C.J. Subko
@cjsubko.bsky.social
Writer of SFFH. Snarkwitch. Psych PhD. Approachable goth.
Words in Small Wonders, Flame Tree, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
Words in Small Wonders, Flame Tree, The Deadlands, Skull & Laurel
Member of HWA, SFWA, Codex
www.cjsubko.com
https://cjsubko.beehiiv.com
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Introducing AND THE DARK WILL KNOW MY NAME
a novel I'm currently #amquerying #querying
🖤Adult contemporary #horror 💙📚
🖤**68,000** words of neopagan witchcraft, murder, mental illness, and some romance
#writing community reposts appreciated
a novel I'm currently #amquerying #querying
🖤Adult contemporary #horror 💙📚
🖤**68,000** words of neopagan witchcraft, murder, mental illness, and some romance
#writing community reposts appreciated
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Help me create my 2026 TBR!
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Help me create my 2026 TBR!
For the midday crowd, my newsletter about writing, reading, and more goes up again on December 29 Monday. Lessons learned in 2025.
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Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind
Newsletter for author C.J. Subko about writing, books, and more
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December 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
For the midday crowd, my newsletter about writing, reading, and more goes up again on December 29 Monday. Lessons learned in 2025.
Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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Another car painting. I think I'll continue to render this but I like the way it looks now too.
December 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Another car painting. I think I'll continue to render this but I like the way it looks now too.
I did this in the car so it's a little shaky, but not bad for today's warmup! It was a fun pose.
December 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I did this in the car so it's a little shaky, but not bad for today's warmup! It was a fun pose.
For the early crowd, my newsletter goes up again on December 29 Monday. Lessons learned in 2025.
Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind
Newsletter for author C.J. Subko about writing, books, and more
cjsubko.beehiiv.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For the early crowd, my newsletter goes up again on December 29 Monday. Lessons learned in 2025.
Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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Subscribe here so you don't miss it!
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It is not even 5am. I am awake. What is this cruelty?
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It is not even 5am. I am awake. What is this cruelty?
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December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you got extra holiday cash, consider donating to Midwest Books 2 Prisoners
100% volunteer run, all donations go straight to their book shipments and running costs
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100% volunteer run, all donations go straight to their book shipments and running costs
giving.classy.org/campaign/755...
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Anthology sale! $10 on filthyloot.com
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December 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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For 2026 I bought an ADHD planner for my Remarkable.
It's all over for you freaks. /affectionate
It's all over for you freaks. /affectionate
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
For 2026 I bought an ADHD planner for my Remarkable.
It's all over for you freaks. /affectionate
It's all over for you freaks. /affectionate
Atlas Stationers has a clearance sale going on.
There was a Lord of the Rings pen.
I cannot be trusted.
There was a Lord of the Rings pen.
I cannot be trusted.
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Atlas Stationers has a clearance sale going on.
There was a Lord of the Rings pen.
I cannot be trusted.
There was a Lord of the Rings pen.
I cannot be trusted.
Just took a bath at the Four Seasons. I feel fancy and relaxed.
December 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Just took a bath at the Four Seasons. I feel fancy and relaxed.
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BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! comes out in Oct!
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
BARBIE JUST WON’T DIE! comes out in Oct!
Also if you can't come up with one unique thing about yourself like...maybe you aren't a very good writer. (Yes I know that anecdote was BS, as most are.)
Okay I swear I'll stop talking about The Article it's just annoying me.
Okay I swear I'll stop talking about The Article it's just annoying me.
December 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Also if you can't come up with one unique thing about yourself like...maybe you aren't a very good writer. (Yes I know that anecdote was BS, as most are.)
Okay I swear I'll stop talking about The Article it's just annoying me.
Okay I swear I'll stop talking about The Article it's just annoying me.
Not gonna link to that stupid article. I know others are probably saying it but like...white isn't a thing. German is a thing. Italian is a thing. Swedish is a thing. White is a made-up boring nothing.
Why would you want to champion something that erases the real cultures we ACTUALLY HAVE?
Why would you want to champion something that erases the real cultures we ACTUALLY HAVE?
December 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not gonna link to that stupid article. I know others are probably saying it but like...white isn't a thing. German is a thing. Italian is a thing. Swedish is a thing. White is a made-up boring nothing.
Why would you want to champion something that erases the real cultures we ACTUALLY HAVE?
Why would you want to champion something that erases the real cultures we ACTUALLY HAVE?
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December 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The holiday season has passed, but now you can give the gift of Apex all year round! 🎁🛸
For any magazine subscription or book order on our website, you now have the option to send it as a gift to your loved ones. Help the world get weirder and share more Apex with your fellow readers! 📚👽🖤
For any magazine subscription or book order on our website, you now have the option to send it as a gift to your loved ones. Help the world get weirder and share more Apex with your fellow readers! 📚👽🖤
Help me create my 2026 TBR!
December 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Help me create my 2026 TBR!
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Quote this with something you're grateful for from 2025
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
❤️🔥 Being able to see my stepson again after 2 years of not
❤️🔥 the Australian healthcare system - my mum's getting her hip replacement next year
❤️🔥 my job. It's stable and I'm valued
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
❤️🔥 Being able to see my stepson again after 2 years of not
❤️🔥 the Australian healthcare system - my mum's getting her hip replacement next year
❤️🔥 my job. It's stable and I'm valued
Quote this with something you're grateful for from 2025
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
🖤 My parents
🖤 My small group of friends
🖤 My dog
🖤 My job
🖤 My health most of the time
🖤 My openness to trying new things
🖤 The amazing city I live in
🖤 Horror book club + karaoke
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
🖤 My parents
🖤 My small group of friends
🖤 My dog
🖤 My job
🖤 My health most of the time
🖤 My openness to trying new things
🖤 The amazing city I live in
🖤 Horror book club + karaoke
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Quote this with something you're grateful for from 2025
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
❤️🔥 Being able to see my stepson again after 2 years of not
❤️🔥 the Australian healthcare system - my mum's getting her hip replacement next year
❤️🔥 my job. It's stable and I'm valued
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
❤️🔥 Being able to see my stepson again after 2 years of not
❤️🔥 the Australian healthcare system - my mum's getting her hip replacement next year
❤️🔥 my job. It's stable and I'm valued
Me to @sashakielman.bsky.social: Just think of your book like a Pokemon, evolving into its final form.
Also me: Romantapsy.
Also me: Romantapsy.
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Me to @sashakielman.bsky.social: Just think of your book like a Pokemon, evolving into its final form.
Also me: Romantapsy.
Also me: Romantapsy.
Maybe it's just bc I got shit sleep last night or bc this whole year has been a shitstorm but I feel run down. I could nap for 10 hours. I could sleep for a week.
I need a spa day.
I need a spa day.
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Maybe it's just bc I got shit sleep last night or bc this whole year has been a shitstorm but I feel run down. I could nap for 10 hours. I could sleep for a week.
I need a spa day.
I need a spa day.
So I discovered that historical horror Gets to me. So I now have daytime reads and nighttime reads.
💙 THE REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due
💙 ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus
🖤 THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer
Why yes I'm incapable of reading one thing at once why did you ask? 💙📚
💙 THE REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due
💙 ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus
🖤 THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer
Why yes I'm incapable of reading one thing at once why did you ask? 💙📚
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So I discovered that historical horror Gets to me. So I now have daytime reads and nighttime reads.
💙 THE REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due
💙 ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus
🖤 THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer
Why yes I'm incapable of reading one thing at once why did you ask? 💙📚
💙 THE REFORMATORY by Tananarive Due
💙 ANGEL DOWN by Daniel Kraus
🖤 THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer
Why yes I'm incapable of reading one thing at once why did you ask? 💙📚
Me: I have a wide and eclectic taste in music
Also me: *listens to same playlist on repeat for months*
Also me: *listens to same playlist on repeat for months*
December 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Me: I have a wide and eclectic taste in music
Also me: *listens to same playlist on repeat for months*
Also me: *listens to same playlist on repeat for months*
I DARE YOU
Quote this with something you're grateful for from 2025
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
🖤 My parents
🖤 My small group of friends
🖤 My dog
🖤 My job
🖤 My health most of the time
🖤 My openness to trying new things
🖤 The amazing city I live in
🖤 Horror book club + karaoke
(NOT an accomplishment just something good in your life)
🖤 My parents
🖤 My small group of friends
🖤 My dog
🖤 My job
🖤 My health most of the time
🖤 My openness to trying new things
🖤 The amazing city I live in
🖤 Horror book club + karaoke
December 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I DARE YOU
I am taking a break from writing until January 19. As in, NO writing. Not even shorts. My goal is to do a hard reset and then come back and do 100 words a day for 6 weeks. I even have a sticker chart.
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!
December 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am taking a break from writing until January 19. As in, NO writing. Not even shorts. My goal is to do a hard reset and then come back and do 100 words a day for 6 weeks. I even have a sticker chart.
Wish me luck!
Wish me luck!