Charles O. Smith
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Charles O. Smith
@charlesthefabulist.com
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Fairy tale Halloween: On the Creative Engagement podcast, Dan Mandel and I chat about creative process, collaboration, and how fairy tales are part of the shared human experience.
Have a listen:
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Have a listen:
* Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
* On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2InL...
Vol 4. of @clubchicxulub.bsky.social is out and I am truly honored to have my story “The Staircase” included in this collection of speculative delight! Hustle over to clubchicxulub.com/club-chicxul... to enjoy this issue!
September 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vol 4. of @clubchicxulub.bsky.social is out and I am truly honored to have my story “The Staircase” included in this collection of speculative delight! Hustle over to clubchicxulub.com/club-chicxul... to enjoy this issue!
Reposted by Charles O. Smith
"Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi on Saturday said that he is prepared to resign from his ministerial post for two days to lead a protest in support of the transgender community if the Pinarayi Vijayan government fails to deliver on its promise of financial assistance." [Free Press Journal]
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September 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi on Saturday said that he is prepared to resign from his ministerial post for two days to lead a protest in support of the transgender community if the Pinarayi Vijayan government fails to deliver on its promise of financial assistance." [Free Press Journal]
Yesterday was the BEST BOOK MAIL EVER!!!! I’m jumping for joy to be holding Syr Hayati Beker’s WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE! Get thee to thine local independent bookseller post haste!
August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yesterday was the BEST BOOK MAIL EVER!!!! I’m jumping for joy to be holding Syr Hayati Beker’s WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE! Get thee to thine local independent bookseller post haste!
I felt compelled to draw my dog…
July 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I felt compelled to draw my dog…
Congrats @alvinlu.bsky.social !
Everyone else, get thee to the Bama Bookshop: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
Everyone else, get thee to the Bama Bookshop: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
July 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Congrats @alvinlu.bsky.social !
Everyone else, get thee to the Bama Bookshop: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
Everyone else, get thee to the Bama Bookshop: www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366212...
I feel like my feed could use a little « rescue dogs of Marin County » love…
July 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I feel like my feed could use a little « rescue dogs of Marin County » love…
Check out @wtawpress.bsky.social Virtual Summer Salon TONIGHT…
🗓️ Register now for our Virtual Summer Salon!
Featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales—author of WTAW’s recently published novella, Marisolandia—Karin Spirn, and Kisha Quesada Turner, this virtual salon brings together voices that highlight authenticity and challenge societal norms.
#LinguisticJustice
Featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales—author of WTAW’s recently published novella, Marisolandia—Karin Spirn, and Kisha Quesada Turner, this virtual salon brings together voices that highlight authenticity and challenge societal norms.
#LinguisticJustice
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: WTAW Summer Salon: Linguistic Justice. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
From Policin to Poppin Off, a panel featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Kisha Quesada Turner, and Karin Spirn
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July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Check out @wtawpress.bsky.social Virtual Summer Salon TONIGHT…
Tell me your pet's name with a GIF.
June 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Tell me your pet's name with a GIF.
On this last day of short story month, and gay pride month eve, I read “A Man Learns to Smell Flowers” in Greg Sarris’s amazing collection “the forgetters!” The whole collection is a testament to the power of storytelling. Read this book!
June 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
On this last day of short story month, and gay pride month eve, I read “A Man Learns to Smell Flowers” in Greg Sarris’s amazing collection “the forgetters!” The whole collection is a testament to the power of storytelling. Read this book!
I have a drawing in
GROUP THERAPY
An Exhibition at Rosebud Gallery
Opening May 1st | 6–10 PM
839 Larkin Street, San
« A raw, reflective, and deeply human group show exploring 💭 mental health, 💊 addiction, 🌱 growth, 💔 grief, 😖 pain, and 🕳️ trauma through the power of art. »
GROUP THERAPY
An Exhibition at Rosebud Gallery
Opening May 1st | 6–10 PM
839 Larkin Street, San
« A raw, reflective, and deeply human group show exploring 💭 mental health, 💊 addiction, 🌱 growth, 💔 grief, 😖 pain, and 🕳️ trauma through the power of art. »
April 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I have a drawing in
GROUP THERAPY
An Exhibition at Rosebud Gallery
Opening May 1st | 6–10 PM
839 Larkin Street, San
« A raw, reflective, and deeply human group show exploring 💭 mental health, 💊 addiction, 🌱 growth, 💔 grief, 😖 pain, and 🕳️ trauma through the power of art. »
GROUP THERAPY
An Exhibition at Rosebud Gallery
Opening May 1st | 6–10 PM
839 Larkin Street, San
« A raw, reflective, and deeply human group show exploring 💭 mental health, 💊 addiction, 🌱 growth, 💔 grief, 😖 pain, and 🕳️ trauma through the power of art. »
A horned & cloven hoofed demon sprints through a wall flames as if to say « Welcome to the future. » They’re decked out in what appears to be 1970s/80s gym attire with a ringer tee and contrast piping shorts. It’s unclear if their gut or boobs are hanging over their waist. Anybody’s guess.
April 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A horned & cloven hoofed demon sprints through a wall flames as if to say « Welcome to the future. » They’re decked out in what appears to be 1970s/80s gym attire with a ringer tee and contrast piping shorts. It’s unclear if their gut or boobs are hanging over their waist. Anybody’s guess.
This the reason for the season.
April 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This the reason for the season.
Time for Newsom’s “dishonorable discharge.”
Newsom throwing trans people under the bus while hosting a noted antisemite who defends Nazi salutes, among other disgusting things, is a low point for mainstream Democrats and hopefully the end of this guy's presidential ambitions.
the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.
March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Time for Newsom’s “dishonorable discharge.”
Today’s demon is so cute that I have to share.
Image: A spiny reptilian horned demon in aqua with fuchsia trout spots, cheeks, and tail.
Image: A spiny reptilian horned demon in aqua with fuchsia trout spots, cheeks, and tail.
February 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Today’s demon is so cute that I have to share.
Image: A spiny reptilian horned demon in aqua with fuchsia trout spots, cheeks, and tail.
Image: A spiny reptilian horned demon in aqua with fuchsia trout spots, cheeks, and tail.
Reposted by Charles O. Smith
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
‘The notion that “trans people have always been here” is not a bid for legitimacy—it’s a fact of our resilience. It’s a fact that anywhere that gendered lines have been drawn by states and authoritarians, there have been people defying and crossing them.’
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Some thoughts on the missing T and the queens of Stonewall
The Dolls and The Bricks
Fractured, flickering, expansive
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
‘The notion that “trans people have always been here” is not a bid for legitimacy—it’s a fact of our resilience. It’s a fact that anywhere that gendered lines have been drawn by states and authoritarians, there have been people defying and crossing them.’
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
@gbbranstetter.bsky.social
At present, I am angry about a lot of things and my sign is too small to convey all the support the Trans community deserves now and always. This particular demon is in response to the absurd and insidious removal of the T from LBTQ acronym at Stonewall in New York City.
February 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
At present, I am angry about a lot of things and my sign is too small to convey all the support the Trans community deserves now and always. This particular demon is in response to the absurd and insidious removal of the T from LBTQ acronym at Stonewall in New York City.
This will end well…
A gremlin-esque demon with spiked hair, batwing ears, glowing eyes, and pointed teeth gaping from their bloody mouth dangles a key labeled “TREASURY” in front of piles of coins and paper money…
A gremlin-esque demon with spiked hair, batwing ears, glowing eyes, and pointed teeth gaping from their bloody mouth dangles a key labeled “TREASURY” in front of piles of coins and paper money…
February 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This will end well…
A gremlin-esque demon with spiked hair, batwing ears, glowing eyes, and pointed teeth gaping from their bloody mouth dangles a key labeled “TREASURY” in front of piles of coins and paper money…
A gremlin-esque demon with spiked hair, batwing ears, glowing eyes, and pointed teeth gaping from their bloody mouth dangles a key labeled “TREASURY” in front of piles of coins and paper money…
My postcard from the Visual Aids Postcards from the Edge show. I have this fantasy of doing a whole “The Robots Made Me Gay” show, but I also have a collection of fairy tales to complete…
January 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My postcard from the Visual Aids Postcards from the Edge show. I have this fantasy of doing a whole “The Robots Made Me Gay” show, but I also have a collection of fairy tales to complete…
I am considering bringing a little more demon action over here…
January 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I am considering bringing a little more demon action over here…
I love that Visual Aids invites anyone to donate postcard sized art to this show… Take a break from the doom and enjoy some art for a good cause. Can you guess which piece is mine?
postcards.visualaids.org/collections/...
postcards.visualaids.org/collections/...
Postcards
Postcards from the Edge is a unique benefit show and sale of original, postcard-size artworks by established and emerging artists. All artwork is exhibited anonymously, and the identity of the artist ...
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January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I love that Visual Aids invites anyone to donate postcard sized art to this show… Take a break from the doom and enjoy some art for a good cause. Can you guess which piece is mine?
postcards.visualaids.org/collections/...
postcards.visualaids.org/collections/...
Squeee! If, like me, you are into all things Bellatin and @livingjelly.bsky.social , you can pre-order bookshop.org/p/books/perp... I did!
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Squeee! If, like me, you are into all things Bellatin and @livingjelly.bsky.social , you can pre-order bookshop.org/p/books/perp... I did!
Given that some claim that certain kawaii creatures are not cats but little Londonites, and given that snake-haired mythological creatures are Gorgons and not technically demons… is this demon in Gorgon drag? Or just a kawaii Gorgon pretending to be a demon?
January 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Given that some claim that certain kawaii creatures are not cats but little Londonites, and given that snake-haired mythological creatures are Gorgons and not technically demons… is this demon in Gorgon drag? Or just a kawaii Gorgon pretending to be a demon?
I love it when folks share the books they’ve read throughout the year. Here’s my version:
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2024: My year in reading “wrapped”
The days are short and the nights are dark. Spotify is busy reminding everyone of their listening habits. Even though I read embarassingly slow reader, I read so many great things this year. Here are ...
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January 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I love it when folks share the books they’ve read throughout the year. Here’s my version:
charlesthefabulist.com/2024/12/31/y...
charlesthefabulist.com/2024/12/31/y...
Quote with a favorite song cover:
Gonna go with the Judybats version of Gary Numan’s “Cars”… a b-side on the “Daylight” single next to the hair burner classic “All I Wanna Do Is F**k Your Hair”…
youtu.be/T5ZbXD6NQwQ?...
December 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Quote with a favorite song cover:
Gonna go with the Judybats version of Gary Numan’s “Cars”… a b-side on the “Daylight” single next to the hair burner classic “All I Wanna Do Is F**k Your Hair”…
youtu.be/T5ZbXD6NQwQ?...