Caleb Wilson
@astrobolism.bsky.social
I read things, I write things, I play and design games
sickleburg.com
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Check out Orcutt Shelley Miller on KEXP if you like twangy, jaggedy, beautiful music! (The recent eponymous album is superb)
Orcutt Shelley Miller played a session at Seattle's KEXP and there be video! Here's a short excerpt, check out the full thing on their youtube
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check out Orcutt Shelley Miller on KEXP if you like twangy, jaggedy, beautiful music! (The recent eponymous album is superb)
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HEY IT'S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY
YESSSS
Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones
pauljessup.com/books/cancer...
YESSSS
Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones
pauljessup.com/books/cancer...
Cancer Eats the Heart
For Nix, waging her own private war with multiple sclerosis, a haunted house and a cryptic drifter aren’t the strangest things she’s ever encountered. No, what unnerves Nix is the adole…
pauljessup.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
HEY IT'S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY
YESSSS
Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones
pauljessup.com/books/cancer...
YESSSS
Cancer Eats the Heart is out in the world! Disabled, dying, and chronically ill turn to vampirism as a cure, only to be hunted by twisted vampire hunters for their bones
pauljessup.com/books/cancer...
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You can now download DISEASE OF FINITUDE, a zine of microfictions riffing on the work of David Cronenberg, here:
oursublimebeasts.substack.com/p/disease-of...
oursublimebeasts.substack.com/p/disease-of...
DISEASE OF FINITUDE!
Digital Zine.
oursublimebeasts.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
You can now download DISEASE OF FINITUDE, a zine of microfictions riffing on the work of David Cronenberg, here:
oursublimebeasts.substack.com/p/disease-of...
oursublimebeasts.substack.com/p/disease-of...
The death of an anagramatic pseudonym. Goodbye, Ian Cowsbell -- your works -- and you! -- have gone to that unrecoverable country from which no data or activity returns
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The death of an anagramatic pseudonym. Goodbye, Ian Cowsbell -- your works -- and you! -- have gone to that unrecoverable country from which no data or activity returns
Reading weird old books is helpful these days
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Reading weird old books is helpful these days
A good book! I still remember finding this on my mom's bookshelf as a teen and reading it in one afternoon (backyard hammock between two maples, Vermont)
Today's $2.99 Kindle deal! A mouth-watering blend of delicious black humor and Kafkaesque horror story, THE COOK (1965) is a dark fable "beginning in a vein of innocent fairy tale and ending with satanic revels" (The Observer). www.amazon.com/Cook-Valanco...
October 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A good book! I still remember finding this on my mom's bookshelf as a teen and reading it in one afternoon (backyard hammock between two maples, Vermont)
Phew, sounds like we might be employed in the future after all! Someone's going to have to fix all the mistakes the computers make as they do the jobs we used to do, sign me up
September 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Phew, sounds like we might be employed in the future after all! Someone's going to have to fix all the mistakes the computers make as they do the jobs we used to do, sign me up
Another Stanislaw Lem story predicts future tech -- someone has invented the exasperating "Automatthew's Friend"! (Check out Lem's Mortal Engines, my favorite of the books called Mortal Engines, though Philip Reeve's isn't bad either.)
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. www.wired.com/story/i-hate...
I Hate My Friend
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.
www.wired.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another Stanislaw Lem story predicts future tech -- someone has invented the exasperating "Automatthew's Friend"! (Check out Lem's Mortal Engines, my favorite of the books called Mortal Engines, though Philip Reeve's isn't bad either.)
A really cool combination of story and game. I have a copy, and you can have one too!
My story in cards, The Family Arcana, is currently on sale at Ninepin Press. Ten bucks for a poker deck and gothic American fable all in one! ninepinpress.com/products/the...
The Family Arcana
A story in cards by Jedediah Berry Illustrated by Eben Kling ✤ A World Fantasy Award Finalist ✤ “The Family Arcana” is the tale of a sprawling family bound to their decaying farmhouse by a web of pass...
ninepinpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A really cool combination of story and game. I have a copy, and you can have one too!
Going to need a bigger cornucopia to hold this bounteous harvest
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Going to need a bigger cornucopia to hold this bounteous harvest
Had this lovely visitor to our porch this morning.
August 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Had this lovely visitor to our porch this morning.
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my poetry chapbook From the Yew is now available for pre-order from @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
my poetry chapbook From the Yew is now available for pre-order from @the-ethelzine.bsky.social
Painted this weirdly cute blob on Saturday. I think it's the reddish patch that almost makes it look like it's smiling... but is it really?
August 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Painted this weirdly cute blob on Saturday. I think it's the reddish patch that almost makes it look like it's smiling... but is it really?
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my new story is up at Graywolf Labs! "If Your Grave Is Unmarked, Assume Positive Intent" is about trans motherhood, desperation, and playing PUBG Mobile in a gas station parking lot. Please read and share!
graywolflab.org/2025/08/22/i...
graywolflab.org/2025/08/22/i...
If Your Grave Is Unmarked, Assume Positive Intent
Anya Johanna DeNiro This might be hard to believe but over the years I’ve accumulated an assortment of difficult people, and my hobby lately has been casting them away. My friends text me but, surp…
graywolflab.org
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
my new story is up at Graywolf Labs! "If Your Grave Is Unmarked, Assume Positive Intent" is about trans motherhood, desperation, and playing PUBG Mobile in a gas station parking lot. Please read and share!
graywolflab.org/2025/08/22/i...
graywolflab.org/2025/08/22/i...
Ha ha, a bot that responds to mentions of "science fiction" with inane encouraging posts misattributes one of the most famous sf quotes of all time
July 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ha ha, a bot that responds to mentions of "science fiction" with inane encouraging posts misattributes one of the most famous sf quotes of all time
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Once again pointing to my gigantic sign that says “place descriptions are an element of viewpoint and should be used to reveal character”
The lake view a 90-year-old widower whose husband died by drowning sees is not the one a 22-year-old freshly graduated geologist does
The lake view a 90-year-old widower whose husband died by drowning sees is not the one a 22-year-old freshly graduated geologist does
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Once again pointing to my gigantic sign that says “place descriptions are an element of viewpoint and should be used to reveal character”
The lake view a 90-year-old widower whose husband died by drowning sees is not the one a 22-year-old freshly graduated geologist does
The lake view a 90-year-old widower whose husband died by drowning sees is not the one a 22-year-old freshly graduated geologist does
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In response to the severe flooding in Texas, Illinois has deployed a team of urban search and rescue members to the state to assist in its ongoing recovery efforts.
When folks are in need, our state will be there to help.
When folks are in need, our state will be there to help.
July 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In response to the severe flooding in Texas, Illinois has deployed a team of urban search and rescue members to the state to assist in its ongoing recovery efforts.
When folks are in need, our state will be there to help.
When folks are in need, our state will be there to help.
Want to play a game I created? I recommend Lime Ergot! I've heard it works as a nice first piece of interactive fiction to try because of its size and scope. astrobolism.itch.io/lime-ergot
Lime Ergot by Caleb Wilson
A Text Adventure
astrobolism.itch.io
July 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Want to play a game I created? I recommend Lime Ergot! I've heard it works as a nice first piece of interactive fiction to try because of its size and scope. astrobolism.itch.io/lime-ergot
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mmm uncursed pancakes
July 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
mmm uncursed pancakes
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Leonora Carrington.
July 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Leonora Carrington.
Want to read a weird book? I have some copies of Polymer to sell, one of which I will mail to you (in the US) for $15 --the question I asked myself as I began to write it: what if I combine the vibes of Castlevania and Purple Rain?
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Want to read a weird book? I have some copies of Polymer to sell, one of which I will mail to you (in the US) for $15 --the question I asked myself as I began to write it: what if I combine the vibes of Castlevania and Purple Rain?
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For the remainder of anti-Prime week, I'll send you a signed copy of my collection while supplies last for only $15, shipping included (US only). I've got a dozen or so available. DM me if interested.
I recently left Facebook after almost 17 years, making this my only active social media presence. It's mostly a relief, don't get me wrong, but I suppose I should be a bit more proactive about promoting my work. To that end, if you dig pulpy fun horror with a literary heart, I think you'll like...
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing - JournalStone
EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING “It would be accurate to say that Busboom’s fiction is a love letter to schlocky, neon horror, peppered with sticky-sweet nostalgia and loving luridity. It would, however,...
journalstone.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For the remainder of anti-Prime week, I'll send you a signed copy of my collection while supplies last for only $15, shipping included (US only). I've got a dozen or so available. DM me if interested.
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My text games are in the Steam sale! If you're into queer, complicated, highly player-responsive dark academia or mob-boss blood magic, plus friendship/romance/backstabbing with messy characters, check them out!
If you like my work and haven't played HONOR BOUND, now is a great time to pick it up:
If you like my work and haven't played HONOR BOUND, now is a great time to pick it up:
Save 40% on Honor Bound on Steam
Protect an exclusive boarding school and rebuild your life after scandal as a military bodyguard! How far will you go for ambition, duty, and your country?
store.steampowered.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My text games are in the Steam sale! If you're into queer, complicated, highly player-responsive dark academia or mob-boss blood magic, plus friendship/romance/backstabbing with messy characters, check them out!
If you like my work and haven't played HONOR BOUND, now is a great time to pick it up:
If you like my work and haven't played HONOR BOUND, now is a great time to pick it up:
I find myself buying less stuff overall (yay), but one thing I'm buying *more* of is small press and DIY fiction. Buying things directly from authors and publishers is the way to go! I recommend this zine bundle www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/zine...
July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I find myself buying less stuff overall (yay), but one thing I'm buying *more* of is small press and DIY fiction. Buying things directly from authors and publishers is the way to go! I recommend this zine bundle www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/zine...
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If you’re interested in weird trans femme poetry in these trying times, I have a few ebooks for you. This is a long epic
adeniro.itch.io/the-shanty-i...
adeniro.itch.io/the-shanty-i...
The Shanty in the Center of the Wound by Anya Johanna DeNiro
an experimental queer epic poem
adeniro.itch.io
July 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you’re interested in weird trans femme poetry in these trying times, I have a few ebooks for you. This is a long epic
adeniro.itch.io/the-shanty-i...
adeniro.itch.io/the-shanty-i...