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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a little cartoon for #WorldOctopusDay 🐙

Ink and watercolor cartoon showing an octopus peeking out of a coconut shell underwater. The octopus says: "I've been working on a novel, but I'm afraid to show anyone. Maybe I'll put one page out there." A fish swims up to look at the page and says, "That stinks!" The octopus disappears inside the shell and says, "Everyone's a critic."

Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · 8d

...and contains my body-horror story "Like An Arm Outstretched, Reaching"! Check out the whole fantastic issue, or just click for a bit of squick: www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/lik...

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 15d

Scifi body horror and October, name a more iconic duo

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · 16d

SO excited to reveal that my short body horror story "Like An Arm Outstretched, Reaching" will be in issue 11 of @radonjournal.bsky.social! Let the countdown begin!

Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Author Reveal Day 2!

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Acceptances for Issue 11 have gone out and all contracts are signed. October 1 will bring the world eight new poems and seven new stories. We've got a great mix we can't wait to tell you about soon. From cybernetic revolution to scifi body horror.

Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Sep 9

Weird fiction is always needed but it's more crucial in these strange and horrible times than ever. Back 3LBE if you can!

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 9

72% of our funding goal with only 45 hours left. We need your support now to publish another year of stories that are strange terrifying numinous inspiring queer heartening subversive unexpected intrepid. kck.st/4mIkEm1

A parade of strange creatures, along with the 3LBE icon and cover artwork.

Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Aug 13

This week's #BookReview is a twisty, witchy mystery! ringreads.com/2025/08/12/o...

‘Orchard’ a Twisty Mystery in Small-Town Appalachia

Annie is a delight of a modern-day PI, with all the crustiness and baggage of any private dick in the genre, though Sullivan manages to make her feel more human than trope.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Aug 8

As an ardent lover of em dashes and not a computer, I really appreciate that my favorite punctuation mark has finally broken its silence. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Jul 29

If ever there was a book that said, "Come, weary traveler, and rest," it's The Alchemy of Flowers by @lauraresau.bsky.social. Full #BookReview here: ringreads.com/2025/07/29/a...

‘Alchemy’ Is As Sweet As Its Flowers

Resau’s descriptions are lush, making the scent of jasmine or lavender, the feel of a refreshing stream, or the taste of a character’s cooking almost come off the page (or the phone scr…

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Jul 20

Happy weekend! I'm excited to announce that my flash story "From This Beating Heart, From This Fractured Mind," originally published in @apexmag.bsky.social, has gotten the audio treatment from @cbdroege.bsky.social. Check it out here: podcastaddict.com/episode/http...

A pile of clear glass is gathered on a white-painted wood background. Superimposed on the picture is the title of the story, "From This Beating Heart, From This Fractured Mind."

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sequels can be hit or miss, but Tricks of Fortune by @linachern.bsky.social is even funner than its predecessor. Full #BookReview here: ringreads.com/2025/07/01/f...

‘Fortune’ Pits Truth Against Reputation in Murder Mystery

Rather than being simply a vehicle for plot, Chern’s writing sings with artful composition and delightful turns of phrase that not only make reading easy but pleasant, too.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Jun 11

"So what, you order the same thing every time?"
"I order the BEST meal every time."

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You Don't Actually Need a Menu

YouTube video by Dropout

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Jun 4

It feels weird to use the word "delightful" and The Nightmare Box by @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social in the same sentence, but it was a pretty darn delightful collection of horrifying tales. Full #bookreview here: ringreads.com/2025/06/03/n...

‘Nightmare Box’ Tinged With Real-Life Horror and Fictional Justice

There are few happy endings in The Nightmare Box, though it does seem that Gómez intentionally left off on one of the more optimistic stories—an unexpected choice but one that ultimately informs th…

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Laura Zats @lzats.bsky.social · May 20

22 hours later, it's been revealed by the Chicago-Sun times that the books are indeed Fake

PRINT RUN @printrunpodcast.bsky.social · May 19

none of you can prove that there are still Books

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · May 15

Caterpillar Inc is also voting on this! The meeting isn't until June but the board recommends shareholders vote against an anti-DEI measure.

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June 🪷 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · May 14

We stand together or we all fall.

- NO AI audiobooks
- NO AI covers
- NO AI book trailers
- NO AI character drawings
- NO AI marketing copy
- NO AI “research”
- NO AI editors
- NO AI translation
- NO AI at all

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · May 13

Very weird to see writers cheering for A.I. audiobooks. This is the same horrible machine that they want to replace YOU. Audiobook narrators are your peers.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · May 14

I have this and there is one on my laptop RIGHT NOW and also on my partner's (allegedly against his will). I love them so much. 10/10, every pose nails void essence. If anyone is on the fence, get off the fence and get void stickers!

Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · May 8

I am in no way paid by or representing @thriftbooks.bsky.social but here's a PSA: they're having a massive sale on kids and YA books. I just filled in a ton of the holes in my personal library and I am positively GIDDY about this. www.thriftbooks.com/b/kids-summe...

Summer Book Fair

Get children's books for only $2.99, with FREE US SHIPPING on orders over $15.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Apr 30

Not to gush but Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker is already one of my favorite reads of 2025. Terrifying? Check. Entertaining? Check. Set in the pandemic but doesn't use lockdown as a gimmick? Somehow also check. Full #BookReview here: ringreads.com/2025/04/29/b...

‘Bat Eater’ Brings New Fears to Pandemic Lockdown

Bat Eater is a marvelous friendship bracelet of plot threads that sometimes take turns and sometimes work in tandem but are always engrossing, and all feel like facets of a terrifying and claustrop…

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Apr 29

Bat Eater might be my top book from 2025 so far!

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · Apr 23

Will I fail without using AI if everyone else is using it? Depends on your definition I guess. But failures can be building blocks for many other things. Being unwilling to fail is being unwilling to grow.
And I will fail differently than the people who cede their thinking to the mimic machine.

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · Apr 17

And say it with me now and forever: high needs people of all stripes are just as valuable and loved as low needs folks

Any differences physically, mentally, developmentally and so on must be protected. When one is attacked, all are attacked eventually

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Apr 14

...but there was less than zero sexual tension? Are they aware there are other kinds of relationships in fiction that aren't romantic or sexual? Nothing about this book was remotely sexy (positive connotation). This is so baffling to me.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Mar 27

As I've revisited @kaaauthor.bsky.social's Animorphs through the years, I both wonder who thought they were appropriate for children and feel grateful for whatever lapse in publisher judgement allowed me to think about war and sacrifice and morality from such a young age.

Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · Mar 27

This article reminds me of how the Animorphs series is sometimes described as a goofy shapeshifting ya series, when it's really some of the bleakest and harshest war stories I've read in the spec fic genre.

This time, she’s making her philosophical inquiries even more overt. The entire book is about media manipulation, particularly how authoritarian governments twist events in order to create a specific narrative. Within the Hunger Games universe, it’s another reminder that the history Katniss originally believed to be true was carefully crafted by the Capitol. For 74 years, she was told, the Districts fell in line and obediently let the Hunger Games happen. But even Katniss isn’t immune to Capitol propaganda.

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Elisabeth Ring @elisabethring.bsky.social · Mar 3

Just a few more hours to back Utopia! They do phenomenal work and we need them more than ever in These Continuously Unprecedented Times. Throw some bucks their way if you can!

Utopia Science Fiction @utopiascifi.bsky.social · Mar 2

We're now approaching our final 24 hours. Kickstarter is all or nothing so only a limited time remains to make use of these deals and help secure the future of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine.
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