Michael Cisco

I'm going ham on getting my ass off this sofa (did I use the lingo right?)

At last a window into Arnold Horshack's inner world

emma webster -- kite and snake

please help if you can

They're great!

over there -- art by amanda kate walker -- this is a novel prompt

a streetlight surrounded by streaks, surmounting a gleaming, warping parking lot at dusk

dylan vandenhoeck -- decicco and sons parking lot afterimages in the spring

i love this --

Uh ok ... swans by night

#1 would make some lovely wallpaper

as a californian i can say that all the tells are there, but in the end guys like him don't stir a hair unless someone gives them permission with numbers -- without those, he won't take a shot unless he feels he can't wait any longer -- and he is so not the guy to set up opposite mamdani ...

a little bit of socialism for soldiers, police, domestic spies, as a treat

a dog, cat, and owl sit wrapped in blankets watching a TV, snacks are present

chieko terasawa -- horror movie viewing party

Japan issues tsunami evacuation orders after magnitude-8.7 earthquake off Russia – live updates Hazardous waves from strong 8.7 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaksa and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka

oh no ...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

ominous art from jeffrey smart ...

dillon samuelson -- this is your new weather announcer

i'm a writer on a television program. i have a lavish hawaiian estate i never visit but which is home to a haughty englishman and a rakish private eye who solves crimes and drives my lamborghini

Sir, "ketaminic immunity" isn't a thing

I'm so sorry, Kat

Black Brane by Michael Cisco: Review by Ian Mond Black Brane, Michael Cisco (CLASH Books 978-1-96098-861-4, $17.95, 170pp, tp) July 2025. Given my passion for the absurd, I’m almost em­barrassed to admit I’ve never read a novel or short story by …

“You don’t need to be aware of Ligotti’s work to enjoy BLACK BRANE; you just have to be open to a type of weird fiction... more invested in the uncanny and testing the fabric of reality” @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews @michaelcisco.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/07...

just in case you haven't seen the red letter media version:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2f...

Thank you, Jose!

my thanks to locus for this thoughtful review!

amy bennett -- are the clotheslines getting nearer? i don't remember there being more than one clothesline ... whose clothes are those, anyway?

No one else can stand them?

Thank you!

ariana papademetropolous -- self-portrait