Nicole M. Wolverton (she/her/hers)
@nicolemwolverton.bsky.social
Philly-area writer of (mostly) horror & thrillers. MEAT SWEATS (YA horror) coming in fall 2026 from Horrorsmith Publishing | HWA, SFWA, SCBWI, Codex | avowed monkeywrench | horror academic | scent-obsessed | nicolewolverton.com
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.
Today's #sotd is a Prague brand I picked up when I was on vacay there a few weeks a go (details in alt text). It's very chocolate-vanilla forward... at first. It dries down to a sort of grimy, musky version of a gourmand. #perfumesky
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today's #sotd is a Prague brand I picked up when I was on vacay there a few weeks a go (details in alt text). It's very chocolate-vanilla forward... at first. It dries down to a sort of grimy, musky version of a gourmand. #perfumesky
I should have my head examined, but I am considering swinging by the 35th reunion of my HS class in a few weeks. I blame Grosse Pointe Blank for making it seem potentially exciting.
a woman wearing headphones is talking into a microphone with the words if you love something set it free written below her
ALT: a woman wearing headphones is talking into a microphone with the words if you love something set it free written below her
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I should have my head examined, but I am considering swinging by the 35th reunion of my HS class in a few weeks. I blame Grosse Pointe Blank for making it seem potentially exciting.
And my photoshoot is postponed until next Sunday in account of wind. Alas.
Just finished up packing a box of props for my author photos photoshoot scheduled for tomorrow. That includes two dozen lemons and two cuts of beef.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And my photoshoot is postponed until next Sunday in account of wind. Alas.
Just finished up packing a box of props for my author photos photoshoot scheduled for tomorrow. That includes two dozen lemons and two cuts of beef.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just finished up packing a box of props for my author photos photoshoot scheduled for tomorrow. That includes two dozen lemons and two cuts of beef.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
Yes, I found a photographer as unhinged as I am.
I feel weirdly tall today. And that's a big order since I'm 5'2".
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I feel weirdly tall today. And that's a big order since I'm 5'2".
I broke down last night and made a (refundable) hotel reservation for Amsterdam. Maybe we'll get there in December, maybe we won't--but at least I have a place to sleep if all goes right. I've wanted to see the light show forever, so this yay!
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I broke down last night and made a (refundable) hotel reservation for Amsterdam. Maybe we'll get there in December, maybe we won't--but at least I have a place to sleep if all goes right. I've wanted to see the light show forever, so this yay!
Pulled up behind this truck today. Always keep 'em guessing, I suppose.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pulled up behind this truck today. Always keep 'em guessing, I suppose.
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For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
Today's #sotd is one I picked up in Prague last month (details in alt text). It makes me think of sitting in the backyard of my childhoood home in rural PA while I picked dandelions & the farmers were bailing hay nearby. Sort of a creamy green scent. 💗 It was an instant buy for me. #perfumesky
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today's #sotd is one I picked up in Prague last month (details in alt text). It makes me think of sitting in the backyard of my childhoood home in rural PA while I picked dandelions & the farmers were bailing hay nearby. Sort of a creamy green scent. 💗 It was an instant buy for me. #perfumesky
I'm so freaking cold in my office today that I'm seriously thinking about digging out my Icelandic Lopi sweater (which is good to 8 billion degrees below zero, I swear).
a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm so freaking cold in my office today that I'm seriously thinking about digging out my Icelandic Lopi sweater (which is good to 8 billion degrees below zero, I swear).
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Interested in Hauntology? Take a look at these papers and presentations from a recent PGR led conference 😁 (organised by my legendary friend and colleague)
(Some presentations require downloading due to formats)
doi.org/10.25421/yor...
(Some presentations require downloading due to formats)
doi.org/10.25421/yor...
Haunted Soundscapes Symposium October 2025
The creak on the stair. The whisper on the wind. The melody in the dark. Ghostly sounds have been an integral part of horror and gothic fiction since its inception. In recent years ideas of Hauntology...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Interested in Hauntology? Take a look at these papers and presentations from a recent PGR led conference 😁 (organised by my legendary friend and colleague)
(Some presentations require downloading due to formats)
doi.org/10.25421/yor...
(Some presentations require downloading due to formats)
doi.org/10.25421/yor...
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'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
I always have the best time doing podcast episodes about gastrohorror, horror and mental health, and horror writing. Just finished recording with a writing podcast over my lunch hour--it was a blast!
a woman in a colorful sweater has her arms in the air
ALT: a woman in a colorful sweater has her arms in the air
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I always have the best time doing podcast episodes about gastrohorror, horror and mental health, and horror writing. Just finished recording with a writing podcast over my lunch hour--it was a blast!
Today's genealogy tidbit: a not all that distant cousin (I mean, a few generations removed, of course) married the son of Alvin York in 1946. Who is Alvin York? A pacifist who ended WWI as one of the US's most decorated soldiers, earning a Congressional Medal of Honor & the French Croix de Guerre.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today's genealogy tidbit: a not all that distant cousin (I mean, a few generations removed, of course) married the son of Alvin York in 1946. Who is Alvin York? A pacifist who ended WWI as one of the US's most decorated soldiers, earning a Congressional Medal of Honor & the French Croix de Guerre.
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Free horror stories on the CHM website!
Check out "Growing Daffodils" by Anne Wilkins here: https://bit.ly/43kGPrf
Check out "Growing Daffodils" by Anne Wilkins here: https://bit.ly/43kGPrf
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Free horror stories on the CHM website!
Check out "Growing Daffodils" by Anne Wilkins here: https://bit.ly/43kGPrf
Check out "Growing Daffodils" by Anne Wilkins here: https://bit.ly/43kGPrf
Geez, it sounds so cold outside! The wind is howling past my windows, and all I want to do is wrap up in a blanket on my couch for the rest of the day. Alas.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Geez, it sounds so cold outside! The wind is howling past my windows, and all I want to do is wrap up in a blanket on my couch for the rest of the day. Alas.
As I often do, I'm making a wish into the ether: I want a publisher to hire me put together an anthology of fiber arts-related short horror. After serving a Editor for Bodies Full of Burning for Sliced Up Press, I know it would be 🔥.
🧶🧵🪡☠️
🧶🧵🪡☠️
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As I often do, I'm making a wish into the ether: I want a publisher to hire me put together an anthology of fiber arts-related short horror. After serving a Editor for Bodies Full of Burning for Sliced Up Press, I know it would be 🔥.
🧶🧵🪡☠️
🧶🧵🪡☠️
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
@annetibbets.bsky.social Hey, I heard a little something re: CC--all new releases are officially dead in the water & staff appear to be expecting a closure notice. Authors Guild has stepped in. That's all I know.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@annetibbets.bsky.social Hey, I heard a little something re: CC--all new releases are officially dead in the water & staff appear to be expecting a closure notice. Authors Guild has stepped in. That's all I know.
If the govt shutdown ends & air travel gets back to normal by early December, there's a strong probability that we're heading out for a long weekend to hit a European Christmas market. I'm learning toward Amsterdam, almost entirely because the Light Festival will be happening. Plus, my favorite 1/
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If the govt shutdown ends & air travel gets back to normal by early December, there's a strong probability that we're heading out for a long weekend to hit a European Christmas market. I'm learning toward Amsterdam, almost entirely because the Light Festival will be happening. Plus, my favorite 1/
Sure, it's November 9 in Philadelphia, and we're having a thunder storm. That's totally normal.
a woman in a gold dress says that is not okay bravo
ALT: a woman in a gold dress says that is not okay bravo
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Sure, it's November 9 in Philadelphia, and we're having a thunder storm. That's totally normal.
I've been trying to finish my homework, and Myrtle is determined to prevent it. She has wedged herself behind me on the couch and refuses to let me get comfy. #dog
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I've been trying to finish my homework, and Myrtle is determined to prevent it. She has wedged herself behind me on the couch and refuses to let me get comfy. #dog
Someone at the South Philly IKEA has a hilarious sense of humor.
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Someone at the South Philly IKEA has a hilarious sense of humor.