Travis M. Riddle

I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.

Mall Water Jenna Jaco a photograph looking northward from inside the queen Street doors of the Toronto Eaton centre. a vast open atrium of glass and chrome with dozens of sculpted Canada geese hung overhead kithbooks.com

Does that make sense? You are young1 and in Hallmark a lot. Envelope color is so important. The aisles go on so long. You worry you have never loved anyone.2 One summer you say this,3 and it is a hoot. Now that’s just silly. Look at that boy.4 Always some foil and always a chance to choose a better envelope, but make sure it’s from the same section.5 Later you wonder where you’ll hide gifts when you’re old. You’ll require access to the laundry room cabinet forever. You hug your father and he smells like the world.6 Car ride bingo7 asks you to locate a bird and it’s like sorry, are you being serious right now? 1 I am talking googoo gaga 2 OK maybe not absolute googoo gaga but very small 3 This is before the implementation of Nighttime Worry Hour. You voice such things in the middle of the day! Under fluorescent lights! God! 4 Boy In Store is a primal archetype: Buzz cut, red lips, shirt with licensed IP.* 5 The wedding anniversary envelopes are cuntiest. All pearlized and embossed. They wink at you. 6 A little unknowable, a little scary, but only in a first step on an escalator kind of way. He makes you sandwiches and composts in the backyard. Friendly, sophisticated, mystical, large.** 7 One of those cardboard slabs with little square cutouts. In each cutout is something you’re supposed to find the real version of. When you spy a thing, you drag a piece of transparent red film over the image.*** * Boy In Store can be good or bad. Watch him count change correctly, watch him hold the door. Or he might wipe snot on a card, might destroy Christmas ornaments. ** The sophistication and unknowability persist. The mysticism might have transferred so that’s cool. You split friendly. Scary and large are now unaccounted for. *** With extremely common sightings like birds, it’s more fun to periodically reset the square. You slide the film back and forth repeatedly. You decide if you have seen the bird.

"This is before the implementation of Nighttime Worry Hour. You voice such things in the middle of the day! Under fluorescent lights! God!"
- Jenna Jaco, Does that make sense?

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The DUNGENERATOR: DIE in a Dungeon is getting a proper retail release via my co-publisher @modiphius.bsky.social !

This means you can likely ask your local retail store to carry it, and/ or grab it right now through their web-store! 🥳

Negative Space and Amygdalatropolis both rule, and we gotta give it up for Toad Psalm as a title

Death Hymns of Homara, a standalone medieval horror fantasy novel, has officially launched and is now available!

Link is in the comment below👇

Doesn’t it make you crazy? Doesn’t it turn your blood to fucking gasoline?

Six book covers for On Lavender Tides, A Fracture in the Qwisdeep, Makanuele Rumble, Whispers from the Poisoned Isle, The Cloud Roost, and Spireheart by Travis M. Riddle

Today thru Friday you can get my entire Pokémon inspired fantasy adventure series JEKUA for a steep discount, including book 1 being absolutely free! ~~

Check em out: www.amazon.com/dp/B09TVCC8W...

everyone in my job out sick multiple times a week, at the doctor all the time, several who were sick with flu all of their 2 week vacation... Wondering if they'll ever connect the dots that I'm the only one who masks at the office & also hasn't been sick literally in years now

Sounds very weird and fun, had to grab an ebook!

This is how I found out hahah thanks Phil, and good luck to you!

Last but not least is movies!

I saw 152 new releases this year, a ton of which I loved, so picking a top 30 was very hard. These movies are definitely worth your time tho!

(sadly The Testament of Ann Lee, Is This Thing On?, Sirat, and The Secret Agent haven't come out here yet)

Next is TV!

I watched 84 new release seasons of TV this year and this was my top 20 (which was very hard to narrow down, I also really liked The Pitt and Welcome to Derry)

If I had to pick a #1 it'd probably be Hal & Harper

Next up is books!

I read 47 books this year and these were my top 10. Rekt and Tom's Crossing in particular I loooove but they're all fantastic!

It's that time again where I post all my favorite stuff from the past year, starting with my top ten albums! ~

kith crit: cohort one Spring 2026 a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick What: a FREE positive and nurturing collaborative workshop comprised of weekly group sessions; private discord access for day to day encouragement, community, and editorial support; and a behind the scenes look at the process of publication; ideally culminating in a press ready book.* Who: this workshop is open to anyone systemically or functionally excluded from traditional lit ed opportunities. while kith focuses primarily on trans, queer, Crip, and sick writers, please don’t self reject. ultimately participants will be chosen by fit. applications for inclusion will be recorded as proof of eligibility. no evidence of need is wanted or required. How: a brief statement outlining your hopes and/or expectations that includes a ‘state of the wip’ reckoning, along with a sample of the project you hope to workshop should be sent to wim@kithbooks.com by January 31st. access assurances, inquiries, and anxieties are welcome as well. kithbooks.com @KithBooks

kith crit: cohort one

You are one of my favorite artists ever

I know it's exaggerated because it's a food show etc but how loudly he chews crunchy foods drives me absolutely nuts. And yet I continue to watch

truly one of the best comic artists in the game right now. between Chromatic Fantasy and this, the range is incredible. we're so lucky to be able to read this stuff

I love being masked at my Walmart. The little old greeter lady at the door is always masked too

I really don't need a brand to wish me a happy Thanksgiving. Send me a coupon or send me nothing

Anyone But You takes place there, I just remembered lol. It does have one "ahh a big spider!!" scene but otherwise is just a wedding romcom that happens to take place there

Oh and Lake Mungo is excellent

I imagine Peter Weir probably has several...I'm pretty sure at least Picnic at Hanging Rock, surely some others in his filmography

Lmao that is fair!

Hey the Mad Max series takes place in Australia..... Fury Road so good

The general consensus among tv fans is that it's the best show of all time my friend

Got my paperback ordered 😎

It's three bits actually (unless they changed it to two since their initial announcement, I haven't watched this trailer)

Extremely good show!

For some reason, more than any other show, this one feels extremely literary to me? Not cause it's based on a book but just something about its style, its narrative structure, its use of music... Idk, it's hard to explain