queer art if you can.
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I know you’re tired
But please keep making queer art if you can.
But please keep making queer art if you can.
Watching Derrick Rose's jersey retirement ceremony. Because even in the midst of everything, we still deserve hope and joy. Thanks, number 1.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Watching Derrick Rose's jersey retirement ceremony. Because even in the midst of everything, we still deserve hope and joy. Thanks, number 1.
"Detained"
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"Detained"
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We're going to outlive this
I know it's awful and frightening and it feels too big but I swear to you, we're going to outlive this
I know it's awful and frightening and it feels too big but I swear to you, we're going to outlive this
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We're going to outlive this
I know it's awful and frightening and it feels too big but I swear to you, we're going to outlive this
I know it's awful and frightening and it feels too big but I swear to you, we're going to outlive this
Coping the only way I know how.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Coping the only way I know how.
Coping the best way I know how with one of my fave girls.
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Coping the best way I know how with one of my fave girls.
Politics.
They all hurt, but today hurts in a special way. This guy was a VA ICU nurse. He could have been me. He could have been a friend of mine, a coworker I saw all the time.
And I know that some people in my life will see that and still not care.
And that fucking sucks.
They all hurt, but today hurts in a special way. This guy was a VA ICU nurse. He could have been me. He could have been a friend of mine, a coworker I saw all the time.
And I know that some people in my life will see that and still not care.
And that fucking sucks.
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Politics.
They all hurt, but today hurts in a special way. This guy was a VA ICU nurse. He could have been me. He could have been a friend of mine, a coworker I saw all the time.
And I know that some people in my life will see that and still not care.
And that fucking sucks.
They all hurt, but today hurts in a special way. This guy was a VA ICU nurse. He could have been me. He could have been a friend of mine, a coworker I saw all the time.
And I know that some people in my life will see that and still not care.
And that fucking sucks.
Embarking on my first watching of DR. NO.
Very excited. It's so 70s! And it's billed as "Ian Fleming's Dr No" because no one knows James Bond yet.
Nice for a snowy evening. #filmsky
Very excited. It's so 70s! And it's billed as "Ian Fleming's Dr No" because no one knows James Bond yet.
Nice for a snowy evening. #filmsky
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Embarking on my first watching of DR. NO.
Very excited. It's so 70s! And it's billed as "Ian Fleming's Dr No" because no one knows James Bond yet.
Nice for a snowy evening. #filmsky
Very excited. It's so 70s! And it's billed as "Ian Fleming's Dr No" because no one knows James Bond yet.
Nice for a snowy evening. #filmsky
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I'm angry and sad and scared but they can't have all my joy fuck that.
January 24, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I'm angry and sad and scared but they can't have all my joy fuck that.
One of my favorite zines. I've read every issue, some of them multiple times. Can't wait for this!
We've got a new issue coming out very soon and you can get a sneak peak at the sick cover art by Ana Luna.
Cover art sneak peak for Issue #13 | Seize The Press Magazine
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January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
One of my favorite zines. I've read every issue, some of them multiple times. Can't wait for this!
One thing I like to put into my books when I can is competent psychologists and psychiatrists. I'm sick of the preponderance of media maligning them or showing terrible examples. GOOD ONES DO EXIST.
Also like, they're only human, you know?
Also like, they're only human, you know?
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
One thing I like to put into my books when I can is competent psychologists and psychiatrists. I'm sick of the preponderance of media maligning them or showing terrible examples. GOOD ONES DO EXIST.
Also like, they're only human, you know?
Also like, they're only human, you know?
Sometimes I feel like an alien. I'm too shy for most people, but too extroverted for writers. So I just end up alone and lonely most of the time.
It is...not fun.
It is...not fun.
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Sometimes I feel like an alien. I'm too shy for most people, but too extroverted for writers. So I just end up alone and lonely most of the time.
It is...not fun.
It is...not fun.
442 words today. Too tired to go on, but I'm proud of myself. I have earned my first weekly sticker!
This is the slowest I've drafted a novel in like, two decades, but I'm reminding myself that this is burnout mode. Any #writing is good.
It's just frustrating.
This is the slowest I've drafted a novel in like, two decades, but I'm reminding myself that this is burnout mode. Any #writing is good.
It's just frustrating.
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
442 words today. Too tired to go on, but I'm proud of myself. I have earned my first weekly sticker!
This is the slowest I've drafted a novel in like, two decades, but I'm reminding myself that this is burnout mode. Any #writing is good.
It's just frustrating.
This is the slowest I've drafted a novel in like, two decades, but I'm reminding myself that this is burnout mode. Any #writing is good.
It's just frustrating.
January 24, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Wrote 344 words today. I slept most of my day off which feels like a waste, but I guess I needed it?
Not sure if I'm going to keep going or do some painting and watch another horror movie.
#writing
Not sure if I'm going to keep going or do some painting and watch another horror movie.
#writing
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Wrote 344 words today. I slept most of my day off which feels like a waste, but I guess I needed it?
Not sure if I'm going to keep going or do some painting and watch another horror movie.
#writing
Not sure if I'm going to keep going or do some painting and watch another horror movie.
#writing
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Painted this during a horror movie.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Painted this during a horror movie.
Painted this during a horror movie.
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Painted this during a horror movie.
Holy shit that was good. Disturbing AF though. Gotta decompress from that one.
January 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Holy shit that was good. Disturbing AF though. Gotta decompress from that one.
Beth just wants to get to the next moment without an intrusive thought or worry bugging her.
(From my new horror novel, MIRACLE GIRL)
(From my new horror novel, MIRACLE GIRL)
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What's your character's view on enjoying a moment?
Do they savor it, wishing it could last forever? Enjoy it but still look to the future?
Or are they fixated on the past/future too much to enjoy it at all?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What's your character's view on enjoying a moment?
Do they savor it, wishing it could last forever? Enjoy it but still look to the future?
Or are they fixated on the past/future too much to enjoy it at all?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 22, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Beth just wants to get to the next moment without an intrusive thought or worry bugging her.
(From my new horror novel, MIRACLE GIRL)
(From my new horror novel, MIRACLE GIRL)
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I’m still reeling from this, yall.
By the way, you can read my now-BFSA-longlisted essay here for free!
By the way, you can read my now-BFSA-longlisted essay here for free!
January 22, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I’m still reeling from this, yall.
By the way, you can read my now-BFSA-longlisted essay here for free!
By the way, you can read my now-BFSA-longlisted essay here for free!
@mishiiarts.bsky.social Loved your clothes practice!
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
@mishiiarts.bsky.social Loved your clothes practice!