A. McAnarney-Castro
@deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social
Horror & Spec. Fiction writer.🐙
Mesoamerican chaos-muppet. Female. 🇸🇻🇲🇽
Digital Manager @theyoungcenter.bsky.social.🌎🇵🇸✊🏽
Opinions & Terrors my own
My work, that is not yet finished🤲🏻: linktr.ee/alexmcanarneywrites
Mesoamerican chaos-muppet. Female. 🇸🇻🇲🇽
Digital Manager @theyoungcenter.bsky.social.🌎🇵🇸✊🏽
Opinions & Terrors my own
My work, that is not yet finished🤲🏻: linktr.ee/alexmcanarneywrites
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How the US Intervened to Sabotage Angola’s Independence
50 years ago, Angola gained its independence after centuries of Portuguese rule. But Henry Kissinger was already working hard to orchestrate a devastating proxy war that snuffed out the hopes of national liberation jacobin.com/2025/11/ango...
50 years ago, Angola gained its independence after centuries of Portuguese rule. But Henry Kissinger was already working hard to orchestrate a devastating proxy war that snuffed out the hopes of national liberation jacobin.com/2025/11/ango...
How the US Intervened to Sabotage Angola’s Independence
Fifty years ago today, Angola gained its independence after centuries of Portuguese domination. But US officials like Henry Kissinger were already working hard to orchestrate a devastating proxy war t...
jacobin.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How the US Intervened to Sabotage Angola’s Independence
50 years ago, Angola gained its independence after centuries of Portuguese rule. But Henry Kissinger was already working hard to orchestrate a devastating proxy war that snuffed out the hopes of national liberation jacobin.com/2025/11/ango...
50 years ago, Angola gained its independence after centuries of Portuguese rule. But Henry Kissinger was already working hard to orchestrate a devastating proxy war that snuffed out the hopes of national liberation jacobin.com/2025/11/ango...
Mexico City
Brussels
NoLa
Amsterdam
Houston
Brussels
NoLa
Amsterdam
Houston
What cities have you had the most fun in?
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Mexico City
Brussels
NoLa
Amsterdam
Houston
Brussels
NoLa
Amsterdam
Houston
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
New #Frankenstein movie felt familiar for a reason.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
New #Frankenstein movie felt familiar for a reason.
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The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
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THE👏1👏%👏WANT👏YOU👏DEAD👏
(but only after they're done exploiting your body & mind)
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
THE👏1👏%👏WANT👏YOU👏DEAD👏
(but only after they're done exploiting your body & mind)
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
THE👏1👏%👏WANT👏YOU👏DEAD👏
(but only after they're done exploiting your body & mind)
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
The 1% want you dead
THE👏1👏%👏WANT👏YOU👏DEAD👏
(but only after they're done exploiting your body & mind)
As a Salvadoran, I'm ashamed.
As an American, I'm enraged.
As a writer, the constant invocation of the word 'terrorist' to achieve political quotas and send innocent people to a regional oubliette, I'm terrified.
This should scare us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
As an American, I'm enraged.
As a writer, the constant invocation of the word 'terrorist' to achieve political quotas and send innocent people to a regional oubliette, I'm terrified.
This should scare us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As a Salvadoran, I'm ashamed.
As an American, I'm enraged.
As a writer, the constant invocation of the word 'terrorist' to achieve political quotas and send innocent people to a regional oubliette, I'm terrified.
This should scare us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
As an American, I'm enraged.
As a writer, the constant invocation of the word 'terrorist' to achieve political quotas and send innocent people to a regional oubliette, I'm terrified.
This should scare us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Leonard Cohen, who died nine years ago today, recites W.B.Yeats at Lissadell House, Sligo, July 31st, 2010.
youtu.be/n5vYpWCbHsE?...
youtu.be/n5vYpWCbHsE?...
Sligo, Leonard Cohen Recites W.B.Yeats, Lissadell House, july 31st , 2010
YouTube video by albertnoonan
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November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Leonard Cohen, who died nine years ago today, recites W.B.Yeats at Lissadell House, Sligo, July 31st, 2010.
youtu.be/n5vYpWCbHsE?...
youtu.be/n5vYpWCbHsE?...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
"Divorcing oneself from respectability politics can be hard, especially when there are so many barriers to resources when you’re perceived as criminal or charged as such. There are no “good ones,” there are only people..."
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence.”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully. truthout.org/articles/whe...
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully. truthout.org/articles/whe...
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Divorcing oneself from respectability politics can be hard, especially when there are so many barriers to resources when you’re perceived as criminal or charged as such. There are no “good ones,” there are only people..."
Restating the obvious.
The places where our children grow, dream, and belong should always be protected. They deserve to feel safe in spaces that are made for them.
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Restating the obvious.
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Mass deportation agents are operating w/ alarming ruthlessness, masking their faces, firing pepper balls at clergy, & terrorizing neighborhoods in the name of “law and order.”
Despite this, "Trump claimed his immigration enforcement raids actually 'haven’t gone far enough.'"
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Despite this, "Trump claimed his immigration enforcement raids actually 'haven’t gone far enough.'"
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Trump Says ICE’s Ruthless Tactics ‘Haven’t Gone Far Enough’
Trump suggests during a 60 Minutes interview that his violent and unaccountable mass deportation agenda targeting immigrants and U.S. citizens alike should go even further.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Mass deportation agents are operating w/ alarming ruthlessness, masking their faces, firing pepper balls at clergy, & terrorizing neighborhoods in the name of “law and order.”
Despite this, "Trump claimed his immigration enforcement raids actually 'haven’t gone far enough.'"
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
Despite this, "Trump claimed his immigration enforcement raids actually 'haven’t gone far enough.'"
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social
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"They shared their love of poetry, books and classical music with their daughter [Patti Smith], who was reading Yeats by kindergarten."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Review: Patti Smith’s mesmerizing new memoir looks back in wonder — and sorrow
Patti Smith, the celebrated rock poet who won a National Book Award for ‘Just Kids,’ revisits her hardscrabble childhood, success and the loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith, in 'Bread of Angels.'
www.latimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"They shared their love of poetry, books and classical music with their daughter [Patti Smith], who was reading Yeats by kindergarten."
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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The people behind Fat Bear Week, and Fat Squirrel Week, are missing the obvious. Don't they know that what we *really* want is "Fat Ass Week." My favorite to win it all would be "Chonky Badonkadonkey." #fatbearweek #humor #comedy
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The people behind Fat Bear Week, and Fat Squirrel Week, are missing the obvious. Don't they know that what we *really* want is "Fat Ass Week." My favorite to win it all would be "Chonky Badonkadonkey." #fatbearweek #humor #comedy
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The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
Submissions
2025 has been a standout year in terms of the amazing projects we've been able to publish at Apex Book Company. We've had the pleasure of giving homes to titles such as ChloroPhilia, The Map of Lost P...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Apex Book Company submission window is now open! 📚✍️
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
We're looking for surreal stories with unknowable horror, lush prose, and unique POVs. Please email your cover letter and manuscript to apexbooksubmissions@gmail.com.
Full submission details: www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...
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Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! It was fun!
If you like:
- gothic horror + gaslamp fantasy
- cosmic horror + detective noir
- trans man MCs
- homoeroticism
- diverse casts
- body horror
- DREAD
You might enjoy my short stories!
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
books2read.com/ap/nzej7l/Vi...
If you like:
- gothic horror + gaslamp fantasy
- cosmic horror + detective noir
- trans man MCs
- homoeroticism
- diverse casts
- body horror
- DREAD
You might enjoy my short stories!
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
books2read.com/ap/nzej7l/Vi...
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thank you #HorrorWritersChat! It was fun!
If you like:
- gothic horror + gaslamp fantasy
- cosmic horror + detective noir
- trans man MCs
- homoeroticism
- diverse casts
- body horror
- DREAD
You might enjoy my short stories!
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
books2read.com/ap/nzej7l/Vi...
If you like:
- gothic horror + gaslamp fantasy
- cosmic horror + detective noir
- trans man MCs
- homoeroticism
- diverse casts
- body horror
- DREAD
You might enjoy my short stories!
payhip.com/ALittleBitof...
books2read.com/ap/nzej7l/Vi...
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I guess I'll share my first book, YA supernatural horror novel about a girl who dreams the whole world's nightmares—full of things that go bump in the night.
www.amazon.com/Nocturne-Ama...
#HorrorWritersChat
www.amazon.com/Nocturne-Ama...
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I guess I'll share my first book, YA supernatural horror novel about a girl who dreams the whole world's nightmares—full of things that go bump in the night.
www.amazon.com/Nocturne-Ama...
#HorrorWritersChat
www.amazon.com/Nocturne-Ama...
#HorrorWritersChat
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My great-grandmother, instead of going the Pinocchio route, said that every time I lie, my tongue will get shorter.
My tongue is still long, and I still lie, but I think about that fae consequence stuff all the time.
#HorrorWritersChat
My tongue is still long, and I still lie, but I think about that fae consequence stuff all the time.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My great-grandmother, instead of going the Pinocchio route, said that every time I lie, my tongue will get shorter.
My tongue is still long, and I still lie, but I think about that fae consequence stuff all the time.
#HorrorWritersChat
My tongue is still long, and I still lie, but I think about that fae consequence stuff all the time.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat: I don't like flying. I bless myself with the sign of the cross before take off, just in case.
My great-gram thought that unusually hot weather made the land shake. I don't think plate tectonics work this way. But when it's abnormally hot, I do brace myself for the worst.
My great-gram thought that unusually hot weather made the land shake. I don't think plate tectonics work this way. But when it's abnormally hot, I do brace myself for the worst.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#HorrorWritersChat: I don't like flying. I bless myself with the sign of the cross before take off, just in case.
My great-gram thought that unusually hot weather made the land shake. I don't think plate tectonics work this way. But when it's abnormally hot, I do brace myself for the worst.
My great-gram thought that unusually hot weather made the land shake. I don't think plate tectonics work this way. But when it's abnormally hot, I do brace myself for the worst.
Oh no, lampy! I felt this <3
I'm Bert & I write all kinds of dark stuff. I used to cry when my parents shut off a certain light because it was my friend & I thought they were killing it ( #autistic much?) so they thought I was scared of the dark. NO MY FRIEND IS DEAD. There was also a #skeleton under the bed. #horrorwriterschat
Hola, Horror Writers. I'm going to post and eat as I've pretty much just walked in. But, we're all about it today, so close to Halloween!
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh no, lampy! I felt this <3
#HorrorWritersChat: Hola Hola! A.M. Castro here. Horror and Speculative Fiction writer.
In our old house in El Salvador I had this weird sensation that something was following me. It always felt worse (faster) at night. Knocked the grannies over a few times trying to out run whatever it was.
In our old house in El Salvador I had this weird sensation that something was following me. It always felt worse (faster) at night. Knocked the grannies over a few times trying to out run whatever it was.
Hola, Horror Writers. I'm going to post and eat as I've pretty much just walked in. But, we're all about it today, so close to Halloween!
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#HorrorWritersChat: Hola Hola! A.M. Castro here. Horror and Speculative Fiction writer.
In our old house in El Salvador I had this weird sensation that something was following me. It always felt worse (faster) at night. Knocked the grannies over a few times trying to out run whatever it was.
In our old house in El Salvador I had this weird sensation that something was following me. It always felt worse (faster) at night. Knocked the grannies over a few times trying to out run whatever it was.
Missing the desert reds.
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Missing the desert reds.
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I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence on an increasingly hostile planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence on an increasingly hostile planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence on an increasingly hostile planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence on an increasingly hostile planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All of my what.
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
All of my what.