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Writer, reviewer. Fear Itself collection and Town & Train horror novel (Lethe Press). Moon, cryptid enthusiast. Librarian-adjacent.
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JOIN ME for S1-E36 (THE SEASON FINALE) of my show tonight at 7pm ET on my Substack account.

SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE FRUIT PYRAMID IS TONIGHT!!!

Shout outs to past Bookish Spotlights.

Subscribe to me on Substack so you don't miss it!
Link to my Substack is in my bio!

Here's the details!
The show is called, "The Dream is True!"
S1-E36 is tonight! This is the season finale, so don't miss it.
The focus for the LIVE is on Substack, however the simultaneous TikTok live stream will still be there as my B camera. For the full experience, head to my Substack LIVE.

If you miss the Live, don't worry. It will be posted on Substack and my YouTube channel for you to watch later (and also as a podcast on Spotify, Apple podcasts and more). As always, check my bio for the links and help me grow by subscribing to me on Substack and by liking, forwarding and commenting.

This week's Bookish Spotlight: Skyler Morgan
Live Reading and Author Commentary: Kassius Kanex Chapter 36 (Warning: Profanity and Violence)

🔥 MK Schultz ✍️ Gen X horror/sci-fi author • Spilling ALL the tea on my wild writing life! • LIVE reading • Behind-the-scenes chaos • Bookish spotlight • 80s/90s vibes • Movies & TV • Music • Food • Book reviews •Join the madness → Link in bio! 👇💬🎸

#writingjourney #bookstagram #authorlife #indieauthor #writingcommunity #thedreamistrue #authorspotlight #substack #booklovers
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Check out issue #22 of my NEWSLETTER, "The Dream is True" on my SUBSTACK account. This is the final issue of volume 1.

Link in my bio.

In today's issue: Voice actor/artist, Skyler Morgan @skylernmorgan is the final bookish spotlight. Discover more about Skyler and don't forget to explore his books, art and music! Many thanks to all who participated.

Other topics include my WIP updates, my next book event in Cornwall, the Club Thrillrror Book box program, along with an overview of my books and my writing journey.

Also in this issue, check out some cool movies, TV, music, books and food that I consumed last week.

All of this and more as you join me in my writing journey. The dream is true!

Subscribe to me on Substack and get my newsletter in your email!
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This week is the season finale of The Dream is True!

I can't believe that I will be publishing episode 36 of my show this Thursday night.

The bookish spotlight section which was rolled out on episode 14 has been such a blessing to me.

Have a look at these amazing 21 bookish people who I have had the privilege of featuring. Please visit their profiles and support their work. Arti Manani is not on social media, but you can explore her work on her website.

I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of these people for playing a part in my journey, my dream! I am so very grateful to you all!

Please join me this Thursday night at 7pm ET on Substack for the season finale of The Dream is True. The Link is in my bio. Drop by and say hi in the comments.

The final bookish spotlight is a special surprise that I can't wait to reveal to you all!

Until then, I leave you with this.

There is so much more to come and...

THE DREAM IS TRUE!

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Check out issue #11 of my NEWSLETTER, "The Dream is True" on my SUBSTACK account.

Link in my bio.

In today's issue: Author, James K. Moran @jamestheballadeer is the bookish spotlight. Discover more about James and don't forget to explore his books!

Other topics include my next book event, Horror-Fi, along with an overview of my books and my writing journey.

Also in this issue, check out some cool movies, TV, music, books and food that I consumed last week.

All of this and more as you join me in my writing journey. The dream is true!

Subscribe to me on Substack and get my Blog in your email every week!

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Check out a new post by James K. Moran on the Brockton Writers Series blog!

https://brocktonwriters.com/2026/04/22/brockton-writers-series-13-05-26-james-k-moran/

Ottawa writer James K. Moran writes across genres, with poetry and speculative fiction in Burly Tales, Bywords, Glitterwolf and On Spec, and reviews in Arc Poetry Magazine, Plenitude and Strange Horizons. Lethe Press published Moran’s short-story collection Fear Itself and horror novel Town & Train.

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Meet guest reader James K. Moran on May 13, 2026 at our next Brockton Writers literary series event, 6:30 p.m. at @gladdaybookshop's new Glad Day Lit space (32 Lisgar St) or live on YouTube.

Ottawa writer James K. Moran writes across genres, with poetry and speculative fiction in Burly Tales, Bywords, Glitterwolf and On Spec, and reviews in Arc Poetry Magazine, Plenitude and Strange Horizons. Lethe Press published Moran’s short-story collection Fear Itself and horror novel Town & Train.

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Our next Brockton Writers Series literary event is on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at @gladdaybookshop's new space at 32 Lisgar St.
Please join us for a night of literary readings by James K. Moran, Justin Ancheta, Allister Thompson and Matthew J. Trafford.
Guest speaker Xio Axelrod will join us to discuss the topic "From Pen to Platform: Author Branding in the Age of Noise."
We will also livestream the event on our YouTube channel. Check out the link in our bio.
The Brockton Writers Series (#BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series. The reading is PWYC (suggested $3-$5) and features a Q&A with the writers afterward. Books are available for sale.
#writersseries #writersevent #readingevent #bookevent #gladdaybookshop #torontoevents #bwsevent #brocktonwritersseries #brocktonwriters #canlit #torontolit #queerauthors #queerwriters

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Strange Horizons Review:
@jamestheballadeer – I owe you a beer for this cunning review of PRDC in Strange Horizons – see full interview in Linktree.

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A New Formalist Poet and a Filthy Whore:
An Interview with Amber Dawn

Multifarious queer Vancouver author Amber Dawn defies easy categorization. An anthologist, novelist, poet, and memoirist, her work draws upon her own life as a former sex worker as much as classical writing forms. Queer artists coming up can look to, and perhaps see, themselves in Amber Dawn’s work, which spans more than two decades. In her latest poetry collection, Buzzkill Clamshell (Arsenal Pulp Press), Amber Dawn explores chronic pain erotically, drenches certain poems in an ethereal, supernatural tone, and makes deep-cut horror-flick references. Frequent Plenitude contributor—and fellow poet and author—James K. Moran caught up with her via email for a wide-ranging conversation about cultural cross-pollination, literary craft, and queer preternatural pleasure.

Read the full interview on our website!

#interview #poetry #memoir #novel #litmag #plenitude

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Planning on finishing these two darlings before the end of the year. Both have been pretty exciting. As a mood reader, I always have at least three books on the go.

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My book stack to enjoy this weekend between hockey games. Making some space on the shelf just in case someone wanted to buy books next month. (It’s me. I want to buy books.)

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The cover of @jamestheballadeer 's atmospheric and often creepy Town & Train set against one of my favourite stretches of railroad: the tracks leading east at Winnitoba, Man. I loved this book. A compelling cast of characters in a dying small Ontario town, visited periodically by an infernal, shape-shifting locomotive whose conductor offers you everything you ever wanted and inevitably takes everything that ever meant anything to you. The story punches all the harder for setting the cursed train's arrival in the Great Recession of the early 1990s. If you're looking for a spooky read this autumn, I highly recommend it. #booktok #amreading

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