Dominica Phetteplace

One of my fundamental beliefs is that I should not have to talk to people who have been cruel to me. You might be surprised to learn how often -- and vociferously -- people disagree with me about that.

A picture of the poem "The World was All Before Them" by Maya C. Popa

Home after a long stint away and diving into a pile of unread New Yorkers with glee. Maya C. Popa is taking no prisoners here:
"I am my first and oldest system..."

I've been wanting to read this! Is it scary?

Portland's awesome! I always have the best time when I go

(yes)

Frank Black croons: Is she weird?
🎶🎶🎶

Picture of me with skull in background

Me, at the Portland Peculiarium.

clarence thomas has no jurisprudential argument, he just hates women and thinks the constitution doesn’t protect a varia suit

ZYZZYVA No. 129 Spring 2025 – ZYZZYVA ISSUE 129 234 Pages   In This Issue “Refuge” by Joyce Carol Oates: “Experienced hikers never hike alone, Marcus used to say. “But lately Marcus has seemed to relish risk, speaking of his life as dic...

It was an honor to meet @dapowell.bsky.social and read with him at the Zyzzva party last spring, we both have work in issue 129:
www.zyzzyva.org/product/zyzz...

"I do not gentle into any any."

!!!

“Senescence” “Just as I come to know a thing it’s gone again.”

"Just as I come to know a thing it's gone again."

I can't stop thinking about this new poem by @dapowell.bsky.social

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.

I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-

Seeing this bubble grow from the front row and yelling into the void as we head towards 2008 part deux is making me lose my mind.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Thank you, Charlie Jane! This post inspired me to donate to the SF Marin Food Bank as well, where every $1 donated purchases two meals:
www.sfmfoodbank.org

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell — neon hemlock A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. In these deftly written stories of the fantastic, Christopher Caldwell unravels the complicitie...

Can be ordered here, among other places:
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

A picture of the cover of the book "Call and Response" by Christopher Caldwell

Though we live in a degraded world, beauty still exists. Case in point, the luminous debut collection from @seraph76.bsky.social

I should be thanking you! This was great!

My friend @effies.bsky.social is back with another op-ed banger

Not for the first time, a dark chapter in history results in a pretty good Miami Vice episode

Native American legends get woven into an alien tale Centuries before the Roswell UFO Incident, Native Americans had their own stories to tell about alien visitations — for example, about the “Sky People” who traveled from the Pleiades st…

Did you catch the Fiction Science Podcast this weekend? @b0yle.bsky.social's Fiction Science Podcast featured Hole in the Sky by @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social this week and the two discuss the burning question, "What would we do if the aliens arrived?"

Catch it here: cosmiclog.com/2025/10/13/n...

even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment

Writing novels is very hard, and everyone who finishes writing one deserves praise and accolades purely for that accomplishment.

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO D'Angelo and The Vanguard - 1000 Deaths (Audio)

Going to be listening to this all day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2r5...

What a tremendous loss.

Found this at the Little Free Library!

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

In the short term vaccines also make me feel cruddy, but in the long term vaccine antibodies add to my hotness

He can't stand to be laughed at. Everyone still making jokes about him is doing God's work.