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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 1d

I attended @momoshaty.bsky.social's Meeting of the Morbid Minds: The Horror of Becoming virtual symposium last week and all I got was a skyhigh TBR and my mind blown!

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 2d

We keep coming back to his but society thirsts for Surf Dracula. 22-episode seasons. Monsters-of-the-week. High camp teen dramas. Cowboys who know martial arts. Shows where the plot is just 'handsome guy has a cool car.'

We must rebuild the CW.

Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 2d

Look, I appreciate this. TV needs more of this. Let’s have fun again. Seriously things are so bad in the industry and everywhere. Let’s all turn on stuff at night together and go “that was insane” and then surprise there are 20 more episodes and the characters don’t remember being in orbit.

9-1-1 poster with Angela Bassett in FUCKING SPACE!

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning from the big boys

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 4d

Preorder HUMBOLDT CUT today!
Link in bio

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 5d

We're Jeep Wranglers once a luxury car, or did Cher Horowitz just have a normal car?

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 15d

everyone should read Tessa's @fansplaining.bsky.social essay! It's so so so so good and gets deeply into the nitty-gritty of writing original fiction and IP fiction and fanfiction. You will love it.

Tessa Gratton @tessagratton.bsky.social · 15d

Since quotes are going around from @readingtheend.bsky.social's excellent @reactorsff.bsky.social piece today, here's the full essay I wrote last month on fandom, trad publishing, IP, and navigating it all from a more personal perspective:

Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Power doesn’t care about joy. Ultimately, it only cares about value, which means money. Trad publishing loves fanfic right now because it sees dollar signs instead of kudos."

In our new piece, @tessagratton.bsky.social tackles the messy intersections between pro entertainment and fans right now:

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 15d

Over on substack we're talking about SCARY PLACES aka "Setting the Scene for Maximum Thrills" aka the panel I was on last week. It was so fun and I hope you love hearing more about HUMBOLDT CUT which is still available for preorder at the linktree in my biooooo 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

Over a photo from the panel, text reads Or Something #16: SCARY PLACES with the subtitle "A house is only as haunted as the people in it."

Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 18d

Bob the Drag Queen's book HARRIET TUBMAN: LIVE IN CONCERT is a piece of art that should put Bob in conversations with the MacArthur committee bc genius is the only word I can use to describe it.

Speculative comedy and new black surrealism dont even begin to cover it.

I loved it.

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 21d

I got temp tats 4 you too!

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 21d

I started crying immediately after this bc life is so cool sometimes

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 21d

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 21d

hell yeah

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 21d

people love HUMBOLDT CUT and so will you

I'm at CALIBA Fall Fest today speaking on the horror/thriller panel so come by and say hi!

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 23d

This week's newsletter I'm talking about music as a form of storytelling and why Jens Lekman's new album is the romcom you've been waiting for 💗

Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 24d

fair warning this week's newsletter is about how much the new jens lekman album fux

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 26d

more praise for HUMBOLDT CUT.
Preorder today: tr.ee/7zp-546-YL

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 28d

People are saying...

"Allison Mick is the queen of eco-horror and this novel will put you through the ringer." - Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller award finalist

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Mallison Ick @allisonmick.bsky.social · 29d

I can get a good look at a t-bone steak by sticking my head up a bull's ass but I'd rather take another author's word for it

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John Baker, Literary Agent @jjbker.bsky.social · 29d

Feast your eyes on the dark majesty of @allisonmick.bsky.social's spooky ass book!

HUMBOLDT CUT, chopping through the door of all bad bookshops next January!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're excited to help reveal the cover for Humboldt Cut by @allisonmick.bsky.social! A dark, humorous ecological horror about family, murder, and the legacy of logging in California (and maybe some monsters too), Humboldt Cut arrives January 27, 2026!

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Revealing Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick - Reactor

A darkly funny eco-horror arriving January 2026 from Erewhon Books!

reactormag.com

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're excited to help reveal the cover for Humboldt Cut by @allisonmick.bsky.social! A dark, humorous ecological horror about family, murder, and the legacy of logging in California (and maybe some monsters too), Humboldt Cut arrives January 27, 2026!

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Revealing Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick - Reactor

A darkly funny eco-horror arriving January 2026 from Erewhon Books!

reactormag.com