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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, she did!!

Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 14h

I resisted seeing Wildcat (the Ethan Hawke movie about Flannery O'Connor) for a while, but I finally gave in and really enjoyed it. I think I was worried a Flannery movie would be overly dramatic with overwrought Southern accents, but it wasn't at all. And Liam Neeson was there for the best scene.

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John Chrostek @johnchrostek.com · 17h

I've decided I'm gonna give a newsletter a proper go again on Buttondown as I try to structure my life around consistent literary work + the store. To celebrate I've got a new flash fiction story about men who make TikTok skits about their exes not appreciating them:
buttondown.com/chrostek/arc...

Tokyo Drifting Into Your Inbox (With A Fun Little Short Story At The End As A Treat)

What’s good, pals? I’ve decided to do a newsletter. Like all things with me, it will be sporadic, unorganized, likely infrequent but full of grit and...

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe we should all start calling them shorties

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 1d

One of many offputting things I do is freezing when I have to make an ordinary decision and asking whoever is standing closest to me to make it for me.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 2d

How sweet!!

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Sara Tantlinger @saratantlinger.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Dark Poetry Day! The HWA Poetry Showcase: Volume XII is now available, and I'm thrilled to have my anglerfish-inspired poem, "The Ghoulish Abyss" in here!

www.amazon.com/HWA-Poetry-S...

HWA Poetry Showcase XII

HWA Poetry Showcase XII [Gold, Maxwell I.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. HWA Poetry Showcase XII

www.amazon.com

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much for including my poem "Glass Alphabet"! The glass never ends.

Maxwell I. Gold @cybergodwrites.bsky.social · 4d

I am pleased to share the ToC for the HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII!

It has been an honor to curate this volume for the last 2 years and read the incredible poetry in our horror community.

@jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social

thewellsoftheweird.com/2025/10/05/h...

Explore the Haunting HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII Table of Contents

Explore the haunting verses in HWA Poetry Showcase Volume XII! Discover top horror-themed poetry curated by esteemed judges.

thewellsoftheweird.com

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! I can see a cat not being in the mood for a blessing. My dog is always ready for any kind of attention.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 2d

I got my dog blessed this weekend at a St. Francis service. He doesn't seem holier yet, but maybe it'll take some time to sink in.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 3d

For anyone interested in fiction explicitly grappling with politics and class issues, I recommend Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels...My Brilliant Friend and the rest

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 3d

I love this book!

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 3d

Some very kind reviews coming in on G R for 'The Veldt Institute':

Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social says "A strange and wonderful novel"

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Ivy Grimes's review of The Veldt Institute

5/5: A strange and wonderful novel about a confused patient doing his best to progress in his treatment at the mysterious Veldt Institute. I recommend this book to everyone.

www.goodreads.com

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 4d

"Only in bad novels people always think the right thing, always say the right thing, every effect has its cause, there are the likeable ones and the unlikeable, the good and the bad, everything in the end consoles you."

-from Elena Ferrante's The Story of the Lost Child

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 5d

Marnie from HBO’s Girls is wearing a bathrobe it seems and saying, “Artistic, but also with a nod to my cultural heritage, which is white, Christian woman.”

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 5d

My swiftnalysis is the latest album doesn't have catchy songs, but I also don't think the charli xcx insult song is that insulting. What is your swiftnalysis?

(fine print: I am a nonexpert who sometimes listens to five seconds per song on popular albums to see what's going on)

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Baraa. Baraa is the mother of 3 children Masa, 6, Ibrahim, 4 and Maha, 7 months. Tragically Maha was killed after a nearby bombing caused gasses to overwhelm her little lungs. Masa is in the hospital because of kidney issues from malnutrition.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 5d

I'm so sorry!!

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 5d

This came out the day Charlie Kirk died so I feel like it got overshadowed a bit. Anyway, here’s “Boxed In.”

Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · Sep 10

My latest story “Boxed In” is sad and weird short and up at Scaffold now!!! Go read it!

www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

boxed in by ly faulk — scaffold literary magazine

micro fiction

www.scaffoldlit.com

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 6d

I googled to see when Thomas Pynchon died, but he’s actually still alive. I don’t know his Bluesky handle yet, though.

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 6d

😭😭

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 6d

So excited to have a new story in one of my very favorite magazines today. Super proud of this one, and I hope you all like it.

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 6d

"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."

"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Door in the Woods by Chris Scott

Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…

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ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 6d

"…and now I’m definitely awake again, sitting up in my bunk, and I’m sure it’s Wednesday. For some reason Wednesday is intake day for new prisoners. Not Monday or Friday, which would make more sense to me."

Today on ergot.: "Gowpen" by Max Olesen

www.ergot.press/authors/Max_...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 6d

I didn't do some of the things people said I needed to do to be happy, but I am happy about all of it. Sometimes I wonder if I'm falsely believing that, living in kind of a dream. Or if someday I'll wake up from my own dream and find myself in someone else's.

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