D.J. Tuskmor
@tuskmor.bsky.social
Horror Writer | Narrative Designer | Chief Cyber Exorcist
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D.J. Tuskmor
@tuskmor.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Blacktop Baptism by D.J. Tuskmor
The street stank of gasoline and rain, oil swirling in the gutter like a dirty rainbow. Malloy stood under the buzzing glow of the gas station sign, hands in his coat, fingers curled tight. His rib…
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Going to do my duty here and make sure to keep promoting this latest flash piece. It’s fast, it’s violent, and it’s in a different genre than I normally write. Give it a read! shotgunhoney.com/fiction/blac...
It’s about the only ICE I have tolerance for these days. Been excited for this preorder to come in.
January 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It’s about the only ICE I have tolerance for these days. Been excited for this preorder to come in.
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I'm headed to the library today to print some zines, and one that I'm including with orders of The Writhing, Verdant End is the "How to Compost Your Landlord" zine. Want some weird ecohorror and practical ALAB gardening tips to boot? Place an order!
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January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I'm headed to the library today to print some zines, and one that I'm including with orders of The Writhing, Verdant End is the "How to Compost Your Landlord" zine. Want some weird ecohorror and practical ALAB gardening tips to boot? Place an order!
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...
Oh no, 2k words added to a new splatterpunk novella WHILE editing the southern gothic horror novella? Who am I? Where did this come from?
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Oh no, 2k words added to a new splatterpunk novella WHILE editing the southern gothic horror novella? Who am I? Where did this come from?
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You know what? I encourage you to write today.
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I encourage you to write today
I do.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
You know what? I encourage you to write today.
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Wife and I are kicking off a little book club here soon. We are reading The House Maid by Freida McFadden and then Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. She’s in charge of book club if you couldn’t tell.
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Wife and I are kicking off a little book club here soon. We are reading The House Maid by Freida McFadden and then Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. She’s in charge of book club if you couldn’t tell.
If I read an ARC, and I derive any enjoyment from it, I buy the book when it comes out. I think this should be common practice.
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
If I read an ARC, and I derive any enjoyment from it, I buy the book when it comes out. I think this should be common practice.
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We're excited to announce our new membership program! We've been growing and expanding our community of authors, artists, and readers over the past years, and we've designed some cool perks and ways to connect with members. We can't wait to grow even further and support the weirdness that ensues.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We're excited to announce our new membership program! We've been growing and expanding our community of authors, artists, and readers over the past years, and we've designed some cool perks and ways to connect with members. We can't wait to grow even further and support the weirdness that ensues.
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To all the creatives, dreamers, and storytellers on here: Don’t lose sight of what you do best, especially amid the darkness. Now more than ever, the world needs greater empathy. And you are the ones who give that to us.
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
To all the creatives, dreamers, and storytellers on here: Don’t lose sight of what you do best, especially amid the darkness. Now more than ever, the world needs greater empathy. And you are the ones who give that to us.
Novella Draft 3 has gone from 36k words to 40k. I’m sure I’ll trim down in other areas as I work through, though there’s at least one beat I know I need to add. It’s a slow process, but I’m getting there.
January 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Novella Draft 3 has gone from 36k words to 40k. I’m sure I’ll trim down in other areas as I work through, though there’s at least one beat I know I need to add. It’s a slow process, but I’m getting there.
The Pitt is back tonight. I repeat, the best show on TV is back tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The Pitt is back tonight. I repeat, the best show on TV is back tonight.
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BREAKING NEWS: Tradwife by @tcparker.bsky.social is back in stock at Vortex, and unlike certain big online retailers, we've got the O.G. cover. We've already placed another reorder, as we don't expect these to last long: vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com/product/trad...
Tradwife by TC Parker - Trade Paperback
Recently, a major online bookseller forced the publisher to rerelease this book with an altered cover. Our copies are the uncensored covers. ~...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Tradwife by @tcparker.bsky.social is back in stock at Vortex, and unlike certain big online retailers, we've got the O.G. cover. We've already placed another reorder, as we don't expect these to last long: vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com/product/trad...
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Hi hey my new book comes out on Jan 20, and she's real pretty, and there's a giveaway of ten of these shiny sprayed hardcovers on GR, otherwise you can ask your local bookstore for one and that would mean the world to me!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Hi hey my new book comes out on Jan 20, and she's real pretty, and there's a giveaway of ten of these shiny sprayed hardcovers on GR, otherwise you can ask your local bookstore for one and that would mean the world to me!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ni...
The ARCs just keep rolling in. I’m incredibly grateful to be able to get to read these awesome books early, but man is my ADHD brain starting to panic.
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The ARCs just keep rolling in. I’m incredibly grateful to be able to get to read these awesome books early, but man is my ADHD brain starting to panic.
First short story acceptance of 2026 is in the inbox. Going to try to maintain some momentum this year on short stories and not fizzle out by July again.
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
First short story acceptance of 2026 is in the inbox. Going to try to maintain some momentum this year on short stories and not fizzle out by July again.
Now reading YR DEAD by Sam Sax. Boy is this taking some big swings and not apologizing about it. I can see why reviews are divisive.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Now reading YR DEAD by Sam Sax. Boy is this taking some big swings and not apologizing about it. I can see why reviews are divisive.
Just finished THE NIGHT SHIP by @alexwoodroe.com (out 1/20/26). 5/5⭐️. I don’t want to give away too much, but it gave me feelings of Stranger Things, The Last of Us, and The Thing at different times. Also, pretty righteous nautical horror feel despite there not being an actual boat. Sequel, please.
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Just finished THE NIGHT SHIP by @alexwoodroe.com (out 1/20/26). 5/5⭐️. I don’t want to give away too much, but it gave me feelings of Stranger Things, The Last of Us, and The Thing at different times. Also, pretty righteous nautical horror feel despite there not being an actual boat. Sequel, please.
If you want a primer on contract law, check out Law School for Everyone: Contracts from The Great Courses. That course was at least as valuable to me as the business law class I took in grad school. Might have been more useful than a decade of working with legal to redline compliance language, too.
Re contracts for books, I highly recommend becoming conversant with best practices, bad boilerplate clauses, etc, even if you have an agent, so you understand everything you have signed your name to. The idea anyone should use generative AI for this purpose is laughable.
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If you want a primer on contract law, check out Law School for Everyone: Contracts from The Great Courses. That course was at least as valuable to me as the business law class I took in grad school. Might have been more useful than a decade of working with legal to redline compliance language, too.
If it was a law enforcement action, why are we talking about running a sovereign nation? Those two things feel a bit at odds with one another.
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
If it was a law enforcement action, why are we talking about running a sovereign nation? Those two things feel a bit at odds with one another.
Do you hear that scratching at your window? If you don’t preorder The Denizens you’ll find out what’s causing it.
Have you pre-ordered The Denizens yet?
I just started it today.
Good grief, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social - you don't mess around, do you...?!
Good grief, @brennanlafaro.bsky.social - you don't mess around, do you...?!
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Do you hear that scratching at your window? If you don’t preorder The Denizens you’ll find out what’s causing it.
This book fucks. Go buy it, ideally from anywhere other than the Zon.
So, this happened today...
It's not great having to ask for help - but if you've enjoyed any of our books, we'd be hugely grateful if you could let people know about them (and where you can buy them)
Word of mouth is... pretty important, right now
It's not great having to ask for help - but if you've enjoyed any of our books, we'd be hugely grateful if you could let people know about them (and where you can buy them)
Word of mouth is... pretty important, right now
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This book fucks. Go buy it, ideally from anywhere other than the Zon.
They don’t prepare you as a parent to have a conversation with your 7yo about how their friend suddenly passed away over vacation. Fuck man, positive vibes are appreciated.
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They don’t prepare you as a parent to have a conversation with your 7yo about how their friend suddenly passed away over vacation. Fuck man, positive vibes are appreciated.
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
I love editing a manuscript after it’s been sitting for a few months. Sure, there’s a lot of work in the edit, but from time to time it’s nice to read something and realize you are actually pretty good at the writing thing.
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I love editing a manuscript after it’s been sitting for a few months. Sure, there’s a lot of work in the edit, but from time to time it’s nice to read something and realize you are actually pretty good at the writing thing.
I’m going to interpret this as being unavailable for work because I’m at the beach a bunch this year.
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I’m going to interpret this as being unavailable for work because I’m at the beach a bunch this year.
Happy New Year! I hope you all have the year you want to have.
January 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Happy New Year! I hope you all have the year you want to have.