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E. D. Jones (he/him), author and weirdmaster of Write Sinister ✡️
@sinister42.bsky.social
Weird fiction & cosmic horror writer. Queer, Jewish, atheist, AuDHD, lefty, Wobbly, possible werewolf, antifa, metalhead, Call of Cthulhu and D&D nerd living in interesting times. Fuck MAGA, Putin, Hamas, and Netanyahu. https://writesinister.substack.com/
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A reminder that my debut werewolf novel "AWOO: The Association of Werewolves and Oppressed Otherlings" may be behind the paywall, but Chapter 1 will always be free so you can get a taste of the mad weirdness of the thing. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/writesin...
AWOO: Chapter One
AWOO: The Association of Werewolves and Oppressed Otherlings
open.substack.com
I'm sure James Talarico is a good dude, but he just looks and sounds like a robot. Like he's got an uncanny valley politician vibe to him. He's just like way too polished. Like he's a Disney animatronic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VF...
American Conversations: Representative James Talarico
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am proud to announce that my story "Still" will appear in the upcoming "Into the Deep Dark Forest" anthology from Western Colorado University, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. Previous anthologies can be found here: tinyurl.com/3fmj3zmk. I'll be in this with some pretty big names, which is wild.
WCU Anthologies
Each new cohort of the Western Colorado University Creative Writing Publishing grad program creates a gorgeous anthology full of the best short stories collected each year. Check them out here!
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hey #writesky, what's the proper procedure when you have a story accepted for publication - is it Ok to announce the details before publication? Like, if it's for an upcoming anthology, should I wait until the anthology actually comes out?
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How many times I day I look at news and go, "Uh, I don't think he can do that," and then he does it anyway, and the news is like "he did that," and then...it's just done.

I would like that to stop.
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Sinister Call for Submissions - Winter theme
open.substack.com/pub/writesin...

#booksky #writesky #callforsubmissions #substack #submissions #shortstories

Send me your weird stories for winter by Jan. 15.
Sinister Call for Submissions - Winter theme
The selected story or stories will publish on February 15.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Might take a crack at this.
CHM will be open for submissions at the beginning of the new year!

Read our guidelines here: https://bit.ly/3FZcgMA
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good news everyone! I am now surprised to be aware of three new seasons of futurama that apparently exist. Guess I’ll watch them.
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.

-Douglas Adams
December 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don't know at what point TTRPGs took over my life, but I don't hate it. Right now I'm playing:

-One bi-weekly Call of Cthulhu game
-One bi-weekly Pathfinder game
-One monthly Star Trek game
-Sporadic D&D
-A CoC game that I'm running
-A Kult convention this weekend
-And more!

Yeesh!
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Added tom kha soup to my repertoire of things I know how to make. First attempt is about a B+. I discovered I had the wrong rhizome, which changed the flavor, and I substituted lime juice instead of using lime leaves, which are hard to find. Needed a little more sugar as well. Not bad though.
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
#writerslift #shamelessselfpromotuesday

Find all my weird stuff at writesinister.substack.com, including my sometimes funny weird cosmic horror urban fantasy sci-fi queer romance novel AWOO: The Association of Werewolves and Oppressed Otherlings. It’s a lot.
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oh nothing, just over here grinning as I begin to realize I might actually be a good horror writer. Going to have to ride this bloody wave and find out what visceral, undulating shores it deposits me onto.

And yes, the real horror is the preposition at the end of that sentence. :)
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Tennessee Congressional District 7 (TN-7) today is the day to VOTE for Democrat Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social! Tennessee Assemblymember Aftyn Behn is running for Congress to make life affordable, fix roads, feed kids, & fund hospitals! TENNESSEE VOTE TODAY for Behn to make groceries cheap again!
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The short story acceptance I received last night makes me eligible for associate membership in the SFWA. That's pretty damn cool. Nine more of those and I'll be a full member! :)
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just got the biggest short story acceptance of my life. Took a big swing on this one - did not expect to connect. Holy shit. Details will follow soon.
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Cold: Chapter 14 is a bit of a doozy. Stay tuned tomorrow!

writesinister.substack.com/p/cold-chapt...
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There's no sign of an "economic blackout" here in Tulsa. People are clogging the main shopping streets just as they would on any other Black Friday. Just going about their lives, buying their shit while the world falls apart around them.
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Cerberus
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Drowned in a hot tub. I’ve heard of worse deaths.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I just cannot imagine making my whole personality hating people over things that literally do not affect me.
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I'm watching the new season of COCA COLA Stranger Things and it's pretty DRINK COCA COLA good so far, but I am oddly COKE CLASSIC thirsty for a cold beverage COCA COLA.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM