date: who's your favorite beatle me, panicking: uhh, um- gregor samsa

being recommended to stop using em dashes because ChatGPT uses them a lot

It's that time of year again! Send us your ghost stories for Flash Frogtober! flash-frog.com/submit/

And the next Apex Drabble Contest is on the horizon. 😁🙌🔥 The theme is "The Masks We Wear". Submissions will be open from July 10th-July 24th 2025. Winners will be published in Apex Magazine October 2025 Issue! Full details here: apexbookcompany.com/a/blog/apex-ma…

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” ― Franz Kafka, born on this day in 1883

Brilliant story “Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro in clarkesworld! Adore the complexity of the characters and their interrelationships, the ending, and the POV choices—perfect. Loved these lines in particular 👥 💔

"Why don't you write this next chapter in second person present tense?"

Got 2 copies of BODY OF WORK antho signed by the amazing local authors & editor I bumped into at a CSFG event yesterday to gift to my parents and in-laws! Collision of worlds! 😱 (My family are actually v lovely & supportive of my writing despite not being fans of body horror!)

Assortment of books I loved over the last few years which also have stunning covers, but I only own the ebook and can’t take a shelfie for social media. Found this in my canva drafts from a year ago (!) and decided to update and post! Do you spy any faves? 📚 🖤

I feel like I'm finally old enough to admit that almost everything confuses me

Go to books2read.com/RebelRainbows to check out REBELS & RAINBOWS, a speculative fiction anthology written about LGBTIQA+ characters, by LGBTIQA+ and Ally authors. #booklove #lgbtiqa

Issue #182 of Aurealis is live with my story “The House of Spirits”, along with a brilliant illustration by Joshua Hardie. This is a dream publication! I’m so thrilled!!!

Look at this utterly chilling sneak peek! I LOVE working with Meerkat, for many reasons. Can't wait for you to go to Summertime with us.

👀 💖 Woke up to 2 personalised “close but no cigar” rejections from 2 dream markets! This makes me feel positive about sending these stories out to the next markets ASAP without second-guessing myself and revising (which I know I should do anyway, do as I say not as I do etc)

Misty: Friends watch out for each other! Nat: Not with hidden cameras they don’t! Love Nat’s (Juliette Lewis’s) range of expressions! Quick sketch, alas I overworked this + it’s not grump enough! Thank you legends who told me to watch YELLOWJACKETS, you were so right 🐝 #fanart

At Interstellar Flight Mag, Alex Kingsley reflects on the experience of being a slush reader in SFF and what writers can learn from the experience magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/true-confessio…