Chris Doty-Dunn

Chris Doty-Dunn

@chrisdotydunn.com

Writer of weird and/or gay and/or spec fiction. Words in Crepuscular Magazine, Rat Bag Lit, Dream Theory Media, and more + forthcoming at Drabblecast. PhD in linguistics. ✡️🏳️‍🌈👬 Newsletter signup and stories: chrisdotydunn.com

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did you know that a disproportionate amount of our books are relevant for spooky season? use code BOO for 33% off ebooks until nov 14th yes that date is arbitrary spookiness does not truly have an end point but i had to pick something www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks

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I am pleased to announce that my second chance romance story Under the Strobe Lights was published today by Sweet Cute Magazine. I hope you enjoy it!

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Keep writing. You didn’t create all these fictional people and ruin their lives just to abandon them halfway through.

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I hate when I'm coughing and someone's like "drink some water" Water? The thing I'm choking on????

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Average Talmudic debate:

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

(But also, as @kenwhite.bsky.social has pointed out repeatedly, (1) it's a drawing of a naked Shrek, not explicitly Shrek hog and (2) it's not a "picture" of Shrek's penis because that doesn't exist and you can't take a picture of it. It's a drawing/illustration.)

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The leaves are finally drying and the rain has hit Seattle. It's fall. The sun sets sooner, lower, redder. A copper focused Halloween shop drop for 2026 to remember the warm, weakening sun Monday Oct 12 7pm PST pamwishbow.com

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So I have a small amount of UK hardbacks of THE SHIP OF DEATH that are available. $28+shipping. I’ll do a quaint doodle inside, sign it, and slip a sticker in there. Again, not a lot of these, so first come, etc. DM me here or on Instagram.

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Replying to @wiswell.bsky.social

Writer Beware is a great resource for looking up potentially problematic publishers. They published this updated history of MRM’s rights grabs yesterday. Their history lesson on MRM will be better than mine.

Victoria Strauss@victoriastrauss.com

New #WriterBeware blog post: Two artists' decisions to go public this week reveal new concerns at Must Read Magazines, which was the subject of controversy last year over its unfriendly contract terms writerbeware.blog/2026/10/09/m...

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In 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!

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🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/

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Read this if you need some heartwarming content

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

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.

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The results for Whimsy September are in! 🦙🪶 Congrats of the whimsical variety to our 5x selected stories sharing the £500 prize pool, & our 5x honourable mentions joining them in our Whimsy Anthology. There was fun, there were games, & there was the biggest range of voices in a whimsy contest yet!

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Drabble contest alert!!! The annual Halloween Drabble contest at Dead Languages Podcast is live!!! Muahahahahaha! Deadline: Oct 18th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.com2026 DLP Drabble ContestIt's that time of the year again! Time for the feral DLP drabble contest! Deadline: Oct 18th midnight Word limit: 100 words Theme: corrupt writing groups/associations (don't use real people's names ...

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Portlanders! On the sacred night of Halloween, a never-before seen spectacle will take place: a PUPPET EDDA, the world’s first alliterative-verse marionette show, preceded by spooky poetry readings from legendary author John Shirley and myself. At the Rose City Book Pub, Portland on Oct. 31st, 8 pm.