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Jes Malitoris
@jeswrites.bsky.social
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Writer of folk/cosmic horror, dark fantasy. HWA. PhD, US history. NC'ian. 🏳️‍⚧️Trans-enby, xie/xer/xers. Words in: CosmicHorrorMonthly, Necksnap, TheSkull&Laurel, &more. First reader @necksnapmag.bsky.social linktr.ee/jesmalitoris Portrait by @magpied
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I had such a great time tonight talking with @mcmanlypants.bsky.social and @joncarrollthomas.bsky.social about queer horror! Thank you so much to everyone who came out and asked great questions, and to Durham Public Library for hosting!
The event poster features the the title, "Rainbow in the Dark," in a rainbow blackletter gothic font. Below, three hooded cultists in brightly-colored robes are connected by a shared rainbow spearing through their heads. The whole image has a texture and color filter like a 1980s pulp paperback book cover.
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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LOOK WHAT’S ON THE LOCUS LIST!!! Congrats to dave, who put together a fantastic collection (thank you). @neonhemlock.bsky.social
A screenshot of the anthology section. Of the Locus award finalists. The Crawling Moon anthology from Neon Hemlock Press, edited by dave ring, is circled in red
May 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Y'all, my HWA mentor, Richard Dansky, is sacrificing his sanity this Saturday for a good cause! He's joining Jon Myers for a charity watch-along of Morbius, Madame Web, and Kraven the Hunter with all proceeds going to Trans Lifeline.
Consider watching/donating!!!
tiltify.com/@morbin4good...
Illustration of Richard Dansky, Jon Myers, and a secret guest star watching a movie out of frame. Each person is covering either their eyes, ears, or mouth. Overhead, in trans flag colors, is the title "Morbin' 4 Good!!!"
April 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Thank you to @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for this meme for the day
A two page, oft-memed cartoon of a dog sitting in a house on fire. In the second panel, instead of the standard "This is fine," the dog says, "So I have Skull and Laurel coming out."
April 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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My Skull & Laurel contributor copy is here!!!! @mxmorgan.com ‘s glorious cover looks wonderful. Can’t wait to dig in! @tenebrouspress.bsky.social
The Skull and Laurel issue 3 in glorious color! The eerie deer on the cover peeks out from the shadows of fern fronds.
April 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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New story out soon! You'll be able to read "This Flesh'll Run Free" in The Skull & Laurel Issue 3, out April 15!
It's about factory farms and labor under capitalism.
But also, it's about the thing that lives in the barn and can chew through steel...
store.tenebrouspress.com/collections/...
Graphic features the cover of The Skull and Laurel Issue 3, an eldritch deer's red-eyed head rising out of dark water. Text features journal copy and announces that issue 3 releases on April 15.
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Reminder that I'll be joining some other wonderful North Carolina authors to read one of my horror stories, this coming Saturday at Larema Coffee House for Noir at the Bar!
Event graphic describes Noir at the Bar on March 15, starting at 7:00pm. The location is Larema Coffee House, 109 Tarboro Street, Wilson, NC. Readers include: Mur Lafferty, Jes Malitoris, Katy Munger, Mikah Meyers, Richard Dansky, Loup Gajigianis, Isaac Hughs Green, and Ashley-Ruth Bernier.
March 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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AHHHHHH I KNOW THIS NAME
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A screenshot clipped out of the Bram Stoker Awards ballot, the story "And She Had Been So Reasonable" by Rachel Bolton
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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HER
Still from the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, focused on the WNBA Liberties team mascot, an elephant dressed in a lady liberty crown with matching bow, puff jacket, and miniskirt voguing down 5th avenue
November 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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It is embarrassing that we are facing substantial global crises and what Representative Mace is concerned about is where people use the bathroom! It is humiliating that the UN Climate Change Conference is happening right now in an attempt to limit global warming to only 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and Rep. Mace is worried about where people use the bathroom. We are staring down total ecosystem collapse, and she is wasting time pushing legislation about where people use the bathroom. I hope that you will encourage your colleagues in the House to turn their attention to more urgent and necessary legislation.
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Caught a similar bird sunning myself today and they just look so goofy!
November 13, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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For the first time ever I got to take photos with a book that I’m in! THE CRAWLING MOON is so, so gorgeous and I can’t wait to read the other authors pieces!!!
Mine is “The House of Coiled Earth.” LOOK AT THE DESIGN! LOOK AT THIS ILLUSTRATION!
The author is staring wide-eyed at the camera, face mostly concealed by a brand spanking new copy of The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Insatiable Dread, published in July 2024 by Neon Hemlock Press. The author is staring off-frame, face mostly concealed by a brand spanking new copy of The Crawling Moon: Queer Tales of Insatiable Dread, published in July 2024 by Neon Hemlock Press. The Crawling Moon is held open to page 113, the first page of the author’s story “The House of Coiled Earth.” The facing page is printed with a greyscale gothic floral print, and above the title is an illustration of the story’s main character, by artist Matthew Spencer.
August 4, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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I LOVE IT when book mail comes with swag!
The winter 2024 issue of Ghoulish Tales, surrounded by an assortment of Ghoulish stickers and bookmarks
March 30, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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FUCKING YES
The dedication of Mandelo’s book reads, “To all the brilliant, angry fags and dykes and gender outlaws who came before, and who taught me how to survive: This one’s for you”
March 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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IT'S ALMOST HERE
An email stating that my copy of Lee Mandelo's new book, "The Woods All Black" is out for delivery!
March 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Just wanted to shout out @mxmorgan.bsky.social for their beautiful and incredible art. I have these two prints in a collage framed over my desk and they’re so special to me, they always pick me up when I look at them.
Two prints in a frame, both using the blue, pink, and white of the trans pride flag. One features a snarling hyena and the caption “biology was never binary” and the other features a striped snake nestled amongst roses, in the midst of shedding its skin, with the caption “remake yourself.”
March 21, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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I weirdly really enjoy din g unnecessarily complex calligraphy of my story titles
And unnecessarily complicated gothic font, hand drawn in pen and marker, which reads “Our Lady of Uncorrupted Flesh”
February 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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Gorgeous new goodies arrived from @hookieduke.bsky.social three beautiful little notebooks and my new favorite sticker
January 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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My spouse bought me this STUNNING AND AMAZING penance from The Edge of Dreaming and it’s finally here 🤩
An intricate antlered deer skull with thorned vines twining through the skull and around its antlers. Cast in copper.
January 3, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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MY IN LAWS GOT ME DIP FOUNTAIN PENS FOR XMAS
December 25, 2023 at 2:38 AM
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Got my rad as hell stickers from supporting DEATH IN THE MOUTH VOL 2, from Sloane Leong
Three metal as hell stickers of snarling wolves in Iridescent colors pierced through with swords
December 20, 2023 at 8:34 PM
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Do the thing! I just voted for mayor and city council members!
I’m showing off a sticker that announces “I Voted!”and features the Durham city skyline and a silhouette of a bull.
November 7, 2023 at 7:27 PM
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It's been a while since I reminded folks that my fucky, queer, trans cosmic horror story "The House of Coiled Earth" will be out in THE CRAWLING MOON in February, along with some other RAD AS FUCK horror short stories, and you can preorder now! www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...
November 7, 2023 at 2:18 PM
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If I’m going to suffer through cutting SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND WORDS from this novel you know I’m going to make it ✨aesthetic as hell✨
Washi tapes: @coeykuhn.bsky.social and Rifle Paper Co.
A notebook page titled “The Big Chop” with pretty washi tape, and a legend for different color pen markings in a rainbow.
October 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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IT'S SPOOKY SEASON so preorder THE CRAWLING MOON if you want to read about my sweet son who's horny for his haunted house and not deterred by cultists in "The House of Coiled Earth" www.neonhemlock.com/the-crawling...
October 7, 2023 at 2:53 PM