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Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod
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Co-Editor of PseudoPod, Jury Coordinator and Co-Chair of the Bram Stoker Awards, former Co-Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of HWA
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annvandermeer.bsky.social
Short story collection coming out in July by Haralambi Markov. His stories have transformed me and they will do the same for you.
mythicdelirium.bsky.social Mike Allen (Mythic Delirium Books📚) @mythicdelirium.bsky.social · 5h
COVER REVEAL! Mythic Delirium Books is thrilled to share Diana Naneva's stunning cover art 🎨 for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES: STORIES, the debut collection by Haralambi Markov, w/ intro by @annvandermeer.bsky.social 🎉 Release date July 7; pre-orders are live now! bit.ly/LOKcoverreveal bit.ly/LOKpreorder
The front cover art by Diana Naneva for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, depicting a living male sculpture with an autopsy incision lying in a field, staring toward the sky with blank eyes. Another image of the front cover art for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, accompanied by the following blurbs: “Writes with such power and intensity that you can’t imagine where they get the courage to put such words on paper. Their work challenges us to face our fears, our insecurities, and not look away.” — Ann VanderMeer, Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning editor “Stylish, macabre, and startling as a cigarette burn ... A haunting debut.” —Angela “A.G.” Slatter, World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson award-winning author of The Cold House “So weird. So queer. So nauseating. And so, so beautiful.” —C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death’s Daughter A mockup of the full wraparpund cover for THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES by Haralambi Markov, accompanied by the following blurbs: “Monsters abound, pain and pleasure intertwine, and bodies bloom in ever-surprising transformations in Haralambi Markov’s fiction. A must-read for fans of Clive Barker, queer Weird lovers, and anyone with a taste for beautiful, creeping dread.” —Nino Cipri, author of Dead Girls Don’t Dream “Markov is a protean talent, their style changing from story to story, even challenging traditional story forms. Dazzling and dark, The Language of Knives treads the line between beauty and terror.” —Craig Laurance Gidney, author of A Spectral Hue A black and white photo of Haralambi Markov, with arms folded and tattoos showing. Accompanied by the following text: Haralambi Markov is a Bulgarian fiction writer and editor with a background in content creation. They were the first ever Bulgarian to be accepted to attend the Clarion Writers’ Workshop in 2014. Their short story “The Language of Knives” was long-listed for the Nebula award for Best Short Story and their essay “My Father, My Private Monster” made it onto the Stoker long list for non-fiction in 2025. Their work has appeared in Reactor, Uncanny Magazine, Evil in Technicolor, Weird Fiction Review, Stories for Chip, Eurasian Monsters and Fractured Reveries. They were part of the team of BonFIYAH 2021. Follow them on Instagram at @somethinghaunted.
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Oh, look, it’s a not-quite-human chair!
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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garnetonwinter.bsky.social
Couldn't stop thinking about this review from #LosAngelesReviewofBooks -- it does more than just review Silk & Sinew, it digs into the heart of the book and its works. Thank you Jered Mabaquiao and #LARB. Truly, what an honor.

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What Comes First, the House or the Haunting? | Los Angeles Review of Books
‘Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora,’ a new anthology edited by Kristy Park Kulski, uses storytelling to demonstrate why ‘the ghosts of our futures cannot just be entiti...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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courtneymilan.com
So this article just dropped.

www.theverge.com/policy/87495...
This whistle fights fascists
I print whistles now. You can too.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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guinnessisacat.bsky.social
BE THE ELDRITCH POWER YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD
Guinness the black cat rests on his blankie in sphinx position. He has been caught mid yawn, and his pink mouth is open so wide, it practically bisects his face.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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thisishorror.bsky.social
Today's treat on This Is Horror Podcast Patreon is our conversation with Kat Day. Kat talks about PseudoPod, short stories, editing a horror fiction podcast, and much more.

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TIH 652: Kat Day on PseudoPod, Short Stories, and Editing a Horror Fiction Podcast | This Is Horror
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 AM
pseudopodalex.bsky.social
Listening to lots of Moog music this morning an thought to share this absolute gem [captions on]:

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Pöpcørn | Recipes with The Swedish Chef | The Muppets
YouTube video by The Muppets
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February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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danooli.bsky.social
What's scarier than an old haunted house?

Listen up, and I'll tell you!

My latest narration is live at the incomparable @pseudopod.org

Have a listen! I promise it's true.
pseudopod.org PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 2d
Episode 1015…

"If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild?"

What Haunts the Newbuild?
by Meagan Kane

Narrator: Dani Daly
Host: Allie James
Audio: Graeme Dunlop

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What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original.
PseudoPod 1015: What Haunts the Newbuild?
If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild? What makes her creak and moan? Every house is a violence—and a weathered house knows this better than most—but if the…
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February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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spocksbrain.bsky.social
What a strange week for this, my most Minnesotan story thus far, to come out. Points if you can find all the most Minnesotan of Mentions.
pseudopod.org PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 2d
Episode 1015…

"If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild?"

What Haunts the Newbuild?
by Meagan Kane

Narrator: Dani Daly
Host: Allie James
Audio: Graeme Dunlop

pseudopod.org/2026/02/06/p...

What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original.
PseudoPod 1015: What Haunts the Newbuild?
If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild? What makes her creak and moan? Every house is a violence—and a weathered house knows this better than most—but if the…
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February 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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sillysyntax.bsky.social
Gonna log off this app for the rest of the weekend but I wanted to boost this.

If you are interested in participating in the nomination process for the Ignyte awards we have an application.

Our awards are very dear to me. I thought the dire urgency of them would fade. I was wrong. We keep going 🖤
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Episode 1015…

"If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild?"

What Haunts the Newbuild?
by Meagan Kane

Narrator: Dani Daly
Host: Allie James
Audio: Graeme Dunlop

pseudopod.org/2026/02/06/p...

What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original.
PseudoPod 1015: What Haunts the Newbuild?
If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild? What makes her creak and moan? Every house is a violence—and a weathered house knows this better than most—but if the…
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February 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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No excuses for this. It incensed me so much I wrote not one, but two articles linking to millions of free to use public domain images.

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Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
You have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work The other day, I posted the following Substack Note: My opinion was challenged with two now-familiar rebuttals: 1. The vast majority o...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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joshuaraclaw.com
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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jawmccarthy.bsky.social
Death Aesthetic is one of the best collections I’ve read in the last few years.
joshrountree.bsky.social Josh Rountree @joshrountree.bsky.social · 3d
If you like books, maybe check out one of mine?
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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locusmag.bsky.social
Fiyah, Flash Fiction Online, and GigaNotoSaurus: Review by Maria Haskins locusmag.com/review/...
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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undertow.bsky.social
Also, ICYMI, our 2 main 2025 titles on sale as a bundle. Both on the Locus Recommended Reading List. And @thomasha.bsky.social 's UNCERTAIN SONS is a Philip K. Dick Award Nominee, and NYPL 'Best Of' 2025.

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Uncertain Sons + Best Weird — Undertow Publications
A trade paperback copy each of Thomas Ha’s stunning debut collection UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES, and Vol. 1 of THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Apparently there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories about why, in Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, Wendy Torrance is reading JD Salinger’s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE.

I haven’t read Stephen King’s book, but I know the answer to the mystery. It’s storytelling!

It tells us about Jack’s abuse.

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Still from The Shining. A slightly untidy kitchen with a bookshelf and laundry basket in view. At a table covered with a checked cloth sit little Danny and his mother Wendy. Danny is obediently eating a sandwich; Wendy is reading a copy of The Catcher In The Rye. Neither looks at the other; each sits in quiet isolation.
February 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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wnwagner.bsky.social
Looking for recommendations of Indigenous rock, metal, and hip hop groups -- whatcha got for me? (Blasting SNRK right now.)
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Anyone get their copy of THIS'LL MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER yet & start reading? Paperbacks and hardcovers are available on our site NOW! "An impressive follow up to The Black Maybe. Veres just keeps getting better and better."--Brian Evenson www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
Cover for THIS'LL MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER by Attila Veres
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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NEW EPISODE

@alexwoodroe.com stops by to talk about her work at @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, her new novel THE NIGHT SHIP, and of course, the '80s Kid Nightmare that is RETURN TO OZ!

LISTEN NOW:
Episode 64: Return to Oz with Alex Woodroe
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February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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soengery.bsky.social
Goin down to the ocean!
Gonna get myself a MAN!
A bunch of fish men following a cultist lady
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
So we're definitely celebrating FIYAH's cover art for Black History Month! Feast on this absolutely legendary run from @gdbee.bsky.social to set off year one 🥰 Of course you're following Geneva already, and this is your reminder to scoop up a print, her graphic novel, and more: gdbee.carrd.co
FIYAH first issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Malon Edwards, Brent Lambert, Wendi Dunlap, DaVaun Sanders, V.H. Galloway, and L. D. Lewis. FIYAH second issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Maurice Broaddus, Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, Russell Nichols, Christopher Caldwell, Wole Talabi, Barbara L.W. Myers, and Eden Royce. FIYAH third issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from Danny Lore, Sydnee Thompson, Jennifer Marie Brissett and Xen. Poems from Mame Bougouma Diene, Uche Ogbuji, Rodney Wilder. FIYAH fourth issue cover! Art by Geneva Benton. Edited by Justina Ireland and Troy L. Wiggins. Stories from C. L. Clark, Stephanie Malia Morris, Emmalia Harrington, Arnica Ross, and Melody Gordon. Poems from Resoketswe Manenzhe and Constance Collier-Mercado.
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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tcparker.bsky.social
Also, for the "books don't solve anything" crowd: reading doesn't preclude activism

A lot of times, it fuels it
hillarymonahan.bsky.social Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 5d
Read books. Or maybe listen to books, if that's your thing. Absorb yourself in stories, is the point. Imagination is what's kept me going for so long. Make believe is where it's at when reality is so grim.

🥰🥰🥰
February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM