David DeGraff (he/him)

“Mr. President, many of your detractors say you can’t fly. What is your response to them?”

A graphic announcing the Jewish fantasy noir novella Hornytown Chutzpah. In the lower right stands a sheyd (demon) wearing a t-shirt that reads "Sucker 4 Sin" with a lollipop on it. In the upper left, a cartoon detective wearing a purple fedora holds a water balloon.

Why Chutzpah?

It takes chutzpah to:
write a book
to ask peers for a critique
to submit it
to bare the slings and arrows of outrageous reviewers
and, yes, even to shout, "I'm here. Please like and share."

What act of creative chutzpah have you done today?

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Now that Andrew Cuomo is deigning to talk to voters, New Yorkers can actually tell him how we *really* feel.

Here's our guide on how to approach Cuomo and create a memorable experience that will make him regret running in the general election.

Motherfucking wind farms…

My English professor friends will say “ this word is used a lot in Jane Austin.” The Hunt for Red October isn’t exactly obscure

Or CAVITATING.

Fingers crossed

This is what fear looks like.

A fantastic anti-corporate series that more people should read

Yay Rachael! Such a great story. Impactful, you much say.

No, that’s a steak sauce. You’re thinking of the animal that’s cookoo for Cocoa Puffs.

NASA is more than rockets and moonwalks. NASA is behind much of our everyday technology. From space discovery, to Air Jordans, to CAT scans, NASA has played a role. We get it all on less than a penny of every federal dollar. Now their science may be gutted by 50%.
#NASADidThat

That was a really patronizing response.

Yay M. R.! TOC mates

Yay! TOC-mates

I can finally say something about this. My Mardi Gras on the Moon story is going to be in here

is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,

Infrared bricks and ultraviolet oysters!

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

Great thread showing how open borders can be a good thing.

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.

Is she talking about the House vote?

I would love to go here. But I’d be heartbroken when I found out it was just another fucking McDonald’s

David standing on stage under a purplish light, one hand holding a mic and the other in his pocket, looking happily engaged in telling his story with his eyes on the audience.

May Reader Spotlight: @daviddegraff.bsky.social, astronomer and science fiction writer, read an unpublished humor story about Lithium, as well as “My Girlfriend is a Nebula” (Lightspeed, Feb 2025), about a star-crossed romance between a librarian and an astronomer. (Link below.)

Thanks to everyone who came out

Three fantastic writers standing in front of several wooden bar tables of attendees. There are 26 people in the room, with wooden barrels along one side.

Three fantastic writers standing in front of several wooden bar tables of attendees. There are 26 people in the room, with wooden barrels along one side. In this shot, everyone’s fist is in the air.

LET THE WORLD SHAKE AT THE DEBUT OF THE ITHACA IRREALIST LIBERATION FRONT!

Many thanks to @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, @daviddegraff.bsky.social, @edashtonwriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our inaugural reading!

The four types of characters I write:

1. Scientists
2. Family of scientists
3. Friends of scientists
4. Personified abstract concepts

Will the British museum request repatriation?

You got this!

Thanks for organizing it! I hope you flourish in the future