Jeff VanderMeer
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. he/him
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Just a reminder: The tenth anniversary editions of the original Southern Reach trilogy are still out in the wild, selling well. NYT bestsellers and on a lot of best-of-decade or this century lists. With new intros by Karen Joy Fowler, NK Jemisin, and Helen MacDonald. Buy from you favorite indie.
three pudu species not two pudus. who woulda thunk it. i was always taught two pudus good, three pudus extravagant. But our education back then was more expansive in including pudus at all.
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
three pudu species not two pudus. who woulda thunk it. i was always taught two pudus good, three pudus extravagant. But our education back then was more expansive in including pudus at all.
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Many are saying he is The Chosen One
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Many are saying he is The Chosen One
Just another couple weeks until the deadline. Keep the photos coming! Got this one today from Ruby, standing in front of Warrior Rock Lighthouse, right outside Portland.
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Just another couple weeks until the deadline. Keep the photos coming! Got this one today from Ruby, standing in front of Warrior Rock Lighthouse, right outside Portland.
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SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
Well, back on my old bullshit: writing a novel. Should be done sometime this month.
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Well, back on my old bullshit: writing a novel. Should be done sometime this month.
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2nd time with this book. Got a lot more out of it this time - helps that I have read Borne and The Strange Bird. Experimental narrative, inner voices veering toward insanity, heartbreaking devotion, terrifying creations and creators, and enduring love. Thank you, @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:02 AM
2nd time with this book. Got a lot more out of it this time - helps that I have read Borne and The Strange Bird. Experimental narrative, inner voices veering toward insanity, heartbreaking devotion, terrifying creations and creators, and enduring love. Thank you, @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
available corner of se 37th and grant, image in mirror immutable
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 PM
available corner of se 37th and grant, image in mirror immutable
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I just read the entire Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer including #4 Absolution; I'd read them before but never boom boom boom one after the other like that. My head may fall off, but I loved it.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I just read the entire Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer including #4 Absolution; I'd read them before but never boom boom boom one after the other like that. My head may fall off, but I loved it.
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
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Hallways MTL
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hallways MTL
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Coyote Creek Solar Project in Sacramento County has been canceled. This was very poor site selection, w the company claiming it was bare ground, when, according to locals, it was largely great habitat with lots of trees and environmentally important. Some solar projects are stupid, believe it or not
January 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Coyote Creek Solar Project in Sacramento County has been canceled. This was very poor site selection, w the company claiming it was bare ground, when, according to locals, it was largely great habitat with lots of trees and environmentally important. Some solar projects are stupid, believe it or not
As someone who once (rightly) castigated an author for writing scenes in a dry well without ever going into a dry well... i now feel an urgent need to crawl around in underground crevices with the ceiling just a foot from my face.
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
As someone who once (rightly) castigated an author for writing scenes in a dry well without ever going into a dry well... i now feel an urgent need to crawl around in underground crevices with the ceiling just a foot from my face.
The Major had appeared in the space btwn horizon and a blinding light to take control, sent by the horizontalists at Central. By then, there was already the legend of the sublimination of his eye by Area X, and how he’d contained it. Which meant sometimes he was his own sunset staring out at them.
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
The Major had appeared in the space btwn horizon and a blinding light to take control, sent by the horizontalists at Central. By then, there was already the legend of the sublimination of his eye by Area X, and how he’d contained it. Which meant sometimes he was his own sunset staring out at them.
winter's arrived
Publishers Break Down Door As George R.R. Martin Escapes Through Bathroom Window https://theonion.com/publishers-break-down-door-as-george-r-r-martin-escapes-through-bathroom-window/
January 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
winter's arrived
around portland today
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 AM
around portland today
Running out of time! Still got until Jan 21, though! Keep submissions coming!!!
SOUTHERN REACH READERS and weirdlings in general, here's a call for lighthouse photo submissions if you want a chance to be in the forthcoming Area X: The Southern Reach Files book. Starts Nov. 1, ends Jan 21. PLEASE read thoroughly. Questions, weirdos?
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
www.jeffvandermeer.com/lighthouseph...
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Running out of time! Still got until Jan 21, though! Keep submissions coming!!!
I understand ecotourism, but it's time for a massive reduction in the number of whale watching tours in the Salish Sea and US coming in line with tougher Canadian regulations. Can you imagjne a whale having to encounter the noise and bother of seven or more boats in a day?
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I understand ecotourism, but it's time for a massive reduction in the number of whale watching tours in the Salish Sea and US coming in line with tougher Canadian regulations. Can you imagjne a whale having to encounter the noise and bother of seven or more boats in a day?
foot's still in there, so you'll have to pry it out with a lobster fork
No word on it's previous occupant.
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
foot's still in there, so you'll have to pry it out with a lobster fork
pink rubber rain boot available the corner of se salmon and 37th, half on pavement and half on grass
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
pink rubber rain boot available the corner of se salmon and 37th, half on pavement and half on grass
glove still there
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
glove still there
some sort of sweets offer, or trap, on se hawthorne btwn 58th amd 59th
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
some sort of sweets offer, or trap, on se hawthorne btwn 58th amd 59th
Research shows coyotes in some areas look both ways before crossing roads and show traffic awareness. Between that and owner willingness to sacrifice their cats by leaving them outside (coyote cattle) so coyotes have free meals for their children, no wonder they do so well in sub/urban locales.
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Research shows coyotes in some areas look both ways before crossing roads and show traffic awareness. Between that and owner willingness to sacrifice their cats by leaving them outside (coyote cattle) so coyotes have free meals for their children, no wonder they do so well in sub/urban locales.
This is the best and saddest thing I read about Venezuela, only on instagram. www.instagram.com/stories/kris...
January 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is the best and saddest thing I read about Venezuela, only on instagram. www.instagram.com/stories/kris...
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Gothic Portland, at night. 1/2
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Gothic Portland, at night. 1/2
"Creators" coming up with AI writing prompts are now complaining other sloppers are stealing *their* prompts. Irony, but, dipshits, a prompt aint nothing. I shed fifty prompts before breakfast. Prompt this, ya jerks.
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 AM
"Creators" coming up with AI writing prompts are now complaining other sloppers are stealing *their* prompts. Irony, but, dipshits, a prompt aint nothing. I shed fifty prompts before breakfast. Prompt this, ya jerks.