Jonathan Louis Duckworth
@jduckwriter.bsky.social
Author of Have You Seen the Moon Tonight? & Other Rumors. Horror Writer, regular type dude, Lecturer at University of North Texas. Repped by United Talent Agency
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BCS 2025! "Vanya and the Dog Witch" @walterwriter.bsky.social BCS #447 "early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For savaging one of their few hens he said. Yet Vanya had seen toothmarks on neither flesh nor bone." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany... #BCSof2025
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Vanya and the Dog Witch by Walter J. Wiese
“My father forbid me to come to you, either with mushrooms or with the dog's collar,” Vanya told the dog witch. It had been early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For sava...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BCS 2025! "Vanya and the Dog Witch" @walterwriter.bsky.social BCS #447 "early in spring when his father killed Mishka the three-legged dog. For savaging one of their few hens he said. Yet Vanya had seen toothmarks on neither flesh nor bone." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/vany... #BCSof2025
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With an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏
Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social
#AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social
#AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
11 short stories, PLUS how we did it 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @eapetricone.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social Jonathan Duckworth @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social @pegahouji.bsky.social Melissa Ren @pegasusunder.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
With an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏
Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social
#AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social
#AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
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BCS of 2025! "Bloody Muddy Water" by @jduckwriter.bsky.social BCS #439 "Rugg read her. Not just her face but the veil in front of it. The knit was funny to his eye. It was a conjanet—a special weave made to protect against conja." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo... #BCSof2025
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Bloody Muddy Water by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Rugg read her. Not just her face but the veil in front of it. The knit was funny to his eye, not the usual fine hatching but a more elaborate twisted warp and weft, and the fiber looked to be made fro...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
BCS of 2025! "Bloody Muddy Water" by @jduckwriter.bsky.social BCS #439 "Rugg read her. Not just her face but the veil in front of it. The knit was funny to his eye. It was a conjanet—a special weave made to protect against conja." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/bloo... #BCSof2025
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#BCSof2025! "For Those Who Sink and Those Who Float" @jduckwriter.bsky.social BCS #426 "Lim hesitates in the shallows, her courage evaporated in sight of the gray ribbon of the shoreline and the pale sky above. She has never been to the dry world" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/for-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - For Those Who Sink and Those Who Float by Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Lim hesitates in the shallows, her courage all evaporated in sight of the wobbling gray ribbon of the shoreline and the pale sky above it. She has never been to the dry world of the shore, where the b...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#BCSof2025! "For Those Who Sink and Those Who Float" @jduckwriter.bsky.social BCS #426 "Lim hesitates in the shallows, her courage evaporated in sight of the gray ribbon of the shoreline and the pale sky above. She has never been to the dry world" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/for-...
Massive news, everyone! I've just signed an agreement of representation with Harry Sherer at @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social! What a great feeling to have such a massive and storied agency at my back. Here's to a big and eventful 2026!
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Massive news, everyone! I've just signed an agreement of representation with Harry Sherer at @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social! What a great feeling to have such a massive and storied agency at my back. Here's to a big and eventful 2026!
Having begun it July 31st, I've finally finished the first draft of this novel which turned out to be two novels. 242k words--I think I'm going to lie down now.
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Having begun it July 31st, I've finally finished the first draft of this novel which turned out to be two novels. 242k words--I think I'm going to lie down now.
This is a really awesome book—it was wonderful collaborating with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social on our oneirophage story!
Happy publication day, @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & your brilliant collaborators!
An Honour & A Privilege is now available to order from wherever you buy books online, as well as direct from Stanchion in physical & PDF form
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An Honour & A Privilege is now available to order from wherever you buy books online, as well as direct from Stanchion in physical & PDF form
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is a really awesome book—it was wonderful collaborating with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social on our oneirophage story!
How the Bubbles Stole Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How the Bubbles Stole Thanksgiving
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You guys! Jonathan has written some of my favorite short stories!
(This is at the top of my list.)
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(This is at the top of my list.)
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November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You guys! Jonathan has written some of my favorite short stories!
(This is at the top of my list.)
pseudopod.org/2020/07/03/p...
(This is at the top of my list.)
pseudopod.org/2020/07/03/p...
Hey look at that! My story “Bloody Muddy Water” is featured by Locus Magazine!
“Bloody Muddy Water” by @jduckwriter.bsky.social from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, “To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter” by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social
Small Wonders, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Lightspeed: Review by Charles Payseur
Small Wonders 7/25 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/7/25, 8/21/25 Lightspeed 8/25 The July Small Wonders features some great poetry, including Courtney Floyd’s “Renfield at His Windowsill”, which captures…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hey look at that! My story “Bloody Muddy Water” is featured by Locus Magazine!
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“Bloody Muddy Water” by @jduckwriter.bsky.social from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, “To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter” by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social
Small Wonders, Beneath Ceaseless Skies and Lightspeed: Review by Charles Payseur
Small Wonders 7/25 Beneath Ceaseless Skies 8/7/25, 8/21/25 Lightspeed 8/25 The July Small Wonders features some great poetry, including Courtney Floyd’s “Renfield at His Windowsill”, which captures…
locusmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“Bloody Muddy Water” by @jduckwriter.bsky.social from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social, “To Access Seven Obelisks, Press Enter” by @spacevalkyries.bsky.social from @lightspeedmagazine.com, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social
Cover reveal! Here’s the early mock-up of the cover for my second collection of horror stories, Noctivagants, coming early 2027 with @lethepress.bsky.social !
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cover reveal! Here’s the early mock-up of the cover for my second collection of horror stories, Noctivagants, coming early 2027 with @lethepress.bsky.social !
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I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
Meet my new office assistant
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Meet my new office assistant
The first page of Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory is a literary slammajamma of an opening
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The first page of Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory is a literary slammajamma of an opening
Big news! My second collection of horror stories, NOCTIVAGANTS, is coming out in 2027 with Lethe Press!
Cover reveal coming soon!
Cover reveal coming soon!
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Big news! My second collection of horror stories, NOCTIVAGANTS, is coming out in 2027 with Lethe Press!
Cover reveal coming soon!
Cover reveal coming soon!
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If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)
This one is pretty wild. If you’re a fan of gothic fiction, fin de siècle aesthetics, and materialist critiques disguised as horror, this one’s for you
Heigh ho! The 4th story in THE JOINING is told from a marrow-sucking marital bed. What's sweetest in life lies nearest the bone, after all...
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This one is pretty wild. If you’re a fan of gothic fiction, fin de siècle aesthetics, and materialist critiques disguised as horror, this one’s for you
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Heigh ho! The 4th story in THE JOINING is told from a marrow-sucking marital bed. What's sweetest in life lies nearest the bone, after all...
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Heigh ho! The 4th story in THE JOINING is told from a marrow-sucking marital bed. What's sweetest in life lies nearest the bone, after all...
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
Thanks to @jduckwriter.bsky.social for submitting this excellent (and oddly romantic!) story! THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25 from @crystallake.bsky.social!
I am begging fantasy authors to actually look up how much swords weigh. I get the impression most of them believe a great sword weighs 50 lbs, when the average weighed more like 8
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am begging fantasy authors to actually look up how much swords weigh. I get the impression most of them believe a great sword weighs 50 lbs, when the average weighed more like 8
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It's cover reveal time! From @crystallake.bsky.social, THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25, including twisted tales from...
@jduckwriter.bsky.social
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
@horrorsong.blog
@jacklothian.bsky.social
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
@gordonbwhite.bsky.social
...and a host of others!
@jduckwriter.bsky.social
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
@horrorsong.blog
@jacklothian.bsky.social
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
@gordonbwhite.bsky.social
...and a host of others!
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's cover reveal time! From @crystallake.bsky.social, THE JOINING comes out 12.12.25, including twisted tales from...
@jduckwriter.bsky.social
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
@horrorsong.blog
@jacklothian.bsky.social
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
@gordonbwhite.bsky.social
...and a host of others!
@jduckwriter.bsky.social
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
@horrorsong.blog
@jacklothian.bsky.social
@jawmccarthy.bsky.social
@gordonbwhite.bsky.social
...and a host of others!
Current read: Empire of the Vampire
October 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Current read: Empire of the Vampire
Curious to see: what word processor do you use to write? I've always used MS Word and probably always will, but I'm curious what else is out there.
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Curious to see: what word processor do you use to write? I've always used MS Word and probably always will, but I'm curious what else is out there.
It’s really telling how all the commercials for AI products like Gemini infantilize their consumers.
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It’s really telling how all the commercials for AI products like Gemini infantilize their consumers.
Today Dandelion the book cat is being The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today Dandelion the book cat is being The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social