Chris Doty-Dunn

A story about lightning elements and also the choices we make.

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Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.

We're celebrating our one year anniversary with a story every hour! This hour's story is "The Dirge of Deceit" by Chris Dory-Dun. @chrisdotydunn.com #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles

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We're celebrating our one year anniversary with a story every hour! This hour's story is "Never Summon a Rage Demon Immediately After Getting Fired" by Natalie Bucsko. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

We're celebrating our one year anniversary with a story every hour! This hour's story is "A Toast" by Chad Frame. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

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Today's story is "Of Course my Wand is Jammed During the Most Important Wizard Tournament of the Year" by Brenya Gommel. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #drabble #drabbles #PetPeeve

please enjoy brand new tingler just in time for the season of scares. RESIDENT ANAL: POUNDED BY THE D-VIRUS is out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMP9JZBB/ or all patreon tiers www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...

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!

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

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

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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

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.

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.

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!

Paid subscribers can read our rat recommendation "The Tooth Fairy's Deal" by Sydney Sackett at ratbaglit.substack.com/p/the-tooth-.... Or buy it in issue one, digital or print: ko-fi.com/ratbaglit/shop #ratbaglit #ratrecommendation #ratrec #ratbookstore

🧵 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/

Very excited to announce the judges who will be joining us this year for our annual awards, The Foofs! Nominations open Nov 15th through Jan 15th so get your stories ready! @slashnburnett.bsky.social @erincairns.bsky.social @inkfoundry.bsky.social @hearthstories.bsky.social @ratbaglit.bsky.social

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Super excited to have won the @foofarawpress.bsky.social “ordinary” short story contest with a story that might not be quite that ordinary. 😂 #amwriting #shortfiction #SpecFic

Writer friends: don’t give up. I was rejected 299 times before I got my 300th rejection.

Good morning. 'Batman's aff his Nut' by Robert Florence.

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Happy spooky season! 🎃

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GOAT OR BIRD????

As if you needed reminding, but THE SHIP OF DEATH comes out tomorrow… bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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please enjoy brand new tingler NOT POUNDED BY THIS FLOCK CAMERA BECAUSE SOMEONE CUT IT DOWN. HUH, INTERESTING. I WONDER WHO COULD’VE DONE THAT? out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL6WHFVV and on buckaroo patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...

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!

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...

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.