Ryan Shea
@rshea.bsky.social
Stories in Sonora Review, ergot., hex, Rejection Letters, and others. More at ryanshea.info.
Edits fiction for cover.pub.
Edits fiction for cover.pub.
Compression in writing is not lossless.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Compression in writing is not lossless.
Twice, yesterday, my dentist got my name wrong, and instead addressed me by the first name of the protagonist in the novel I’m revising.
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Twice, yesterday, my dentist got my name wrong, and instead addressed me by the first name of the protagonist in the novel I’m revising.
Excited to share this one with you
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Excited to share this one with you
Excited to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor tonight. One of the bands I’ve listened to most consistently over time.
September 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Excited to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor tonight. One of the bands I’ve listened to most consistently over time.
Ordered and you should too
Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'!
Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg
Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg
Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ordered and you should too
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we're live baby! send em if you got em 🙏
oh hi, we're opening for submissions tomorrow, Friday 9/5! 200 cap & we'll stay open until filled. mark ur calendars 👇
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
we're live baby! send em if you got em 🙏
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Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...
Favorite Web Stories: August 2025
A monthly series covering my favorite web reads.
ryanshea.info
September 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...
Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...
Favorite Web Stories: August 2025
A monthly series covering my favorite web reads.
ryanshea.info
September 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Some writing I read on the web and liked in August. There's a poem in this one. ryanshea.info/2025/09/02/f...
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hex publishes flash literary fiction and prose poetry with speculative elements. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how ...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
psst: if you’d like email notice about our next submission period (very soon), please join our NEW mailing list! sign-up link is under the “Future” tab on our website!
The index of the DSM is a lot of fun
August 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The index of the DSM is a lot of fun
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Have you ever published a story, poem or essay online, only to have the venue fold and your work disappear?
It's not fun, but there is a good technique that can help you out.
I put together a quick video that shows how to find a saved copy of your work: youtu.be/v_Pym4yd528
It's not fun, but there is a good technique that can help you out.
I put together a quick video that shows how to find a saved copy of your work: youtu.be/v_Pym4yd528
Author Tutorial: Finding a Link to a Story that is No Longer Available
YouTube video by Sam Moss
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August 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Have you ever published a story, poem or essay online, only to have the venue fold and your work disappear?
It's not fun, but there is a good technique that can help you out.
I put together a quick video that shows how to find a saved copy of your work: youtu.be/v_Pym4yd528
It's not fun, but there is a good technique that can help you out.
I put together a quick video that shows how to find a saved copy of your work: youtu.be/v_Pym4yd528
One of the fucked up things abt the spam texts I receive on my work phone every day is that 70% of them are addressed to “Patricia” the name of my grandmother who died at 59 and who was an influence on naming my son Patrick.
July 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
One of the fucked up things abt the spam texts I receive on my work phone every day is that 70% of them are addressed to “Patricia” the name of my grandmother who died at 59 and who was an influence on naming my son Patrick.
I know I married the right human bc we hang out in the backyard dissecting Sebald’s writing tips vs his prose after our kid is asleep.
July 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I know I married the right human bc we hang out in the backyard dissecting Sebald’s writing tips vs his prose after our kid is asleep.
Drove past someone standing in their front yard during heavy downpour, watering the flowers.
July 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Drove past someone standing in their front yard during heavy downpour, watering the flowers.
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Fucking thrilled for Joe Koch - his STP story "These Are His Memories" will be part of Undertow's Best Weird Fiction of the Year!
Get your grubby mitts on this one, it looks sick af.
Get your grubby mitts on this one, it looks sick af.
I am thrilled to announce the following authors will be appearing in The Best Weird Fiction of the Year.
July 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Fucking thrilled for Joe Koch - his STP story "These Are His Memories" will be part of Undertow's Best Weird Fiction of the Year!
Get your grubby mitts on this one, it looks sick af.
Get your grubby mitts on this one, it looks sick af.
And here's my brother's second one: open.spotify.com/track/2mrbHz...
July 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And here's my brother's second one: open.spotify.com/track/2mrbHz...
Sometimes when I'm writing several short sentences in a row, I feel like mindset involved is fear-driven and concussed. Like maybe I've been bludgeoned in the face with a shovel repeatedly, and through that bludgeoning have achieved the mindset that favors these short sentences.
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Sometimes when I'm writing several short sentences in a row, I feel like mindset involved is fear-driven and concussed. Like maybe I've been bludgeoned in the face with a shovel repeatedly, and through that bludgeoning have achieved the mindset that favors these short sentences.
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Impossibly, I've made my selections for The Best Weird Fiction of the Year. Will announce the contents soon. Here, though, are 20 other stories I found quite notable, to be acknowledged in the book.
undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
July 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Impossibly, I've made my selections for The Best Weird Fiction of the Year. Will announce the contents soon. Here, though, are 20 other stories I found quite notable, to be acknowledged in the book.
undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...
I read Blanchot and feel seen.
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I read Blanchot and feel seen.
Sometimes you just have to reorder the paragraphs.
June 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sometimes you just have to reorder the paragraphs.
Every popular chess player seems depressed in demeanor.
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Every popular chess player seems depressed in demeanor.
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get swept up with us today into today's square from Ivy Grimes
"...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said."
https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6
"...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said."
https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6
June 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
get swept up with us today into today's square from Ivy Grimes
"...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said."
https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6
"...he said he had news. He was going to ask our mutual friend to be his girlfriend. It was the first time I'd ever been alone with R. "Why are you telling me this?" I said."
https://www.havehashad.com/ud9j6
Pet Sounds is one of the most exciting and surprising first-listen albums I've ever encountered. When people talk about albums with supposed objectivity, I'm always uncomfortable and feel like first-listen experience, tied to the time you listened to it, is one of the only real ways to assess.
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Pet Sounds is one of the most exciting and surprising first-listen albums I've ever encountered. When people talk about albums with supposed objectivity, I'm always uncomfortable and feel like first-listen experience, tied to the time you listened to it, is one of the only real ways to assess.