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Galen Gower - Writer

@galengower.com

I write stories. Some weird, some funny, all poorly, like a child armed with nonsense words and heavily sugared coffee.

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Federal agents summarily murdering people in the streets is not in America anyone should want.

24.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember when Kanye and Paul McCartney did a song and people thought Kanye was so magnanimous for giving some old guy a chance to make it big?

03.01.2026 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welcome to Derry is perhaps the biggest waste of time, money, and a Skarsgard in history.
#notasgoodasawetfart

26.12.2025 18:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you wouldn't mind...
Tell your friends and family to drop your name in the hat at Splatterpunkawards@gmail.com for these categories:

BEST SHORT STORY:
GALEN GOWER
Body and Blood

BEST ANTHOLOGY: The Best of Carnage House Year Two.
#splatterpunk #writing #meetcuteandeateachother

21.12.2025 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Baby Ruth is nature's perfect food. If anyone sees a reasonably priced Baby Ruth Tree, please let me know.

15.12.2025 03:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I predict the entire Internet will be largely useless by 2030. People will be going outside, talking to strangers in public, and maybe reading books.

09.12.2025 18:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Books from Sloth & Envy Press are on sale for $0.99. Buy them; you can afford it, moneybags.

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a.co/d/3C1SbEV

#indiepress #somesmutsomenot #shortstories #writing

27.11.2025 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The great people at Carnage House included me in their Best of Year Two anthology. My story in this one made someone want to throw up a little, they said. Mine might be one of the tamer stories in the collection. Check it out!

a.co/d/ivVcj59

21.11.2025 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Free Story - Sloth & Envy Press's Ko-fi Shop This is a story from the collection 'A Machine for Hugs' and I thought it was funny, so I thought I'd share it with you. For free.

Want a free story? Well, it wants you, too. It's funny. Take a chance for once in your life and read it.

ko-fi.com/s/592eec5b54

18.11.2025 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Night vision goggles aren't as big a part of my adult life as I had hoped.

18.11.2025 02:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amazon.com: A Machine for Hugs: Short Story Collection eBook : Gower, Galen: Kindle Store Amazon.com: A Machine for Hugs: Short Story Collection eBook : Gower, Galen: Kindle Store

If you enjoy absurd fiction with memorable characters, you will like the title story. It's about a kid trying to replace his dad with a robot. Lots of these stories feature dads. There's some psychology there. Anyway, fun stories, cool art by @jartravian.bsky.social. Check it out!

a.co/d/8wG8Nhr

15.11.2025 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Store โ€” Noco Books

Edge City 2 featuring a story by this guy right here is available for purchase!
www.nocobo.co/store
#writing #specfic #definitelynottheworsthingyouwillread

10.11.2025 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amazon.com: A Machine for Hugs: Short Story Collection eBook : Gower, Galen: Kindle Store Amazon.com: A Machine for Hugs: Short Story Collection eBook : Gower, Galen: Kindle Store

Support our next project, out in 2026! Read on KU, or purchase a book. Every purchase puts us closer to completing a deluxe graphic novel of This Final Surrender, the story of a man on the brink of madness with a demon trapped inside him. Art by @jartravian.bsky.social
a.co/d/0mjtGCQ
#indiepress

09.11.2025 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stolen: A Horror Anthology: Easton, Ellen A., Easton, Robert W.: 9798270818906: Amazon.com: Books Stolen: A Horror Anthology [Easton, Ellen A., Easton, Robert W.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Stolen: A Horror Anthology

Here's an anthology that features one of my stories if you're interested. I know literally everyone is flogging their projects non-stop, so I'll forgive you if you lack the attention bandwidth necessary to care very much.

a.co/d/ikK8PNg

27.10.2025 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So...you sell reviews?

23.10.2025 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every now and then I see something like this and I always wonder what it is that these people think pot does? They seem to be under the impression that it completely divorces you from reality.

20.10.2025 23:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have any of you found that people actually care about your newsletter, excerpts, or character art? I have found that I really enjoy writing and I love sharing stories with the world, but I am not interested in the social media marketing aspect of it.

#writingforfunandsometimesfivedollars

20.10.2025 23:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're going to be in Memphis on 11/1, feel free to come see @jartravian.bsky.social and I at the #midsouthcomicandfantasyconvention! We're doing a panel titled 'Get Started and Worry About the Rest Later' about getting started on your creative projects.

#writing #art #paneldiscussion

15.10.2025 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Frank Langella ain't listening to no intimacy coordinator, either. Sometimes hard to divorce the performance from the person.

14.10.2025 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why aren't these Full Nazi Young Republicans a trending topic?

14.10.2025 20:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your statement is so incredibly unlikely that I can only draw the conclusion that this is 100% true.

14.10.2025 00:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Half your life?! I mean, that only makes me qualified to have opinions on spaghetti, Spider Man, and my wife. This feels like a rather absurd limit, but here's a hot take: Ragu Old World Style is the best spaghetti sauce known to humankind.

13.10.2025 22:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People wearing athletic clothes to ride ebikes are funny.

10.10.2025 15:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just found out my story Body & Blood will be included in the Year's Best anthology from Carnage House! If you love splatterpunk and/or extreme horror, go check them out.
CarnageHouse.com
#indiehorror

10.10.2025 02:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Many spooky hands are grabbing a young woman in a nightgown. Her eyes are pale white without pupils. The lower half of the image fades into the front of an overgrown, perhaps abandoned, mansion.

Many spooky hands are grabbing a young woman in a nightgown. Her eyes are pale white without pupils. The lower half of the image fades into the front of an overgrown, perhaps abandoned, mansion.

I got an acceptance today! I'll have a story in the anthology Stolen from Easton Tales Publishing, due to release before Halloween.

eastontales.ca
#indiehorror #writing

08.10.2025 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If anyone is reading this, stay away from this scamming bullshit. They have like 50 different accounts and websites that are all geared to taking money from people without paying writers or artists for any of their 'contests'.

If you're the account owner reading this, go fuck yourself.

07.10.2025 16:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many fucking scams are you running here? This is like the fifth or sixth account you've followed me with and all your 'contests' are straight fucking cash grabs on the poor people entering your bullshit thinking it's legit. Please, for fuck's sake, fuck off.

05.10.2025 16:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, your 'contests' cost between $35 - $170 and this is the payment: Mainly what this contest does is give exposure to the writer.
This smells an awful like some predatory bullshit. Given that you also seem to run 500 websites full of the same, I'd prefer it if you fucked right off.

07.09.2025 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm incredibly glad you enjoyed it!

31.08.2025 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a foil Crucible of Worlds I want to give to a friend, but it's mixed in somewhere in the 5,000 packs I bought during lockdown...

21.08.2025 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0