Ivy Grimes
@ivygrimes.bsky.social
Writer of dreamlike fiction | she/her | www.ivyivyivyivy.com
“Since I got saved, I’ve taken a special interest in suppressing and upsetting demons, keeping them in jail until the time of wrath comes. This one’s special. That is, especially evil. It was once inside Ted Bundy.”
-Pastor Dan in THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR
-Pastor Dan in THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“Since I got saved, I’ve taken a special interest in suppressing and upsetting demons, keeping them in jail until the time of wrath comes. This one’s special. That is, especially evil. It was once inside Ted Bundy.”
-Pastor Dan in THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR
-Pastor Dan in THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR
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How many of you are writers in the DMV area? Just wondering!
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How many of you are writers in the DMV area? Just wondering!
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I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect
seems weird
seems weird
"If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a Republican..."
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
some rules today from Sasha Brown
https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
Narc Rules by Sasha Brown
If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a…
www.havehashad.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect
seems weird
seems weird
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A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
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Moth:
The sun swallowed the sky. Again, for the fifth time. This morning.
Dirt:
And what about it?
Moth:
The sky used to hardly swallow anything.
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
The sun swallowed the sky. Again, for the fifth time. This morning.
Dirt:
And what about it?
Moth:
The sky used to hardly swallow anything.
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Moth:
The sun swallowed the sky. Again, for the fifth time. This morning.
Dirt:
And what about it?
Moth:
The sky used to hardly swallow anything.
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
The sun swallowed the sky. Again, for the fifth time. This morning.
Dirt:
And what about it?
Moth:
The sky used to hardly swallow anything.
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
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Stories I published in 2025 ftw
Putting this together was heartening. I'd honestly forgotten that some of these were 2025.
In a tough year, I really needed to reflect on my #writing wins.
What's not pictured? All the other amazing stories I wrote! (Stay tuned for 2026+?)
If you want to nominate anything, I won't stop you. 😘🖤
In a tough year, I really needed to reflect on my #writing wins.
What's not pictured? All the other amazing stories I wrote! (Stay tuned for 2026+?)
If you want to nominate anything, I won't stop you. 😘🖤
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Stories I published in 2025 ftw
How many of you are writers in the DMV area? Just wondering!
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How many of you are writers in the DMV area? Just wondering!
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Chatted with the amazing @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing, riddles, and why I will always love Chris Van Allsburg
I never write anything without a very clear idea of what it means to me. Which isn’t the same thing as saying “There’s a definitive answer embedded here that everyone should be on the same page about.” I’m not writing math equations.
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
Interview with Chris Scott
storytelling, fatherhood, mystery
ivygrimes.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Chatted with the amazing @ivygrimes.bsky.social about writing, riddles, and why I will always love Chris Van Allsburg
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"I try not to overthink it or worry about genre too much. I just try to write what feels right to me, draft and edit it to a place I’m excited about, and then find the best home for it."
Love and relate to this so hard
Love and relate to this so hard
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I try not to overthink it or worry about genre too much. I just try to write what feels right to me, draft and edit it to a place I’m excited about, and then find the best home for it."
Love and relate to this so hard
Love and relate to this so hard
I never write anything without a very clear idea of what it means to me. Which isn’t the same thing as saying “There’s a definitive answer embedded here that everyone should be on the same page about.” I’m not writing math equations.
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
Interview with Chris Scott
storytelling, fatherhood, mystery
ivygrimes.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I never write anything without a very clear idea of what it means to me. Which isn’t the same thing as saying “There’s a definitive answer embedded here that everyone should be on the same page about.” I’m not writing math equations.
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
-interview with @iamchrisscott.bsky.social
It's going to be one of those two-naps-a-day winters
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's going to be one of those two-naps-a-day winters
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since it's in the running for #SFINCS , I've updated the page for The Drowned Heir on my blog to link to the reviews that it's gotten (the first is not by SFINCS judges but the other three (!) are
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/the-drowne...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/the-drowne...
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
since it's in the running for #SFINCS , I've updated the page for The Drowned Heir on my blog to link to the reviews that it's gotten (the first is not by SFINCS judges but the other three (!) are
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/the-drowne...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/the-drowne...
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A mother who spent more than 30 years building a life in Maine was deported to Vietnam, separating her from her four children. Her family says the decision has shattered their lives.
Link: www.wagmtv.com/2025/11/20/a...
Link: www.wagmtv.com/2025/11/20/a...
‘Absolutely horrible’: Mother of 4 deported to Vietnam after living in US for more than 30 years
A Maryland community has rallied to support Melissa Tran and her family over the past several months.
www.wagmtv.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A mother who spent more than 30 years building a life in Maine was deported to Vietnam, separating her from her four children. Her family says the decision has shattered their lives.
Link: www.wagmtv.com/2025/11/20/a...
Link: www.wagmtv.com/2025/11/20/a...
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Bookmark this thread! It's Ivy Grimes' CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR origin story 👀💜
This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026!
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Bookmark this thread! It's Ivy Grimes' CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR origin story 👀💜
This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026!
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
The Cellar Below the Cellar
Preorder and save 30%! Release Date 2/18/26 A playfully dark folk horror inspired by the fairy tale "Vasilisa the Beautiful" and the mythology around Frau Perchta, set under the blazing sky of endless...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is a thread of stuff that inspired my novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, out with Violet Lichen Press on Feb 18, 2026!
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Thread updated weekly, maybe?
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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It's here!! My biggest ever bog story, featuring the world's biggest blanket bog 🤘 along with possibly the longest ever car chase and the sleepiest ever hitman. Enjoy! ❤️ 🚗 🦌 www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
3LBE Magazine - The Somnambulist by Katie McIvor
It was supposed to be a simple job. I fly into Edinburgh and get the gun from a contact in the Grassmarket. All smooth. I check into my hotel near the mark's flat and spend a couple hours scoping out ...
www.3lobedmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's here!! My biggest ever bog story, featuring the world's biggest blanket bog 🤘 along with possibly the longest ever car chase and the sleepiest ever hitman. Enjoy! ❤️ 🚗 🦌 www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
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What if we all banded together like in Ocean's Eleven but instead of a heist we got one of those print-on-demand book machines
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What if we all banded together like in Ocean's Eleven but instead of a heist we got one of those print-on-demand book machines
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This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Emerging Writer Award - The Bridge Awards
The Emerging Writer Award is run in partnership with The Bridge Awards. The award winner receives a package including courses, retreat time and mentoring.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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My short story course is filling up nicely! Still places available if you'd like to do some deep reading and thinking about a short story each week at the start of next year - and write your own, of course. Early bird discount (10%, so £225 instead of £250) applies until 30th Nov. #ShortStories ✒️📚
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My short story course is filling up nicely! Still places available if you'd like to do some deep reading and thinking about a short story each week at the start of next year - and write your own, of course. Early bird discount (10%, so £225 instead of £250) applies until 30th Nov. #ShortStories ✒️📚
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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"Novels of female interiority have dominated literary fiction for nearly a decade." Happy almost 11 months of pub to CLUB CONTANGO. ✨️😮 Did you know!✨️ It has a not-young MC, and takes on "themes of migration and money"! 🎲📉
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Novels of female interiority have dominated literary fiction for nearly a decade." Happy almost 11 months of pub to CLUB CONTANGO. ✨️😮 Did you know!✨️ It has a not-young MC, and takes on "themes of migration and money"! 🎲📉
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Hey hey!
Do you love Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Dark Souls and wish someone would write a weird quiet horror story paying homage to the occult in said videogames???
If that’s the case, you need to check out my new story over at @3lobedmag.com!!!
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
Do you love Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Dark Souls and wish someone would write a weird quiet horror story paying homage to the occult in said videogames???
If that’s the case, you need to check out my new story over at @3lobedmag.com!!!
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
For When the Night is Behind You and the Depths are Ahead by Corey Farrenkopf
We stood in front of the video game store for the midnight release of Castles Underground III. The crowd wore different homemade versions of the crimson armor featured on the posters, foam swords surp...
www.3lobedmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hey hey!
Do you love Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Dark Souls and wish someone would write a weird quiet horror story paying homage to the occult in said videogames???
If that’s the case, you need to check out my new story over at @3lobedmag.com!!!
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
Do you love Elden Ring, Bloodborne, or Dark Souls and wish someone would write a weird quiet horror story paying homage to the occult in said videogames???
If that’s the case, you need to check out my new story over at @3lobedmag.com!!!
www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/3lbe...
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🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤
Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
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One of my all-time favorite fiction venues (@ergot.bsky.social) is selling merch, y'all!
www.teepublic.com/user/ergot
www.teepublic.com/user/ergot
T-Shirts by ergot. | TeePublic
Shop t-shirts, phone cases, hoodies, art prints and mugs created by independent artists from around the globe.
www.teepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One of my all-time favorite fiction venues (@ergot.bsky.social) is selling merch, y'all!
www.teepublic.com/user/ergot
www.teepublic.com/user/ergot
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got a fun (and long!) story in this one, history of microscopy, scientific espionage, cosmicism...hell, it's got everything!
Our latest issue finds us rushing through time and space courtesy of new work from @geoliminal.bsky.social Elisabeth Sheffield, @israelbonilla.bsky.social Roberto Ontiveros, @supernaturalfeat.com @juliaevem.bsky.social Stephen Cicirelli, Jaryd Porter, Joyce Meggett, @addisonzeller.bsky.social
Issue 33 | Fall 2025 | Your Impossible Voice
Our latest issue includes new work from Eric Williams, Elisabeth Sheffield, Israel Bonilla, Roberto Ontiveros, Dan Weaver, Julia Meinwald, Stephen Cicirelli, Jaryd Porter, Joyce Meggett, Addison Zelle...
yourimpossiblevoice.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
got a fun (and long!) story in this one, history of microscopy, scientific espionage, cosmicism...hell, it's got everything!