Jacob Steven Mohr

I have renewed respect for anybody in a movie who's ever had to act in heavy prosthetic makeup because it turns out it's REALLY hard to act in prosthetic makeup.

Paperbacks of my debut horror novel are currently ON SALE for about 7 schmackos, USD. If you're hankering for a character-forward body-snatching slice of slasher pie, now's your chance!

After all:

WE'VE ALL GOT A KILLER INSIDE US.

I have a feeling the cosmic splatter book I just finished might be like that. The style won't be for everybody but there's a sequence toward the end that's gonna melt faces I think. I call it "the disgorging."

I feel like the new iteration of the Fantastic Four would get along really well with the new iteration of Superman, and that's a very nice thing for both of them honestly.

SUITS would have been a great show if the characters could let go of their obsession over if Mike went to Harvard. Like a dozen seasons later, they're throwing massive amounts of company resources after weird little mock trials and investigations into his background and it's just exhausting.

"It's our task to placate the Ancient Ones. As it's yours to be offered up to them. Forgive us. And let us get it over with."

If you know this quote, you'll love these recs

Here's you Cabin Horror TBR - Day 1
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Paperbacks of my debut horror novel are currently ON SALE for about 7 schmackos, USD. If you're hankering for a character-forward body-snatching slice of slasher pie, now's your chance!

After all:

WE'VE ALL GOT A KILLER INSIDE US.

Good news everyone! All books from @quillandcrow.com are BOGO until this Sunday! That's a great opportunity to grab a copy of my second scary collection BURY ME COLD & MORE LAST WORDS, plus another tome of gothic horror!

Wotta bargain!

Good news everyone! All books from @quillandcrow.com are BOGO until this Sunday! That's a great opportunity to grab a copy of my second scary collection BURY ME COLD & MORE LAST WORDS, plus another tome of gothic horror!

Wotta bargain!

They look like they're about to drop a really hard EP that's all Human League cover songs.

In Wicke, men hunt their wives in the forests. On the Burning Coast, they snatch them from the sea. But in Patrick’s mountain village of Blackfrye, boys lure brides down from the night sky itself.

And these make the happiest marriages of them all.

Don’t they?

Coming 2026 from @quillandcrow.com

"The Means At Hand" A Micropub on Noir, Mystery, & Crime Fiction

Sitting here drinking iced coffee and thinking about noir, as one does in July. Don’t forget, I run the webzine @the-means-at-hand.bsky.social if you’re looking for a home for a short story/essay in that (very broad!) vein;

Beyond delighted and honored to be part of this one with "These Are His Memories," originally published in Seize the Press Magazine, who you should absolutely be reading.

At the end of this month, I'm going to be in a play! VOICELESS is a little romantic fantasy story with hags, curses, jiu jitsu, and a big dumb ogre guard played by me! This will be my first time acting on stage since middle school, so I'm pretty pumped.

I know there are quite a number of chapbook-specific presses! Variant Lit, Bullshit Lit, Bent Key Publishing, Train River Publishing, Porkbelly Press, Prolific Press, Bear Creek Gazette, things like that.

I guess I need to make it absolutely clear, to avoid another awkward confrontation. If you utilize generative ai in any capacity to create or promote, I cannot be involved. I cannot blurb. I cannot share. I cannot stock it. I shouldn't have to tell anybody this by now. Stop. Fucking. Using. AI.

At the end of this month, I'm going to be in a play! VOICELESS is a little romantic fantasy story with hags, curses, jiu jitsu, and a big dumb ogre guard played by me! This will be my first time acting on stage since middle school, so I'm pretty pumped.

gasping
for bubbles of air
within clogged lungs
soft hands bloodless
but it spills through every
whorl of fingerprint
and merges with palm sweat
leaves a mark on whatever
he touches grasps clenches
a whole life wrapped
in yellow tape
as the king says
no great #loss

@quillandcrow.com #crowcalls

Augur press novella and novelette submissions now open! Be a part of augur press’ debut line up. We’re looking for works from 12,500-40,000 words to launch as print books in 2027-2029. Canadian & international authors welcomed. Open July 6-August 30. Guidelines at augursociety.org/press-submissions.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨

We want your books.

So we can acquire them.

And print them.

For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨

Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words.

Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread.

Pass it on 👀

Any updates on this? It still says Submission Closed.

you haven't said enough

DEAD LETTERS: EPISODES OF EPISTOLARY HORROR is 1.5 years old, and just hit 145 ratings on Goodreads. Have you braved our pages yet? @crystallake.bsky.social

#deadlettershorror

In Wicke, menfolk hunt their wives in the forests. On the Burning Coast, they snatch them from the sea. But in Blackfrye, lonely boys lure their brides down from the night sky.

And these, everybody knows, make the happiest marriages of them all. Don't they?

Coming 2026 from @quillandcrow.com

And it feels different every time too! Each "beginning" has a different context. The first is the true intro, starting out of silence. The second one is contextualized by the verse. The third is contextualized by an all-timer guitar solo.

Looking forward to hearing more!

We've got an amazing array of #horror writers on board OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM already. Help us reach our goals!

Augur Press submissions for novellas & novelettes open tomorrow.

🫡

Stay tuned !!!

Repostan: looking back on it, I really liked this Sadako bit from last year.

DEAD LETTERS: EPISODES OF EPISTOLARY HORROR is 1.5 years old, and just hit 145 ratings on Goodreads. Have you braved our pages yet? @crystallake.bsky.social

#deadlettershorror

Taking Submissions: Fraidy Cat Quarterly Volume 8 from @fraidycatpress.bsky.social‬
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Submission Window: September 1st - 7th, 2025
Payment: Flash (400-1500 word) $10, Shorts (1,501-8,000) $20, Black and white Artwork: $10
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