Jessica Luke García
@10itemsorjess.bsky.social
virulent punk. writing tender, terrible things. (any pronouns)
My flash fic "First Girls" is in the February issue of @nightmare-magazine.com, where we are pouring one out for our Casey Beckers, our Tina Grays, our Annie Bracketts, and all the intense, doomed, borderline homoerotic girlie friendships of bi adolescence
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/firs...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/firs...
February 16, 2024 at 3:07 PM
My flash fic "First Girls" is in the February issue of @nightmare-magazine.com, where we are pouring one out for our Casey Beckers, our Tina Grays, our Annie Bracketts, and all the intense, doomed, borderline homoerotic girlie friendships of bi adolescence
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/firs...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/firs...
After devouring it in a single day, emerged from @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's SLEEP ALONE with a wicked migraine, which is to say this book is SO GOOD SO JUICY SO IMMERSIVE I finished it without realizing i had a migraine. buy it now:
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Sleep Alone a book by J. a. W. McCarthy
For the past six years, Ronnie has worked selling merch for a perpetually touring band. Late nights, sweaty clubs, dingy motel rooms, endless roads-as rough as it's been, there is no other way of life...
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October 23, 2023 at 2:30 PM
After devouring it in a single day, emerged from @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's SLEEP ALONE with a wicked migraine, which is to say this book is SO GOOD SO JUICY SO IMMERSIVE I finished it without realizing i had a migraine. buy it now:
bookshop.org/p/books/slee...
bookshop.org/p/books/slee...
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So delighted to have this new story with @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Late Night Drive Long Time Gone – Fractured
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October 16, 2023 at 2:56 PM
So delighted to have this new story with @fracturedlit.bsky.social
This week I'm reading SLEEP ALONE by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social & FEVER HOUSE by @keithrosson.bsky.social (a sort of rock n roll horror double feature)
October 15, 2023 at 12:59 PM
This week I'm reading SLEEP ALONE by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social & FEVER HOUSE by @keithrosson.bsky.social (a sort of rock n roll horror double feature)
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WEBSITE IS LYING
coins can be shipped to ENTIRE WORLD
will have close personal chat with website soon, get things cleared up…
Watch here for updates
coins can be shipped to ENTIRE WORLD
will have close personal chat with website soon, get things cleared up…
Watch here for updates
it's here, the 2024 Ferryman coin.
pre-order yours now and help support THE DEADLANDS.
it costs money to run this beautiful magazine, so in return for supporting us we'll help you make it across The River
details below! please like + share times a million
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pre-order yours now and help support THE DEADLANDS.
it costs money to run this beautiful magazine, so in return for supporting us we'll help you make it across The River
details below! please like + share times a million
thedeadlands.com/fundraiser-2...
The 2024 Ferryman Coin Fundraiser | The Deadlands
find out how to pay The Ferryman by picking up a 2024 genuine The Deadlands ferryman coin, and help support are amazing magazine.
thedeadlands.com
October 13, 2023 at 8:23 PM
WEBSITE IS LYING
coins can be shipped to ENTIRE WORLD
will have close personal chat with website soon, get things cleared up…
Watch here for updates
coins can be shipped to ENTIRE WORLD
will have close personal chat with website soon, get things cleared up…
Watch here for updates
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The back cover copy of my latest book. Pre-orders of the hardback will begin on Halloween, because I'm corny like that.
October 13, 2023 at 1:11 PM
The back cover copy of my latest book. Pre-orders of the hardback will begin on Halloween, because I'm corny like that.
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"The mouse has a gun: a copper blunderbuss with the end belled out like something out of Looney Tunes. His name is Sir Miles, and he has been hunting."
"The Sound of Children Screaming," out now in Nightmare: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...
"The Sound of Children Screaming," out now in Nightmare: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...
The Sound of Children Screaming - Nightmare Magazine
You know the one about the Gun. The Gun goes where it wants to. On Thursday morning just after recess, the Gun will walk through the front doors of Thurman Elementary, and it won’t sign in at the fr...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
October 13, 2023 at 2:20 PM
"The mouse has a gun: a copper blunderbuss with the end belled out like something out of Looney Tunes. His name is Sir Miles, and he has been hunting."
"The Sound of Children Screaming," out now in Nightmare: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...
"The Sound of Children Screaming," out now in Nightmare: www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-...
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From a not-so-well-off family trying to fool everyone to a teacher working in her dreams to a houseless person just looking for a place to sleep, class tensions bubble up in horrifying ways in these stories from @jawmccarthy.bsky.social, @christinogle.substack.com, and @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social.
October 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM
From a not-so-well-off family trying to fool everyone to a teacher working in her dreams to a houseless person just looking for a place to sleep, class tensions bubble up in horrifying ways in these stories from @jawmccarthy.bsky.social, @christinogle.substack.com, and @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social.
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Reminder I'll be co-running an online writing class on writing the dark side of tech..info here:
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Glitch: Writing about the dark side of technology
Technology has brought us modern medicine, space flight, the ability to communicate with people all around the world. It's also brought us increasingly horrific weapons of war, devices that can consta...
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October 11, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Reminder I'll be co-running an online writing class on writing the dark side of tech..info here:
forms.gle/GqDz4dVeTVQp...
forms.gle/GqDz4dVeTVQp...
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Hi friends!
Sometimes, as you know, I like to take my stories out to wave hello at you. This is a very fast little flash piece about a "union avoidance" meeting that goes very wrong ... or not so wrong at all.
www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/cynt...
Sometimes, as you know, I like to take my stories out to wave hello at you. This is a very fast little flash piece about a "union avoidance" meeting that goes very wrong ... or not so wrong at all.
www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/cynt...
Cynthia Gómez -- Hearts and Minds
Rob surveyed his captive audience of coffee chain employees, gripping the lectern and the poster with his logo, an image of an employee and a boss shaking hands. He was proud of his record, displayed ...
www.thecosmicbackground.com
October 11, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Hi friends!
Sometimes, as you know, I like to take my stories out to wave hello at you. This is a very fast little flash piece about a "union avoidance" meeting that goes very wrong ... or not so wrong at all.
www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/cynt...
Sometimes, as you know, I like to take my stories out to wave hello at you. This is a very fast little flash piece about a "union avoidance" meeting that goes very wrong ... or not so wrong at all.
www.thecosmicbackground.com/stories/cynt...
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My island was there before 1492.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 9, 2023 at 5:57 PM
My island was there before 1492.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
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We are open for submissions through October 31!
We love:
- anything that would fit on the Twilight Zone
- stories between 3-6k (4.5k is our sweet spot)
- twist endings
Black writers, submit your story here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
We love:
- anything that would fit on the Twilight Zone
- stories between 3-6k (4.5k is our sweet spot)
- twist endings
Black writers, submit your story here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
NIGHTLIGHT: A Black Horror Fiction Podcast Submission Manager
Submit to NIGHTLIGHT: A Black Horror Fiction Podcast (a project of Ransom Media Productions LLC). Powered by Duosuma: Duotrope's Submission Manager.
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October 7, 2023 at 11:41 PM
We are open for submissions through October 31!
We love:
- anything that would fit on the Twilight Zone
- stories between 3-6k (4.5k is our sweet spot)
- twist endings
Black writers, submit your story here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
We love:
- anything that would fit on the Twilight Zone
- stories between 3-6k (4.5k is our sweet spot)
- twist endings
Black writers, submit your story here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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A FIRE BORN OF EXILE releases this THURSDAY!!!!
Preorder your sapphic Count of Monte Cristo in space
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Preorder your sapphic Count of Monte Cristo in space
geni.us/AFireBorn
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October 9, 2023 at 6:57 AM
A FIRE BORN OF EXILE releases this THURSDAY!!!!
Preorder your sapphic Count of Monte Cristo in space
geni.us/AFireBorn
books2read.com/u/b5WeP7
Preorder your sapphic Count of Monte Cristo in space
geni.us/AFireBorn
books2read.com/u/b5WeP7
Every morning I wake up and shake the Sahara from my sinuses like a prospector emptying rocks out of an old boot
October 9, 2023 at 11:38 AM
Every morning I wake up and shake the Sahara from my sinuses like a prospector emptying rocks out of an old boot
