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Sunday, October 4, 2026

The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

If you want to see me do a video blog about fueling inspiration for your novel, may I suggest this post from The Shit No One Tells You About Writing?


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Gillian Daniels
Boston, MA, United States
Since attending the 2011 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop, Gillian Daniels' poetry and short fiction have appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among more than thirty other publications. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, grew up in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, and she now writes, works, and haunts the streets in the Boston area of Massachusetts. She also makes comics and zines, searches out little-known horror and indie movies, and definitely wants to see pictures of your cat. Represented by Storm Literary Agency.
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PUBLICATIONS

Jenny Will Eat You Now (2026)

You'll Never Get Away With This (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, December 2022)

A Game at Clearwater Lake (The Dark Magazine, July 2022)

The One Girl (Electric Spec, February 2022)



Frost Bloom (Nightmare Magazine, September 2021)

A Bride from the Hill Folk (Flame Tree Press Newsletter, August 2021)

Here is the Girl Ghost (Mirror Dance, July 2021)

House of Wolves (Kaleidotrope, July 2021)

King Moon's Tithe to Hell (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, June 2021)


Her Eyes Like Silver Dollars (Wicked Women: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers, November 24, 2020)

Bobbie and Her Father (The Dark Magazine, August 2020)


Ainsel (The Dawnline RPG, Voidspiral Entertainment, 2019)

Brigid Was Hung By Her Hair from the Second Story Window (The Dark Magazine, September 2019)



Older Sister (The Dawnline RPG, Voidspiral Entertainment, Sept 26, 2018)

Time is Like a River, and After Sunset, It Is Black (Asymmetry, July 2018)

Beast of Breath (Fireside Fiction, June 2018)

"The Hero John Wayne," "Anyway, Here's a Poem About the Internet," and "The Boston Holocaust Memorial Vigil" (Cartoon Punk Zine: Artists Against Fascism, April 2018)

"Superheroes" (Dreams and Nightmares, March 2018)

The Lords of the Forest (Middle Planet, Jan 2018)



His Wife and Serpent Mistress (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, November 1, 2017)

"You Sing Your Murder Ballad" (Star*Line, Fall 2017)

"Persephone Kidnaps Him" (Liminality: A Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Sept 2017)

Scott and Lara Go to the Woods (Not One of Us, April 2017)


"Tourists of the Undead" (Grievous Angel, Dec 2016)

"Athena and Yeshua" (Strange Horizons, Sept 2016)

"The Pacific is Wine Pink" (Liminality: A Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Sept 2016)

The Oracle Sings a Torch Song (Not One of Us, April 2016)


The Night Queen (Not One of Us, Sept 2015)

"The Virgin Regiment" (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, June 2015)


The Art Teacher (Straeon, Dec 2014)

"To the Creature" (Stone Telling, Nov 2014)

"The Liar's Charm" (Strange Horizons, May 2014)

Death Defying Stunts (Not One of Us, April 2014)

"Sleep Lives Inside the Bed" (Apex Magazine, Feb 2014)


"Cloth Leaves and Wire Vines" (Electric Velocipede, Dec 2013)

His Brother's Bite (Flash Fiction Online, Oct 2013)

Quiet Death Machines (Podcastle, Sept 2013)

"The Tiger is Herself" (Flying Higher: An Anthology of Superhero Poetry, Aug 2013)

"Eat the Children" (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, April 2013)


The Girl Beneath the House (Bronies: For the Love of Ponies Anthology [Kazka Press], June 2012)

The Ogre (Short Sips: Coffee House Flash Fiction Collection 2 [Wicked East Press], March 2012)


A Very Small Kingdom (Fissure Magazine [Shadow Archer Press], Nov 2010)



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