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Jan Stinchcomb

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Dark/Horror/Speculative Fiction VERUSHKA is out now (JournalStone) Stories in Gamut Magazine, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf janstinchcomb.com

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · Feb 3

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.

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 19h

Congrats. That's wonderful.

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know if I believe the punks will save us anymore but this is a good morning for the B-52s. May I recommend Private Idaho?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.

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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 3d

Our fright-fest rolls on all month long 😱

First up this week, read ADRIÁN by Juan Valencia

southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...

Adrián

By Juan Valencia

southwestreview.com

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 1d

#FolkloreThursday The Woman in Black was a ghostly apparition dressed like a veiled Victorian widow that haunted towns across the US c. 1860s-1910s. She glided soundlessly in the dark, sometimes attacked people, vanished when cornered, and was thought to be an omen of death or disaster. #ghosts

Mannequin dressed in Victorian mourning dress and veil

Cover of The Ghost Wore Black: Ghastly Tales from the Past

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Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social · 2d

Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you, Kirkus!

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 3d

You all voted for spooky vibes this month, and we heard you loud and clear! 🎃🌒

Gather round the campfire, because October's flash fiction theme is FOLKLORE! You have until October 31st to submit!

www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

a silhouette of a person riding a horse holding a pumpkin

Alt: black and white image of the headless horseman riding a black horse

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me

Carnival of Souls
Rosemary's Baby
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Deep Red
Jennifer's Body
Spring
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Hereditary
You Won't Be Alone
The Devil's Bath

Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me

28 Days Later
Alien
Get Out
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Devil's Backbone
The Others
Critters
Tremors
The Lost Boys
The Thing

Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me

Alien
The Shining
It Follows
The Witch
The Babadook
Salem's Lot
Fright Night
An American Werewolf in London
Night of the Living Dead
The Ring

Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 2d

Sorrowful autumn light and temperature. I’d know it anywhere.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds wonderful, but somehow I missed this one.
Dying to know what you find out.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 3d

amazing new triptych from Benjamin Niespodziany today!!

The wolf full of old candles is melting in the parking lot. Parked at the waxing wolf, the melting wolf sees a permanent time of fire. Last night was the weather. Tonight's still unsure."

https://www.havehashad.com/jytay

Candlewolf by Benjamin Niespodziany

[1] Two area residents found a wolf full of old candles while on a walk yesterday evening. Authorities are trying to uncover the culprit, be it monster or nomad or youth. The mauled wolf is being…

www.havehashad.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d

i think it's called a cat

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight's Super Hunter Harvest Moon is doing all the work.
At least it's qualified for the job.

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight's Super Hunter Harvest Moon is doing all the work.
At least it's qualified for the job.

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d

This is so perfect for this morning, this year, this world.

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 4d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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DeMisty D. Bellinger - Ice Is for Tea, Not Fascism. @demisty.bsky.social · 4d

Send me your work!

Necessary Fiction @necessaryfiction.com · 4d

We're pleased to accounce that submissions are now open to be read by guest editor @demisty.bsky.social until November 3.

Necessary Fiction Submission Manager

necessaryfiction.submittable.com

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d

💔

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting. I'm on the fence about watching it.

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 5d

Please take a moment to watch the wise message of Dr. Jane Goodall.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 5d

I get this. It's not my favorite of his but I do enjoy it. The performances are great but it is easy to make fun of it while you watch.

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 18d

I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread

The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle by Chloe N. Clark.

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