Rachel Baker

"We all have the same 24 hours." Well, I have chronic illness so I only have 3.

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Beyond ecstatic to announce that my short story, The Buttons, received an honorable mention in the #writersofthefuture contest.

Cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming September 13 #horrorbooks #shortstories #indieauthorsofbluesky

Coming soon...cover reveal for All the Dark and Pretty Things!

#books #writing #indieauthor #horror

Jenny Greenteeth — Zoetic Press Something stirred in the murky water, sending bubbles up to pop on the scummy emerald surface. “Honey, stay away from the pool!” I called. “Why, mommy?” my four-year-old pouted. I was tempted to ye...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...my weird little flash fiction!
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Just spent a solid ten minutes searching for my phone going, "I could've sworn I put it down on the table!", only to find my sister had absentmindedly put it in her pocket thinking it was her own phone. 🤦‍♀️

When your optometrist has never heard of #EDS but somehow feels qualified to give you a lecture in nutrition. #chronicillness

Guess whose weird little flash fiction got published in an award winning literary journal! @zoeticpress.bsky.social
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Check out this awesome collection of horror flash fiction, featuring yours truly and several other talented writers. www.flashphantoms.net/march-flash-...

An Interview with Rachel Baker | Atmosphere Press Rachel Baker is a queer, disabled writer who haunts the Pacific Northwest with her sister and their cat, Boo. She loves writing spooky stories, knitting warm things, and devouring every book in her pa...

Lil interview I did with @atmospherepress about my short story collection, All the Dark and Pretty Things, coming out later this year.

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You know when you’re just sitting there minding your own business and you get like a full-body shiver out of nowhere? That’s a demon jumping in to possess you and then jumping right back out after he’s had a quick look around like nooooope

1st user: my kink is when doctors actually care about my feelings and what I have to say 2nd user: too unrealistic, settle for bondage like the rest of us

#doctormemes #chronicillnessmemes #chronicillnesshumor

new doctor reading my chart: [food worker reading a piece of paper] ...I know some of these words

Poet Rachel Baker (DEEP BREATHS) Get to know the poet: 1) What is the theme of your poem?Insanity! I wanted to convey that feeling when you’re in bed at night and your mind is playing tricks on you because you’ve just …

Just a lil interview I did for @wildsoundfestival.bsky.social for my poem Deep Breaths.
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Chronically ill & disabled people love to put "LOL" or 🤣 after the most disturbing sentences you've ever set your eyes on.

i don’t trust people who aren’t overly caffeinated and don’t use “fuck” as a sentence enhancer.

"...At least you get to stay at home all day" picture of a Google search that is "how to roll my eyes, but like forever"

Chronically Ill people don't want to be stuck at home all the time, stop saying this to us
#chronicallyill #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes

Please don't tell me to push myself to do things. I know my limits and you don't.

Me: My back hurts
My Body: This is a symptom of standing too long
Me: *sits* My back still hurts
My body: This is a symptom of sitting too much
Me: Fuck off
My body: That would hurt your back too

If a woman reads a comic book and there are no men around to correct her, is her opinion still wrong?

Poetry Reading: Deep Breaths, by Rachel Baker Performed by Val Cole POEM: Shadows (they move) Deep breaths (can’t breathe) Darkness swirls (like the madness in my mind) Deep breaths (can’t breathe) Name 5 things (but it doesn’t go away) Deep b…

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...a reading of a poem I wrote!

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Remembering that time when I saw a new doc, told her I had #EDS and she said her only experience with it was when they showed her "pictures of circus freaks" during med school 🤦‍♀️

A large group of doctor's appointments is also called my life

Source: eds.hannahlouise on Insta woman looking hopeful "so we've finally found what's wrong with you after all this time" woman looking grossed out "you've got a chronic illness, we don't know why it occurs or how to treat it. You'll be in pain most of your life and suffer with other random symptoms, don't forget the fatigue that'll make you want to stay in bed forever but you'll be expected to carry on as normal"

Source: eds.hannahlouise on Insta
Chronic Illness isn't easy
#chronicillness #chronicillnessmemes #eds

2 panel comic 1st panel-a woman comforting another woman saying 'don't worry, sarah. It's all according to god's plans' 2nd panel-God looking at his to-do list '1.create universe 2.give sarah an incurable disease'

Don't tell Chronically Ill or Disabled People This, Please
#chronicillness #chronicillnessmemes #chronicillnesshumor

My sister had a migraine so bad that she took meds and apparently she started hallucinating because she looked over at me while we were watching Gladiator and asked if they had recording equipment back then.

4 panel comic 1st panel: a guy and a doctor are talking, the doctor says 'you can choose to pay for expensive treatment or die' 2nd panel: the guy thinks about it, still smiling 3rd panel: the guy says, with a smile, 'I'll die'. The doctor days with a smile 'sounds good' 4th panel: doctor says, with a smile, 'have a nice day', and the guy says, with a smile, 'you too'

Artist: @mrlovenstein.bsky.social
#chronicillnessmemes #ushealthcare #americanhealthcare

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me