C.J. Subko
@cjsubko.bsky.social
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
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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Introducing THE SHATTERED CITY by C.J. Subko,
a novel I'm currently #querying -- a pitch deck
🖤Adult #dystopian dark #fantasy with #Halloween #autumn #fall vibes
🖤93,000 words of magic, death, and romance
Let's go, #writing community
a novel I'm currently #querying -- a pitch deck
🖤Adult #dystopian dark #fantasy with #Halloween #autumn #fall vibes
🖤93,000 words of magic, death, and romance
Let's go, #writing community
Finished THE NIGHT GUEST tonight and started THE REFORMATORY, which is already chilling.
It's horror week here!
💙📚
It's horror week here!
💙📚
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Finished THE NIGHT GUEST tonight and started THE REFORMATORY, which is already chilling.
It's horror week here!
💙📚
It's horror week here!
💙📚
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In a similar vein, who do you think are the adult horror authors to watch out for right now?
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In a similar vein, who do you think are the adult horror authors to watch out for right now?
I have a full PDF of the Enter Here anthology for proofreading.
Be jealous.
Be jealous.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have a full PDF of the Enter Here anthology for proofreading.
Be jealous.
Be jealous.
Okay #querying question. I'm querying right now (I've had an agent in the past, looking for a new agent) and I have a pretty long backlist behind me.
Is it worth it to work on another full novel, or does it make more sense to work on a bunch of different pitches and switch gears if things look bad?
Is it worth it to work on another full novel, or does it make more sense to work on a bunch of different pitches and switch gears if things look bad?
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Okay #querying question. I'm querying right now (I've had an agent in the past, looking for a new agent) and I have a pretty long backlist behind me.
Is it worth it to work on another full novel, or does it make more sense to work on a bunch of different pitches and switch gears if things look bad?
Is it worth it to work on another full novel, or does it make more sense to work on a bunch of different pitches and switch gears if things look bad?
Thinking up horror novel ideas.
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social told me they sound too horrifying for her to read (complimentary) so I think I'm on the right track. 🥰
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social told me they sound too horrifying for her to read (complimentary) so I think I'm on the right track. 🥰
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thinking up horror novel ideas.
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social told me they sound too horrifying for her to read (complimentary) so I think I'm on the right track. 🥰
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social told me they sound too horrifying for her to read (complimentary) so I think I'm on the right track. 🥰
In a similar vein, who do you think are the adult horror authors to watch out for right now?
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In a similar vein, who do you think are the adult horror authors to watch out for right now?
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The ebook is on sale for $5 right now if anyone’s been curious!
My deranged splatterpunk horror book MOONFLOW about a trans shroom dealer getting lost in a haunted forest and running afoul of evil lesbian hippies and their bound fungus god is available for preorder!! Buy it today or look really uncool!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
Moonflow
Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip int...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The ebook is on sale for $5 right now if anyone’s been curious!
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November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
One day, I'll have something exciting to announce to my friend group...
Maybe...
Maybe...
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One day, I'll have something exciting to announce to my friend group...
Maybe...
Maybe...
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Anniversary countdown day 4 - the characters
When I sent this to betas, four people send me the same meme when reading - the Brooklyn 99 Rosa and puppy one. Sadly, a lot of things do happen to them!
When I sent this to betas, four people send me the same meme when reading - the Brooklyn 99 Rosa and puppy one. Sadly, a lot of things do happen to them!
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Anniversary countdown day 4 - the characters
When I sent this to betas, four people send me the same meme when reading - the Brooklyn 99 Rosa and puppy one. Sadly, a lot of things do happen to them!
When I sent this to betas, four people send me the same meme when reading - the Brooklyn 99 Rosa and puppy one. Sadly, a lot of things do happen to them!
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Today's checklist:
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today's checklist:
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
Today's checklist:
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today's checklist:
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
🖤 Work on Prophet (new horror novel) outline
🖤 Work on Enter Here anthology formatting
🖤 Start reading UNMASK ALICE
🖤 Cry, idk, or maybe nap
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Being someone who likes the enemies to lovers trope, you catch a lot of strays from "well-meaning" people.
Just let people enjoy things...
Just let people enjoy things...
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Being someone who likes the enemies to lovers trope, you catch a lot of strays from "well-meaning" people.
Just let people enjoy things...
Just let people enjoy things...
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'm working on plotting a new horror novel...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I'm working on plotting a new horror novel...
Some days, writing feels futile
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Some days, writing feels futile
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I can explain LLMs in my sleep!
Apparently. I literally had a dream where I was explaining to my grad school friends why I hate genAI and most of my grad school turned on me and it became a rebellion.
Wut.
Apparently. I literally had a dream where I was explaining to my grad school friends why I hate genAI and most of my grad school turned on me and it became a rebellion.
Wut.
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I can explain LLMs in my sleep!
Apparently. I literally had a dream where I was explaining to my grad school friends why I hate genAI and most of my grad school turned on me and it became a rebellion.
Wut.
Apparently. I literally had a dream where I was explaining to my grad school friends why I hate genAI and most of my grad school turned on me and it became a rebellion.
Wut.
Happy Veterans day to my grandpa who fought the Nazis and fascists in WWII.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Happy Veterans day to my grandpa who fought the Nazis and fascists in WWII.
No-context snippets from the writing chat, from me
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No-context snippets from the writing chat, from me
1700 words today on the plane and in the airport.
I did literally write "So-and-so finally got their shit together and...etc." but whatever it's going forward.
#writing
I did literally write "So-and-so finally got their shit together and...etc." but whatever it's going forward.
#writing
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1700 words today on the plane and in the airport.
I did literally write "So-and-so finally got their shit together and...etc." but whatever it's going forward.
#writing
I did literally write "So-and-so finally got their shit together and...etc." but whatever it's going forward.
#writing
I hate the word "popcorn" to describe genre fiction on the more commercial side.
It feels so infantilizing.
It feels so infantilizing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I hate the word "popcorn" to describe genre fiction on the more commercial side.
It feels so infantilizing.
It feels so infantilizing.