David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚
@daviddemchuk.com
I put the sewer into connoisseur. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
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You may know the tale of Sweeney Todd, but what of the tale of Mrs. Lovett? The Butcher’s Daughter, by David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark. Serving customers May 2025 🥧🔪
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Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ok, since this has come up four times in the last three days:
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
REPUTABLE LITERARY AGENTS WILL NOT CHARGE YOU MONEY.
IF A LITERARY AGENT WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR AN "EXPEDITED ACCESS PACKAGE" THIS IS A SCAM.
If you can steal some time away in the dark with a pair of headphones, you won’t regret it. (Or maybe you will!)
Thanks for all the kind words about TOND, the #BrokenVeil ghost story for Christmas.
We’re really proud of it, and hope to be able to make lots more of these. So, thanks to all our supporters on Patreon.
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We’re really proud of it, and hope to be able to make lots more of these. So, thanks to all our supporters on Patreon.
pod.link/1745494718/e...
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you can steal some time away in the dark with a pair of headphones, you won’t regret it. (Or maybe you will!)
a cosy Christmas treat from @nathanburgoine.bsky.social ❄️
39) Faux Ho Ho by Nathan Burgoine
Ok, this was the exact cosy Christmas queer romance read I was looking for. Really loved this gentle story which had some of my favourite romance tropes. I do love a fake dating story! Especially when it's done this well.
Ok, this was the exact cosy Christmas queer romance read I was looking for. Really loved this gentle story which had some of my favourite romance tropes. I do love a fake dating story! Especially when it's done this well.
December 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
a cosy Christmas treat from @nathanburgoine.bsky.social ❄️
this shit is fancy landfill
1/5 Some humanoid companies are admitting things are harder than the hype suggests. `Billions of dollars are flowing into humanoid robot startups, as investors bet that the industry will soon put humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms.' www.wsj.com/tech/ai/huma...
Even the Companies Making Humanoid Robots Think They’re Overhyped
Despite billions of dollars in investment, startups say their androids can only perform simple tasks.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
this shit is fancy landfill
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"Yes, it ended one way – yet it could have been otherwise and the implication is, as true as this was for that time and that place, it remains equally true for us today." thehaunt.blog/2025/11/10/t...
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Yes, it ended one way – yet it could have been otherwise and the implication is, as true as this was for that time and that place, it remains equally true for us today." thehaunt.blog/2025/11/10/t...
My ghost story for Christmas is the underseen film The Awakening, about a post-WWI spiritualism debunker (Rebecca Hall) called to a traumatized boy’s school where her education and modern ways are a subject of uneasy fascination, and her beliefs are challenged by an apparently irrefutable specter.
December 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My ghost story for Christmas is the underseen film The Awakening, about a post-WWI spiritualism debunker (Rebecca Hall) called to a traumatized boy’s school where her education and modern ways are a subject of uneasy fascination, and her beliefs are challenged by an apparently irrefutable specter.
Canadians: We already have The Odyssey at home.
December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Canadians: We already have The Odyssey at home.
A lovely Christmas surprise: thank you @willowcatelyn.bsky.social for mentioning The Butcher’s Daughter at @thequeerreview.com as one of the queer works that helped get you through the year 🖤 thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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December 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A lovely Christmas surprise: thank you @willowcatelyn.bsky.social for mentioning The Butcher’s Daughter at @thequeerreview.com as one of the queer works that helped get you through the year 🖤 thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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No matter what happens tomorrow, remember that happiness doesn’t come from gifts; it comes from drinking from the skull of your enemies.
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
No matter what happens tomorrow, remember that happiness doesn’t come from gifts; it comes from drinking from the skull of your enemies.
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That is not dead which can eternal lie,
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
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Well... there's a lot going on in the wild world of #nlwx for the next few days!
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Storm #1 moves in for Christmas Day, while Storm #2 looms for Boxing Day — Sheerr Weather
Going to be a very active holiday!
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December 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well... there's a lot going on in the wild world of #nlwx for the next few days!
www.sheerrweather.ca/forecasts/st...
www.sheerrweather.ca/forecasts/st...
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Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth!
Luke's Gospel tells us of the nativity of Christ - but the story is much stripped down from the version on cards and under trees. What can we glean thereby of his politics and salvation project? www.patreon.com/posts/devils...
Luke's Gospel tells us of the nativity of Christ - but the story is much stripped down from the version on cards and under trees. What can we glean thereby of his politics and salvation project? www.patreon.com/posts/devils...
The Devil's Party - The Gospel of Luke - 2 - 1-20 - The Nativity | Anthony Oliveira
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December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth!
Luke's Gospel tells us of the nativity of Christ - but the story is much stripped down from the version on cards and under trees. What can we glean thereby of his politics and salvation project? www.patreon.com/posts/devils...
Luke's Gospel tells us of the nativity of Christ - but the story is much stripped down from the version on cards and under trees. What can we glean thereby of his politics and salvation project? www.patreon.com/posts/devils...
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EEEEEEE it arrived! Merry Christmas to me -- my FIRST EVER appearance in the wonderful BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, edited by @datlow.bsky.social !
My story THE NIGHT BIRDS was originally published by @undertow.bsky.social in NORTHERN NIGHTS, an anthology of Canadian horror. :)
My story THE NIGHT BIRDS was originally published by @undertow.bsky.social in NORTHERN NIGHTS, an anthology of Canadian horror. :)
December 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
EEEEEEE it arrived! Merry Christmas to me -- my FIRST EVER appearance in the wonderful BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, edited by @datlow.bsky.social !
My story THE NIGHT BIRDS was originally published by @undertow.bsky.social in NORTHERN NIGHTS, an anthology of Canadian horror. :)
My story THE NIGHT BIRDS was originally published by @undertow.bsky.social in NORTHERN NIGHTS, an anthology of Canadian horror. :)
I feel like everyone in town has a package that left Stephenville yesterday afternoon and now they keep hitting the refresh button to see if it’s going to be delivered before the end of the day
December 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I feel like everyone in town has a package that left Stephenville yesterday afternoon and now they keep hitting the refresh button to see if it’s going to be delivered before the end of the day
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In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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More ... 👇
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I wrote about A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS and EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS for my reader's choice series. Happy holidays everyone. I hope they're kind to you.
This post is free. I don't believe in putting the Muppets behind a paywall.
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This post is free. I don't believe in putting the Muppets behind a paywall.
www.patreon.com/posts/146603...
Patron's Choice: "A Muppet Family Christmas" and "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" (Jim Henson, 1987 and 1977) | Willow Catelyn Maclay
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December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wrote about A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS and EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS for my reader's choice series. Happy holidays everyone. I hope they're kind to you.
This post is free. I don't believe in putting the Muppets behind a paywall.
www.patreon.com/posts/146603...
This post is free. I don't believe in putting the Muppets behind a paywall.
www.patreon.com/posts/146603...
There’s still time! Give the gift of nightmares to someone you hate—or love! Available at all the best bookstores, online and in your very own town 👻
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s still time! Give the gift of nightmares to someone you hate—or love! Available at all the best bookstores, online and in your very own town 👻
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Wow- did Christmas sneak up on you because you were distracted by [gestures at wide scale social collapse]? Don't worry! Your local bookstore probably carries one of these two books that are guaranteed to please readers with good taste!
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Wow- did Christmas sneak up on you because you were distracted by [gestures at wide scale social collapse]? Don't worry! Your local bookstore probably carries one of these two books that are guaranteed to please readers with good taste!
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It’s a lovely evening to gather your children around the fire (or in the fire if it’s been that kind of week) and read my traditional* Ukrainian story, Anoushka the Christmas Spider: www.unfortunatelylitmag.com/2021/12/16/a... (*with a few tiny adjustments)
Anoushka the Christmas Spider - Unfortunately,
By David Demchuk
CW: spiders, mild body horror
Our village is prosperous now, but it was not always so. When I was a child, we had as our mayor a kindly old man named Mr. Lubomyr. Every day ...
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December 14, 2023 at 11:33 PM
It’s a lovely evening to gather your children around the fire (or in the fire if it’s been that kind of week) and read my traditional* Ukrainian story, Anoushka the Christmas Spider: www.unfortunatelylitmag.com/2021/12/16/a... (*with a few tiny adjustments)
lol lmao rotfl
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
lol lmao rotfl
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And last but definitely not least, THE WEST PASSAGE by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social is probably my favorite book of the year. Inspired in the best way by illuminated manuscripts, Jared Pechaček's palace just keeps blooming, getting bigger and stranger and better all the way to the end.
10/10
10/10
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
And last but definitely not least, THE WEST PASSAGE by @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social is probably my favorite book of the year. Inspired in the best way by illuminated manuscripts, Jared Pechaček's palace just keeps blooming, getting bigger and stranger and better all the way to the end.
10/10
10/10
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Happy Tibb’s Eve everyone
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Tibb’s Eve everyone
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anyways the port de grave pics are always so cozy but I remember as a kid going down the shore and the lights in cape broyle especially were super nice
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From the newfoundland community on Reddit: The Port de Grave Christas Boats
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December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
anyways the port de grave pics are always so cozy but I remember as a kid going down the shore and the lights in cape broyle especially were super nice
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Thinking of the actor Ernest Thesiger, who, when asked what it had been like in the trenches of World War One, replied "my dear, the noise! And the PEOPLE!"
November 26, 2023 at 10:20 AM
Thinking of the actor Ernest Thesiger, who, when asked what it had been like in the trenches of World War One, replied "my dear, the noise! And the PEOPLE!"