Erik Grove
@erikgrove.com
Writer. Little dog owner. (Aspiring) Magnificent and Deeply Kind Weirdo. SFWA/ HWA/ Viable Paradise 2022. Portlander. Represented by Joshua Bilmes/JABberwocky. Debut novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW coming March 2, 2027! Preorder 6-37 copies today! He/Him.
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Erik Grove
@erikgrove.com
· Aug 10
My first book is coming out. I am excited to share it! I have also been asked for ways to support. Here’s some ways!
1) Paying attention and asking how you can support is *already* incredibly supportive! Thank you!
2) Share my posts and tell people about my book!
1) Paying attention and asking how you can support is *already* incredibly supportive! Thank you!
2) Share my posts and tell people about my book!
I'm in my Hyper Vigilant Burnout Era and this means that I can handle anything fate throws at me from murderous hobo robots to radioactive velociraptors but a tiny rock in my shoe will make me collapse like a sack of weeping potatoes. WHY DOESN'T THE TINY ROCK IN MY SHOE LIKE ME?
September 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I'm in my Hyper Vigilant Burnout Era and this means that I can handle anything fate throws at me from murderous hobo robots to radioactive velociraptors but a tiny rock in my shoe will make me collapse like a sack of weeping potatoes. WHY DOESN'T THE TINY ROCK IN MY SHOE LIKE ME?
When I'm doing all the work for various publishing or community things, I sometimes have to make hard decisions. Being rude to me about it is probably not going to make me change my mind. It is much more likely to make me remember to exclude you from my deliberations faster in the future though.
September 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
When I'm doing all the work for various publishing or community things, I sometimes have to make hard decisions. Being rude to me about it is probably not going to make me change my mind. It is much more likely to make me remember to exclude you from my deliberations faster in the future though.
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Loved this book!
Did you know my 2025 novel GIRL IN THE CREEK was nominated for the Stoker and Dragon Awards?
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September 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Loved this book!
YESSSSSSS
September 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
YESSSSSSS
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Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
September 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
The Endeavour Award has a rich and amazing history of honoring the best northwest writers. I am excited our Endeavour Writers Conference is adding to it! Follow @endeavouraward.bsky.social for the history and check out endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com for our future!!!
September 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The Endeavour Award has a rich and amazing history of honoring the best northwest writers. I am excited our Endeavour Writers Conference is adding to it! Follow @endeavouraward.bsky.social for the history and check out endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com for our future!!!
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I had a lot of fun making this cover for @neonhemlock.bsky.social and would love to make one for YOU 🤓
July 31, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I had a lot of fun making this cover for @neonhemlock.bsky.social and would love to make one for YOU 🤓
Some days are made better by listening to a New Jersey punk get all Springsteen and accoustic with it. Cheers to the new Brian Fallon solo record, Not Bad for New Jersey, keeping me going with old fashioned rock n roll.
September 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Some days are made better by listening to a New Jersey punk get all Springsteen and accoustic with it. Cheers to the new Brian Fallon solo record, Not Bad for New Jersey, keeping me going with old fashioned rock n roll.
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At some point you figure out that "being apolitical" in the public arts always means getting on your knees for the rich, the bigots, the fascists and authoritarians. It never means anything else, and those people are somehow never obligated to set their own politics aside on behalf of anyone else.
September 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
At some point you figure out that "being apolitical" in the public arts always means getting on your knees for the rich, the bigots, the fascists and authoritarians. It never means anything else, and those people are somehow never obligated to set their own politics aside on behalf of anyone else.
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One of my best friends in the whole wide world has a podcast about booklove! I am the final guest for season 1!
GO LISTEN TO CONNECT THE PLOTS AND SUPPORT THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
GO LISTEN TO CONNECT THE PLOTS AND SUPPORT THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
One of my best friends in the whole wide world has a podcast about booklove! I am the final guest for season 1!
GO LISTEN TO CONNECT THE PLOTS AND SUPPORT THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
GO LISTEN TO CONNECT THE PLOTS AND SUPPORT THESE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS!
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Today a lot of copyeditors are discovering that bestiality is not spelled the way you think it is spelled.
September 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Today a lot of copyeditors are discovering that bestiality is not spelled the way you think it is spelled.
I am wildly amused that the still frame the preview picked makes it look like we are very seriously reviewing the quarterly performance reports while the reality involved a lot of laughing and talking about smutty Stephen King scenes we should not have been reading as preteens.
For the SEASON 1 FINALE INTERVIEW of @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social we were joined by the brilliant, kind, and insightful @catvalente.bsky.social !!! I am a mega fan and had to not act like a fool for a full hour! See if I pulled it off!
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Episode 23: Catherynne M. Valente – Turtles All the Way Down
For their final interview of season 1, Cylia and Erik welcome acclaimed, best-selling author Catherynne M. Valente for a conversation about the importance of local folklore, building a reading list…
connecttheplots.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am wildly amused that the still frame the preview picked makes it look like we are very seriously reviewing the quarterly performance reports while the reality involved a lot of laughing and talking about smutty Stephen King scenes we should not have been reading as preteens.
For the SEASON 1 FINALE INTERVIEW of @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social we were joined by the brilliant, kind, and insightful @catvalente.bsky.social !!! I am a mega fan and had to not act like a fool for a full hour! See if I pulled it off!
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Episode 23: Catherynne M. Valente – Turtles All the Way Down
For their final interview of season 1, Cylia and Erik welcome acclaimed, best-selling author Catherynne M. Valente for a conversation about the importance of local folklore, building a reading list…
connecttheplots.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
For the SEASON 1 FINALE INTERVIEW of @connecttheplotspod.bsky.social we were joined by the brilliant, kind, and insightful @catvalente.bsky.social !!! I am a mega fan and had to not act like a fool for a full hour! See if I pulled it off!
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Links here:
connecttheplots.com/2026/09/15/e...
Plz send coffee and better life choices thx
September 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Plz send coffee and better life choices thx
If you are near Portland, OR I think you’re going to like what we are putting together with this event, and we could really use your support to make it a success!
Oct. 10th, Milwaukie OR, the 1st Endeavour Writers Conference with programming for writers & the Endeavour Award presentation to an author for a 2025 SF or fantasy novel or collection written when living & working in the Pacific NW. (OR, WA, ID, AK & BC, YT). endeavour-writers-conference.beehiiv.com
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September 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
If you are near Portland, OR I think you’re going to like what we are putting together with this event, and we could really use your support to make it a success!
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I saw a group of goths leaving a discount home goods store today, arms heavy with assorted Halloween paraphernalia, and I was just overcome with a surge of joy and affection so profound.
I love you, goths at the shopping center. May you have the best Halloween of your lives.
I love you, goths at the shopping center. May you have the best Halloween of your lives.
September 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I saw a group of goths leaving a discount home goods store today, arms heavy with assorted Halloween paraphernalia, and I was just overcome with a surge of joy and affection so profound.
I love you, goths at the shopping center. May you have the best Halloween of your lives.
I love you, goths at the shopping center. May you have the best Halloween of your lives.
The hero we deserve etc
Oregon: A T shirt for every resident with a marijuana leaf on the front and a confederate flag on the back
September 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The hero we deserve etc
Want to get some writing done this morning but can’t until I find out what @nameshiv.bsky.social is going to do to Oregon.
September 13, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Want to get some writing done this morning but can’t until I find out what @nameshiv.bsky.social is going to do to Oregon.
I really hate how phone calls and emails became the worst possible way to contact people because we collectively decided to let a small number of tech companies make or save money enabling scammers to run wild.
September 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I really hate how phone calls and emails became the worst possible way to contact people because we collectively decided to let a small number of tech companies make or save money enabling scammers to run wild.
I don't want to alarm anyone but I updated my profile pic here. There's more lines around the eyes, and more gray in the 'stache. I blame time and everything in the world.
September 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I don't want to alarm anyone but I updated my profile pic here. There's more lines around the eyes, and more gray in the 'stache. I blame time and everything in the world.
Origin story of my mustache
The authors who get recognized usually have a trademark style item like GRRM's cap and suspenders.
September 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Origin story of my mustache
I don't know why I go on the Internet when I have plenty of existential dread and inchoate anxiety at home already.
September 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I don't know why I go on the Internet when I have plenty of existential dread and inchoate anxiety at home already.
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Again, I feel shitty even asking given the state of the world in general, but this is going to eat about $10,000 all told, and while I think we can get some help from relatives, I’d just. Super appreciate any help anyone has to spare ko-fi.com/dynamicsymme...
September 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Again, I feel shitty even asking given the state of the world in general, but this is going to eat about $10,000 all told, and while I think we can get some help from relatives, I’d just. Super appreciate any help anyone has to spare ko-fi.com/dynamicsymme...
My wife’s stress dreams now involve me taking on additional jobs. Last night in dreamland I started running a magazine and a video store.
Anyway, I have some new ideas.
Anyway, I have some new ideas.
September 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My wife’s stress dreams now involve me taking on additional jobs. Last night in dreamland I started running a magazine and a video store.
Anyway, I have some new ideas.
Anyway, I have some new ideas.
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Final print files for the two page spread map i designed for @erikgrove.com 's upcoming martian noir novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW which you can preorder NOW!
September 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Final print files for the two page spread map i designed for @erikgrove.com 's upcoming martian noir novel THE LONG RED TOMORROW which you can preorder NOW!