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Diachroneity Books
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Creative outlet for the collective publication of fiction // We deal in literary weirdness, uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn't fit in Based in 🇨🇦 + 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.diachroneitybooks.com
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Sep 2
Make like Homer and write us a verse narrative! Diachro is now open for submissions of *verse novels* from authors looking to join our stable of weirdo books. Window closes Nov 30.

Deets on the deets page: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit

#writing #amwriting #booksky #poetry #publishing
A scene from the Illiad illustrated in a children's book, depicting "The Fight for the Body of Patroclus" in illustration style
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 2d
At the top of our TBR pile! 👀✨
Fiction Review: Dave Fitzgerald on Jesi Bender’s New Novel Child of Light
“All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” It’s probably safe to presume that anyone reading this site with any regularity knows this line by heart. As the firs…
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 3d
As expected, Portland is keeping it weird 🦄✊
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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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The Shirley Jackson Awards @sjacksonawards.bsky.social · 3d
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Happy Anti Prime Days! Did you know we are now an affiliate @bookshop_org ?

Find us on the drop down menu when you check out and your purchases can support the awards!
Shirley Jackson Awards Bookshop
In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literatu...
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 4d
And an always must for the horror lover: Cabin in the Woods, with no info going in.
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 4d
REC (Spanish original) is so inventive. 10 Cloverfield Lane, highly underrated. VVitch for the eeriest Halloweeniest vibes!
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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 5d
"Where is the art that strikingly knows it’s own futility but stumbles forward compellingly, anyway, because as an artist you have no choice?"
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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 28d
A quick reminder: if you read something you love, don't forget to write to the author to thank them for it, and tell them why you loved it.
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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 29d
If I was an artist and someone offered to pay me to create something for them I would say 'Your commish is my command' and I would lose so many jobs you guys omg why am I like this
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 29d
Sounds right up our alley!
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · 29d
If you've ever wondered what behind-the-scenes publishing looks like—it's a lot of spreadsheets. Here's lines 22–40 of Imperfect Creature's 120-line project spreadsheet!

We're in proof stage, as you can see 🔎
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Sep 6
Loved Agnieszka Holland’s unconventional biopic ‘Franz’. It's experimental, using flash forwards (melding past and present) and unorthodox perspective. The term Kafkaesque is overused and Kafka is a commodity. Holland explores this to give us a portrait that is at once Kafkaesque and not Kafkaesque.
Movie still of actor Idan Weiss as Kafka, at a table with a plate of beans.
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Marguerite/Peg Turley @margueriteturl2.bsky.social · Sep 3
Hehe, I just dig these tiny plume moths! That face!! Is that moth man? #invertefest #insects
White plume moth on my storm door at night looking at me with creepy eyes
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Sep 3
a man with a mustache is drinking from a glass while wearing a blue jacket and scarf .
ALT: a man with a mustache is drinking from a glass while wearing a blue jacket and scarf .
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Sep 2
Make like Homer and write us a verse narrative! Diachro is now open for submissions of *verse novels* from authors looking to join our stable of weirdo books. Window closes Nov 30.

Deets on the deets page: diachroneitybooks.com/Submit

#writing #amwriting #booksky #poetry #publishing
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 16
🤘We'll be opening for submissions very soon🤘

From Sep 1 to Nov 30, we're looking for:

📖 Verse novels
🫀 Novel-length narratives told through poetry
💥 Free verse or formal verse
🛹 Minimum of c. 40,000 words

More information here:

diachroneitybooks.com/Submit
Submit — Diachroneity Books
SUBMIT ︎ We need to publish your weird shit, your uncanny valleys, the fiction that doesn’t fit in ✦ Diachro’s next submission...
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 27
Is it just us or do Pacific loons like they belong to House Harkonnen 👀 Can't wait for them to haunt our dreams tonight.

#Dune #loon #scifi #villains
Photo: Jeremy Hynes via Unsplash
Close-cropped image of a Pacific loon, a black-headed and white-striped aquatic bird with a bright-red eye.
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 26
If we gather everyone living within half a day's drive of the border (most of us) and just start digging, we can have it done by year's end prolly. We can get snacks, sing round songs—make it supes fun!

The Great Unzipping.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Aug 25
Getting sick of this "man sees puppy by dangerous road and what he does next will warm your heart" click bait. If you're going to make shit up, at least give us a twist. Like, "man sees puppy by dangerous road & gets hit by car while puppy ducks into the forest, free and happy, is actually robot."
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 26
Please send us any manuscripts using this brand-new "mind-reading tech" as a jumping-off point.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...
Scientists Have Translated the Inner Monologue. The Implications Are Incredible.
This could be a game-changer for patients suffering from mobility issues, neurodegenerative diseases, or other speech related disabilities.
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 26
Yaaaah. We miss Shelfies!
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · Aug 26
I encourage you to write today! Also, working on an essay about depression and writing, bringing back Show Me Your Shelves, and starting to put together a 10-part series of weird nonfiction. Sign up! Tell a friend!
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I encourage you to write today
I do.
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 24
There are many layers to this meme-ing. Bravo/a.
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Bret Taylor @bretinvancouver.bsky.social · Aug 24
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Diachroneity Books @diachroneity.bsky.social · Aug 23
Come, join us in Harrow. Meet the House.

Seeking Advanced Readers for Joe Butler's forthcoming mind-melting horror *Imperfect Creatures* (Nov 2025)

Sign up: forms.gle/mPRirtP2gEv3...
A closeup of a woman's creepy face, from the cover of Imperfect Creatures by Joe Butler. Quote reads: "I am a fragment of silt caught in a diver's headlamp. I am nothing. I am an explorer beyond the bounds of life. Beyond reason."
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · Aug 21
My 80-year-old aunt told me she "got tired of streaming" and is borrowing DVDs from her library again.

So I checked it out and they have an amazing selection. Blu-rays too, from Criterion, Kino Lorber and other boutique labels.
#PhysicalMedia #FilmSky
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · Aug 21
In the bookshop this morning:

PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.”

CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *

CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
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Silby @silby.bsky.social · Aug 20
bleary oracle,
looking for auguries in
coffee sediment
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