Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
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California · highway62press.com
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California · highway62press.com
Latest from the Mothership: finishing My Gifts Are Hungry, walking away by not walking away, block time and fiction. Plus the Bradbury Building.
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FULL BLEED: LITTLE ORPHANS IN THE SNOW
Maybe you heard the news. Finished another novel a couple days ago. Trying to remember whether this is number ten or eleven. There’s four I can’t really count even though I wrote ‘em. Maybe those name...
www.highway62press.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Latest from the Mothership: finishing My Gifts Are Hungry, walking away by not walking away, block time and fiction. Plus the Bradbury Building.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
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I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I have located one of my retrotrash holy grails after long years of searching.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
Was it worth it?
I'll let the opening credits and cast list answer that for me.
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Vaperwave www.wired.com/story/hacker...
These Hackers Are Turning Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers
Instead of throwing that spent Elf Bar nicotine vape into the trash, you can pull most of the guts out, plug in a circuit board and some controls, then suck on the mouthpiece to play digital sounds.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Vaperwave www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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I was taught at an early age not to trust the government.
February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I was taught at an early age not to trust the government.
I love to think about how I'd have been fired and sued for lifting up last month's numbers to nearly 300% of the actual figures and just saying "whoopsie" because the boss was scared of the truth.
Kind of funny when we get these really high jobs reports and then at the end they're like "Uh, turns out the months before this we got it totally wrong and added 3 jobs."
But it make number go up.
But it make number go up.
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I love to think about how I'd have been fired and sued for lifting up last month's numbers to nearly 300% of the actual figures and just saying "whoopsie" because the boss was scared of the truth.
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Yeah, spending any time amongst people who aren't so much writing books but selling books they've written is crazy-making. Performative everything. Got no nose for it, no inclination.
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Yeah, spending any time amongst people who aren't so much writing books but selling books they've written is crazy-making. Performative everything. Got no nose for it, no inclination.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Cold front just rolled in. Cold enough to turn the heater under the desk back on.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
February 11, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Cold front just rolled in. Cold enough to turn the heater under the desk back on.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Which also doubles as a kitten call. Go figure.
Kickstarter keeps asking if I want to post a video for My Gifts Are Hungry and I'm all
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Kickstarter keeps asking if I want to post a video for My Gifts Are Hungry and I'm all
Latest from the Mothership: My Gifts Are Hungry finished, refusing to walk away, but also walking away, klout and sales and playing the wrong game.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
FULL BLEED: LITTLE ORPHANS IN THE SNOW
Maybe you heard the news. Finished another novel a couple days ago. Trying to remember whether this is number ten or eleven. There’s four I can’t really count even though I wrote ‘em. Maybe those name...
www.highway62press.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Latest from the Mothership: My Gifts Are Hungry finished, refusing to walk away, but also walking away, klout and sales and playing the wrong game.
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
www.highway62press.com/single-post/...
Chat, should I fire my financial guy who said this was a sure thing?
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Chat, should I fire my financial guy who said this was a sure thing?
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Geritol's been a punchline for as long as I can remember, but apparently there's Bluesky sponsorship potential.
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Geritol's been a punchline for as long as I can remember, but apparently there's Bluesky sponsorship potential.
Gonna remind you that Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to die at Netflix because they believed it wouldn't be a hit.
Maybe it's the executives who are wrong, yeah?
Maybe it's the executives who are wrong, yeah?
Matt Braly has shared never-before-seen development artwork from his canceled feature film at Sony Pictures Animation.
The project centered on a young boy who embarks on an emotional journey into a fantastical realm of Thai spirits, hoping to find a cure for his illness.
The project centered on a young boy who embarks on an emotional journey into a fantastical realm of Thai spirits, hoping to find a cure for his illness.
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Gonna remind you that Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to die at Netflix because they believed it wouldn't be a hit.
Maybe it's the executives who are wrong, yeah?
Maybe it's the executives who are wrong, yeah?
Seeing some "She only sold 37 books on Amazon!" and folks, ain't a one of my titles sold more than that when self-published.
I get it. She's a scammer and a slopper but if we're talking about sales as arbiters of a minimum of quality, you've already been suckered.
I get it. She's a scammer and a slopper but if we're talking about sales as arbiters of a minimum of quality, you've already been suckered.
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Seeing some "She only sold 37 books on Amazon!" and folks, ain't a one of my titles sold more than that when self-published.
I get it. She's a scammer and a slopper but if we're talking about sales as arbiters of a minimum of quality, you've already been suckered.
I get it. She's a scammer and a slopper but if we're talking about sales as arbiters of a minimum of quality, you've already been suckered.
"You bet I got a scale! I'm gonna weigh that heart and you don't wanna be around if it weighs more'n a feather!"
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"You bet I got a scale! I'm gonna weigh that heart and you don't wanna be around if it weighs more'n a feather!"
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Announcing…. my new book, THE DISSIDENTS.
A story about Autocrats, Vigilantes, Communists.... and Cartoonists!
For sale September 15, from Abrams Comicarts.
A story about Autocrats, Vigilantes, Communists.... and Cartoonists!
For sale September 15, from Abrams Comicarts.
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Announcing…. my new book, THE DISSIDENTS.
A story about Autocrats, Vigilantes, Communists.... and Cartoonists!
For sale September 15, from Abrams Comicarts.
A story about Autocrats, Vigilantes, Communists.... and Cartoonists!
For sale September 15, from Abrams Comicarts.
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An important corollary to this:
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Absolute truth. We’d drop our books and disappear into the cornfield, or the pine forest, or the hardwood jungle in the creek bottom. Total HUCK FINN wild roaming savages.
It. Was. Wonderful.
It. Was. Wonderful.
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
An important corollary to this:
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
Insurance coverage was cheaper/better, so you wouldn't necessarily bankrupt your family if you jumped your Huffy off the roof of the mothball factory or played a fun game of "throw and empty beer bottle in the air and try to hit it with another beer bottle."
*obvious statement from a guy with a blue check and a big name*
Me: Wow, that's a lotta likes and reposts.
Me: Wow, that's a lotta likes and reposts.
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
*obvious statement from a guy with a blue check and a big name*
Me: Wow, that's a lotta likes and reposts.
Me: Wow, that's a lotta likes and reposts.
Of course I studied the classics
February 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Of course I studied the classics
You know what they said? Well some of it was true!
*sound on*
*sound on*
Look, I dig through retrotrash as a hobby.
I've seen a LOT of bizarre and disturbing shit in the process.
It takes quite a bit to phase me these days.
That said...
...WHAT THE FLYING FUCK IS THIS.
I've seen a LOT of bizarre and disturbing shit in the process.
It takes quite a bit to phase me these days.
That said...
...WHAT THE FLYING FUCK IS THIS.
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
You know what they said? Well some of it was true!
*sound on*
*sound on*
"[name] is my final girl."
What's even happening here?
What's even happening here?
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"[name] is my final girl."
What's even happening here?
What's even happening here?
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For the new folks: I am a disaster survivor and my only income is making shirts and art.
www.etsy.com/shop/thenigh...
www.etsy.com/shop/thenigh...
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
For the new folks: I am a disaster survivor and my only income is making shirts and art.
www.etsy.com/shop/thenigh...
www.etsy.com/shop/thenigh...
Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine
YouTube video by FishboneVEVO
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February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM