Eric Raglin
@ericraglin1992
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Horror/Weird fiction writer of Nightmare Yearnings, Extinction Hymns, & Lonesome Pyres. Owner of @CursedMorsels . Anti-capitalist and anti-fascist. He/Him
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Happy release day to my third horror and Weird fiction collection, Lonesome Pyres! This book is for people who have known loneliness in many forms, people who are drawn to the strange and grotesque, and people who always seek out love in this brutal world. 🖤
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How to properly use em dashes: "WITH WILD ABANDON AND UNREPENTENT EXCESS."
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I fed it "George Washington wearing Insane Clown Posse makeup" and I am DELIGHTED with the result.
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Novels sell way better than short story collections, which is why we should have a Buy a Short Story Collection Day. Few things are better than a gorgeously crafted short story!
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What's an extremely specific horror subgenre that exists but doesn't have an adequate name?
Example: cave horror should be called Spelunkerpunk.
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The prospect of living in a society in which everything is family friendly by default sounds like a nightmare.
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Horror section at major bookstore gives off an "If you like Stephen King, you'll LOVE Stephen King" vibe.
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Okay, this seems to happen at least once a week, but I have another fun horror anthology idea: hauntings in unexpected places. No more spooky Victorian houses. I'm talking haunted fast food joints, dentist offices, etc.
Would folks read something like that?
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Anthology of sleep horror. Sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, sleep apnea, and all other sleep terrors. Get it!
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Now coming up with ridiculous fake comps for fake pitches:
JAWS x THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
What others y'all got?
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Things I promise as a publisher:
1) Your book will have a great-looking cover.
2) I will pay your advance and royalties in a timely manner without having to be chased down.
3) I will give a shit about marketing your book and will continue marketing it long after the release.
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My weird/eco-horror collection EXTINCTION HYMNS has found a publisher just in time for Christmas. I'm so damn happy. More details when I can share them.
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I'm looking for artists who design horror book covers that feel like terrifying, erotic fever dreams. Good typography is a must.
Any recommendations?
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In response to Sam Elliott's homophobic rant about The Power of the Dog, I will now begin drafting the script for an even gayer cowboy movie called The Power of the Dong.
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Sold my first story of 2022! Some ghostly eco-horror flash fiction is coming your way. 👻🌎🍖
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And just like that, the job search is over. I'll be an academic advisor starting on the 21st of this month. Plus they offered me a higher salary than I originally thought I'd get, so that's awesome. Intensely relieved!
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Since SSRIs are trending again, let's talk about some common side effects, all of which I suffer from:
1) Having a juicy ass
2) Having a great personality
3) Magnet for hot dads everywhere
4) "Built different"
5) Lycanthropy
SSRI users, any I missed?
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Brigids Gate Press is publishing EXTINCTION HYMNS, my second horror/weird fiction collection, this December. So happy to be working with them!
We're excited to announce a book deal for a horror/weird fiction collection by Eric Raglin titled "Extinction Hymns." Coming December 2022.
@ericraglin1992
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Just got an acceptance for a story
@Gabino_Iglesias
helped me edit over the summer. And I get paid for it! Can't wait to share with y'all!
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Horror Anthology of People Setting Nightmarish Guinness World Records
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Just sold a story. I have to be quiet about it for now, but I'm extremely happy about this sale.
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Some good things from the past week:
-Told my parents and sister that I have a boyfriend. They were normal about it!
-Climbed my first two V4s at the bouldering gym. It was difficult but fun!
-Proposed a cool split collection project that's gradually coalescing.
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For no particular reason--who writes eco-horror and ecological Weird fiction with a focus on awe, unease, strangeness, and terror?
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Completely done with my teaching job of six years. Keys turned in and everything. Feels weird.
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Given the number of steps between conceptualizing a novel and publishing it, you'd think someone would've stopped and considered whether this one was actually worth publishing.
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Y'all, if you hate fat people that much, please don't put it in a story and submit it to Shredded. Work on yourself instead.
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The day finally came. A student with excellent research skills finally found my writer name.
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Just got extremely good news on the publishing front. Probably the best news I've ever received, no exaggeration.
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Grammatical transphobes will be like, "The only proper use of they/them pronouns is when referring to James Patterson, who is a collective of uncredited writers hiding under a trench coat."
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Still sore and red, but my ivory-billed woodpecker tattoo is finally finished!
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Anthology titled "You Are Dead To Me" in which all contributors write stories symbolically severing their ties to real-life shitty people. Some lawsuits could come of it, but at least it'd be interesting.
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Delighted to announce that my piece "Silver Dollar Eyes" will appear in
@ScottJ_Moses
's "What One Wouldn't Do" anthology!
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Because I often see the words used interchangeably:
A collection features one author.
An anthology features multiple authors.
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People should be able to freely express their lived trauma through art without being policed, shut down, or told they're "not doing it right."
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AI bro who steals people's books for machine learning approaching you at the bar: "hey beautiful, your vividness is at 92.3% today."
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I'm writing a grotesque, erotic bizarro story about a guy who breeds living houses infused with his own DNA. I have no clue where I'll be able to submit it, but I'm hyped about where it's going.
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Me to my Creative Writing students: publishing is a slow-moving industry, but some publishers get back to you quickly. For example, this publisher called The Dark rejected a story of mine in under an hour.
Student: wow, it must have been really bad!
😂
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Okay, contract signed: my story about ghostly coral reefs, the connections between personal and climate grief, and the horrors of tourism will be published in
@HavenSpec
this September!
Made my biggest story sale yet today. So glad The Coral Tombs has a home! Details soon.
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Can't help mentioning another idea: a housing horror anthology. Monstrous landlords, grotesque living conditions, and denied maintenance requests turned terrifying. I'd read the hell out of that.
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It's my 29th birthday! For today only, I've made the NIGHTMARE YEARNINGS e-book free on Gumroad. Celebrate this day with traumatized Mothman, a seven-tongued cosmic horror, a demon who lives in your toilet, and more!
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All the SHREDDED Kickstarter funds have transferred, and it looks like I have the budget for a 55,000-word book. Stoked to read submissions soon!
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Can't say too much just yet, but Extinction Hymns has a new publisher. 😊
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Historical horror fiction anthology inspired by labor history specifically. That'd be rad.
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The audiobook of my queer, weird horror collection NIGHTMARE YEARNINGS is out now! I'm looking for reviewers and new readers. Share around, tag a friend, and hit me up for free promo codes!
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My Horror Lit course got NCAA approval, which the school district told me would "require an act of god" in order to happen. Well, it happened and now student athletes can get English credit for the course. It's a small thing, but I'm celebrating.
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Completely alone in a movie theater watching Candyman for a Thursday matinee. Icee to my left, pretzel to my right. What a gift!
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I'm so happy Peanut Butter (the cat) has returned after two days of adventuring in the neighborhood! She was under our porch tonight, so we got lucky in finding her.
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Got a rad as hell acceptance today. Keeping my lips zipped for now, but hopefully I can spill the beans soon. 🔥🔥🔥
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Which of these anthology ideas catch your interest? I've left some off the list because I'd like to co-edit them with someone else.
-Midwest Weird
-The Weird Years: Weird Horror of the Middle and High School Experience
-Sports and Fitness Body Horror
-Strange Birds
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Up to 17 rejections for 2021. Hoping to get 50 by the end of the year!
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My student wearing the "Mothman believes in you" shirt gets an A.
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The thousand eyes worked, y'all. Got a really damn exciting acceptance this afternoon. I'll tell you more when I can!
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I'm on a book buying ban right now, but I just learned that Margaret Killjoy has a novella called Escape from Incel Island, so I have to make an exception. I have no choice.
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So...I'm going to accept this job in Minneapolis. See you in September, Twin Cities folks!
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So stoked to work with Off Limits Pulp for Lonesome Pyres! Let's get weird, sexy, and depraved in 2024. 🥳
Excited to announce that
@ericraglin1992
is joining the Off Limits Family! His collection, Lonesome Pyres, will be released under our Off Limits Pulp imprint in 2024!
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No, Gmail, I would not like to video chat with the person I just sent a rejection email to. Why, why, why did I accidentally hit that button?!
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Just signed a pro-rate contract for my story about a horny and horrible rich gay man and the start of the crabpocalypse!
What's the crabpocalypse? And how sexy is the end of the world? You'll have to read to find out.
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"Because it was made for children" is a perfectly acceptable answer to the question "wait, why don't you want to see that movie?!"
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I know it's been said before, but applying for jobs often feels like a full-time unpaid job itself.
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What's a word you can't stomach? For me, it's "whilst." It sounds so goofy. Just use "while"!
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Just sent in my Nightmare flash fic submission! Anyone else sending a piece in?
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Trying to find country music for goths. Anyone have recs?
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Okay, I have permission to mention the acceptance I vague-tweeted about earlier today. My weird Midwest Gothic possession/love story, "A Coarse Yellow Sea," will be published in Hell Is Real: A Midwest Gothic Anthology!
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I know plenty of folks hated the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I was not one of them. That movie ruled, y'all.
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My next short story collection EXTINCTION HYMNS is coming out through Snow-Capped Press in October! If you like dread-inducing eco-horror, Midwest weirdness, and gnarly splatter, this collection is absolutely for you.
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With the stories I've sold this past month, I've been able to pay off my phone bill and internet bill. I don't expect sales like this every month, and I'm nowhere near being able to financially support myself with writing alone, but I'm still damn happy about it.
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Gotta go with what my heart wants most (sorry bird folk!) The next book I edit will be a sports and fitness body horror anthology. I'm still finalizing the submission guidelines and title, but expect to see an announcement soon. In the meantime, title suggestions are welcome!
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Livin' the Dream: An Anthology of Quietly Miserable Midwesterners
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The Shredded manuscript is complete! Foreword, stories, bios, CWs, afterword--all of it. Yeehaw!
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Student: "Don't underestimate me. I am supremely online and found your writer name in three minutes. All I had to do was look up Hailey Piper's Instagram and see who was following her. I liked your Mothman story, but why'd you write it about lesbians when Mothman is bi?"
The day finally came. A student with excellent research skills finally found my writer name.
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SHREDDED submissions open up in ten days! Out of curiosity, anybody writing an MMA story?
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One of my most polite, shy, and kind Horror Lit students submitted a wildly gnarly splatterpunk story for her modernization of Poe's Masque of the Red Death. I'm very much okay with Splatterpunk Poe.
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Despite my complaints yesterday about having no energy for writing, I've cranked out an entire sci-fi horror flash piece in the past two hours. Thanks for the energy, universe!
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