Ellen Datlow

Congratulations to everyone: locusmag.com/2026/10/worl...

Gentle reader, even as you wince from the thought, you wake, and realise you are the girl, wearing an expression of unutterable weariness, and escaping a house at midnight.

Who wants to cry?

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UWE Bristol student murdered housemate in knife attack after rent dispute

Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Fest on Saturday was a blast. I was on a panel about new horror trends with @datlow.bsky.social, Catherine Scully, JF Dubeau, Sam Rebelein, and Trisha Wooldridge. 🖤

"Our No Kings account is down!" "Our Musk documentary account is down!" But yes, by all means keep posting on Musk and Zuckerberg's platforms

UPDATE: After bipartisan blowback, Trump is reversing course on this medieval bloodthirsty cruelty Hegseth was so excited about. www.wsmv.com/2026/10/15/t...

I just finished Scott Hawkins' brilliant 2nd novel Blacktail-very different from The Library at Mount Char. A bloody tale of vengeance & hate, told from the pov of a wolf.There's a Forest God & "Old Kitty Mother," greatest witch of her age.Animals die. People die. Read it.

A man and his wife meet for dinner once a year, every year since she died... Next week. "The Date" by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social at Reactor. Art by Matthew Koo Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

No one will be okay with this. A lot of people will be assaulted. Others will not go to hospital out of fear and will be very sick or die. This is our Labour government.

Three new titles edited by @terriwindling.bsky.social and me have just been released: our middle-grade fairy tale anthos: A Wolf at the Door, Swan Sister, and Troll's Eye view: openroadmedia.com/ebook/a-wolf... openroadmedia.com/ebook/swan-s... openroadmedia.com/ebook/trolls...

For horror fiction fans, how about this?? Paul Tremblay interviews Stephen Graham Jones! 🤩 🎃

This Wednesday! Join us with John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Wed, Oct 14th, 7pm, at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @johnlangan.bsky.social @carrielaben.com @datlow.bsky.social

I highly, highly recommend “A Small Taste of the Old Country” by @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social for some excellent and cathartic Halloween reading. I found it in “Haunted Nights,” edited by the awesome @datlow.bsky.social and @lisamorton.bsky.social #reading #halloween #horrorcommunity #writing

Trump suggested Iranian missiles should hit American cities. Pete Hegseth announced a public execution would be livestreamed. And Republicans are abandoning Senate races as Democrats expand the map. A consequential and, at times, deeply alarming week. Start here if you need to catch up.

Last night we had a great time at The Twisted Spine celebrating @casskhaw.bsky.social's FIND ME WHERE IT ENDS. Great to see @kristintemple.bsky.social & @datlow.bsky.social too:

Next Wednesday, join us with John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, Oct 14th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @johnlangan.bsky.social @carrielaben.com @datlow.bsky.social

If you go to this, tag me, I wanna hear your story

The wing of a Delta Air Lines plane taxiing for takeoff hit the tail of an Air Canada jet at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning.

Happy Book Birthday to Collective! Visit our website to find out more! @booksfromscotland.bsky.social #Anthologies www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page... @dancoxon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social @wishusdonna.bsky.social

really glad I am masked because a person in the seat behind me is repeatedly coughing and blowing his nose (not masked)

Taiwan’s coast guard blasted a Chinese fishing vessel with a water cannon after it entered restricted waters and refused repeated orders to leave. The dramatic encounter offers a glimpse of the growing confrontations at sea as Beijing ramps up pressure around the self-governing island.

31 Days of Reading, October Fear edition, day two: The Office of Doom by Richard Bowes. This is more Lovecraftian horror from @datlow.bsky.social's Lovecraft Unbound.

Three cheers and thanks to @jeffreyford8.bsky.social for another fine start to spooky season with a fresh tale, this one in @datlow.bsky.social's latest greatest anthology, All Hallows' Eve, just out and available at the real good bookshops we know and haunt.

#Kindle deal! NIGHT & DAY: DREADFUL DARK: TALES OF NIGHTTIME HORROR/MERCILESS SUN: TALES OF DAYLIGHT HORROR is just $1.99! Edited by @datlow.bsky.social, look works by @rachelharrison.bsky.social, @stephengrahamjones.com, @joshmalerman.bsky.social & more! #booksky #ad amzn.to/4bF8YgJ

WAVE (1994) Acrylic on Canvas - 48” x 48” Of all the paintings hanging in my home, this one probably elicits the most comments. #art

It's also a good example of why I am reluctant to say too much about my work. Some people are frightened by it, some view it as peaceful, and some are just struck by its abstract qualities.

However, my intention was to design the wave as a simple exponential curve to visualize the problem of human population growth: “...the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.” www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/wa...

Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.

thank you!

FYI: We had to switch hosts for the KGB reading series mailing list (too much spam), so if you didn't receive an email announcement just now from us, please resubscribe to our mailing list here! www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/mailing-list/

Next month for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, join us with John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben, Wednesday, Oct 14th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @johnlangan.bsky.social @carrielaben.com @datlow.bsky.social

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Ex-Cornell student sues fraternity members and college over alleged gang rape and claims several were punished with essay-writing

Here's the audio from this month's Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with Jeff Ford & John Foster. H/t to AT Sayre for the audio. @jeffreyford8.bsky.social @jfoster.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social @amygoldschlager.bsky.social @atsayre.bsky.social www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/2026/09/25/a...

On sale for $1.99 ghost stories. Edited by Ellen Datlow openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-da...

On sale for $1.99 tomorrow 9/24 --US/Canada/GB openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-da...

Exclusive Brethren don’t let women speak in church, only men (unless things have changed a hella lot). UniMelb survey showed misogyny is the best predictor of violence. Seems Gina funded an “anti-social” campaign. #auspol

A survivor of the Martian war and its apocalyptic aftermath attempts to put the past to rest while raising his young son in the world that remains. "After the Tripods" by Dale Bailey is free to read at Reactor now! Art by @jdombrowski.bsky.social Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

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