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I gave Richard Widmark some space so I could catch up on horror movies, but it's Noirvember and I'm welcoming him back with open arms.

October 2025: FISH | NGĀ IKA | Flash Frontier

Overwhelmed and thrilled to have my flash fiction, "Adaptation" appear today in the new issue of Flash Frontier. Much gratitude to the editors! flashfrontier.com/october-2025...

The Ekphrastic Challenges Bare in Our Dark Bravery Nudely we frolic. The lake, it beckons. Especially at night, moonshine obscured by cloudcover. Some say skinny-dipping, but not all of us are as skinny as skeletal...

Thanks to @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social for featuring my microfiction in this week's Ekphrastic Challenge (scroll down for "Five Things I’ve Learned About Witches")
www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

Don't miss this interview with Rob Renzetti as he discusses the final installment in his spooky trilogy, The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith, his inspiration for the Horrible Bag series, and the importance of supporting banned books.

TRACY ROYCE: October Thirty-First Tomorrow morning, the spiderwebs will sag. I’ll clasp my trash-grabber, snapping up candy wrappers, empty sugar-shrouds nestled among fallen leaves. But tonight, the wind whistles through the trees…

Thanks to Tim Sevenhuysen for featuring my Halloween story, "October Thirty-First" at 50-Word Stories today:
fiftywordstories.com/2025/10/31/t...

haikuniverse a haiku a day | brought to you by Poetry Super Highway

Big thanks to @ricklupert.bsky.social for publishing my Halloween haiku (click to "9 of 25") at @haikuniverse.bsky.social !
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Another one I wish I'd written! @horrorsenryu.bsky.social

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

"I knew it was over. But I held onto hope with a vise grip." Yes, that seems familiar...More resonant words from @charlesjensen.bsky.social

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Giant By Suzanne Cleary

I love poems that reference cinema and I love prose poems, and today I get both thanks to ‪‪Suzanne Cleary and
@swwim.bsky.social
swwimmiami.substack.com/p/giant

When you discover last year's ghost costume no longer fits.

Cher Said Some Women Are Just Born With It By Rebecca Brock

Another fantastic poem at
@swwim.bsky.social Brava, @wordsbyrb.bsky.social :
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Quote from Judy Blume reads "Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." An illustration shows a young girl reading a book on a green bean bag. The cover of the book says "I love to read." Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, based on a character from The Pain and The Great One.

"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky

"Daughters of Zoa" limited edition print — HESHKA "Daughters of Zoa" giclee print (printed on Arches paper with archival inks), strictly limited time-release edition. Image size: 12 x 16 inches, paper size: 16 x 20 inches. Each print will be hand si...

Halloween came early! Artist Ryan Heshka has a new limited edition giclee print: www.ryanheshka.com/shop/p/daugh...

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!

A Very 70s Sci-Fi Art Halloween Today, I'm on the search for the most Halloweeny retro science fiction art. You might think this 1983 tech magazine illustration would be in the running. The simplicity really makes it pop. Ultimate...

Two of my favorite things together, and on a Monday! Thank you @70sscifiart.bsky.social for today's Halloween edition of 70s Sci-Fi Art!
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ahh! a small fluffy ghost sits on a hardwood floor staring directly at us. but actually... the longer we take it in, the more cute the ghost becomes. one could even mistake this little guy for a golden retriever puppy wearing a sheet with eye, ear, and mouth holes cut out of it. even though he gave us a fright, we would still pet this ghost puppy.

My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)

I was counting on your sense of humor. Thanks for forgiving me for botching your name. I swear I know how to spell it--I don't know what happened that day!

The museum project room posed the question. And I answered: printing in bold, confident letters, posting his name on the corkboard wall. Misspelled. With apologies to @charlesjensen.bsky.social

Loved these poems by @haikuhawk.bsky.social

I had to break the news to my rabbit, Digby: "Photographic evidence suggests you are no longer the cutest living creature."

Cubes in Sci-Fi Art I love John Schoenherr's 1978 cover for a French edition of Keith Laumer's The Infinite Cage. It appears to feature a surreal interpretation of the title, in the form of a glass cube containing life ...

Once again,
@70sscifiart.bsky.social rescues Monday. The Karel Thole brain-cube entity (scroll down) reinvigorated my Monday-mind:
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Another WOW poem at @villaineralit.bsky.social today.

Dr. Evelyn Hooker is rolling in her grave.

Digby Flopwell napping on the cool smooth base of his favorite lamp. He loves Lamp Buddy.

Big thanks to @fiveminutelit.bsky.social and EIC @susannabaird.bsky.social for featuring my flash CNF!

Do you like books? Do you like banter? Of course you do! So be sure to join our live stream on YouTube this Wednesday October 8 at 6PM Central / 4PM Pacific. (the pacific time is a reminder for me, so I don't show up 2 hours late.)

Unbroken | Issue 46 | Summer 2025 Prose poems for y'all.

Thrilled to have my prose poem, "Undead" appear in the new issue of Unbroken. Thanks to Ken Chau and the rest of the editorial team for featuring my work: www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47