Ilyn Welch
@ilynwelch.bsky.social
Debut book SIGNS OF PAIN/Shotgun Honey. BAD MAKES BAD slices April 2024📚 https://shotgunhoney.com/books/bad-makes-bad/
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Golden Shovel Poem "Gone" by Jordan Trethewey @jordan-trethewey.bsky.social (from the serialized chapbook 'There Is More')
“We never know when / the absence of someone / will appear…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/jordan-treth...
“We never know when / the absence of someone / will appear…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/jordan-treth...
gone — Blood+Honey
Golden Shovel Poem by Jordan Trethewey (from the serialized chapbook There Is More ) “We never know when / the absence of someone / will appear…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Golden Shovel Poem "Gone" by Jordan Trethewey @jordan-trethewey.bsky.social (from the serialized chapbook 'There Is More')
“We never know when / the absence of someone / will appear…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/jordan-treth...
“We never know when / the absence of someone / will appear…”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/jordan-treth...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Today’s the day for this one, from Open Road. openroadmedia.com/ebook/states...
December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today’s the day for this one, from Open Road. openroadmedia.com/ebook/states...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
releasing on Tuesday: a bunch of tiny stories that are like the nematodes on SpongeBob, just mindlessly gnawing at the edges of the world. and making their own sound effects.
Preordered! 🖤
States of Grace
Stories
Expanded edition by Stephen Graham Jones
Available December 9th!
@sgj.bsky.social
States of Grace
Stories
Expanded edition by Stephen Graham Jones
Available December 9th!
@sgj.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
releasing on Tuesday: a bunch of tiny stories that are like the nematodes on SpongeBob, just mindlessly gnawing at the edges of the world. and making their own sound effects.
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
if I could only listen to one kind of music for the rest of my life, the answer would be Memphis soul. RIP Steve Cropper, whose guitar and production defined the Stax sound as much as Booker T’s organ or Otis Redding’s shout
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
I seldom review books before they come out...this time I want to because it needs your attention!
EVER SINCE WE SMALL by CELESTE MOHAMMED via @igpublishing.bsky.social preorder now:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/ever...
EVER SINCE WE SMALL by CELESTE MOHAMMED via @igpublishing.bsky.social preorder now:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/ever...
EVER SINCE WE SMALL, second braided-stories novel in Standard English/T&T Kriol mixed from Mohammed
EVER SINCE WE SMALL CELESTE MOHAMMED Ig Publishing ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $17.95 paperback, preorder now for delivery 13 ...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I seldom review books before they come out...this time I want to because it needs your attention!
EVER SINCE WE SMALL by CELESTE MOHAMMED via @igpublishing.bsky.social preorder now:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/ever...
EVER SINCE WE SMALL by CELESTE MOHAMMED via @igpublishing.bsky.social preorder now:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/12/ever...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Kim Novak and Pyewacket
🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️
🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kim Novak and Pyewacket
🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️
🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump just gave a commutation to David Gentile, a private equity executive who defrauded investors of $1.6B.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Meanwhile, Trump's regime has also scrapped enforcement actions against over 160 corporations accused of misconduct.
A new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
if you needed some Weird Cinema to watch, i'd recommend THE SHOUT (1978), over on Criterion. Great little movie with a real weirdness running through, based on a great weird short story written by Robert Graves. really fun, extremely strange.
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
if you needed some Weird Cinema to watch, i'd recommend THE SHOUT (1978), over on Criterion. Great little movie with a real weirdness running through, based on a great weird short story written by Robert Graves. really fun, extremely strange.
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Every year I curate some reviews for giftable books, usually those you won't think to look for...pretty objects you don't know exist...nice books for kids, be they siblings, grands, or just regular friend-offspring.
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Kicking off #Booksgiving for 2025
I keep doing this in celebration of the joy that books, stories, and reading bring me all 365 days of the year. You'll see if you follow th...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Every year I curate some reviews for giftable books, usually those you won't think to look for...pretty objects you don't know exist...nice books for kids, be they siblings, grands, or just regular friend-offspring.
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Join me for #Booksgiving here:
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/kick...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
This month in STONE"S THROW: In wartime Saigon, a missionary working in the red light district tries to save the souls of those around her, but soon wonders if her own salvation is what's needed. A gut punch of a story by AT Kessler! Read it today: bit.ly/4nCG7wX
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This month in STONE"S THROW: In wartime Saigon, a missionary working in the red light district tries to save the souls of those around her, but soon wonders if her own salvation is what's needed. A gut punch of a story by AT Kessler! Read it today: bit.ly/4nCG7wX
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
If Los Angeles had done something about how Steven Taylor was using empty RSO buildings to grow his real estate empire...
www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/...
...maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. laist.com/news/secreti...
www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/...
...maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. laist.com/news/secreti...
Steven Taylor May be the Most Despicable Landlord in Los Angeles
REAL ESTATE PREDATORS-Malcolm X famously said, “You show me a capitalist, I’ll show you a bloodsucker.” But Steven Taylor is truly something special.
www.citywatchla.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If Los Angeles had done something about how Steven Taylor was using empty RSO buildings to grow his real estate empire...
www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/...
...maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. laist.com/news/secreti...
www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/...
...maybe elected officials wouldn't be tied up in what sure looks like a massive fraud on the taxpayers. laist.com/news/secreti...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
CELEBRATION COCKTAILS: Outstanding Batch Cocktails and Individual Drinks for Holidays, Parties, Birthdays, Weddings, and Other Festive Occasions by Rhiannon Lee via @quartobooksuk.bsky.social. An education in classy drinking: #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/cele...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/cele...
CELEBRATION COCKTAILS: Outstanding Batch Cocktails and Individual Drinks for Holidays, Parties, Birthdays, Weddings, and Other Festive Occasions
CELEBRATION COCKTAILS: Outstanding Batch Cocktails and Individual Drinks for Holidays, Parties, Birthdays, Weddings, and Other Festive Occ...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CELEBRATION COCKTAILS: Outstanding Batch Cocktails and Individual Drinks for Holidays, Parties, Birthdays, Weddings, and Other Festive Occasions by Rhiannon Lee via @quartobooksuk.bsky.social. An education in classy drinking: #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/cele...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/cele...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
WILD INSTINCT by T. Jefferson Parker
A darn good story that (I hope!) starts a series, from @stmartinspress.bsky.social / Minotaur Books. #booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/wild...
A darn good story that (I hope!) starts a series, from @stmartinspress.bsky.social / Minotaur Books. #booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/wild...
WILD INSTINCT, good story that (I hope!) starts a series
WILD INSTINCT T. JEFFERSON PARKER Minotaur Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $14.99 ebook, available now Rating: 4* of five ...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
WILD INSTINCT by T. Jefferson Parker
A darn good story that (I hope!) starts a series, from @stmartinspress.bsky.social / Minotaur Books. #booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/wild...
A darn good story that (I hope!) starts a series, from @stmartinspress.bsky.social / Minotaur Books. #booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/wild...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
RIP to gravitas incarnate. 😢🫡
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
RIP to gravitas incarnate. 😢🫡
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Micro-fiction "Oracle" by Nolan Knight
“And you emerged? Someplace else. Not L.A.? No. Where? Dunno—magnolias sprouting gumdrops, a sherbet sky—pterodactyls overhead.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/oracle
“And you emerged? Someplace else. Not L.A.? No. Where? Dunno—magnolias sprouting gumdrops, a sherbet sky—pterodactyls overhead.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/oracle
oracle — Blood+Honey
by Nolan Knight “And you emerged? Someplace else. Not L.A.? No. Where? Dunno—magnolias sprouting gumdrops, a sherbet sky—pterodactyls overhead.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Micro-fiction "Oracle" by Nolan Knight
“And you emerged? Someplace else. Not L.A.? No. Where? Dunno—magnolias sprouting gumdrops, a sherbet sky—pterodactyls overhead.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/oracle
“And you emerged? Someplace else. Not L.A.? No. Where? Dunno—magnolias sprouting gumdrops, a sherbet sky—pterodactyls overhead.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/oracle
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
Hey folks, just a reminder that you can still get signed/personalized copies of any of my books, including COFFIN MOON, from Broadway Books in Portland, OR! Thanks so much!
broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...
broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey folks, just a reminder that you can still get signed/personalized copies of any of my books, including COFFIN MOON, from Broadway Books in Portland, OR! Thanks so much!
broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...
broadwaybooks.net/book/9780593...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is on sale this week. Ebook is 99 cents! ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is on sale this week. Ebook is 99 cents! ⬇️
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
“The Power Company Detective” by Joe Koch - Seize The Press
The gun doesn’t remember you. The man you were was not important, nothing more than another in a series of shifting targets for the shouting hole of its small black mouth. Furthermore, you may have be...
18.168.63.88
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
I joined Erik D’Souza on the CWC podcast yesterday to talk about The Broken Detective.
Discussed:
-characters with unlikeable traits
-waiting for publication
-Winnipeg
-next writing projects
Find it wherever you listened to podcasts.
#noir #MustRead #thebrokendetective
Discussed:
-characters with unlikeable traits
-waiting for publication
-Winnipeg
-next writing projects
Find it wherever you listened to podcasts.
#noir #MustRead #thebrokendetective
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I joined Erik D’Souza on the CWC podcast yesterday to talk about The Broken Detective.
Discussed:
-characters with unlikeable traits
-waiting for publication
-Winnipeg
-next writing projects
Find it wherever you listened to podcasts.
#noir #MustRead #thebrokendetective
Discussed:
-characters with unlikeable traits
-waiting for publication
-Winnipeg
-next writing projects
Find it wherever you listened to podcasts.
#noir #MustRead #thebrokendetective
Reposted by Ilyn Welch
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...