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C.J. Subko

@cjsubko.bsky.social

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Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth. Words in Small Wonders, Flame Tree, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex www.cjsubko.com https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · Oct 11

Hello, friends and followers! I'm C.J., an author of fantasy and horror fiction. Find me here most of the time.

🖤Website with short stories: www.cjsubko.com

🖤Newsletter with stories, articles, writing tips: cjsubko.substack.com

🖤Instagram: instagram.com/sarcasmlemons

Welcome to the madhouse!

moons, tarot cards, chain belts, skulls, swords, and typewriter keys

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 10h

The only thing you can control in the publishing world is whether or not you keep #writing.

Learning that the hard way.

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 10h

So is BLACK PHONE 2 based on any actual King or is it just a random money grabber? Curious whether I should care about it or not.

#horror #filmsky

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Casey Lucas @bimbo.phd · Jan 16

Similar to my post about "liberation means even for that annoying guy you hate" - weird art includes art you personally don't get, don't like, wouldn't spend money on, find unsettling. Games you wouldn't play. Books you wouldn't read. Decommercialise your preconceptions of what art deserves to exist

shaydh 🩸FLEDGLING MANOR OUT NOW🩸 @shaydh.bsky.social · Jan 16

Everyone saying "make weird art!" you better fucking mean it. There better not be an unspoken "but not too weird" tacked on at the end.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 10h

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 11h

Was bored in the car on a long drive so I watched HOUSE ON EDEN.

It was fine.

Had some nice sparse moments ruined by overdoing the scares. Nothing PARANORMAL ACTIVITY didn't do first or better.

All in all, very vanilla.

#horror #filmsky

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13h

One of those days when my dreams feel like they're already dead

#writing

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 15h

Back from the void and apparently there's work to be done, how inconvenient

#writing

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 17h

For the new week 🙏🕯✨️ #writing

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 20h

Sights from @voidcon.bsky.social

Smoky mountains beneath a cloudy gray sky

A book cover with a woman throwing up black. The text is eradicator by David Simmons

Four people two women and two men sitting at a table in a stage

A stack of books including feeding the wheel by Michael bouldering and the devil thinks I'm pretty by Charlene elsby

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

Had an amazing time at @voidcon.bsky.social!!!

The tightest ship ever run. 🖤

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing opportunity! Special shout out to @lauragalanwells.bsky.social and @jenichappelle.bsky.social !

#writing

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 2d

Meet the editors who are giving feedback for this round of #RevPit #10Queries!

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

It's gorgeous and so unsettling when you let yourself think about it!

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 2d

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.

Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!

📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

Mentors Part 1:
Molly McDonough
Deena Helm
Julie Lew
Megan Bontrager
Seren Kilig
Natalie Kikić
Deandra Davis
Christie Curry
Eunice Kim
Carmeline Melchior
Corvin A. Doupagne
Rachel Kitch
Samantha Chong
Fatiha Rais
Shepard DiStasio
Thea Liu
Damara Allen
Karis Rogerson

Mentors Part 2:
Julie Hafsa Derbal
Tali Shammas
Lilly Lu
Cassy Klisch
Camille Chong
Bayley Mae
Amanda Helander
Libby Kennedy
Taylor Pitts
Shaina Cordas
J.D. Myall
Asia Murphy
Grace Morrow
Meredith Mooring
Ellen Mulholland
Chantel Pearson
Stephanie Kim Johnson
Caitlyn Averett
Sabina Martin

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

While in Gettysburg for VOIDCON I took in the battlefield. Very haunting.

An old cannon next to a tree in a sunset field

A statue like a gravestone for the 8th Illinois cavalry, in a field, with two American flags at its base

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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve got books! We’ve got New Weird Horror books! (And we’ve got five days straight of chronic insomnia but we swear it’s just making us charming and hilarious and not a lifeless husk).
Join us in the Void🖤☠️
@voidcon.bsky.social

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Die Laughing Magazine @dielaughingmag.bsky.social · 2d

All settled in for day 1 tabling at @voidcon.bsky.social ! Stop by for a special limited edition zine (story by horrorsong.blog), a sticker, and vote in the Nosferatus Fuck/Marry/Kill poll. You can also buy some books by us (@probablyharmless.bsky.social and @residualdreaming.bsky.social)

A photo of Cassandra and Theo. Theo is standing behind Cassandra, and giving her bunny ears. They are both behind a table, which is covered with a variety of books and other swag.

A close-up of the table showing three plastic kettles, one for each Nosferatu, and the Die Laughing limited edition zine.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that I write and have published several short #horror stories for your October enjoyment 🖤

#writing

Cjsubko.com/short-fiction

Short Fiction

I have publications in the following venues. The Crow’s Quill July 2023. “A Sacrifice” Learn more → Tales from the Moonlit Path October 2023. “The Creeping” Learn more…

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yay! 🥰 I hope you enjoy

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 1d

A family friend just showed up at my hotel door to have their copy of RED LINE from @frombeyondpress.bsky.social signed.

#writing goal achieved.

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 3d

Let's hope!

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 3d

I write so many novels but they go nowhere.

If a book closes in a wood and no one is there to hear it, did it even make a sound?

#writing

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 4d

THANKS!!

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for everyone who boosted and commented during DVpit!

I appreciate your love for my little necromancer book, from the bottom of my 🖤.

#writing

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 4d

No prob! I'm using mine as a weighted blanket in the car rn so it was on my mind (and my lap)