Elle Ravenswood
@elleravenswood.bsky.social
Writer of horror/dark fantasy. 📚 Lurks in the liminal space between nightmares. ☠️
Needs coffee to function. ☕️
https://elleravenswood.com/
Needs coffee to function. ☕️
https://elleravenswood.com/
Um, no. Do you know how hard it is to keep white clean? If 2026 is anything like 2025, you’re gonna need a fuck ton of paint to try and whitewash that shit away.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Um, no. Do you know how hard it is to keep white clean? If 2026 is anything like 2025, you’re gonna need a fuck ton of paint to try and whitewash that shit away.
The growing stream of unfinished road construction projects have pretty much merged into one, leading to a massive traffic jam that completely surrounds my house.
a man in a suit and tie says cool in front of a city skyline
Alt: John Oliver in a suit and tie says cool with a straight face
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The growing stream of unfinished road construction projects have pretty much merged into one, leading to a massive traffic jam that completely surrounds my house.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce the 2026 Clarion Workshop instructor line-up!! Applications open on Dec. 1st, so spread the word and mark your calendars. It's going to be another stellar summer here in San Diego.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the 2026 Clarion Workshop instructor line-up!! Applications open on Dec. 1st, so spread the word and mark your calendars. It's going to be another stellar summer here in San Diego.
And thus begins the holiday rush at work to complete every project known to man and several arcane or eldritch ones hidden in the void before the year ends.
a close up of a stuffed animal with a big smile on his face .
Alt: a close up of a puppet screaming and running full tilt
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And thus begins the holiday rush at work to complete every project known to man and several arcane or eldritch ones hidden in the void before the year ends.
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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fyi @thedeadlands.com will be open to fiction submissions from Dec 1 to Dec 31, so maybe you want to put that on your calendar and study the guidelines and ring out this horrible year making something beautiful. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
The Deadlands Guidelines - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Fiction
psychopomp.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
fyi @thedeadlands.com will be open to fiction submissions from Dec 1 to Dec 31, so maybe you want to put that on your calendar and study the guidelines and ring out this horrible year making something beautiful. psychopomp.com/the-deadland...
Me: Hey, rain gods! Do you think maybe you could spread out the rain over the course of the rainy season instead of dumping it on us all at once?
Rain gods: I’m sorry, we can’t hear you over all this rain.
Me: *grumbles while hunting for the umbrella that gets used twice a year*
Rain gods: I’m sorry, we can’t hear you over all this rain.
Me: *grumbles while hunting for the umbrella that gets used twice a year*
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Me: Hey, rain gods! Do you think maybe you could spread out the rain over the course of the rainy season instead of dumping it on us all at once?
Rain gods: I’m sorry, we can’t hear you over all this rain.
Me: *grumbles while hunting for the umbrella that gets used twice a year*
Rain gods: I’m sorry, we can’t hear you over all this rain.
Me: *grumbles while hunting for the umbrella that gets used twice a year*
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Best answer, hands down.
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Best answer, hands down.
My TBR pile always gets bigger around my bday and xmas. Got some great additions with the added bonus of a Godzilla to rampage and knock it all down from time to time🦎📚❤️
@datlow.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My TBR pile always gets bigger around my bday and xmas. Got some great additions with the added bonus of a Godzilla to rampage and knock it all down from time to time🦎📚❤️
@datlow.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
Yeeessss!
The Uncanny Magazine Podcast Episode 67A features “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker, as read by Erika Ensign; “Call Us Boy.” by Somto Ihezue, as read by Matt Peters; and Michael Damian Thomas interviewing Sarah Pinsker! buff.ly/YxaYPx0
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yeeessss!
Support them if you can. Unless you don’t like great stories. Then maybe support them anyways, you weirdo.
The world needs great stories written by humans now more than ever. ☠️
The world needs great stories written by humans now more than ever. ☠️
There are officially only 24 hours left in the Apex Magazine 2026 Kickstarter and we're only $1,300 away from unlocking our first stretch goal. Any support you can give us is greatly appreciated. I'm just so grateful we have funded and will be back next year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Support them if you can. Unless you don’t like great stories. Then maybe support them anyways, you weirdo.
The world needs great stories written by humans now more than ever. ☠️
The world needs great stories written by humans now more than ever. ☠️
I snort laughed out loud. I can totally relate.
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I snort laughed out loud. I can totally relate.
Preordered a little something for myself. Really can’t wait for it to come out! ☠️💕
@datlow.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Preordered a little something for myself. Really can’t wait for it to come out! ☠️💕
@datlow.bsky.social
@datlow.bsky.social
Another trip around the sun and last night I got to drink good beer and discuss a horror novel with a lovely bookclub while dressed as Freddy Krueger.
Doesn’t get much better than that ☠️👻🪦❤️❤️❤️
Doesn’t get much better than that ☠️👻🪦❤️❤️❤️
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Another trip around the sun and last night I got to drink good beer and discuss a horror novel with a lovely bookclub while dressed as Freddy Krueger.
Doesn’t get much better than that ☠️👻🪦❤️❤️❤️
Doesn’t get much better than that ☠️👻🪦❤️❤️❤️
It’s one of those days where you want to tell everyone to fuck off as you open a portal to another world that contains exactly zero assholes.
mary poppins from mary poppins is holding an umbrella and saying `` so done '' .
Alt: mary poppins is holding an umbrella and flying off into the sky with a smile. The text says “so done”.
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It’s one of those days where you want to tell everyone to fuck off as you open a portal to another world that contains exactly zero assholes.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today’s random spam text:
“Do you want to tour the villa today?”
This is either the beginning of a romance story or a horror story.
“Do you want to tour the villa today?”
This is either the beginning of a romance story or a horror story.
a girl with blue eyes and braids is wearing a green kimono and looking at the camera .
Alt: a girl with blue eyes and braids is wearing a green kimono. She leans back and squints suspiciously.
media.tenor.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today’s random spam text:
“Do you want to tour the villa today?”
This is either the beginning of a romance story or a horror story.
“Do you want to tour the villa today?”
This is either the beginning of a romance story or a horror story.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you love fantastic speculative fiction, show Apex some love by supporting them! ❤️
I hope that’s what happens with something I write someday. 😆
Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I hope that’s what happens with something I write someday. 😆
I need to watch this. Need to.
"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I need to watch this. Need to.
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“Dear editor,
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“Dear editor,
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”
I asked an algorithm designed to mimic patterns it had learned through the plagiarism of billionaires if it could spit out something that looked convincingly like the stories it had stolen, and it burned through an ocean to deliver whatever this is. Thank you for your consideration.”
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections