A.L. Goldfuss
@ghoulpus.bsky.social
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A.L. Goldfuss
@ghoulpus.bsky.social
· Jul 31
I don’t have books to sell (because magazines pay me upfront) but I do love being *read*
So, here’s a thread of my short fiction, available in text/audio for free:
So, here’s a thread of my short fiction, available in text/audio for free:
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
my entire timeline is "here's a photo of someone trying very hard to look like Gillian Anderson" and then a screenshot of the most wretched prose I've ever seen
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
my entire timeline is "here's a photo of someone trying very hard to look like Gillian Anderson" and then a screenshot of the most wretched prose I've ever seen
ME: one tab for each inbox
GMAIL: one inbox in three tabs
GMAIL: one inbox in three tabs
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
ME: one tab for each inbox
GMAIL: one inbox in three tabs
GMAIL: one inbox in three tabs
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I’ve worked in indie and AAA, shipped games on pc/console/mobile as well as VR/AR and tabletop, but I’m also a published author in fiction and nonfiction (marvel, dc, vertigo, Hachette, Vice, Cracked, others) who is so extremely open to work outside of the games industry too.
also I’m kinda funny
also I’m kinda funny
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’ve worked in indie and AAA, shipped games on pc/console/mobile as well as VR/AR and tabletop, but I’m also a published author in fiction and nonfiction (marvel, dc, vertigo, Hachette, Vice, Cracked, others) who is so extremely open to work outside of the games industry too.
also I’m kinda funny
also I’m kinda funny
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Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
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since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
since it's that time of year, here's a list of my free-to-read award eligible works. links will be below. read and/or nominate something to please the eternal worm (or not, he's not your boss & neither am i)
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
This story is so visceral and beautiful! I love it.
Pearlescent Tickwad. ~3.7k words. published in @strangehorizons.bsky.social. monstrous femininity, millions of ticks, nipple piercing horror, long term relationship romance, self & familial acceptance, arachnid annihilation of gender. you will know *immediately* if this one is for you or not
Pearlescent Tickwad
She doesn’t realize that she’s made of ticks until she gets her nipples pierced.
strangehorizons.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This story is so visceral and beautiful! I love it.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Rest In Power, Alice Wong.
I was literally thinking about her a few hours ago. What a sad day.
I was literally thinking about her a few hours ago. What a sad day.
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Rest In Power, Alice Wong.
I was literally thinking about her a few hours ago. What a sad day.
I was literally thinking about her a few hours ago. What a sad day.
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So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
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tossed my socks at a laundry basket in our kitchen and missed. wife walks up and take a picture and says "oh I'm gonna do numbers with this" and then gets in her various chats. whatever
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tossed my socks at a laundry basket in our kitchen and missed. wife walks up and take a picture and says "oh I'm gonna do numbers with this" and then gets in her various chats. whatever
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It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor
Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
www.seattletimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Katie Wilson has been elected Seattle's next mayor
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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You know Eric Bogosian is dreading the call from his agent about an Epstein miniseries
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You know Eric Bogosian is dreading the call from his agent about an Epstein miniseries
The Epstein stuff sure makes me feel a certain way, like oh yes This Time we will checkmate him with reams of paperwork yes This Time it will matter
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Epstein stuff sure makes me feel a certain way, like oh yes This Time we will checkmate him with reams of paperwork yes This Time it will matter
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When the Epstein 50th birthday book came out, nothing happened. People drew sexualized pictures of little girls in it and not a single person faced repercussions.
My greatest fear is that these files will release and the same thing happens: shocked disgust and then fucking nothing else #political
My greatest fear is that these files will release and the same thing happens: shocked disgust and then fucking nothing else #political
One horrific thing to me is that the president- a man who has gotten away with everything including literal murder up to this point- seems extremely nervous about anything regarding Epstein coming out. Like how bad does it have to be
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
When the Epstein 50th birthday book came out, nothing happened. People drew sexualized pictures of little girls in it and not a single person faced repercussions.
My greatest fear is that these files will release and the same thing happens: shocked disgust and then fucking nothing else #political
My greatest fear is that these files will release and the same thing happens: shocked disgust and then fucking nothing else #political
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Meant a whole bunch of people circling like sharks trying to find a space, all anxious about PHANTOM FUCKING APPOINTMENTS.
Because of the power of AI.
What a waste of time and bringer of aggravation and anxiety (is my heart okay? Dunno!).
That's the future for you.
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Because of the power of AI.
What a waste of time and bringer of aggravation and anxiety (is my heart okay? Dunno!).
That's the future for you.
end/
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Meant a whole bunch of people circling like sharks trying to find a space, all anxious about PHANTOM FUCKING APPOINTMENTS.
Because of the power of AI.
What a waste of time and bringer of aggravation and anxiety (is my heart okay? Dunno!).
That's the future for you.
end/
Because of the power of AI.
What a waste of time and bringer of aggravation and anxiety (is my heart okay? Dunno!).
That's the future for you.
end/
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Appointment.
Their spanking new AI system is testing their appointment system by creating dummy appointments. But they aren't supposed to actually go out to patients.
Dear Reader, the car park was jam packed with folks like me, trying to be on time for urgent appointments. Fewer places to park 2/
Their spanking new AI system is testing their appointment system by creating dummy appointments. But they aren't supposed to actually go out to patients.
Dear Reader, the car park was jam packed with folks like me, trying to be on time for urgent appointments. Fewer places to park 2/
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Appointment.
Their spanking new AI system is testing their appointment system by creating dummy appointments. But they aren't supposed to actually go out to patients.
Dear Reader, the car park was jam packed with folks like me, trying to be on time for urgent appointments. Fewer places to park 2/
Their spanking new AI system is testing their appointment system by creating dummy appointments. But they aren't supposed to actually go out to patients.
Dear Reader, the car park was jam packed with folks like me, trying to be on time for urgent appointments. Fewer places to park 2/
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So this morning I get an urgent email for a same day cardiology appointment at my local treatment centre.
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So this morning I get an urgent email for a same day cardiology appointment at my local treatment centre.
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.
Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/
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Toronto Public Library coming through with some great horror programming.
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
Classics of Gothic & Horror: At the Mountains of Madness
Join acclaimed authors Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle as they discuss H.P. Lovecraft's genre-bending masterpiece with host Naben Ruthnum.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Toronto Public Library coming through with some great horror programming.
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
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Me, a website writer who gets paid $9 per article: "Gorge" yourself on this thrilling sci-fi feast! That's right, The Gorge on Apple TV+ will fill the hole in you!
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Me, a website writer who gets paid $9 per article: "Gorge" yourself on this thrilling sci-fi feast! That's right, The Gorge on Apple TV+ will fill the hole in you!
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
I captured the aurora on my potato phone last year and someday I will capture it with my new one
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I captured the aurora on my potato phone last year and someday I will capture it with my new one
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Guy seething with jealousy: Well, I think the normal sky is already pretty cool
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Guy seething with jealousy: Well, I think the normal sky is already pretty cool