Allison Mulder

*barreling the camera like a Twilight Zone framing device* The following thread will list my short stories newly released in 2026. For my older work + reprints from this year, please do check out the list on my website: Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy!

Heads up: this website also "reviews" publishers, writer-beware-style. Lists big reliable publishers as safe, warns about many known scams, and then... Lists a few scam presses as "safe and reliable". Couched in professional language with buzzwords about transparent contracts and payment schedules.

hey all i dont know what authorsdaily dot com is? but they have an "Interview" with me posted that i - never gave - is full of lies - has my wrong pronouns - is full of things i dont do - or would never say? so i emailed them and told them to take it down but jfc, i am tired

We're only $130 away from crossing $17K. If one person grabbed a short story critique, that would push us over. The critique is for a story up to 5K words, and it comes with a subscription to Apex Magazine and access to our Discord. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Have you bought it yet? You should. 250,000 words of short fiction and poetry, all in the palm of your hand (depending on the size of your device and/or whether or not you get the print edition). 🙃 All proceeds go to keeping the magazine running! magazine.trollbreath.com/trollbreath-...

5 days to go on the Apex Kickstarter. They're at $16,446 pledged of their $21,000 goal. Times are hard and money *sucks* right now, but if you can drop a dollar in the hat, it would probably help.

Me: The last official farmer's market of the year. A solemn, mournful occasion, sure to be sparse. Farmer's Market: *hosting trick or treat so every child in the city is roaming about in their Halloween costumes + whimsical bonus food truck is selling turkey legs and mulligatawny soup and naan.

You know what doesn't get enough love? Horror short stories. From today through Halloween, I'll update this thread with Horror short story recommendations. Stuff you can read in a sitting while feeling like the shadows are watching.

!!! Heaven's Vault fans!! This is SO cool! ... I REALLY GOTTA FINISH MY FIRST RUN-THROUGH 😬

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

Another little piece of good news, as I just signed contract-- I will have a microfiction called "Nose to Tail" in @foofarawpress.bsky.social 's Quotidian Bagatelle, likely early 2027! A little mix inspired by serial killers, cooking shows, and general exhaustion with the demands of capitalism.

*stares fondly at all the magazine and individual writer finalists until--* OH, THAT'S MY NAME. Honored to be one of the story finalists for "Rewilding the Many Tethered Winds" at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! 8D Thank you, @inkfoundry.bsky.social + Congrats and good luck to us all!

Another little piece of good news, as I just signed contract-- I will have a microfiction called "Nose to Tail" in @foofarawpress.bsky.social 's Quotidian Bagatelle, likely early 2027! A little mix inspired by serial killers, cooking shows, and general exhaustion with the demands of capitalism.

*stares fondly at all the magazine and individual writer finalists until--* OH, THAT'S MY NAME. Honored to be one of the story finalists for "Rewilding the Many Tethered Winds" at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! 8D Thank you, @inkfoundry.bsky.social + Congrats and good luck to us all!

A large glorious spider made a bold web approximately 1-2 feet in front of my door, right where I can get No Pictures that don't give away my exact location. My industrious new neighbor is currently spinning up a meal. I would watch longer, but it is Windy and my door / face are in the danger zone

Oh right, I often have complex emotional reactions which I can’t easily interpret.

*walks outside* OKAY MY EARLY BALLOT IS IN TO A SECURE DROPBOX. YOU CAN NOW STOP CALLING, TEXTING, EMAILING, AND SENDING ME MAILERS. AND ADVERTISING IN EVERY BREAK OF MY LITTLE SHOWS. AND--

Apex Magazine @apexmag.bsky.social is doing their annual Kickstarter and I urge everyone to back one of the genre's most constantly amazing magazines! BONUS: If you share this post you're in the running to receive a signed book from me. Details in thread. 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

It's raining cats and--nope, more cats!

Between two different episodes of Taskmaster and a plot point in the book I just started, the universe seems to be newly intent on me learning how to siphon things with a garden hose.

@jordankurella.com (gah, sorry if I misstepped on quote-post etiquette there. Coming off of 30+ hrs of travel and still a little delirious <3)

We’re almost there for our subscription drive: we just need fourteen more people to jump onboard and then our pay rate for authors will go to fifteen cents a word! clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

The ole eel bite took about a week to (mostly) heel up by the way. Brain has moved it into the category of Story Research, so I guess look for some kind of eel-based horror in my future body of work, idk. Backwards teeth really do Tear Ya Up a little.

"Why does anyone even SELL these Sleight-of-Handgloves?" I thought, swiftly walking away from the stall. "The shopkeeper was so quick to let me try them on, too." My pockets are stuffed with everything...except my wallet. It's then that I remember: the shopkeeper volunteered to demonstrate.

Oh good, they still crawl around in the attic spaces between houses--the thing tiny me didn't fully understand but loved Passionately.

🎥 HAPPY [RECORDED] DAY!! 🎞️ My anthology of found media stories has been whisked off to all backers and authors (in ebook form)... AND NOW EVERYONE ELSE CAN PRE-ORDER IT! books2read.com/recorded-ant... If you like found footage? 👀 You will LOVE the 21 stories in this book—I am SO proud of this!