Your title sounds like 'outsiders' being able to publish their work, find agents, etc... Their title sounds more like self-publishing, indies, zines to me.

No amount of neurodiversity awareness training will ever make up for the fact that the average person takes it personally when you want to have lunch alone.

I feel this in my bones 😔

Tweeted Rivalry?

The two best butchers in the country secretly pine for each other.

Meated Rivalry

Congratulations!

CHAPTER XXII. Dreary, yet beautiful.— The Formation of Icebergs. —Where and how they grow.-Variety of Form and History.-"The Land of Desolation." -Strength faling.-Travel and Rations. —Unhealthy Influence of mistaken Views. —Managing a Kyack on young Ice. —Secures the Seal. —"Clubbing their Loneliness." - Poor little Pu-ney's Amusement.—Any Thing good to eat that don't poison.— Narwhals, or Sea-unicorns. —A royal Seat. —Hans criticised. —Cleaning House.-"Pounding-day." —Our Carpet.—Lunching by the Yard on Seal's Entrails.—" Oh! give me my Harpoon."—No Clothing fit to hunt in.—Inrentory of Wardrobe.—Narwhals useful in carrying off Ball and Ammunition. —Pleasant Sensations in Retrospect.-The Skin of the Nose. —Castles in the Air. —Violent Gale and Snow-storm.- Dig. ging out.—Three Feet square for Exercise. -Dante's Ice-hell.

doing some research reading for my polar sluts book and i miss when chapters had 87 titles

So happy to see this!

Yes!

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No, for real, can our pets tell when we’re drunk/high? Do we smell sick or off to them? When we smoosh their faces and start crying from the love inside for them, do they know it’s the wine?

Yes
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I have been remembering this and bursting out laughing again and again all afternoon

I have a story in this, with other great authors!

I have a story in this, with other great authors!

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Kirsty Syder joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with “Prepped,” a throwback to the fears of New Year’s Eve 1999 and the “prepper” phenomenon that was all the rage... but it takes a sharp turn. horrificscribblings.com

#apocalyptichorror #shorthorrorstories
@poisonedsugar.bsky.social

imagine being the demon visiting me in my sleep and leaving weird, deep scratches on my body but every day I’m just like “huh wonder where that came from” and move on with my life

Does it even need to be said? No, you don’t need to do a ‘parasite cleanse’ Pricey deworming remedies are being touted as cure-alls. Supermodel Heidi Klum gave it a go – experts roll their eyes

The Ugly Stepsister (2025) www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Bonhomie | Restaurant vivant | Réservez votre expérience méditerranéenne Découvrez Bonhomie, un restaurant et bar à vin et bar à cocktail à Paris, 10ème arrondissement, proposant une cuisine méditerranéenne authentique, vins vivants et cocktails artisanaux dans une ambianc...

I had a great time here: www.bonhomieparis.com in September

tweet from Joyce Carol Oates O @JoyceCarolOates since Lilith can't go outside at all out of a fear (?) of the snow and/or getting her tender pads wet, she remains in doors all day; she is always underfoot, or nearby; she mews for attention & constant love (ie., treats, though she is not really hungry); she is sleeping even more than usual (how is this possible?); she is gaining weight, & becoming ever more zaftig & ever more neurotic. help! and there’s a picture of her cat lilith, iirc a smoke calico

i’m so lilith-coded

spending my day interviewing trans people for a piece (hopefully coming out next week!) and what a stupid, stupid, mean, absurd state of affairs

I have not been read this year's Yuletide fics because I've spent the last week or so feeling extremely antisocial but this one is fucking incredible archiveofourown.org/works/73396436

Duma Key and 11/22/63 are worth reading!

Opinion | Stephen King: Why I Hugged Rob Reiner After Watching ‘Stand by Me’

Stephen King's tribute to Rob Reiner is extremely worth reading.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

The good thing about running Romancing the Gothic independently of any institution and supported only by people's donations is that I have no pressure to cowardice or capitulation.

Trans people are right there at the heart of RtG and if you don't like it, that's your problem. Not ours.

Why I Need the Birds A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025

Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com

stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

The Horses: A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster

If you like small time drama with simmering tension amid an apocalypse, there's my most recent book
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hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz

Why Didn't You Just Leave is great, not specifically POC but quite diverse