J. Ichabod Whateley
@divershands.bsky.social
Purveyor of Perverse and Pulchritudinous Prevarications
Whisky Gremlin
Very Funny Clown
Whisky Gremlin
Very Funny Clown
Released later than I would have liked, but today I can unveil our Fall/Winter cocktail menu! Inspired by such fine authors as @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @horrorsong.blog , @haileypiperfights.bsky.social , @goresorcerer.bsky.social , @scumbelievable.bsky.social , and Poppy Z. Brite! Read more horror
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Released later than I would have liked, but today I can unveil our Fall/Winter cocktail menu! Inspired by such fine authors as @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @horrorsong.blog , @haileypiperfights.bsky.social , @goresorcerer.bsky.social , @scumbelievable.bsky.social , and Poppy Z. Brite! Read more horror
Just finished ‘King of Ashes’ by @blacktopkid.bsky.social and what a beautifully perfect “moral” noir tale. ‘Breaking Bad’ tried to be this, but was soft enough to let familial characters live. Cosby gives us a brilliant man, who lets all that he wanted to save, die or run away, to become himself.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Just finished ‘King of Ashes’ by @blacktopkid.bsky.social and what a beautifully perfect “moral” noir tale. ‘Breaking Bad’ tried to be this, but was soft enough to let familial characters live. Cosby gives us a brilliant man, who lets all that he wanted to save, die or run away, to become himself.
Jan Potocki and Thomas Pynchon are two (of probably many) names for the same author. Potocki was unsuccessful in killing the immortal wolf inside, and resigned himself to writing hyper convoluted fictional narratives. Then the 20th century came round and he had to hide from press and film as Pynchon
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Jan Potocki and Thomas Pynchon are two (of probably many) names for the same author. Potocki was unsuccessful in killing the immortal wolf inside, and resigned himself to writing hyper convoluted fictional narratives. Then the 20th century came round and he had to hide from press and film as Pynchon
Many thanks to Broadway Books for hosting @wnwagner.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social in discussion. It is always a pleasure to hear authors discuss their craft. Also: fantastically curated collection of books in a tiny space. Support your local independent bookstore.
October 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Many thanks to Broadway Books for hosting @wnwagner.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social in discussion. It is always a pleasure to hear authors discuss their craft. Also: fantastically curated collection of books in a tiny space. Support your local independent bookstore.
Doing it proper outside T. C. O’Leary’s with @keithrosson.bsky.social ‘The Devil By Name’. While ‘Fever House’ was gritty crime leaning into horror, this feels like old school King character development and world building. Bloody great.
September 16, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Doing it proper outside T. C. O’Leary’s with @keithrosson.bsky.social ‘The Devil By Name’. While ‘Fever House’ was gritty crime leaning into horror, this feels like old school King character development and world building. Bloody great.
Tonight ‘s post shift reading is brought to us by @apocalypseparty.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog . Only two stories deep into ‘Convulsive’, but gods the bloody prose! From fever dream faerie tale to suburban bereavement and back again. Outstanding fiction.
September 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Tonight ‘s post shift reading is brought to us by @apocalypseparty.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog . Only two stories deep into ‘Convulsive’, but gods the bloody prose! From fever dream faerie tale to suburban bereavement and back again. Outstanding fiction.
Presenting the ‘We Like It Cherry’ cocktail. Bacon fat washed Clear Creek kirschwasser, Luxardo liqueur, Luxardo syrup, Angostura orange bitters. Served on a large ice cube with suggestively placed Luxardo cherry. Many thanks to @jacymorris.bsky.social for the inspiration!
August 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Presenting the ‘We Like It Cherry’ cocktail. Bacon fat washed Clear Creek kirschwasser, Luxardo liqueur, Luxardo syrup, Angostura orange bitters. Served on a large ice cube with suggestively placed Luxardo cherry. Many thanks to @jacymorris.bsky.social for the inspiration!
Tonight’s post shift reading is Frederic S. Durbin’s ‘The Country Under Heaven’. Lush colloquial prose of nature and nurture, regaling us with high strange mythic western weirdness. So far it is a fucking delight.
August 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Tonight’s post shift reading is Frederic S. Durbin’s ‘The Country Under Heaven’. Lush colloquial prose of nature and nurture, regaling us with high strange mythic western weirdness. So far it is a fucking delight.
Tonight’s post shift reading brought to us by our friendly neighborhood art collective @helioscopepdx.bsky.social - in particular @stevelieberart.bsky.social and @nathanfairbairn.bsky.social (and I guess @mattfraction.bsky.social even if he’s writing some silly bat book now). Jimmy Olsen is the best
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Tonight’s post shift reading brought to us by our friendly neighborhood art collective @helioscopepdx.bsky.social - in particular @stevelieberart.bsky.social and @nathanfairbairn.bsky.social (and I guess @mattfraction.bsky.social even if he’s writing some silly bat book now). Jimmy Olsen is the best
Today’s necessary distraction is brought to us by @goresorcerer.bsky.social (and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social who foolishly gifted me a copy). ‘Puppet’s Banquet’ thus far is a demented little mind fuck, with absolutely gorgeous descriptions of the Irish countryside. And gore. Truly beautiful gore.
August 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today’s necessary distraction is brought to us by @goresorcerer.bsky.social (and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social who foolishly gifted me a copy). ‘Puppet’s Banquet’ thus far is a demented little mind fuck, with absolutely gorgeous descriptions of the Irish countryside. And gore. Truly beautiful gore.
Today’s reading weirdness is brought to us by @dangerslater.bsky.social ‘s ‘Moonfellows’. So far it is funny as fuck, which makes the anticipation for the terrible that much more delectable.
August 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Today’s reading weirdness is brought to us by @dangerslater.bsky.social ‘s ‘Moonfellows’. So far it is funny as fuck, which makes the anticipation for the terrible that much more delectable.
Not only is this a brilliant collection of deeply fucked up regional horror with pitch perfect voice, it is also really funny. Like, really, really funny in places. Go get’ chu some.
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Release the Horse by Matthew Mitchell - filthy loot press
THIS IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL SHIP EARLY AUGUST!!! RELEASE THE HORSE exhibits the first collection of Ozarkian weird horror from Matthew Mitchell, author of the Nasties-Award-Winning CHAINDEVILS. An outdoorsman is caught in the crossfire between a brutal serial killer and the backwoods’ best-kept secret… Peculiar playmates make contact with an extraterrestrial visitor, while a […]
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July 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Not only is this a brilliant collection of deeply fucked up regional horror with pitch perfect voice, it is also really funny. Like, really, really funny in places. Go get’ chu some.
Afternoon reading by @casskhaw.bsky.social . Not only is the physical book of ‘The Library at Hellebore’ a gorgeous work of art (those endpapers, those glorious indigo sprayed edges), but it is chock full of one of my favorite prose stylists words. No one writes more beautiful scenes of cannibalism.
July 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Afternoon reading by @casskhaw.bsky.social . Not only is the physical book of ‘The Library at Hellebore’ a gorgeous work of art (those endpapers, those glorious indigo sprayed edges), but it is chock full of one of my favorite prose stylists words. No one writes more beautiful scenes of cannibalism.
Midway through @goresorcerer.bsky.social ‘Decrepit Ritual’ from @ghoulish.bsky.social , and fuck me but it is a twisted delight. A framed narrative in second person slowly bleeding into an ultra-violent technicolor euroshlock gorefest of exquisite prose. My crit-lit-nerd/genre-fuckery heart is full.
July 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Midway through @goresorcerer.bsky.social ‘Decrepit Ritual’ from @ghoulish.bsky.social , and fuck me but it is a twisted delight. A framed narrative in second person slowly bleeding into an ultra-violent technicolor euroshlock gorefest of exquisite prose. My crit-lit-nerd/genre-fuckery heart is full.
Today’s book haul courtesy of @dangerslater.bsky.social , @goresorcerer.bsky.social , & @matthewmitchell.bsky.social ! Shits about to get real weird out here!
July 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today’s book haul courtesy of @dangerslater.bsky.social , @goresorcerer.bsky.social , & @matthewmitchell.bsky.social ! Shits about to get real weird out here!
Post shift prose courtesy of the prolific scribe @sgj.bsky.social . Paired with a Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select, obviously.
July 13, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Post shift prose courtesy of the prolific scribe @sgj.bsky.social . Paired with a Buffalo Trace Single Barrel Select, obviously.
Tonight’s post shift reading is the (thus far) phenomenal ‘Sky Full of Elephants’ by Cebo Campbell. Beautiful turns of phrase (his past work as a poet shines through his prose) and an oddly hopeful novel for these times.
July 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Tonight’s post shift reading is the (thus far) phenomenal ‘Sky Full of Elephants’ by Cebo Campbell. Beautiful turns of phrase (his past work as a poet shines through his prose) and an oddly hopeful novel for these times.
Tonight’s post shift reading is brought to us by @jacymorris.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social . This is absolutely not me gloating about having an early copy - this is research for a future cocktail. Nothing more than research…
July 3, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Tonight’s post shift reading is brought to us by @jacymorris.bsky.social and @tenebrouspress.bsky.social . This is absolutely not me gloating about having an early copy - this is research for a future cocktail. Nothing more than research…
Many thanks to @margaret.bsky.social & @tangledwilderness.bsky.social for tonight’s whisky accompaniment.
June 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Many thanks to @margaret.bsky.social & @tangledwilderness.bsky.social for tonight’s whisky accompaniment.
Just tore through “Sing, Behemoth, Sing” by K.E. Wolfe. A short of brilliant world building and obtuse storytelling. Suspect some of the images and ideas are going to linger for a bit.
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just tore through “Sing, Behemoth, Sing” by K.E. Wolfe. A short of brilliant world building and obtuse storytelling. Suspect some of the images and ideas are going to linger for a bit.
Delayed for a bit, but the Spring/Summer 2025 cocktail menu is finally here! Celebrating the genre that got me through my undergrad. With many thanks to @michaelcisco.bsky.social , @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social , @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social , China Mieville, K. J. Bishop, and Salvador Plascencia.
May 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Delayed for a bit, but the Spring/Summer 2025 cocktail menu is finally here! Celebrating the genre that got me through my undergrad. With many thanks to @michaelcisco.bsky.social , @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social , @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social , China Mieville, K. J. Bishop, and Salvador Plascencia.
Fresh whiskey arrivals today! Cracked open the Ardbeg Eureka! already. Tastes like bloody joy.
May 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Fresh whiskey arrivals today! Cracked open the Ardbeg Eureka! already. Tastes like bloody joy.
After shift reading is Edwin Callahan’s “Histories of Mgo” published by @castaignepub.bsky.social . Florid, hallucinatory prose about fucked up shit. It’s bloody great. (Shout out to @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social who’s “Profane Altars” first introduced me to Mgo. Fuck yeah short story anthologies!)
May 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
After shift reading is Edwin Callahan’s “Histories of Mgo” published by @castaignepub.bsky.social . Florid, hallucinatory prose about fucked up shit. It’s bloody great. (Shout out to @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social who’s “Profane Altars” first introduced me to Mgo. Fuck yeah short story anthologies!)
Today’s purchases from Midslumber Media, in support of Independent Book Store day, courtesy of @ericlarocca.bsky.social & Nathan Ballingrud.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Today’s purchases from Midslumber Media, in support of Independent Book Store day, courtesy of @ericlarocca.bsky.social & Nathan Ballingrud.
Pronouns: whatever you feel
Star: My Destination
Colour: tree canopy
Steak: body temp of cow
Salty/Sweet: umami
Chrono: internal
Holiday: Halloween
Drink: whisky
Dessert: yes
Pets: man’s best friend
Pillow: cool side
Twain/Wilde: Pynchon
Star: My Destination
Colour: tree canopy
Steak: body temp of cow
Salty/Sweet: umami
Chrono: internal
Holiday: Halloween
Drink: whisky
Dessert: yes
Pets: man’s best friend
Pillow: cool side
Twain/Wilde: Pynchon
Pronouns: She/her
Star: Trek
Color: Blue
Steak: Blue
Salty/Sweet: Salty
Chrono: Morning
Holiday: Liminal Week/NYE
Drink: Black coffee
Dessert: Flourless choc cake & coffee
Pets: Dogs
Pillow: Squishy
Water: Con gas
Beatles/Stones: Yes
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Star: Trek
Color: Blue
Steak: Blue
Salty/Sweet: Salty
Chrono: Morning
Holiday: Liminal Week/NYE
Drink: Black coffee
Dessert: Flourless choc cake & coffee
Pets: Dogs
Pillow: Squishy
Water: Con gas
Beatles/Stones: Yes
Quote post with yours, but add a category and take one away.
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Pronouns: whatever you feel
Star: My Destination
Colour: tree canopy
Steak: body temp of cow
Salty/Sweet: umami
Chrono: internal
Holiday: Halloween
Drink: whisky
Dessert: yes
Pets: man’s best friend
Pillow: cool side
Twain/Wilde: Pynchon
Star: My Destination
Colour: tree canopy
Steak: body temp of cow
Salty/Sweet: umami
Chrono: internal
Holiday: Halloween
Drink: whisky
Dessert: yes
Pets: man’s best friend
Pillow: cool side
Twain/Wilde: Pynchon