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AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF GLORIOUS SHORT FICTION THAT I ENJOYED IN 2025 (BY PUBLICATION MONTH).

How did I not know about Chinamasta?

SHE HAS CUT OFF HER OWN HEAD AND SHE FIGHTS ANXIETY!!!

https://vedicgoddess.weebly.com/goddess-vidya-blog/chinnamasta

Isn’t she wondeful?

Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy

Much like something insidious waiting just outside space and time, and as close as your shoulder. This idea says that maybe:

Consciousness itself is a separate entity. You are part of a sleeping, protean force waiting to be awakened. Civilization would call it psychosis, but a heart cell would seem psychotic to a ligament.A smaller-in-scope hive-minded creature is waiting just past the edge of rational thought.

A Horror Writing Idea Beyond My Reach | timwburke

https://timwb.substack.com/p/what-im-working-on?r=6c2kn

10 Overlooked Halloween Horror Movies to Watch

10 TV Horror Anthology Episodes Perfect for Halloween

How To Be A Resilient Writer • Buttondown

Plot, Character, or Situation: Your Story’s Entry Point Determines Next Steps | Jane Friedman

For me, this is an eye-opener for world-building. Did Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett invent figures-of-speech for their books?