Micah Castle 🎃
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Check out my new book THE COMPANIONS WE LOSE 👉 mybook.to/companion | Spooky author. | Editor. | Wishing he was drifting in the void.
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Micah Castle 🎃
@micahcastle.com
· Nov 7
I wrote The Companions We Lose years ago and after a handful of rejections, and one publisher contract dissolving, I honestly didn't plan for it to see the light of day.
It's the second book I ever wrote, based on the simple but gut wrenching concept that everyone can relate to: losing a pet...
It's the second book I ever wrote, based on the simple but gut wrenching concept that everyone can relate to: losing a pet...
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RELEASE DAY!
My short story - 'Traveling Wilbury' - that will appear in the 2026 'Who's Satan Inside?' anthology is officially out today - December 30th!
If you love horror & heavy metal, I invite you to check this out!
🇨🇦 link here - www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G8LDZZ2T
My short story - 'Traveling Wilbury' - that will appear in the 2026 'Who's Satan Inside?' anthology is officially out today - December 30th!
If you love horror & heavy metal, I invite you to check this out!
🇨🇦 link here - www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G8LDZZ2T
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
RELEASE DAY!
My short story - 'Traveling Wilbury' - that will appear in the 2026 'Who's Satan Inside?' anthology is officially out today - December 30th!
If you love horror & heavy metal, I invite you to check this out!
🇨🇦 link here - www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G8LDZZ2T
My short story - 'Traveling Wilbury' - that will appear in the 2026 'Who's Satan Inside?' anthology is officially out today - December 30th!
If you love horror & heavy metal, I invite you to check this out!
🇨🇦 link here - www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G8LDZZ2T
How I am walking out of 2025
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
How I am walking out of 2025
I want to read this now
Rereading this classic today and I’m reminded how lyrical and devastating Kathe Koja’s prose is. Each book she writes is a scathing hymn, a merciless tone poem. She’s a true artist with a singular vision.
December 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I want to read this now
If this guy truly exists he probably wrote it with AI
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If this guy truly exists he probably wrote it with AI
being this tired the day after two holiday days should be illegal
December 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
being this tired the day after two holiday days should be illegal
The family holiday dilemma of not being sure if reading a book seems rude to everyone else there
December 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The family holiday dilemma of not being sure if reading a book seems rude to everyone else there
If sentient Christmas lights could come out instead of vomit and string themselves up and return to the void they dwell in on the 26th, that'd be great
December 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If sentient Christmas lights could come out instead of vomit and string themselves up and return to the void they dwell in on the 26th, that'd be great
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End of 2025. Reminder that Blog Without a Face gave ENTER THE PEERLESS 8/10. "The prose demands you keep up or get lost...Yet, it’s not just weird for weird’s sake; it’s a deliberate descent into a universe where logic frays, making it a true heir to weird fiction’s legacy." And this:
December 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
End of 2025. Reminder that Blog Without a Face gave ENTER THE PEERLESS 8/10. "The prose demands you keep up or get lost...Yet, it’s not just weird for weird’s sake; it’s a deliberate descent into a universe where logic frays, making it a true heir to weird fiction’s legacy." And this:
Promoting on any social media is so damn useless now
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Promoting on any social media is so damn useless now
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Today’s the day! My second published short story “Second Love” is officially out in the anthology Into the Dark from All Worlds Wayfarer! Check out the link for table of contents and links if you would like to order a copy. www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
Anthology: Into the Dark – All Worlds Wayfarer
www.allworldswayfarer.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today’s the day! My second published short story “Second Love” is officially out in the anthology Into the Dark from All Worlds Wayfarer! Check out the link for table of contents and links if you would like to order a copy. www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...
It's cool finding seemingly a perfect venue for a story that's been rejected near 90 times to find they charge a submission fee
December 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's cool finding seemingly a perfect venue for a story that's been rejected near 90 times to find they charge a submission fee
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HOLIDAY CLEARANCE 2025 (NOW 'TIL NEW YEARS DAY)
50% Off all premade covers in my gallery!
50% Off all premade covers in my gallery!
December 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
HOLIDAY CLEARANCE 2025 (NOW 'TIL NEW YEARS DAY)
50% Off all premade covers in my gallery!
50% Off all premade covers in my gallery!
I can't wait to be disemboweled
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I can't wait to be disemboweled
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New editions of both books are in the works, but it could take up to a year, so now is the time to get them if you don’t want to wait!
December 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New editions of both books are in the works, but it could take up to a year, so now is the time to get them if you don’t want to wait!
Got 'em
Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
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Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
Sandfall Interactive and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of its wins at The Indie Game Awards due to use of generative AI.
insider-gaming.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Got 'em
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I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
Another Nebula Awards nomination cycle is in full swing, and the addition of poetry and comics, along with the presence of LLMs in industry, required careful consideration.
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
Read on, and vote well!
We trust our voters & look forward to what they choose to celebrate.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/p...
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Fuck that. Publishers pull your money from this horseshit
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December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Fuck that. Publishers pull your money from this horseshit
Well deserved. Fantastic book!
I might need to be pinched because I can't quite believe this Library Journal review is really real and really mine
❤️❤️❤️❤️😅 Who over there needs an alibi? I'm great in a crisis and you were with me all day that day I swear
❤️❤️❤️❤️😅 Who over there needs an alibi? I'm great in a crisis and you were with me all day that day I swear
December 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Well deserved. Fantastic book!
As a long long time user of FF (using it now to type this), please don't be fucking idiots @firefox.com
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
As a long long time user of FF (using it now to type this), please don't be fucking idiots @firefox.com
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
Algo ate this
Back in November, I made a post on my socials about an experience I had with a podcast, and I wanted to write something a little longer about it. I feel like everyone should be aware of the shady things that happen behind the scenes. 👇
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Algo ate this
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An ARC said this interaction was a highlight. Can’t wait for you all to read it! Wildcat Thicket, a Bigfoot horror story, out in April ‘26!
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
An ARC said this interaction was a highlight. Can’t wait for you all to read it! Wildcat Thicket, a Bigfoot horror story, out in April ‘26!
One nail in the copyright coffin, but still fuck AI
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One nail in the copyright coffin, but still fuck AI