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Ivy Grimes

1 month

Today is the day! GLASS STORIES is out in the world. My forever thanks to Jon Padgett of Grimscribe Press for championing this little book and new writers in general. And thanks to all of you for putting up with me!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

Grimscribe Press has graciously agreed to publish my glass-themed stories as a collection in 2024 or so! I'll keep you updated. Thanks for reading!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

11 months

Star Shapes, my Southern Gothic novella, is available January 9th!! Available now for preorder!

Spooky House Press

@SpookyHousePres

11 months

COVER REVEAL! Behold! @IvyGri ’s STAR SHAPES, featuring amazing artwork by Alana Baldwin. Preorders are live! Coming January 9th! Links in bio or below!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

5 months

Here's the cover for my collection Glass Stories, forthcoming August 21 from Grimscribe Press! (Artwork by Jesse Piper)

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

I'm so happy that my story "The Wrong Mall" will be part of the upcoming @dark_matter_ink Monstrous Futures anthology edited by @AlexWoodroe . Really looking forward to reading this anthology!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

9 months

OUT TODAY - Star Shapes!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

5 months

If you're interested, preorders for Glass Stories - paperback and ebook - are up now on the Grimscribe Press site! (Link below.) Glass Stories is kinda like if The Bloody Chamber got infected with Alabama and cell phones and clipped sentences (in addition to the promised glass)

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

Thanks to @dark_matter_mag for accepting my story "Ms. Dynamo," a tale of a woman who discovers that her AI replica of a childhood hero has more opinions about her life than she does. I love Dark Matter, and I'm grateful to be included in another issue!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

Thanks to ⁦ @thebafflermag ⁩ and Fiction Editor JW McCormack for featuring my story “Pioneer John,” an absurdist suburban noir tale set in a snowstorm.

Pioneer John | Ivy Grimes

I was afraid of Pioneer John, his soullessness, his portentousness, and all the ways he could kill me. But in my line of work, I don’t expect to live forever.

thebaffler.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

6 months

Artist Alana Baldwin and I have self-published Star Shapes! The small press that released it is winding down for now (it happens!), and we had fun rereleasing it. If you don't have Star Shapes yet, we'd love it if you'd check it out!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

I interviewed @AiJiang_ about her upcoming novella Linghun, and her observations will make you laugh and cry!

Interview with Ai Jiang about Linghun

Ai Jiang is a fascinating young writer.

ivygrimes.substack.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

4 months

Glass Stories is on Goodreads if you want to add! I'd love for you to leave YOUR OWN glass poem or little glass story as a review! Or whatever, feel free to write a normal one or none. No homework assignments. If you'd like an eARC, feel free to DM me.

Glass Stories

Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes is a collection of seventee…

www.goodreads.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

6 months

For me, writing is a fun hobby/passion, and I believe there's room for everyone at the table as long as the goal isn't to get rich/famous. If you pull up a seat where you like, you'll exchange interesting ideas with people. That's a great gift.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

3 months

As I continue my campaign to guilt you into reading Glass Stories, I offer you my first published glass story from a couple of years ago, "Glass Mountain" in Interzone Digital:

GLASS MOUNTAIN // IZ Digital

‘Earth mountains towered over my glass mountain, and they were full of life. I watched an eagle hook small rodents to carry to a precarious nest for his eaglets. Eagles seem more like people than...

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

24 days

Obligatory pictures of my dog Bilbo with my book Glass Stories. Here he is showing varying levels of disinterest. Just a reminder in case you haven't read Glass Stories yet...join my dog Bilbo and pose with the book outside! Give it a sniff!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

I've been listening to the Twin Peaks soundtrack during my neighborhood walks, and it's making me even more suspicious of my neighbors.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

28 days

I've only recently learned that people from the US say "toward" and other English-speaking countries "towards," but I've been writing towards this whole time. I truly love it, and I'm not so sure I'm willing to give it up.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

Like many of you, I'm quite happy as a childless cat person, and I certainly care about what happens to children. My impression is that the next generation is growing up to be kinder and more inclusive than ours, and that gives me hope for the future.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

The paperback copy of GRIME TIME is out now! For those who like objects.

Ivy Grimes Grime Time (Tales From Between Presents)

www.amazon.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

Next week, Grime Time will be released by @from_between . What IS Grime Time? -7 absurd, eerie short stories -for fans of...oh...Kelly Link? Twitter's New Fake Haruki Murakami? -some cryptic story notes -angry ranting in response to interview questions

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

11 months

Star Shapes is about a woman from Birmingham, Alabama, who is taken to the country by a strange family. She has to figure out what they want with her, and her main clue is a homemade book of constellations called...you guessed it...Star Shapes.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

Two weeks until Glass Stories is available, and I'm sharing another published story included in this collection! "Glass Book," a bizarre take on a Cinderella story, first published in @ErgotPress

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

GLASS STORIES is almost here! Just one more week! Today, I share another story from the collection, "Glass Piano" which first appeared in @hexliterary ♥️ 🔎🎹

Glass Piano by Ivy Grimes

I used to think I was the only one who had swallowed a glass piano. That was why I had to keep my secret, why I had to be so careful. I avoided the rough games that the other kids played when no one...

hexliterary.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 month

Physical copies should be arriving in the mail soon! I didn't plan anything around the brief release of Glass Stories. I just plan to talk about it from time to time for the rest of my life. ⏳

Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 month

Today is the day! GLASS STORIES is out in the world. My forever thanks to Jon Padgett of Grimscribe Press for championing this little book and new writers in general. And thanks to all of you for putting up with me!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

7 months

Thanks so much to Ligeia for publishing my little little story "Little Musgrave": Read the whole issue to explore the modern gothic!

Little Musgrave | LIGEIA Magazine

A short story by Ivy Grimes – Little Musgrave

www.ligeiamagazine.com

Ligeia Magazine

@LigeiaMag

7 months

Our winter issue—featuring @LuneDorothy @KelliLage @rlgransden @jjb08281219 @IvyGri @sarpsozdinler @chriszeischegg @graciejordann @steakmtn @mahdis01121 @princessbl00d @ash_ferlito and much more…

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

Please add "Grime Time" to your Goodreads to-read list! If you want to preorder a digital copy, go ahead! Physical copies available September 28!

Ivy Grimes' Grime Time (Tales From Between Presents)

www.amazon.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

Reminder: my collection GLASS STORIES will be out with Grimscribe Press on August 21! I will now include links, which will ensure that no one sees this. Grimscribe Press to preorder and learn more: Goodreads:

Glass Stories

Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes is a collection of seventee…

www.goodreads.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

17 days

Many thanks to all of you for your gracious support of Glass Stories! It's not easy releasing a story collection under any circumstances, and I deeply appreciate every acknowledgement. If you're in the same boat, let me know how I can help you.

Glass Stories

Author: Ivy Grimes Cover Artist: Jesse Peper Publication Date: August 21, 2024 Published by: Grimscribe Press 142 pp. Trade Paperback – $20 USD(Shipping and handling included worldwide…

grimscribepress.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

Thanks to your support of the Grime Time paperback, you have temporarily sent it to #8 in Absurdist Fiction on Amazon, just ahead of The Metamorphosis, and several slots behind "Pucking Around With A Grumpy Billionaire: An Opposites Attract Small-Town Hockey Romance."👀

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

A preview of GLASS STORIES (my collection set for release Aug 21) -- "Glass Pet" (with its creepy Red Riding Hood references) appeared last year in @SeizeThePress_

'Glass Pet' by Ivy Grimes - Seize The Press

My grandmother’s kitchen was dark, and that was where she kept her dog. He whined all the time. He was made of glass. I lived with my mother, but I never seemed to be at home. Maybe I was distracted...

www.seizethepress.com

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

Thanks so much to hex for publishing this strange little piece! I love hex and am happy to be aboard!

hex

@hexliterary

1 year

"Thank God I swallowed the piano and remembered it. Otherwise, I would have married a prince. They would have had me bear more princes. The piano would have shattered, and I would have died in my finery." "Glass Piano" by @IvyGri , new on hex today!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

9 months

My story "Baby Spoons" can be found in the latest issue of Interzone, for those who want to get into that particular zone (and why not?)

INTERZONE #297

In this issue: stories by Daniel Bennett, Cécile Cristofari, Rachael Cupp, Jennifer R. Donohue, Paul E. Franz, Ivy Grimes, Dante Luiz, Tim Major, and James Sallis; columns by Alexander Glass, Nick...

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

My flash piece "Where I Went" appears here: Not My Style is a mag where writers submit writing that deviates from their usual style...I recommend reading the whole issue and also the previous issue!

Ivy Grimes | Not My Style

www.notmy.style

not my style | send subs

@n0t_my_style

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not on time, but just in time. issue 2. totally stacked. @evansquilliams @IvyGri @neonpajamas @drekklin @fklein907 @GoldkampHe56419 nam hoang tran adie b. steckel kristin leuke diana oropeza

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

8 months

Gather round and read Star Shapes, the novella that 50 people have at least probably skimmed:

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

6 months

The Grime Time ebook is free now! Thanks so much to @from_between ! Please grab a copy and read it. And let me know your reactions to these stories and interviews. Fight me!

Tales From Between

@from_between

6 months

🚨FREE IVY GRIMES EBOOK!🌈 "My favorite starting point is to take something from a dream…then I get into a mood where it’s like I’m dreaming while writing.” @IvyGri HIT THE LINK for a swell Grime Time:

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

Here are two stories of mine that are free to read this week: "Swallowed" in CHM (a longer story): "College and Collage" in Maudlin House (a very short story):

College and Collage

College That one Thanksgiving, we wanted to reuse our Halloween costumes, so you went as a Christiana Ricci and I went as Beverly D'Angelo. We sat at the children's table even though we were...

maudlinhouse.net

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

Feel free to read my little story “Hitchcock” online in @Ergotpress ! I wrote it after a very satisfying nightmare. I also highly recommend checking out the archives!

ergot.

@ErgotPress

2 years

"Scarecrow is what I call the dead actor, my old friend. He worked for me in the old days, and we work together now. Together, we make shadows." 'Hitchcock' by Ivy Grimes ( @IvyGri ) live on ergot today.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

It’s almost Grime Time!

Tales From Between

@from_between

1 year

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 TFBPresents 4 will focus on the remarkable Ivy Grimes! @IvyGri Strap in, we're heading towards Grime Time.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

5 months

Duolingo has finally deemed me cool enough to teach me the German word Technoparty (for rave?). This is really going to change my social life.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

11 months

Bookmail from ⁦ @ChristiNogle ⁩! Bilbo and I are excited to read Promise, which is a beautiful book.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 years

This year, I'd like to get better at putting writing out there and letting it be whatever it wants to be. The writing feels more honest to me when it isn't tightly controlled. Best wishes for your new intentions!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

8 months

Now that you have a copy of Star Shapes, it's a good weekend to read it! It'll only take you a couple of hours, it's a dark gothic comedy, and it might be fun!

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 year

My story "The Wrong Mall" appears in Monstrous Futures! Come for the virtual food court, stay for the virtual blood🩸

Dark Matter INK

@dark_matter_ink

1 year

The horror that began with the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology HUMAN MONSTERS now looks to the future for book two in the trilogy. MONSTROUS FUTURES, a sci-fi horror anthology edited by @AlexWoodroe is coming April 18. Pre-order now:

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

2 months

For today's sample story from GLASS STORIES, I give you "Glass Cabbage," based on a story my grandfather told, first appearing in @from_between

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

4 months

There are so many ways to vent one's creativity, and it can make life joyful (or sometimes bearable). A reason I interview indie artists is to explore ways to make one's own art world without the need for hierarchy or authority.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

4 months

One of my glass stories is available in Daniel's tweet, from the virtual pages of @hexliterary . Thank you, Daniel!! Your writing and work with hex mean a lot to everyone in this weird space.

Daniel Miller

@DanTheDadBodGod

4 months

@IvyGri is a force. Such an exciting writer and I can't wait to read this collection! Get a taste here:

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@IvyGri

1 month

Thankful for this GLASS STORIES blurb from "literary horror and surrealist trash" icon @horrorsong . I love his lush and inventive books such as Wingspan of Severed Hands, Invaginies, and hopefully many to come.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

1 month

GLASS STORIES blurb from @tiffmorris , award-winning author whose wonderful poems, stories, and novella Green Fuse Burning are necessities in this life

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@IvyGri

2 years

The Disney version

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@IvyGri

2 years

Thanks to STP for publishing my story, Glass Pet! I love this group and am happy to be a part. Free now for subscribers to their Patreon. This is a great journal to support!

Seize The Press Magazine

@SeizeThePress_

2 years

Issue #6 is out now! A bumper issue with stories from Angeliki Radou @IvyGri @writerlynds @wordsofbirch @ZachRoseWriter @isthisboring & @smhallow . Plus non-fiction from @rosemarythorne_ @salsashark1988 & @simonm223 , reviews from @robop_style & an interview with @MSeabraCoelho .

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

3 months

I watched Don’t Look Now for the first time last weekend, and I’m still thinking about it. What did the little girl’s army doll mean? Why were the older women laughing so hard at their family pictures? And yeah, I’m thinking about the perm some too.

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Ivy Grimes

@IvyGri

27 days

My tale "The Very Image" is here, along with many lovely and disturbing stories!!

The Very Image – Ivy Grimes

The Very Imageby Ivy Grimes When I was eleven, my parents made me and my sister pose for giant oil paintings. Beth was thirteen, and she warned me the pictures would come back to haunt us someday. …

cold-signal.com

COLD SiGNAL Magazine (SUBS CLOSED)

@coldsignalmag

27 days

Extremely happy to say that Issue Two: Pygmalion & Galatea is OUT NOW! Please enjoy this latest issue, jam-packed with singular work by incredible, talented and open-hearted writers. (link below!)

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@IvyGri

3 months

I've compiled a few more inspirations for my short story collection GLASS STORIES in my most recent newsletter post. Below? The link.

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@IvyGri

1 month

Four of my favorite @nyrbclassics so far

Ryan Alexanderplatz

@ryanhasbadtaste

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my four favorite @nyrbclassics

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@IvyGri

2 years

You can sign up for my newsletter to read my free and unasked-for thoughts about stories and poems I like, along with the occasional story written by yours truly. Next week, I'll send out something about Yoko Ono's Grapefruit.

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@IvyGri

2 years

I interviewed @ChristiNogle about her writing process and her upcoming collection The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future!

Interview with Christi Nogle about The Best of Our Past, The Worst of Our Future

Christi Nogle writes fiction that’s somehow both grounded and surreal.

ivygrimes.substack.com

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@IvyGri

2 years

I interviewed Rebecca Harrison ( @RebeccaBeans ) about her English Gothic folk horror novel, The White Horse!

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@IvyGri

15 days

Friday the 13th -- release day for ODD JOBS!! I have a novelette in this anthology that also features writers I greatly admire, @AiJiang_ @ChristiNogle @ErikMcHatton @cstephensauthor and @CarsonWinter3 , with editor @eerieyore !

Odd Jobs - Six Files from the Department of Inhuman Resources: A Horro

BookAll paperbacks will receive a FREE copy the eBook! They don't want you to read this. This manuscript—leaked to the public by the (former) director of the Department of Inhuman Resources, TJ...

undertakerbooks.myshopify.com

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@IvyGri

2 years

If you get a chance, check out my story "Itch in the Party House" in the latest issue of Vastarien! This story was brought to you by OCD and a creepy Chattanooga mansion I once saw when it was still on the market.

Explore this decadent abandoned mansion with a very dark secret

Secrets lurk within the four walls of this derelict home

www.loveproperty.com

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@IvyGri

2 years

Happy to report that my story "Glass Mountain" has been accepted @InterzoneDigi , and another story "The Baby Spoon" has been accepted @InterzoneMag . Thanks so much to @intrmultivrsal !

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@IvyGri

1 year

Thanks to Matthew Stott and Tales from Between for producing this lil chapbook of stories! You know you want all these eyes looking back at you. I'm about to bombard you with links to pre-order and add to Goodreads. By bombard, I mean send two more tweets!

Tales From Between

@from_between

1 year

Cover reveal and pre-order link for TFBPresents 4: Ivy Grimes' Grime Time! One of the most talented new writers out there is ready for your eyes. Links in tweet (x???) below! @IvyGri

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9 months

I feel bad about retweeting myself too many times. But I also feel bad for not retweeting myself enough. And I am listening to sad violin music. It’s the hero’s journey.

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@IvyGri

11 days

I was without consistent internet access for a few days, and I learned nothing from the experience.

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@IvyGri

2 years

We're told not to self-reject, but I think the submissions process works better for everyone when we evaluate whether our work fits the tone and style of a pub. Ending submissions to a place that doesn't match your style is accepting yourself, not rejecting yourself.

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@IvyGri

4 months

Both covers with art by Jesse Peper!

Lou | More2Read

@LouPendergrast

4 months

With trepidation and joy one awaiting being within a vortex of minutes reading these stories from two Grimscribe Press titles arrived in the post. One new, Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes, and another from 2023 with Blood from the Air by Gemma Files.

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@IvyGri

9 months

You might like my novella Star Shapes (), coming 1/9 , IF... ...you love Cletus from The Simpsons

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@IvyGri

7 months

A lovely review of Star Shapes!!

SNACK

@SNACKmag

7 months

Continuing our Book Themed Focus for this month's SNACK...💛 @ambrosekelly_ reviews @IvyGri 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠 published by @SpookyHousePres "A punchy, creepy story that makes even the simplest of objects feel unwelcoming and freakishly celestial."

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I do think that writing seen as feminine is still not taken as seriously as writing deemed more masculine. Even when praised, the domesticity of more "feminine" writing is often seen as cute and clawless, even when it's dealing with serious issues and painful topics.

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5 months

Thanks so much to Zach for his great reviews of Grime Time ( @from_between ) and Star Shapes! Check it out in the latest issue of Interzone! PLEASE do consider supporting Interzone! They give us essays AND fiction AND real artwork...what more can you want?

Zach

@robop_style

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I’m in the new issue of INTERZONE with some thoughts on the ugly feeling of anxiety in the New South in two small books by Ivy Grimes - like and subscribe

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"...one must never hurt the helpful animal in fairy tales...if any animal gives you advice and you don't follow it, you are finished...that is the one rule which seems to have no exception." -Marie-Louise von Franz, Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

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Two things: 1) Let me know if you want to grab a signed copy of Glass Stories! You can DM me for more info. 2) If you've read the dang thing, feel free to leave reviews on Goodreads and (sadly) Amazon.

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11 months

"...plenty of fiction throws together aliens, ghosts, and magic. It’s weird fiction that then uses those generic markers to remind its readers of the alienation, anomie, and anxiety of the world."

Zach

@robop_style

11 months

My piece on Bartleby and weird fiction and unsettlement is now available to read at @NightmareMag

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2 years

I used to give up on short story drafts that didn't seem to be working, but now I think there's value in finishing them anyway. Ideally, we aren't judging what's working while still in the process of writing, anyway, so it's good practice in resisting the critic.

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2 years

I encountered this fetching kitty in an old graveyard, and she looked at me like I was a ghost.

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@IvyGri

1 year

Thank you to Coffin Bell for publishing my deer/saint story - "Stag" 🦌

Stag

Ivy Grimes I wanted to know the truth, so I was given a vision. The trees were like the spears of giants pointed up to strike the sky. I loved the forest. I loved the stag. But the stag mo…

coffinbell.com

🕸 ℭ𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔫 𝔅𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔍𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔩 🕸

@coffin_bell

1 year

Volume 6, Issue No. 2 — FAMILIARS — is now live!!!

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@IvyGri

2 years

We all have to go through creative evolutions. Just think, Hallmark used to make Christmas movies where people died in the end. Now we know people should only die offscreen before the story begins so they can leave you a mansion or Christmas tree farm.

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@IvyGri

2 years

My story about a down-on-her-luck zombie influencer is free to read this week! I love Dark Matter stories (and artwork!), and I'm grateful to have been included in this issue.

Dark Matter Magazine

@dark_matter_mag

2 years

Free to read this week on the #DarkMatter #Jukebox : Issue 007 story, "Zombies Are Out, Mermaids Are In," by @IvyGri . #zombies #mermaids #instagramreality

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I hesitate to resubmit to venues when I get an encouraging rejection. When I do, I usually wind up with a form rejection in the end anyway, and I prefer breaking up on a cordial note.

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Social anxiety!

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@IvyGri

2 years

My story about a strong-willed AI elephant doll is free to read this week!

Dark Matter Magazine

@dark_matter_mag

2 years

Free to read this week on the #DarkMatter #Jukebox : "Ms. Dynamo" by @IvyGri . Read the full story here: #scifi #comedy #WritingCommunity

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Read my new story "Glass Mountain" on Interzone Digital, if you don't mind! It's free to read for now, but not for long. You'll love the art by @dntlz !

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I think my most-typed phrase is "no rush!!!!" -- and it just occurred to me that the four exclamation points probably negate the relaxed intention of the "no rush."

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@IvyGri

1 year

Honored to be featured with these authors in April’s CHM!!

Erik McHatton

@ErikMcHatton

1 year

I'm once again honored to be featured in the pages of @CosmicHorrorMo ! My story, "On the Night Bus," marks a significant change in my fiction, and I'm thrilled to get it out into the world. Also, I'm ecstatic that I get to share the cover with both @MattMBartlett and @IvyGri !

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I've been on an NYRB Classics kick, and my recent awards are as follows... Best wolf hunt: A King Alone Cheapest whiskey: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Most despicable cops: The Expendable Man Friendliest devil: Lolly Willowes

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2 years

Here is my substack comparing Skinamarink to Hansel & Gretel...major spoilers, though!

Skinamarink and Hansel & Gretel

Hansel and Gretel, Mikhail Vrubel, 1896

ivygrimes.substack.com

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🐍🐍

Cosmic Horror Monthly

@CosmicHorrorMo

7 months

Shoutout to two very weird but excellent novellas I read recently. STAR SHAPES by Ivy Grimes and MOUTH by Joshua Hull. Totally different from each other, but each worth picking up. Novella readers, what do you recommend we check out?

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“…the moment I try to speak, not only do I not express what I feel, but what I feel slowly becomes what I say.” Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

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@IvyGri

1 year

Sadly, Twitter asking me "What's happening?!" every day has led me to believe that I can use this phrase as an appropriate way to begin a conversation.

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@IvyGri

6 months

And today's unwanted thoughts will be....rationalizations for why everyone supposedly hates me! 🥂

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@IvyGri

1 month

Like many of you, I'm a big fan of @AFSulli 's novel The Marigold and his other brutal yet beautiful stories, so I'm very grateful for this blurb from him about (you guessed it) GLASS STORIES:

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@IvyGri

4 months

People not following traffic rules. Why not stop at crosswalks? Use blinkers? And bicyclists need to follow the rules of the road, too!

Lori Harvey Distant Cousin MEL 💕🥰

@FvreignLL

4 months

What’s the most boomer complaint you have?

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@IvyGri

7 months

For this who have read "The Food Fellow" in Vastarien 4.2:

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@IvyGri

6 years

The hardest part about being on Jeopardy must be telling Alex Trebek a dumb story about your boring life and then maintaining your dignity when he says "Good for you."

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@IvyGri

1 year

My story "Glass Cabbage" is here alongside stories by writers whose work I love -- @elin_writes , @_McKatie_ , @brimorganbooks , @MattStottWrites @JamesBennettEsq , and Belicia Rhea.

Tales From Between

@from_between

1 year

🔥ISSUE 2 RELEASE DAY🔥 Grab your FREE eBook copy of issue 2 of our strange lit journal! FREE EBOOK HERE: PAPERBACK HERE:

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2 years

Thanks so much to @VonnegutLibrary for including my story "What I Found in My Mother's Desk Drawer After the Funeral" in this year's anthology to celebrate our old friend Kurt! I can't wait to read all the contributions.

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

@VonnegutLibrary

2 years

Pre-order our 11th annual literary journal, So It Goes: 1922 - 2122 at . It celebrates Vonnegut’s centennial by looking into the past and towards the future. Meet the contributors at our release party on October 1st!

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@IvyGri

2 years

Did Bilbo Baggins have a bathroom in his house?? Asking for a friend.

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@IvyGri

9 months

What gif best describes how you want people to feel when they read your book?

Michael Tichy (absolutely vapa)

@MichaelTichyNP

9 months

What gif best describes how you want people to feel when they read your book?

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@IvyGri

2 years

"And if some part of you is hiding out somewhere thinking that’s the best you can do to be safe, I wonder what might be possible even there. In hiding." Insightful reflections on the story of Rapunzel!

Jessica Dore

@thejessicadore

3 years

At the start of each month for more than five years I've made an essay Offering that weaves together images from Pamela Colman Smith's Tarot with ideas / stories I'm reading about / contemplating. Here's the latest, April 2022. Available in text & audio:

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10 months

Thanks to @eerieyore for this blurb, including the phrase "Southern discomfort," for Star Shapes! You will also want to read TJ's The Disappearance of Tom Nero and other fiction...

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Here's to the 1-month anniversary of Star Shapes! To celebrate, I will mail a free physical copy of the book to the first person who emails me at ivy.grimes @gmail .com requesting it (US only due to my fear of international postage) To the second person, a free ebook 🖤✨

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