Christopher Caldwell
@seraph76.bsky.social
Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy.
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
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Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
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Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
You think Musk’s rosebud is a Rubik’s cube he peeled the stickers off because he couldn’t solve it?
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You think Musk’s rosebud is a Rubik’s cube he peeled the stickers off because he couldn’t solve it?
I better not get not one email from the Democratic Party begging for money.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I better not get not one email from the Democratic Party begging for money.
It’s two in the morning, the start of November. I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better. Glasgow is cold, but I like where I’m living…
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s two in the morning, the start of November. I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better. Glasgow is cold, but I like where I’m living…
I have such a story itching to be written and I have no time to do it now
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have such a story itching to be written and I have no time to do it now
Pfft Frankenstein. Frankenstein was two weeks ago. In this house, it’s season of the witch. (It’s always season of the witch)
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pfft Frankenstein. Frankenstein was two weeks ago. In this house, it’s season of the witch. (It’s always season of the witch)
New Orville Peck LP coming! New Florence, new Orville, we eatin’ good
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Orville Peck LP coming! New Florence, new Orville, we eatin’ good
One thing no one tells you about learning languages as an adult is how much concentration you have to use to make sounds that don’t come naturally to you. And how easy it is to slide right back into your comfortable phonemes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
One thing no one tells you about learning languages as an adult is how much concentration you have to use to make sounds that don’t come naturally to you. And how easy it is to slide right back into your comfortable phonemes.
Graham Joyce once told me, “You’re only a writer when you’re writing. Being a writer isn’t about having written.”
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Graham Joyce once told me, “You’re only a writer when you’re writing. Being a writer isn’t about having written.”
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
Uhh, I hope this is human carelessness and not AI hallucination. Y Tu Maná Tambien is a film by Alfonso Cuarón, not Pedro Almosóvar. The directors are not even from the same country. Both films star Gael García Bernal, but so does The Science of Sleep.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Uhh, I hope this is human carelessness and not AI hallucination. Y Tu Maná Tambien is a film by Alfonso Cuarón, not Pedro Almosóvar. The directors are not even from the same country. Both films star Gael García Bernal, but so does The Science of Sleep.
Instagram talking head: AOC just dropped some tea about MTG…
Me, making stank face: You don’t *drop* tea, you *spill* it.
Me, making stank face: You don’t *drop* tea, you *spill* it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Instagram talking head: AOC just dropped some tea about MTG…
Me, making stank face: You don’t *drop* tea, you *spill* it.
Me, making stank face: You don’t *drop* tea, you *spill* it.
Watching Drag Race UK. Why are the UK queens always so bad at reading?
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Watching Drag Race UK. Why are the UK queens always so bad at reading?
It’s purely coincidence that it’s “fem top fall” and there’s another Femne and Sundance story coming soon.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It’s purely coincidence that it’s “fem top fall” and there’s another Femne and Sundance story coming soon.
So weird to see Andrew referred to with a surname
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So weird to see Andrew referred to with a surname
The headlines are all like “Swarthy immigrants roaming the streets working illegally!” And “Prison mistakenly releases deranged supervillain from the dark continent!”
Made the mistake of checking the BBC News website and it looks like Stormfront or a “Crime by [insert racist slurs]” X account
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The headlines are all like “Swarthy immigrants roaming the streets working illegally!” And “Prison mistakenly releases deranged supervillain from the dark continent!”
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
My recent book mail is pleasingly color coordinated and matches my office walls! Really looking forward to these: Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social's forthcoming collection The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, and Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My recent book mail is pleasingly color coordinated and matches my office walls! Really looking forward to these: Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell, @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social's forthcoming collection The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, and Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
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Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
Eat your ex’s semi-homemade Kwanzaa cake, Cuomo!
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Eat your ex’s semi-homemade Kwanzaa cake, Cuomo!
Watching Todo Sobre mi Madre for the first time since my mother died. It’s possibly my favorite film, but my mother never forgave me for making her watch it, because Esteban, the precocious gay writer, reminded her of me.
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Watching Todo Sobre mi Madre for the first time since my mother died. It’s possibly my favorite film, but my mother never forgave me for making her watch it, because Esteban, the precocious gay writer, reminded her of me.
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
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November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
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Saw Bugonia. I have thoughts.
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Saw Bugonia. I have thoughts.
56 years into the Nixon Imperium, another of his dread heralds passes into oblivion
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
56 years into the Nixon Imperium, another of his dread heralds passes into oblivion
Has anyone put out a Christmas classic since Mariah Carey in 1994?
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Has anyone put out a Christmas classic since Mariah Carey in 1994?
I have so many fascinating new books I don’t have time to read right now because reasons
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have so many fascinating new books I don’t have time to read right now because reasons
Dunno how I feel about my birthday being “good meat day”
november containing 11/04 (good butt day), 11/08 (good boobs day), and 11/29 (good meat day) while the west has nothing to look forward to but no nut november is yet another reason japan has mogged us on the cultural world stage
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Dunno how I feel about my birthday being “good meat day”