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Craftwork Podcast
@craftworkpod.bsky.social
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Co-hosted by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer. Everything about writing: craft, process, and technique.
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Day 29! I read Cholorphilia by @mikethorn.bsky.social and @miriamricher.bsky.social published in @augursociety.bsky.social They say the grass is always greener... read my review here:
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S/D/Y Jan 29 – Chlorophilia by Mike Thorn and Miriam Richer – Augur
How do I keep stumbling upon stories with similar themes one after the other. The last story was all about metamorphosis and so is this one but in very, very different ways. This is a deliciously d…
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January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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talonbooks.bsky.social
We could listen to Mike, Miriam, and Hajer talk poetry all day! 🤩
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New @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2025).

We discussed the influence of Mona Hatoum and Mahmoud Darwish, timed writing, the voice of the body & mind, and much more.

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January 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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New @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2025).

We discussed the influence of Mona Hatoum and Mahmoud Darwish, timed writing, the voice of the body & mind, and much more.

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January 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Listen to our latest episode!

In this interview, we chat with Hajer Mirwali about cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and so much more.

@talonbooks.bsky.social

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January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
Happy birthday to the great @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, a true master of dark literature.

Interviewing him was one of my personal highlights of 2025. Listen here: tinyurl.com/56eb5arb
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
Miriam Richer's review, "Citizens of Ulro: A Review of Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead", offers a critical reassessment of the (anti-)anthropocentrism in Nobel laureate Tokarczuk's novel.

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January 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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seizethepress.bsky.social
We're open for fiction submissions!

We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.

No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
"The Playground", an original work of fiction by Kathe Koja (The Cipher, Dark Factory, Straydog), traces a shift in ecological sensibility to what might be called a necessary violence.

@kkoja.bsky.social

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January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
It's alive!

I served as guest editor for this special issue of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal, MONSTRUM: Vegan and Animal Liberation Horror.

- 6 feature essays
- 2 original fiction pieces (by @kkoja.bsky.social & me)
- 3 retrospective reviews

And more! Read now!

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December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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ericlarocca.bsky.social
Happy New Year!! Very honored to find WRETCH on the Most Anticipated Horror list from Goodreads 🪲🕯️🖤

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A Month-by-Month Peek at 2026's Most Anticipated Horror
Horror enthusiasts, gird your loins. This new year looks particularly scary. As part of our rolling overview of upcoming titles in 2026, we’ve coll...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
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January 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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miriamricher.bsky.social
It was a pleasure to feature a dialogue with the incredibly talented Kasia Van Schaik on @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We chatted about braided essays, the objective correlative, the "solitude collective", and so much more!

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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Listen to our latest episode!

In this interview, we chat with Kasia Van Schaik about reverse outlining, asking "what if", sublimating emotion through landscape, and so much more.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
Final CFP reminder (deadline November 30)!

PETER STRAUB: NEW CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES.

Seeking proposals (up to 500 words) on Straub's novels, stories, poetry, and essays.

More info: mikethornwrites.com/2025/11/17/p...

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Peter Straub: New Critical Perspectives CFP (November 30 deadline reminder)
Proposal Submission Details Mike Thorn seeks proposals of no more than 500 words for essays (5000-7000 words) on or related to the topics listed below. He is especially interested in essays address…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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miriamricher.bsky.social
Another exhilarating conversation about craft! @mikethorn.bsky.social and I spoke to Jean Marc Ah-Sen about comic books, building writing communities, reading the comments section, and lots more.

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November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
On the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social,
@miriamricher.bsky.social & I talked craft and process with
Jean Marc Ah-Sen.

Good conversation!

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November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Listen to our our latest episode!

In this interview, we chat with Jean Marc Ah-Sen about comic books, literary scenes, flipping the script on what a book can be, and so much more.

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November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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gooselane.bsky.social
🚨 Announcing: The Great Canadian Art Book Sale! 🚨

On November 1, we'll be launching our biggest sale yet: a whopping 50% off select art books! Get ahead on gifts this year — or treat yourself, you deserve it — while giving your wallet a break.

More information to come - stay tuned! 🤩
The Great Canadian Art Book Sale. Coming November 1. gooselane.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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If you're a reviewer and willing to do a girl a solid, there's definitely something on this list for calls for reviews that would treat you right.
And also there's my hoodlum of a book

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Calls for Reviews & Essays: January 2026
The Ancillary Review of Books publishes reviews and essays with an emphasis on utopian impulses and systemic injustices. ARB seeks to build a community of radical thinkers writing about amazing, sp…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
I spoke with CBC Calgary Eyeopener about my list of 100 favorite horror books.

I discussed the literary greatness of @kkoja.bsky.social's The Cipher (@meerkatpress.bsky.social), the perennial relevance of Shelley's Frankenstein, & more.

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October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
Continuing an annual October tradition: my 100 favorite horror books as of this very moment.

Happy reading / happy Halloween! 💀

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100 Favorite Horror Books: October 2025 Edition
Continuing a new annual tradition. Titles organized by author name. Hawksmoor, by Peter Ackroyd (1989)Dark Entries, by Robert Aickman (1964)We Are Here to Hurt Each Other, by Paula D. Ashe (2022)Th…
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October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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davidbusboom.bsky.social
I recently left Facebook after almost 17 years, making this my only active social media presence. It's mostly a relief, don't get me wrong, but I suppose I should be a bit more proactive about promoting my work. To that end, if you dig pulpy fun horror with a literary heart, I think you'll like...
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing - JournalStone
EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING “It would be accurate to say that Busboom’s fiction is a love letter to schlocky, neon horror, peppered with sticky-sweet nostalgia and loving luridity. It would, however,...
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January 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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miriamricher.bsky.social
It was an absolute treat to chat with the inimitable
@ramseycampbell.bsky.social on our latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We discussed creative instincts, happy accidents, eerie children's tales, and a whole lot more.

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October 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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kkoja.bsky.social
Down in the UK! @deadinkbooks.bsky.social offers the Funhole for your amusement, edification, and emotional dismemberment :) Preorders are live right now. #funhole
A purple book cover with yellow lettering and an uncompromising hole in the center: the Dead Ink edition of THE CIPHER
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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mikethorn.bsky.social
Ramsey Campbell needs no introduction, but Stephen King once called him "better than just good" and Peter Straub deemed him "the best of us all."

He really does rank among dark literature's finest. This was such an incredible honor.

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October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM