Robb // R.M. Sayan
@rmsayan.bsky.social
Bog raccoon with nice eyelashes who writes spec fic. Pulp and camp enjoyer. I guess I'm a horror writer now?
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Robb // R.M. Sayan
@rmsayan.bsky.social
· Apr 30
In this story, Sayan asks us to wonder what we'd give up to keep someone else safe and healthy...Read the next installment in our speculative mystery series, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙢 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 by @rmsayan.bsky.social, now: www.frivolouscomma.com/the-arm-coll...
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It's out!!!! Check out my new short story on @frivolouscomma.bsky.social !!
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Convincing you to read my *short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Convincing you to read my *short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
I'm gonna have to issue a blanket apology to the 5-7 academics that will be able to tell that this fictional, fantasy story is not historically accurate
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm gonna have to issue a blanket apology to the 5-7 academics that will be able to tell that this fictional, fantasy story is not historically accurate
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Me reading all these reviews of Del Toro's Frankenstein that paint it as "What if Crimson Peak was even more Gothic, florid, and horny?"
October 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Me reading all these reviews of Del Toro's Frankenstein that paint it as "What if Crimson Peak was even more Gothic, florid, and horny?"
Jesus. The Summer That Hikaru Died. I reall yliked it.
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Jesus. The Summer That Hikaru Died. I reall yliked it.
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Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger
October 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger
Chappell Roan - The Giver
October 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Chappell Roan - The Giver
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
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...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
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Submissions open for Brave New Weird volume 4 — tenebrous press
REMINDER: THIS IS FOR ELIGIBLE REPRINTS ONLY Tenebrous Press presents the FOURTH (!!!) Annual Brave New Weird Awards—to reward and promote this unique blend of genres—and its accompanying antholog...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...
...for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4, our annual collection of the best **PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED** New Weird Horror of the year.
Eligibility window: stories published between 31st October 2024 and 31st October 2025.
All the deets here:
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/10...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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its not a proper fantasy book unless there's maps in it. at least one nice map
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
its not a proper fantasy book unless there's maps in it. at least one nice map
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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
September 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Late pledges are open for one week. If we reach our first stretch goal +$1326, we get to add more stories and another issue next year! The stories of monsters and heartbreak are waiting for us… kck.st/4mIkEm1
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Late pledges are open for one week. If we reach our first stretch goal +$1326, we get to add more stories and another issue next year! The stories of monsters and heartbreak are waiting for us… kck.st/4mIkEm1
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The image that inspired my most popular comic.
September 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The image that inspired my most popular comic.
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For true innovacioun, we neede poetrye, philosophye, ethics, and the studye of historye and literature and language. We neede to fynde newe wayes of wearinge our heartes, new dreames of the future. Technologye alone will onlye make bettir tooles for makinge olde injustices happen faster.
September 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
For true innovacioun, we neede poetrye, philosophye, ethics, and the studye of historye and literature and language. We neede to fynde newe wayes of wearinge our heartes, new dreames of the future. Technologye alone will onlye make bettir tooles for makinge olde injustices happen faster.
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A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1
September 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A great weekend of support, and only 70 hours left to reach our goal! Let’s visit together the stories of garden planets, sorrow caverns, carnivorous malls, jungle cathedrals, endless basements, whispering tundras, fungus skyscrapers. kck.st/4mIkEm1
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The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
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SFINCS3 novella submissions will be opening September 6th at 4pm EST. Are you ready? 👀👀👀
Here's how you can prepare.
Here's how you can prepare.
September 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
SFINCS3 novella submissions will be opening September 6th at 4pm EST. Are you ready? 👀👀👀
Here's how you can prepare.
Here's how you can prepare.
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Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our 2026 Kickstarter page is live! Be sure to click that "Notify me on launch" button so you don't miss out on any of our backer rewards, as some will be extremely limited! ⏰
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Visit our Kickstarter page HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Ready to warm up your backer muscles? 💪
Please consider supporting the fantastic 3LBE Magazine's 2026 Kickstarter! Their campaign ends on the 11th, and funds will go towards a print anthology, pro payments for horror/sff authors, and more. Link below! ⬇️ 👽🔮💀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
Please consider supporting the fantastic 3LBE Magazine's 2026 Kickstarter! Their campaign ends on the 11th, and funds will go towards a print anthology, pro payments for horror/sff authors, and more. Link below! ⬇️ 👽🔮💀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026
A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.
www.kickstarter.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ready to warm up your backer muscles? 💪
Please consider supporting the fantastic 3LBE Magazine's 2026 Kickstarter! Their campaign ends on the 11th, and funds will go towards a print anthology, pro payments for horror/sff authors, and more. Link below! ⬇️ 👽🔮💀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
Please consider supporting the fantastic 3LBE Magazine's 2026 Kickstarter! Their campaign ends on the 11th, and funds will go towards a print anthology, pro payments for horror/sff authors, and more. Link below! ⬇️ 👽🔮💀
www.kickstarter.com/projects/asf...
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Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡
September 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡
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Building up a database of artists/illustrators (especially BIPOC and minority) to reach out to for future collabs/paid work! Looking for anyone who loves drawing horror, folklore, and dark fairy tales, as I've a few things coming up in that field. 💀🪦
Interested? Drop those links and examples below!
Interested? Drop those links and examples below!
August 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Building up a database of artists/illustrators (especially BIPOC and minority) to reach out to for future collabs/paid work! Looking for anyone who loves drawing horror, folklore, and dark fairy tales, as I've a few things coming up in that field. 💀🪦
Interested? Drop those links and examples below!
Interested? Drop those links and examples below!