Diabolical Plots

edited by Ziv Wities Content note (click for details) Body horror; extended description of assisted suicide with dubious consent The attractive blonde technician responsible for your death smiles lovingly, and a smooth plastic pen slides into your gnarled fingers. She lowers her facemask, deep dimples puckering. “Okay, Michael, got everyone else’s. Just sign one last …

written by David Steffen This post is in response to a post made on the Amazing Stories‘s OpEd section on July 10, 2026, titled “MRM Titles Remain Non-Qualifying Markets On The Submission Grinder”. Most of the article seems reasonably accurate quoting of involved parties, but the opening paragraph of the piece had factual errors regarding …

written by David Steffen On May 30th, at the Locus Award ceremony in Berkeley, California, The Submission Grinder was the recipient of the Locus Special Award for Supporting the Speculative Writing Community. At the award, I gave a speech. This is a transcript of that speech! If you’d prefer to watch the speech live, you …

edited by Amanda Helms He’s the last independent optician working in my zone. Two or three years ago, there was a second one, but she worked part time and by appointment only. Who could make appointments for the future even then? The last optician doesn’t require appointments. People can stop by any weekday during normal …

Hello! I am here with Erin Cairns (of InkFoundry) to announce a new Submission Grinder feature in collaboration between the two sites! (Erin here! Hi!) What is the Submission Grinder? The Submission Grinder is the sister site of Diabolical Plots and run by the same publisher. It is a donation-supported online tool to help writers …