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RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

“The Scrapbook,” my dystopian horror sci-fi short story about an AI-dominated future, will be published in issue 1137 of Bewildering Stories.

#horror #horrorstories #speculativefiction #sci-fi #dystopian #ai #artificialintelligence #imaginativewriting

April 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

“The Scrapbook,” my dystopian horror sci-fi short story about an AI-dominated future, will get an “Honorable Mention” in the next issue of Allegory.

#horror #horrorstories #speculativefiction #sci-fi #dystopian #ai #artificialintelligence #imaginativewriting

September 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

My story about the *fae*, “What Waited for Us in the Garden,” was accepted for publication by *Eternal Haunted Summer*, for their Winter Solstice 2025 issue.

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#fae #fairies #gardens #greenwood #greenwoodgardens #pagan #imaginativewriting #eternalhauntedsummer

Eternal Haunted Summer

pagan songs & tales

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December 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

This morning’s issue of the Two Sylvias’ Weekly Muse makes a nice mention of “My Poet.”

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#horror #gothic #ghoststories #tudorhomes #tudor #poetry #ghost #hauntedhouse #ghoststory #speculativefiction #imaginativewriting #houseoflongshadows #twosylvias

Two Sylvias' Weekly Muse: August 31, 2025

Issue 173

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August 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

“Dreams of the Opera House,” my Lovecraftian homage to architecture and opera, was published today in Mobius Blvd, available here:

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#horror #speculativefiction #imaginativewriting #opera #architecture #lovecraft #dreamlands #mobiusblvd

Mobius Blvd: Stories from the Byway Between Reality and Dream No. 24: October 2025

Mobius Blvd: Stories from the Byway Between Reality and Dream No. 24: October 2025 - Kindle edition by Spitzer, Wayne Kyle, Blickley, Mark , Hillard, J.J. , Simonds, Richard , Brockmeyer, Lauren , Conroy, Chris , Pharo, Bud , King, John Mark , Zlotchew, Clark , Zelenyj, Alexander . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mobius Blvd: Stories from the Byway Between Reality and Dream No. 24: October 2025.

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September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

My “horror” poems “Ghast,” “Bog Thing” and “The Ouija Board” were just selected for inclusion in the October issue of *Exquisite Death.* My speculative poetry continues to find homes.

#horror #poetry #imaginativewriting #ghast #bog #bogthing #bogmonster #swampmonster #ouija #ouijaboard

September 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM

Podcast For Fun

@podcastforfun.bsky.social

Can’t see the scene? Become the scene. 🎭✨

#StorytellingTips #CreativeVisualization #ActingOutScenes #WriterStruggles #CharacterDevelopment #StorytellerSecrets #BringStoriesToLife #VisualStorytelling #ActItOut #CreativeStorytelling #WriterHack #ImaginativeWriting #SceneCreation #StorytellingMagic

March 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Podcast For Fun

@podcastforfun.bsky.social

Can’t see the scene? Become the scene. 🎭✨

#StorytellingTips #CreativeVisualization #ActingOutScenes #WriterStruggles #CharacterDevelopment #StorytellerSecrets #BringStoriesToLife #VisualStorytelling #ActItOut #CreativeStorytelling #WriterHack #ImaginativeWriting #SceneCreation #StorytellingMagic

February 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM

foodiescapes.bsky.social

@foodiescapes.bsky.social

Discover the power of storytelling and capture your unique tales with the Creative Storytelling Journal! Available on Amazon:…

Discover the power of storytelling and capture your unique tales with the Creative Storytelling Journal! Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L4GPTXR?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook #ImaginativeWriting #InspiringStories…

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April 27, 2024 at 2:23 AM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

My poem “My Heart” was published yesterday in the anthology *Beautiful Tragedies 4* (HellBound Books). Just in time for Halloween.

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#horror #poetry #imaginativewriting #stephencrane #inthedesert

Beautiful Tragedies 4

Welcome back to our 4th installment of the gorgeously macabre dark poetry anthology, Beautiful Tragedies. Where only through poetry, can a tragedy become something truly beautiful! 53 wonderfully talented writers offer up this bloody collection of all manner of dark poetry and gruesome verse to keep your cold dead hearts beating until the final page.

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October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM

RichardSPoet

@richardspoet.bsky.social

My literary “horror” poem “My Heart,” after Stephen Crane’s “In the Desert,” was just selected for inclusion in the anthology of horror poetry *Beautiful Tragedies 4* to published by Hellbound Books.

#horror #poetry #imaginativewriting #stephencrane #inthedesert