RJ Aurand
@rjaurand.bsky.social
Appalachian writer & poet | small press editor | Le Fanu studies | weird horror
Member SFPA & Codex
Words in The Deadlands, Small Wonders, Solstitia, Blanket Gravity
Soon in (s)crawl, manywor(l)ds, Tales & Feathers, & more!
rjaurand.com
Member SFPA & Codex
Words in The Deadlands, Small Wonders, Solstitia, Blanket Gravity
Soon in (s)crawl, manywor(l)ds, Tales & Feathers, & more!
rjaurand.com
New flash piece out in manywor(l)ds today about the severe and lasting trauma healthcare workers experience on a daily basis. What if there was a way to compartmentalize those experiences digitally? Nothing bad could come of that, right?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
New flash piece out in manywor(l)ds today about the severe and lasting trauma healthcare workers experience on a daily basis. What if there was a way to compartmentalize those experiences digitally? Nothing bad could come of that, right?
I fully sent this version of my thesis to my director without realizing lmao
October 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I fully sent this version of my thesis to my director without realizing lmao
Hey #knitsky my friend @theknittedbean.bsky.social makes the most incredible handspun yarn and you can buy it at knittedbeanco.etsy.com! I mean, look at these. You need them in your stash!
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey #knitsky my friend @theknittedbean.bsky.social makes the most incredible handspun yarn and you can buy it at knittedbeanco.etsy.com! I mean, look at these. You need them in your stash!
What's that? My contributor copy of @thedeadlands.com #39?? Isn't it stunning???
If you haven't read "Blind Date with a Corpse" yet, you can read it for FREE at psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
(But who wouldn't want to get a physical copy of this amazing issue?)
If you haven't read "Blind Date with a Corpse" yet, you can read it for FREE at psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
(But who wouldn't want to get a physical copy of this amazing issue?)
September 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What's that? My contributor copy of @thedeadlands.com #39?? Isn't it stunning???
If you haven't read "Blind Date with a Corpse" yet, you can read it for FREE at psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
(But who wouldn't want to get a physical copy of this amazing issue?)
If you haven't read "Blind Date with a Corpse" yet, you can read it for FREE at psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
(But who wouldn't want to get a physical copy of this amazing issue?)
My sweet crazy boy likes to zoom around on top of the bed. It's pretty funny unless you happen to be in it!
June 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My sweet crazy boy likes to zoom around on top of the bed. It's pretty funny unless you happen to be in it!
Soon...tomatoes. I love my vegetable garden dearly. It gives me endless gifts all summer, and tending it over the last few years has been essential for my mental health. No tomato, bean, or squash will ever taste better than one you grew yourself.
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Soon...tomatoes. I love my vegetable garden dearly. It gives me endless gifts all summer, and tending it over the last few years has been essential for my mental health. No tomato, bean, or squash will ever taste better than one you grew yourself.
Legendary estate sale find this morning
April 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Legendary estate sale find this morning
Contract signed!! I'm thrilled to announce that my body horror tanka poem "False Beet" will appear in a future issue of Small Wonders!
March 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Contract signed!! I'm thrilled to announce that my body horror tanka poem "False Beet" will appear in a future issue of Small Wonders!
On the body portion of the sweater I'm knitting and the slowdown in progress is killing me. You're telling me I've worked for 3 hours and only done an inch and a half? 🫠
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
On the body portion of the sweater I'm knitting and the slowdown in progress is killing me. You're telling me I've worked for 3 hours and only done an inch and a half? 🫠
And a super exciting yarn haul from my amazing friend Aiden @undercoverotter.bsky.social! I have such fun projects planned for these. Knitting is how I'm surviving the Horrors right now.
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And a super exciting yarn haul from my amazing friend Aiden @undercoverotter.bsky.social! I have such fun projects planned for these. Knitting is how I'm surviving the Horrors right now.
Anxiety socks #4: Summer Lee's Comfort Core socks (variation A)
I think I might add this arch support band to all my knit socks going forward. It feels fantastic.
Yarn is Undercover Otter's Schlock Sock in Pastel Goth and Ladygarden
I think I might add this arch support band to all my knit socks going forward. It feels fantastic.
Yarn is Undercover Otter's Schlock Sock in Pastel Goth and Ladygarden
March 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Anxiety socks #4: Summer Lee's Comfort Core socks (variation A)
I think I might add this arch support band to all my knit socks going forward. It feels fantastic.
Yarn is Undercover Otter's Schlock Sock in Pastel Goth and Ladygarden
I think I might add this arch support band to all my knit socks going forward. It feels fantastic.
Yarn is Undercover Otter's Schlock Sock in Pastel Goth and Ladygarden
You can read "One for Sorrow" for FREE in Issue 1 of Blanket Gravity Magazine!
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You can read "One for Sorrow" for FREE in Issue 1 of Blanket Gravity Magazine!
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
My fabulist ornithomancy story "One for Sorrow" is out and free to read or listen to in Blanket Gravity #1! I'm so happy to be included in the debut issue alongside so many other talented writers and artists. Check it out at the link below!
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
February 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My fabulist ornithomancy story "One for Sorrow" is out and free to read or listen to in Blanket Gravity #1! I'm so happy to be included in the debut issue alongside so many other talented writers and artists. Check it out at the link below!
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
www.blanketgravitymag.com/oneforsorrow
Anxiety socks #3
Adapted from Maddy Moe's Kettle Chip Socks pattern, yarn is Undercover Otter's Squirm in Silver Bullet and Garbage Day
Adapted from Maddy Moe's Kettle Chip Socks pattern, yarn is Undercover Otter's Squirm in Silver Bullet and Garbage Day
February 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Anxiety socks #3
Adapted from Maddy Moe's Kettle Chip Socks pattern, yarn is Undercover Otter's Squirm in Silver Bullet and Garbage Day
Adapted from Maddy Moe's Kettle Chip Socks pattern, yarn is Undercover Otter's Squirm in Silver Bullet and Garbage Day
I meant it when I said I was only good for knitting socks right now but at least the socks are nice?
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I meant it when I said I was only good for knitting socks right now but at least the socks are nice?
Lmfao some chud put me on a blocklist for being an AI hater. Does this mean I've made it
January 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lmfao some chud put me on a blocklist for being an AI hater. Does this mean I've made it
Who's that on the Nebula reading list? 👀
Awards consideration aside--Solstitia No. 2 is full of incredible work. If you like your genre fiction creepy and crawly you should definitely check it out!
www.patreon.com/fictionfansp...
Awards consideration aside--Solstitia No. 2 is full of incredible work. If you like your genre fiction creepy and crawly you should definitely check it out!
www.patreon.com/fictionfansp...
January 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Who's that on the Nebula reading list? 👀
Awards consideration aside--Solstitia No. 2 is full of incredible work. If you like your genre fiction creepy and crawly you should definitely check it out!
www.patreon.com/fictionfansp...
Awards consideration aside--Solstitia No. 2 is full of incredible work. If you like your genre fiction creepy and crawly you should definitely check it out!
www.patreon.com/fictionfansp...
I was looking forward to walking through the beautiful field of goldenrods on my hike this morning, only to discover that they've all been mowed down :(
September 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I was looking forward to walking through the beautiful field of goldenrods on my hike this morning, only to discover that they've all been mowed down :(
We're halfway through 2024 so here's a roundup of my best reads of the year so far:
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
June 30, 2024 at 3:32 PM
We're halfway through 2024 so here's a roundup of my best reads of the year so far:
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Watching people in Texas post aurora pics while all we got in VA was rain
May 11, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Watching people in Texas post aurora pics while all we got in VA was rain
Arrived at my local B&N yesterday and discovered to my horror that it was closing. Once I processed the shock I grabbed anything that looked interesting from the stock that was left. Not a bad haul all in all? I'm excited to read these, especially the Aoko Matsuda one!
January 15, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Arrived at my local B&N yesterday and discovered to my horror that it was closing. Once I processed the shock I grabbed anything that looked interesting from the stock that was left. Not a bad haul all in all? I'm excited to read these, especially the Aoko Matsuda one!