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Christopher Schelling
@crsripley.bsky.social
Literary agent at selectricartists.com
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Potpourri should smell like your meanest grandmother.
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Raise your hand if your husband is cleaning antique metal pillboxes with an electric toothbrush like mine is
December 4, 2024 at 2:18 AM
I miss being able to read the news without fear. I also miss short-sleeved t-shirts over long-sleeved t-shirts. Nice dad look, very comfy
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I’ve been busy
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 AM
The better to hear you with, my dear
February 7, 2024 at 5:17 AM
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[feeling nostalgic on christmas] Bad guys used to fire pistols at peoples feet and make them dance in this country
December 25, 2023 at 9:44 PM
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mary: can you rub my feet

joseph: is there a way i can do that without actually touching them, and yet somehow, as if by magic, you still benefit?

mary: ok i can tell you're still angry
May 21, 2023 at 11:26 PM
My husband, pouring his first cup of morning coffee: “You’re lucky I’m speaking to you today after how horrible you were to me in my dream last night.”
December 5, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Parade magazine is no longer stuffed into 30 million Sunday newspapers, but I can still claim that this online interview with my brother makes him the Most Widely Read Nephrologist in America
parade.com
parade.com
November 28, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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17 Ways to Style a Silk Scarf: 15 of Them Are Nooses!
November 7, 2023 at 1:33 AM
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WHAT DO WE WANT
genre-defying meandering prose that touches upon the ambient moods which strike us in the quiet moments between doing something else
WHEN DO WE WANT IT
serendipitously arriving at us through means unseen but probably guided
November 20, 2023 at 7:44 PM
My life’s work invalidated by the Times
November 21, 2023 at 1:23 PM
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ADAM: oh look the McRib is back

EVE: stop calling me that
November 18, 2023 at 3:39 PM
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I’ve decided to use my powers for good enough.
November 12, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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🩸We are thrilled to announce March 2025 we'll be publishing the 1st new print edition in over 20 years of the classic of queer body horror, #SKIN by Kathe Koja, with a new introduction by Eric LaRocca!

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@ericlarocca.bsky.social @crsripley.bsky.social #kathekoja
November 2, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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The joke is on you, Baby.
October 16, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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I met my wife through Twitter so I'm excited to see who I meet through this app. A second wife? Somebody else's wife? The possible wives are endless.
September 29, 2023 at 7:23 AM
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my advice to young writers? if you buy coffee in brick packaging it can be tough to open, easy to spill, and difficult to reseal. the trick is to buy a can of coffee first, and when it runs out, reuse that can as a place to pour bricks of coffee in. i’m sorry, what was the question
September 16, 2023 at 4:22 PM
A vet assistant misread Mannix’s chart and called him “Maxine,” and he was like, “Quit using my drag name in the office, miss”
September 27, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Chappell Roan (or as she’s called in this house, “Bi Taylor Swift”) was my weekend soundtrack, as she should be for any self-respecting 60YO man youtu.be/GR3Liudev18?...
September 26, 2023 at 7:06 PM
Considering making my standard rejection letter a simple “Stop 2 End” because it’s somehow both ominous and polite, and it’s strong enough to keep politicians away
September 21, 2023 at 5:02 PM
When you start with a new therapist and they ask the dreaded question, “So why are you here?”
September 19, 2023 at 4:51 PM