Jen Mierisch
@jenmierisch.bsky.social
Chicago-area writer of humor and horror. HWA member, mom, nerd, Gen Xer.
Nothing brightens my day like a new Randy Rainbow video 🥰🤩
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Nothing brightens my day like a new Randy Rainbow video 🥰🤩
Up for a tiny writing challenge? The 7th annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on March 20th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
nycmidnight.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Up for a tiny writing challenge? The 7th annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on March 20th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
I've never "won" Pac-Man until today. Thanks, Google. Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've never "won" Pac-Man until today. Thanks, Google. Happy Halloween! 🎃
I hit 40,000 words on my gothic horror WIP last night! Slow and steady. I'm gonna finish this first draft this fall or die trying.
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I hit 40,000 words on my gothic horror WIP last night! Slow and steady. I'm gonna finish this first draft this fall or die trying.
Radio listeners and horror fans! This morning I'm being interviewed on WMFO's Something About the Women. I'll talk about my recently published story "The River's Revenge" and I've selected a spooky set of songs. Stream at WMFO.org or listen live at 91.5 FM in the Boston area @ 11 AM ET.
www.wmfo.org
www.wmfo.org
91.5 FM WMFO Medford
Tufts Freeform Radio
WMFO.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Radio listeners and horror fans! This morning I'm being interviewed on WMFO's Something About the Women. I'll talk about my recently published story "The River's Revenge" and I've selected a spooky set of songs. Stream at WMFO.org or listen live at 91.5 FM in the Boston area @ 11 AM ET.
www.wmfo.org
www.wmfo.org
Huge kudos to whoever designed this logo 😍
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Huge kudos to whoever designed this logo 😍
Check out this cover 😍
The anthology will feature my story "Food Baby," which started life as a horror comedy and morphed into something much darker.
The anthology will feature my story "Food Baby," which started life as a horror comedy and morphed into something much darker.
Of Beasts & Bones COVER REVEAL!
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
I can't wait for this to be in readers' hands! I'll complete edits over the next 2 weeks, then it's time to format, get blurbs, & share author info. Every story I read again during edits gets me pumped for 2026!
Love creature horror? You're going to love this book.🖤
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Check out this cover 😍
The anthology will feature my story "Food Baby," which started life as a horror comedy and morphed into something much darker.
The anthology will feature my story "Food Baby," which started life as a horror comedy and morphed into something much darker.
It's time to hit the streets and reject would-be tyrants. See you out there, friends 🇺🇸
abc7chicago.com/post/no-king...
abc7chicago.com/post/no-king...
Thousands expected to gather for 'No Kings' protest in downtown Chicago Saturday
Thousands are expected to participate in what they call a peaceful protest against the Trump administration's policies.
abc7chicago.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's time to hit the streets and reject would-be tyrants. See you out there, friends 🇺🇸
abc7chicago.com/post/no-king...
abc7chicago.com/post/no-king...
When your kid sketches out a few things for horror comedy inspiration 🥰 Love her
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When your kid sketches out a few things for horror comedy inspiration 🥰 Love her
Drug names that should have been used for metal bands
Panzyga
Skelaxin
Rezurock
Sanctura
Panzyga
Skelaxin
Rezurock
Sanctura
October 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Drug names that should have been used for metal bands
Panzyga
Skelaxin
Rezurock
Sanctura
Panzyga
Skelaxin
Rezurock
Sanctura
Just finished rereading this classic because every now and then you need a book to break your heart.
October 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just finished rereading this classic because every now and then you need a book to break your heart.
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
nycmidnight.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Up for a short writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250
Spooky Seasons Greetings
October 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Spooky Seasons Greetings
New anthology out now 👀
PRETEND YOU DON’T SEE HER: The Invisible Woman (2025 Kandisha Press Women of Horror Anthology (Available NOW on Amazon!)
TODAY’S FEATURED AUTHOR:
JEN MIERISCH
@jenmierisch.bsky.social
“The Painted Man”
ORDER HERE: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
#darkfiction #spooky #availablenow #readers
TODAY’S FEATURED AUTHOR:
JEN MIERISCH
@jenmierisch.bsky.social
“The Painted Man”
ORDER HERE: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
#darkfiction #spooky #availablenow #readers
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New anthology out now 👀
This is a heartbreaking read. Please, y'all, don't do this. ChatGPT is not a therapist. futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
futurism.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a heartbreaking read. Please, y'all, don't do this. ChatGPT is not a therapist. futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...
New anthology out now, just in time for spooky season!
PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER from Kandisha Press features my story "The Painted Man."
A painting-in-progress changes when the artist isn't looking... and it seems to be trying to tell a secret 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER from Kandisha Press features my story "The Painted Man."
A painting-in-progress changes when the artist isn't looking... and it seems to be trying to tell a secret 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
October 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New anthology out now, just in time for spooky season!
PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER from Kandisha Press features my story "The Painted Man."
A painting-in-progress changes when the artist isn't looking... and it seems to be trying to tell a secret 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER from Kandisha Press features my story "The Painted Man."
A painting-in-progress changes when the artist isn't looking... and it seems to be trying to tell a secret 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRGH4FF3/
This is the home page of HUD.gov right now. Used it as a teachable moment for my kids about government propaganda.
I remember when .gov sites were considered reliable sources. Yet another thing this administration has taken from us.
I remember when .gov sites were considered reliable sources. Yet another thing this administration has taken from us.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is the home page of HUD.gov right now. Used it as a teachable moment for my kids about government propaganda.
I remember when .gov sites were considered reliable sources. Yet another thing this administration has taken from us.
I remember when .gov sites were considered reliable sources. Yet another thing this administration has taken from us.
Adriano Kalin is doing incredible work documenting what's been going on here in Chicago.
Want to know what happened in Broadview, IL (a Chicago suburb), when ICE attacked protestors outside their facility?
Here is my firsthand account of what happened during the 48 hours of hell.
#immigrants #ice #press #photojournalism #chicago #photogrphy #independentjournalist
Here is my firsthand account of what happened during the 48 hours of hell.
#immigrants #ice #press #photojournalism #chicago #photogrphy #independentjournalist
Documenting U.S. State Violence on Citizens Exercising Constitutional Rights.
Broadview, IL September 26 - 27, 2025.
adrianokalin.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Adriano Kalin is doing incredible work documenting what's been going on here in Chicago.
Happy 50th Anniversary to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the movie that helped make me a creature of the night.
"Strange Journey," a documentary about this cult film legend, is in theaters now. If you're in the Chicago area, you can see it at the Music Box Theatre:
rockyhorrordoc.com/buy-tickets
"Strange Journey," a documentary about this cult film legend, is in theaters now. If you're in the Chicago area, you can see it at the Music Box Theatre:
rockyhorrordoc.com/buy-tickets
Buy Tickets | Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror is a joyful and wild ride through the tale of the cultural juggernaut that is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. From its humble origins as a London fringe theat...
rockyhorrordoc.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy 50th Anniversary to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the movie that helped make me a creature of the night.
"Strange Journey," a documentary about this cult film legend, is in theaters now. If you're in the Chicago area, you can see it at the Music Box Theatre:
rockyhorrordoc.com/buy-tickets
"Strange Journey," a documentary about this cult film legend, is in theaters now. If you're in the Chicago area, you can see it at the Music Box Theatre:
rockyhorrordoc.com/buy-tickets
Writers: If anyone is looking for a word count tracker for your WIPs now that NaNoWriMo is gone. I have been using TrackBear for a week and I love it. Its interface is intuitive, you can save multiple projects, and it provides the pretty graph that was so motivating to me during NaNo challenges.
September 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Writers: If anyone is looking for a word count tracker for your WIPs now that NaNoWriMo is gone. I have been using TrackBear for a week and I love it. Its interface is intuitive, you can save multiple projects, and it provides the pretty graph that was so motivating to me during NaNo challenges.