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Jan Stinchcomb
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Dark/Horror/Speculative Fiction VERUSHKA is out now (JournalStone) Stories in Gamut Magazine, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf janstinchcomb.com
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · Feb 3
Art is not frivolous or escapist. If you are making or consuming (or promoting) art, you don’t need to explain or apologize.
There’s a reason why fascists go after artists.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 8m
Oh man. Creepy Doll Residency.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 1h
I've been waiting for this.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 5h
The late '70s was a deeply weird time at Disney. Need proof? Let's dive into Escape to Witch Mountain, following two cute kids with psychic powers running away from a scheming businessman. Hijinks ensue.

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Escape to Witch Mountain: An Otherworldly Glimpse Into the Weirdness of 1970s Disney - Reactor
Starring a flying Winnebago, kids with psychic powers, and helpful animal friends!
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 1d
works like a charm
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Claire C. Holland @clairecwrites.bsky.social · 2d
New My Favorite F***ing Movie is out! I originally wrote this essay for Daily Grindhouse when X first came out. I think this is such a special movie & I really love what I wrote about it, so I’m happy to be giving it a second life as part of this series.

Likes/shares/subscribes very appreciated 🖤
Sex Won’t Kill You, But Something Else Surely Will
Ti West’s X (2022)
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 1d
I’m sorry. This is a very bad year.
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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 1d
My book comes out today! It’s sad and funny and a little spooky and a lot mysterious and very weird, and you can buy it wherever fine books are sold in indie stores bookshop.org/p/books/happ...
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 1d
The ultimate woodpecker.
A pileated woodpecker with red crest, white neck stripe and black body perches against a birdhouse and polishes off the suet.
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Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · 3d
new new: "Franchise," by Elise Blackwell: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f :  (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 2d
And I love the art!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 2d
I have a little Spooky Season piece for everyone up in @flashfrog.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy. A big thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home.

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Night is a Mouth with No Shape by Joshua Jones Lofflin
There’s the fog, always, a mist that clings to the girl’s legs. She walks along this darkened highway—not a real highway, but a narrow stretch of pitted asphalt with hardly any shoulder. Cars sweep…
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d
Read the novel if you haven’t yet.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d
RIP Diane Keaton
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is the film that haunts me.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d
Yesterday we went to a memorial service and even that was better than another day of demoralizing news. 💙
Remember to take care of yourselves and take breaks. This is going to be a long ride.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 5d
Just bc a book contains a protagonist between 10 and 30, especially a female protagnoist, doesn't mean it's YA. Just bc the book is written by a woman (or someone you incorrectly assume is a woman), doesn't make it YA. Just bc a book is fun, written colloquially, or has romance doesn't make it YA.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 4d
After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | @austinstatesman.bsky.social

What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights

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After 35 years at UT Austin, I hardly recognize my university | Opinion
What was once a beacon of access and discovery is now fighting for its soul and mission as political attacks upend norms, rules and rights, Lisa L. Moore writes.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 4d
it's flash
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 5d
Congrats. That's wonderful.
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 5d
I don't know if I believe the punks will save us anymore but this is a good morning for the B-52s. May I recommend Private Idaho?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d
Every single Democrat in Congress should’ve already had a post up by now about the Trump admin approving a Qatari air base inside the US.
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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 8d
Our fright-fest rolls on all month long 😱

First up this week, read ADRIÁN by Juan Valencia

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Adrián
By Juan Valencia
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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 6d
#FolkloreThursday The Woman in Black was a ghostly apparition dressed like a veiled Victorian widow that haunted towns across the US c. 1860s-1910s. She glided soundlessly in the dark, sometimes attacked people, vanished when cornered, and was thought to be an omen of death or disaster. #ghosts
Mannequin dressed in Victorian mourning dress and veil Cover of The Ghost Wore Black: Ghastly Tales from the Past
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Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social · 6d
Hugely honored to see THE SLIP win the 2025 Kirkus Prize in fiction. Thank you, Kirkus!
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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 8d
You all voted for spooky vibes this month, and we heard you loud and clear! 🎃🌒

Gather round the campfire, because October's flash fiction theme is FOLKLORE! You have until October 31st to submit!

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a silhouette of a person riding a horse holding a pumpkin
Alt: black and white image of the headless horseman riding a black horse
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