Erik Grove
@erikgrove.com
Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA and HWA member. Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. He/Him.
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Erik Grove
@erikgrove.com
· Nov 18
I edited a PLAYABLE ADVENTURE! This anthology - THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST -, features work highlighting REAL NW PLACES from 24 wonderful Oregon and Washington based creators and includes a cover that can be played as a board game! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-muddy-...
My mind is full of too many words. Words just rising like an ominous ocean that’s gonna drown the land. Anyway, I hope this email finds you well. Sincerely, Erik
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 PM
My mind is full of too many words. Words just rising like an ominous ocean that’s gonna drown the land. Anyway, I hope this email finds you well. Sincerely, Erik
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Poe: it looks like the regime is letting up
Mary Shelley: how do you figure that
Poe: they demoted greg bovino
Mary Shelley: not good enough
Shelley: i want him [redacted]
Shelley: and also [redacted]
Shelley: [redacted]
Mary Shelley: how do you figure that
Poe: they demoted greg bovino
Mary Shelley: not good enough
Shelley: i want him [redacted]
Shelley: and also [redacted]
Shelley: [redacted]
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Poe: it looks like the regime is letting up
Mary Shelley: how do you figure that
Poe: they demoted greg bovino
Mary Shelley: not good enough
Shelley: i want him [redacted]
Shelley: and also [redacted]
Shelley: [redacted]
Mary Shelley: how do you figure that
Poe: they demoted greg bovino
Mary Shelley: not good enough
Shelley: i want him [redacted]
Shelley: and also [redacted]
Shelley: [redacted]
I started a new job today! I am Marketing and Development Manager for Willamette Writers! This is an organization I have been a part of as a member and volunteer for years and it is very cool to make my professional home there!
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I started a new job today! I am Marketing and Development Manager for Willamette Writers! This is an organization I have been a part of as a member and volunteer for years and it is very cool to make my professional home there!
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Today the biggest challenge facing writers is the overpowering urge to wander through a misty and forlorn moor, dressed up in full period costume, keening for your demon lover.
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Today the biggest challenge facing writers is the overpowering urge to wander through a misty and forlorn moor, dressed up in full period costume, keening for your demon lover.
I want to hear about your acts of resistance and your calls to action. I want your jokes and links. I want to see how excited you are about your football team winning. I want to see your cat and your dog. I want to see you living despite it all. I want every defiant, soft, human, silly thing.
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I want to hear about your acts of resistance and your calls to action. I want your jokes and links. I want to see how excited you are about your football team winning. I want to see your cat and your dog. I want to see you living despite it all. I want every defiant, soft, human, silly thing.
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congrats to all those on the Stoker preliminary ballot, including @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social !
The Bram Stoker Award preliminary ballot for this year just went out, and congratulations to everyone whose work appears on it, be it under their name or their editor!!
Also TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS and A GAME IN YELLOW whaaat 🤩😭
Also TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS and A GAME IN YELLOW whaaat 🤩😭
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
congrats to all those on the Stoker preliminary ballot, including @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @chucktingle.bsky.social @wnwagner.bsky.social !
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In lieu of saying a lot of things I will regret to folks talking out of their asses right now, here’s @naomikritzer.bsky.social’s excellent post on how to help Minnesota right now : naomikritzer.com
Will Tell Stories For Food
Naomi Kritzer's blog
naomikritzer.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
In lieu of saying a lot of things I will regret to folks talking out of their asses right now, here’s @naomikritzer.bsky.social’s excellent post on how to help Minnesota right now : naomikritzer.com
Well this week is done right?😅
(Mostly a good week but I am very exhausted)
(Mostly a good week but I am very exhausted)
January 23, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Well this week is done right?😅
(Mostly a good week but I am very exhausted)
(Mostly a good week but I am very exhausted)
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Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer.
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
January 23, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer.
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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This is a huge crisis that we must do our part on by rejecting generative AI. The more it infiltrates our systems, the more fucked we are over time.
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This is a huge crisis that we must do our part on by rejecting generative AI. The more it infiltrates our systems, the more fucked we are over time.
Received an email I cannot talk about yet from my publisher. *ahem* WOOHOO! 🤘
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Received an email I cannot talk about yet from my publisher. *ahem* WOOHOO! 🤘
I run an events newsletter that promotes writer and reader friendly events in the Portland, OR area - PDX WRITE WEEK. It was on hiatus for about a month while I did a lift and shift from Mailchimp to Beehiiv and did some back end work. But it’s back!
pdxwriteweek.beehiiv.com/p/pdx-write-...
pdxwriteweek.beehiiv.com/p/pdx-write-...
PDX Write Week 1/21/2026 - 1/28/2026
Events for 1/21/26 - 1/28/26
pdxwriteweek.beehiiv.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I run an events newsletter that promotes writer and reader friendly events in the Portland, OR area - PDX WRITE WEEK. It was on hiatus for about a month while I did a lift and shift from Mailchimp to Beehiiv and did some back end work. But it’s back!
pdxwriteweek.beehiiv.com/p/pdx-write-...
pdxwriteweek.beehiiv.com/p/pdx-write-...
Hey hey you can see me and @remymura.bsky.social doing our best and having a good time live on AM Northwest this morning whenever you want now! katu.com/amnw/am-nort...
"The Muddy Goose Guide to the Weird Northwest"
Roll the dice, chase the goose, face death, & unlock the weird Northwest. From the Neskowin Ghost Forest to Desolation Peak, the Northwest is bigger––and far st
katu.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Hey hey you can see me and @remymura.bsky.social doing our best and having a good time live on AM Northwest this morning whenever you want now! katu.com/amnw/am-nort...
This is a fun candid @remymura.bsky.social got of me on the tv set with the cameras and host in the background
January 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This is a fun candid @remymura.bsky.social got of me on the tv set with the cameras and host in the background
Behold a Portland-based cryptid, the Mustache Writer Man, live on teevee demonstrating how to blur your hand while talking to the host
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Behold a Portland-based cryptid, the Mustache Writer Man, live on teevee demonstrating how to blur your hand while talking to the host
Excited to be on LIVE TEEVEE with @remymura.bsky.social talking about THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST and our event at Annie Bloom’s Books tonight! We are on KATU and you can stream here: katu.com/watch
January 20, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Excited to be on LIVE TEEVEE with @remymura.bsky.social talking about THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE TO THE WEIRD NORTHWEST and our event at Annie Bloom’s Books tonight! We are on KATU and you can stream here: katu.com/watch
For whatever reason, I didn’t give the album Egg & Dart by Murder By Death a good long listen until today and friends, that was a mistake. This is my kind of morose American bastard rock & roll. Hits the mood for the project I am working on right now like a splash of whiskey after a sucker punch.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
For whatever reason, I didn’t give the album Egg & Dart by Murder By Death a good long listen until today and friends, that was a mistake. This is my kind of morose American bastard rock & roll. Hits the mood for the project I am working on right now like a splash of whiskey after a sucker punch.
Coffee shop writer with mustache and a wicked squint
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Coffee shop writer with mustache and a wicked squint
If you are in the Portland area, we are doing a cool event for THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE tomorrow night at ANNIE BLOOM’S BOOKS 7PM!
Also! I may be live on local tv talking about it in the morning 👀 📺 ❗️Get the rabbit ears out of your closet and stay tuned! 🪿
annieblooms.com/event/2026-0...
Also! I may be live on local tv talking about it in the morning 👀 📺 ❗️Get the rabbit ears out of your closet and stay tuned! 🪿
annieblooms.com/event/2026-0...
Reading: The Muddy Goose Guide to the Weird Northwest
Annie Bloom's Books welcomes editor Erik Grove, Demagogue Press founder Frances Lu Pai Ippolito, cover artist Gigi Little, and contributors Daniel Dagris, Remy Nakamura, and Wendy N. Wagner for readings from the new book The Muddy Goose Guide to the Weird Northwest: A Playable Adventure.
annieblooms.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
If you are in the Portland area, we are doing a cool event for THE MUDDY GOOSE GUIDE tomorrow night at ANNIE BLOOM’S BOOKS 7PM!
Also! I may be live on local tv talking about it in the morning 👀 📺 ❗️Get the rabbit ears out of your closet and stay tuned! 🪿
annieblooms.com/event/2026-0...
Also! I may be live on local tv talking about it in the morning 👀 📺 ❗️Get the rabbit ears out of your closet and stay tuned! 🪿
annieblooms.com/event/2026-0...
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Season 10 of our show is coming SOON! How about a sneak peak of what you can expect early on in case anyone wants to start reading? 📚👀
Important Dates ⬇️
~Hamnet Book Ep 1/29
~Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Book Ep 2/26
~Project Hail Mary Book Ep 3/26
Important Dates ⬇️
~Hamnet Book Ep 1/29
~Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Book Ep 2/26
~Project Hail Mary Book Ep 3/26
January 18, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Season 10 of our show is coming SOON! How about a sneak peak of what you can expect early on in case anyone wants to start reading? 📚👀
Important Dates ⬇️
~Hamnet Book Ep 1/29
~Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Book Ep 2/26
~Project Hail Mary Book Ep 3/26
Important Dates ⬇️
~Hamnet Book Ep 1/29
~Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Book Ep 2/26
~Project Hail Mary Book Ep 3/26
Also, RE: Starfleet Academy as a guy with long hair I was horrified that they give the main character a non consensual haircut for “regulations.” Requiring men only to have short hair (but only human appearing ones?) is wildly gender binary and so weirdly 1950s heteronormative.
January 17, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Also, RE: Starfleet Academy as a guy with long hair I was horrified that they give the main character a non consensual haircut for “regulations.” Requiring men only to have short hair (but only human appearing ones?) is wildly gender binary and so weirdly 1950s heteronormative.
Based on the first episode, Starfleet Academy is a tv show where they said yes to every note and idea everyone had. There’s some fun in there but it’s an over crowded show. If you cut half the characters and plots, I think it would be much stronger.
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Based on the first episode, Starfleet Academy is a tv show where they said yes to every note and idea everyone had. There’s some fun in there but it’s an over crowded show. If you cut half the characters and plots, I think it would be much stronger.
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Me finishing a novel: Hah aha! I am a GOD! FEEL MY POWER!
Me starting a novel: Fuck this fucking sucks why did I forget how to do this send help
Me starting a novel: Fuck this fucking sucks why did I forget how to do this send help
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Me finishing a novel: Hah aha! I am a GOD! FEEL MY POWER!
Me starting a novel: Fuck this fucking sucks why did I forget how to do this send help
Me starting a novel: Fuck this fucking sucks why did I forget how to do this send help
My 2026 reading has been a little slow because of my New Years Sick but just finished WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix and I loved the hell out of it. I think it’s my favorite Hendrix book so far.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My 2026 reading has been a little slow because of my New Years Sick but just finished WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix and I loved the hell out of it. I think it’s my favorite Hendrix book so far.