Samir Sirk Morató
@spicycloaca.bsky.social
your friendly neighborhood offal pile. works in Strange Horizons, ergot, The Dark, khōréō, & more 🦷🫀 "Gore Poetics" (collection, Cursed Morsels Press) is out Autumn 2026 🥩
non writing news: i'm going to be in my first gallery show next year! 🩸🪡 if you're in the Denver area, then come see me and 20+ other queer artists at 303 Boards on Jan 2nd 2026. i'm going to have some fiber art up alongside other cool people's shit. it'll be fun!
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
non writing news: i'm going to be in my first gallery show next year! 🩸🪡 if you're in the Denver area, then come see me and 20+ other queer artists at 303 Boards on Jan 2nd 2026. i'm going to have some fiber art up alongside other cool people's shit. it'll be fun!
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This story by @perfidiousscript.bsky.social is a congealed vibe, little esoteric symbols pressed in delicately all over its surface. Read "Private Notary" and feel loss at something you didn't even know you were really missing.
"In the years of his appointment, the Private Notary has never met his Patron, or in fact notarized any document. This time, all these years, have been spent in study and preparation for when his services will be needed. When this may happen, and how it will manifest, he does not know."
“Private Notary” by Samuel M. Moss - Seize The Press
The Private Notary wakes in darkness. It is November already and though there is no snow on the ground the cold seeps into his quarters. Out in the front room, he stokes up some embers in the wood sto...
www.seizethepress.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This story by @perfidiousscript.bsky.social is a congealed vibe, little esoteric symbols pressed in delicately all over its surface. Read "Private Notary" and feel loss at something you didn't even know you were really missing.
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This is gonna be great. @spicycloaca.bsky.social is a Brave New Weird award winner, an incredible writer, & a hell of an interior art designer for THE SKULL & LAUREL magazines to boot🖤☠️
A little preview of how fucking cool Gore Poetics is going to be. Can't wait to publish this one next year.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is gonna be great. @spicycloaca.bsky.social is a Brave New Weird award winner, an incredible writer, & a hell of an interior art designer for THE SKULL & LAUREL magazines to boot🖤☠️
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New story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly issue 7! ☀️🐕🚀
FCQ7 is our rage-themed volume and features excellent writing by:
@kayv.bsky.social
@nicholeon.bsky.social
C.O. Davidson
@abigailkemske.bsky.social
@alexhoeft.bsky.social
C. Lenz
@corriehaldane.bsky.social
@jdlskie.bsky.social
@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
Myra Stephenson
Rachel Desiree Felix
@kayv.bsky.social
@nicholeon.bsky.social
C.O. Davidson
@abigailkemske.bsky.social
@alexhoeft.bsky.social
C. Lenz
@corriehaldane.bsky.social
@jdlskie.bsky.social
@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
Myra Stephenson
Rachel Desiree Felix
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New story in Fraidy Cat Quarterly issue 7! ☀️🐕🚀
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Whale fall, and a few creatures that thrive at them
This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
July 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Whale fall, and a few creatures that thrive at them
This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
This month’s riso print subscription print, join my Patreon to get this for half off, and weigh in on what I do for future print themes.
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although Theo needs zero help writing something gnarly, i'm always happy to aid in making something wetter & worse! but from the jump, this one was (and is) a ragged little peel of prose. pleased to see it out in the wild
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
although Theo needs zero help writing something gnarly, i'm always happy to aid in making something wetter & worse! but from the jump, this one was (and is) a ragged little peel of prose. pleased to see it out in the wild
this story is an intricate, pensive, and ultimately kind look at the concept of a woman as a carnivorous plant that extends far beyond rage. the body horror and its sensuality are also great. would recommend reading
🌿 NEW STORY DAY🩸
“Drosera regina” is about a woman whose body behaves like a carnivorous plant, attracting men whether she likes it or not.
Read here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros...
Listen here: tinyurl.com/drosera-regina
Art by the talented @headfullopuddin.bsky.social
“Drosera regina” is about a woman whose body behaves like a carnivorous plant, attracting men whether she likes it or not.
Read here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/dros...
Listen here: tinyurl.com/drosera-regina
Art by the talented @headfullopuddin.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
this story is an intricate, pensive, and ultimately kind look at the concept of a woman as a carnivorous plant that extends far beyond rage. the body horror and its sensuality are also great. would recommend reading
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ANNOUCEMENT: Rotting Leaf Magazine
A new literary magazine for eco-fiction
www.briefecology.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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old pro golf, catapult, ocean city, maryland, 1986
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
old pro golf, catapult, ocean city, maryland, 1986
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Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ????
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yo, Tenebrous Cult!
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
Friend o'the press Wendy Wagner has been busy pulling together a great fundraiser to support the Oregon Food Bank, which is in (even more) desperate need these days.
Tenebrous will be on site, helping out in any way we can. Come join us next Monday at the Rose City Book Pub🖤☠️
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And if you can't join us in person, here's the link to donate. Literally anything is a help:
www.givegab.com/p2p/p2p-2025...
www.givegab.com/p2p/p2p-2025...
Wendy 's campaign for Oregon Food Bank
Support Wendy 's fundraising campaign to raise funds for Oregon Food Bank.
www.givegab.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
And if you can't join us in person, here's the link to donate. Literally anything is a help:
www.givegab.com/p2p/p2p-2025...
www.givegab.com/p2p/p2p-2025...
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it's all gone now.
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
it's all gone now.
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Have you picked up DEMON SONG by @anovelescape.bsky.social yet? 🎶
A young woman discovers the terrifying secrets lurking within the walls of a Beijing opera house, in this Gothic horror novella inspired by Chinese mythology. 🎭
https://tinyurl.com/bdd8wdhu
A young woman discovers the terrifying secrets lurking within the walls of a Beijing opera house, in this Gothic horror novella inspired by Chinese mythology. 🎭
https://tinyurl.com/bdd8wdhu
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Have you picked up DEMON SONG by @anovelescape.bsky.social yet? 🎶
A young woman discovers the terrifying secrets lurking within the walls of a Beijing opera house, in this Gothic horror novella inspired by Chinese mythology. 🎭
https://tinyurl.com/bdd8wdhu
A young woman discovers the terrifying secrets lurking within the walls of a Beijing opera house, in this Gothic horror novella inspired by Chinese mythology. 🎭
https://tinyurl.com/bdd8wdhu
surprise! i'm in this issue of The Dark with a reprint of my coastal new weird story "Twilight Tide," which features undead marine creatures, love letters, neurodivergency, and estranged hornysad monsterfucking 🐠💍🦷 i am delighted this was the story they liked
Twilight Tide - The Dark Magazine
The redfish is remarkable because despite the fact it’s dead, it is still moving. Opal, straw flip-flops in hand, watches it arrive. The dimmed, bloated body (once golden, once maroon) pushes itself o...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
surprise! i'm in this issue of The Dark with a reprint of my coastal new weird story "Twilight Tide," which features undead marine creatures, love letters, neurodivergency, and estranged hornysad monsterfucking 🐠💍🦷 i am delighted this was the story they liked
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November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
November submissions are OPEN!
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS!
We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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It’s his day.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It’s his day.
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「あれ？昨日は小便器が３つあったのに…？」
「３つ？先週見た時は４つあったぜ？」
―トイレ清掃業者より
「３つ？先週見た時は４つあったぜ？」
―トイレ清掃業者より
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
「あれ？昨日は小便器が３つあったのに…？」
「３つ？先週見た時は４つあったぜ？」
―トイレ清掃業者より
「３つ？先週見た時は４つあったぜ？」
―トイレ清掃業者より
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from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee
for an extended Halloween treat, you should read an issue of Die Laughing & Parker M. O’Neill's sick new flash in FFO (and my pseudo-haunted, needle-filled flash piece in Nightmare, if you feel inclined!)
happy halloween folks!!!
my monthly newsletter is out now, with some updates about story sales, and a story out TODAY from @dielaughingmag.bsky.social
story recs from @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and @spicycloaca.bsky.social also included 👺
my monthly newsletter is out now, with some updates about story sales, and a story out TODAY from @dielaughingmag.bsky.social
story recs from @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and @spicycloaca.bsky.social also included 👺
Ash Vale Updates: October 2025
Happy Halloween!!
ashvale.beehiiv.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
for an extended Halloween treat, you should read an issue of Die Laughing & Parker M. O’Neill's sick new flash in FFO (and my pseudo-haunted, needle-filled flash piece in Nightmare, if you feel inclined!)
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five second rule
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
five second rule
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Thanks for all the downloads and keep sharing. This one's free, our gift to you.
COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks for all the downloads and keep sharing. This one's free, our gift to you.
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We have a goodreads page if you'd like to add it to your shelf or leave a review. Thanks for all the downloads!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
We Will Speak Again of The Red Tower
"The ruined factory stood three stories high in an othe…
www.goodreads.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We have a goodreads page if you'd like to add it to your shelf or leave a review. Thanks for all the downloads!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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heal your nervous system with this one weird trick
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
heal your nervous system with this one weird trick
as we wrap up the @cursedmorsels.bsky.social FLESH zine call, i want to thank everyone who trusted us with their bizarre, intimate, transgressive work. it was a pleasure to read it all & there were so many stories i loved but couldn't take. i hope that i see them published elsewhere.
October 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
as we wrap up the @cursedmorsels.bsky.social FLESH zine call, i want to thank everyone who trusted us with their bizarre, intimate, transgressive work. it was a pleasure to read it all & there were so many stories i loved but couldn't take. i hope that i see them published elsewhere.