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@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social

NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. PNW. he/him

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your moment of calm: sea potatoes! potatoes of the sea!

03.03.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 906    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1

I had to re-edit it, yes, and accommodate a different layout to some extent.

06.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here are some substitute photos of Oregon wildlife and nature while Jeff works away

06.03.2026 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing our final keynote speaker for GIFCon 2026: Jeff VanderMeer!
#FantasyConference #KeyNoteSpeaker #GIFCon #GIFCon2026 #JeffVanderMeer

06.03.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

please accept this recycled recycled elk head post as a stop-gap as i work on my novel

06.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Yes, I came up with the concept and the design. I wanted it to have an illuminated manuscript feel and the design to include a story on the cover that leads right into the events of the book.

06.03.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Powell's City of Books, Sunday, Mar 8, 7pm, two author photos and the cover of Now I Surrender.

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Orchestrated with a stunningly imagined cast of characters, both historical and purely fictional, Now I Surrender (Riverhead) radically recasts the story of how the West was β€œwon.” In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband’s ranch. A lieutenant colonel in service to the fledgling Republic, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, discovers he’s on the trail of a more dramatic abduction. Decades later, with political ambitions on the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to maneuver Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. In our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past.

Part epic, part alt-Western, Now I Surrender is Álvaro Enrigue’s most expansive and impassioned novel yet. It weaves past and present, myth and history into a searing elegy for a way of life that was an incarnation of true liberty β€” and an homage to the spark in us that still thrills to its memory.

Enrigue will be joined in conversation by Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach series.

Powell's City of Books, Sunday, Mar 8, 7pm, two author photos and the cover of Now I Surrender. Extended description below: Orchestrated with a stunningly imagined cast of characters, both historical and purely fictional, Now I Surrender (Riverhead) radically recasts the story of how the West was β€œwon.” In the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, a woman flees into the desert after a devastating raid on her dead husband’s ranch. A lieutenant colonel in service to the fledgling Republic, sent in pursuit of cattle rustlers, discovers he’s on the trail of a more dramatic abduction. Decades later, with political ambitions on the line, the American and Mexican militaries try to maneuver Geronimo, the most legendary of Apache warriors, into surrender. In our own day, a family travels through the region in search of a truer version of the past. Part epic, part alt-Western, Now I Surrender is Álvaro Enrigue’s most expansive and impassioned novel yet. It weaves past and present, myth and history into a searing elegy for a way of life that was an incarnation of true liberty β€” and an homage to the spark in us that still thrills to its memory. Enrigue will be joined in conversation by Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach series.

Wow. Now I Surrender is amazing. Please come out to Powell's Burnside on Sunday night, when I'll be in conversation with Enrique, talking about his new novel. www.powells.com/events/-lvar...

05.03.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker HC

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker HC

Filipino horror/weird books:


-Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults, edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Kenneth Yu
-Cautionary Tales from a Filipino Childhood by Bambi Eloriaga-Amago & Roland Amago
-Tales (Supernatural and Otherwise) from the Barrios by Tomas P. Boquiren
-In the Blood and Other Stories by Joseph Anthony Montecillo
-Nightfall by Eliza Victoria

Filipino horror/weird books: -Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults, edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Kenneth Yu -Cautionary Tales from a Filipino Childhood by Bambi Eloriaga-Amago & Roland Amago -Tales (Supernatural and Otherwise) from the Barrios by Tomas P. Boquiren -In the Blood and Other Stories by Joseph Anthony Montecillo -Nightfall by Eliza Victoria

Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer, SubPress edition

Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer, SubPress edition

It’s been a great book day:
-Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
-A lot of Filipino horror books
-Absolution by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ; @subpress.bsky.social edition ❀️

#booksky

05.03.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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moment of calm: an oregon coastal elk just being an elk, no filler

03.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 331    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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more calm in the form of sea potatoes! harbor seals with not a care in the world, in a protected cove fulla fish and kelp.

03.03.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 292    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

please accept this recycled elk head as i work on my novel

05.03.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
A bunny sips coffee in his rundown kitchenette. Unbeknownst to him, black bunny mold is growing in the corner at a rapid pace

A bunny sips coffee in his rundown kitchenette. Unbeknownst to him, black bunny mold is growing in the corner at a rapid pace

Daily bunny no.3266 is growing every day

04.03.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2584    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 10
upclose of gorgeous elk face

upclose of gorgeous elk face

the face so regal and yet cute

03.03.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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moment of calm: an oregon coastal elk just being an elk, no filler

03.03.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 331    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
upclose of gorgeous elk face

upclose of gorgeous elk face

the face so regal and yet cute

03.03.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 310    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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ABSOLUTION by Jeff VanderMeer in Stock and Shipping We're pleased to announce that Absolution, surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series―and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction ser...

In stock and shipping! The signed, limited edition of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's ABSOLUTION: subterraneanpress.com/newsabsoluti...

02.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
harbor seal, head only above water, with mouth wide open, in the water

harbor seal, head only above water, with mouth wide open, in the water

sea potato rages against the injustice of dusk robbing sea potato of eating moar fish

03.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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more calm in the form of sea potatoes! harbor seals with not a care in the world, in a protected cove fulla fish and kelp.

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oh yeah, sarah gave us the elk coordinates!

03.03.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
flicker with mottled feathers and slight red to head.

flicker with mottled feathers and slight red to head.

a young flicker, just contemplating the world from a picnic bench on the oregon coast. no cares in the world.

03.03.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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your moment of calm: sea potatoes! potatoes of the sea!

03.03.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 906    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
three elk grazing in marsh

three elk grazing in marsh

elk with what looks like a lovely ermine coat over it.

elk with what looks like a lovely ermine coat over it.

close up of epic beautiful elkfface

close up of epic beautiful elkfface

elk elk elk standing

elk elk elk standing

We saw the elk! Elk elk elk elk elk. w/ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social

03.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
A book: Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer.

A book: Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer.

A color illustration of a man running thru fire with a dead rabbit and many bones and skeletons underfoot.

A color illustration of a man running thru fire with a dead rabbit and many bones and skeletons underfoot.

A vivid color illustration of a big alligator.

A vivid color illustration of a big alligator.

An illustration of an uncanny green glow over ocean waves over skulls and bones.

An illustration of an uncanny green glow over ocean waves over skulls and bones.

The @subpress.bsky.social Subterranean Press edition of Absolution by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social has arrived, and it is beautiful!!

03.03.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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your moment of calm

02.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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"I definitely left the oven on, have to go home to check."

I know all the terrible things that have been happening and are still happening. I'm going to keep posting my videos etc in the hopes this is a place to come for a few moments of quiet and calm for everyone.

02.03.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 0

New Yellowstone TV series spinoffs: "The Ground Squirrel From Episode 7," "Cardboard Box Lying By Side of Road," and "Cowboy Hat With Hole in It Floats in Wind"

02.03.2026 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
a black and white ambiguous photo of a bush lit up by lights: a hand extends out writing something unknown,  a vague bearded  face and whirling objects circle around it

a black and white ambiguous photo of a bush lit up by lights: a hand extends out writing something unknown, a vague bearded face and whirling objects circle around it

kind of reminded me of something ...

02.03.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tether w long twine?

02.03.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i thought everyone detached from their brain at dusk and let it wander where it will like mist, until first light....

02.03.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

i was shy about revealing this is the scan of my brain

01.03.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0