Christopher Caldwell

Oh, I misunderstood the post. I’m not very smart

Happy birthday! Looking good, as always

That’s very fitting for you

I did! Thank you, Indra!

Thank you!

Aww, thank you!

It is! Although I was very much a fan of Nixonland

I really liked Half-American, by Matthew Delmont and the Invisible Bridge by Rick Perlstein

Hmm. Most of the history I’ve been reading lately is fairly modern

Have you read Eleanor Janega’s The Once and Future Sex

Thank you! Yours is soon, isn’t it?

Yesterday was my birthday. If you wanted to get me a belated present, and you don’t have a copy of Call and Response, you could pick one up. Available in print and ebook.

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“Miz Boudreaux’s Last Ride” was largely written in the California high desert, where it is set.

Fun fact: Tommy and Davion exist in the same world as another novel I’m writing. I didn’t expect them to persist as characters.

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Ok, but when I lived in Colorado, JNCOs would get real nasty in the winter, frayed hems dragging through the snow and stepped on.

I mean, he did just come back from the dead and vanishes as soon as they recognize him

I was distracted by confession being in Glasgow Cathedral

He doesn’t add anything o the bread he breaks with Cleopas and the other disciple on the road to Emmaus

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

This made me feel legitimately panicky

Love this for you! Happy birthday, queen

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“Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan” marked the first time I was shortlisted for an award. Also reprinted in BASFF and Best British Fantasy.

Fun fact: Manumitted slaves often chose surnames based on their trades. John Wood was a carpenter.

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They still make those?

There are some wonderful people books there. Also mine.

Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."

If you’re going to shop today, buy a Sally Rooney novel while you still can. www.bbc.com/news/article...

You’d think a film-maker whose oeuvre is largely pastiche would understand that you can’t copyright an idea.

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...

A collection of very Black, very queer short stories with supernatural elements

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She sounded a little hoarse at the Academy, and some of her upper register seemed to be gone. But she’s in her 60s now, and it was her first time touring after lockdown, and I think only the second show.

One of the few benefits of being old and obsessed since I was a teen

I’m going in April, although I’m worried about her voice

It’s so fun for a murder mystery or heist