Chelsea Covington Maass
@ccmaass.bsky.social
Writer (YA Horror & personal essays). SCBWI & AWP member. Adjunct professor—creative writing. Mom. Dog lady. Can’t stop buying books. All the books!
Ok when you are grieving your dog who just died and you hear David Bromberg’s cover of Mr. Bojangles... I think it’s normal to cry, right? #XPNCountdown
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok when you are grieving your dog who just died and you hear David Bromberg’s cover of Mr. Bojangles... I think it’s normal to cry, right? #XPNCountdown
I’m Every Woman coming on just in time for me to scream sing it to my kid on the drive home from school #XPNCountdown
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m Every Woman coming on just in time for me to scream sing it to my kid on the drive home from school #XPNCountdown
#XPNcountdown got me remembering how much I loved jamming out to Tool in high school…
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#XPNcountdown got me remembering how much I loved jamming out to Tool in high school…
Reposted by Chelsea Covington Maass
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
Anybody else googling Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack now? 👀
#XPNCountdown
#XPNCountdown
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Anybody else googling Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack now? 👀
#XPNCountdown
#XPNCountdown
Reposted by Chelsea Covington Maass
This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Reposted by Chelsea Covington Maass
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
Reposted by Chelsea Covington Maass
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
Here’s a gift link to a NYT article about a lovely, spooky old home…in case you find renovations and ghosts cozy like I do
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
#Renovations #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Design #Architecture #GildedAge #Photography
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
#Renovations #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Design #Architecture #GildedAge #Photography
For the Ghosts in a Berkshires Mansion, the Gilded Age Never Ended
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Here’s a gift link to a NYT article about a lovely, spooky old home…in case you find renovations and ghosts cozy like I do
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
#Renovations #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Design #Architecture #GildedAge #Photography
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
#Renovations #HauntedHouses #Ghosts #Design #Architecture #GildedAge #Photography
Enjoying live music with a friend is a balm for the soul. Brittany Howard was transportive last night. Just beautiful
September 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Enjoying live music with a friend is a balm for the soul. Brittany Howard was transportive last night. Just beautiful
This book comes out NEXT TUESDAY! Can’t wait to read.
🖤💀🖤💀🖤
🖤💀🖤💀🖤
Podcast: Writers, After Dark 153
Horror & Supernatural author @almakatsu.bsky.social talks FIEND (out Sept 16) and more: from demonic family dynasties to Generative AI's impact on society & creativity
See her AI talk at San Diego Writers Festival, Sep 20
www.writersafterdark.com/writers-afte...
Horror & Supernatural author @almakatsu.bsky.social talks FIEND (out Sept 16) and more: from demonic family dynasties to Generative AI's impact on society & creativity
See her AI talk at San Diego Writers Festival, Sep 20
www.writersafterdark.com/writers-afte...
“Fiend”: Alma Katsu on demons and dynasties of corrupted wealth | Writers, After Dark
Supernatural and Horror author Alma Katsu talks about her latest novel, FIEND, where one family’s wealth, power and influences comes from an ancient evil, and all the consequences that grow from…
www.writersafterdark.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This book comes out NEXT TUESDAY! Can’t wait to read.
🖤💀🖤💀🖤
🖤💀🖤💀🖤
@booker-julian.bsky.social thrilled to hear you on WRTI tonight. I didn’t realize this was where you headed after Sleepy Hollow! 😊
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@booker-julian.bsky.social thrilled to hear you on WRTI tonight. I didn’t realize this was where you headed after Sleepy Hollow! 😊
The day your kid and all their neighborhood friends are finally gonna screen the scary movie they’ve been filming all summer…and you have a cameo
a woman wearing hoop earrings and a sequined jacket with the word schitts creek on the bottom
ALT: a woman wearing hoop earrings and a sequined jacket with the word schitts creek on the bottom
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August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The day your kid and all their neighborhood friends are finally gonna screen the scary movie they’ve been filming all summer…and you have a cameo
I have a free day & I’d planned to immerse myself in my writing project. Instead, I’m at the veterinary hospital with my epileptic dog who is exhibiting new symptoms. This waiting room is always depressing. Feeling sad for all the stressed out pet lovers here.
Hoping my sweet buddy will be ok.
Hoping my sweet buddy will be ok.
August 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I have a free day & I’d planned to immerse myself in my writing project. Instead, I’m at the veterinary hospital with my epileptic dog who is exhibiting new symptoms. This waiting room is always depressing. Feeling sad for all the stressed out pet lovers here.
Hoping my sweet buddy will be ok.
Hoping my sweet buddy will be ok.
Reposted by Chelsea Covington Maass
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
Current summer read is MURDER TAKES A VACATION and hot damn @lauralippman.bsky.social is not letting me down! This is going to be read in one satisfactory gulp, I suspect.
July 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Current summer read is MURDER TAKES A VACATION and hot damn @lauralippman.bsky.social is not letting me down! This is going to be read in one satisfactory gulp, I suspect.
Just got an early read of THE GRUMPY GHOST UPSTAIRS from @florisbooks.bsky.social and loved it! Beautiful, atmospheric drawings paired with a sweet story. 👻💕
Floris Books (@florisbooks.bsky.social)
Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
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florisbooks.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just got an early read of THE GRUMPY GHOST UPSTAIRS from @florisbooks.bsky.social and loved it! Beautiful, atmospheric drawings paired with a sweet story. 👻💕
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Gonna see @lowcutconnie.bsky.social tonight & I’m already looking forward to feeling better about the world
Low Cut Connie (@lowcutconnie.bsky.social)
rock n roll
from Philadelphia PA
lowcutconnie.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Gonna see @lowcutconnie.bsky.social tonight & I’m already looking forward to feeling better about the world
April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This year the full on allergy attack started on Earth Day. Appropriate? I love nature, but these trees are trying to kill me! #trees #nature #spring
a cartoon of a woman sneezing in a garden of flowers
Alt: Lisa Simpson sneezing in a garden of flowers
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April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM