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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 32m

Hi, everyone! I‘ll be teaching Novel-in-a-Year with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social in 2026. This will be my third iteration of the class, with first drafts as the focus this time around. Registration is now open and will close November 7:

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Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago

This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 6h

I love this analysis of the omniscient narrator in Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.
@thelincoln.bsky.social writes how in some passages, "I can’t help but think it is Hill House itself speaking to the reader, hinting at, yet still keeping hidden, its many mysteries."

Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 7h

Starting my October horror posting...

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Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator

Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 1d

I've been working on two different long-form projects this year, but just know that if you're ever interested in bringing on a genre reader or class speaker etc, I am HERE & super game to discuss short stories forever!

if you've read my work, this is probably the big one:

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 1d

My husband, mumbling in the kitchen, after trying to return moldy gnocchi to the grocery, "Have just one kid and YOU see what a ruined meal prep feels like."

Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 1d

This flash is so delightfully odd and beautiful.

"Earlier, when the plane had departed Arizona, the only things below us had been a giant planet of tan sand and a tiny pale grid of a town and a magical skid of snow that I later learned were dunes of gypsum. What appeared cold had actually not been"

hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · 1d

"I was once on a plane that suffered a monumental loss."

Folks, you aren't prepared for this new @whitneycollins.bsky.social story--perfectly written, utterly strange, incredibly compelling. We are so damn excited (and lucky) to share "Truth of Consequences" this week on hex! An absolute wonder! ✈️

Truth or Consequences by Whitney Collins

I was once on a plane that suffered a monumental loss. High above a green and turgid swath of Florida, one of the aircraft’s giant white engines began smoldering like a marshmallow. This mechanical de...

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Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 1d

FYI, @therumpus.net is still open for essay submissions! If you want to get an idea of what we publish, check out the #RumpusEssays threads below.
therumpus.submittable.com/submit

The Rumpus Submission Manager

We have paused submissions for fiction and poetry, so we can catch up. We'll re-open for these categories on 10/15/2025.The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, e...

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 3d

Parenthood has ruined horror movies for me. I'm crying over the ending of Weapons, which to everyone else I know, was just funny.

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 3d

Stumbled upon a clip from Mermaids and was reminded that many years ago, in another life, I worked on a rewrite of a script with Richard Benjamin and he was so kind. (Script never got made, alas.)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4d

A baby has died of whooping cough in Mississippi amidst their worst pertussis outbreak in more than a decade.

If you have a loved one with an infant or are near babies a lot, please consider getting a pertussis booster, as is recommended by legitimate science and healthcare professionals.

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know you personally but I just saw this post and wanted to say I'm so sorry.

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 6d

gonna include a list of possible flavor combinations in my next email to my agent

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 7d

If you follow me for creative writing content, I'm sorry, I have Crohn's and make TMI posts semi-regularly.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 8d

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

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A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives

Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 7d

The world may be ***gestures wildly*** but I decided to prioritize self care by buying myself the fancy colonoscopy prep pills.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for reading!

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 11d

"The list of things Mike could fix shrank. There was a time when Mike would fix computers. Hulking CPU towers with whirring fans"

Wonderful piece from @maeganpoland.bsky.social about a character struggling in an ever-changing world

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Mr. Fixit — Ghost Parachute

Drive along Route 95 toward Vegas, turn right on a dusty road just fifteen miles south of Tonampa, and you’ll find a cluster of buildings that are fifteen years shy of being a ghost town. There’s stil...

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much!

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 12d

A+

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · 12d

no one ever tells you this but don't buy tables with a sloped, single leg to support the table top if you have a roomba unless you want to watch your robotic house sucker spend its entire battery dry humping a table all day

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12d

“KFF analysis of federal data found that the average increase in out-of-pocket coverage cost would be 79%, with state-by-state average increases ranging from 49% to 195%.”

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12d

Fact check: the cost increase is likely to be HIGHER than Dems are warning. It’s so inconceivably bad that telling Americans how bad it will get sound preposterous. This will crush American households.

Fact check: Will health insurance costs rise 75% if Congress ends ACA subsidies?

"Republicans are spiking health insurance premiums by 75% for everyday Americans" if they don’t extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, said House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark.

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Maegan Poland @maeganpoland.bsky.social · 12d

I had a nightmare that I was lecturing my class about The Tale of Genji and I told them the author was Sei Shōnagon.

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 14d

for film franchises to no longer exist

Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 14d

If you were granted one wish but it could only be pop culture related (like another season of a favorite show), what would it be? 👀

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

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