Justin A. Burnett
@justinburnett.bsky.social
Author of The Puppet King and Other Atonements | Creator of Silent Motorist Media
Pretty legendary moment at the mailbox…
October 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Pretty legendary moment at the mailbox…
More #Schattenfroh notes shortly over at open.substack.com/pub/schatten.... This week, I’ve gotten sucked back into Hamlet for my final paper, and also this 1,000 plus lot of vintage ACE and DAW sci-fi MMPs… but more on that later.
Reading Schattenfroh | Justin A. Burnett | Substack
A reading blog based on Michael Lentz's novel, Schattenfroh. Click to read Reading Schattenfroh, by Justin A. Burnett, a Substack publication. Launched 18 days ago.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More #Schattenfroh notes shortly over at open.substack.com/pub/schatten.... This week, I’ve gotten sucked back into Hamlet for my final paper, and also this 1,000 plus lot of vintage ACE and DAW sci-fi MMPs… but more on that later.
So I’ve begun a Substack where I keep detailed reading notes on #Schattenfroh, a new novel from #DeepVellum claimed by some to be a masterpiece (I tend to agree so far). Read or spread it around, if you can. I’m working hard on this.
open.substack.com/pub/schatten...
open.substack.com/pub/schatten...
Reading Schattenfroh, Pg. 19
(Note: I have decided to forgo further preliminary writings and dive into my commentary directly.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So I’ve begun a Substack where I keep detailed reading notes on #Schattenfroh, a new novel from #DeepVellum claimed by some to be a masterpiece (I tend to agree so far). Read or spread it around, if you can. I’m working hard on this.
open.substack.com/pub/schatten...
open.substack.com/pub/schatten...
The Problem of Evil, a chapbook of poetry, very short stories, dreams, and journal entries, is available for purchase here: www.silentmotoristmedia.com/books. Consider joining SMM on Patreon at $5 or more to automatically get subsequent chapbooks by me, as well as issues of The Impossible.
July 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Problem of Evil, a chapbook of poetry, very short stories, dreams, and journal entries, is available for purchase here: www.silentmotoristmedia.com/books. Consider joining SMM on Patreon at $5 or more to automatically get subsequent chapbooks by me, as well as issues of The Impossible.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
Silent Motorist Media is now on bsky! @silentmotorist.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Silent Motorist Media is now on bsky! @silentmotorist.bsky.social
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If you ever say or even imply that a fellow human being isn’t really human (or AS human as, say, you), then fuck you. Fuck you forever. Fuck you, fuck your mother, fuck your life.
June 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If you ever say or even imply that a fellow human being isn’t really human (or AS human as, say, you), then fuck you. Fuck you forever. Fuck you, fuck your mother, fuck your life.
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Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state
Keep that same energy of support for her
The first of its kind!
June 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The first of its kind!
Day 3450 of being utterly unable to imagine a future.
June 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Day 3450 of being utterly unable to imagine a future.
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
This book is an absolute treasure.
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This book is an absolute treasure.
Honestly, is there anything better than 1) stop-motion animation 2) distant future dystopian cities with deep, inaccessible ground levels, and 3) labyrinths?
June 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Honestly, is there anything better than 1) stop-motion animation 2) distant future dystopian cities with deep, inaccessible ground levels, and 3) labyrinths?
Or even better: all the books.
June 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Or even better: all the books.
Most “legitimate” stuff is also a scam, too.
i love how nearly everything is a scam now
June 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Most “legitimate” stuff is also a scam, too.
Reading tons of Bataille (several books at once), Wuthering Heights (because of Bataille), and immersing myself in the Marseilles tarot. The small insanities that make life sane.
June 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Reading tons of Bataille (several books at once), Wuthering Heights (because of Bataille), and immersing myself in the Marseilles tarot. The small insanities that make life sane.
Rando dream: William Burroughs late in life rapidly describing little films and vignettes—transformation of objects, levitations, magic acts—that no one could possibly bring to life but that everyone scrambles to write down, nonetheless.
May 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Rando dream: William Burroughs late in life rapidly describing little films and vignettes—transformation of objects, levitations, magic acts—that no one could possibly bring to life but that everyone scrambles to write down, nonetheless.
I’ll tell you exactly how to do BETTER than “the liberal Rogan.” OFFER PEOPLE a FUTURE. I mean a future with SOUL and IMAGINATION. Jump ship on this fucking prison reality you’ve helped create because it will always slope down. A nation of slaves to financial survival will ALWAYS lead to this.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’ll tell you exactly how to do BETTER than “the liberal Rogan.” OFFER PEOPLE a FUTURE. I mean a future with SOUL and IMAGINATION. Jump ship on this fucking prison reality you’ve helped create because it will always slope down. A nation of slaves to financial survival will ALWAYS lead to this.
Just wish there were more movies like these.
May 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just wish there were more movies like these.
This is me cracking up the Substack to start reviewing all these sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks I have lying around… open.substack.com/pub/justinab...
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
a review
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May 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is me cracking up the Substack to start reviewing all these sci-fi and fantasy paperbacks I have lying around… open.substack.com/pub/justinab...
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Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-
May 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-
This shit cannot stand. #Generalstrike before it’s too late.
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This shit cannot stand. #Generalstrike before it’s too late.
Disappeared from Dallas, TX. Detained, according to Latin Times, for his autism awareness tattoo and vanished despite being determined “clean” of gang affiliation. Currently in El Salvador, where he’s packed in an overcrowded terrorist detainment facility. His name is Alvarado Borges.
April 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Disappeared from Dallas, TX. Detained, according to Latin Times, for his autism awareness tattoo and vanished despite being determined “clean” of gang affiliation. Currently in El Salvador, where he’s packed in an overcrowded terrorist detainment facility. His name is Alvarado Borges.
Look, if the Democratic Party had any inkling of ambition or vision, it would be humming with energy right now. If it fails to articulate a future other than “not MAGA,” it’s a dead party riding on the back of republican failure, and things will get much, much darker.
April 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Look, if the Democratic Party had any inkling of ambition or vision, it would be humming with energy right now. If it fails to articulate a future other than “not MAGA,” it’s a dead party riding on the back of republican failure, and things will get much, much darker.