T.R. Steele 🍂
@authortrsteele.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️⚧️ | ♎ | author of fantasy and gothic fiction ⚔️ | words in/coming from A Coup of Owls Press, Hearth Stories, Tales to Terrify, Heartlines Spec, Plott Hound Magazine, and smoke and mold
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December 7th's read was the short, delicate, beautifully worded and moving flash fiction piece, Forest by Joyce Chng, published in @innerworlds.bsky.social.
"She was a forager and in turn, I became one. She told me that even if she went, I would be provided for."
"She was a forager and in turn, I became one. She told me that even if she went, I would be provided for."
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
December 7th's read was the short, delicate, beautifully worded and moving flash fiction piece, Forest by Joyce Chng, published in @innerworlds.bsky.social.
"She was a forager and in turn, I became one. She told me that even if she went, I would be provided for."
"She was a forager and in turn, I became one. She told me that even if she went, I would be provided for."
Almost a week into December! Today I read Every Ghost Story by Natalia Theodoridou, published in @reactorsff.bsky.social.
"I remember the day of the Apparition. I mean, of course, who doesn’t?"
A different kind of "apocalypse" story, a very different kind of ghost story. I loved this one!
"I remember the day of the Apparition. I mean, of course, who doesn’t?"
A different kind of "apocalypse" story, a very different kind of ghost story. I loved this one!
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Almost a week into December! Today I read Every Ghost Story by Natalia Theodoridou, published in @reactorsff.bsky.social.
"I remember the day of the Apparition. I mean, of course, who doesn’t?"
A different kind of "apocalypse" story, a very different kind of ghost story. I loved this one!
"I remember the day of the Apparition. I mean, of course, who doesn’t?"
A different kind of "apocalypse" story, a very different kind of ghost story. I loved this one!
Today I read A Witch’s Transition In The City Of Ghosts by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social.
"We walk hand in hand into the city of ghosts, aware that everyone on the other side of the wall hates us now.
We do not care."
Amazing world-building in such a short piece!
"We walk hand in hand into the city of ghosts, aware that everyone on the other side of the wall hates us now.
We do not care."
Amazing world-building in such a short piece!
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Today I read A Witch’s Transition In The City Of Ghosts by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe, published in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social.
"We walk hand in hand into the city of ghosts, aware that everyone on the other side of the wall hates us now.
We do not care."
Amazing world-building in such a short piece!
"We walk hand in hand into the city of ghosts, aware that everyone on the other side of the wall hates us now.
We do not care."
Amazing world-building in such a short piece!
December 4th: I read All That Means or Mourns by Ruthanna Emrys, published in @reactorsff.bsky.social. Beautiful, moving example of cli-fi. 🌱
"Even the parking lot holds life: gnats and tenacious anoles, bacteria in the soil beneath the permeable pavement, cracks pressed wide by choirs of lichen."
"Even the parking lot holds life: gnats and tenacious anoles, bacteria in the soil beneath the permeable pavement, cracks pressed wide by choirs of lichen."
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
December 4th: I read All That Means or Mourns by Ruthanna Emrys, published in @reactorsff.bsky.social. Beautiful, moving example of cli-fi. 🌱
"Even the parking lot holds life: gnats and tenacious anoles, bacteria in the soil beneath the permeable pavement, cracks pressed wide by choirs of lichen."
"Even the parking lot holds life: gnats and tenacious anoles, bacteria in the soil beneath the permeable pavement, cracks pressed wide by choirs of lichen."
December 3rd! I (re)read The Truth About Owls by Amal El-Mohtar, published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This is one of my absolute favourite short stories I have ever read.
"She gathers the flowers of her wants all together in her throat, her heart, her belly, and trusts that they are good."
"She gathers the flowers of her wants all together in her throat, her heart, her belly, and trusts that they are good."
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
December 3rd! I (re)read The Truth About Owls by Amal El-Mohtar, published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social! This is one of my absolute favourite short stories I have ever read.
"She gathers the flowers of her wants all together in her throat, her heart, her belly, and trusts that they are good."
"She gathers the flowers of her wants all together in her throat, her heart, her belly, and trusts that they are good."
Today, December 2nd, I read A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon by Simo Srinivas in @plotthoundmag.bsky.social.
"It was a worm moon, and Lizbet-called-Daisy was no longer alone in the corral."
A lushly written, poetic and moving story about a cow and "night-calves" with imagery I won't soon forget.
"It was a worm moon, and Lizbet-called-Daisy was no longer alone in the corral."
A lushly written, poetic and moving story about a cow and "night-calves" with imagery I won't soon forget.
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today, December 2nd, I read A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon by Simo Srinivas in @plotthoundmag.bsky.social.
"It was a worm moon, and Lizbet-called-Daisy was no longer alone in the corral."
A lushly written, poetic and moving story about a cow and "night-calves" with imagery I won't soon forget.
"It was a worm moon, and Lizbet-called-Daisy was no longer alone in the corral."
A lushly written, poetic and moving story about a cow and "night-calves" with imagery I won't soon forget.
On December 1st I read Rocky Mountain Gothic by @evdatsyk.bsky.social in the latest issue of @augursociety.bsky.social!
"No one wants to be the one to ask, What did you eat? Who did you eat? For how could they stand the answer?"
I loved this look at what it means to be animal, human or otherwise.
"No one wants to be the one to ask, What did you eat? Who did you eat? For how could they stand the answer?"
I loved this look at what it means to be animal, human or otherwise.
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
On December 1st I read Rocky Mountain Gothic by @evdatsyk.bsky.social in the latest issue of @augursociety.bsky.social!
"No one wants to be the one to ask, What did you eat? Who did you eat? For how could they stand the answer?"
I loved this look at what it means to be animal, human or otherwise.
"No one wants to be the one to ask, What did you eat? Who did you eat? For how could they stand the answer?"
I loved this look at what it means to be animal, human or otherwise.
Thank you very much for doing this!
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Thank you very much for doing this!
Hi! Here are publications, and all the links can be found here on my website: authortrsteele.wordpress.com/publications/
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hi! Here are publications, and all the links can be found here on my website: authortrsteele.wordpress.com/publications/
Hi! Butcher of the Forest is quite creepy, so if you're not a fan of horror, I would take a look at the rest of Premee's backlist! The Annual Migration of Clouds trio of novellas is a beautiful, hopeful, sad, and stunning piece of SF and climate fiction!
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hi! Butcher of the Forest is quite creepy, so if you're not a fan of horror, I would take a look at the rest of Premee's backlist! The Annual Migration of Clouds trio of novellas is a beautiful, hopeful, sad, and stunning piece of SF and climate fiction!
Love the art! Thank you for sharing! ✨
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Love the art! Thank you for sharing! ✨
Thank you so much for including my piece and for your kind words! 🦌❤️
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Thank you so much for including my piece and for your kind words! 🦌❤️