Erin Brown
@babblewocky.bsky.social
Spec Fic Author. SFWA. Voodoonaut. Words in FIYAH Mag, Nightmare Mag, Baffling, Fantasy Mag, The Deadlands, EscapePod, Truman Capote Lit Trust 2022. A watched plot never thickens. http://ebrownwrites.com
Some of us cooks get gadgety this time of year!
So tell us, @tco-anthology.bsky.social Cookouteers...
So tell us, @tco-anthology.bsky.social Cookouteers...
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Some of us cooks get gadgety this time of year!
So tell us, @tco-anthology.bsky.social Cookouteers...
So tell us, @tco-anthology.bsky.social Cookouteers...
Another Cookout Co-editor making his mark in @nightmare-magazine.com !
Way to go, @pcverrone.com .
Just look at this dreamy cover…
Way to go, @pcverrone.com .
Just look at this dreamy cover…
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Another Cookout Co-editor making his mark in @nightmare-magazine.com !
Way to go, @pcverrone.com .
Just look at this dreamy cover…
Way to go, @pcverrone.com .
Just look at this dreamy cover…
My coeditors in The Cookout are doing big things!!! Yay @emmaliawrites.bsky.social
I'm A Bestseller!
I get newsletters from Draft2Digital. I usually read the articles up top, but don't scroll all the way down. I'm happy I did this time.At the bottom are the top 10 bestsellers of different categories:...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My coeditors in The Cookout are doing big things!!! Yay @emmaliawrites.bsky.social
I noticed that no news articles had to suggest “fart walks” back when people with ethics weren’t avoiding their unethical, ignorant, hateful family members for the holidays.
I guess the hot air at family dinners has increase exponentially in spaces full of hatred now that good people aren’t around.
I guess the hot air at family dinners has increase exponentially in spaces full of hatred now that good people aren’t around.
a woman in a purple leather jacket is standing in front of a window .
ALT: a woman in a purple leather jacket is standing in front of a window .
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November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I noticed that no news articles had to suggest “fart walks” back when people with ethics weren’t avoiding their unethical, ignorant, hateful family members for the holidays.
I guess the hot air at family dinners has increase exponentially in spaces full of hatred now that good people aren’t around.
I guess the hot air at family dinners has increase exponentially in spaces full of hatred now that good people aren’t around.
I’m old.
I was almost old when I started over.
I was surrounded by young people when I started over.
It wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as I thought it would be: young people have their own problems and don’t care about your cringe nearly as much as social media says.
I’m so happy I started over.
I was almost old when I started over.
I was surrounded by young people when I started over.
It wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as I thought it would be: young people have their own problems and don’t care about your cringe nearly as much as social media says.
I’m so happy I started over.
I’m old. Making things is my lifelong delight. It’s a continuous source of joy and contentment. Also, being a beginner is good for you. I didn’t know how to bake bread on Jan 1. Now I get to find something more to learn and do.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m old.
I was almost old when I started over.
I was surrounded by young people when I started over.
It wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as I thought it would be: young people have their own problems and don’t care about your cringe nearly as much as social media says.
I’m so happy I started over.
I was almost old when I started over.
I was surrounded by young people when I started over.
It wasn’t nearly as embarrassing as I thought it would be: young people have their own problems and don’t care about your cringe nearly as much as social media says.
I’m so happy I started over.
"Sulily dreams in hypersleep..."
Space Age Mermaid - Rogue Star Magazine
Sulily sleeps inside a transparent, cylindrical womb filled with luminous blue fluid. Her suit sticks to her body like a second skin. Knobby nodes run up the...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
"Sulily dreams in hypersleep..."
I’ve had lotsa editors who were brilliant people who uplifted my work and represented their publication well. But the one who changed the way I saw editorship forever was Brandon Applegate. @bapplegate.bsky.social showed me how to be a cheer-leader. He supports every hair on his writers’ heads. 💚🧟♀️💚
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve had lotsa editors who were brilliant people who uplifted my work and represented their publication well. But the one who changed the way I saw editorship forever was Brandon Applegate. @bapplegate.bsky.social showed me how to be a cheer-leader. He supports every hair on his writers’ heads. 💚🧟♀️💚
Hot-Cheetos-Crusted Snowcrab Mac and Cheese. I will not be taking questions.
Well… maybe one question.
Well… maybe one question.
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hot-Cheetos-Crusted Snowcrab Mac and Cheese. I will not be taking questions.
Well… maybe one question.
Well… maybe one question.
Hot Pot Saturday.
Now to make some dipping sauces!
Now to make some dipping sauces!
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hot Pot Saturday.
Now to make some dipping sauces!
Now to make some dipping sauces!
Multigrain bagels are great even though you will feel like you are pregnant with a cannonball after you’ve eaten half of one.
Poppyseed bagels are great even though you’ll be picking the little fuckers out of your teeth for the following 24 hours
Sesame seed bagels are great even though you’re required to have sesame seeds all over the place after you have one
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Multigrain bagels are great even though you will feel like you are pregnant with a cannonball after you’ve eaten half of one.
My Librarian is afraid of being unethical (he’s a glorified robber.)
My beastling is afraid of boredom. (If the taste of people’s terror-infused flesh gets too uninteresting, how will he eat?)
My vagrant is afraid they will ask what happened to all those missing girlfriends.
#HorrorWritersChat
My beastling is afraid of boredom. (If the taste of people’s terror-infused flesh gets too uninteresting, how will he eat?)
My vagrant is afraid they will ask what happened to all those missing girlfriends.
#HorrorWritersChat
Q4 is up. Ten minutes to outro and the promo: I am still working my way through. You're all wonderful busy bees today and I adore you!
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
This one is a little easier. No archetypes!
#HorrorWritersChat
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My Librarian is afraid of being unethical (he’s a glorified robber.)
My beastling is afraid of boredom. (If the taste of people’s terror-infused flesh gets too uninteresting, how will he eat?)
My vagrant is afraid they will ask what happened to all those missing girlfriends.
#HorrorWritersChat
My beastling is afraid of boredom. (If the taste of people’s terror-infused flesh gets too uninteresting, how will he eat?)
My vagrant is afraid they will ask what happened to all those missing girlfriends.
#HorrorWritersChat
Reposted by Erin Brown
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join The Folklore Story Lab: ROOTS (Africa) with @aishatuado.bsky.social — a generative writing session exploring African and diasporic folklore.
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📅 Nov 15, 10 AM EST / 9 AM CST
🔗 Register (Free): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I miss NaNoWriMo community.
I hate that the organization failed us so bad.
I hate that the organization failed us so bad.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I miss NaNoWriMo community.
I hate that the organization failed us so bad.
I hate that the organization failed us so bad.
Reposted by Erin Brown
I'm on the cover of this month's Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social!
If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more!
BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"?
#booksky #Blackbooksky
If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more!
BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"?
#booksky #Blackbooksky
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm on the cover of this month's Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social!
If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more!
BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"?
#booksky #Blackbooksky
If you get a copy, you'll get to read an interview with me and one with Joe Hill, as well as industry news, book reviews, and much more!
BTW, does this mean my new nickname is "Atmosphere of Disturbia"?
#booksky #Blackbooksky
432 words yesterday, after a long relaxing celebration of my birthday.
Among my many lovely presents was this absolutely beautiful collection of ukiyo-e prints!
In addition to that, my sister also sent me some grown up lipstick that stays put under an N95. Thanks sis!
Among my many lovely presents was this absolutely beautiful collection of ukiyo-e prints!
In addition to that, my sister also sent me some grown up lipstick that stays put under an N95. Thanks sis!
November 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
432 words yesterday, after a long relaxing celebration of my birthday.
Among my many lovely presents was this absolutely beautiful collection of ukiyo-e prints!
In addition to that, my sister also sent me some grown up lipstick that stays put under an N95. Thanks sis!
Among my many lovely presents was this absolutely beautiful collection of ukiyo-e prints!
In addition to that, my sister also sent me some grown up lipstick that stays put under an N95. Thanks sis!
2091 words. They were for homework, but still.
Dunno what my writing goal is going to be for this month, but I know there are some precious story outlines I really wanna fill in. I am three or so stories away from a coherent collection, and about 8 poems away from another coherent collection...🤞🏽
Dunno what my writing goal is going to be for this month, but I know there are some precious story outlines I really wanna fill in. I am three or so stories away from a coherent collection, and about 8 poems away from another coherent collection...🤞🏽
a girl in a red sweater is sitting at a desk with a calendar on the wall behind her
ALT: a girl in a red sweater is sitting at a desk with a calendar on the wall behind her
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November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
2091 words. They were for homework, but still.
Dunno what my writing goal is going to be for this month, but I know there are some precious story outlines I really wanna fill in. I am three or so stories away from a coherent collection, and about 8 poems away from another coherent collection...🤞🏽
Dunno what my writing goal is going to be for this month, but I know there are some precious story outlines I really wanna fill in. I am three or so stories away from a coherent collection, and about 8 poems away from another coherent collection...🤞🏽
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
New Writing Prompt from your favorite Co-editors at The Cookout! #writingprompt #horror @tco-anthology.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New Writing Prompt from your favorite Co-editors at The Cookout! #writingprompt #horror @tco-anthology.bsky.social
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.
There’s no sense in tempting the universe.
There’s no sense in tempting the universe.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Post something random or you’ll have an awful November.
There’s no sense in tempting the universe.
There’s no sense in tempting the universe.
I did. It know this, and I’m glad I know it now.
I spoke w/local food bank to ask what they needed to most as far as donations, and they requested cash instead of food donations as they can purchase what they need at a deep discount/wholesale rate. Just an FYI in case you were going to purchase food to donate vs. donating from your own shelves.
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I did. It know this, and I’m glad I know it now.
My dad’s cousins are my aunts.
My mom’s best friends are my aunts.
The pretty Punjabi ladies that used to live across the street, no blood relation at all, who would give me sparkly bangles to wear, were All Auntie!
I feel sorry for people who don’t honor community family, but this is distraction.
My mom’s best friends are my aunts.
The pretty Punjabi ladies that used to live across the street, no blood relation at all, who would give me sparkly bangles to wear, were All Auntie!
I feel sorry for people who don’t honor community family, but this is distraction.
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My dad’s cousins are my aunts.
My mom’s best friends are my aunts.
The pretty Punjabi ladies that used to live across the street, no blood relation at all, who would give me sparkly bangles to wear, were All Auntie!
I feel sorry for people who don’t honor community family, but this is distraction.
My mom’s best friends are my aunts.
The pretty Punjabi ladies that used to live across the street, no blood relation at all, who would give me sparkly bangles to wear, were All Auntie!
I feel sorry for people who don’t honor community family, but this is distraction.
Excellence at something nondestructive.
What is a non sexual act that turns you on?
a woman is crying while singing into a microphone .
ALT: a woman is crying while singing into a microphone .
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Excellence at something nondestructive.