Sasha Ravitch ☄️

this is the most important thing that happens all year. see you in harrisburg.

I believe the kids call that “a crusade.”

hobo johnson

i am always thinking about this photo

man, this is so disappointing and puts such a sour taste in my mouth.

For folks submitting to this special call, make sure that your piece has a strong thematic component of surveillance!

WE WILL BE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON.

Voidcon 4, Eric.

A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”

In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work

We have until March 6 to comment on whether there should be one million more satellites in orbit or thousands of mirrors that reflect light back at Earth Jesus Fucking H Christ on a Pogostick

A fairly small goal but one that needs to be met with some urgency ❤️‍🩹🙏

Small towns without instruments will be “left behind” and “overrun with pool halls”, says musical instrument salesman.

Close Reading Is A Conversation (Vandal Live at Emory University) Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E5 · 1h 37m

Stunning cast in the second of the three-part podcast miniseries on the symposium, Close Reading for the 21C: "Why is close reading best understood as a conversation? What are its evaluative standards? How does it extend the conversation beyond literary studies?"
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

From Her to Eternity: An Introduction to Gothic Women in Nick Cave's Lyrics with Sasha Ravitch YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic

Did you miss Sasha Ravitch's talk on Nick Cave and Gothic Women?

It was an exciting deep dive into his earlier work and into the influence of Anita Lane!

youtu.be/vD7C69Xj-kI

KILL THIS ZINE in ransom note lettering on an “ink blot” obscuring more text underneath on yellow paper

KILL THIS ZINE in ransom note lettering on an “ink blot” obscuring more text underneath on blue paper

KILL THIS ZINE is a weaponized semi-automatic prose mini-zine series built to be cut open & stitched together again as a KIYS (kill it yourself) exercise in Burroughsian surrealist “literature”

& the first 2 installments are LIVE NOW on kofi for free/PWYW:
ko-fi.com/caninebrainz...

duuhhhh

fucks as per usual

truthfully you're supposed to venmo the editor even if you aren't submitting and aren't even a writer, i hear

God forbid women do anything

Goths for breakfast!

An amazing day of talks and writing workshops all to raise money for charity @magicbreakfastuk.bsky.social

Pop in and out as much as you like.

Pick your price based on what you can afford.

Online so open to anyone anywhere!

An interesting talk by Sasha Ravitch about the Gothic Women in Nick Cave's lyrics. #nickcave #gothicwomen

@sasharavitch.bsky.social @romgothsam.bsky.social

This Puerto Rican Jew is feeling pretty verklempt.

Big NOPE to Harper's Bazaar! Ew.

@lealhound.bsky.social

A vaporous spirit floats up out of a deck of playing cards that’s also a source of water. The spirit has its hands out in supplication/invitational display. It wears a steel helmet with deer antlers coming out the sides.

Weird time to share art, but I’m finally allowed to share the cover of my next book, THE SHIP OF DEATH, from @harpercollins.bsky.social & Avon A. (9/29/26) Expect some other posts w/ choice blurbs and preorder links! Illustration: Peter Strain/Design: Julianna Lee. Editor @peterkispert.bsky.social

Seventy-year old man with white beard in dark wool hat and dark glove walks from the right out of a concentrated cloud of smoke, with a stark bare branch young tree in front of him and two red decorative pavement markers to either side.

Theia Chatelle's amazing photograph of Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis...emerging from a cloud of tear gas. Signed there a couple of times, great SF/Fantasy bookstore.

Whirlywirld - Window To The World (1978) YouTube video by errYuck

song of the day is "window to the world" by visionary australian punk and electronic icon ollie olsen via whirlywirld

damn i never even saw the cfp for this year! bummed.

😂

dodged a bullet there