Ashley Stokes
@ashleystokes.bsky.social
Writer and Ghostwriter
Weird-Horror and Comedy
https://ashleystokes.net/
https://theghostingcompany.com/
Weird-Horror and Comedy
https://ashleystokes.net/
https://theghostingcompany.com/
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Ashley Stokes
@ashleystokes.bsky.social
· Nov 14
DEVOUR ISSUE V: Vacancy by Ashley Stokes
YouTube video by DEVOUR AUDIOFILES
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The comments say, Incredible, absorbing, terrifying‘ and ,this is some amazing storytelling‘
Are you ready for your Vacancy?
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Are you ready for your Vacancy?
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The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.
Louise Gluck
Louise Gluck
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.
Louise Gluck
Louise Gluck
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides, The Bacchae
Euripides, The Bacchae
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Euripides, The Bacchae
Euripides, The Bacchae
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Free bowl of delicious and wholesome MINj meatballs, the future taste of Sweden for anyone eligible to vote in the BSFA Awards and fancies CAUTIONARY PULSES for Best Shorter Fiction.
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February 1, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Free bowl of delicious and wholesome MINj meatballs, the future taste of Sweden for anyone eligible to vote in the BSFA Awards and fancies CAUTIONARY PULSES for Best Shorter Fiction.
www.patreon.com/posts/bsfa-a...
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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin
Anais Nin
February 1, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin
Anais Nin
nína tryggvadóttir
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
"What you think you create. What you feel you attract. And what you imagine you become." — Buddha
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"What you think you create. What you feel you attract. And what you imagine you become." — Buddha
nína tryggvadóttir
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
Thrilled to announce that my story ORANGE SLAB, first published in Interzone 301 has been selected for BEST NEW WEIRD Vol 4 from Tenebrous Press
Thanks @tenebrouspress.bsky.social and thanks Interzone
Looking forward to reading the other selections
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/1/...
Thanks @tenebrouspress.bsky.social and thanks Interzone
Looking forward to reading the other selections
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/1/...
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press
The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...
tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Thrilled to announce that my story ORANGE SLAB, first published in Interzone 301 has been selected for BEST NEW WEIRD Vol 4 from Tenebrous Press
Thanks @tenebrouspress.bsky.social and thanks Interzone
Looking forward to reading the other selections
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/1/...
Thanks @tenebrouspress.bsky.social and thanks Interzone
Looking forward to reading the other selections
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2026/1/...
Reposted by Ashley Stokes
congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!
We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
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This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press
The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...
tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!
. Inspired by recently almost being stranded in a snowbound airport for a week, MISSION CREEP is the story of a relic hunter stranded in a snowbound airport for a week who may or may not, as MR James would say, have ‘brought someone back with him’.
Now looking for a home. Aren’t we all.
Now looking for a home. Aren’t we all.
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
. Inspired by recently almost being stranded in a snowbound airport for a week, MISSION CREEP is the story of a relic hunter stranded in a snowbound airport for a week who may or may not, as MR James would say, have ‘brought someone back with him’.
Now looking for a home. Aren’t we all.
Now looking for a home. Aren’t we all.
“I want to affect people like a clap of thunder, to inflame their minds with the breadth of my vision, the strength of my conviction and the power of my expression.”
― Rosa Luxemburg
― Rosa Luxemburg
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 AM
“I want to affect people like a clap of thunder, to inflame their minds with the breadth of my vision, the strength of my conviction and the power of my expression.”
― Rosa Luxemburg
― Rosa Luxemburg
nína tryggvadóttir
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
nína tryggvadóttir
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
nína tryggvadóttir
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
George Carlin
George Carlin
January 27, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
George Carlin
George Carlin
nína tryggvadóttir
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
I am a collection of dismantled almosts.
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 AM
I am a collection of dismantled almosts.
Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton
nína tryggvadóttir
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 AM
nína tryggvadóttir
‚Do you think we will ever have Fascism in America? ‚ Said the Kingfish: ‚Sure, only we’ll call it anti-Fascism‘“.
Huey P Long
Huey P Long
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 AM
‚Do you think we will ever have Fascism in America? ‚ Said the Kingfish: ‚Sure, only we’ll call it anti-Fascism‘“.
Huey P Long
Huey P Long