Kevin Loughrin

Short stories in @woventalepress, Lindenwood Review. More stories coming Spring '26.

Founder of The Chickenshit Newsletter

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[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

@lndsullivan @MISTERBULLBULL Thank you. I'm really honored to have it in BULL. I've wanted to place something there for a while now. So grateful you gave it a read.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

The Chickenshit Review is back. It's different this week, but I think for a very good reason. Enjoy!

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

My short story THE TELLERS went live today in The Lindenwood Review! Read it, enjoy it, share it, and you too can wonder what it might look like if your father hit your mother with a car.

https://t.co/fy9bGYlrJF

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

I'd like to thank @AmandaKusek for introducing me to THE THING. Loved watching it and getting to goof off talking about it for the newsletter. Would love to know what anyone else thinks!

https://t.co/tSKNiCojCm

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

Just got my second short story acceptance in a month. It's really amazing how much easier it is to get your work published when you ACTUALLY SEND IT OUT.
#writing #publishing #shortstories #Horror

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

The Substance was great. Here's the Chickenshit Newsletter for anyone who needs a little kick to get them to watch it.

Also, an important PDA: DON'T CLONE A CLONE.

https://t.co/lUR3kf5t5V

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is on IT FOLLOWS and it's alllllll about sex cuz I hear that sells.

It's not...sexy...I mean...at all.

But still.
https://t.co/aRizYTIadX

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

Got a short story accepted by a horror magazine today.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

A fitting film as we lead up to Halloween. Honestly, this is the kind of movie that still keeps me up at night. Just the willies everywhere. Chickenshits, beware.

https://t.co/BL0IY9CMBG

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

This is spot on. There's no amount of success that makes these interim moments less difficult.

[Jenn Johnson @JennJohnson27]

I've had so many "almost there" moments in my writing career. Good rejections, a temporary agent, a read by Harper Collins, good reviews. The hardest part of being a writer isn’t the rejection. It’s holding the faith between flashes of proof.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is about the villain of my Chickenshit origin story: The late, great Freddy Krueger.

https://t.co/pIt4xVCHvT

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

I'm late to the party, but I started a Substack geared towards the "horror-curious" who still lose sleep after a good scary move. If you're interested but can't watch without becoming an insomniac, I've got something you might want to check out.

https://t.co/HcGNt5ZTWp

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

@AuthorEmy I don't know who you are, but this sounds incredible. Have a great time. Congratulations!

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

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The first Chickenshit newsletter, hopefully of many. I still lose sleep over movies like this, but, surprisingly, I found The Exorcist to be kind of sweet.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

Wife says I make laundry complicated but it's simple:
1. Wash
2. Dry
3. Put on trampoline
4. Use sheet to carry up three flights of stairs like Santa
5. Leave clothes in pile
6. Sift through clothes daily like they fell out of the world's worst pinata
7. Repeat...monthly
#SAHD

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

@hallie_christen I hate that this book hasn't gotten picked up yet. If ever you needed a beta reader, I'm kind of dying to read it. If not, the time will come for you and I look forward to picking it up then. Keep it up. It's gonna happen.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

Just got home from my 20-years high school reunion where I fell down the stairs during a tour of my old school.

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

@AuthorEmy

[Kevin Loughrin @KPLoughrin]

@caytlyn_brooke Boy that really sucks. Sorry that happened.