Chafic LaRo
@chafic-larochelle.bsky.social
Writer, jester, occasional rescuer of lost hikers.
Published in McSweeney’s, Points in Case, The Fiddlehead, and more.
Failing upwards since 1990-something.
Published in McSweeney’s, Points in Case, The Fiddlehead, and more.
Failing upwards since 1990-something.
She sells seahorses by the seashore
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
She sells seahorses by the seashore
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
Only November and I’m already nostalgic for those e-z-bree-z summer days
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Only November and I’m already nostalgic for those e-z-bree-z summer days
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
sum shit i drew once
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
sum shit i drew once
Some light bedtime reading! Excited to stoke the flames of my existential dread as I drift into a warm and terrifying hypnogogic stupor, where I expect to toss and turn for the next 8 hours through a vivid and relentless anxiety loop. Thanks, Bill! 💤💤💤🥱
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Some light bedtime reading! Excited to stoke the flames of my existential dread as I drift into a warm and terrifying hypnogogic stupor, where I expect to toss and turn for the next 8 hours through a vivid and relentless anxiety loop. Thanks, Bill! 💤💤💤🥱
New Year’s fitness goal: cultivate the Terme Boxer’s expression of an ontological hangover. The muscles are optional. The despair is not.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New Year’s fitness goal: cultivate the Terme Boxer’s expression of an ontological hangover. The muscles are optional. The despair is not.
Mr. Vonnegut, you’ve certainly made one helluva compelling argument. (Timequake)
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mr. Vonnegut, you’ve certainly made one helluva compelling argument. (Timequake)
When the world gets too loud, go somewhere louder.
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the world gets too loud, go somewhere louder.
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
[Olympus OM-2n, 35mm]
One of the greatest accomplishments of my life: folding the blade runner unicorn into existence.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
One of the greatest accomplishments of my life: folding the blade runner unicorn into existence.
What is it about vintage edition cover art… hot damn.
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What is it about vintage edition cover art… hot damn.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If you’re into absurdist or experimental lit, Barthelme remains one of the most important (and criminally underrated) figures we’ve got. The man wrote like Calvino with a hangover, Kafka after relocating to Houston, a Moebius strip that learned English and picked up smoking. Oh, wonderful chaos!
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you’re into absurdist or experimental lit, Barthelme remains one of the most important (and criminally underrated) figures we’ve got. The man wrote like Calvino with a hangover, Kafka after relocating to Houston, a Moebius strip that learned English and picked up smoking. Oh, wonderful chaos!
Hermann Hesse, but not really. Painted in 2014.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hermann Hesse, but not really. Painted in 2014.
Snapped this pic 8 years ago and I’m still trying to figure out if the medium is the message.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Snapped this pic 8 years ago and I’m still trying to figure out if the medium is the message.
Never heard of it but the cover art + title practically removed the $7.25 from my pocket itself.
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Never heard of it but the cover art + title practically removed the $7.25 from my pocket itself.
Halfway through Calasso’s The Tablet of Destinies. It doesn’t feel like reading mythology so much as having mythology channeled through me. The story seems ancient and abstract from a distance, but once inside it’s alive, hypnotic, full of weather. (1/8)
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Halfway through Calasso’s The Tablet of Destinies. It doesn’t feel like reading mythology so much as having mythology channeled through me. The story seems ancient and abstract from a distance, but once inside it’s alive, hypnotic, full of weather. (1/8)
Book rec:
Inverted World – Christopher Priest
Why?
I grabbed the NYRB reissue last year and was floored. From concept to execution, Priest walks the line between sci-fi and literary fiction like a pro. The payoff isn’t a wtf twist—it’s an a-ha moment. Surprising, but totally earned.
#nyrb #scifi
Inverted World – Christopher Priest
Why?
I grabbed the NYRB reissue last year and was floored. From concept to execution, Priest walks the line between sci-fi and literary fiction like a pro. The payoff isn’t a wtf twist—it’s an a-ha moment. Surprising, but totally earned.
#nyrb #scifi
September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Odysseus gaslit the Phaeacians long before Nabokov, Mann, or Palahniuk picked up a pen. Here’s to 3,000 years of unreliable narrators—and to 3,000 more!
September 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Odysseus gaslit the Phaeacians long before Nabokov, Mann, or Palahniuk picked up a pen. Here’s to 3,000 years of unreliable narrators—and to 3,000 more!
The master of horror isn’t the one who invents new monsters. It’s the one who can turn a shape into pure existential nightmare fuel for hundreds of pages. Praise be, Junji Ito.
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The master of horror isn’t the one who invents new monsters. It’s the one who can turn a shape into pure existential nightmare fuel for hundreds of pages. Praise be, Junji Ito.
Not all pictures belong to children’s books.
- Kafka (The Trial) — Thomas.
- Dostoyevsky (The Possessed) — Eichenberg.
- Melville (Moby-Dick) — Kent.
Dark, intricate, unforgettable.
Bring back visuals in literature! 🎨✍️
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
- Kafka (The Trial) — Thomas.
- Dostoyevsky (The Possessed) — Eichenberg.
- Melville (Moby-Dick) — Kent.
Dark, intricate, unforgettable.
Bring back visuals in literature! 🎨✍️
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
September 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not all pictures belong to children’s books.
- Kafka (The Trial) — Thomas.
- Dostoyevsky (The Possessed) — Eichenberg.
- Melville (Moby-Dick) — Kent.
Dark, intricate, unforgettable.
Bring back visuals in literature! 🎨✍️
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
- Kafka (The Trial) — Thomas.
- Dostoyevsky (The Possessed) — Eichenberg.
- Melville (Moby-Dick) — Kent.
Dark, intricate, unforgettable.
Bring back visuals in literature! 🎨✍️
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
What do Fear & Loathing, Breakfast of Champions, and The Woman in the Dunes have in common?
Stunning, unforgettable, iconic illustrations. Bring back drawings in serious fiction.
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
Stunning, unforgettable, iconic illustrations. Bring back drawings in serious fiction.
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
September 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
What do Fear & Loathing, Breakfast of Champions, and The Woman in the Dunes have in common?
Stunning, unforgettable, iconic illustrations. Bring back drawings in serious fiction.
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm
Stunning, unforgettable, iconic illustrations. Bring back drawings in serious fiction.
#Illustrations4Adults #Bookworm