Editor of OBSOLESCENCE. Award-winning author of FACE THE NIGHT. Founder of small press Shortwave Publishing. HWA Active Member. SFWA Full Member.https://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mhbi2ckd4s2tI will always love print proof day! Here are the standard edition and the B&N Exclusive Edition of @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE, both of which feature embossed covers. I slid a piece of printer paper between the covers and the transparent overlays to expose the embossed sections.17 Mar 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbi2ckd4s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mgy3kskyj22uHappy release day to all involved! I had so much fun designing the cover wrap for this one! Everything is aged to look like an old police file/report. All logos and text elements were first designed from scratch, and then aged with various brushing and masking techniques. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgy3kskyj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mg64lgbizc2cNothing more thrilling than waking up to these large wholesale orders from Barnes & Noble. I could get used to this. I've started checking our Simon & Schuster Publisher Portal even before my own inbox each morning. 😂03 Mar 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg64lgbizc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mehinupdss2cAlso, bonus points: I sent them my layered file for the cover art so they could design and build whatever their art team thought would work best for the audiobook. They kept my cover. They didn't change a single pixel. Given the size and budget of their art department vs me, that was a proud moment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehinupdss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mehie3ioa22cI just heard an early mix of the audiobook version of "A Fruiting Body" from @natcassidy.bsky.social's I KNOW A PLACE, as performed by four narrators (one of whom was Nat himself), and the audio performance elevated an already unsettling story to a chills-and-shivers level of creepy. 🍄09 Feb 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehie3ioa22chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mddtp7f34k2cLet me tell you, the day I boxed up this book, wrote a little thank you note, and addressed it to "Steve King" was one of the most surreal days of my life. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddtp7f34k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3md5e3qh4xc2cMatt Dinniman is writing the introduction to one of our upcoming collections (Philip Fracassi's Traps and Specters) so I started reading Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series recently. I just finished book three and am a little obsessed at this point. 😻🦖👨24 Jan 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3md5e3qh4xc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mcb5juojyc2cWorking on the layout for a brand-new fiction story we're publishing to Shortwave Magazine later this week, and it is the perfect blend of sci-fi and horror that I keep craving. I've read it half a dozen times already and I can't wait to read it half a dozen more.12 Jan 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcb5juojyc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandistro.bsky.social/post/3mb3ixnssmc2cAny writer who thinks their cover is "nonessential" is in for a very rude awakening when they try to sell their book to readers. At point of sale, I would argue the cover is the most essential element, next to a great blurb/description. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Dec 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:7mdvgqogxbolnqxtwdb2dc4y/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb3ixnssmc2c