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Jan Stinchcomb
@janstinchcomb.bsky.social
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Dark/Horror/Speculative Fiction
VERUSHKA is out now (JournalStone)
Stories in Gamut Magazine, Bourbon Penn, Tales to Terrify, Wigleaf
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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · Feb 3
Art is not frivolous or escapist. If you are making or consuming (or promoting) art, you don’t need to explain or apologize.
There’s a reason why fascists go after artists.
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adamsleper.bsky.social
From Ours to Yours!
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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My favorite didn't even get recognition in the Hound Group. 💔
janstinchcomb.bsky.social Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 14h
Happy The Pharaoh Hound Gets Passed Over Again Day to all who celebrate.
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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amandaweavernovels.com
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Happy The Pharaoh Hound Gets Passed Over Again Day to all who celebrate.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
janstinchcomb.bsky.social
I’m sorry. This is all I have to offer but it’s the biggest one I could find.
A woman’s small gloved hand holding a giant leaf from a Bigleaf Maple.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Pieces of April is the best Thanksgiving movie ever made
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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lemanriley.bsky.social
A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail
Russian/Soviet Folk Horror/Sci-Fi
A while back I was an extra to Severin’s Blu-Ray of Viy, talking about Russian and Soviet horror and sci-fi. Some people were nice about it, especially the number of titles I mentioned. So I thought I...
boxd.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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jysexton.bsky.social
Just a reminder that we could be living in an America in which Trump and his fellow conspirators are spending the rest of their lives in prison if we had serious politicians and a system that wasn’t hellbent on and designed toward self-destruction.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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talestoterrify.bsky.social
Holiday season got you down? Don't sulk about it - write about it! Then send that writing to us!
Graphic showing lightning against a purple sky with a farmhouse and trees in silhouette at the bottom. Text reads: "Tales to Terrify is open to flash horror submissions. Must be under 2,000 words (hard limit). General guidelines & submission portal: https://tinyurl.com/flashsubs. Unfortunately, we cannot offer payment for flash just yet."
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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anniejowrites.bsky.social
I have a new story in Short Story Long! many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social, a wonderful editor who always makes my writing better, the incredible Zoë Petersen for her beautiful original art, & all of you who take the time to read this one ♡ ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-love-sto...
Title: “A Love Story Told in Nine Lives” Author: Anna Vangala Jones An illustration of a man walking past a cafe window. Inside the cafe a woman is sitting and drinking coffee at a table by the window and the man is looking at her as he walks.
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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theguardian.com
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Yes!
I have a little nonfiction piece in this anthology full of great horror authors.
#NetGalley @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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jackkost.bsky.social
Born on this day – Boris Karloff,
Actor,
November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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rbtownsend.bsky.social
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
janstinchcomb.bsky.social
A movie that takes place where you’re from:
A woman leans against a classic yellow Volkswagen Bug. The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay are visible in the background, as seen from the Marin Headlands. The film is Bumblebee (2018).
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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sashabrown.bsky.social
I'm up at HAD today and yet my family is still not showing me any respect

seems weird
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · 4d
"If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a Republican..."

some rules today from Sasha Brown

https://www.havehashad.com/5as8y
Narc Rules by Sasha Brown
If someone asks if you’re a narc and you actually are a narc, you have to say it. That’s the rule. Like if someone directly asks you, you’re not allowed to lie about it. Same with if you’re a…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
janstinchcomb.bsky.social
I surrender, winter.
Sunlight cuts through clouds and hits a large, gray body of water. A house and trees stand in the foreground.
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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taracampbell.bsky.social
WTF is wrong with these Dems?

Falling for the fearmongering of the oligarchs, I guess. Or afraid their constituents have
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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ruemorguemag.bsky.social
On this day in Horror History, ONIBABA was released in 1964.
A woman's hands holding a scary mask with horns to her face.
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This is available on Kanopy and is just delightful.
Loosely Interlinked short stories on screen.
gregoryellwood.bsky.social Gregory Ellwood @gregoryellwood.bsky.social · Jan 26
Sierra Falconer's 'Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake' is a stellar debut. A rare anthology film that keeps your attention through four different short stories. You'll swear you'll feel the breeze coming in off the lake in your theater (maybe that was the AC but...) My review from #Sundance
'Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)' Review: Sierra Falconer Chronicles The Everyday Humanity In A Breezy Summer Community [Sundance]
Sierra Falconer's feature 'Sunfire (& Other Stories on Greek Lake') will have you believing you're feeling the breeze off the water yourself
theplaylist.net
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
janstinchcomb.bsky.social
"For a hot moment, I wanted to smash her. No, I wanted to be her."
@linedealer.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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literarymama.bsky.social
In memory of all of the transgender people who have been lost to violence.
transgender flag made up of light blue, pink, and white stripes on a white mast, set against a blue sky with clouds
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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So many different things to be enraged about this morning.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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hexliterary.bsky.social
"Eli says I can come over on Saturday, but I have to be quiet when we go inside, because his mom will be home all day."

We are so stoked to feature a new one by @lilliekoi.bsky.social today that is absolutely oozing with a phenomenal sense of childhood dread and weirdness. Don't miss "Out," up now!
Out by Lillie E. Franks
Eli says I can come over on Saturday, but I have to be quiet when we go inside, because his mom will be home all day. One time on the playground behind the swings, Eli told me that he hates his mom, a...
hexliterary.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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ericscottryon.bsky.social
🌊🌊COVER REVEAL🌊🌊

My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
Dark blue book cover with four curvy lines that look like roads (light blue, royal blue, gray-blue, and beige). Title in center reads I’M THE UNDERTOW. Author name below reads ERIC SCOT TRYON.
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM