Joe Koch
@horrorsong.blog
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash.
Twin cities. Gay. website: horrorsong.blog
Books!
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Invaginies https://bookshop.org/p/books/invaginies/20266528
The Couvade
Convulsive
The Shipwreck of the Cerberus
Twin cities. Gay. website: horrorsong.blog
Books!
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Invaginies https://bookshop.org/p/books/invaginies/20266528
The Couvade
Convulsive
The Shipwreck of the Cerberus
Pinned
Joe Koch
@horrorsong.blog
· Sep 25
Books
The Wingspan of Severed Hands Time is the winning predator, and every moment spirals deeper into the heart of the beast. “I’m awestruck by Joanna Koch’s nonstop spellbinding, almost paralyzingly in…
horrorsong.blog
Hello, I write literary horror and surrealist trash. You can find links to all of my publications on my website, and a page devoted to free stories & audio online. I'd be immensely grateful if you'd buy my books or request them through your library to support my writing.
horrorsong.blog/books/
horrorsong.blog/books/
Today, the blessings flowed
February 13, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Today, the blessings flowed
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Tired: be ungovernable
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Tired: be ungovernable
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
Wired: be too annoying to infiltrate
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The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
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Some people (likely ones who didn’t read it) thought I wrote that book for “revenge,” but my sincerest hope was that it helped other people find a path to healing. I’m so so glad it did that, even if it was just for one person.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Some people (likely ones who didn’t read it) thought I wrote that book for “revenge,” but my sincerest hope was that it helped other people find a path to healing. I’m so so glad it did that, even if it was just for one person.
To be fair, this particular cat is a love bean and exceptionally chill.
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
To be fair, this particular cat is a love bean and exceptionally chill.
I figured you did that on purpose 😆
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I figured you did that on purpose 😆
In brighter news, I was fed pierogis & cabbage tonight AND got to pet a cat's tubby belly. And I did not get clawed, clenched, or bitten!
February 13, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In brighter news, I was fed pierogis & cabbage tonight AND got to pet a cat's tubby belly. And I did not get clawed, clenched, or bitten!
Beauty, wonder, awe, fear, anything that is *beyond* us is so important to tap into precisely because we're like this. If you talk to a burning bush you're not going to go back to the child shredding factory and carry on with your day.
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Beauty, wonder, awe, fear, anything that is *beyond* us is so important to tap into precisely because we're like this. If you talk to a burning bush you're not going to go back to the child shredding factory and carry on with your day.
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"The sun set as they climbed back to the campsite. They pulled off their wetsuits like selkies. Like second skins. They hadn’t bathed in days. But the cold made her hair smell new."
SWOOOOON
need some gorgeous prose? we got you.
NEW:
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
SWOOOOON
need some gorgeous prose? we got you.
NEW:
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Mushaboom - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The river went nowhere.
psychopomp.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"The sun set as they climbed back to the campsite. They pulled off their wetsuits like selkies. Like second skins. They hadn’t bathed in days. But the cold made her hair smell new."
SWOOOOON
need some gorgeous prose? we got you.
NEW:
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
SWOOOOON
need some gorgeous prose? we got you.
NEW:
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
It's okay, age worked different back then. Your age in Don Draper years is only 25!
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
It's okay, age worked different back then. Your age in Don Draper years is only 25!
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Took a break from my current big piece to relax a bit and made a watercolor 😈🎨🦇
February 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Took a break from my current big piece to relax a bit and made a watercolor 😈🎨🦇
America hates him
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
America hates him
I pretty much realized this when I was about 18 or so and most of my friends had told me about their rapes by then (I was a good listener apparently). And the only thing that's changed in over forty years is the abusers have become more proud and parade their crimes with no shame.
We didn’t even need to be told this to know that ICE is being run by sex offenders, rapists, abusers, racists, fascists, & pedophiles.
This is because our entire government in being run by sex offenders, rapists, abusers, racists, fascists, & pedophiles.
This is because our entire government in being run by sex offenders, rapists, abusers, racists, fascists, & pedophiles.
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I pretty much realized this when I was about 18 or so and most of my friends had told me about their rapes by then (I was a good listener apparently). And the only thing that's changed in over forty years is the abusers have become more proud and parade their crimes with no shame.
Build a city out of your discharge like an insect.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Build a city out of your discharge like an insect.
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
It's like literary horror and surrealist trash but with a more generous heart.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
It's like literary horror and surrealist trash but with a more generous heart.
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songs of faith and devotion by depeche mode? sweaty! fun house by the stooges? absolutely dripping
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
songs of faith and devotion by depeche mode? sweaty! fun house by the stooges? absolutely dripping
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this is a story for kitschy coffin connoisseurs, snoopers, dreamers, black comedy enjoyers, surrealists, and fans of one (1) specific Always Sunny episode
The first story from Issue #13 is now free to read!
Jude Kar's "The Coffinmaker" is a surreal trip through the final days of Caspian - a coffinmaker, an artist - as he attracts the ire of the camel-headed locals and raises questions about what we leave behind when we're gone.
Jude Kar's "The Coffinmaker" is a surreal trip through the final days of Caspian - a coffinmaker, an artist - as he attracts the ire of the camel-headed locals and raises questions about what we leave behind when we're gone.
"The Coffinmaker" by Jude Kar - Seize The Press
We buried my little brother inside a condom. Mom was upset; she didn’t appreciate the philosophy behind my work. After the funeral, I was ousted from the house. I moved to a small Turkish island in th...
www.seizethepress.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
this is a story for kitschy coffin connoisseurs, snoopers, dreamers, black comedy enjoyers, surrealists, and fans of one (1) specific Always Sunny episode
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i appreciate albums based on how sweaty they sound
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
i appreciate albums based on how sweaty they sound
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"Everything about our society should make racists feel alienated.
How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society??"
How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society??"
Today I wrote about the racist accommodation to the racist response to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show; the moral hazard of extending good faith to those who act in bad faith; and how alienating white bigots is actually part of the solution, not a part of the problem. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
www.the-reframe.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Everything about our society should make racists feel alienated.
How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society??"
How do we make racists feel even more alienated from even more of society??"
We're going to need black light posters of all your book covers.
February 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
We're going to need black light posters of all your book covers.
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Oh, what's this? No big deal, just the cover reveal for my next book, QUAINT FOLK -- a story about an obnoxious American family who visits an incredibly quaint British island where people follow the old ways. 😎🖤
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Oh, what's this? No big deal, just the cover reveal for my next book, QUAINT FOLK -- a story about an obnoxious American family who visits an incredibly quaint British island where people follow the old ways. 😎🖤