SJ Townend (@sjtownend.bsky.social)

@sjtownend.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:23 AM

Can't wait to read this. There's a new story by me in here, too (called Do Your Own Research). UNSEEN STORIES out this December from Crypsis Press.

@duotrope.com Sep 24, 2026, 5:09 PMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

New publisher listing for: Stuck @sjtownend.bsky.social (Fiction; Fantasy, Horror, SF; pays). #WritingCommunity

@sjtownend.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 8:09 AM

This morning, I decided to introduce my books to each other. Foolish move. The chonkier one tried to consume the other. The slimmer one retaliated with a firm crane kick. They have since been disciplined and returned to separate regions of their living quarters.

@cursedmorsels.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 5:06 PMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

D. Matthew Urban is one of my favorite Weird fiction writers, and this will be his second time publishing a collection through Cursed Morsels. Absolutely can't wait to share this book with y'all!

A multi-round job interview becomes a dizzying spiral into ominous realms. A child’s obsession with a neighbor’s death prompts an act of theatrical self-destruction. A spider-infested house draws an exterminator into webs stranger than any arachnid’s. A downwardly-mobile couple’s visit to an abandoned subdivision turns nightmarish when they encounter the empty homes’ new owners.

The stories in Nowhere’s Door Is Always Open unfold on thresholds, shifting sites of transition and change as mundane as a birthday, as momentous as first love, as terrifying as a swan dive into another world. Ranging from creeping unease to body-horror freakout, from small-town gothic to online Grand Guignol, this collection poses the question of any beckoning portal: are you ready for what’s on the other side?

@trashcatlit.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 8:44 AMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

We are back after a speculative fiction festival in Derby 🦝

Trash Cat got to hang out with three amazing Trash Family and writing powerhouses, @leighloveday.bsky.social @meanerharker.bsky.social and @sjtownend.bsky.social

DO meet your heroes - they'll inspire and invigorate you 💜

@therelphian.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 9:04 AMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

Spent the weekend in Derby for the Edge-Lit spec fic festival. Did some decent thrifting and spent loads of time with these absolute legends.
@mrlovelyday.bsky.social @meanerharker.bsky.social and @sjtownend.bsky.social
I was inspired, invigorated, and laughed so much. Trash Family are the best 💜

@sjtownend.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 7:14 PM

It was totally worth it! X

@meanerharker.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 7:11 AMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

Had the best day out in Derby yesterday, attending Edge-Lit 12. It was a chance to meet some wonderful people from @trashcatlit.bsky.social and attend some writing workshops. Couldn't have asked for better company. Already looking forward to the next one x

@sjtownend.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 6:53 PM

Thanks for the excellent company, Zoe. xxx

@leighloveday.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 6:49 PMReposted by @sjtownend.bsky.social

Edge-Lit '26 done! Banger panels, workshops and signings, sweet raffle madness and the company of superb humans @meanerharker.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social and @therelphian.bsky.social making it a special one.