Jes Malitoris

fat bear week single handedly hoisting my mental health upon its shoulders

The only way I have found so far to truly counter feelings of inadequacy and failure in my writing is to WRITE MORE, so I guess that’s what I’m going to do

Today's the day! Gorman's House is officially out! It's an absolutely stacked release day for horror books and I'm super stoked to be sharing this day alongside so many of my writing idols!

It's almost heeeeeere!

Cover reveal image for Brides in the Dark by Jacob Steven Mohr, from Quill & Crow Publishing House.

We’re excited to reveal the cover for Jacob Steven Mohr’s BRIDES IN THE DARK, now available for preorder at TheCrowShoppe.com 🖤

Cover Art: Jorge Mascarenhas
Formatting: Fay Lane

#BookSky

/Take your gift, your ring, and a dagger to meet her./

Feast your eyes on the gorgeous new cover for BRIDES IN THE DARK, coming February from @quillandcrow.com!

Available for preorder and on Goodreads. Links in comments:

There have been a bunch of good ones recently but shoutout to The Boogeyman (2023), based on the Stephen King story, for making me say it repeatedly. Every moment that thing was on screen was a surprise.

You know a horror film has done some good work when the monster's appearance makes me say, "what the fuck!?"

a blonde anime girl with red eyes is standing in front of a closet with shirts hanging on it Alt: Blond anime girl (Marin, from My Dress Up Darling), with flat, terrified-looking eyes.

lol if I just rewrite the same scene over and over again that counts as work, right? it will eventually get finished, right???

Feeling deeply irresponsible for not having posted much on any platform, but I'm exhausted and trying to get a draft story out ASAP

A romaine lettuce field after the crop was harvested with a tractor in the field as they pick up the irrigation hoses

The romain lettuce has been harvested in this field. Now workers are closing the field down. 3 workers are pulling the irrigation hoses out of the field. One workers stays on the tractor and the other two gather the hoses up out of the furrows. #WeFeedYou

Writing status is: two stories written that I absolutely not going to get edited in time, one story started that I have due to a pub at the end of the month!
and hitting refresh on book submissions >.>

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Hey everyone,

#KidLit4Ceasefire has now fundraised the evacuation of 10 people.

I am focusing on the next two families.
One family of 6 and another of just 3, with a 4-month-old baby. I need 500 items for this fundraiser.

I only have 218 at the moment.

Donate here:
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Coming soon: OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

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Read my stuff! I publish weird, folkloric dark fantasy and horror. The best place to track down my work is my Linktree, where I keep updated links to my stories in mags and anthologies. linktr.ee/jesmalitoris

Rabbit holes can be your best friend in the writing trenches. A quick read on intellectual scaffolding and regaining my writing sanity. #writingcommunity #booksky

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Such a pleasure to be able to contribute to the conversation!

It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World

because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you

if you’re not committed in defense of everyone’s rights to erotic expression, pleasure, and desire, as a part of life and art that’s valuable and vital to thriving for so many (especially queer) people… you’re not my colleague or ally. And you need to catch the fuck up real quick.

lol this fantasy show has found an in-universe way to incorporate the equivalent of cell phones but every time i hear the buzz of the MC getting a call it cracks me up

Clocking in at 11k words, the first story is finally done. Now to let it sit for a few days while I work on the next and decide what to do with it

Four issues of the weird fiction magazine "The Skull & Laurel" sit on a wooden desk. All of them have unique art featuring a horned creature on the cover.

2024-25 was the year of the horned beast.
Highly, HIGHLY recommend @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for all your weird fiction needs.

Tragic update: It has passed from "short story" into novelette territory.

My neck of the woods continues to be busy, but watch this space! I've got a little interview coming out in PM Raymond's newsletter about "intellectual scaffolding" and how I implement the concept in my writing practice.

a black and white photo of a woman holding her head . ALT: a black and white photo of a woman holding her head .

THIS STORY IS TOO LONG

Hopefully one day soon I’ll be able to announce pub of a deep sea luminous dead X annihilation novelette and a medieval horror crypt bride short!