Carlotta Dale
@carlottadale.bsky.social
Still bravely using adverbs in Los Angeles
Does anyone else have personal superstitions? Mine are:
If I see a seagull in flight, it's good luck.
If I hold my breath the whole way while driving through a tunnel, I get a wish.
(The tunnel at LAX can be a challenge!)
If I see a seagull in flight, it's good luck.
If I hold my breath the whole way while driving through a tunnel, I get a wish.
(The tunnel at LAX can be a challenge!)
A wee ladybird just landed on my hand inside my flat, that has to be a sign of good luck or something 🐞
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Does anyone else have personal superstitions? Mine are:
If I see a seagull in flight, it's good luck.
If I hold my breath the whole way while driving through a tunnel, I get a wish.
(The tunnel at LAX can be a challenge!)
If I see a seagull in flight, it's good luck.
If I hold my breath the whole way while driving through a tunnel, I get a wish.
(The tunnel at LAX can be a challenge!)
Introduce yourself with five or more concerts you’ve seen:
Mary Stallings & Houston Person
Diane Reeves
Samarra Joy
Catherine Russell
Tawanda
David Bowie
Mary Stallings & Houston Person
Diane Reeves
Samarra Joy
Catherine Russell
Tawanda
David Bowie
Introduce yourself with five or more concerts you’ve seen:
Rolling Stones (Steel Wheels Tour)
Paul McCartney
Stevie Nicks
Weird Al
Quarterflash (if you don’t know, look em up)
GWAR (at Muddy Waters in NOLA)
Boy that’s a weird list.
Rolling Stones (Steel Wheels Tour)
Paul McCartney
Stevie Nicks
Weird Al
Quarterflash (if you don’t know, look em up)
GWAR (at Muddy Waters in NOLA)
Boy that’s a weird list.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the pouring rain at Wrigley Field with Tom Morello Ave Eddie Vedder
-They Might be Giants
-Tracy Chapman
-Parliament-Funkadelic
-Springsteen on Broadway
-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in the pouring rain at Wrigley Field with Tom Morello Ave Eddie Vedder
-They Might be Giants
-Tracy Chapman
-Parliament-Funkadelic
-Springsteen on Broadway
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Introduce yourself with five or more concerts you’ve seen:
Mary Stallings & Houston Person
Diane Reeves
Samarra Joy
Catherine Russell
Tawanda
David Bowie
Mary Stallings & Houston Person
Diane Reeves
Samarra Joy
Catherine Russell
Tawanda
David Bowie
Cat Music: Billie Holiday
Dog Music: Nat ing Cole
Both: Ella Fitzgerald
Dog Music: Nat ing Cole
Both: Ella Fitzgerald
Cat Music:
Most Bowie
Talking Heads
Dog Music:
Eagles
Queen
Both:
Fleetwood Mac
Most Bowie
Talking Heads
Dog Music:
Eagles
Queen
Both:
Fleetwood Mac
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Cat Music: Billie Holiday
Dog Music: Nat ing Cole
Both: Ella Fitzgerald
Dog Music: Nat ing Cole
Both: Ella Fitzgerald
Sold a couple! I don't know to who, but thanks!
If you'd like to join the bandwagon (snort), it's available at the 'Zon.
If you'd like to join the bandwagon (snort), it's available at the 'Zon.
"The book moves fast, but is not rushed. The mystery unfolds more like a memory than a thriller. This isn't about solving a crime but about understanding why the past keeps showing up."
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sold a couple! I don't know to who, but thanks!
If you'd like to join the bandwagon (snort), it's available at the 'Zon.
If you'd like to join the bandwagon (snort), it's available at the 'Zon.
"The book moves fast, but is not rushed. The mystery unfolds more like a memory than a thriller. This isn't about solving a crime but about understanding why the past keeps showing up."
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"The book moves fast, but is not rushed. The mystery unfolds more like a memory than a thriller. This isn't about solving a crime but about understanding why the past keeps showing up."
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Reposted by Carlotta Dale
Happy to be back at @urbanpigspress.bsky.social with a story in their “Deception” series. Thanks to @ajstanton.bsky.social for giving it a home. Click through to read “As for Me and My House,” then check out the other stories in the theme. They’re fantastic.
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urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/11/01/a...
As for Me and My House
by Andrew Monge Ellen turned the minivan into her driveway, parked, and laid her head against the steering wheel. Minutes passed. Tears ran unabated down her cheeks, dripping off her fa…
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November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happy to be back at @urbanpigspress.bsky.social with a story in their “Deception” series. Thanks to @ajstanton.bsky.social for giving it a home. Click through to read “As for Me and My House,” then check out the other stories in the theme. They’re fantastic.
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/11/01/a...
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/11/01/a...
Reposted by Carlotta Dale
@carlottadale.bsky.social Carlotta Dale tells a tale that will send chills down your spine and have your eyes widen further than they ever have.
Don't miss: BUKOWSKI'S FUNERAL
tinyurl.com/BukowskisFun...
You'll be talking about it all day!
Don't miss: BUKOWSKI'S FUNERAL
tinyurl.com/BukowskisFun...
You'll be talking about it all day!
BUKOWSKI'S FUNERAL by Carlotta Dale | Bunker Squirrel Magazine
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November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@carlottadale.bsky.social Carlotta Dale tells a tale that will send chills down your spine and have your eyes widen further than they ever have.
Don't miss: BUKOWSKI'S FUNERAL
tinyurl.com/BukowskisFun...
You'll be talking about it all day!
Don't miss: BUKOWSKI'S FUNERAL
tinyurl.com/BukowskisFun...
You'll be talking about it all day!
Can I get more sales/reviews? Thoughts and prayers? I'm not picky.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Can I get more sales/reviews? Thoughts and prayers? I'm not picky.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
For the evening crew: "Bukowski's Funeral" by, uh, me.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
For the evening crew: "Bukowski's Funeral" by, uh, me.
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Reposted by Carlotta Dale
Honest to god this makes me want to move to the countryside and raise goats.
Not only does no one have a plan to push back against the RW campaign to destroy social trust, WE CAN'T EVEN BRING OURSELVES TO NAME IT. I fucking despair.
Not only does no one have a plan to push back against the RW campaign to destroy social trust, WE CAN'T EVEN BRING OURSELVES TO NAME IT. I fucking despair.
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Honest to god this makes me want to move to the countryside and raise goats.
Not only does no one have a plan to push back against the RW campaign to destroy social trust, WE CAN'T EVEN BRING OURSELVES TO NAME IT. I fucking despair.
Not only does no one have a plan to push back against the RW campaign to destroy social trust, WE CAN'T EVEN BRING OURSELVES TO NAME IT. I fucking despair.
Super offerring from Frank!
For the evening crowd—
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
“Empire” by Frank Vatel
“Empire” by Frank Vatel “…for Jacob Nowak, who was given the promise of eternal life in Baptism…” Whenever a spider-man goes home to the lord, there’s always a prayer next day. Priest c…
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Super offerring from Frank!
"You wanna know what it says on his tombstone?”
“Sure.”
“‘Don’t try.’”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“Damned if I know.”
"Bukowski's Funeral" now up
@BunkerSquirrels
. And it's (almost) all true!
bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
“Sure.”
“‘Don’t try.’”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“Damned if I know.”
"Bukowski's Funeral" now up
@BunkerSquirrels
. And it's (almost) all true!
bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
bunkersquirrel.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"You wanna know what it says on his tombstone?”
“Sure.”
“‘Don’t try.’”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“Damned if I know.”
"Bukowski's Funeral" now up
@BunkerSquirrels
. And it's (almost) all true!
bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
“Sure.”
“‘Don’t try.’”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“Damned if I know.”
"Bukowski's Funeral" now up
@BunkerSquirrels
. And it's (almost) all true!
bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
New story up today ... Read it here:
www.bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
www.bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
Bukowski's Funeral
FAQs
www.bunkersquirrel.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New story up today ... Read it here:
www.bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
www.bunkersquirrel.com/bukowskis-fu...
If you liked this ...
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Rolling The Bones | Literary Garage
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October 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you liked this ...
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Thanks, Frank. Means the world.
@carlottadale.bsky.social employs a staggering base of knowledge—history, literature, myth, religion—in some of her stories. They often read like a way funnier version of Neil Gaiman, and I’m here for it. Check out this delightful piece, published by @literarygarage.bsky.social.
Jumpstart your morning with this wry, sardonic, and charmingly self-aware story from @carlottadale.bsky.social
(hooked us right from: “For me, the Grim Reaper, this was embarrassing.”) The latest in Gods and Heroes...
Check it out:
literarygarage.com/rolling-the-...
🎸📚
#GodsAndHeroes #fiction
(hooked us right from: “For me, the Grim Reaper, this was embarrassing.”) The latest in Gods and Heroes...
Check it out:
literarygarage.com/rolling-the-...
🎸📚
#GodsAndHeroes #fiction
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Thanks, Frank. Means the world.
Thanks to Literary Garage for posting my story!
Jumpstart your morning with this wry, sardonic, and charmingly self-aware story from @carlottadale.bsky.social
(hooked us right from: “For me, the Grim Reaper, this was embarrassing.”) The latest in Gods and Heroes...
Check it out:
literarygarage.com/rolling-the-...
🎸📚
#GodsAndHeroes #fiction
(hooked us right from: “For me, the Grim Reaper, this was embarrassing.”) The latest in Gods and Heroes...
Check it out:
literarygarage.com/rolling-the-...
🎸📚
#GodsAndHeroes #fiction
Rolling The Bones | Literary Garage
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October 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thanks to Literary Garage for posting my story!
Reposted by Carlotta Dale
Damn, I missed this. New fiction by @carlottadale.bsky.social is always something to get stoked about.
It's Saturday! You have time to read this.
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literarygarage.com/enraptured-a...
Enraptured at the Pearly Gates | Literary Garage
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October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Damn, I missed this. New fiction by @carlottadale.bsky.social is always something to get stoked about.
He's just a disgusting Marie Antoinette.
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
He's just a disgusting Marie Antoinette.
Reposted by Carlotta Dale
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Like hell he would.
Like hell he would.
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Like hell he would.
Like hell he would.
"The Parrots Come Again is a gem of atmosphere and voice. The book is equal parts private-eye noir, meditative ghost story, and tropical urban fable. She knows how to set a scene without over-explaining, letting the surreal creep in at the edges."
At the 'Zon.
At the 'Zon.
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"The Parrots Come Again is a gem of atmosphere and voice. The book is equal parts private-eye noir, meditative ghost story, and tropical urban fable. She knows how to set a scene without over-explaining, letting the surreal creep in at the edges."
At the 'Zon.
At the 'Zon.
Oh my God. I can't even ...
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Oh my God. I can't even ...
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I’m not sure there’s a way to make this headline any worse for Trump.
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I’m not sure there’s a way to make this headline any worse for Trump.
Trump hates L.A.
We must be doing something right.
We must be doing something right.
October 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump hates L.A.
We must be doing something right.
We must be doing something right.
Reposted by Carlotta Dale
This is murder. No attempt at interdiction and inspection of the contents of the boat. International waters. No hostile acts from those on the boat. --- Trump and the military officers authorising this attack should be arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court for trial.
"If you say a boat has narcotics on it, where is the narcotics? We want evidence, we want proof. There is nothing," she added.
Not to mention, we have non-lethal interdiction protocols for international waters. 1/
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Not to mention, we have non-lethal interdiction protocols for international waters. 1/
www.reuters.com/world/us/fam...
www.reuters.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is murder. No attempt at interdiction and inspection of the contents of the boat. International waters. No hostile acts from those on the boat. --- Trump and the military officers authorising this attack should be arrested and turned over to the International Criminal Court for trial.