Josh Sutphin
@joshsutphin.com
(SUT-fin) Writing horror and hopepunk at @horrorxhope.com. Co-founder @shirakipress.com. Veteran video game developer.
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💀🌹Dread Persephone
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
💀🌹Dread Persephone
This is a really good short piece with excellent editorial examples: janefriedman.com/the-case-for...
#writing #writingcommunity
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The Case for Shrinking Your Novel | Jane Friedman
Even experienced novelists overwrite. Here are five insights about ruthlessly cutting a manuscript—and why that’s a good thing.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a really good short piece with excellent editorial examples: janefriedman.com/the-case-for...
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
This quote just about sums up the entirety of modern online culture, doesn't it?
“…Instead of kind of feeling under surveillance, users (are) basically feeling seen.”
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#SpotifyWrapped #tech #privacy
“…Instead of kind of feeling under surveillance, users (are) basically feeling seen.”
proton.me/blog/spotify...
#SpotifyWrapped #tech #privacy
If you must do Wrapped, here’s the privacy-safe version | Proton
Spotify's year-end Wrapped is a major marketing success. It's also a privacy landmine. Here's how you can engage your customers instead.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This quote just about sums up the entirety of modern online culture, doesn't it?
“…Instead of kind of feeling under surveillance, users (are) basically feeling seen.”
proton.me/blog/spotify...
#SpotifyWrapped #tech #privacy
“…Instead of kind of feeling under surveillance, users (are) basically feeling seen.”
proton.me/blog/spotify...
#SpotifyWrapped #tech #privacy
I love being a millennial and lurching from structural crisis to structural crisis until I die
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The 'forever layoffs' era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November | Fortune
That's the most since 2020—but then you have to go back to 2009 to find when companies let so many workers go.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I love being a millennial and lurching from structural crisis to structural crisis until I die
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December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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A thing I’ve really been working on is when someone apologizes for something, saying “thank you” instead of “it’s okay.”
Don’t need to pretend I wasn’t wronged, you know? Likewise I don’t need to disrespect their apology by dismissing it.
Don’t need to pretend I wasn’t wronged, you know? Likewise I don’t need to disrespect their apology by dismissing it.
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
A thing I’ve really been working on is when someone apologizes for something, saying “thank you” instead of “it’s okay.”
Don’t need to pretend I wasn’t wronged, you know? Likewise I don’t need to disrespect their apology by dismissing it.
Don’t need to pretend I wasn’t wronged, you know? Likewise I don’t need to disrespect their apology by dismissing it.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
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ICYMI, I wrote about my fledgling social media strategy for Horror × Hope: what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...
I'd love to hear from y'all about your own experiences, too! What's working, and what do you wish you could do more of?
I'd love to hear from y'all about your own experiences, too! What's working, and what do you wish you could do more of?
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ICYMI, I wrote about my fledgling social media strategy for Horror × Hope: what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...
I'd love to hear from y'all about your own experiences, too! What's working, and what do you wish you could do more of?
I'd love to hear from y'all about your own experiences, too! What's working, and what do you wish you could do more of?
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ICYMI: I published a rundown of all things Horror × Hope that happened in November, including two new horror stories, three new book reviews, and several pieces of recommended reading: www.horrorxhope.com/wrapped-nove...
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Wrapped: November 2025
Everything notable on Horror × Hope in November.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
ICYMI: I published a rundown of all things Horror × Hope that happened in November, including two new horror stories, three new book reviews, and several pieces of recommended reading: www.horrorxhope.com/wrapped-nove...
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
I literally just now realized #BluePrince is actually a pun.
Also, HOW IS THIS GAME THIS GOOD
#VideoGames
Also, HOW IS THIS GAME THIS GOOD
#VideoGames
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I literally just now realized #BluePrince is actually a pun.
Also, HOW IS THIS GAME THIS GOOD
#VideoGames
Also, HOW IS THIS GAME THIS GOOD
#VideoGames
I should probably listen to more of her music if I'm gonna be this much of a fan
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I should probably listen to more of her music if I'm gonna be this much of a fan
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I'm starting to build a social media strategy for Horror × Hope. I wrote about what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm starting to build a social media strategy for Horror × Hope. I wrote about what I've been doing, how it's going so far, and what's coming next. www.horrorxhope.com/building-a-s...
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From a new paper in Nature.... Satellite light pollution is becoming a major problem. If it continues at this rate, this is what our deep space telescope images of the universe will look like.
One of my joys is visiting dark sky parks... and nwo you can't go without seeing many satellites.
One of my joys is visiting dark sky parks... and nwo you can't go without seeing many satellites.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
From a new paper in Nature.... Satellite light pollution is becoming a major problem. If it continues at this rate, this is what our deep space telescope images of the universe will look like.
One of my joys is visiting dark sky parks... and nwo you can't go without seeing many satellites.
One of my joys is visiting dark sky parks... and nwo you can't go without seeing many satellites.
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We've been running a bit quiet lately because we've been heads-down producing our first slate of books, which are coming along great. We're excited to start sharing more soon!
In the meantime, here's our latest:
www.shirakipress.com/fine-tuning-...
In the meantime, here's our latest:
www.shirakipress.com/fine-tuning-...
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We've been running a bit quiet lately because we've been heads-down producing our first slate of books, which are coming along great. We're excited to start sharing more soon!
In the meantime, here's our latest:
www.shirakipress.com/fine-tuning-...
In the meantime, here's our latest:
www.shirakipress.com/fine-tuning-...
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This, 100% ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This, 100% ❤️
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In the afterword of my recent political horror story WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, I asked how long until the administration weaponizes its declaration of antifa as "violent extremists".
Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In the afterword of my recent political horror story WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, I asked how long until the administration weaponizes its declaration of antifa as "violent extremists".
Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Turns out, they were already doing it: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This tool is really very slick. You can see how hard of a turn I've taken into my horror writing this year, but it's good to note that the important things are still sticking around.
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This tool is really very slick. You can see how hard of a turn I've taken into my horror writing this year, but it's good to note that the important things are still sticking around.
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This excerpt from my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, brings us to the threshold of an explosion of violence both political and supernatural.
www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...
#horror #ShortFiction #booksky
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#horror #ShortFiction #booksky
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This excerpt from my new horror story, WE ARE ALL TERRORISTS NOW, brings us to the threshold of an explosion of violence both political and supernatural.
www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...
#horror #ShortFiction #booksky
www.horrorxhope.com/we-are-all-t...
#horror #ShortFiction #booksky
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oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes
I first discovered THE FOREVER WAR several years ago, having no idea of its pedigree, and was utterly blown away.
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#scfi #booksky
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Why "The Forever War" Still Defines Military Science Fiction
Joe Haldeman’s “The Forever War” remains a cornerstone of military science fiction, blending real physics with timeless questions about courage, duty, and the cost of progress across the stars.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I first discovered THE FOREVER WAR several years ago, having no idea of its pedigree, and was utterly blown away.
www.sciencefictionclassics.com/why-the-fore...
#scfi #booksky
www.sciencefictionclassics.com/why-the-fore...
#scfi #booksky
When I used to work in video game development, it was always, "So you just get paid to play video games all day?"
*stab*
*stab*
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
When I used to work in video game development, it was always, "So you just get paid to play video games all day?"
*stab*
*stab*