this shit is good. put it in my veins. thank you christopher lee chilton www.smokelong.com/stories/touc...
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Jane
@janestecyk.bsky.social
I write always weird sometimes funny sometimes dark stuff. 1st & 2nd places at Writing Battle, Twisted Champion, 3rd Place in Woodland Writers. Published in Elegant Lit, Rat Bag Lit and by TL;DR Press. Rejected by 100s of Other Places.
@nightshadesmag.bsky.socialReposted by @janestecyk.bsky.social@janestecyk.bsky.socialThis is based on a true story
@wiswell.bsky.socialReposted by @janestecyk.bsky.socialIn light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
@janestecyk.bsky.socialUpdated the ole tracker with a few rejections this week but also learned my story is through to the finals for the WOW! Women on Writing summer flash comp.
@janestecyk.bsky.social@janestecyk.bsky.socialClose enough for government work!
@janestecyk.bsky.socialAnother @whimsyfiction.bsky.social send off to the ether. "Wholesome Horror"? I don't know, man, it is wholesome to ME. If you squint.
@janestecyk.bsky.socialSuper stoked “Ellen’s Final Foster Child” squeaked in with an honorable mention 🎉❤️ great company all around with these long and short listers 💪
@janestecyk.bsky.socialFrog Girl Fall, Frog Girl FOREVER 🐸💚 this was so fun to write and I’m over the moon the fine folks at Jerboa got it 🎉
@ratbaglit.bsky.socialReposted by @janestecyk.bsky.socialDid we miss your brilliance but some other, less rat infested magazine accepted your awesome story? Name them and your story! Share a link!
#LITMAGWEEK #RatBagLit #RatBag
@janestecyk.bsky.socialPluck pluck pluck read this
@languidoaf.bsky.socialReposted by @janestecyk.bsky.socialCEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well
@theglencreed.bsky.socialReposted by @janestecyk.bsky.social"Rendered" is out in @smokelong.bsky.social Issue 93.
A knife, some candles, a kitchen table.
Free to read, with an audio version if you'd rather listen, and a short interview where I try to explain myself.
@janestecyk.bsky.socialIt was really fab! I learned so much 🤩
@janestecyk.bsky.socialIf you ever wondered what I sound like great news I recorded all of Kevin Chesser's poems for @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social and you can hear my dramatic readings of classics like "Asexual Bigfoot" and "You Cannot Stop Me" (the latter is basically me threatening you, enjoy) onlypoems.com/poems/kevin-...
@janestecyk.bsky.socialStoked to see 1000 Women in Horror at the Atlantic Film Fest next week and delighted to learn about everything else you’ve done and can do 👇👇👇 wow this lady knows horror and cinema folks
@janestecyk.bsky.socialKyle and I disagree on generative AI and its comedy value (don't worry, I'm sending a poisoned edible arrangement to his house) but otherwise love his smart takes and POV on the thing that we are all forced to hear about and think about 👀
@janestecyk.bsky.socialCelebrating 10 pubs today (and if journals can define pubs as "if we can find it on the internet" then goddamn it, so can I) 🤩
@janestecyk.bsky.socialI have a reputation in my writing group for disliking anthropomorphized object stories. Which I do, okay? But only because they are so often NOT GOOD. But this? Sublime. Divine. Wonderful. I love you, little tea kettle. Rest easy. ❤️
@janestecyk.bsky.socialI knew JJ before* she was cool! 😎 *ok she was always cool