Ivy Grimes
@ivygrimes.bsky.social
Writer of dreamlike fiction | she/her | www.ivyivyivyivy.com
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It's that time of year again*
*it is always that time of year
*it is always that time of year
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's that time of year again*
*it is always that time of year
*it is always that time of year
It's amazingly easy to fall into dehumanizing the other side in any us v. them situation. But I think we also all have a surprising store of love for humanity hiding somewhere. Like a hundred buillon cubes shoved to the back of the cabinet.
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's amazingly easy to fall into dehumanizing the other side in any us v. them situation. But I think we also all have a surprising store of love for humanity hiding somewhere. Like a hundred buillon cubes shoved to the back of the cabinet.
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'Casserole' in The Rumpus therumpus.net/2025/05/16/r...
Rumpus Original Fiction: Casserole - The Rumpus
He trusted her. He loved her. He was waiting for her to provide.
therumpus.net
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'Casserole' in The Rumpus therumpus.net/2025/05/16/r...
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Here's my 2025 ✨ Awards Eligibility ✨ post - only 4 stories but I'm very proud of them all and would love for more people to see them 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who has read / published / been supportive of my work this year! ❤️ 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's my 2025 ✨ Awards Eligibility ✨ post - only 4 stories but I'm very proud of them all and would love for more people to see them 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who has read / published / been supportive of my work this year! ❤️ 🧵
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And in this issue's eco-fiction review, @benlockwood.bsky.social reviews Reef Mind, from @hazelzorn.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And in this issue's eco-fiction review, @benlockwood.bsky.social reviews Reef Mind, from @hazelzorn.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
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I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN
Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...
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In 2026 I will once again joining forces with Kim at Reading Matters to host 'A Year with Iris Murdoch'
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
Annoucing A Year with Iris Murdoch for 2026!
I’m delighted to once again join forces with Kim from Reading Matters during 2026 for a Year With Iris Murdoch! This will be our fourth year jointly exploring the work of one Irish writer…
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November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In 2026 I will once again joining forces with Kim at Reading Matters to host 'A Year with Iris Murdoch'
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
We kick off with The Sea, The Sea in January.
I've never read her before so looking forward to this one!
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Psst, there's some exciting new content dropping on salenacasha.substack.com tomorrow, namely an interview with editor extraordinare and all around lovely human, @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social ! It goes live at 10AM ET, so a perfect read to have with your morning coffee.
Salena’s Monthly Writing Update | Salena Casha | Substack
New writing from yours truly. Click to read Salena’s Monthly Writing Update, by Salena Casha, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
salenacasha.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Psst, there's some exciting new content dropping on salenacasha.substack.com tomorrow, namely an interview with editor extraordinare and all around lovely human, @jaimedilleditor.bsky.social ! It goes live at 10AM ET, so a perfect read to have with your morning coffee.
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time is running out!
giveaway ends tomorrow!
giveaway ends tomorrow!
75 physical ARCs of THE IRON GARDEN SUTRA are up for grabs in my #goodreadsgiveaway!
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
there's a long-lost generation ship and a depressed monk. come and get it!
ends November 15th
Book giveaway for The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1) by A.D. Sui Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025
Enter to win one of 75 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 01-Nov 15, 2025. Richly layered and intensely compelling from start to finish.” —K...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
time is running out!
giveaway ends tomorrow!
giveaway ends tomorrow!
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By the way: a wonderful way to help me out as I'm getting ready to head to PAX U is to buy yourself a digital copy of THE GOD OF SPITE AND VIOLENCE! If you're in the mood for a 2-player game about hard-fought lone-wolf vengeance, you should check it out!
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
By the way: a wonderful way to help me out as I'm getting ready to head to PAX U is to buy yourself a digital copy of THE GOD OF SPITE AND VIOLENCE! If you're in the mood for a 2-player game about hard-fought lone-wolf vengeance, you should check it out!
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Grappling with some serious existential & financial angst today. Friendly reminder I've got two fun books with big ideas out that cool readers seem to really enjoy. Would love for you to check 'em out, too
As a debut indie author, I’m really grateful to have found the readers I have with these two books. Would be honored to have them considered alongside 2025’s other great new releases!
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Grappling with some serious existential & financial angst today. Friendly reminder I've got two fun books with big ideas out that cool readers seem to really enjoy. Would love for you to check 'em out, too
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In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
“The Power Company Detective” by Joe Koch - Seize The Press
The gun doesn’t remember you. The man you were was not important, nothing more than another in a series of shifting targets for the shouting hole of its small black mouth. Furthermore, you may have be...
18.168.63.88
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
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"...unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller. Readers will be on the edges of their seats."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"...unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller. Readers will be on the edges of their seats."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BABY
www.publishersweekly.com/9781787589186
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Super-late in responding to this (what can I say - I still feel a little bashful when others commend my work, much less other writers you respect!) but feel free to check my little collection out!
In epub and PDF:
kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...
In epub and PDF:
kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Super-late in responding to this (what can I say - I still feel a little bashful when others commend my work, much less other writers you respect!) but feel free to check my little collection out!
In epub and PDF:
kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...
In epub and PDF:
kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...
Yes, I did write a novella full of auroras, but I am also very sleepy. Hopefully I'll catch them someday when they return!
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yes, I did write a novella full of auroras, but I am also very sleepy. Hopefully I'll catch them someday when they return!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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in anticipation of the upcoming Ottawa Book Awards (which my short story collection, On Beauty, is up for), why not check this replay of the interview that Alan Neal did with me over at CBC All in a Day? / @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
in anticipation of the upcoming Ottawa Book Awards (which my short story collection, On Beauty, is up for), why not check this replay of the interview that Alan Neal did with me over at CBC All in a Day? / @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
It's all true!!
have you ordered your copy yet?
👀👀🖤
"Lush, lyrical, and heartbreaking" - @ivygrimes.bsky.social
"A beautiful meditation on loss and grief" - @acwise.bsky.social
"A visceral and timely tale" - @thesuiway.bsky.social
"This is eco and science fiction at its best" -@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
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👀👀🖤
"Lush, lyrical, and heartbreaking" - @ivygrimes.bsky.social
"A beautiful meditation on loss and grief" - @acwise.bsky.social
"A visceral and timely tale" - @thesuiway.bsky.social
"This is eco and science fiction at its best" -@lyndseycroal.bsky.social
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No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It's all true!!
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Hi friends! My short story “It’s Okay” is out and it would mean so much if you read it. It is all about the ambiguity of death and what that means to each of us.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/its-...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/its-...
June 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hi friends! My short story “It’s Okay” is out and it would mean so much if you read it. It is all about the ambiguity of death and what that means to each of us.
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/its-...
www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/its-...
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Holy Toledo. Ok, I can hit the hay now. I’m not getting a better shot than this.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Holy Toledo. Ok, I can hit the hay now. I’m not getting a better shot than this.
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I was lucky enough to read an early copy of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's The Cellar Below the Cellar, which I absolutely loved! Link to my review here!
R.L. Summerling's review of The Cellar Below the Cellar
5/5: The Cellar Below the Cellar is about Jane and her story of self discovery. Stranded during an unprecedented weather event, she finds herself with the unappealing prospect of living with her domin...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I was lucky enough to read an early copy of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's The Cellar Below the Cellar, which I absolutely loved! Link to my review here!
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I read ANAGRAMS by Lorrie Moore in a college course called 'Tragedy in Romance'. It opened my eyes to experimentation in literature--how a novel doesn't have follow one exact shape.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I read ANAGRAMS by Lorrie Moore in a college course called 'Tragedy in Romance'. It opened my eyes to experimentation in literature--how a novel doesn't have follow one exact shape.
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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
ICYM the ICYMI
ICYMI 🔮 we're thrilled to unveil the stunning cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, with art by @jackhillside.bsky.social and design by Silent Q Design! Preorders are available now until February 18th! 🌟
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ICYM the ICYMI
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ICYMI 🔮 we're thrilled to unveil the stunning cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, with art by @jackhillside.bsky.social and design by Silent Q Design! Preorders are available now until February 18th! 🌟
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
Apex Book Company and Violet Lichen are thrilled to reveal the cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's Russian fairytale-inspired folk horror, THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 🌌 Out February 18th, available for preorder now at www.apexbookcompany.com!
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
Cover Art: Jack Hillside
Cover Design: Silent Q Design
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ICYMI 🔮 we're thrilled to unveil the stunning cover of @ivygrimes.bsky.social's upcoming novella THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR, with art by @jackhillside.bsky.social and design by Silent Q Design! Preorders are available now until February 18th! 🌟
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...