LCW Allingham

When i was a kid and my little brother would hit me and trash my toys, my mom would say "well you just need to figure out a way to get along." It was a bullshit solution, because one of us was doing active harm to person and property and the other one was...raising awareness of it.
This is that.

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be kind to elder millennial writers because even if we make a character only 5 years younger than us, their experience growing up is almost as different as it is between Gen X and Gen Z.

If you don’t treat your wife well you better keep her away from me. I ain’t gonna take her. I’m gonna build her back up so she can take herself back from your dusty ass. I got a resume of breakups to my name.

I needed a comfort read so i finally picked this book off my shelf and 16 pages in I’m tearing up because i didn’t realize how much i missed Schmendrick and Molly Grue. ❤️💔

Happy one year book birthday to my queer, feminist, found family, unconventional love story historical fiction debut novel, LADY.
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Publishing news: Shortwave has partnered with Simon & Schuster for worldwide distribution beginning Dec 2025. Horror and speculative fiction from our authors will soon be more accessible than ever. Exciting times ahead!
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Congratulations!

I’m grasping at threads of human decency at this point. Stories of basic kindness are making me cry.

I know there are some great presses that specialize in this. This is the author you want.

Epic Evening at Vampa, celebrating the release of VAMPIRE HUNTERS. Special thanks to the contributing authors who came out to celebrate with us! Lee Meeder, @acwise.bsky.social @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @dirtyrottenbill.bsky.social and to Megan at Vampa for making this a book release to remember!

the VAMPIRE HUNTERS Release celebration at Vampa on Saturday truly slayed.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

Beautiful day at Vampa

Tomorrow!

Me and my contributor copy of the Vampire Hunters anthology!

Join us this Saturday the 13th at 5pm for the official release party at--where else?--Vampa, the vampire museum!

I seriously can't believe I'll be hanging out at a vampire museum this weekend. Goth bucket list item checked off! 🦇🦇🦇

When I forget why I opened a cabinet or walked into a room, I don't retrace my steps, I try to retrace my thoughts.
I was singing "Golden" in my head, thinking about calling River later, over at the counter where I was...making a sandwich! Yes! I opened the pantry to look for bread!
ADHD life

So I put off writing a synopsis for three months and apparently it didn't just write itself in that time, so that's really disappointing.

just a ridiculous amount of vampiring going on here.

The Hamlyn Children’s History of Britain from the Stone Age to the present day by Neil Grant

This book is why I am a historian (possibly). Printed in 1989, it is full of absolute bollocks. I love it

Our Celebration is free and will take place outside on the beautiful grounds of the property from 12-4, and then move into the very creepy Vampire Sanctuary (with a real antique vampire coffin) at 5:00 for readings, refreshments, signing and mingling. This is going to be so fun.

Vampires have existed through out history, and so have those who hunt them. Their accounts are available in VAMPIRE HUNTERS: AN INCOMPLETE RECORD OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, now featured in the featured in the @ibpalovesindies Fall 2025 Bookstore Catalog! #indiehorror #spookyreads

There's this really insidious way I've seen older generations knock people down a peg. When someone shares an accomplishment they're excited about, the older person will not respond to that, but instead ask about something else that the younger person hasn't accomplished yet.
Don't do that. Ew.

The horrors! They are too…much like the author wrote them?

A graphic of the fantasy semifinalists: 1. BETTER LIVING THROUGH ALCHEMY by Evan J. Peterson (Broken Eye Books) 2. CURSED UNDER LONDON by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (Farrago Books) 3. GHOST APPARENT by Jelena Dunato (Ghost Orchid Press) 4. TALIO'S CODEX by J. Alexander Cohen (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 5. THE EXTRAVAGANZA ETERNIA by Kristin Osani (Ghost Orchid Press) 6. THE HARLEQUIN: THE DRAPER’S REEL by J.A. Mortimore and Penelope Hill (Elsewhen Press) 7. THE JAGUAR MASK by Michael J. DeLuca (Stelliform Press) 8. THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING by Sam Flynn (Timber Ghost Press) 9. THE WITCH AND THE OSTRICH (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 10. TREE GODS by R. Lee Fryar (Midnight Meadow Publishing)

Horror semifinalists: 1. A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING GREENTREE by Carson Winter (Tenebrous Press) 2. BEAR SEASON by Gemma Fairclough (Wild Hunt Books) 3. BENOTHINGED by Alvar Theo (Haunt Publishing) 4. CHURCH OF SKATAN by Damian Casey (Mad Axe Media) 5. FROM THE BELLY by Emmett Nahil (Tenebrous Press) 6. RESISTERS by Chris Campeau (Anuci Press) 7. SUNDOWN IN SAN OJUELA by M.M. Olivas (Lanternfish Press) 8. TERROR AT TIERRA DE COBRE by Michael Merriam (Queen of Swords Press) 9. THE SCIENTIST, THE SPACEMAN, AND THE STARS BETWEEN THEM by A.L. Davidson (Timber Ghost Press) 10. YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by R.A. Busby (Stelliform Press)

Semifinalists for science fiction: 1. A TRUTH BEYOND FULL by Rosie Oliver (Elsewhen Press) 2. EMPRESS OF DUST by Alex Kingsley (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 3. HER GILDED VOICE by K.C. Aegis (Elsewhen Press) 4. MOON DUST IN MY HAIRNET by JR Creaden (Mythic Roads Press) 5. MORE BUGS by Em Reed (Knight Errant Press) 6. THE MOSQUITO FLEET by Andrew Penn Romine (Broken Eye Books) 7. THE RIGEL REDEMPTION by Robin C. M. Duncan (Space Wizard Science Fantasy) 8. THE SEA OF CLOUDS by Sheila Jenné (Midnight Meadow Publishing) 9. THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS by Ben Berman Ghan (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers) 10. WORLDS ALIGNED: WORLDS APART 2 by Terry Jackman (Elsewhen Press)

It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.

Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.

Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.

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Peter S. Beagle I will love you until the day I die

Damn, it's a refreshing change to find out the author you loved since you were a young child is a decent person. The Last Unicorn is agelessly beautiful and has moved through generations of my family. Also there is a sequel....