Deborah L. Davitt, Author

I'm just going to drop a link here: store.steampowered.com/app/2233770/... It's free to play. And it's very much worth playing. Take the time. It's weird, strange, chilling; I had to take a break at the mid point. But the ending/s? Amazing. Worth the time. I don't want to say more, lest I spoil it.

@the-lettersea.com this one's amazing. It's so bittersweet, yet so uplifting!

Many, many thanks to @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social for doing these reviews and interviews (and especially for including me! Squee!)

They're almost there! Keep the momentum going!

Nico is reviewing spec poetry, which means the *world* to me. Getting people interested in reading poetry is hard--you have to make it accessible to them, in a way that doesn't condescend, but at the same time, makes the process less scary. Which they manage admirably! Check out Nico's Patreon!

I adore Lightspeed and Nightmare and have stories in the queue, waiting to be read by YOU. As such, I'm pretty invested in seeing @lightspeedmagazine.com succeed--and I just backed their Kickstarter! They have four days to go, and need about 10k--can you help? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...

I am recycling a failed cake this morning into cake pops! But, as I'm making them, the terrible pun "Cake Pop Demon Hunters" flashed through my head, and I think someone out there is sleeping on a merch opportunity :P

I have a fun little poem live today at @penumbricmag.bsky.social ! www.penumbric.com/currentissue... Check it (and the rest of the issue) out now!

Well, I have finished Nighthawks, and other than an OOPS with a major NPC dying that I'd rather not have? Got my personal "best ending," I suspect. Really, really enjoyable game! I suspect I will peek at some content now and see what other people have done, though. . .

@mst3k.fan has a story out today, which appeals to me as a recovering Infocom game addict: videoda.me/a-little-les... Check it out!

Live today! I share a TOC with the amazing @abigailkemske.bsky.social @spires.bsky.social and @bethgoder.bsky.social ! Buy it here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKF5V83W and enjoy!

I have a piece in this! "The Myths that Whisper Truths" could occupy a delightful spot on your shelf if you pick up this anthology--and there MANY other intriguing reads in this volume. Check it out!

Ooh, this went live yesterday! www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/sweet...

I've never before received a *gift-wrapped* author copy! Thank you to @lyradora.bsky.social for including me. . . and making me sad that I had to break the wrapping to get to the goods!

There is some *lovely* human-made character art here, which is so difficult to find in the age of slop. Go take a look!

Oh so pretty!! The @flametree.bsky.social anthology, Christmas Horror, has dropped, and my story is included! "Jól," first appeared in Abyss & Apex, December 24, 2023! www.flametreepublishing.com/christmas-ho...

This one was so dark and yet, that ending? Perfection.

I am *loving* Nighthawks so far. The writing is *smart*, and NPCs don't do the *convenient* thing for the player character--sometimes, they can be damned *inconvenient* and annoyingly smart, in a "Damnit, how'd you find out I told the doctor THAT??" kind of way. :D

Oooh! I had a chance to read some of the poems in this collection before it was accepted for publication; it's amazing, and it's wonderful to see this go live!

I've been quiet about this one until I had some definite news, but this book is available now!! It's a book that's both taken a long time to come to fruition and a whirlwind of a rush at the same time. Published by Island of Wak-Wak, the same as my poetry chapbook from two years ago.

Hard SF - Oh, Yeah! Learn More: The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories #9 www.infinivoxsf.com/hard-sf-9

A writing friend has created possibly the creepiest creepypasta I've ever read, in the form of a video game walkthrough. Please do go read!

I believe I had the pleasure of reading this one in rough draft form; there's an aching yearning to the prose that works very well with the topic! Check it out. :)

Air & Nothingness press has a new anthology available: aanpress.com/aanorder.htm... I'm in there, along with a bunch of other excellent writers, spinning tales of the near-future solar system! With coffee and tea, natch. ;) Check it out!

I will be sharing a volume with the *amazing* D.A. Xiaolin Spires, who is both one of my favorite people and writers!

Love Penumbric! And delighted to appear in their pages once more!

This is live now! I loved Redfern's emotive, yet philosophical reading! As I noted elsewhere, this story is a masterclass in the effective use of *refrain*.

@abigailkemske.bsky.social has a new story out this week in Flame Tree's newsletter! It's dark and lovely. . . so read it here: www.flametreepress.com/newsletters/...

The story I've been working on was *supposed* to land at 6k words. Nice. Neat. Marketable. Damnit, brain, I did NOT need to write a third novella this year! They're hard to sell! Not to mention it's a weird blend of genres that is ALSO unsellable. *grump* Anyway. Finishing the thing.

Soooo excited about this!

Tropical Storm Edouard is nearing landfall today, bringing sporty winds and heavy rainfall into the upper Texas coast. The worst of these impacts will be mostly east and north of Houston, but we’re still eyeing the potential for heavy rainfall, especially east of Interstate 45. #houwx #tsedouard

@deepcutpress.bsky.social I'm getting a Bad Gateway on most parts of your site today--the magazine itself, and the submissions guidelines are both not functional. The .org overarching site is there, though!

Coming up next week! I will be reading three flash fictions for @storyhour.bsky.social on September 2nd, at 7 PM PDT. (Or, you know, 9 pm CDT, which means I will be sleeeepy!) The three stories in question are: "Papyrates," "An Endless Sea of Diamond Dust," and "A Mother's Love."

I obviously don't share cat and dog pictures nearly enough here. Neko here displays that his floof cannot be contained! He is a long boi!

This is going to be *awesome*. Click the link to follow this project. Can't recommend highly enough! <3

“The Dragons of Kepler-62 b,” is live at eyetothetelescope.com/archives/061...! My thanks to @spires.bsky.social , the editor for this issue, for including my piece! <3

I'm really happy to be able to post about this one: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... This one got its start in a yearly challenge I run on Codex, a forum for pro and neo-pro authors. I call it 'Victory in Verse.' It started life as a rime couee, but it evolved to free verse!

My friend @cornellwriter.bsky.social has a collection of short stories going live soon. . .and she's got a book launch event! www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/events/58652... If you happen to be in or near Toronto, maybe consider going!

Always love appearing in Penumbric, and this looks to be a stellar issue! Check it out!

Coming soon to Kickstarter: "A Second Cup," from Air and Nothingness Press! The first anthology in the series was "Tea, Coffee, Stars, and Gravity;" this is all stories set in the solar system, and my story "Gravity, Acceleration, and Murder" is one of them! www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...

Sing, o heavenly Muse!

And a new anthology goes live today, too! "Witches Save the World: Covens, Cauldrons, and Curses Gone Right!" <3 eternalhauntedsummer.com/gorgons-gaze...