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Robb // R.M. Sayan

@rmsayan.bsky.social

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Bog raccoon with nice eyelashes who writes spec fic. Pulp and camp enjoyer. I guess I'm a horror writer now? https://rmsayanauthor.wordpress.com https://patreon.com/rmsayan he/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧🇵🇪

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Robb // R.M. Sayan @rmsayan.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's out!!!! Check out my new short story on @frivolouscomma.bsky.social !!

#WritingCommunity #SpecFic #QueerWriters

Frivolous Comma @frivolouscomma.bsky.social · Apr 30

In this story, Sayan asks us to wonder what we'd give up to keep someone else safe and healthy...Read the next installment in our speculative mystery series, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 by @rmsayan.bsky.social, now: www.frivolouscomma.com/the-arm-coll...

#speculativefiction #speculativefictionwriter #litmag

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Robb // R.M. Sayan @rmsayan.bsky.social · 8d

Chappell Roan - The Giver

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 9d

question for the timeline

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 11d

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...

Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press

REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 18d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 23d

its not a proper fantasy book unless there's maps in it. at least one nice map

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23d

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 23d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 12

Late pledges are open for one week. If we reach our first stretch goal +$1326, we get to add more stories and another issue next year! The stories of monsters and heartbreak are waiting for us… kck.st/4mIkEm1

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

kck.st

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Riley - Watch Wigglewood Tales @wigglewood.bsky.social · Sep 10

The image that inspired my most popular comic.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Sep 10

For true innovacioun, we neede poetrye, philosophye, ethics, and the studye of historye and literature and language. We neede to fynde newe wayes of wearinge our heartes, new dreames of the future. Technologye alone will onlye make bettir tooles for makinge olde injustices happen faster.

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Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine @3lobedmag.com · Sep 8

A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1

A shadowy forest with pinpoints eyes staring back at you, along with the 3LBE icon and cover artwork.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Sep 6

CAPTALISM - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELETEN BEING HALF WAY GRIDED UP IN A MEAT GRIDER AND IT SAYS "MAYBE IF I SACRIFICE ENOUGH OF MY BODY TO THE GRINDER , THELL LET ME CRANK THE HANDLE SOME DAY " - JUST WORK HARD AND YOUR GONNA BE APPRECIATED LOL, JUST HIT THE STREET'S AND HAND OUT YOUR RESUME LOL, JUST BUY A USED CAR LOL, JUST BUY FOOD LOL, ETC - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!

THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!

More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!

A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · Sep 5

SFINCS3 novella submissions will be opening September 6th at 4pm EST. Are you ready? 👀👀👀
Here's how you can prepare.

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

Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰

Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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

Ready to warm up your backer muscles? 💪

Please consider supporting the fantastic 3LBE Magazine's 2026 Kickstarter! Their campaign ends on the 11th, and funds will go towards a print anthology, pro payments for horror/sff authors, and more. Link below! ⬇️ 👽🔮💀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026

A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

www.kickstarter.com

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Seven of Sixty Nine @internetperson69.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡

Screenshot from Star Trek DS9. Leeta, Rom, and the rest of the workers at Quark's Bar are all huddled together. Caption: "(all chanting): Union! Union!"

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Kat the Lore Mistress 🔜 Dragonmeet @loremistress93.bsky.social · Aug 24

Building up a database of artists/illustrators (especially BIPOC and minority) to reach out to for future collabs/paid work! Looking for anyone who loves drawing horror, folklore, and dark fairy tales, as I've a few things coming up in that field. 💀🪦

Interested? Drop those links and examples below!

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 20

Announcements on announcements this week! Calling all ARTISTS: We're searching for next year's cover art contributors! Check out the sub page for details and how to submit your portfolio: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black creator who the world needs to know about 🔥🔥🔥

a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

ALT: a man wearing overalls and a striped shirt is holding his hand out

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wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 16

When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition to keep her best friend by her side, risking her only chance at her greatest dream–and the deadly consequences that follow.

#PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA

wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 16

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it.

#PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA #YA

A movie poster featuring a misty forest, a magpie flying over the blue mountains rising into the sky.
Text: Enter the spiritwoods. When the Magpie Flies, a book by M H Wottenmoss. Undiscovered magic, queer fantasy, chaotic academia. Querying now.

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T. is agented 🐀🖤 @tessaswck.bsky.social · Aug 16

A film {see: book} about endings, but also beginnings happening at the same time. Dead flesh & nectarines. Things taken & inexplicably returned, by things without hands.
For fans of: Monstrilio, Our Wives Under the Sea, Tender is the Flesh, etc.
#PosterPit #PosterPitA #AG #H #SPF #A

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Robb // R.M. Sayan @rmsayan.bsky.social · Aug 16

FER SOROLL
Once, she lost her home. Now, she runs from the idea of it. When she finds community in an inhospitable place, how long will it take her to realize that they need her as much as she needs them?
#PosterPit #W #F #HF #A

Movie poster style composition with the base of a symmetrical photo of the front of an old church with wild grass growing in front of it, its large wooden door barred closed in the middle. The plaster on the walls is cracked from wear and also with giant scratches. A cutout of a baroque oil painting of a man joyously playing the lute is sitting in front of the door. The text overlaid on top reads: "The easy choice would be leaving. Unfortunately, nothing in Abadosos is easy. FER SOROLL, a novel by R.M. Sayan, coming soon." The author's socials and blog are listed at the bottom. The book's tropes are listed on the posters in the style of accolades: "medieval ghost town, slow-burn romance, werewolf drama, bi F/M, queer cast".

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rob cham! @robcham.bsky.social · Jul 1

DIY > AI

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · Aug 10

"In the new ... internet, girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month." — @thedextriarchy.bsky.social www.theverge.com/internet-cen...

Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes

Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes show how hollow the online safety push can be.

www.theverge.com

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Aug 9

FUCK WEBP!!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELTON MAD AND IT SAY,S "I DONT KNOW WHAT THE FUCK A WEBP IS JUST GIVE ME A JPG MOTHER FUCKER "
FUCK AVIF, FUCK WEBP, FUCK WEBM, STOP INVENTING NEW FILE TYPES, THE MORE WE INVENT THE WORSE EVERY THING GET'S, THINK ABOUT IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · Aug 9

Did you know that I write true crime? My most recent is an examination of the way the Jack the Ripper story has changed over time, and how those changes reflect us, our culture, and our beliefs ... instead of really pointing to the identity of the person who did it.

www.amazon.com/Ripper-Insid...

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