Epiphany Ferrell
@epiphanyferrell.bsky.social
The Best Horror of the Year, vol. 17. Shakespeare Unleashed. Samhain Screams. Hiding Under the Leaves. Best Microfiction. Best Small Fictions. Ghost Parachute. Pulp Literature.
Member: Horror Writers Association
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Member: Horror Writers Association
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If you needed a story idea...
This Extremely Rare Neurological Condition Makes Faces Appear Distorted or 'Like a Demon' www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
This Extremely Rare Neurological Condition Makes Faces Appear Distorted or 'Like a Demon' www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
This Extremely Rare Neurological Condition Makes Faces Appear Distorted or 'Like a Demon'
For the first time, scientists have recreated what one patient suffering from prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, sees when he looks at faces
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September 17, 2026 at 2:26 PM
If you needed a story idea...
This Extremely Rare Neurological Condition Makes Faces Appear Distorted or 'Like a Demon' www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
This Extremely Rare Neurological Condition Makes Faces Appear Distorted or 'Like a Demon' www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
I love hearing someone else read my stories! Thank you @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social
Hotch Potch Read Me a Story
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Hotch Potch Read Me a Story
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Hotch Potch Read Me a Story
Episode Twenty-Nine - Featuring "Then a Huge Tiger Bounds Into the Scene and Bites Off Johnny's Head" by Epiphany Ferrell
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August 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I love hearing someone else read my stories! Thank you @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social
Hotch Potch Read Me a Story
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Hotch Potch Read Me a Story
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Too good not to share.
August 1, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Too good not to share.
I just backed Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...
Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology
An anthology of horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award-winning editor James Chambers
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June 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just backed Abandoned: Asylum, a horror anthology on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...
What could go wrong?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-used-ai-to-redesign-a-microbes-machinery-to-function-without-a-key-ingredient-of-life-180988802/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=92607675
Scientists Used A.I. to Redesign a Microbe's Machinery to Function Without a Key Ingredient of Life
Although the researchers did not create an entire cell that could function without a crucial building block, the findings represent a big step in synthetic biology and provide a glimpse at how Earth’s...
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June 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What could go wrong?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-used-ai-to-redesign-a-microbes-machinery-to-function-without-a-key-ingredient-of-life-180988802/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=92607675
You always hear about how AI is going to change every industry, every product. In some ways, we students are the product that has been changed first.
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‘Theo Baker Is a F**king Menace!’
As a student journalist, he took down Stanford’s president. Now he’s taking on the entire university.
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May 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
You always hear about how AI is going to change every industry, every product. In some ways, we students are the product that has been changed first.
www.chronicle.com/article/theo...
www.chronicle.com/article/theo...
The relationship between the reader and the writer has been much on my mind lately, and how much I want to write something that speaks to another's soul — their own, individual soul. Grateful to the writers (and David Bowie) who've done that to me.
The art of figuring out what an author is trying to say.
What Close Reading Can Reveal About an Author’s Intentions
Margaret Atwood’s short story, “Death by Landscape,” opens with an elderly widow who has recently moved into a Toronto apartment along with her fine collection of Canadian art. After a brief descri…
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May 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The relationship between the reader and the writer has been much on my mind lately, and how much I want to write something that speaks to another's soul — their own, individual soul. Grateful to the writers (and David Bowie) who've done that to me.
If you are curious about approaching big topics in tiny stories, try this Meg Pokrass workshop.
Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th
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Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th
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Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th
I’m excited to be leading my second dystopian microfiction workshop!
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May 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If you are curious about approaching big topics in tiny stories, try this Meg Pokrass workshop.
Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th
open.substack.com/pub/megpokra...
Dystopian and/or Sci-fi Microfiction Workshop: May 22nd-24th
open.substack.com/pub/megpokra...
By the way, I am NOT a robot.
May 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
By the way, I am NOT a robot.
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Punk Noir concludes series "Find What You Love and Let It Kill You," featuring fortunate(?) souls facing the void, committed to their love of choice. Authors include @anthonykaneevans.bsky.social, @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social, and yours truly. Enjoy!!
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Punk Noir Press
The Only Crime Is Getting Caught
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March 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Punk Noir concludes series "Find What You Love and Let It Kill You," featuring fortunate(?) souls facing the void, committed to their love of choice. Authors include @anthonykaneevans.bsky.social, @epiphanyferrell.bsky.social, and yours truly. Enjoy!!
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Hey, I've got a weird little ghost story here! Sometimes they find you... #flashfiction #ghoststory
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Punk Noir Press
The Only Crime Is Getting Caught
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March 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Hey, I've got a weird little ghost story here! Sometimes they find you... #flashfiction #ghoststory
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This is a cool journal!
Check out my first story at Punk Noir Magazine, out today for their My Bloody Valentine theme. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/d...
Love their vibe, hope to land there again soon!
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Love their vibe, hope to land there again soon!
@punknoir
#punknoirmagazine
Destiny — a Bloody Valentine Story by Raymond J. Brash
Destiny by Raymond J. Brash Destiny, My parole was finally approved. I get out Valentine’s Day. Funny, right? Same day they took me away from you. Haven…
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March 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This is a cool journal!
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Illinois Poets, heads up!
Illinois Poets, heads up!
The Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards
Celebrate the legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks and the creativity of K-12 writers in Illinois. These annual awards are a platform for the next generation of…
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March 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Illinois Poets, heads up!
Illinois Poets, heads up!
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If you know me, you know I'd totally fall for the Puca--even knowing the folklore warnings. I'd be like, "Yeah, but, Puca won't hurt me, I love magical horse-creatures!" #folklore #MythologyMonday
If you know me, you know I'd totally fall for the Puca--even knowing the folklore warnings. I'd be like, "Yeah, but, Puca won't hurt me, I love magical horse-creatures!" #folklore #MythologyMonday
8 Creepy Mythical Creatures for Aquarius Season
Aquarius season runs from January 20th to February 18th, arriving within the dead of winter when the world feels quiet, suspended and strangely unreal…
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February 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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If you know me, you know I'd totally fall for the Puca--even knowing the folklore warnings. I'd be like, "Yeah, but, Puca won't hurt me, I love magical horse-creatures!" #folklore #MythologyMonday
If you know me, you know I'd totally fall for the Puca--even knowing the folklore warnings. I'd be like, "Yeah, but, Puca won't hurt me, I love magical horse-creatures!" #folklore #MythologyMonday
Reposted by Epiphany Ferrell
So far we’ve received subs to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES from the following: UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey,Singapore, Australia, Denmark & Canada. Thank you! Subs close on 15/2 so unrepresented countries still have time!
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January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So far we’ve received subs to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES from the following: UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey,Singapore, Australia, Denmark & Canada. Thank you! Subs close on 15/2 so unrepresented countries still have time!
I have made good use of my snow days. Another round of deep edits on the big project. A couple story submissions. Short story edits. I'm tired. A little bit discouraged once in a while. But determined.
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I have made good use of my snow days. Another round of deep edits on the big project. A couple story submissions. Short story edits. I'm tired. A little bit discouraged once in a while. But determined.
I can't listen to anything music with lyrics when writing. What do y'all listen to?
I kinda hate Spotify but I follow a couple playlists. Mostly Dark Academia and Victorian Gothic and this one that is house music for people who can't focus.
I kinda hate Spotify but I follow a couple playlists. Mostly Dark Academia and Victorian Gothic and this one that is house music for people who can't focus.
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I can't listen to anything music with lyrics when writing. What do y'all listen to?
I kinda hate Spotify but I follow a couple playlists. Mostly Dark Academia and Victorian Gothic and this one that is house music for people who can't focus.
I kinda hate Spotify but I follow a couple playlists. Mostly Dark Academia and Victorian Gothic and this one that is house music for people who can't focus.
My take on "write what you know."
Experience includes emotional events.
Do you know what it's like to feel alien in your family? Have you been overwhelmed with love for your child? Or the thrill of accomplishing a challenge?
"What you know" isn't limited to geography and your position in life.
Experience includes emotional events.
Do you know what it's like to feel alien in your family? Have you been overwhelmed with love for your child? Or the thrill of accomplishing a challenge?
"What you know" isn't limited to geography and your position in life.
January 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My take on "write what you know."
Experience includes emotional events.
Do you know what it's like to feel alien in your family? Have you been overwhelmed with love for your child? Or the thrill of accomplishing a challenge?
"What you know" isn't limited to geography and your position in life.
Experience includes emotional events.
Do you know what it's like to feel alien in your family? Have you been overwhelmed with love for your child? Or the thrill of accomplishing a challenge?
"What you know" isn't limited to geography and your position in life.
Ranger Rick, the second-best children's magazine ever. Also, the first magazine to prompt me to make an environmental pronouncement at the dinner table.
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Ranger Rick, the second-best children's magazine ever. Also, the first magazine to prompt me to make an environmental pronouncement at the dinner table.
Best Children's Magazine ever. Nothing else compares. And no, don't mention Highlights in the same breath.
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Best Children's Magazine ever. Nothing else compares. And no, don't mention Highlights in the same breath.
This.
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This.
I think I'm in a Billy Joel song. Doesn't he have one that mentions how someone is being slowly extinguished by their day job?
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I think I'm in a Billy Joel song. Doesn't he have one that mentions how someone is being slowly extinguished by their day job?