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Caleb Bethea (they/them)

@calebbethea

Author of DISCO MURDER CITY | Dirty South Enby Punk | No AI https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/#disco-murder-city

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DISCO AND THE INFERNAL CITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH CALEB BETHEA by Rebecca Gransden The city lights up after nightfall, and Caleb Bethea knows the way. With Disco Murder City (Maudlin House, 2025) Bethea takes the lead, chasing fear along emptied alleys, into pulsating nightclubs fil...

Spoke with Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social about the pulsating novel Disco Murder City. Out now at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social. Check the conversation at @xraylitmag.bsky.social! xraylitmag.com/disco-and-th...

17.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We chat escargot, Pig Destroyer, and smoking demons

17.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€βš”οΈ

31.01.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I dare say…

I think I see…

Is that…

@calebbethea.bsky.social’s @hexliterary.bsky.social story?

FUCK YEAH IT IS!!!!!!! ✨

30.01.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

congrats to Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social on the inclusion of their hex story "Glitter in Your Eyes" in BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 4 !!

30.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and the prose is fucking SAD and GORGEOUS as a little treat

26.01.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Alex Pretti’s Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing β€” offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him

Alex Pretti’s Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing β€” offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him

From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.

25.01.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 17884 πŸ” 3311 πŸ’¬ 1236 πŸ“Œ 770
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Hey everyone! We've extended our preorder offer! You can now enter the giveaway until Fri 13th March 😱! Post your order confirmation or email it to encounterswithcryptids@gmail.com for a chance to win 1 of 5 paperbacks!

Fifteen monstrous tales. Out Friday 13th March! πŸ‘» www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR

24.01.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Listening to Pig Destroyer in the van today when my 6yo asked if this was β€œmetal or black metal?”

And now my baby knows about grindcore.

23.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very proud and excited to share a new story in X-R-A-Y today

This piece started out as a riff about Bono going into the crowd at Live Aid and ended up as a meditation on the asymmetrical love between parents and children

thanks to @joshuahebburn.bsky.social for the keen and perceptive edits!

23.01.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah, congrats dude πŸ§™

21.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh fuck, did you ever see Newsing??

And same on Carmen lmao

21.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The best editor I know is looking for work!

I’m talking gross ass horror. I’m talking butterflies-in-your-stomach romance. My homeboy does it all.

Hit me up if you need some help on projects big or small 😈

He’s saved a hopeless story of mine more than once and he’ll save your ass too.

21.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover art featuring a big rig and the truck console in orange and red; favorable blurbs from PW, LJ and Grimdark Mag

Cover art featuring a big rig and the truck console in orange and red; favorable blurbs from PW, LJ and Grimdark Mag

Calling out the boss here:

As good as she is at supporting our writers, she is FOR SHIT at self-promoting, so allow me a moment of your time:

Tenebrous EIC @alexwoodroe.com has a new book out tomorrow, THE NIGHT SHIP! It fucking rocks. If you dig what Tenebrous does, you’ll dig it.

Link to buy ⬇️

20.01.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 9

will never stop tweeting that Trap Queen is the last great american novel

20.01.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

licking a 9 volt battery just to feel something

19.01.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
long horse, a skeletal horse skull on a long jointed neck, in the hallway of a school. why is he here? we just don't know

long horse, a skeletal horse skull on a long jointed neck, in the hallway of a school. why is he here? we just don't know

long horse sighting, motive unclear

15.01.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 2613 πŸ” 510 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 26

congrats to Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social
and Caleb Bethea @calebbethea.bsky.social
for their hex stories on the BNW shortlist !!

14.01.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, thanks so much! I love love love creepy glitter so I’m glad it hit for you

15.01.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks homie! SAME

15.01.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Andy! Between this and Encounters in less than a month, I’m having a blast out here πŸ”₯

15.01.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still plenty of healing to do, but there are more and more days where I realize the younger me would be pretty stoked with how I turned out.

15.01.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Shortlisted, baby! Thank you @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for nominating my @hexliterary.bsky.social story for Brave New Weird Vol. 4.

Feels good. Feels WEIRD.

πŸ‘€βœ¨πŸ”ͺ

14.01.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Burial ritual?

14.01.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Middle aged white lady carrying a blue poster board sign with the words SEE YOU AT NUREMBERG FUCKERS

Middle aged white lady carrying a blue poster board sign with the words SEE YOU AT NUREMBERG FUCKERS

Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it

11.01.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 51552 πŸ” 7824 πŸ’¬ 1149 πŸ“Œ 309

No more, no more.

09.01.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 1045 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16
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twerkin for the chicken man.

09.01.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Find me on shelves in Sioux Falls next to some of the goats!

08.01.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This makes my heart so happyβ€”thank you!

08.01.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0