I read a bunch and edit Seize The Press Magazine.https://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3mv4tfz2ha22z [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4tfz2ha22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3mv4tc64qd22zForeign Objects is one of the best stories of 2026. I’ve read a few stories recently where the author didn't understand the difference between 2nd person POV and 1st person addressing varying forms of 'you'; Karlo understands it and also deploys it in one if the most devastating ways I’ve ever read [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4tc64qd22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3mukylmmlp22cIt’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukylmmlp22chttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3muky2ugmz22cWeird fiction seems to be having a moment but without lots of the people trying to write it actually grasping what it is. I keep reading stories where there’s clearly an attempt at vaguely gesturing towards ‘the Weird’ but they just cant help over-explaining everything. Truly frustrating stuff.02 Sep 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3muky2ugmz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3msy2cw36d22sMore faves of 2026 so far from other mags: A Dirge for the Mirrorbirds - Emily C. Skaftun (Beneath Ceaseless Skies) Scion - Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld) Atomic Chess - Josh Pearce (Bourbon Penn) Foreign Objects - Karlo Yeager Rodríguez (Typebar) Please Turn on Your Magic Beam - Orrin Grey (The Dark) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy2cw36d22shttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3msxzvlmxmc2sergot. has published several of the best stories of the year so far imo. Valediction - Jason Baltazar Sisyphus, Bound - David Stevens Late Bloomer - Ian Kappos The Professor of Desire Presents - Anneke Schwob Rolliecoaster Meadow - J F Gleeson Read the archive, it's full of gems. https://www.ergot.press/authors/archive13 Aug 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxzvlmxmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3msxxfefc3s2sAnneke Schwob's "The Professor of Desire Presents" is one of my favourite stories of the year so far. Fuck. ergot.'s strike rate of putting out short fiction that make me feel absolutely wretched (complimentary) continues to skyrocket. https://www.ergot.press/authors/Anneke_Schwob/The_Professor_of_Desire_Presents13 Aug 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxxfefc3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3msqjrfjzsk2fIt’s 2026 and I’m reading The Da Vinci Code. I want to throw it across the room every five minutes.10 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqjrfjzsk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/misterbloat.bsky.social/post/3ms723jhcpk2jSometimes a story perfectly reifies a specific feeling I have about moving through life. Fiction at its best, an art that gives form to something nebulous inside you and makes it feel solid. "Please Turn on Your Magic Beam" by Orrin Grey was that for me. Sad, beautiful, deeply profound horror. https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/please-turn-on-your-magic-beam/03 Aug 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:5ttuckdebg3ze4w7zcsu3ack/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms723jhcpk2j