Josh Gauthier
@jgwriter.joshgauthierwriter.com
Author of Land of Outcasts. Writer. Playwright. Comics reviewer @noflyingnotights.com. He/him. Opinions my own.
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I love this story if y'all want some Halloween reading
October 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I love this story if y'all want some Halloween reading
Just here taping note cards to my wall as I plot out a script.
As one does
As one does
October 29, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just here taping note cards to my wall as I plot out a script.
As one does
As one does
Chimera Skin upcoming from @comptonwrites.bsky.social is an excellent blending of scifi and body horror and y'all should check it out next week
October 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Chimera Skin upcoming from @comptonwrites.bsky.social is an excellent blending of scifi and body horror and y'all should check it out next week
I cannot imagine the amount of passion and effort that went into creating Wildwood.
In a time with AI scratching at the gate, we especially need art like this.
In a time with AI scratching at the gate, we especially need art like this.
October 24, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I cannot imagine the amount of passion and effort that went into creating Wildwood.
In a time with AI scratching at the gate, we especially need art like this.
In a time with AI scratching at the gate, we especially need art like this.
Being able to study writing for 2 weeks in Greece was everything I could have hoped for and more. Lots of story ideas cooking after this
October 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Being able to study writing for 2 weeks in Greece was everything I could have hoped for and more. Lots of story ideas cooking after this
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“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest
October 18, 2026 at 1:22 AM
“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest
There's something interesting in the social compulsion to crowd the boarding gate at the airport well before people are allowed on
October 18, 2026 at 6:36 AM
There's something interesting in the social compulsion to crowd the boarding gate at the airport well before people are allowed on
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"There can’t be any uncertainty surrounding what I’m about to say to you: This is not a haunted hayride, and the horrific events of the last fifteen minutes were not planned or scripted in any way."
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This Was Not Supposed to Be a Haunted Hayride
Oct 21 2021 10/17/23 10/20/24 10/26/25
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October 16, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"There can’t be any uncertainty surrounding what I’m about to say to you: This is not a haunted hayride, and the horrific events of the last fifteen minutes were not planned or scripted in any way."
buff.ly/dFun8ab
buff.ly/dFun8ab
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she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before."
since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
October 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before."
since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring
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Free Fiction Friday is here! Winter is coming - long brutal winter. Let this tale send chills down down your spine! magazine.trollbreath.com/rat-song/
October 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Free Fiction Friday is here! Winter is coming - long brutal winter. Let this tale send chills down down your spine! magazine.trollbreath.com/rat-song/
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You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday?
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
October 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday?
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Writing is hard sometimes. But then I remind myself that fighting a chimpanzee is also hard but writing won't rip my face off which makes it much easier.
October 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Writing is hard sometimes. But then I remind myself that fighting a chimpanzee is also hard but writing won't rip my face off which makes it much easier.
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Wow!
Incredibly good stuff here: defector.com/resident-evi...
Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change | Defector
“Here are the main things you need to know about the Resident Evil games,” I explained to my friend Liz over the nonsense of the Digger trailer. “There’s a big outbreak of some kind of mutagenic virus...
defector.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Wow!
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hell yeah
Merged monster rehearsals for Zach Cregger’s ‘RESIDENT EVIL.’
📷 Jakub Hudlický
📷 Jakub Hudlický
September 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM
hell yeah
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So excited to see Rat Song in this!
I'm late again with this list of my top 10 favorite short spec fic stories from August, but life yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, come check out some great stories.
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: August 2026 - Reactor
We're starting off spooky season with dark fairy tales, cannibalism, and revenge...
reactormag.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
So excited to see Rat Song in this!
The Weight feels like the sort of movie I don't see often lately. There's a ready comparison to be made with films like Sorcerer, but it's also just fun to see movies feel this way in 2026.
September 20, 2026 at 2:55 AM
The Weight feels like the sort of movie I don't see often lately. There's a ready comparison to be made with films like Sorcerer, but it's also just fun to see movies feel this way in 2026.
Huzzah!
September 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Huzzah!
I love living in a time where I can make a sandwich while wondering if every single ingredient will kill me.
/sarcasm/ Gotta love all these recalls.
/sarcasm/ Gotta love all these recalls.
August 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I love living in a time where I can make a sandwich while wondering if every single ingredient will kill me.
/sarcasm/ Gotta love all these recalls.
/sarcasm/ Gotta love all these recalls.
Coyote vs Acme is both an absolute delight and a remarkably timely film about refusing to let big companies have the final word. It's entirely worth seeing as soon as possible
Acme Vs Coyote Acme Sucks
Alt: A courtroom scene from Acme Vs Coyote where coyote holds up a sign stating "Acme Sucks" while his lawyer smacks it away.
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August 29, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Coyote vs Acme is both an absolute delight and a remarkably timely film about refusing to let big companies have the final word. It's entirely worth seeing as soon as possible
I think I need to buy a new bookshelf.
And then fill it, of course.
And then fill it, of course.
August 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I think I need to buy a new bookshelf.
And then fill it, of course.
And then fill it, of course.
96000 words and there's more work to be done, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of this feeling.
August 19, 2026 at 2:05 AM
96000 words and there's more work to be done, but I don't think I'll ever get tired of this feeling.
If Puppeteers for Fears ever comes through your city on tour, be sure to go.
Who doesn't need a musical puppet show about the robot apocalypse in their life?
Who doesn't need a musical puppet show about the robot apocalypse in their life?
August 4, 2026 at 4:22 AM
If Puppeteers for Fears ever comes through your city on tour, be sure to go.
Who doesn't need a musical puppet show about the robot apocalypse in their life?
Who doesn't need a musical puppet show about the robot apocalypse in their life?
Casting Jon Bernthal is one of the best things Marvel has ever done for their film and television
August 1, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Casting Jon Bernthal is one of the best things Marvel has ever done for their film and television
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This Publishers Weekly article from Jan. goes into more detail. It's not that they are TRYING to sell our work for training, it's that those companies are placing orders with booksellers and distributors. Most sellers aren't giving us the option Ingram is.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Ingram Lets Publishers Opt Out of Book Sales to Tech Firms
In a note sent last week to client publishers, Ingram Content Group warned of the “growing trend” of AI companies purchasing and scanning print books to train their large language models, and said pub...
www.publishersweekly.com
July 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This Publishers Weekly article from Jan. goes into more detail. It's not that they are TRYING to sell our work for training, it's that those companies are placing orders with booksellers and distributors. Most sellers aren't giving us the option Ingram is.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...