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@davevriser.bsky.social
he/him. graduate student, writer, and transsexual horror.
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· Mar 18
“Enough Rope:” Transmasculine Erasure, Violence, and Reading Trans Horror
There was a horror novel kept behind glass when I visited the Chicago Leather Archives and Museum. Poppy Z. Brite, or Billy Martin, is the author of Exquisite Corpse, a disgusting…
bloodlettermag.com
so pleased to have an essay in the #lore issue of #bloodletter magazine ! i talk about (gay) trans masc erasure and poppy z brite / billy martin's fierce and heartbreaking essay "Enough Rope." + how horror can soothe bad trans feelings ♡
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
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Episode 2 of Season 9 profiles Dorian Corey. One of Paris Is Burning's most quotable characters, Corey's life helps us explore the history of drag from balls for enslaved people in the 1870s to today. And when she died, friends found a mummified body in her closet. badgayspod.com/episode-arch...
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Episode 2 of Season 9 profiles Dorian Corey. One of Paris Is Burning's most quotable characters, Corey's life helps us explore the history of drag from balls for enslaved people in the 1870s to today. And when she died, friends found a mummified body in her closet. badgayspod.com/episode-arch...
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THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
THE WORKS OF VERMIN OUT NOW!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
"A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle-box of a book"
- Christopher Buehlman
"A hallucinatory scorpion sting"
- Elizabeth Bear
"My dreams were plagued with anxiety and fear of toxins... Thanks for that."
- My barber
Get your copy from your local bookstore!
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LEECH by @hironennes.bsky.social is the post-post-post-apocalyptic sci-fi gothic the world needs. Set in a bitter north with a scalpel's attention to bodies, this is a book I wish I could read for the first time again. Our drink, the Institute, bites back as you sip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21b...
October 25, 2023 at 8:05 PM
LEECH by @hironennes.bsky.social is the post-post-post-apocalyptic sci-fi gothic the world needs. Set in a bitter north with a scalpel's attention to bodies, this is a book I wish I could read for the first time again. Our drink, the Institute, bites back as you sip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21b...
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“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
beast that lives in my home and hunts me daily.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
beast that lives in my home and hunts me daily.
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just wanted to yell about my Trans-Gothic necromancer gay fuck book again
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find out when this campaign goes live: zoop.gg/c/little-dea...
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
just wanted to yell about my Trans-Gothic necromancer gay fuck book again
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find out when this campaign goes live: zoop.gg/c/little-dea...
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These things feel so awkward to post, but I genuinely like seeing other people sharing their work from this year, so I'll hop aboard the train of awards eligibility posts.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
These things feel so awkward to post, but I genuinely like seeing other people sharing their work from this year, so I'll hop aboard the train of awards eligibility posts.
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such a big honor to have this piece, one of the various tendrils of my respective tributes to nick cave, whether creative or academic, in the absolutely unfuckwithable @hexliterary.bsky.social
"Brother Jack, the Father, speaks from a pulpit as crooked as the Tower of Babel."
This week on hex, a devilish delight by @sasharavitch.bsky.social! Hellfire licking, evil evangelist, incredible imagery--Saint Joe and His Devils has got it all! Don't miss a little debauchery this morning! 😈
This week on hex, a devilish delight by @sasharavitch.bsky.social! Hellfire licking, evil evangelist, incredible imagery--Saint Joe and His Devils has got it all! Don't miss a little debauchery this morning! 😈
Saint Joe and His Devils by Sasha Ravitch
Brother Jack, the Father, speaks from a pulpit as crooked as the Tower of Babel.
“And the Parable of Saint Joe and his Devils goes like this: once she lived as a murder of crows or more like a row ...
hexliterary.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
such a big honor to have this piece, one of the various tendrils of my respective tributes to nick cave, whether creative or academic, in the absolutely unfuckwithable @hexliterary.bsky.social
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A woman decides to have a hot vampire summer and make it everyone's problem.
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is on sale at Libro FM for like 80 percent off. I'm not sure for how long? But it's narrated by a full stunning cast 🫀 eat your heart out at Cape Morning
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is on sale at Libro FM for like 80 percent off. I'm not sure for how long? But it's narrated by a full stunning cast 🫀 eat your heart out at Cape Morning
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A woman decides to have a hot vampire summer and make it everyone's problem.
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is on sale at Libro FM for like 80 percent off. I'm not sure for how long? But it's narrated by a full stunning cast 🫀 eat your heart out at Cape Morning
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is on sale at Libro FM for like 80 percent off. I'm not sure for how long? But it's narrated by a full stunning cast 🫀 eat your heart out at Cape Morning
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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Cover reveal! 🖤🏚️🖤
So many thanks to Nightworms and @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for unveiling the cover for my second collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, out on 4/14/26 from @rdspress.bsky.social!
Artwork by the fantastic Scott Cole!
Pre-order links: books2read.com/hauntedhouses
So many thanks to Nightworms and @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for unveiling the cover for my second collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, out on 4/14/26 from @rdspress.bsky.social!
Artwork by the fantastic Scott Cole!
Pre-order links: books2read.com/hauntedhouses
October 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Cover reveal! 🖤🏚️🖤
So many thanks to Nightworms and @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for unveiling the cover for my second collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, out on 4/14/26 from @rdspress.bsky.social!
Artwork by the fantastic Scott Cole!
Pre-order links: books2read.com/hauntedhouses
So many thanks to Nightworms and @sadiehartmann.bsky.social for unveiling the cover for my second collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, out on 4/14/26 from @rdspress.bsky.social!
Artwork by the fantastic Scott Cole!
Pre-order links: books2read.com/hauntedhouses
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I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
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thought i would just read one chapter of black flame (2025) before bed. found myself gripped by unease and frantic at 2am. absolutely fantastic, gripping novel, run do not walk etc
October 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
thought i would just read one chapter of black flame (2025) before bed. found myself gripped by unease and frantic at 2am. absolutely fantastic, gripping novel, run do not walk etc
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#whatsleepsbeneath
www.whatsleepsbeneath.com/archive/tran...
complicated feelings about Psycho, trans grief, and psychosis
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complicated feelings about Psycho, trans grief, and psychosis
Private Traps: Transphobia, Psychosis, and Grief in Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho continues to be tumultuous ground for trans authors and viewers. In Private Traps, Dave Riser posits questions around the transphobic and ableist histories that force us to c...
www.whatsleepsbeneath.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#whatsleepsbeneath
www.whatsleepsbeneath.com/archive/tran...
complicated feelings about Psycho, trans grief, and psychosis
www.whatsleepsbeneath.com/archive/tran...
complicated feelings about Psycho, trans grief, and psychosis
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Short fiction recommendation of the day: “Each-Uisge” by @davevriser.bsky.social in The Off Season ✨
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Short fiction recommendation of the day: “Each-Uisge” by @davevriser.bsky.social in The Off Season ✨
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so honored+excited to be included! here's a little bit about why i love horror + what Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door did for me
31 Days of Horror: Day 22 -- Why I Love Horror, Pitt Horror Studies Collection Week Edition Featuring Dave V Riser
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 22 -- Why I Love Horror, Pitt Horror Studies Collection Week Edition Featuring Dave V Riser
Today I am featuring, Dave V. Riser (he/they), a PhD student at University of Pittsburgh, studying Transgender Horror Literature. He has pub...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
so honored+excited to be included! here's a little bit about why i love horror + what Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door did for me
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so pleased to have an essay in the #lore issue of #bloodletter magazine ! i talk about (gay) trans masc erasure and poppy z brite / billy martin's fierce and heartbreaking essay "Enough Rope." + how horror can soothe bad trans feelings ♡
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
“Enough Rope:” Transmasculine Erasure, Violence, and Reading Trans Horror
There was a horror novel kept behind glass when I visited the Chicago Leather Archives and Museum. Poppy Z. Brite, or Billy Martin, is the author of Exquisite Corpse, a disgusting…
bloodlettermag.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
so pleased to have an essay in the #lore issue of #bloodletter magazine ! i talk about (gay) trans masc erasure and poppy z brite / billy martin's fierce and heartbreaking essay "Enough Rope." + how horror can soothe bad trans feelings ♡
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
bloodlettermag.com/enough-rope-...
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NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE WOODS ALL BLACK by @leemandelo.bsky.social. Angry queers in the backwoods of Kentucky, monsters, vengeance, a proud commitment to desire & erudition. Our drink, Spar Creek, is dark & biting.
March 19, 2024 at 4:10 PM
NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE WOODS ALL BLACK by @leemandelo.bsky.social. Angry queers in the backwoods of Kentucky, monsters, vengeance, a proud commitment to desire & erudition. Our drink, Spar Creek, is dark & biting.
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CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS is officially out today!!! I am overjoyed that my debut fiction collection has found such a great home with Dark Matter INK. And another shoutout to Devin Forst for the fantastic cover!
October 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
CYANIDE CONSTELLATIONS is officially out today!!! I am overjoyed that my debut fiction collection has found such a great home with Dark Matter INK. And another shoutout to Devin Forst for the fantastic cover!
so honored+excited to be included! here's a little bit about why i love horror + what Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door did for me
31 Days of Horror: Day 22 -- Why I Love Horror, Pitt Horror Studies Collection Week Edition Featuring Dave V Riser
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 22 -- Why I Love Horror, Pitt Horror Studies Collection Week Edition Featuring Dave V Riser
Today I am featuring, Dave V. Riser (he/they), a PhD student at University of Pittsburgh, studying Transgender Horror Literature. He has pub...
raforallhorror.blogspot.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
so honored+excited to be included! here's a little bit about why i love horror + what Jack Ketchum's Girl Next Door did for me
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Genre filmmakers—this one’s for you.
Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️
Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.
Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️
Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.
Transgender Film Center, Duplass Brothers Productions Launch Found Footage Feature Fund for Trans Filmmakers (EXCLUSIVE)
The Transgender Film Center and Mark Duplass announcee a new found footage feature fund, which will provide $25,000 to a micro-budget feature.
variety.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Genre filmmakers—this one’s for you.
Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️
Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.
Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions are proud to announce the Found Footage Feature Fund. Thank you, @markduplass.bsky.social. ❤️
Applications will open on Oct. 23. Submissions close on Nov. 7 and a grantee will be selected in December.
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I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam
Pay Rivers Solomon using PayPal.Me
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September 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam
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It's time to add another book to your Yoon Ha Lee stack of space opera and giant mecha-dragons!
Out now: the latest novel from @deuceofgears.bsky.social - STARSTRIKE - sequel to Locus award-winning and multi award-nominated MOONSTORM!
geni.us/starstrike
geni.us/moonstorm
Out now: the latest novel from @deuceofgears.bsky.social - STARSTRIKE - sequel to Locus award-winning and multi award-nominated MOONSTORM!
geni.us/starstrike
geni.us/moonstorm
September 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's time to add another book to your Yoon Ha Lee stack of space opera and giant mecha-dragons!
Out now: the latest novel from @deuceofgears.bsky.social - STARSTRIKE - sequel to Locus award-winning and multi award-nominated MOONSTORM!
geni.us/starstrike
geni.us/moonstorm
Out now: the latest novel from @deuceofgears.bsky.social - STARSTRIKE - sequel to Locus award-winning and multi award-nominated MOONSTORM!
geni.us/starstrike
geni.us/moonstorm
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This comes out in ONE HOUR. That means this is your last chance to preorder 👀🫦
SPREAD ME comes out September 23.
You definitely want this book -- but not as much as it wants you.
You can preorder your copy today wherever you get books.
You definitely want this book -- but not as much as it wants you.
You can preorder your copy today wherever you get books.
Spread Me
Check out Spread Me - <p><b><i>Spread Me </i>is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of<i> Just Like Home</i>. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly w...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This comes out in ONE HOUR. That means this is your last chance to preorder 👀🫦