Sam Arlington
@samarlington.com
"writer" | SF noir 👽🌑 dark fantasy 🐉🪄 horror théâtral 😱🏕
🌐 https://samarlington.com for bio, pubs, DMs
🍂 I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar
🌐 https://samarlington.com for bio, pubs, DMs
🍂 I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar
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Sam Arlington
@samarlington.com
· Sep 1
September Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
For the month of September 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us the most.
www.flashphantoms.net
NEW FLASH ⚡️ Ohio. Millennial dad rock. A texting sock monster. 🧦😱 What else could you need in a 5-minute #horror story? Read "MY SOCKRIFICE, OR THE LOOSING OF THE DRYERGEIST" free at www.flashphantoms.net/september-fl...
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
NEW FLASH ⚡️ Ohio. Millennial dad rock. A texting sock monster. 🧦😱 What else could you need in a 5-minute #horror story? Read "MY SOCKRIFICE, OR THE LOOSING OF THE DRYERGEIST" free at www.flashphantoms.net/september-fl...
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
September Flash Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
For the month of September 2025, these are the horror stories of 1,000 words or less that entertain us the most.
www.flashphantoms.net
September 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW FLASH ⚡️ Ohio. Millennial dad rock. A texting sock monster. 🧦😱 What else could you need in a 5-minute #horror story? Read "MY SOCKRIFICE, OR THE LOOSING OF THE DRYERGEIST" free at www.flashphantoms.net/september-fl...
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
#horrorlit #tragicomedy
Advertise your account with a GIF.
August 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Advertise your account with a GIF.
Slightly diminish a band: Megaseriousillness
Slightly diminish a band: Spanking Molly
Slightly diminish a band: 9,999 Maniacs
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Megaseriousillness
"...each degree a betrayal, each hour a soft lie told in freon."
I'll read whatever Mr. Longmire has written.
I'll read whatever Mr. Longmire has written.
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"...each degree a betrayal, each hour a soft lie told in freon."
I'll read whatever Mr. Longmire has written.
I'll read whatever Mr. Longmire has written.
We have rules in America's game ⚾️ There are... consequences for flouting them.
Honored to provide the finale for @horrificscribs.bsky.social Exhibit 3. Read "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE" and the other terrifying transformations free at horrificscribblings.com/exhibitthree/
#horror
Honored to provide the finale for @horrificscribs.bsky.social Exhibit 3. Read "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE" and the other terrifying transformations free at horrificscribblings.com/exhibitthree/
#horror
Horrific Scribes, Exhibit Three: Terrifying Transformations at Home, at Work, and at Play
This exhibit arranges stories that depict unsettling, uncanny, and just plain terrifying disruptions in the "orderly" spheres of social life.
horrificscribblings.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We have rules in America's game ⚾️ There are... consequences for flouting them.
Honored to provide the finale for @horrificscribs.bsky.social Exhibit 3. Read "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE" and the other terrifying transformations free at horrificscribblings.com/exhibitthree/
#horror
Honored to provide the finale for @horrificscribs.bsky.social Exhibit 3. Read "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE" and the other terrifying transformations free at horrificscribblings.com/exhibitthree/
#horror
quote with a fantasy being that’s NOT a vampire or werewolf
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
quote with a fantasy being that’s NOT a vampire or werewolf
N: Isafjordur
E: Tokyo
S: San Juan
W: Honolulu
E: Tokyo
S: San Juan
W: Honolulu
N: Trondheim
E: Moscow
S: Lagos
W: Los Angeles
E: Moscow
S: Lagos
W: Los Angeles
N: Reykjavik
E: Auckland, NZ
S: also Auckland, NZ
W: Victoria, British Columbia
E: Auckland, NZ
S: also Auckland, NZ
W: Victoria, British Columbia
August 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
N: Isafjordur
E: Tokyo
S: San Juan
W: Honolulu
E: Tokyo
S: San Juan
W: Honolulu
I liked it better before the internet.
August 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I liked it better before the internet.
Almost 2 months of BOREALISTA. Don't fib, you totally didn't see that ending coming. #pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/data/files/d...
www.epicechoesmag.com/data/files/d...
July 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Almost 2 months of BOREALISTA. Don't fib, you totally didn't see that ending coming. #pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/data/files/d...
www.epicechoesmag.com/data/files/d...
Fucking hell, the Prince himself
July 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fucking hell, the Prince himself
The most whimsically absurd thing you'll read this Monday, and that's some stiff competition 🙃
Nice one, @supernaturalfeat.com 🤙
Nice one, @supernaturalfeat.com 🤙
super great — odd, funny, hella voicey — "monologu-ye" piece today from dan weaver!
"I’m also thinking we’ll do a small little hidden mesh pocket inside one of the main pockets where you just put your finger in it when your hand is in the bigger pocket."
https://www.havehashad.com/ydxei
"I’m also thinking we’ll do a small little hidden mesh pocket inside one of the main pockets where you just put your finger in it when your hand is in the bigger pocket."
https://www.havehashad.com/ydxei
Our job is to design shorts so I guess let’s design some shorts by Dan Weaver
Let’s get down some length requirements. The shorts should not be too long otherwise we’d be doing pants, and our job is to do shorts. Also, if they are too short they would be underwear. Once we put…
www.havehashad.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The most whimsically absurd thing you'll read this Monday, and that's some stiff competition 🙃
Nice one, @supernaturalfeat.com 🤙
Nice one, @supernaturalfeat.com 🤙
I wouldn’t tell anyone if I won the lottery but there would be signs
July 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I wouldn’t tell anyone if I won the lottery but there would be signs
Intro time! I'm Sam, more or less. Old at writing, new at fiction, not too hung up on genre lanes, aspiring multi-award-losing pro. My stories so far blend elements of sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian & horror, from campy to pulpy to vaguely literary. Published a few; more + a novel in the chute.
Sam Arlington | Author
SPECULATIVE FICTION AUTHOR
sci-fi noir | dark fantasy | horror théâtral
samarlington.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Intro time! I'm Sam, more or less. Old at writing, new at fiction, not too hung up on genre lanes, aspiring multi-award-losing pro. My stories so far blend elements of sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian & horror, from campy to pulpy to vaguely literary. Published a few; more + a novel in the chute.
Happy fortnight-a-versary to "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE," the feel-good blood and guts story of the season!
There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter.
Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com
#horrorlit 😱📚
There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter.
Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com
#horrorlit 😱📚
Horrific Scribes
Horrific Scribes is an expanding archive of provocative, scary, and strange fiction (and some poetry) by various authors.
horrificscribblings.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Happy fortnight-a-versary to "BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE," the feel-good blood and guts story of the season!
There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter.
Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com
#horrorlit 😱📚
There's no crying in baseball, but there will be blood... and maybe killer glitter.
Surreal. Suspenseful. Subversive. Read it FREE at horrificscribblings.com
#horrorlit 😱📚
BOREALISTA is a month old! Read it free in Epic Echoes 4.
Fearless guide Ana leads a group of desperate migrants north through the dangerous borderlands toward the promise of safety and a better life. Their story may seem familiar... at first.
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
Fearless guide Ana leads a group of desperate migrants north through the dangerous borderlands toward the promise of safety and a better life. Their story may seem familiar... at first.
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
Magazine — Epic Echoes
www.epicechoesmag.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
BOREALISTA is a month old! Read it free in Epic Echoes 4.
Fearless guide Ana leads a group of desperate migrants north through the dangerous borderlands toward the promise of safety and a better life. Their story may seem familiar... at first.
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
Fearless guide Ana leads a group of desperate migrants north through the dangerous borderlands toward the promise of safety and a better life. Their story may seem familiar... at first.
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
These are some first-rate rejections I've been getting. Immensely helpful individual feedback almost every time. I can't overstate how valuable that is as a new fiction writer. Bravo, editors that do that.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
July 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These are some first-rate rejections I've been getting. Immensely helpful individual feedback almost every time. I can't overstate how valuable that is as a new fiction writer. Bravo, editors that do that.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
June 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
New story out today in @horrificscribs.bsky.social! Read "Best Seats in the House" free at horrificscribblings.com and poke around the expert-curated exhibits while you're there!
#horrorlit 📚😱
#horrorlit 📚😱
June 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
New story out today in @horrificscribs.bsky.social! Read "Best Seats in the House" free at horrificscribblings.com and poke around the expert-curated exhibits while you're there!
#horrorlit 📚😱
#horrorlit 📚😱
A real live pulp, and I'm in there! Check out Borealista and the rest of the rad stories in Epic Echoes Vol 4
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
June 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A real live pulp, and I'm in there! Check out Borealista and the rest of the rad stories in Epic Echoes Vol 4
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
#pulpfiction
www.epicechoesmag.com/magazine
Happy to have gotten 2 rejections on 2 different stories in the past 24 hours because both came with individual feedback. A free MFA in lieu of an acceptance is a fair trade.
June 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Happy to have gotten 2 rejections on 2 different stories in the past 24 hours because both came with individual feedback. A free MFA in lieu of an acceptance is a fair trade.
Turn 2:
Shirley Jackson
Ursula K LeGuin
Mary Shelley
Margaret Atwood
PD James
(Hope it's alright if I play again.)
Shirley Jackson
Ursula K LeGuin
Mary Shelley
Margaret Atwood
PD James
(Hope it's alright if I play again.)
Isaac Asimov
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy:
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
June 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Turn 2:
Shirley Jackson
Ursula K LeGuin
Mary Shelley
Margaret Atwood
PD James
(Hope it's alright if I play again.)
Shirley Jackson
Ursula K LeGuin
Mary Shelley
Margaret Atwood
PD James
(Hope it's alright if I play again.)
Isaac Asimov
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
Writers, name five of the authors who most impacted your writing style or philosophy:
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
JRR Tolkien
CS Lewis
Libba Bray
Ken Follett
Lemony Snicket
June 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Isaac Asimov
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
Phillip K. Dick
Stephen King
Charles Bukowski
Kurt Vonnegut
"Borealista," a tale of daring and hope in the borderlands, is officially out in the world! Read it free online at epicechoesmag.com/magazine, also available in print.
#pulpfiction #borealista #hopepunk #epicechoes #dystopian
#pulpfiction #borealista #hopepunk #epicechoes #dystopian
June 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Borealista," a tale of daring and hope in the borderlands, is officially out in the world! Read it free online at epicechoesmag.com/magazine, also available in print.
#pulpfiction #borealista #hopepunk #epicechoes #dystopian
#pulpfiction #borealista #hopepunk #epicechoes #dystopian
Reposted by Sam Arlington
Reason #35,714 not to get too down on your skills as a writer after a rejection: I reject publication-worthy stories almost every single day. Seriously, I wish there were more mags (or that I had unlimited cash to buy more stories) because there's so many great stories out there.
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reason #35,714 not to get too down on your skills as a writer after a rejection: I reject publication-worthy stories almost every single day. Seriously, I wish there were more mags (or that I had unlimited cash to buy more stories) because there's so many great stories out there.