#SFF & #horror writer. 2025 Brave New Weird Nominee. VLO Choctaw. #Neurodivergent. #Aro/ace. Stories published with The Brothers Uber, PseudoPod, MetaStellar, Brigids Gate Press, and more. See https://www.almunson.com. FB: https://tinyurl.com/almunsonhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3muntz5n2ws2oI'm happy to announce my short story, "My Grandfather's Bow," will be podcast on Tales to Terrify (@talestoterrify.bsky.social)! It may take a year for the episode to be released, but I look forward to hearing my story narrated. 😊 #horror #sff #supernatural #speculativefiction #specfic #writesky04 Sep 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muntz5n2ws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3muinwzwwd226The Fall 2026 issue of Tales from the Crosstimbers is out now! It features my #horror story, "The Beast in the Concrete Jungle." Buy a copy: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Crosstimbers-Fall-2026-Griffin-ebook/dp/B0GX34JXP9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33HUGKSGZIZ87&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GOS9SeC1TpmzrYZGj24rpKmpL2_Qcun0aC-RL3OCU9HbwyRaflHO5FWqAaAnyCOxPUI-Lb7ThAT0O7ZbF_cN57Xxd6lrvCjbVnQDfVvi9E1pp5RVwpiGodhKFdC2xP4k.LtrOENk5NaWNFrvAIG13pzEK-nxKiIqn_GXUrIPi2J4&dib_tag=se&keywords=tales+from+the+crosstimbers&qid=1788307933&s=books&sprefix=tales+from+the+crosstimbers%2Cstripbooks%2C163&sr=1-1 Read online (free): thecrosstimbers.net/current-issue/ #sff #specfic #supernatural #speculative #reading #readsky #booksky https://thecrosstimbers.net/current-issue/02 Sep 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muinwzwwd226https://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mudfornc7k2cI was born and raised along the coast of the Gulf of *Mexico*. In grad school, I moved to upstate New York for an internship and lived on the shore of Lake *Ontario*. Both "Mexico" and "Ontario" are words that predate the idea of America by hundreds of years. #GulfofMexico #LakeOntario #FDT30 Aug 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudfornc7k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mu6sfkjtvs2zSomehow, with the stir over Dolly Parton's death, I missed the news that Tim Curry passed away. As someone who grew up in the '90s, I knew him for playing villains in everything from Home Alone 2 to "It." But my favorite of his roles was as Wadsworth in Clue. Perfect comedic timing. #RIPTimCurry29 Aug 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6sfkjtvs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mtxfmvidyc2vThe entire literary community owes so much to Dolly Parton for putting books in the hands of kids and making reading fun for them. She fostered generations of readers. #RIPDollyParton #ThankYouDolly [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxfmvidyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mturxmqif22aTomorrow is Aromantic Spectrum Visibility Day. As an #aroace person, I would love to see more books and movies with no romance in them. I would also love to see more #aro characters (portrayed accurately) in fiction. We exist. We are human. Treat us that way. #AroVisibilityDay #ArospecVisibilityDay25 Aug 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mturxmqif22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mtpnjt2cl22pCriminally underrated film: They Cloned Tyrone With themes similar to Get Out and Sinners and writing similar to Atlanta, this movie has relentlessly witty dialog and on-point social commentary. How in the hell did this sail under the radar? #filmsky #film 📽️ #sff #scifi #comedy #specfic #darkcomedy23 Aug 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpnjt2cl22phttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mti7zerjlc2e**FREE STORY** "We Told You of the One Who Lives in the Mound" A woman’s past mistakes come back to haunt her when a vengeful letter-writer calls her back to the mysterious town she fled 20 yrs before. Read/Listen: https://pseudopod.org/2025/07/11/pseudopod-984-flash-on-the-borderlands-lxxiv-thy-shields-between-them-and-the-light/ #sff #horror #shortstories #readsky #reading #specfic20 Aug 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti7zerjlc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mt67ythomc2fMore #photography from when I lived in Prague. I took these #photos in Nové Město (New Town). You can find more on my website: www.almunson.com/photos/ #realphotos #travel #NoAI #travelphotos #landscapes #monuments #CzechRepublic #Českárepublika #Prague #Praha 🇨🇿16 Aug 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt67ythomc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3msz4k4excs2bSci-fi fans: It's 2026! Why don't we have flying cars yet? Me, a sci-fi writer: My brothers in Christ*, what do you think a helicopter is? *I'm not actually Christian. #sff #scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #specfic14 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msz4k4excs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3msu2i3l6hk2xUnderrated movie: After (2012) This was a rather sweet story. Not quite #horror, though it was marketed that way. It's more like dark #fantasy. Definitely a gem among low budget, #indie films. #sff #filmsky #film 📽️ #indiefilms #darkfantasy #movies #indiemovies12 Aug 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu2i3l6hk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3msoxblfc422a**FREE STORY** After a supernatural entity kidnaps their unborn child from the womb, a NOLA couple seeks help from a Choctaw conjuror to get him back. Read: https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/the-wager/ #horror #sff #supernatural #shortstories #readsky #reading #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #booksky10 Aug 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoxblfc422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3msf3ilutjk2zICYMI, Sephera Giron penned a lengthy, poorly written, poorly reasoned, somewhat racist, pro-AI op-ed in the Horror Writers Association newsletter. Within 24 hrs, the HWA removed her from their Board of Trustees. Her rant and their response are in the slides below. #writingcommunity #writesky06 Aug 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msf3ilutjk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ms7wx2t63c2fRandom thought: The wildest thing I saw when people came to the U.S. for the World Cup was the way they would walk up to cops and ask for directions or help with something. They had no fear at all. It makes me think other countries are paradises where approaching a cop would never get you killed.04 Aug 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7wx2t63c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3ms2iabbunc2rI just finished my 2nd novel! This is a #post-apocalyptic #sci-fi #action/adventure #western w/ lots of humor. It draws heavily on a real trek I made through the Sonoran Desert last year. I can't wait to send it to beta readers! #sff #scifi #action #adventure #writing #writingcommunity #writesky01 Aug 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2iabbunc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mrqobkhdks2gJust watched Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. I said the first movie wasn't an outright comedy, but this one really is. It's like the writers said, "Oh, you liked the end of the last movie when the rich people blew up? Have we got a film for you!" Excellent. #movies #filmsky #film 📽️ #horror #comedy29 Jul 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqobkhdks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mrlrb2byb22cMy mom: You need to trim back that elephant ear plant. It's taking over your yard. Me: I'm hoping, if he grows big enough, he'll start singing with Levi Stubbs's voice. #gardening #plants #gardens27 Jul 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlrb2byb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mrgpwgwqss2hI have bitten my tongue for years about the racist feedback I've received from so-called respected publishers. Now, I'm just saying it. 288 characters isn't enough. #writingcommunity #writing #writesky #publishing #indigisky #Indigenous #BIPOCauthors #IndigenousAuthors #writers #IndigenousWriters25 Jul 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgpwgwqss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mralzoacnk2w**FREE story** A lab accident leaves a physicist’s conscious mind jumping into the future while her body remains in the present. But what happens when her mind reaches a future without her in it? Read: https://cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/what-mel-knows/ #sff #scifi #horror #readsky #booksky #shortstories22 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mralzoacnk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mqzwburiuk2mMy apologies to Spain for our orange idiot of a president trying to steal the spotlight from your amazing team as they celebrated their victory. He's a pathetic, insecure, spoiled brat. Congratulations on your win! 🇪🇸 #WorldCup #FuckTrump #LaRoja #Spain19 Jul 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzwburiuk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mqv6iuvtr22eI like Argentina and Spain, but I feel this World Cup was marred by bad calls meant to keep star players in the tournament for as long as possible. Add political interference and the mistreatment of the Iranian team, and it makes me wonder what teams would be in the final if all had been fair.18 Jul 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqv6iuvtr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mql5cj2pzc2sI'm so sorry to hear of Sam Neill's death. He was an excellent actor who contributed so much to sci-fi and horror cinema. Learning of his death actually hurt. Rest in peace, sir. #RIPSamNeill #scifi #horror #filmsky #sff #actors #film #movies #cinema https://variety.com/2026/film/news/steven-spielberg-mourns-sam-neill-jurassic-park-1236809406/14 Jul 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mql5cj2pzc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mqffaef3gc2eI'm going to say something my ancestors never said: I don't want the Vikings to leave yet. They're so much fun. Now, I'll say something my ancestors definitely said: I want the British out. May the Trump curse take down Harry Kane. Go Norway! 🇳🇴 #WorldCup #NorwayvsEngland [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqffaef3gc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mq43xgfpfs2sI'm happy to announce my #horror story, "The Beast in the Concrete Jungle," will appear in the Fall 2026 issue of Tales from the Crosstimbers! I had so much fun writing this story and can't wait for it be out in the world! #writingcommunity #writesky #writing #sff #supernatural #speculativefiction08 Jul 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq43xgfpfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/almunsonauthor.bsky.social/post/3mpx6vaolbs22Heartbroken 💔 🇲🇽 El Tri is my favorite team. I've followed them longer than even the U.S. (Back when U.S. soccer matches weren't on TV, the Spanish language channels had the Mexican national team matches.) I hope someday to see them lift the World Cup trophy. This just wasn't the year.06 Jul 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:wp4n56ctrhk3thwpigqcmanj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpx6vaolbs22