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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 4d

“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back”

—Anais Nin

Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 6d

“In dreams you don't need to make any distinctions between things. Not at all. Boundaries don't exist. So in dreams there are hardly ever collisions.”

—Haruki Murakami

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 10d

I heard you were looking to read diverse horror this spooky season.
Did you know I publish women writing horror? The easiest way to support my work in to join my Bindery for free. The best way is to join for $5. boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 7d

ACCUTE 2026 Call for Papers!

I am co-organizing a panel on "Indigenous Horror: Generic Disruptions" with Krista Collier-Jarvis.

The submission DEADLINE is 21 November 2025. See full guidelines:

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2026 Call for Papers < ACCUTE

CALL FOR PAPERS ACCUTE 2026 Concordia University, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) 4 – 7 June 2026 DEADLINE: 21 November 2025 The 2026 Conference CFP for the Association of Canadian College and University Teach...

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 7d

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2026 Call for Papers < ACCUTE

CALL FOR PAPERS ACCUTE 2026 Concordia University, Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) 4 – 7 June 2026 DEADLINE: 21 November 2025 The 2026 Conference CFP for the Association of Canadian College and University Teach...

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 7d

ACCUTE 2026 Call for Papers!

I am co-organizing a panel on "Indigenous Horror: Generic Disruptions" with Krista Collier-Jarvis.

The submission DEADLINE is 21 November 2025. See full guidelines:
accute.ca/2026-call-fo...

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University Press of Mississippi @upmississippi.bsky.social · 7d

🕷️ Horror isn’t just scary—it’s cultural.
Our spooky-season books trace Poe, Romero, slashers & spectral storytelling across traditions.

📖 Discover the scholarship of fear. buff.ly/hK45CrV

#SpookySeason #UPMississippi

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 8d

“‘to live’ and ‘to dream’ are at every point synonymous;”

—Jorge Luis Borges

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 8d

“You have wakened not out of sleep, but into a prior dream, and that dream lies within another, and so on, to infinity, which is the number of grains of sand. The path that you are to take is endless, and you will die before you have truly awakened.”

—Jorge Luis Borges

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 9d

#microinterview We’re joined by @nsborwein.bsky.social, author of the wonderful poem “The Void 𝘐𝘴 in a Playful Mood Tonight” in The Future Fire #74, to talk about alienation, transmateriality, and writing. press.futurefire.net/2025/09/micr...

Micro-interview with Naomi Simone Borwein

We’re joined by Naomi Simone Borwein, author of the wonderful poem “ The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight ” in The Future Fire #74, to ta...

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 9d

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Micro-interview with Naomi Simone Borwein

We’re joined by Naomi Simone Borwein, author of the wonderful poem “ The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight ” in The Future Fire #74, to ta...

press.futurefire.net

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Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social · 9d

Katabatic Circus Volume 2 closes to submissions in just a couple of days. It is shaping up to be a beautiful volume. Get your last minute submissions in! angrygablepress.com/katabatic-ci...

Katabatic Circus

Open to submissions for volume 2 until September 30, 2025. *** New themed call for volume 3 coming soon. ABOUT KATABATIC CIRCUS Katabatic Circus is an annual poetry anthology, published in print an…

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Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to announce the feature poet for Katabatic Circus Volume 2 is Michael A. Arnzen!
@mikearnzen.bsky.social

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Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social · 13d

Naomi reads a poem returns!

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“So You Will Go” by Naomi Simone Borwein

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Angry Gable Press @angrygablepress.bsky.social · 19d

Available at Barnes and Noble and other independent bookstores.

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This Exquisite Topology: a collection of happy abstractions|Paperback

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Kevin Corstorphine @drkevcorstorphine.bsky.social · 20d

Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com

Gothic Selves/Artificial Others

18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 22d

My poem “So You Will Go” is included in this stunning issue of Suburban Witchcraft Magazine.

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine @suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social · 22d

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine Issue 10 is now Live!
Read at : suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue10

We hope you enjoy exploring this issue brimming with #art, #photography, hymns, remnants of a wounded Summer reintroducing itself to the Autumn’s gold with #poetry, #stories and a #drama play.

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to have two poems in this beautiful issue!

The Argyle Literary Magazine @theargylelitmag.bsky.social · 23d

Surprise! Issue #5 of The Argyle just dropped!!! Many thanks to all our amazing contributors, especially digital artist Paul Warren for yet another awesome cover.

Enjoy!

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The Argyle Literary Magazine

The Argyle seeks to blur the lines between genres and strips the labels off your “little darlings,” offering an immersive experience of words and images that feeds the mind, stirs the soul, and distur...

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 24d

This is your fault, witch.
It had a voice like rusty chains.
And cracking joints.

#SFpoetry

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The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight, Naomi Simone Borwein

This is your fault, witch.

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The Future Fire @thefuturefire.bsky.social · 24d

New issue: 2025.74
Fiction and art by Barbara Candiotti, Carmen Moran, Eleanor Glewwe, Justin Taroli, Leuren Ferebee, Nancy S. Koven, Naomi Simone Borwein, Rowley Amato, Toeken & V. Zixin.
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New issue: 2025.74

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by hum...

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 25d

My poem “The Void Is in a Playful Mood Tonight” is available to read in issue 2025.74 of The Future Fire!

The Future Fire @thefuturefire.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25d

The Future Fire issue 2025.74

Out now with free #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #poetry and #scifiart http://futurefire.net/2025.74/

The Future Fire: Social-political and progressive cyberfiction

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 26d

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Bindery Books | Indigenous Books To Add To Your Spooky ...

Indigenous books for your spooky season TBR! This is a ...

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 26d

We bring you news of a great new anthology from @michaelallenrose.bsky.social

Stories From The Motel Sick

With stories from @elizabethbroadbent.bsky.social @shanemchorror.bsky.social @dungeoncrawlercarl.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social and many more

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Check Into The Motel Sick: A New Anthology Arrives - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

Ginger Nuts of Horror welcomes editor Michael Allen Rose to the site to talk about his brand-new anthology, Stories From The Motel Sick, featuring some

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Some horror non fiction to put on your radar. I’ll be adding the full list to Bindery, so make sure to follow there to get the update! (And easy clickable list!) boozhoo.binderybooks.com

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 29d

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Global Indigenous Horror

Contributions by Katrin Althans, Jayson Althofer, Naomi Simone Borwein, Persephone Braham, Krista Collier-Jarvis, Shane Hawk, Jade Jenkinson, June Scudeler, and Sabrina ZachariasGlobal Indigenous Horr...

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