Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of ambivalent realism and other variations of sadness. Wound of the West out now from Castaigne Publishing. https://castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/wound-of-the-west
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Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
· Jun 20
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY is a horror anthology inspired by the works of John Steinbeck. Featuring David Simmons, Brendan Vidito, plus more. Edited...
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It’s here. Available on Castaigne and the other place. 9 horror stories in the footsteps of Steinbeck. Read it, sit with it, share it with a friend.
In the Eyes of the Hungry
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In the Eyes of the Hungry
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The holiday season this year is like a rare astronomical event where my usual seasonal depression, my acute awareness of how many of my relationships rely entirely on my efforts to sustain them, and the absolute vacuum of any meaningful feedback of my creative work have all aligned perfectly.
December 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The holiday season this year is like a rare astronomical event where my usual seasonal depression, my acute awareness of how many of my relationships rely entirely on my efforts to sustain them, and the absolute vacuum of any meaningful feedback of my creative work have all aligned perfectly.
Bugonia was a blast. Exactly the light hearted entertainment i needed during this stressful holiday season
December 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bugonia was a blast. Exactly the light hearted entertainment i needed during this stressful holiday season
Onto the Endless. Norwegian brewmaster is my favorite character. From the jump you know he is silently judging everyone, watching their desperate flights from existential dread while he just sits with it.
I’m watching all the benson/Moorehead movies in order of release on this fine holiday. Spring is the only one I’ve only seen once before. It’s a pretty wild ride
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Onto the Endless. Norwegian brewmaster is my favorite character. From the jump you know he is silently judging everyone, watching their desperate flights from existential dread while he just sits with it.
I’m watching all the benson/Moorehead movies in order of release on this fine holiday. Spring is the only one I’ve only seen once before. It’s a pretty wild ride
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m watching all the benson/Moorehead movies in order of release on this fine holiday. Spring is the only one I’ve only seen once before. It’s a pretty wild ride
I blocked my mother on my phone for nearly six months before she even noticed.
Yeah, no thanks.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
December 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I blocked my mother on my phone for nearly six months before she even noticed.
Happy holidays from the cusp of the void.
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy holidays from the cusp of the void.
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am brimming with holiday spirit
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In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
Between this and labeling people as terrorists for the crime of saying trans people exist, I’m more terrified by the day of where we are headed, the speed at which we’re heading there, and the complete abdication of responsibility by the Democratic Party and news media.
For those keeping track, this makes two recent, draconian pieces of anti-trans legislation — the NDAA's sports ban and now the blanket trans youth care ban — that would not have passed the House without Democratic support.
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Between this and labeling people as terrorists for the crime of saying trans people exist, I’m more terrified by the day of where we are headed, the speed at which we’re heading there, and the complete abdication of responsibility by the Democratic Party and news media.
Love the fact that every year now when my Word subscription renews I get to pay more money for the additional features that no one really wants and that i have to go through additional steps to disable but that still prompt me constantly when writing.
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Love the fact that every year now when my Word subscription renews I get to pay more money for the additional features that no one really wants and that i have to go through additional steps to disable but that still prompt me constantly when writing.
Ok so the season finale of Welcome to Derry. Certainly one of the most poorly written and executed episodes of television I’ve ever seen. Laugh out loud terrible at times. Wow. It’s impressive in a way.
December 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ok so the season finale of Welcome to Derry. Certainly one of the most poorly written and executed episodes of television I’ve ever seen. Laugh out loud terrible at times. Wow. It’s impressive in a way.
I got stuck on the treadmill right by the giant monitor turned to fox today. Believe this, no matter how stupid you imagine Fox and Friends might be, whatever soundbites you’ve watched grossly underrepresented how vacuous and pandering it really is.
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I got stuck on the treadmill right by the giant monitor turned to fox today. Believe this, no matter how stupid you imagine Fox and Friends might be, whatever soundbites you’ve watched grossly underrepresented how vacuous and pandering it really is.
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This morning, @dutchmarich.bsky.social surprise dropped HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 4: MAJESTY on Amazon and Apple TV. I was lucky enough to get an early peek.
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
'Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty' Review — Frightening and Effective Return for the Found Footage Franchise
'Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty' delves deeper than ever into the mysteries of this frightening found footage series.
www.dreadcentral.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This morning, @dutchmarich.bsky.social surprise dropped HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT 4: MAJESTY on Amazon and Apple TV. I was lucky enough to get an early peek.
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
Here's my @dreadcentral.bsky.social review of another great piece of this found footage puzzle:
Always a cause of celebration when Marich gives us a new chapter of this brilliant series.
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty.
December - 2025.
Horror in the High Desert 4: Majesty.
December - 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Always a cause of celebration when Marich gives us a new chapter of this brilliant series.
The latest iPhone update is terrible. Just jangling keys type stuff that’s cosmetic but annoyingly distracting and whose actual purpose is definitely to wear out the battery sooner so we all have to upgrade.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The latest iPhone update is terrible. Just jangling keys type stuff that’s cosmetic but annoyingly distracting and whose actual purpose is definitely to wear out the battery sooner so we all have to upgrade.
Me: “The management since the merger has really done its level best to destroy everything we love about hbo.”
<netflix>: “hold my beer.”
<netflix>: “hold my beer.”
There is no universe where it should be okay or allowed for Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery.
This plus "AI" will destroy what we consider entertainment
(Also, the nesting doll nature of ALL companies is so genuinely demented/ridiculous/absurd, just admit 5 corps own EVERYTHING now)
This plus "AI" will destroy what we consider entertainment
(Also, the nesting doll nature of ALL companies is so genuinely demented/ridiculous/absurd, just admit 5 corps own EVERYTHING now)
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Me: “The management since the merger has really done its level best to destroy everything we love about hbo.”
<netflix>: “hold my beer.”
<netflix>: “hold my beer.”
Radical centrist sounds like an oxymoron except we’re living in an era where being a centrist means prioritizing the comfort the of middle/upper class over the lives of queer people and ethnic minorities and accepting that ecological apocalypse is a reasonable price to pay for billionaires to exist
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Radical centrist sounds like an oxymoron except we’re living in an era where being a centrist means prioritizing the comfort the of middle/upper class over the lives of queer people and ethnic minorities and accepting that ecological apocalypse is a reasonable price to pay for billionaires to exist
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Novellas, but Sabbath of the Fox-Devils by @sammytotep.bsky.social, Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock by @emptywrites.bsky.social, and Voidheads by @chris88.bsky.social. A novel that reads in many ways like possession horror is @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social 's brilliant evils of AI novel For Emma
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Novellas, but Sabbath of the Fox-Devils by @sammytotep.bsky.social, Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock by @emptywrites.bsky.social, and Voidheads by @chris88.bsky.social. A novel that reads in many ways like possession horror is @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social 's brilliant evils of AI novel For Emma
💯 this.
This shit is just planned out and orchestrated out in public. Her mother is a fucking conservative podcast host and lawyer, this isn't some kinda quirk or accident, this paper was written with the express purpose to gin up another culture war about trans people in academia and it's working.
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
💯 this.
Donald Pleasance appeared in like 200 movies in his career. Sure, not all of them are amazing but it’s a tremendous cache to have access to as you while away the time hoping for rescue.
First serious answer I landed on is Julianne Moore
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Donald Pleasance appeared in like 200 movies in his career. Sure, not all of them are amazing but it’s a tremendous cache to have access to as you while away the time hoping for rescue.
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VOID HAUS
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
VOID HAUS
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
Reposted by Michael Tichy
