Lena Valencia

This was so much fun! Thank you for having me! 💫

The Stars We Do Not See | National Gallery of Art Mark your calendar for this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of modern and contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and design.

People of DC: You have **one more day** to see the fabulous display of Australian Aboriginal art, 'The Stars We Do Not See,' at the National Gallery, on the mall.

www.nga.gov/exhibitions/...

Free. And not to be missed. (Was jam-packed today. Join them tomorrow.)

Graphic of a pull quote from Colin Dickey’s essay which reads “The ghost story, in other words, will always, on some level, fail to capture the haunting, just as the algorithm will always fail to capture the life—both are anathema to the very existence of the unpredictable and the messy.”

Loved this creepy essay on ghosts and AI by the great @colindickey.com (which he read from at the Sept 2024 @ditmaslit.bsky.social) www.vqronline.org/fall-2025/es...

This will be a fun one!!

Made another Weird Books for Weird Readers video!

Cant go wrong with any of these book recs :)

Featuring:
Tamsyn Muir
Robert Jackson Bennett
Some guy who may or may not be typing this post
B R Yeager
@juliaelliott.bsky.social
@lenavalencia.bsky.social

It's time for another SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, students meet once a month to read a past issue from our archives together, followed by a discussion & visit from the author or editor. Our next read is 2/22: "Fear Itself" by Katie Coyle! Details: bit.ly/48ggFaO

It always bums me out that there aren’t more short story collections and anthologies being talked about on IG and TikTok…

So I’m trying to fix that.

Here are 5 great recs from:
@nadiabulkin.bsky.social
@undertow.bsky.social
@sarahpinsker.bsky.social
Nathan Ballingrud
@lenavalencia.bsky.social

What are your favorite places to read/submit literary horror fiction? 👻

Thank you for reading!

Mystery Lights - Dead Ink Books “Full of menace and delight.” Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble “Where there is glamour, there is terror in this self-assured debut collection. In 10 eerie stories, Valencia leans into the horror ...

Mystery Lights by @lenavalencia.bsky.social was one of my favourite books from last year. Vivid snapshot stories of strange lives on the edges of esoteric culture. It's on sale ATM via Dead Ink, who seem to have a knack for putting out brilliant and original writing.
deadinkbooks.com/product/myst...

LAST CHANCE to sign up for SUNDAY SHORTS! In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. First read is Jan 11th with Gina Chung! Visit bit.ly/48ggFaO 4 details

The first meeting is this Sunday! We’ll be reading “The Arrow” by Gina Chung.

Join One Story Co-Founder & Publisher @mbatcha.bsky.social & 5 One Story authors & editors for a generative fiction boot camp Jan 26- 30. This year’s instructors will be @kermichele.bsky.social, Maggie Love, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Hannah Tinti & J. L. Zhang. Visit bit.ly/4pbSGQj for details

In this class led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives, followed by a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO

Tomorrow! It’s our 9th Anniversary! RSVP here www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Led by @lenavalencia.bsky.social, this group will meet
online once a month to silently read a chosen story
from One Story's archives together, followed by a visit
from the author or editor of the issue & a group
discussion. For details visit bit.ly/48ggFaO #readinggroup #shortstories

Congrats to Devour the Air (@ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social & Ben Lasman) on their debut LP!! Heavy music for heavy times🖤

Now (actually) open for registration! 🫠

In this class led by Lena Valencia, One Story’s director of educational programming, students will meet once a month to read a past issue of One Story from our archives. The meeting will end with a conversation with either the author or the editor of the issue. Sign up today! bit.ly/48ggFaO

Come visit!!

NYC Friends: this is happening on Wednesday and I hope to see you! It will be my last Ditmas Lit as cohost😭 (I’m relocating to LA next week!)

Ditmas Lit is Wed. 11/19! We’re excited to welcome readers @leahumansky.bsky.social, Laura Venita Green, @deenaelg.bsky.social, and Eve M. Kahn. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

Hey wow whaddaya know, good things still happen!

Tomorrow night in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn! 🎃

From the Office365 community on Reddit: With the upcoming Microsoft 365 price increase from roughly 70 dollars to 100 dollars, you're still able to keep the old subscription. Here's how: (description) Explore this post and more from the Office365 community

PSA: I got a message from Microsoft saying that my annual subscription was increasing by $30 to pay for their stupid AI tools. I went to my account and switched to a "Classic" subscription, which kept my rate the same. www.reddit.com/r/Office365/...

Ditmas Lit | The Urbane A monthly reading series in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of emerging and established writers in all genres. Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm.

The next Ditmas Lit is Wed. Oct. 22! We’re excited to welcome readers @megancummins.bsky.social, Tierney
Oberhammer, @kaileepedersen.bsky.social, and Anna Rasche. RSVP at www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

“Conjuring and Reality”: An Interview with Jeanne Thornton - Public Books “Pronouncing a sentence about a person, wrapping them up in your narrative, can be a very gracious action, or a cruel one, or probably most often both.”

New at PB: @ryanspencerphoto.bsky.social interviews @jeannethornton.bsky.social about her new novel A/S/L (@sohopress.bsky.social), a book that reminds us: Forgetting isn’t freedom, forgiveness isn’t redemption, and in life there are no resets.

Kali Malone!

SLM is looking for flash and fiction readers. Apply online September 24 to October 1. splitlip.submittable.com

Applications are OPEN! Split Lip Magazine is looking for volunteer Flash & Fiction readers. Apply right here before October 1! buff.ly/X3932x5

A repeating typewriter graphic with light text against a green background that reads: 2026 Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship. Apply by Ocotber 8, 2025. one-story.com

Applications are open for @onestorymag.bsky.social's Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship! This is a year-long educational fellowship for early career writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. one-story.com/learn/fellow...