Caleb Bethea (they/them)

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I dare say…

I think I see…

Is that…

@calebbethea.bsky.social’s @hexliterary.bsky.social story?

FUCK YEAH IT IS!!!!!!! ✨

congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!

and the prose is fucking SAD and GORGEOUS as a little treat

Alex Pretti’s Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing — offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him

From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.

Hey everyone! We've extended our preorder offer! You can now enter the giveaway until Fri 13th March 😱! Post your order confirmation or email it to encounterswithcryptids@gmail.com for a chance to win 1 of 5 paperbacks!

Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! 👻 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR

Listening to Pig Destroyer in the van today when my 6yo asked if this was “metal or black metal?”

And now my baby knows about grindcore.

Very proud and excited to share a new story in X-R-A-Y today

This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children

thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!

Hell yeah, congrats dude 🧙

Oh fuck, did you ever see Newsing??

And same on Carmen lmao

The best editor I know is looking for work!

I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.

Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈

He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.

Cover art featuring a big rig and the truck console in orange and red; favorable blurbs from PW, LJ and Grimdark Mag

Calling out the boss here:

As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:

Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.

Link to buy ⬇️

will never stop tweeting that Trap Queen is the last great american novel

licking a 9 volt battery just to feel something

long horse, a skeletal horse skull on a long jointed neck, in the hallway of a school. why is he here? we just don't know

long horse sighting, motive unclear

congrats to Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!

Ah, thanks so much! I love love love creepy glitter so I’m glad it hit for you

Thanks homie! SAME

Thanks, Andy! Between this and Encounters in less than a month, I’m having a blast out here 🔥

Still plenty of healing to do, but there are more and more days where I realize the younger me would be pretty stoked with how I turned out.

Shortlisted, baby! Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for nominating my @hexliterary.bsky.social story for Brave New Weird Vol. 4.

Feels good. Feels WEIRD.

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Burial ritual?

Middle aged white lady carrying a blue poster board sign with the words SEE YOU AT NUREMBERG FUCKERS

Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it

No more, no more.

twerkin for the chicken man.

Find me on shelves in Sioux Falls next to some of the goats!

This makes my heart so happy—thank you!

Happy 2026! This is what I'm #querying this year. Wish me luck!

I don’t want a friendly neighbor. I want a neighbor with crushing social anxiety.