Jan Stinchcomb
@janstinchcomb.bsky.social
Author of Verushka (JournalStone), The Blood Trail (Red Bird Chapbooks) & stories in many places (Gamut, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf, hex, etc.)
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Art is not frivolous or escapist. If you are making or consuming (or promoting) art, you don’t need to explain or apologize.
There’s a reason why fascists go after artists.
There’s a reason why fascists go after artists.
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love this perfect flashback remembrance from Kevin Grauke
"New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet.
I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress.
No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done."
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"New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet.
I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress.
No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done."
https://www.havehashad.com/2sow5
First First Date, 1985 by Kevin Grauke
New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet. I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress. No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done. At the North Star 8, I knew the guy who scooped…
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January 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
love this perfect flashback remembrance from Kevin Grauke
"New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet.
I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress.
No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done."
https://www.havehashad.com/2sow5
"New driver’s license hot in my Velcro wallet.
I drove her to a steakhouse—K-Bob’s—to impress.
No fool, when the waiter asked how, I replied, Well done."
https://www.havehashad.com/2sow5
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“Somewhere along the way my worst intrusive thoughts, the barnacle ones, started answering to Mother. Not as a joke. Not as a metaphor.”
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
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Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
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We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, by Mallory Smart — The Bulb Region
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes — Mallory Smart I’VE BEEN REWATCHING Bates Motel...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
“Somewhere along the way my worst intrusive thoughts, the barnacle ones, started answering to Mother. Not as a joke. Not as a metaphor.”
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
Mallory Smart (@mallorysmart.bsky.social) stirs the Bates Motel-Psycho pot with her stupendous prose in The Bulb Region today.
bulbregion.com/We-All-Go-a-...
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GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
GOOD NEWS. My novel--a retelling of Hansel & Gretel in which the parents are addicted to opioids--originally titled Abandon & now titled A THOUSAND WAYS TO DISAPPEAR, will be published by Cornerstone Press (Univ. of Wisconsin) in February 2028.
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tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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January 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
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For the first time since this kind of astonishing list came out, we're open for subs. Don't know how long it will last.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM
For the first time since this kind of astonishing list came out, we're open for subs. Don't know how long it will last.
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the united states of sleepless nights
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM
the united states of sleepless nights
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Three from me in @wigleaf.bsky.social 🖤
new new: THREE MICROS, by Lena Kinder: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Three from me in @wigleaf.bsky.social 🖤
Because I know you need a poem for dealing with hurt right about now.
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I have a tiny thing in Issue 4 of Poems for Tomorrow (scrolling required). Thanks, editors, for giving it a place to live.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Because I know you need a poem for dealing with hurt right about now.
@pdforan.bsky.social
@pdforan.bsky.social
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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
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Absolutely disgusting.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Absolutely disgusting.
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AMAZING NEWS!!! So excited to announce that my hybrid essay collection THE LUNATICS’ BALL is the runner-up for the Gournay Prize and will be published in the 21st Century Essay series by Mad Creek Books (the literary imprint of Ohio University Press) in 2027. My dream publisher!
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
AMAZING NEWS!!! So excited to announce that my hybrid essay collection THE LUNATICS’ BALL is the runner-up for the Gournay Prize and will be published in the 21st Century Essay series by Mad Creek Books (the literary imprint of Ohio University Press) in 2027. My dream publisher!
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You might not know you need a coming-of-age story that's also a reflection on the cult classic film JENNIFER'S BODY, but you should NOT miss "Jennifer's Daughter" by Sara S. Messenger, up for free at Nightmare Mag:
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...
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Jennifer’s Daughter - Nightmare Magazine
My mom was sixteen when a band of boys took her out to the woods and bound her to a tree and tortured her to death, like in Jennifer’s Body, so you see her womb was kinda already out of commish by the...
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January 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
You might not know you need a coming-of-age story that's also a reflection on the cult classic film JENNIFER'S BODY, but you should NOT miss "Jennifer's Daughter" by Sara S. Messenger, up for free at Nightmare Mag:
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/jenn...
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Women in Horror month is coming up, and here at Timber Ghost we'd love to highlight some amazing women. If you are a woman involved in the horror industry at all and would like to be featured in an interview on our website in March, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know.
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Women in Horror month is coming up, and here at Timber Ghost we'd love to highlight some amazing women. If you are a woman involved in the horror industry at all and would like to be featured in an interview on our website in March, please send an email to [email protected] and let us know.
I missed this one when I took my brief holiday break. Fortunately it’s evergreen.
My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I missed this one when I took my brief holiday break. Fortunately it’s evergreen.
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Mark your calendars or drop a silver dollar in the swamp so the chronotoads whisper a reminder to you while you sleep.
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Mark your calendars or drop a silver dollar in the swamp so the chronotoads whisper a reminder to you while you sleep.
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Every once in a while, a poem lands with you at just the right time.
Thanks to @ewam72.bsky.social & @cutandplaced.bsky.social for sharing the beauty and pain of this imagined—but all too real—Rockwellian scene with us. 🩵❤️
Read the full issue: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-61
Thanks to @ewam72.bsky.social & @cutandplaced.bsky.social for sharing the beauty and pain of this imagined—but all too real—Rockwellian scene with us. 🩵❤️
Read the full issue: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-61
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Every once in a while, a poem lands with you at just the right time.
Thanks to @ewam72.bsky.social & @cutandplaced.bsky.social for sharing the beauty and pain of this imagined—but all too real—Rockwellian scene with us. 🩵❤️
Read the full issue: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-61
Thanks to @ewam72.bsky.social & @cutandplaced.bsky.social for sharing the beauty and pain of this imagined—but all too real—Rockwellian scene with us. 🩵❤️
Read the full issue: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-61
Get your body horror here!
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Get your body horror here!
A girl can still hope.
January 21, 2026 at 6:24 AM
A girl can still hope.
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Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for Fiction!
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for Fiction!
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“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it" — Martin Luther King Jr
#martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday2025
#martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday2025
January 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it" — Martin Luther King Jr
#martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday2025
#martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday2025
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"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity"
Remembering #EdgarAllanPoe, born 19 January 1809.
Remembering #EdgarAllanPoe, born 19 January 1809.
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 AM
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity"
Remembering #EdgarAllanPoe, born 19 January 1809.
Remembering #EdgarAllanPoe, born 19 January 1809.