Graham (Gray) Scott
@graythebruce.bsky.social
PhD. Professor of English. Pushcart nom. BSF noms (x2). Stories in Pithead Chapel, Maudlin House, HAD, Barrelhouse, Necessary Fiction, JMWW, others. Large Language Human.
For now at https://hemicyon.wordpress.com/
For now at https://hemicyon.wordpress.com/
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December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Hell yeah
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Hell yeah
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December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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This may be at the top of my list, too. Just saw this in a film a couple of nights ago. Can easily deflate an otherwise enjoyable story.
Least favourite film tropes.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This may be at the top of my list, too. Just saw this in a film a couple of nights ago. Can easily deflate an otherwise enjoyable story.
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The entire purpose of building research on a citational structure is that the inevitable flaws are traceable and stable enough in their location that the overall field structure can take those mistakes/debates into account as part of the field discourse.
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The entire purpose of building research on a citational structure is that the inevitable flaws are traceable and stable enough in their location that the overall field structure can take those mistakes/debates into account as part of the field discourse.
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I have a brand new limited chapbook out from Rapture Publishing called THE SERVITOR.
The chapbook is only available as part of a BUNDLE with horror writer, Tyler Jones.
What makes the bundle extra cool is I wrote a 2k-word "post credit scene" for Tyler's story and he did the same for mine.
The chapbook is only available as part of a BUNDLE with horror writer, Tyler Jones.
What makes the bundle extra cool is I wrote a 2k-word "post credit scene" for Tyler's story and he did the same for mine.
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I have a brand new limited chapbook out from Rapture Publishing called THE SERVITOR.
The chapbook is only available as part of a BUNDLE with horror writer, Tyler Jones.
What makes the bundle extra cool is I wrote a 2k-word "post credit scene" for Tyler's story and he did the same for mine.
The chapbook is only available as part of a BUNDLE with horror writer, Tyler Jones.
What makes the bundle extra cool is I wrote a 2k-word "post credit scene" for Tyler's story and he did the same for mine.
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My favorite reads of the last few years have all been from indies like Tenebrous and Shortwave. Heck, if you're into novellas (and you should be) that's where most of the action is.
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My favorite reads of the last few years have all been from indies like Tenebrous and Shortwave. Heck, if you're into novellas (and you should be) that's where most of the action is.
I read THE EXTRA on Halloween and still mean to post my reader review in the usual places, but for now, in this space, here it is in a nutshell: It rocks. Absolutely gripping delivery on a five-star high concept. Quite eager to read its sequels when they drop.
Between Ingram and bookstore orders (thanks @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social!) we've sold nearly another 100 paperback copies of THE EXTRA today alone. 👀
You'll be hearing about this book for a while. And the next in the series, THE OTHER, is coming June 2026!
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You'll be hearing about this book for a while. And the next in the series, THE OTHER, is coming June 2026!
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/the-...
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I read THE EXTRA on Halloween and still mean to post my reader review in the usual places, but for now, in this space, here it is in a nutshell: It rocks. Absolutely gripping delivery on a five-star high concept. Quite eager to read its sequels when they drop.
Just donated. Electric Lit is wonderful.
The world is a better place with Electric Lit in it—let’s fight to keep it that way! Donate today at the link!
Keep People Reading in 2026 - Electric Literature
Help EL remain a home for human stories in a country increasingly inhospitable to art
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November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just donated. Electric Lit is wonderful.
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Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
From our silent auction: Bid on a beginner, 8-class course on Longsword, Rapier, Archery or Kali at Academie Duello, the largest European Martial Arts school in the world. app.galabid.com/kpr2025/item...
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
I had the pleasure of getting to know Cristina Hartmann through a One Story workshop some years ago. Her fantastic new short story in Witness, "Found in Translation," follows the heteroglossic landscape of a Brazilian-American Deaf character, an identity the author shares. Recommended.
Found in Translation By Cristina Hartmann - Witness Magazine
by Cristina Hartmann Some nights, like this one, I lie awake waiting for you. Languages consume me during these sleepless hours: the português of my heritage, the ASL of my Deafness, the English of th...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I had the pleasure of getting to know Cristina Hartmann through a One Story workshop some years ago. Her fantastic new short story in Witness, "Found in Translation," follows the heteroglossic landscape of a Brazilian-American Deaf character, an identity the author shares. Recommended.
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The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Eaton Symposium returns!
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
Join us on 01/08/26 for this free online event on speculative fiction and scholarship, feat. a keynote from author Ken Liu, and panels with incredible editors such as Sheree Renée Thomas, John Joseph Adams, and many others!
Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-virtu...
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We need to raise $35,000 to get us through 2025 and balance the budget for 2026. This is the largest goal we’ve ever set for a campaign, but in these challenging times is when we need our community most. Help us by donating today!
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November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We need to raise $35,000 to get us through 2025 and balance the budget for 2026. This is the largest goal we’ve ever set for a campaign, but in these challenging times is when we need our community most. Help us by donating today!
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From our silent auction: Bid on unique artwork like "Cthulhu on a Bus" by B Murray! app.galabid.com/kpr2025/item...
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
From our silent auction: Bid on unique artwork like "Cthulhu on a Bus" by B Murray! app.galabid.com/kpr2025/item...
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
Find all of the details on our silent auction on the Pulp Literature blog!
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Yes I smell the books 2x during this video!
Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
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Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yes I smell the books 2x during this video!
Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Apex Magazine 2026
An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I just backed Apex Magazine 2026 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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NOW AVAILABLE FROM RHP PRESS:
One way or another, the ocean claims its own.
There are worse things than cancer.
Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.
Some scammers are born with it.
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One way or another, the ocean claims its own.
There are worse things than cancer.
Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.
Some scammers are born with it.
GET ISSUE #14 TODAY: bit.ly/4oJ45rV
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
NOW AVAILABLE FROM RHP PRESS:
One way or another, the ocean claims its own.
There are worse things than cancer.
Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.
Some scammers are born with it.
GET ISSUE #14 TODAY: bit.ly/4oJ45rV
One way or another, the ocean claims its own.
There are worse things than cancer.
Yeah, Maybe don't rob that bank during hunting season.
Some scammers are born with it.
GET ISSUE #14 TODAY: bit.ly/4oJ45rV
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See a collection of some winning and honored images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest:
Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored images, selected from more than 60,000 entries
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October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
See a collection of some winning and honored images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest:
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There's a superb anthology here that's very close to funding. www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
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October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There's a superb anthology here that's very close to funding. www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
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Was just over at the Lethe Press site and saw this is going to drop in February 2026 -- The Pandemonium Waltz -- 17 stories. Cover by Derek. More info as the days proceed.
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Was just over at the Lethe Press site and saw this is going to drop in February 2026 -- The Pandemonium Waltz -- 17 stories. Cover by Derek. More info as the days proceed.
That's a good list. The temptation to include both Silence of the Lambs and Jaws on my own is strong.
Leaving those out:
Alien
The Thing
Nope
Prey
Leaving those out:
Alien
The Thing
Nope
Prey
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
I'll go first:
-Silence of the Lambs
-I Saw the Devil
-Coherence
-Jaws
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
That's a good list. The temptation to include both Silence of the Lambs and Jaws on my own is strong.
Leaving those out:
Alien
The Thing
Nope
Prey
Leaving those out:
Alien
The Thing
Nope
Prey
From the opening hook to the brutal stinger, love this one.
Andrew Graham Martin heater today!
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5
Cheater by Andrew Graham Martin
You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look…
www.havehashad.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
From the opening hook to the brutal stinger, love this one.
Lit prof here. This is not an unhinged opinion. It's true, and my entire approach to teaching authors like Shakespeare is based on it. Kind of nice to see someone else say it.
Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Lit prof here. This is not an unhinged opinion. It's true, and my entire approach to teaching authors like Shakespeare is based on it. Kind of nice to see someone else say it.