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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to this being out in the world - the TOC is full of great people and the stories are a great mix of takes on Weird West. We're expecting a release date next month for this!

The cover of a book anthology, titled TWISTED TRAILS, Tales of the Weird Wild West, Edited by Eric Fomley. The cover has a person of unknown gender in a duster coat and cowboy hat facing away from the viewer, looking at what appears to be the remains of a town being twisted into a spinning cyan portal.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 4d

WE'RE 30% FUNDED!! 🎉🎉🎉 Apex will be open to nonfiction pitches FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! ✨

Want to unlock the next chapter of Apex? Please consider backing our Kickstarter and help us keep publishing the strange, surreal, shocking, beautiful stories you love!

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 5d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 5d

Golden Week is done and I am so ready to have a quiet house again. I can perhaps actually get something *done* this week!

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 5d

That's fine! I know folks who have done a lot with/through them so I'm comfortable, but that's a choice for me to make. Other people (like you) may not be, and that's fair. You get to decide what experiences are worth it for you, and what ones aren't.

Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 6d

A lot of contests do have price tags on them; the way I look at it is a paying-for-feedback thing, when I've done them. Some are more worth it than others. I know of very few contests that don't have a business on the side (Apex, Flame Tree, Baen) that are fee-less.

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 6d

Friend mentioned this to me, so I'm giving it a go. I've not done many contest-type things (some of the places are a bit iffy) but this one has both peer and pro judging, and the community around it seems really solid. www.writingbattle.com/join-battle

Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.

Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...

www.writingbattle.com

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 8d

@chilliebean.bsky.social whatchu got planned for February? in case, y'know, I...happen to be in town...

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 11d

I don't think I mentioned there's upwards of 50 pages of stories in this! So if you are the kind of person who wants a bunch of short, delicious "oh no" moments of horror/dread/can't-look-away-from-the-slow-mo-wrecking, go pick up a copy!

Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 19d

Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!

This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 11d

honestly if I had a car I'd put this on it. but yeah, go check out the kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 13d

Dei's Release Schedule for 2025:

* October: "The Price of a Promise" in Last Girls' Club Fall issue
* November: "The Promised Land" in TWISTED TRAILS from Shacklebound Books
* December: "The Exile's Pyre" in Dirty Magick Magazine

...not shabby at all, methinks?

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 13d

It's out today!

Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 19d

Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!

This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 19d

Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!

This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 19d

Monday, Monday, MONDAY! My short story "The Price of a Promise" will be out in Last Girls' Club's Fall issue!

This issue is chock full of delicious monkey's paw/answered prayer stories. It's important, though, to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it... www.lastgirlsclub.com

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 22d

Oxford has fallen. Repeat: Oxford has fallen… 🤖 #HigherEducation #academia

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 23d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 22d

We made the pay bump for short stories, but the month's not over yet! Care to help with a little more cushion?

Also, not so fun fact I learned yesterday: that annual discount is apparently taken out of the creator's side of the equation, so if you can afford to go monthly, please do!

unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · Sep 1

Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵

Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48

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Graphic with a pale blue background. It features a white duck looking with a smirk toward the viewer, his winges spread behind him; the wings have a rainbow gradient. Text on the gaphic reads "Support Duck Prints Press on Patreon, Receive a Backer Exclusive Freebie or any merch item up to $5."

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 23d

I think it's becoming clear that if you like indie creators, you're going to need to support them any way you can. And that doesn't mean money, just spreading worth of mouth can be powerful as well.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 22d

New #WriterBeware blog post: Gen AI-driven Nigerian writing scams have arrived recently & spun up fast. Two new ones: book club impersonations (charge a "spot fee" for appearance) & fake private book review communities (reviewers are "tipped" w/ a minimum buy) writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 23d

We are about $15 away from being able to give authors a pay boost, *and* - and here's the extra awesome part - if you join the Patreon now, there's a chance for voting on the next anthology! They're all great ideas and whatever the patrons pick will be our next general imprint anthology topic!

unforth | Claire Houck | Duck Prints Press @duckprintspress.com · Sep 1

Duck Prints Press, indie publisher founded by fancreators to help fancreators publish their original LGBTQIA+ work, needs YOU! 🫵

Seeking: new backers for our Patreon! People who boost our post about it a chance to win a book! Learn all the many details on our webpage: tinyurl.com/mus57v48

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 28d

I always like pointing out that we've got the records for women *and* men wearing eyeliner/eye makeup, too!

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 29d

The art was done by @kerfuffle.bsky.social when I started writing the stories, and I'm so happy with it, and what better time to show it off than getting to announce this exile-outlaw seidrkona is being published?

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · 29d

I am delighted to announce that in the 12/25 edition of Dirty Magick Magazine, I will have a short story (THE EXILE'S PYRE) where Jórunn makes her first appearance! There are two more sword-and-norsery stories with her on submission now, but @cdbrown.bsky.social will have the first one!

art by @kerfuffle.bsky.social of a Caucasian woman dressed in black and grey 8-900s Norse clothing with white streaks on her face like cat whiskers, holding a tall metal staff with a twisted knob at the end.

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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · Sep 12

Beijing is definitely not going anywhere (and at this rate, with kids determined to graduate from this school, neither am I 😂)

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Dei Walker @dei2dei.bsky.social · Sep 11

I hope you have a fantastic time (and will wave at you from Beijing!)

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