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Purple background, white text, which says Combined, the narrative style and generic settings of short stories create unique geographic interactions within the text via reader interpretations. "Glass Geographies: Finding places and spaces in Ivy Grimes' Glass Stories" -- Ben Lockwood

New essay! In which Ben Lockwood (@benlockwood.bsky.social) made me stop and consider how place & space can work in short stories, in ways I previously hadn't appreciated (thru Ive Grimes' collection).

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Coup de Coeur: Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal

Fresh off the press!

Our first review column! Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal, includes Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart, Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly and Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele

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Throughout July, we're celebrating INDEPENDENTS at the Emporium! Today, we’re looking at a publishing house dedicated to the work and influence of author Thomas Ligotti, Grimscribe Press (@grimscribepress.bsky.social).

Very kind of you! A new Kurt Fawver collection should be around the corner as well as some more debuts and surprises.

Happy 72nd birthday to my friend, Thomas Ligotti.

PseudoPod 981: The Shambler from the Stars | PseudoPod I have nobody but myself to blame for the whole affair. It was my own blundering that precipitated that unforeseen horror upon us both; my own stupidity that caused our downfall.

“I have nobody but myself to blame for the whole affair.”

The Shambler from the Stars, by Robert Bloch
Narrator: Jon Padgett
Host: Joshua Tuttle
Audio: Chelsea Davis

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This story first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1935

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Featured artwork by Vincent Napoli

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Imagine Trump and Elon sending a bunch of oil drillers to an asteroid to nuke it so it splits in half to avoid a collision with Earth and then this happens on launch.

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get swept up with us today into today's square from Ivy Grimes

"...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said."
https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6

Congrats to all and especially these authors, including the great Sam Cowan of Dim Shores! We’re looking forward to publishing Fawver’s newest collection this fall!

So glad these finally made their way to you!

Creep cast

YouTube video by Jon Padgett The Red Tower by Thomas Ligotti

I heard recently that a popular horror podcast was slagging off Ligotti’s short story, “The Red Tower.” My response: uploading a reading of it to YouTube. “Purple prosed” nonsense or singular masterpiece or something else entirely? You decide.

Thank you so much for your patience! I hope you enjoy your books!

The SECRET GATEWAYS books have arrived!!!
Thank you to Matthew and Jon for working tirelessly to get these to their fans!
Thank you to Sam @ Dim Shores for pitching in to get these organized and mailed out.
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Head of Buddha with Buddha bump.

Ah, the legendary Buddha bump’ I had a beloved chow golden mix named Earle who had one as well.

Noting Rowling’s vast financial success, Barker felt that Rowling’s newfound position of fame ought to exclude her from discussing trans rights. He added, “It really just seems redundant for a woman as successful, as validated in the world, as Ms Rowling, to be negative, to be disruptive if you will, to a very beaten up subculture. These are human beings. She has no right to opine, I think, upon the lives of human beings that she does not know.” “I feel very protective of people who are on the edge of our culture as gay people still are,” Barker continued. “And certainly transgender people are on the edge of our culture. And here you have one of the most successful people in the frigging world – Ms Rowling. Going after a very emotionally vulnerable portion of our culture. It just seems unnecessary and unfair.”

Clive Barker gets it.

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The book Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes - the front cover - an illustration of a strange hieratic angelic figure

Another very good book I finished back in January: Glass Stories by @ivygrimes.bsky.social . Themed single author collection, really cool idea, executed beautifully. Satisfying, varied range of strange, symbolic fantasies of dread, love and horror of the body, the domus, immanence and transformation

oh my fabulous fiends of #HorrorReads! The poll is complete, and the story we're going to discuss this Sunday at 9PM EST will be Venio by Gemma Files! Give it a listen in the next few days and join us!

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First Word On Horror A new documentary series featuring bestselling horror authors on their lives, the writing process, and the fears that make us human.

When @sgj.bsky.social, @lairdbarron.bsky.social, Mariana Enriquez, @elizabethhand.bsky.social & @paultremblay.bsky.social all show up to talk horror w/ the director of THEY REMAIN... I am SO there! Series starts Feb 3, subscribe to @etchfilm.bsky.social's substack.
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Finished a breathtaking short story collection Santa brought me. Mindf* collection, composed of interconnected stories, reading more like a composite novel. Origami Dreams and both stories with Ventriloquism in their titles my favorites. Strongly recommended! 5/5

From @grimscribepress.bsky.social

Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

We’re All Mad Here — Orion's Belt Broken teacups in her wake

"In a castle far from every prince" in F&SF
"We're all Mad here" in Orion's Belt
"Against cold stone" in Vastarien @grimscribepress.bsky.social

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Celebrating the last few days of the year with some excellent weird fiction by @kfawver.bsky.social. @grimscribepress.bsky.social

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Thanks so much!

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Frank was a neighbor and colleague of my wife who died suddenly, leaving a cat colony for which to care. Please help as you’re able.

A brass angel with blue books flanking each side. The book is Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes.

If you want a free ecopy of my collection Glass Stories for review, DM me or email me at ivy.grimes@gmail.com.

No pressure if you ask for it and can't finish! I just want it to reach as many strange eyes as possible.