Steve Himmer
@shimmer.bsky.social
Writer, walker, and mandolin player. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/.
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Today's pigeon is from a photo @musicologyduck.bsky.social took, of a pigeon eating an entire human size portion of spaghetti off the ground
January 19, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Today's pigeon is from a photo @musicologyduck.bsky.social took, of a pigeon eating an entire human size portion of spaghetti off the ground
Made redundant, I guess
January 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Made redundant, I guess
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I wrote about the political left and right, and why class analysis falls short of explaining how they operate. aeon.co/essays/why-h...
Why Hume is better at explaining modern capitalism than Marx | Aeon Essays
In 1752, David Hume discerned that wealth was becoming untethered from land. Here lies the origin of our political divisions
aeon.co
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I wrote about the political left and right, and why class analysis falls short of explaining how they operate. aeon.co/essays/why-h...
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Get ready to get Keshed!
We publish @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s ‘Molotov cocktail’ of a debut novel in one month.
Keshed really is something special, and a reading experience you will not forget.
Order from your local bookshop, or from ortacpress.com/shop.
@turnarounduk.bsky.social
We publish @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s ‘Molotov cocktail’ of a debut novel in one month.
Keshed really is something special, and a reading experience you will not forget.
Order from your local bookshop, or from ortacpress.com/shop.
@turnarounduk.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Get ready to get Keshed!
We publish @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s ‘Molotov cocktail’ of a debut novel in one month.
Keshed really is something special, and a reading experience you will not forget.
Order from your local bookshop, or from ortacpress.com/shop.
@turnarounduk.bsky.social
We publish @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s ‘Molotov cocktail’ of a debut novel in one month.
Keshed really is something special, and a reading experience you will not forget.
Order from your local bookshop, or from ortacpress.com/shop.
@turnarounduk.bsky.social
Please preorder my album
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Please preorder my album
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I'm launching a literary journal of food writing this year. The sections are specs and prompts. Here are the pitch guidelines: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TOMATO TOMATO Pitching Guidelines
TOMATO TOMATO is a literary journal of food writing. Publishing occasional digital digests of reporting and essays, and an annual magazine of essays, cultural criticism, fiction, and whimsy. Work in...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I'm launching a literary journal of food writing this year. The sections are specs and prompts. Here are the pitch guidelines: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
At long last we have cracked the Sanyo Continuum
January 10, 2026 at 12:39 PM
At long last we have cracked the Sanyo Continuum
Happy birthday UofG! I was only your student for one of those 575 years but what a great year it was.
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Happy birthday UofG! I was only your student for one of those 575 years but what a great year it was.
It’s not all bad out there
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It’s not all bad out there
You hate to see it but some ratheaded legless turtles just aren’t built for the cold
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
You hate to see it but some ratheaded legless turtles just aren’t built for the cold
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‘The potato’s imprint became a waxing moon, a row of beans, a set of scans, the inside of a skull. One single potato which held so much.’
In 2025, for Annie Lord, love and grief took the shape of wreaths, potato prints and frost flowers www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
In 2025, for Annie Lord, love and grief took the shape of wreaths, potato prints and frost flowers www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘The potato’s imprint became a waxing moon, a row of beans, a set of scans, the inside of a skull. One single potato which held so much.’
In 2025, for Annie Lord, love and grief took the shape of wreaths, potato prints and frost flowers www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
In 2025, for Annie Lord, love and grief took the shape of wreaths, potato prints and frost flowers www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
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Day 4 of our gathering greets the year with writing by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social, Bethany Bruno, Gabriella Navas, @cclarklewes.bsky.social, Vaughn M. Watson, Elodie Ashcroft, Gideon Leek, @kathrynreese.bsky.social, Emil DeAndreis, Michael Hyde, & J.M.C. Kane necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Day 4 of our gathering greets the year with writing by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social, Bethany Bruno, Gabriella Navas, @cclarklewes.bsky.social, Vaughn M. Watson, Elodie Ashcroft, Gideon Leek, @kathrynreese.bsky.social, Emil DeAndreis, Michael Hyde, & J.M.C. Kane necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
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Day 3 of our gathering brings @tmcallister.bsky.social, @feed-me-poetry.bsky.social, @sidsibo.bsky.social, Kathleen Hellen, @philippabowe.bsky.social, Kathryn Edie, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Michael Colonnese, David Capps, & @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Day 3 of our gathering brings @tmcallister.bsky.social, @feed-me-poetry.bsky.social, @sidsibo.bsky.social, Kathleen Hellen, @philippabowe.bsky.social, Kathryn Edie, @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, Michael Colonnese, David Capps, & @sarahstarrmurphy.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
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Day 2 of our solstice gathering features writing by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, Catherine Reedy, Kendra Cardin, @garetherees.bsky.social, @nonabiding.bsky.social, @erinkeane.bsky.social, @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social, Lleyton Michael Kane, and Warren Stoddard II. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Day 2 of our solstice gathering features writing by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, Catherine Reedy, Kendra Cardin, @garetherees.bsky.social, @nonabiding.bsky.social, @erinkeane.bsky.social, @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social, Lleyton Michael Kane, and Warren Stoddard II. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
Another constellation of lights to brighten these short days.
Day 2 of our solstice gathering features writing by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, Catherine Reedy, Kendra Cardin, @garetherees.bsky.social, @nonabiding.bsky.social, @erinkeane.bsky.social, @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social, Lleyton Michael Kane, and Warren Stoddard II. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
December 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Another constellation of lights to brighten these short days.
Nothing I need to do today except pluck away at some carols on my mandolin until my daughter kicks off her school vacation by throwing things at me so I'll stop.
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Nothing I need to do today except pluck away at some carols on my mandolin until my daughter kicks off her school vacation by throwing things at me so I'll stop.
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Day 21 of #HooklandChristmasTree. Midwinter. Only one ornament is apposite - the porcelain Bone Horse Grigest - the grey mare of winter. Clip-clop, clip-clop, where will the Bone Horse stop? Roast your ale, make sure your torch is alight, the Grisgest roams tonight. #WinterSolstice
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Day 21 of #HooklandChristmasTree. Midwinter. Only one ornament is apposite - the porcelain Bone Horse Grigest - the grey mare of winter. Clip-clop, clip-clop, where will the Bone Horse stop? Roast your ale, make sure your torch is alight, the Grisgest roams tonight. #WinterSolstice
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I've had a great time selecting some pieces to mark the solstice and year's end at @necessaryfiction.com, and am grateful to the writers who shared their work. Here is the first gathering of lights, with three more to follow in the days ahead.
Points of light, day 1 – Necessary Fiction
necessaryfiction.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've had a great time selecting some pieces to mark the solstice and year's end at @necessaryfiction.com, and am grateful to the writers who shared their work. Here is the first gathering of lights, with three more to follow in the days ahead.
there is a crack in everything / that's why
most things have spiders in
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
there is a crack in everything / that's why
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Happy #WinterSolstice. Today's #LentoAdvent day 21 theme is
🌇 sunset 🌅
Did you see a particularly amazing sunset this year? Or enjoy or make some sunset art?
Please share with alt text.
🌇 sunset 🌅
Did you see a particularly amazing sunset this year? Or enjoy or make some sunset art?
Please share with alt text.
December 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Happy #WinterSolstice. Today's #LentoAdvent day 21 theme is
🌇 sunset 🌅
Did you see a particularly amazing sunset this year? Or enjoy or make some sunset art?
Please share with alt text.
🌇 sunset 🌅
Did you see a particularly amazing sunset this year? Or enjoy or make some sunset art?
Please share with alt text.
In other solstice pleasures, BBC Sounds may be gone in the US (boooo!) but their adaptation of The Dark Is Rising remains available for listening.
BBC Audio | The Dark Is Rising | 1. Midwinter Eve
This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining
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December 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In other solstice pleasures, BBC Sounds may be gone in the US (boooo!) but their adaptation of The Dark Is Rising remains available for listening.
I've had a great time selecting some pieces to mark the solstice and year's end at @necessaryfiction.com, and am grateful to the writers who shared their work. Here is the first gathering of lights, with three more to follow in the days ahead.
Points of light, day 1 – Necessary Fiction
necessaryfiction.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've had a great time selecting some pieces to mark the solstice and year's end at @necessaryfiction.com, and am grateful to the writers who shared their work. Here is the first gathering of lights, with three more to follow in the days ahead.
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You will be haunted by three spirits
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
You will be haunted by three spirits