@deborahldavitt.bsky.social - Deborah L. Davitt, Author

23 Jul 2026 14:15 +0000

Emmie has been reviewing people's works for over a year; she sees SO MUCH in people's works. I really do recommend that folks check out her back catalog of reviews! There are some absolute gems in there that I would have missed reading otherwise! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

23 Jul 2026 13:20 +0000

Coming soon! @ghostlyverse.bsky.social reminded me that I've been remiss in not mentioning this. . . as soon as I have details on when and where it will be available, I will post those up! <3 Much gratitude to @lyradora.bsky.social for including my poem in this volume!

21 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000

Hi all! At Waterstone's website and on their app, pre-order "Christmas Horror" at 25% off with code SUMMER26, July 21-24. I have a story in this one! It's about a modern valkyrie, her brother, family, the holidays. . .and the undead. LOL.

10 Jul 2026 18:21 +0000

Pardon me while I quote, with emphasis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

07 Jul 2026 19:46 +0000

This one sounds *fun*, and it's out today! I love a good genre mashup! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

07 Jul 2026 18:20 +0000

Ugh. This keeps getting worse. But! I do want to PRAISE the editors of Bona Books, @reckoningmag.bsky.social , @castofwonders.org and a BUNCH of other places (including @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social ) for their transparency when these things happen, and for their determination to keep publishing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

06 Jul 2026 19:02 +0000

The titles in this upcoming anthology make me SO happy. Check them out!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Jul 2026 15:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of reading this one when it was just a wee draft! Check out @sashakielman.bsky.social 's story "Legacy" today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jun 2026 21:20 +0000

Live today at Cryptic Frog Quarterly! This poem is definitely in the urban fantasy vein. . . with shades of disquiet. <3 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Jun 2026 17:50 +0000

A gentle, sweet, and dark flash fiction by @elismontgomery.bsky.social ! Check it out today! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

23 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000

I had the pleasure of reading an ARC of "The Asterist" today. This is not the first @atsayre.bsky.social book I've read; "The Last Days of Good People" was another excellent outing. As in that first book, we have a compelling situation dealing with *genuinely* alien aliens--a rarity!

23 Jun 2026 16:20 +0000

https://www.chron.com/news/article/world-cup-broadcast-houston-mountains-22310867.php *sigh*

21 Jun 2026 16:24 +0000

www.clarionwest.org/story-oracle/ This is both a choose your own adventure, a book recommender, AND a donation to a worthy cause! By @phoebebarton.bsky.social @montelin.bsky.social and Stewart C. Baker! https://www.clarionwest.org/story-oracle/

21 Jun 2026 13:32 +0000

. . . I feel seen. :P [contains quote post or other embedded content]

20 Jun 2026 16:19 +0000

*snerk* This thread cracks me up, and the replies citing our restaurant scene as the source of our cruel, dangerous magic are ON POINT. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

15 Jun 2026 20:07 +0000

Going through an archive, previously kept in the digital dungeon that is DVD, of old papers. Here, I found lovingly-preserved submission letter from 1995, to the New England Review. The story is in that archive, too--an attempt at lit fic. It's bad. But the submission letter is an artifact!

12 Jun 2026 13:25 +0000

Blood donation: Done! Anyone else in the Houston area who might want to donate on behalf of @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social , please head to your closest Memorial Hermann. <3

12 Jun 2026 10:55 +0000

I haven't yet gotten to Daniel's Moth novellas (there are five!), but I know him as a writer and a poet whose work I genuinely enjoy (I'm looking forward to his City of Bells novella-in-verse). If you're looking for a longer read, maybe check these out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

11 Jun 2026 18:04 +0000

. . . I am with Dr. "Bones" McCoy here. Teleportation is probably a terrible idea. Though perhaps this story will convince me otherwise? . . . nah. :D :D Check it out, though! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

10 Jun 2026 20:42 +0000

Okay, took a break from the word-mines to read this: https://www.adventitious.net/stories/all-of-my-tomorrows/ @ldcolter.com's story is a dark one--please mind the CWs. But it ends on a note of hope: we can choose to confront the darkness of the past, and do better with our futures. That we aren't defined by tragedy.

10 Jun 2026 17:54 +0000

Signal boosting for a lovely author and a great new magazine! This is on my TBR pile, honestly (but today is a nose-to-the-grindstone writing day for me). [contains quote post or other embedded content]

04 Jun 2026 12:27 +0000

I have a new story out today! "When We Cannot Let Go," is at Nonbinary Review: https://www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merch/p/nonbinary-review-issue-44-saying-goodbye-to-yesterday-1

03 Jun 2026 18:10 +0000

A lovely writing friend of mine is spinning up to release advance review copies of her upcoming fantasy/romance trilogy! Hit her up for codes, leave her honest reviews--she deserves your eyeballs! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

03 Jun 2026 00:14 +0000

I am delighted to pass on that this anthology is available, and it's going to be a GOOD one. (I wrote something for it, too, but did not *quite* make it across the finish line, lol). The stories picked up have got to be delightful with a concept like this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

26 May 2026 15:47 +0000

This looks like it's going to be fun, so I backed it! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waypoint-rpg/the-cartographers-last-map-a-waypoint-solo-adventure I have no connection to the creators; it just looks like FUN. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waypoint-rpg/the-cartographers-last-map-a-waypoint-solo-adventure?ref=ksr_email_backer_backer_confirmation

16 May 2026 21:18 +0000

Finished *A Drop of Corruption* today, by Robert Jackkson Bennett. Fabulous sequel; I did suss out some of how things worked out, but only *just* before the narrative explained things, which is always *hella* satisfying.

15 May 2026 10:55 +0000

I recently got the library bug again. I had stopped going after Hurricane Harvey absolutely destroyed our local branch, and once a habit is lost, it's hard to pick up again. :P Anyhow, my favorite new book so far is The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet. Incredible mystery and worldbuilding!

07 May 2026 15:07 +0000

Such a strong list this year, and absolutely delighted to be in the Long category after several years not making it in! <3 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

30 Apr 2026 20:10 +0000

Eeeeee! Just got my pretty author copies of "Of Love and Dragons" from @flametree.bsky.social !! The cover is, as always, just gorgeous, and I am so excited to have this in my hands at last! <3