Ishmael Grey
@callmeishmael.bsky.social
A damp, drizzly November soul 🐳 Writer and Dork. Viable Paradise 2022. Fiction in Otherside.
If you feel like throwing me a buck:
https://ko-fi.com/ishmaelcat
If you feel like throwing me a buck:
https://ko-fi.com/ishmaelcat
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I'm so honored that my first published story is going to be in the first issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
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Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale!
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale!
Anyone filling out nominations for the Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form for the Hugos, don't overlook this incredible work.
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Anyone filling out nominations for the Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form for the Hugos, don't overlook this incredible work.
It's really something to see a gender studies professor say a show about queer men with a gay showrunner isn't about gay men.
‘Heated Rivalry’ fandom exposes LGBTQIA+ divide in Baltimore
‘Heated Rivalry’ fandom exposes LGBTQIA+ divide in Baltimore
For some, love of “Heated Rivalry” has exposed the loss of a once-vibrant gay nightlife in Charm City and splintered its LGBTQIA+ community.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
It's really something to see a gender studies professor say a show about queer men with a gay showrunner isn't about gay men.
I'm usually a person who enjoys a grump or himbo but every so often an anime will present the most glorious awful trash bag character I cannot resist.
They make it so fun to watch somebody loudly and proudly be The Worst.
They make it so fun to watch somebody loudly and proudly be The Worst.
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I'm usually a person who enjoys a grump or himbo but every so often an anime will present the most glorious awful trash bag character I cannot resist.
They make it so fun to watch somebody loudly and proudly be The Worst.
They make it so fun to watch somebody loudly and proudly be The Worst.
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most of all, fuck everybody who sees romance as a cash register rather than a genre worthy of respect. the booktok to AI slopfest pipeline has been the most grim, depressing downward spiral. it sucks.
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
most of all, fuck everybody who sees romance as a cash register rather than a genre worthy of respect. the booktok to AI slopfest pipeline has been the most grim, depressing downward spiral. it sucks.
Friendship is upgrading your RAM so you can create more shitposts in Photoshop to send them.
February 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Friendship is upgrading your RAM so you can create more shitposts in Photoshop to send them.
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
Adulthood is considering using my fiction sale money to watch the new Muppet Show
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Adulthood is considering using my fiction sale money to watch the new Muppet Show
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IT'S HERE! We are SO thrilled to officially reveal our Issue 1 table of contents! Every single piece in this issue is unbelievably good, and we cannot wait for you to read these stories and poems in March. These authors are amazing 🪐🗡️
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
IT'S HERE! We are SO thrilled to officially reveal our Issue 1 table of contents! Every single piece in this issue is unbelievably good, and we cannot wait for you to read these stories and poems in March. These authors are amazing 🪐🗡️
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
More details in the thread! 🧵 (1/6)
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the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale
I'm so honored that my first published story is going to be in the first issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I'm so honored that my first published story is going to be in the first issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
Still hard to believe it's really happening. I'm so excited! 🐳
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
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Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.VII
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Hot Skeletons in your Area, Pt.VII
Gonna laugh if at the end of all this he ends up actually getting a cat somehow.
Just showing up on his doorstep like "you've already named me and now you're stuck with me"
Just showing up on his doorstep like "you've already named me and now you're stuck with me"
January 20, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Gonna laugh if at the end of all this he ends up actually getting a cat somehow.
Just showing up on his doorstep like "you've already named me and now you're stuck with me"
Just showing up on his doorstep like "you've already named me and now you're stuck with me"
I wish one, just one show that uses tarot for thematic foreboding would use The Tower instead of Death for disaster.
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
I wish one, just one show that uses tarot for thematic foreboding would use The Tower instead of Death for disaster.
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Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
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Find someone who’s comfortable in your silence and who invites you into theirs. And by ‘someone,’ I mean ‘a cat.’ Go get a fucking cat.
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Find someone who’s comfortable in your silence and who invites you into theirs. And by ‘someone,’ I mean ‘a cat.’ Go get a fucking cat.
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Outlook for the new year ...
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Oh now they tell me
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oh now they tell me
Very kind of Netflix to put out new episodes of Stranger Things so people have something to watch until the Heated Rivalry finale airs
December 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Very kind of Netflix to put out new episodes of Stranger Things so people have something to watch until the Heated Rivalry finale airs
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To me, my X-Mas!
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
To me, my X-Mas!