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Listen to me. If you respect the horror genre, you all need to watch this. Us Brits grew up with Ghostwatch and it gave us collective PTSD, but it was an essential sacrifice we all had to make

Only ruddy won it. Congrats to all the shortlisters and huge thanks to Uncharted Mag and judge @mdbell79 for sending my weird-ass nightmare train story to the top!

Asked the kids for a couple of bits of birthday chocolate and they understood the assignment.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Genuinely jaw-dropping just how hard America has bent itself to the task of fucking this up.

No. Stop it. Stop doomscrolling. Look, here are some spooky/charming/charmingly spooky lit mags I love with new issues out. Read these instead... TrashCatLit **SPECIAL SUB CALL IN AUGUST** #2: trashcatlit.com/issue-two Thin Veil Press #2: thinveilpress.co.uk/issue-two @BrokenAntlerMag #5: brokenantlermag.com/issue-five

We're mailing out bundles of 3 print zines featuring our most uplifting micros—like these, and more. We have limited care packages available, but we're offering pay-what-you-can at $15, $7.50, or $0. paranoidtree.com/issues/p/care-… Take care of yourselves. We've got work to do. 💚

Happy Cat Came In With Half Its Ear Hanging Off So Now You Get To Pay The Vet Two Thousand Pounds And Have A One-Eared Cat Day to all who celebrate

Nov 10th 1984 - 40 years ago today, Sarah Connor recorded a message for her unborn son, John Connor. 📽️📅 The Terminator (1984)

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Managed 15 years in this place, but with the new AI rottenness in the Terms of Service, the busted algorithm and the Muskrat's political clowning, it's not for me any more. Announcements only, as they say. Hope to find all you decent folks again under another sky:

Some fantastic news before we head into a new year. These are our five nominations for Best Small Fictions. Two of these pieces will publish in the upcoming issue. The other three you can read now, via links in comments. Leigh Loveday Beth Sherman Jenny Hart

Cinematic Short Story Contest 1st Place by Leigh Loveday "A carriage, exposed and burning at the foot of a sheer silver peak. Sunlight, intense sunlight. Smoke. Stillness. Blood." unchartedmag.com/stories/by-tra…

"I’ll tell you the things I remember, then you can show me the things I don’t. How does that sound? " Read "Moorings" by Salena Casha and Leigh Loveday: buff.ly/WCoZHyf #MoonLitGetaway #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #LitMag #OpenForSubmissions

We're back in the bin after a superb weekend FlashFictionFestival where we met Trash Family in the flesh! 🦝 With Trash Family in mind, as promised here are the contributors for the upcoming charity print anthology. Twenty-seven stunning stories we can't wait to share 🤩