Nathan Tompkins
@gorillapoet.bsky.social
Writer of stories and poetry. I am hard of hearing.
I'm getting sick of all the jokes, everyone. Christ. Show some empathy. Charlie Kirk and Joseph Goebbels were both good family men.
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I'm getting sick of all the jokes, everyone. Christ. Show some empathy. Charlie Kirk and Joseph Goebbels were both good family men.
Getting work added to my back today.
September 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Getting work added to my back today.
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My students seemed to be on board with/amused by my A.I. policy. Hopefully won't have to deal with any incidents this semester.
Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.
September 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My students seemed to be on board with/amused by my A.I. policy. Hopefully won't have to deal with any incidents this semester.
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Busy day, but it’s still #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the perfect summer read: a hurricane, the ocean, things from beyond the reef, magic, friends, and maybe a bit of violence.
www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
August 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Busy day, but it’s still #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the perfect summer read: a hurricane, the ocean, things from beyond the reef, magic, friends, and maybe a bit of violence.
www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
I have a piece published this morning.
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
Re(Evolution) | Nathan Tompkins
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
thegravityofthething.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I have a piece published this morning.
Reposted by Nathan Tompkins
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
Re(Evolution) | Nathan Tompkins
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
thegravityofthething.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
Genre-bending writing by @gorillapoet.bsky.social from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash #experimentalwriting
So I’ve been using @LibreOffice for a year now, and I’m not a fan. Is there something better?
June 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So I’ve been using @LibreOffice for a year now, and I’m not a fan. Is there something better?
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you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
May 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
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Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
www.404media.co/republicans-...
Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
www.404media.co
May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
www.404media.co/republicans-...
So I read a story tonight at an event organized and facilitated by Chuck Palahniuk. At the end of the night, he came up, shook my hand, told me he liked my story…and gave me some valuable feedback.
Im fucking stunned. And glowing. Fuck.
Im fucking stunned. And glowing. Fuck.
March 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
So I read a story tonight at an event organized and facilitated by Chuck Palahniuk. At the end of the night, he came up, shook my hand, told me he liked my story…and gave me some valuable feedback.
Im fucking stunned. And glowing. Fuck.
Im fucking stunned. And glowing. Fuck.
I’m reading one of my horror stories tonight. The first time I read this thing in front of an audience. So it will be interesting.
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m reading one of my horror stories tonight. The first time I read this thing in front of an audience. So it will be interesting.
Mythology is full of queer heroes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Mythology is full of queer heroes.
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How about a little devil music to liven up your evening? If you're not listening to Twin Temple, you're doing it wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0...
Twin Temple - Live, Paris 2019 (The Devil Didn’t Make Me Do It, Lucifer, My Love) - Duke TV
YouTube video by Duke TV
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February 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How about a little devil music to liven up your evening? If you're not listening to Twin Temple, you're doing it wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0...
Your first draft, don’t try to make it perfect, just let it be your thoughts, your ideas for the story. The rest will come with revision.
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
February 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Your first draft, don’t try to make it perfect, just let it be your thoughts, your ideas for the story. The rest will come with revision.
Three years ago today, my grampa followed my gramma across the frozen bridge, after a five month separation.
So much of what is good in me is from my grandparents’ example.
So much of what is good in me is from my grandparents’ example.
February 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Three years ago today, my grampa followed my gramma across the frozen bridge, after a five month separation.
So much of what is good in me is from my grandparents’ example.
So much of what is good in me is from my grandparents’ example.
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Write new worlds. Write beautiful places. Write angry people. Write imaginary beasts, futile quests, broken hearts, lifelong injustices, mysteries, love affairs, lost children, newfound purpose. Write anything that allows you to escape or heal or vent or rage or explore or reconcile. Write 🖤
February 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Write new worlds. Write beautiful places. Write angry people. Write imaginary beasts, futile quests, broken hearts, lifelong injustices, mysteries, love affairs, lost children, newfound purpose. Write anything that allows you to escape or heal or vent or rage or explore or reconcile. Write 🖤
You'll find isolationism in the playbook of any abuser. What is more abusive than fascism? Or any authoritarian government, for that matter?
February 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You'll find isolationism in the playbook of any abuser. What is more abusive than fascism? Or any authoritarian government, for that matter?
At Mississippi Studios to see Builders and Butchers.
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
At Mississippi Studios to see Builders and Butchers.
A poem of mine based on Irish mythology.
January 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A poem of mine based on Irish mythology.
Depression has been kicking my ass since just before Christmas. It's been hard finding the hope seeds. I seem to have misplaced them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83...
Dick Gaughan - Sail On
YouTube video by jakobgf
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January 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Depression has been kicking my ass since just before Christmas. It's been hard finding the hope seeds. I seem to have misplaced them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83...
I swear the most frustrating part about dating is trying to set up that first one after talking for a few weeks, and they vanish.
January 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I swear the most frustrating part about dating is trying to set up that first one after talking for a few weeks, and they vanish.
I’m including this haibun in my next chapbook.
January 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’m including this haibun in my next chapbook.
"“Uh…uh..yes..Mz. Othmar. Very nice cake…very nice cake.” His throat dried as warm blood flowed through his face, before it angled back through his body to his groin, hardened his Woodstock."
From my current story..."Meet Your Private Tutor, Charlie Brown!"
From my current story..."Meet Your Private Tutor, Charlie Brown!"
January 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"“Uh…uh..yes..Mz. Othmar. Very nice cake…very nice cake.” His throat dried as warm blood flowed through his face, before it angled back through his body to his groin, hardened his Woodstock."
From my current story..."Meet Your Private Tutor, Charlie Brown!"
From my current story..."Meet Your Private Tutor, Charlie Brown!"