Jaq Evans
@jaqevans.com
Horror and spec fic author, WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK (MIRA/HarperCollins), she / they, jaqevans.com
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Jaq Evans
@jaqevans.com
· Nov 12
What Grows in the Dark
"At once suspenseful and tender…a queer horror masterpiece." —Marisa Crane, author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to MyselfIn this chilling contemporary horror novel, a phony spiritualist returns to her ho...
www.harpercollins.com
Figured I should pin this: my debut horror novel, WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK, follows two fake paranormal investigators who encounter one very upsetting forest.
- Spooky woods & childhood trauma
- Nonbinary MC & queer cast
- Psychological & supernatural suspense
www.harpercollins.com/products/wha...
- Spooky woods & childhood trauma
- Nonbinary MC & queer cast
- Psychological & supernatural suspense
www.harpercollins.com/products/wha...
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Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
September 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
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Brand new essay at Thoughts From the Writer's Desk at Ruadán Books: L.E. Daniels gives an insightful editor's perspective on the impact gen AI is having on writers and their craft.
ruadanbooks.com/an-editor-on...
ruadanbooks.com/an-editor-on...
September 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Brand new essay at Thoughts From the Writer's Desk at Ruadán Books: L.E. Daniels gives an insightful editor's perspective on the impact gen AI is having on writers and their craft.
ruadanbooks.com/an-editor-on...
ruadanbooks.com/an-editor-on...
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I've signed onto an open letter of authors (and publishers) who support the striking workers of the Cleveland Public Library system. If you're an author or publisher and want to sign on too, there's information about how to do so!
Tell your friends, etc.
tinyurl.com/cplsolidarity
Tell your friends, etc.
tinyurl.com/cplsolidarity
August 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I've signed onto an open letter of authors (and publishers) who support the striking workers of the Cleveland Public Library system. If you're an author or publisher and want to sign on too, there's information about how to do so!
Tell your friends, etc.
tinyurl.com/cplsolidarity
Tell your friends, etc.
tinyurl.com/cplsolidarity
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I am forever this meme:
August 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I am forever this meme:
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Extremely this oh my God
Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just
JUST STOP
HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS
Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just
JUST STOP
HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS
I don't want email summaries I don't want youtube video summaries I don't want search summaries I don't want anything made by a water-guzzling liar and thief with no mind, soul, or bigger purpose other than making everything around me worse, uglier and warmer. No amount of pop ups will convince me!
August 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Extremely this oh my God
Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just
JUST STOP
HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS
Stop OFFERING TO SUMMARIZE just STOPPIT just
JUST STOP
HAVING TO CLOSE 5,298 THINGS BEFORE I DO THE SIMPLEST THING IS RAISING MY BLOOD PRESSURE TO NEAR-FATAL LEVELS
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Yay for new books! Here are 6 upcoming fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels dropping this summer and fall that arrived in my inbox recently. bookjockeyalex.com/2026/07/28/b...
Bookmail – July 28 2026
Happy bookmail day! Here are some of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror books that came in recently.
bookjockeyalex.com
July 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Yay for new books! Here are 6 upcoming fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels dropping this summer and fall that arrived in my inbox recently. bookjockeyalex.com/2026/07/28/b...
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me watching Sam Neill in anything:
July 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
me watching Sam Neill in anything:
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Sometimes if people want to get hit by lightning you just let them
July 5, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Sometimes if people want to get hit by lightning you just let them
if you're ever looking for character names, do a little time looking at census data and such from the 1900s. carrie clatterbuck? bessie reddick? lura belle mccaskill? all real!
June 28, 2026 at 12:26 AM
if you're ever looking for character names, do a little time looking at census data and such from the 1900s. carrie clatterbuck? bessie reddick? lura belle mccaskill? all real!
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I offer sensitivity/authenticity reading services for all genres in MG, YA, and Adult (including nonfiction). I can read for various types of disability + mental health rep, ace rep, Egyptian rep, and more!
Link here: www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
Link here: www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
Sensitivity/Authenticity Reading Services with Dr. Lara Ameen
As a sensitivity/authenticity reader, Lara Ameen has worked on books published by Penguin Random House, Candlewick Press, Simon & Schuster, and Sterling Kids, among others. She can do sensitivity auth...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com
June 19, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I offer sensitivity/authenticity reading services for all genres in MG, YA, and Adult (including nonfiction). I can read for various types of disability + mental health rep, ace rep, Egyptian rep, and more!
Link here: www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
Link here: www.wow-womenonwriting.com/classroom/La...
Once again bemoaning the fact that I can never ever ever spell "desiccated" right the first time, despite how often that word comes up in the type of bullshit I write
June 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Once again bemoaning the fact that I can never ever ever spell "desiccated" right the first time, despite how often that word comes up in the type of bullshit I write
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Under the Skin! Stunning. No one told me in 2013. I mean plenty of people told me but no one said the right thing I guess
June 14, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Under the Skin! Stunning. No one told me in 2013. I mean plenty of people told me but no one said the right thing I guess
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sea. oil painting on beer coaster. another one for Salut 11, open now at Nucleus Portland
June 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
sea. oil painting on beer coaster. another one for Salut 11, open now at Nucleus Portland
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Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard.
The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.
The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.
Whale graveyard discovered 7km under the sea
YouTube video by nature video
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Finally, footage from that new whale graveyard.
The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.
The fact that fossils and fresh carcasses mix together in this spot is bonkers. But of course it makes sense, because the scavengers that live down there also need a steady supply over millions of years. They can't just suddenly adapt to the deep.
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Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
June 4, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
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Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵
June 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵
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Select your gender for pride:
🔳 Man
🔳 Woman
🔳 Cowpoke
🔳 Fairy
🔳 Sewer Rat Gangster
🔳 Angel
🔳 Robot
🔳 Scalene Triangle
🔳 Your Devoted Servant
🔳 Grackle, Pigeon or other Unappreciated Bird
🔳 Parasitic Creeper Plant
🔳 Does Not Apply
🔳 Come back with a warrant you federal bitch
🔳 Man
🔳 Woman
🔳 Cowpoke
🔳 Fairy
🔳 Sewer Rat Gangster
🔳 Angel
🔳 Robot
🔳 Scalene Triangle
🔳 Your Devoted Servant
🔳 Grackle, Pigeon or other Unappreciated Bird
🔳 Parasitic Creeper Plant
🔳 Does Not Apply
🔳 Come back with a warrant you federal bitch
June 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Select your gender for pride:
🔳 Man
🔳 Woman
🔳 Cowpoke
🔳 Fairy
🔳 Sewer Rat Gangster
🔳 Angel
🔳 Robot
🔳 Scalene Triangle
🔳 Your Devoted Servant
🔳 Grackle, Pigeon or other Unappreciated Bird
🔳 Parasitic Creeper Plant
🔳 Does Not Apply
🔳 Come back with a warrant you federal bitch
🔳 Man
🔳 Woman
🔳 Cowpoke
🔳 Fairy
🔳 Sewer Rat Gangster
🔳 Angel
🔳 Robot
🔳 Scalene Triangle
🔳 Your Devoted Servant
🔳 Grackle, Pigeon or other Unappreciated Bird
🔳 Parasitic Creeper Plant
🔳 Does Not Apply
🔳 Come back with a warrant you federal bitch
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laura palmer / everybody scream
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
laura palmer / everybody scream
Widow’s Bay special guest supreme 😱
May 21, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Widow’s Bay special guest supreme 😱
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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
Hating AI is good, actually
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
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1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades.
"Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III.
He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban.
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"Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III.
He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans
The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM
1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades.
"Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III.
He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
"Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III.
He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
May 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.