J. Needham

👽 Awww thanks Lily!!

I got jump scared by my own story 👽😂. Thanks @ratbaglit.bsky.social !

😭 SO PRECIOUS

Congrats!!! 😍

Quackers By Barb DeMoney

My short horror story Quackers was published today by Rat Bag Lit. Please check it out if you have a minute. Thanks!
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Still coming back to this one. 🫣

Congrats @jalogwood.bsky.social !

I ran to submit! 🏃🦇

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Important stuff!

Whoooo got accepted to @ratbaglit.bsky.social for a 🤏 wee little drabble about pulling your face off every night.

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Already amped to beta the next batch.

Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."

Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."

We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.

🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines

🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

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I'm waiting for like 10+ outstanding submissions. I am too weak for this delayed response life.

👻 I hope you like it. 👀

Fall Into Fiction with RevPit: Tomorrow is CRITIQUE PARTNER MATCHING #FiFRevPit

🍂🍁 Critique Partner Matching is tomorrow!🍁🍂

For those seeking critique partners, post to the #FiFRevPit feed on Bluesky on Friday, the 14th, and then take some time to scroll through this weekend to find your match! 🧵

He's everywhere!!! All his stories are getting bought!! 👏

So glad you asked! Tick-ling Pastures is an organic, free range small business that aims at rearing well-socialized mega-ticks for convenient blood transfusion transfers between hospitals. (Please do not believe the recent tabloids, we rigorously ensure all our ticks are lyme disease free.)

Moira's black-out rejection poetry is literally the best thing. Go read it. The worst part is I now look forward to her rejections almost as much as her acceptances, which feels.... weird. 😂

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Omg yeeesss, I absolutely will be ordering a signed copy from you once it's out 😉. Especially because I've been lucky enough to read your spice and romance. I'm sat.

Goya is truly the Halloween It Girl 🦇 I have to resist making the Witches' Sabbath goat my PFP.

Can't wait!! 😍

All thanks to you! Praying for Augur or Mythic Roads to get back to me soon 😆🙏

Super jazzed to be included in Dragon Tomes' upcoming spooky Voices from the Void anthology with my comedic New Orleans ghost story "There’s No Runner-Up for the Best Haunt Award". The best part is sharing a cover with @moirariom.bsky.social 🐀💙

Out Oct. 20th: tinyurl.com/293hvx9k

I'm comically late on praising @2thestrugglebus.bsky.social 💚 I used her butcher special for an awkward length 50k story that wasn't selling as novel. Jenee took on the impossible task of cutting it down to 40k with zeal. I seriously couldn't have submitted this to proper novella calls without her 🫣

#AugurMicros2025
@augursociety.bsky.social

⭐ From Nebula to Neutron Star

@gravesidepress.bsky.social's "What Lurks" cryptid anthology is live and kicking. My queer, monstrous story "The Winter Caretaker" is inside ❄️. I can't express how much this story means to me.

And for all those who decide to read it... remember to keep the lantern lit 🕯️.

My gay little sci-fi romp is live and free to read at @heartlines-spec.com 🫀!

My queer vampire western story just won third place in Reach Your Apex's contest. 🧛‍♂️🖤🧛

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