Author: avgreene_4dzso6

Erm, I’m back. It’s only been, what, three months since I sent one of these? I actually had news to share, too – I have a sad zombie/mom guilt reprint out now (by which I mean was out in September) in Crone Girls Press’s latest anthology Tangle & Fen! It’s one of my favorite things…

Welcome, world, to this, the day before my period. My anxiety, like a furious elemental protogod, has broken through its feeble medication-forged chains on a violent surge of hormone disruption, I’m on the verge of vomit after spending the last hour reading climate change news while eating half a jar of Nutella with a spoon,…

All right, this one’s for the weirdos, with all my love. My short story “The Monster Fucker Club” is out today in Apex Magazine #139. Enjoy.

Hello internet loved ones! First things first, I apologize for spouting off about Shiny Happy People last time. After the first episode, I thought it was going to be a true crime dramatization of the rise and fall of the Duggar family. Then I watched the second episode, which did exactly what I wanted it…

Hello, my long-lost loves, I’m headed to sunny Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania next week to go to StokerCon, hurray! It’s my first horror-specific writing conference, and I’m starting to get jittery. It feels oddly high-stakes, considering I don’t have anything to sell, I’m not on any panels, and I’m not reading. But it is a chance to…

Hi friends, Okay. It looks like I’m all in on Substack, and I’m feeling guardedly optimistic that it’ll be possible to have an open writing community even if Twitter becomes (more) unusable. Substack feels so much better to me than Twitter, and while I’m struggling to get the hang of Notes, I actually love having…

A few days ago, I kind of impulsively imported my three-month-old TinyLetter account into Substack, without much awareness of what Substack was or what I was getting myself into (there’s a whole Twitter substitute in here apparently?). Sooooo I hope the people who intentionally subscribed to this thing when I launched it are still here,…

Hi everybody, Here’s a little change of pace, since I’m so behind on sending these things. I wrote this back in May 2020 and stuffed it in a folder. Today, though, I saw something about Phantom closing on Broadway after its 35-year run, so I thought I’d share this long read with you on the off chance…

Hi friends, It’s Spring Proper here, which means I’m starting to have wardrobe anxiety. I understand how to dress when it’s cold. I’m actually kind of good at it. But here at the equinox of my life, I find myself still failing to figure out how to look nice and be comfortable when it gets hot. If you want to stress…

Hi friends, I’m going to try to ease up on screaming at you about state-sponsored censorship efforts this week, I promise. I just… struggle to find other things to talk about, honestly.  [note from the future: I’m returning to the top of this incredibly long message after finishing it to acknowledge that, in fact, I had like…