Korra Saqqara (Christa Angelios)
@metamythica.bsky.social
💀 Studying The Gothic at MMU
📖 Literary Coach & Freelance Editor, MetaMythica Literary
🐧 Former Random Penguin; Columbia Publishing Course alum
Member: EFA, ACES, PEN
She/Her
#SWANAinPublishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Folklore #Horror #SFF 👻
Opinions my own
📖 Literary Coach & Freelance Editor, MetaMythica Literary
🐧 Former Random Penguin; Columbia Publishing Course alum
Member: EFA, ACES, PEN
She/Her
#SWANAinPublishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Folklore #Horror #SFF 👻
Opinions my own
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Fun facts:
- 👻 Huge #horror & #SFF fan (esp international horror!)
- 🤘 Metalhead/rocker (esp folk metal--ask me for recs!)
- 🧚 👹 💀 Obsessed with #folklore, fairy tales, #mythology, the #gothic
- 🏜️ First-gen Egyptian-American who grew up in Albuquerque, NM
- 👻 Huge #horror & #SFF fan (esp international horror!)
- 🤘 Metalhead/rocker (esp folk metal--ask me for recs!)
- 🧚 👹 💀 Obsessed with #folklore, fairy tales, #mythology, the #gothic
- 🏜️ First-gen Egyptian-American who grew up in Albuquerque, NM
Whatever you can do to make other people's lives a little easier or more joyful, or make them feel more comfortable, supported, or welcome, do it--especially for folks from demographic backgrounds that are being attacked.
Check in with people, have grace, laugh together, trade resources, tap in. 💖
Check in with people, have grace, laugh together, trade resources, tap in. 💖
February 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Whatever you can do to make other people's lives a little easier or more joyful, or make them feel more comfortable, supported, or welcome, do it--especially for folks from demographic backgrounds that are being attacked.
Check in with people, have grace, laugh together, trade resources, tap in. 💖
Check in with people, have grace, laugh together, trade resources, tap in. 💖
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#ClipOfTheDay: For this Conduit Club event in London, Egyptian Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad discusses his debut memoir, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Knopf), and reflects on “the dangers of using language for the unmaking of meaning.” at.pw.org/OmarElAkkad
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: For this Conduit Club event in London, Egyptian Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad discusses his debut memoir, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Knopf), and reflects on “the dangers of using language for the unmaking of meaning.” at.pw.org/OmarElAkkad
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ICYMI! Last minute reading for the Nebula Awards?
Try the short story "A Stranger Knocks" by Tananarive Due! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
You can read it here!
https://buff.ly/4be398C
Try the short story "A Stranger Knocks" by Tananarive Due! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
You can read it here!
https://buff.ly/4be398C
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ICYMI! Last minute reading for the Nebula Awards?
Try the short story "A Stranger Knocks" by Tananarive Due! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
You can read it here!
https://buff.ly/4be398C
Try the short story "A Stranger Knocks" by Tananarive Due! @tananarivedue.bsky.social
It is on the Locus Recommended Reading List!
You can read it here!
https://buff.ly/4be398C
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man, yeah, this Owl Crate edition, it's got so many special features. if it were a car, it'd have side-pipes, a spoiler, mags, sport mirrors, bucket seats, hood pins, and probably four on the floor and an extra carb or two to boot. or whatever the 19th c. analogues for/of those might be . . .
FRIENDS! It seems that OwlCrate is opening up spots on their waitlist (likely in waves, don’t panic if you don’t have one yet) for the Quarterly Horror Subscription…
And let me just say, if you’re a fan of @sgj.bsky.social, you WILL NOT want to miss this May edition!! Get on the list if you’re not!
And let me just say, if you’re a fan of @sgj.bsky.social, you WILL NOT want to miss this May edition!! Get on the list if you’re not!
February 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
man, yeah, this Owl Crate edition, it's got so many special features. if it were a car, it'd have side-pipes, a spoiler, mags, sport mirrors, bucket seats, hood pins, and probably four on the floor and an extra carb or two to boot. or whatever the 19th c. analogues for/of those might be . . .
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If you're repping a epic fantasy/secondary world fantasy with either zero romance or a B-plot romance, could you send it my way PLEASE? #mswl
February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you're repping a epic fantasy/secondary world fantasy with either zero romance or a B-plot romance, could you send it my way PLEASE? #mswl
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Join us for a Smithsonian talk on Sleeping Beauty on 2/25, 6:45PM ET! “Sleeping Beauty” has a complicated past, filled with goddesses, astrology, and atrocities. We delve into the story, changes it has undergone, and how it has been retold in recent times. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
February 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us for a Smithsonian talk on Sleeping Beauty on 2/25, 6:45PM ET! “Sleeping Beauty” has a complicated past, filled with goddesses, astrology, and atrocities. We delve into the story, changes it has undergone, and how it has been retold in recent times. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Not interested in hearing about the price of eggs (or anything else) unless you're actively doing something to make this trash economy better for people.
Stop telling people how much eggs cost and start building mutual aid networks and supporting the labor movement.
Stop telling people how much eggs cost and start building mutual aid networks and supporting the labor movement.
February 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Not interested in hearing about the price of eggs (or anything else) unless you're actively doing something to make this trash economy better for people.
Stop telling people how much eggs cost and start building mutual aid networks and supporting the labor movement.
Stop telling people how much eggs cost and start building mutual aid networks and supporting the labor movement.
This is a recording of the first in a series of excellent trainings on mutual aid, the second of which is coming up this Wednesday.
Highly recommend!
#Activism #MutualAid #ArtActivism #Training
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2K...
Highly recommend!
#Activism #MutualAid #ArtActivism #Training
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2K...
Mutual Aid 101: Introduction to Mutual Aid with Dean Spade
YouTube video by Shareable
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is a recording of the first in a series of excellent trainings on mutual aid, the second of which is coming up this Wednesday.
Highly recommend!
#Activism #MutualAid #ArtActivism #Training
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2K...
Highly recommend!
#Activism #MutualAid #ArtActivism #Training
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k2K...
It has occurred to me that reading Lovecraft is not altogether unlike reading Seuss at times.
The gugs in the gulf, the web-footed wamps, the glibbering of the ghouls, etc.
If Seuss had written dark fantasy/horror, I imagine it would've sounded like that.
#Lovecraft #Seuss #SFF #Horror
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The gugs in the gulf, the web-footed wamps, the glibbering of the ghouls, etc.
If Seuss had written dark fantasy/horror, I imagine it would've sounded like that.
#Lovecraft #Seuss #SFF #Horror
📚💙
🩸📚
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It has occurred to me that reading Lovecraft is not altogether unlike reading Seuss at times.
The gugs in the gulf, the web-footed wamps, the glibbering of the ghouls, etc.
If Seuss had written dark fantasy/horror, I imagine it would've sounded like that.
#Lovecraft #Seuss #SFF #Horror
📚💙
🩸📚
The gugs in the gulf, the web-footed wamps, the glibbering of the ghouls, etc.
If Seuss had written dark fantasy/horror, I imagine it would've sounded like that.
#Lovecraft #Seuss #SFF #Horror
📚💙
🩸📚
To this end, highly recommend Bassem Youssef's memoir, REVOLUTION FOR DUMMIES: Laughing Through the Arab Spring. He was a doctor who started a YouTube satire called Al Bernameg ("The Show") in the vein of The Daily Show, taking Jon Stewart as his model.
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www.harpercollins.com/products/rev...
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www.harpercollins.com/products/rev...
February 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
To this end, highly recommend Bassem Youssef's memoir, REVOLUTION FOR DUMMIES: Laughing Through the Arab Spring. He was a doctor who started a YouTube satire called Al Bernameg ("The Show") in the vein of The Daily Show, taking Jon Stewart as his model.
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www.harpercollins.com/products/rev...
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www.harpercollins.com/products/rev...
Laughed with several colleagues this week about the absurdity of our dystopian survival horror, which I think we all needed. Satire is such an important tool for times like these. We can laugh our way to a re-mythologization of our present and a better future. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 🤘
February 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Laughed with several colleagues this week about the absurdity of our dystopian survival horror, which I think we all needed. Satire is such an important tool for times like these. We can laugh our way to a re-mythologization of our present and a better future. Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. 🤘
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Honored to be included among these incredible Latinas including my agent hermana @jenrofe.bsky.social whose work and passion for advocacy in and out of the publishing industry is work I admire. 💕
latinamedia.co/latinas-in-p...
latinamedia.co/latinas-in-p...
A Power List of 40 Latinas in Publishing
While the numbers aren’t great, there are Latinas in publishing who are pushing for more Latinx voices. Let's celebrate them.
latinamedia.co
February 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Honored to be included among these incredible Latinas including my agent hermana @jenrofe.bsky.social whose work and passion for advocacy in and out of the publishing industry is work I admire. 💕
latinamedia.co/latinas-in-p...
latinamedia.co/latinas-in-p...
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I know it's hard to write when the fear of book bans & soft censorship looms over all BIPOC & LGBTQ writers. Especially middle grade authors who can't get into schools to promote their books anymore. Book bans are doing exactly what they want-stopping us from writing. DON'T LET THEM! KEEP WRITING!
February 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I know it's hard to write when the fear of book bans & soft censorship looms over all BIPOC & LGBTQ writers. Especially middle grade authors who can't get into schools to promote their books anymore. Book bans are doing exactly what they want-stopping us from writing. DON'T LET THEM! KEEP WRITING!
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Someone asked:
"So... public domain cosmic horrors that aren't Lovecraft. What do we got?"
The tradition that gave us Lovecraft & co. is rich and deeply weird. While they aren't all cosmic horror, they all informed it.
So. 1 like = 1 public domain weird story that isn't by H. P. Lovecraft.
"So... public domain cosmic horrors that aren't Lovecraft. What do we got?"
The tradition that gave us Lovecraft & co. is rich and deeply weird. While they aren't all cosmic horror, they all informed it.
So. 1 like = 1 public domain weird story that isn't by H. P. Lovecraft.
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Someone asked:
"So... public domain cosmic horrors that aren't Lovecraft. What do we got?"
The tradition that gave us Lovecraft & co. is rich and deeply weird. While they aren't all cosmic horror, they all informed it.
So. 1 like = 1 public domain weird story that isn't by H. P. Lovecraft.
"So... public domain cosmic horrors that aren't Lovecraft. What do we got?"
The tradition that gave us Lovecraft & co. is rich and deeply weird. While they aren't all cosmic horror, they all informed it.
So. 1 like = 1 public domain weird story that isn't by H. P. Lovecraft.
Finally put batteries and distilled water in my desk fountain. ❤️⛲😌
February 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Finally put batteries and distilled water in my desk fountain. ❤️⛲😌
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the february horror new release list is live! feat. new books from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, @eveharms.com, @hachepueyo.bsky.social, @leilataylor.bsky.social, V. Castro, @rebelsam94.bsky.social, @kojiadae.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, and many more!
All the New Horror Books Coming in February 2025
February 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from V. Castro, Sam Rebelein, Virginia Feito, A.G. Slatter, Koji A. Dae, and more!
readjumpscares.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
the february horror new release list is live! feat. new books from @emmaemurray.bsky.social, @eveharms.com, @hachepueyo.bsky.social, @leilataylor.bsky.social, V. Castro, @rebelsam94.bsky.social, @kojiadae.bsky.social, @angelaslatter.bsky.social, @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social, and many more!
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School Librarians Are The Heroes We Need!!!
We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚
@slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social
We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚
@slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social
Thank you to
@slj.com for covering @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social! It was powerful to get to share our stories and get such positive response to the work of librarians. @librarianjones.com @sassylibrarian.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/School...
@slj.com for covering @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social! It was powerful to get to share our stories and get such positive response to the work of librarians. @librarianjones.com @sassylibrarian.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/School...
School Librarians Celebrated at Sundance Film Festival Screening of Documentary,
There were tears and standing ovations as librarians, including Martha Hickson and Amanda Jones, watched their stories of fighting against censorship chronicled in the new film.
www.schoollibraryjournal.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
School Librarians Are The Heroes We Need!!!
We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚
@slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social
We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚
@slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social
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A9: If you've got interests beyond what you're doing and you want to make them part of your business, why not explore them?
And to toot my own horn: If you want 1:1 guidance to help you with that, I work with lots of editors who want to try out new things. tanyagold.com/coaching-for...
#ACESChat
And to toot my own horn: If you want 1:1 guidance to help you with that, I work with lots of editors who want to try out new things. tanyagold.com/coaching-for...
#ACESChat
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A9: If you've got interests beyond what you're doing and you want to make them part of your business, why not explore them?
And to toot my own horn: If you want 1:1 guidance to help you with that, I work with lots of editors who want to try out new things. tanyagold.com/coaching-for...
#ACESChat
And to toot my own horn: If you want 1:1 guidance to help you with that, I work with lots of editors who want to try out new things. tanyagold.com/coaching-for...
#ACESChat
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As I'm starting back in book publishing, I'd like to know of Black (& POC) freelancers w/ experience copyediting, proofreading, editing, design, marketing. The imprint I'm at is creating a #freelance database, so if you have website/LinkedIn, which every #freelancer should, lemme know. DO NOT DM ME.
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As I'm starting back in book publishing, I'd like to know of Black (& POC) freelancers w/ experience copyediting, proofreading, editing, design, marketing. The imprint I'm at is creating a #freelance database, so if you have website/LinkedIn, which every #freelancer should, lemme know. DO NOT DM ME.
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@thenation.com calls The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls “an ode to close reading.”
The Art of Reading Like a Translator
In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of the translator and of the writer.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@thenation.com calls The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls “an ode to close reading.”
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Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place?
romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...
Goths for Breakfast 2025
Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them. The event is a day of online classes and workshops w…
romancingthegothic.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place?
romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...
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Epic pranks gone wrong: Japanese folklore edition.
-> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/31/a-yokai-a-day-the-man-from-saiki-village-in-tanba-province-who-became-an-oni-while-still-living
-> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/31/a-yokai-a-day-the-man-from-saiki-village-in-tanba-province-who-became-an-oni-while-still-living
February 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Epic pranks gone wrong: Japanese folklore edition.
-> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/31/a-yokai-a-day-the-man-from-saiki-village-in-tanba-province-who-became-an-oni-while-still-living
-> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/31/a-yokai-a-day-the-man-from-saiki-village-in-tanba-province-who-became-an-oni-while-still-living
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Calling all Malaysians! We are special unicorns of the internet 😆
Please spread the word. If I accidentally added u, let me know!
If u want 2 b added, BOLEH. I know I'm missing people..
@premeemohamed.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Q8517ww
(did I accidentally add Weird Al Yankovic)
Please spread the word. If I accidentally added u, let me know!
If u want 2 b added, BOLEH. I know I'm missing people..
@premeemohamed.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Q8517ww
(did I accidentally add Weird Al Yankovic)
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Calling all Malaysians! We are special unicorns of the internet 😆
Please spread the word. If I accidentally added u, let me know!
If u want 2 b added, BOLEH. I know I'm missing people..
@premeemohamed.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Q8517ww
(did I accidentally add Weird Al Yankovic)
Please spread the word. If I accidentally added u, let me know!
If u want 2 b added, BOLEH. I know I'm missing people..
@premeemohamed.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/Q8517ww
(did I accidentally add Weird Al Yankovic)
A must-watch for horror fans and easily one of the best genre docs I've ever seen. ❤️
Happy Black History Month and happy sixth anniversary to HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR, a documentary that I helped birth and that I continue to be immensely proud of. It’s on Shudder. www.shudder.com/movies/watch...
February 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A must-watch for horror fans and easily one of the best genre docs I've ever seen. ❤️