Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
Author as product is an endless torment.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Author as product is an endless torment.
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Today's Prize Find:
An October 1997 episode of Wild Wild Web featuring a segment on SKA ONLINE.
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An October 1997 episode of Wild Wild Web featuring a segment on SKA ONLINE.
CLICK IT UP
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(cc @wolter.bsky.social)
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Today's Prize Find:
An October 1997 episode of Wild Wild Web featuring a segment on SKA ONLINE.
CLICK IT UP
CLICK IT UP
CLICK IT UP
(cc @wolter.bsky.social)
An October 1997 episode of Wild Wild Web featuring a segment on SKA ONLINE.
CLICK IT UP
CLICK IT UP
CLICK IT UP
(cc @wolter.bsky.social)
Poking my head into UpScrolled and folks seem hella bent on making it just another TikTok or Insta for books. Only with more AI slop.
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Poking my head into UpScrolled and folks seem hella bent on making it just another TikTok or Insta for books. Only with more AI slop.
Dungeon synth was invented in 1982. I don't make up the rules.
via @vintageobscura.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrX...
via @vintageobscura.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrX...
Demon & Wizard - Prologue
YouTube video by Monkey D. Sound
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Dungeon synth was invented in 1982. I don't make up the rules.
via @vintageobscura.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrX...
via @vintageobscura.net
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrX...
I'd rather watch reruns of Rockford or Magnum PI than that new Fincher/Pitt thing that got advertised yesterday. Yikes (scathing.)
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I'd rather watch reruns of Rockford or Magnum PI than that new Fincher/Pitt thing that got advertised yesterday. Yikes (scathing.)
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New on Medium: I deconstruct the claim that authors who don't use AI will be "left behind."
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM
New on Medium: I deconstruct the claim that authors who don't use AI will be "left behind."
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
Spoilers: It's nonsense.
medium.com/@gwenckatz/d...
Logging in.
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Logging in.
Post a banger that is not in English, nor in any other human language, inexpressible by mortal beings, corrupted and withering.
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Post a banger that is not in English, nor in any other human language, inexpressible by mortal beings, corrupted and withering.
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I storyboarded this. Excited to see the final film.
DISCLOSURE DAY | Super Bowl Spot | Amblin
YouTube video by Amblin Entertainment
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I storyboarded this. Excited to see the final film.
Why is the Claude logo a puckered sphincter and oooohhhhhhh.
February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Why is the Claude logo a puckered sphincter and oooohhhhhhh.
Mr. Beast is harvesting the teens. Fest-i-val!
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Mr. Beast is harvesting the teens. Fest-i-val!
"This [genre thing] isn't really just a [genre] story! It's about [thing and thing and thing!"
What. You want a prize? You want a cookie for what you should be doing off the bat?
What. You want a prize? You want a cookie for what you should be doing off the bat?
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
"This [genre thing] isn't really just a [genre] story! It's about [thing and thing and thing!"
What. You want a prize? You want a cookie for what you should be doing off the bat?
What. You want a prize? You want a cookie for what you should be doing off the bat?
Hmm. Supposed to write up stuff and plan things and my brain is all "Nope. Nuh-uh. Try again later." Stupid soft cathedral of goo stuck in a meat robot.
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hmm. Supposed to write up stuff and plan things and my brain is all "Nope. Nuh-uh. Try again later." Stupid soft cathedral of goo stuck in a meat robot.
It's all crimes. Crimes all the way down.
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
It's all crimes. Crimes all the way down.
Thinking of bonus stuff for the My Gifts are Hungry Kickstarter. Stuck on mostly 2D like art cards, bookmarks, stickers. Pins seem like the price point on low runs makes them dubious for promo, pretty spendy.
Anything worked for folks out there? Thinkin' of @kenlowery.bsky.social 'specially.
Anything worked for folks out there? Thinkin' of @kenlowery.bsky.social 'specially.
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Thinking of bonus stuff for the My Gifts are Hungry Kickstarter. Stuck on mostly 2D like art cards, bookmarks, stickers. Pins seem like the price point on low runs makes them dubious for promo, pretty spendy.
Anything worked for folks out there? Thinkin' of @kenlowery.bsky.social 'specially.
Anything worked for folks out there? Thinkin' of @kenlowery.bsky.social 'specially.
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If you share tweets from right wing agitprop dickheads on here you should be forced to look in a mirror and ask yourself why
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
If you share tweets from right wing agitprop dickheads on here you should be forced to look in a mirror and ask yourself why
Bad news.
None of the other governors will drop out of that event. The short run gains are too big.
None of the other governors will drop out of that event. The short run gains are too big.
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Bad news.
None of the other governors will drop out of that event. The short run gains are too big.
None of the other governors will drop out of that event. The short run gains are too big.
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Cricket Theatre.
Collinsville, Alabama
Collinsville, Alabama
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Cricket Theatre.
Collinsville, Alabama
Collinsville, Alabama
Printing out the manuscript. Apparently one manuscript box will not be enough.
*sigh*
*sigh*
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Printing out the manuscript. Apparently one manuscript box will not be enough.
*sigh*
*sigh*
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If you could travel to Downtown LA in the 1920s, you might encounter Raymond Chandler, a tipsy oil company VP with stalled literary dreams. Philip Marlowe wasn't yet a twinkle in his creator's eye. 2/21: tour real places that inspired his noir fiction.
esotouric.com/event/chandl...
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RAYMOND CHANDLER’S NOIR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
Visit the post for more.
esotouric.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If you could travel to Downtown LA in the 1920s, you might encounter Raymond Chandler, a tipsy oil company VP with stalled literary dreams. Philip Marlowe wasn't yet a twinkle in his creator's eye. 2/21: tour real places that inspired his noir fiction.
esotouric.com/event/chandl...
esotouric.com/event/chandl...
Happy birthday, Frank Frazetta. Here's the man alongside Clint Eastwood and the thoroughly badass poster for The Gauntlet.
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Happy birthday, Frank Frazetta. Here's the man alongside Clint Eastwood and the thoroughly badass poster for The Gauntlet.
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A whole NY Times article about how "libertarians" were the ones doing all the warning from the very beginning and it's only the next to last paragraph that mentions a few names who are just barely, just now, starting to object. Where's the receipts? Oh, right, there are none. Burn this trash rag.
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A whole NY Times article about how "libertarians" were the ones doing all the warning from the very beginning and it's only the next to last paragraph that mentions a few names who are just barely, just now, starting to object. Where's the receipts? Oh, right, there are none. Burn this trash rag.
Oh this gon' be good.
[circle of love]
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight
Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart
Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name
Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with
Roberts:
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Oh this gon' be good.
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It's Time for America to Admit That It Has an Alcohol Problem
You see how dumb you sound, NYT?
You see how dumb you sound, NYT?
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
It's Time for America to Admit That It Has an Alcohol Problem
You see how dumb you sound, NYT?
You see how dumb you sound, NYT?