Loren Rhoads
@morbidloren.bsky.social
No rest for the morbid! Still Wish You Were Here, 222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die, Death's Garden Revisited, This Morbid Life: Essays, Lost Angels, & Unsafe Words: Stories. she/her
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Well... if you need an hour's distraction from all this, @storyhour.bsky.social goes back to basics, the oldest form of entertainment in history: people sitting around telling each other beautiful lies, spinning the fictive dream. I'm reading "Black as Night, Red as Blood, White as Bone" on Wed.
How my morning started:
M 4.3 - 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75305736
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February 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
How my morning started:
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We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We've received more than 2,500 submissions at Nightmare this submissions period (and we don't close until midnight).
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
I don't know exactly how I'll get through all these subs, but I do know that if every submitter bought just one issue of the magazine, it would pay for a year of content.
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Fred Korematsu's fight against the cruelty of Japanese internment camps remains a constant reminder to stand up against injustice wherever it takes place.
On the 107th anniversary of his birth, California continues Korematsu's fight for civil rights and freedom.
On the 107th anniversary of his birth, California continues Korematsu's fight for civil rights and freedom.
January 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Fred Korematsu's fight against the cruelty of Japanese internment camps remains a constant reminder to stand up against injustice wherever it takes place.
On the 107th anniversary of his birth, California continues Korematsu's fight for civil rights and freedom.
On the 107th anniversary of his birth, California continues Korematsu's fight for civil rights and freedom.
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Did somebody walk over your grave—or was that just Story Hour? Rhiannon Rasmussen and Loren Rhoads read us graveside stories about respect, love, sadness, and different kinds of haunting. Lovely. You can still watch! #Booksky @charibdys.bsky.social @morbidloren.bsky.social youtu.be/WYv0jo5VPZ4
January 28, 2026 Story Hour: Rhiannon Rasmussen and Loren Rhoads
YouTube video by Story Hour
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January 29, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Did somebody walk over your grave—or was that just Story Hour? Rhiannon Rasmussen and Loren Rhoads read us graveside stories about respect, love, sadness, and different kinds of haunting. Lovely. You can still watch! #Booksky @charibdys.bsky.social @morbidloren.bsky.social youtu.be/WYv0jo5VPZ4
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This week, cemetery connoisseur Loren Rhoads (right) makes her triumphant return—and the eerie Rhiannon Rasmussen (left) makes their Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! Bring something for the chill. #Booksky @charibdys.bsky.social @morbidloren.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This week, cemetery connoisseur Loren Rhoads (right) makes her triumphant return—and the eerie Rhiannon Rasmussen (left) makes their Story Hour debut! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PST! Bring something for the chill. #Booksky @charibdys.bsky.social @morbidloren.bsky.social
www.storyhour2020.com
www.storyhour2020.com
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Well... if you need an hour's distraction from all this, @storyhour.bsky.social goes back to basics, the oldest form of entertainment in history: people sitting around telling each other beautiful lies, spinning the fictive dream. I'm reading "Black as Night, Red as Blood, White as Bone" on Wed.
January 26, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Well... if you need an hour's distraction from all this, @storyhour.bsky.social goes back to basics, the oldest form of entertainment in history: people sitting around telling each other beautiful lies, spinning the fictive dream. I'm reading "Black as Night, Red as Blood, White as Bone" on Wed.
So excited to read with these authors TONIGHT!
TONIGHT! You still have time to sign up for this FREE, fun reading by 6 amazing spec fic authors. It's a great way to end a busy Thursday!
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January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
So excited to read with these authors TONIGHT!
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This is a lesson I learned as a preteen, listening to Soviet refuseniks talk about how they survived until they were allowed to leave the country. You make art, you make joy, and you fight. Because those three things are the same thing.
If you let them, the horrors will devour you whole. Making space to live and smile is an act of resistance. So is helping others to do the same. If you’re an artist in this time, remember that what you’re doing is part of the emotional support infrastructure. They want you silent. 1/2
January 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
This is a lesson I learned as a preteen, listening to Soviet refuseniks talk about how they survived until they were allowed to leave the country. You make art, you make joy, and you fight. Because those three things are the same thing.
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Check out this upcoming LIVE, Virtual (via Zoom) event featuring #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors of #sciencefictionbook #fantasybooks and #horrorbooks. It's fast, it's fun, and it's always amazing. You're sure to find at least one new author to love 💗 #SWSWQR
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January 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Hey, that’s me!
New year, new Quick Reads! Our first #SWSWQR of 2026 is coming up on January 15th, at a new time. Join us (you don't even have to wear pants) for this FREE, fun reading! Just sign up below to get in on it!
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January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Hey, that’s me!
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Conversely, this could help inform you of where to set a nice plate of treats or other small offering for them to enjoy! 🫖 #witchsky
24 Dec: Feeling a strange presence in your home this Christmas?
Old folklore says an elder twig dipped in oil and floated on water on #ChristmasEve will turn and point to any mischievous spirits or witches hiding away. Keep a birch broom at the ready, and sweep them out the door!
Old folklore says an elder twig dipped in oil and floated on water on #ChristmasEve will turn and point to any mischievous spirits or witches hiding away. Keep a birch broom at the ready, and sweep them out the door!
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Conversely, this could help inform you of where to set a nice plate of treats or other small offering for them to enjoy! 🫖 #witchsky
So excited to be joining Strong Women Strange Worlds next month!
⚡ Who’s your favorite fierce heroine in sci-fi or fantasy? Drop your picks below! 👇✨
And join me at @ SW-SWs live author reading on January 15th—where we celebrate powerful characters, strange worlds, and epic storytelling! 📚🌍 #SWSWQR
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And join me at @ SW-SWs live author reading on January 15th—where we celebrate powerful characters, strange worlds, and epic storytelling! 📚🌍 #SWSWQR
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/m5n37k5n
December 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So excited to be joining Strong Women Strange Worlds next month!
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The witch may walk the wood intending to brood, but she will often learn that the wood has other ideas for her. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #Dawn
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The witch may walk the wood intending to brood, but she will often learn that the wood has other ideas for her. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #Dawn
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That last line just sings.
Day 8 of my bookish gift guide featuring books I love: Death’s Garden, Revisited: Personal Relationships with Cemeteries edited by @morbidloren.bsky.social. A beautiful gathering of tapophilic musings, essential reading for basically everyone with a human body and a mortal lifespan.
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That last line just sings.
That last line just sings.
Day 8 of my bookish gift guide featuring books I love: Death’s Garden, Revisited: Personal Relationships with Cemeteries edited by @morbidloren.bsky.social. A beautiful gathering of tapophilic musings, essential reading for basically everyone with a human body and a mortal lifespan.
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That last line just sings.
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I struck eBay gold and managed to get an almost complete run of Morbid Curiosity + a bunch of the promo mailers!
CC: @morbidloren.bsky.social the first issue still eludes me…
CC: @morbidloren.bsky.social the first issue still eludes me…
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I struck eBay gold and managed to get an almost complete run of Morbid Curiosity + a bunch of the promo mailers!
CC: @morbidloren.bsky.social the first issue still eludes me…
CC: @morbidloren.bsky.social the first issue still eludes me…
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Especially for indie authors & publishers, good word of mouth does more than *any amount of promotion an author can do.* Your words about their words are materially valuable.
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Especially for indie authors & publishers, good word of mouth does more than *any amount of promotion an author can do.* Your words about their words are materially valuable.
5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
1. Blue whales
2. Black bear
3. Mojave rattlesnake
4. Tule elk
5. Elephant seals
1. Blue whales
2. Black bear
3. Mojave rattlesnake
4. Tule elk
5. Elephant seals
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
1. Reindeer
2. Grizzly bear
3. Moose
4. Steller sea lion
5. Ravens
5 animals you've seen in the wild:
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
1. Moose (including one swimming)
2. Bald eagle (including one swimming)
3. Black bear (not swimming)
4. Beaver (obviously swimming)
5. Osprey(s) (diving but not swimming)
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
1. Blue whales
2. Black bear
3. Mojave rattlesnake
4. Tule elk
5. Elephant seals
1. Blue whales
2. Black bear
3. Mojave rattlesnake
4. Tule elk
5. Elephant seals
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🚨 Today is the LAST DAY for my book drive and I’d love to go out with a bang! For every book sold, I'll donate $1 to AFAC, my local food bank. Ebooks, paperbacks, and signed copies all count. Please share! sonorataylor.square.site #booksky
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November 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 Today is the LAST DAY for my book drive and I’d love to go out with a bang! For every book sold, I'll donate $1 to AFAC, my local food bank. Ebooks, paperbacks, and signed copies all count. Please share! sonorataylor.square.site #booksky
Love this thread!
Today marks the UK release* of @tkingfisher.com's latest book Snake-Eater, which (depending on how you define it) is her 50th book of fiction! In honor of this milestone I wanted to do a little retrospective of her 50 books
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Love this thread!
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A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
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Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Never have. Never will. Not interested in going anywhere *near* a crap app built out of countless millions of hard-won words stolen from my colleagues, the use of which will (bonus!) begin progressively to degrade my cognitive skills and blunt the edge of the tool I’ve spent half a century honing. 🤨
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November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM