🖋️✨🐌 Speculative fiction writer near Philadelphia, PA, USA. Here to follow writers, lit mags, and podcasts. No AI slop, please.
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J. D. Hellen
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A perfect June night: ice cream on the porch swing, listening to @pseudopod.org "Her Skin"
Falling tragically, like Gatsby, he drowned in the green-light pools of her eyes. #vss365
I'm always grateful to spend time in the company of talented artists. I just got back from a poetry reading and am invigorated.
Always love a flash with cheese issues
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More good days can start with small things: a walk outside, a quiet moment, or getting lost in a good book. 📚💚 This #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, make time for the things that help you slow down and recharge.
#Booksky #Bookish #LibraryLove #LibraryJoy #LibbyApp https://bit.ly/3RcU9L2
Feeling something from this piece by @christinaltudor.bsky.social
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A very good morning and a hearty fuck AI reminder to everyone.
What do we want? Flash! When do we want it? Now! 😜
We LOVE voice-driven, bold work that hits us right in the gut 💪 Work that shouts out what just can't be kept in. Work that puts a new lens on old narratives. That reminds us what it means to be human in this scary, spinning world.
Made a post today about how when I ask other writers what’s the most important short story collection in the Dark Speculative/weird litfic sphere of the last 10 years was, they always say Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.
Almost every time.
What collection would you choose?
Rumors swirled around Mari like a second shadow. Rumors that her mother had abandoned her at a gas station, left her strapped in a booster seat in the back of the car with the keys in the ignition. Th...
