@joebruehler
He/Him. Sci-Fi and Spec Fic Guy. Nature obsessed. Librarian by day, woods wizard by night. #LateNightWrite lesser host. Father of cats. Enemy of fish. Find me among the fungi. Looking for texts? #AskYourInternetLibrarian
Sometimes I want to book a meeting room in the building I work in & sometimes the first thing the system offers me is the 'CL1 Microplate Shaker' which sounds much more fun...
Meet the contributors of Exquisite Undead: An Anthology of vampires - Josie Jaffrey, contributing author.
Josie Jaffrey is a dark fantasy and paranormal romance author who writes about lost worlds, dystopian societies and morally-ambiguous monsters (vampires are her favourite). She is the founding editor of fantasy magazine Indie Bites and writer of audio drama podcast Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective.
Next up is Josie Jaffrey, @josiejaffrey.bsky.socialΒ , who writes a delightful array of fantasy and paranormal romance, including MAY DAY and the QuickSilver series. She's also one of the editors of Indie Bites!
EXQUISITE UNDEAD launches on Kickstarter April 1!
https://tinyurl.com/exquisite-undead
She's so pretty!
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT W. PAYNE SILLAVAN W. PAYNE SILLAVAN IS AN AUTHOR FROM ARKANSAS AND THAT IS ALL ANYONE NEEDS TO KNOW. AUTHOR OF FAMILY. DINNER, SHE SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS.. TANKERTANNER, AND MANY MORE.
BEST AND BRIGHTEST W. PAYNE SILLAVAN TEACHING ISN'T AS REWARDING AS IRVIN MIDDLESBY HAD HOPED. BETWEEN UNENGAGING LESSONS TO THE BLATANT DISRESPECT AND OUTRIGHT THREATS AGAINST HIM, IT IS ENOUGH TO DRIVE THE MOST β’MEASURED EDUCATOR MAD; AND TEMPT THEM TOWARD ANY SOURCE OF RELIEF. NO MATTER THE COST.
BEST AND BRIGATEST I THINK IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINK THEN AGAIN, ANY TWO-BIT SCHOLAR COULD FIND THE IMPORTANCE OF ANY WRITTEN WORK DON'T YOU AGREE, SIR?" THAT LAST WORD... ONLY BARTHOLOMEW COULD MAKE IT SOUND LIKE AN INSULT. OH, HOW HE HATED HIM IRVIN REALIZED THEN THAT YES, HE DID HATE HIM HE HATED ALL OF THEM.
Weβre zeroing in on our final few! @threetearedeye.bsky.social comes to you with BEST AND BRIGHTEST, a deliciously classic gothic descent into madness that was a true thrill to read!
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY is almost here!
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Instead of spraying for mosquitos this summer, try the Mosquito Murder Bucket!
It's cheaper than paying a company and doesn't kill all of the beneficial insects in the area.
#garden #gardening
itβs primary election day here in texas! get out and vote, this election is too big to skip out on!
A blurred black and white teaser of the cover of my book Exquisite Undead, with text over it that says Cover Reveal 03.06.26.
This Friday π watch this space!Β
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You all helped me reach my first milestone of 50 Kickstarter followers in less than a month! π₯Ήππ»
Now...can we get to 100 before launch? π
Follow my upcoming Kickstarter for my vampire fiction anthology!
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I was radicalized by a kind elderly Presbyterian minister in a brightly colored cardigan who played with puppets and told me that people could like me exactly as I am and that everyone is different and that's great and we should like them exactly as THEY are.
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT BAY SHUFORD BAY. SHUFORD IS.AN AUTHOR LIVING IN NORTH. CAROLINA. THEIR PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORK CAN BE FOUND IN SNAKE HAIR - OCCULT STUDIES VOL 3 β’ AND BLACK INK OCEAN PRESS VOL 1.
WHERE THE STARS HAVE NO REACH BAY SHUFORD A SCIENTIST AND HER BODYGUARD TRAVERSE PLANET OF PERPETUAL DUSK TO FIND A MISSING RESEARCH TEAM, BUT UNCOVER SOMETHING FAR: MORE DANGEROUS AND UNSETTLING
WHERE THE STARS HAVE NO REACH "THERE WERE MOUNTAINS ON THE HORIZON, WHERE LARGE SWATHS OF LAVENDER CLOUDS CONGREGATED AND EVERY NOW AND THEN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING WOULD ILLUMINATE THE DARK FACE OF THE STONE. IT WAS ALSO HERE THAT THE SLIVER OF THE SUN SAT LOW AND LAZILY JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE HIGHEST CREST OF THE FAR FLUNG MOUNTAIN, NEVER TRULY RISING OR SETTING AND KEEPING THE WORLD IN A PERPETUAL STATE IN -BETWEEN NIGHT AND DAY"
Reaching our final few authors with @bshuford-writes.bsky.social and a unique piece of gothic dread and horror set in space!
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY is only nine days away!
COMING MARCH 10.
ADD IT ON GOODREADS !
November @postoctobrist FRANCE: we're fancy WORLD: ok FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich is our national lunch WORLD: FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich with an egg is its wife 1:27 PM Β· Feb 18, 2017
had occasion to remember this one
A grey hoodie with text which reads: βBuy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man To a lifetime.β
Wise words
Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.
Shake off your stress and wiggle into the weekend with rough snailfish!
I would very much like my teeth to STOP FUCKING HURTING
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
lino print of a black raven with its mouth wide open
IβVE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY AUTHOR SPOTLIGAT TABITHA O'CONNELL TABITHA O'CONNELL IS THE AUTHOR OF QUEER FANTASY ROMANCE NOVELLAS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND DIRT-STAINED HANDS, THORN-PIERCED SKIN EIR SHORT FICTION HAS PREVIOUSLY APPEARED IN UNSPEAKABLE: A QUEER GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY β’ AND TRANSCENDENCE: AN ANTHOLOGY, OF CHANGE
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD TABITHA O'CONNELL RAISED IN A SMALL RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, BETHANY LIVES IN TERROR OF HER FATE: A LIFE OF SUBSERVIENCE TO A HUSBAND HER PARENTS CHOOSE, BEARING CHILDREN UNTIL SHE CΓN'T ANYMORE-OR UNTIL IT KILLS HER ABIGAIL KNOWS THAT GOD CREATΓD WOMEN TO BLEED... BUT MAYBE SHE CAN USE THAT TO HER ADVANTAGE, AND SAVE BOTH BETHANY AND HERSELF
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD "SHE DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR FROM GOD HIMSELF TO KNOW HER ROLEN HER PARENTS WATCHED AND PASTOR REUBEN WATCHED AND EVERY OTHER PERSON IN THE VILLAGE WATCHED AND THEIR EYES FORMED A PRISON; SO SMALL SHE COULD BARELY MOVE. SHE WAS A SHEEP FATTENED FOR SLAUGHTER, CONFINED SO. THAT SHE WOULDN'T STRAY, SO THαΊ¬T NO MARAUDING WOLVES WOULD DEVOUR HER BEFORE THE VILLAGE COULD SHE WOULD BE USED, CONSUMED FOR THEIR BENEFIT-AND SHE WOULD BEAR IT ALL WITH A SMILE."
Next on the roster of just incredibly talent folk I have the honor of knowing we have @tabithawrites.itch.io ! Eir story is a special kind of horror thatβll make you squirm with rage. ππ©Έ
Weβre getting dangerously close to release day! Have you added TORMENT to your TBR yet?
#indiebooks
I hate having to do this again, you guys have no idea. But I have some bills pending that are stressing me out. Bro and I get a bit of a breather end of next month but until then if possible, I'd welcome a little help. Or, if someone needs anything translated, know of anyone who does, hmu please.
I lived, bitch βοΈ
Read that sedatedly as fortnight. The worst is over and now to recover.
Ugh, dental surgery today
So hyped to have a story in this splendid anthology!
Vampire supremacy π₯
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT T.L. MORGAN T. L. MORGAN IS AN INDIE AUTHOR β’OF QUEER BOOKS ACROSS THE FANTASY GENRE WHEN THEY'RE NOT WRITING, THEY ENJOY DRAWING, PLAYING D&D. AND THINKING ABOUT WRITING THEIR LATEST WORK IS SILVER BLOOD (2025). A GOTHIC VAMPIRE ROMANCE
DANCE MACABRE T.L. MORGAN "DANCE MACABRE" CHRONICLES AN UNNAMED PROTAGONIST'S EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT STRANGE AFFLICTION AILS THEIR SISTER AND REVERSE HER STEADY DECLINE. BUT WHEN EVIDENCE LEADS THE NARRATOR TO TAKE A RISKY CHANCE THEY LEARN THE TRUE NATURE OF THEIR SISTER'S CONDITION=-AND ARE PRESENTED WITH A-COMPELLING OFFER OF LIFE BEYOND THEIR IMAGINAΘION.
DANCE MACABRE "HOW COULD ANOTHER CREATURE -FOR IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE MERELY HUMAN-BE SO MAGNIFICENT, SO STUNNING? I WONDERED HAZILY IF THIS WAS HOW IT FELT TO LOOK INTO THE FACE OF GOD. WERE THE SAINTS RENDERED SO HELPLESS, SO WEAK, SO INSTANTLY DOOMED?"
Extremely pleased and honored to have my long time author friend @tallimorgan.bsky.social as a part of TORMENT! Their story DANCE MACABRE is a delicious tale of mystery and temptation, and completes the trio of vampire tales in the anthology!
TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY coming MARCH 10, 2026
βAbby how can Christianity be queerβ Iβm glad you asked I wrote 3,000 words which donβt answer that question but sorta start to.
Hi. Want to support a queer, trans writer somewhere that isn't Amazon? Please do so by buying my books at the links below. If you go through my Ko-Fi shop, you can get stickers, bookmarks, and pins too.
I'd say you fit in well enough with the rest of us, my friend! π
Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc: Itβs so dumb. Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay: Itβs so dumb, itβs brilliant! Daniel Craig again: No! Itβs just dumb!
The mantra of the last decade.
