Kerry C. Byrne

Just a reminder that when Nightmare Magazine opens to subs again in January, we are VERY EAGER to read your dark creative nonfiction! We're the place to send that creepy list or micro research project about something awful.
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I have heard this ! 👀

This year has been devoid of an obsessively good read for me.

Good books, yes. OBSESSIVELY good, no!

I’m now taking recommendations 👀 (Especially fantasy!)

Jury’s out

Captain’s Notes, Day 7 of the Flu Expedition -

The plague hath taken my life, my independence, my freedom

But it shall never take my ability to binge watch

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Last Train from Deadwall by André Geleynse The train reached Deadwall only fifteen minutes behind schedule. Knucklebone thought he deserved some praise for that—maybe even a raise—but was unsurprised when he was shuffled off with the rest of t...

it's cold outside. great time to read my story in which it is also cold outside.

Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025

Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social and @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social for including As The Earth Dreams!! 🥹💜🩵🖤
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It’s crazy how often the Stranger Things 5 script explains and then re-explains what the characters are doing—

It reminds me of YA series from the 90s, where each book included a summary of the previous one and a re-explanation of the world.

Like viewers are being treated like children.

Augur: Review by A. C. Wise Augur 8.1 In Augur 8.1, “Orders” by Grace Seybold is the bittersweet story of a food delivery robot repurposed to deliver critical sup­plies in a war zone. During its run, the robot detects altered…

My review of @augursociety.bsky.social issue 8.1 for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!

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movie you've watched more than six times (gif version). no LOTR, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney

Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!

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So the Stranger Things 5 writing is a mess but I AM obsessed with them sneaking in “if you accept that you’re gay you can do anything” as an extremely hilarious and overly literal plot point in this specific era

I have caught the plague (a small cold)

A good title

I have seen Crimson Peak for the first time and it is beautiful

My stomach has recently decided it can’t remotely keep up with my mouth for spice and it is an infinite tragedy

RIP to yours 🙏😭

An illustration with a purple overlay of decaying purple and yellow tree branches that lead down to an opening. There are white birds flying around and on one of the yellow-purple branches are three people walking. In the top and bottom corners are purple branches and yellow leaves. At the top of the image reads: "contents." There is a black rectangle and inside lists the table of contents: "Observer Effect by Morgan Cross. Leave Your Skins by the Shore by Natasha King. Flame Weeding by Colleen Coco Collins. Rocky Mountain Gothic by Ev Datsyk. Bonds of the Forest by Ally R Colthoff . Blueberry by Jade Riordan. On Fields of Purple Grass by Ian Li. Tapetum Lucidum by U.M. Agoawike. The Great Divide by Meryem Yildiz. Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer.” At the bottom of the image is the augur logo and a link to the website: www.augursociety.org

🪶Augurians! Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE! 🎉 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Inside you'll find...
🌲 glowing red eyes deep within a forest
🧜‍♀️ the price of revenge from sirens
🫐 a berry world of grief and awe
& so much more!

🔗 Link in bio!

More details below 👀⬇️

Nothing like the ADHD x OCD hybrid fear of not finding your keys in your bag for two (2) seconds and immediately being certain you left them in your door

(They were in my bag)

Yes!! Some people have very different processes — read and reject simultaneously, or respond to everything at the same time. It’s a cryptic little number, alas, and no news is definitely good news.

The open secret that Thomas King is not Indigenous at all is finally verified, and honestly it's a relief. Having him just confess this instead of going out kicking and screaming like so many before him causes a LOT less harm to Indigenous communities.

It still sucks though.

I saw the world through my MA eyes, very startling

Two days into my self-induced writing retreat and 4,000 words into what has become a rewrite of my first 100 pages

!!!!

Plenty to go (most of this is new content) but I’m feeling the draft rolling along for the first time since I started 🙏✨

When you realize you need to change the POV and tense of your whole book because it comes alive a completely different way and oh god—

Any other ex-academics find Katabasis to be a smidge reactivating for all those old wounds

I’m excavating a former self over here, covered in dust and full of ivory tower dread

🫣😰

And I’ve been free for a decade !!!

Hell yeah 8)

Excellent

This has nothing to do with autism nor OCD 🥸

I am convinced the pair of socks you don in the morning sets the tone for the rest of your day

The background has an image of flowers with a purple overlay. At the top of the image is the Ontario Arts Council logo and the Augur logo. In between these two logos are a white plus sign. Below it reads: Open Now” in white text. Underneath that reads: “recommender grants 2025. SSF fiction | Poetry | Short Fiction” in white text. There a red pin graphic in the middle and underneath it reads: Apply to the August Recommender Grants via the OAC. Grant Amounts: $1,500-$5,000. Deadline: January 15th, 2026 at 1 p.m. ET. Below it is a yellow banner and inside it reads: “Apply Now” in white text with a paper airplane beside it. At the bottom of the graphic is a dark purple banner with the link to apply: https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/recommender-grants-for-writers

We’re so honoured to be BACK as an Ontario Arts Council Recommender for grants this year! 🎊

We’re interested in receiving applications for various lengths of SFF & dreamy realism projects, including:
⭐️ fiction
⭐️ poetry
⭐️ short fiction

I need to source a reality tv friend