Rachel Abbey McCafferty
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When we h(a)unted
We stalked the halls of dead malls, ghosts before our time. We lived by sense, taste and smell and sight, by instinct, lust and desire and rage. We were not quiet. We were not neat. The world is a hun...
maudlinhouse.net
I have a new girlhood as werewolf story out in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Give it a read? maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...
I have things to do today but I can’t stop watching videos from Power to the People.
October 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I have things to do today but I can’t stop watching videos from Power to the People.
It’s October! Time to … continue reading & writing & watching horror. But now: I’m on theme.
October 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
It’s October! Time to … continue reading & writing & watching horror. But now: I’m on theme.
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literally HUNDREDS of places are waiting for your writing this October. save this list!
September 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
literally HUNDREDS of places are waiting for your writing this October. save this list!
Oo I have one in this. The inspiration I need to finish an entry for this year, maybe?
Still need some inspiration for this year's #FlashMonster contest? Revisit our 2023 issue below, then submit yours here: themolotovcocktail.com/flash-monste... Soft deadline Oct 18th. Top 10 published on Halloween.
#flashfiction #writingcontest
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#flashfiction #writingcontest
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Flash Monster 2023
I A Whisper of Before by JP Relph II The Composer by Wiebo Grobler III How to Establish Cordial Relations with Your Cephalopod Neighbour by Mairead Robinson IV Tick, Tick, Ti…
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September 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Oo I have one in this. The inspiration I need to finish an entry for this year, maybe?
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one thing I tell myself these days, when everything feels irreparable, is that you don't have to fix everything, and you never have to go it alone. if you find one thing you can do consistently in the company of others, you will have accomplished so much more than you can rightly enumerate.
September 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
one thing I tell myself these days, when everything feels irreparable, is that you don't have to fix everything, and you never have to go it alone. if you find one thing you can do consistently in the company of others, you will have accomplished so much more than you can rightly enumerate.
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Art, literature and music are ways we express our human experience. Generative AI has nothing to say. Its remixed slop can only ever be, to quote Shakespeare, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
September 30, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Art, literature and music are ways we express our human experience. Generative AI has nothing to say. Its remixed slop can only ever be, to quote Shakespeare, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
My most old person opinion is that QR codes are the worst.
September 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
My most old person opinion is that QR codes are the worst.
Ah, the start of the weekend. Almost time to move all the chores Monday Rachel thought I’d accomplish tomorrow to next week’s to-do list.
September 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Ah, the start of the weekend. Almost time to move all the chores Monday Rachel thought I’d accomplish tomorrow to next week’s to-do list.
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If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under.
September 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under.
I will never not be amazed that there are people without a song stuck in their heads at all times.
September 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I will never not be amazed that there are people without a song stuck in their heads at all times.
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Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book.
September 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book.
Sometimes I think the media literacy crisis is new and then I remember Born in the USA came out in 1984 and well.
September 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Sometimes I think the media literacy crisis is new and then I remember Born in the USA came out in 1984 and well.
Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book.
September 22, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Have you ever read a book and partway through you’re like, why is the author writing this? What exactly are they trying to say? The problem is when it’s your own book.
I needed this reminder. Sharing in case you do, too.
Today is good day to start writing that novel.
There are 101 days until December 31st.
If you wrote 500 words every day starting today you would have 50,500 words drafted before the end of the year.
There are 101 days until December 31st.
If you wrote 500 words every day starting today you would have 50,500 words drafted before the end of the year.
September 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I needed this reminder. Sharing in case you do, too.
A happy birthday to Mr. King, for all the stories and the nightmares and the tears, for all the writers you’ve inspired (and promoted), from one of many, many Constant Readers. Your books always feel like coming home.
Can't believe I made it to 79. I mean, holy cow!
September 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM
A happy birthday to Mr. King, for all the stories and the nightmares and the tears, for all the writers you’ve inspired (and promoted), from one of many, many Constant Readers. Your books always feel like coming home.
If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under.
September 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
If we are talking top TV shows of this century, I’m just going to stop everyone: it’s Six Feet Under.
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Nominee Oladosu Michael Emerald's "Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns"
www.trampset.org/post/reasons...
www.trampset.org/post/reasons...
Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns
by Oladosu Michael Emeraldafter Nikita GillBecause the sky still hangs its blue between the bombs. Because your mother’s voice is a compass needle trembling north. Because the taste of mangoes clings ...
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September 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Nominee Oladosu Michael Emerald's "Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns"
www.trampset.org/post/reasons...
www.trampset.org/post/reasons...
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Small win season over here.
September 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Small win season over here.
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not now, novel. mommy is writing another short story right now
September 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
not now, novel. mommy is writing another short story right now
Inside of you are two wolves and one wants to throw everything out immediately and one wants to save that “good bag.”
September 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Inside of you are two wolves and one wants to throw everything out immediately and one wants to save that “good bag.”
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Details from @bulbculture.bsky.social are here! bsky.app/profile/bulb...
🚨 It's ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! 🚨
CHANDELIER, Bulb Culture Collective's e-zine, is back!
Our new theme?
💀 GLOWERING 🎃
When submissions open on September 15, we'd love to see your spookiest and most eerie previously published writing!
Think Halloween!
Glowering will publish October 30, 2026
CHANDELIER, Bulb Culture Collective's e-zine, is back!
Our new theme?
💀 GLOWERING 🎃
When submissions open on September 15, we'd love to see your spookiest and most eerie previously published writing!
Think Halloween!
Glowering will publish October 30, 2026
September 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Details from @bulbculture.bsky.social are here! bsky.app/profile/bulb...
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Horror fans be like “I needed this” and “this” is an uninterrupted hour to read about made-up people trying to survive terrible situations.
September 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Horror fans be like “I needed this” and “this” is an uninterrupted hour to read about made-up people trying to survive terrible situations.
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Working on some other girlhood as monster stories right now, so let me re-share the first little haunting …
I have a new girlhood as werewolf story out in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Give it a read? maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...
When we h(a)unted
We stalked the halls of dead malls, ghosts before our time. We lived by sense, taste and smell and sight, by instinct, lust and desire and rage. We were not quiet. We were not neat. The world is a hun...
maudlinhouse.net
September 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Working on some other girlhood as monster stories right now, so let me re-share the first little haunting …