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singer of stories, swinger of scythes. work & words: arielmarkenjack.com.

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11.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

true story: sometimes when I'm feeling down I log onto the 10P discord just to see if annika has said anything funny that day

11.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait does just everyone we know have the same internet crush and it's Annika

11.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so disconcerting! I used to be such a ragged little punk who lived on strangers' couches and had no mailing address and I do not understand how I am suddenly the kind of person whose life is made of harps and teacups and like who am I.

11.03.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's working

11.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

why do you always say the best things

11.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A very specific Japanese teacup and saucer set that a teahouse in Montreal imports every year in one new colour/pattern (they only ever have the one at a time so if you don't get it that year you are never getting it).

Harps, apparently (R.I.P. to my ability to ever have money for anything else πŸ’€).

11.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's no longer Friday but I'm still in love with these stories! Stay tuned for issue release updates coming very soon...

10.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seconding what Gordon said, I truly admire your taste in books and have made a number of much-enjoyed literary discoveries thanks to your posts. And honestly I also admire your forthright posts regarding the miserable state of mental health and disability support in Canada.

05.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to URGENT: Help a Mother and Child Stay Safe Amid ICE Raids, organized by Neighbors Supporting Neighbors Support Melissa and Her Young Son During an Immigration Crisi… Neighbors Supporting Neighbors needs your support for URGENT: Help a Mother and Child Stay Safe Amid ICE Raids

Today, all proceeds from the Cursed Morsels store will go to rent relief for this family in Minneapolis, affected by the ongoing ICE occupation:
gofund.me/62dd6ccc0

05.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Cover of The Writhing, Verdant End, featuring a skeleton clutching binoculars, gazing upon a foreground of red-tinted writhing, ghoulish animals.

Cover of The Writhing, Verdant End, featuring a skeleton clutching binoculars, gazing upon a foreground of red-tinted writhing, ghoulish animals.

"The spores and pollen flung into pores, concrete, every break and crack in a five-mile radius. The air was hazy with the gold dust, sticking and oozing, vomiting in its sweetness."

Read Tiffany Morris's plant apocalypse love story here: www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/the-...

03.03.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

it's *so* good!

03.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.

For no reason, just posting this here as a reminder that art doesn’t need to be owned by a corporation and sold and conglomerated for billions.

Support indie art. It is (almost literally) the only art that remainsπŸ–€β˜ οΈ

store.tenebrouspress.com

26.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5
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Submission Calls Special sub call (open now through march 31st) Later this year, we’re putting out a surveillance horror/Weird fiction anthology. I’ve loved the stories I’ve solicited and their di…

πŸ“£SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENTπŸ“£

If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

19.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

I have been trying to finish this show for my entire adult life to date.

Granted, I am *terrible* at making time to watch a show, but still. There is so much of it.

18.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Celebrate queer love and lots of heartbreak with @sillysyntax.bsky.social's phenomenal short story collection "Skin Thief" from @neonhemlock.bsky.social !

14.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submission Calls OPEN Zine call (January 28th through February 14th) Zine PromptsFor this zine bundle, I’m looking for written pieces about these five prompts: -Cunty Horrors (cunty horror microfiction and mi…

Happy Valentine's Day/Last Day to Send Us Rad Zine Submissions!
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...

14.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I cannot stop thinking about it! What a ludicrously wild ride.

14.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a blurred image of a collage with one clear image spotlight floating in it. In the spotlight, a woman's grainy cleavage and a beetle crawling over it are visible.

This is a blurred image of a collage with one clear image spotlight floating in it. In the spotlight, a woman's grainy cleavage and a beetle crawling over it are visible.

collection collage 2/19β€”πŸͺ°πŸ‘©β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘©πŸͺΊ

"When does a chrysalis become a grave instead of a changing place?"

Gore Poetics (@cursedmorsels.bsky.social) debuts April 14th

11.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ailie Robertson and Karen Marshalsay, if you like harps! Robertson's new album Echoes from Torloisk is really fantastic.

11.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Phantom Pulse – a speculative fiction magazine

5 days until submissions are closed!

thephantompulse.com

09.02.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Cursed Morsels Press

Today, all Cursed Morsels store proceeds that would normally go to me will instead go to rent relief for 16 St. Paul families affected by ICE detention and occupation.

Check out our store if you love weird horror and supporting neighbors during times of fascist terror: www.cursedmorselspress.com

08.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

These are ever so slightly pre-2020s but Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda and The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya are among both my favourite surreal/weird collections and my favourite works of contemporary Japanese literature. Also Life Ceremony is amazing.

01.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, aw, I am touched to be thought of! I've been having a very weird/sick winter but making the most of it as best I can. I hope you're doing all right πŸ–€

01.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who's been reading your work for years, to me it seems like you continue to develop an ever more deft hand with a phrase/sentence/arc! Your stories were always great, IMO, but over time I do feel they've gotten even better at those little subtleties that unexpectedly take the breath away.

01.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New Suzan Palumbo story = the good news I needed today! As always, a gorgeous and moving piece of prose from a writer who just keeps getting better and better and better. This one unfurls with such a delicate touch that almost belies how affecting it is in the end πŸ–€

01.02.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I am so beyond emotional right now, because my @khoreo.bsky.social non-fiction essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, the angriest thing I’ve ever written, has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards.

22.01.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 2

Congratulations, Danai! This is such a perfect essay.

22.01.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh my gosh I love this game!

18.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!

18.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2