David Busboom
@davidbusboom.bsky.social
Horror writer, science editor, dinosaur/bird enthusiast, husband, dog dad. Author of EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING (JournalStone 2022). HWA and CSE member. Anti-fascist. He/him.
https://davidbusboom.com/
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David Busboom
@davidbusboom.bsky.social
· Jan 24
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing - JournalStone
EVERY CRAWLING, PUTRID THING “It would be accurate to say that Busboom’s fiction is a love letter to schlocky, neon horror, peppered with sticky-sweet nostalgia and loving luridity. It would, however,...
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I recently left Facebook after almost 17 years, making this my only active social media presence. It's mostly a relief, don't get me wrong, but I suppose I should be a bit more proactive about promoting my work. To that end, if you dig pulpy fun horror with a literary heart, I think you'll like...
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This is #SNL video that is being removed from sites
It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer.
Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved.
“Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli
It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer.
Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved.
“Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is #SNL video that is being removed from sites
It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer.
Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved.
“Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli
It aired last night, went viral and #NBC was subject of #Trumps rant to fire #SethMeyer.
Several 🔗 are now unavailable but this is a clip I’d saved.
“Trump running out of excuses” #SaturdayNightLive #cdnpoli #USApoli
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
I went for a run (5k in 35min!) and then did my typical thing of finding a bunch of chores that needed doing in order to delay actually sitting down to write. So, I haven't made much headway in the WIP, but my gutters are clean, the leaves are off the driveway, and my lawn is mowed one last time.
Had one of those 4AM epiphanies about my next WIP (actually an old semi-abandoned WIP revisited/revamped), noted it down before going back to bed, and now I'm up again with fresh coffee and a day-old donut, vacillating between going for a run or diving straight into the story.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I went for a run (5k in 35min!) and then did my typical thing of finding a bunch of chores that needed doing in order to delay actually sitting down to write. So, I haven't made much headway in the WIP, but my gutters are clean, the leaves are off the driveway, and my lawn is mowed one last time.
Had one of those 4AM epiphanies about my next WIP (actually an old semi-abandoned WIP revisited/revamped), noted it down before going back to bed, and now I'm up again with fresh coffee and a day-old donut, vacillating between going for a run or diving straight into the story.
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Had one of those 4AM epiphanies about my next WIP (actually an old semi-abandoned WIP revisited/revamped), noted it down before going back to bed, and now I'm up again with fresh coffee and a day-old donut, vacillating between going for a run or diving straight into the story.
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Be ungovernable
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Be ungovernable
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Pre-Orders are coming soon for Suffering the Other, an anthology benefitting Raices Texas and the Transgender Law Center. I'm so thrilled to have a story included. Just look at the gorgeous cover! 😍
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pre-Orders are coming soon for Suffering the Other, an anthology benefitting Raices Texas and the Transgender Law Center. I'm so thrilled to have a story included. Just look at the gorgeous cover! 😍
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Fuck Meta, fuck Zuckerberg, delete your accounts and live happier, freer lives. Text, call, or email your friends and family. It'll make each interaction more intentional and therefore meaningful. Hell, you could even write a letter once in a while!
“But I’ll just ignore them and use FB to stay in touch with family and friends.”
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
No, you won’t. Meta regularly moves the buttons for accessing your human connections to defeat your muscle memory and force you to spend time looking at ads. Then they use higher “engagement time” to sell more ads.
On average Meta shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements every day.
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
(Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year.) www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fuck Meta, fuck Zuckerberg, delete your accounts and live happier, freer lives. Text, call, or email your friends and family. It'll make each interaction more intentional and therefore meaningful. Hell, you could even write a letter once in a while!
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When I'm at conventions, I'm often asked: "What's the difference between dark fantasy & horror?"
In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...
In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...
Editorial: November 2025 - Nightmare Magazine
I have lost count of the number of discussions I’ve had about what the difference between horror and dark fantasy might be. Plenty of people have very crisp definitions and think applying them helps t...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When I'm at conventions, I'm often asked: "What's the difference between dark fantasy & horror?"
In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...
In this month's editorial, I talk a little about my thoughts. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Re-upping this:
I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Re-upping this:
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Don't stop at Spotify
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Don't stop at Spotify
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
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this is how we do it
Reminder: Republicans are more concerned with protecting pedophiles than protecting the American people.
Day 30 of the shutdown and the pedophile protection party only cares about ensuring the Epstein files are not released.
Day 30 of the shutdown and the pedophile protection party only cares about ensuring the Epstein files are not released.
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
this is how we do it
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if you are wondering why the Trump administration is creating racist memes with images from Halo and Lord of the Rings
Speculative Whiteness
Reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and—by extension—the future Fascists such as Richard Spencer interpret science fiction films a...
www.upress.umn.edu
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
if you are wondering why the Trump administration is creating racist memes with images from Halo and Lord of the Rings
Happy Birthday, @orringrey.com! I'll be celebrating by reading this little darling tonight with a pumpkin beer (I also bought a couple of his books, and you should too!).
There are also still a (very) few copies of the STARLIGHT THEATER HALLOWEEN DOUBLE-FEATURE available, featuring two stories (and a wraparound) by me, and art by @patricbates.bsky.social:
www.etsy.com/listing/4376...
www.etsy.com/listing/4376...
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy Birthday, @orringrey.com! I'll be celebrating by reading this little darling tonight with a pumpkin beer (I also bought a couple of his books, and you should too!).
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Want to wish Orrin Grey a happy birthday? Pick up a copy of his latest collection, Notes from Underground!
Tomorrow is my birthday, and you'll likely see a post similar to this then, but if you want to get me a present AND get yourself a little something, it's a perfect time to buy my latest book (or any of my other books):
wordhorde.com/books/notes-...
wordhorde.com/books/notes-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Want to wish Orrin Grey a happy birthday? Pick up a copy of his latest collection, Notes from Underground!
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It's flying by, like a bat in the sky 🦇
![Me feeling sad because October is going by too fast
[Tim Curry as Pennywise, sitting in a chair looking pensive, probably during a break from shooting]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tcvpjkdcsdotgvcgdf6epyoe/bafkreichhbjgfzehfpraxmxestq6f6kirsq6kmfuewqzlwzdziywcvak4u@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's flying by, like a bat in the sky 🦇
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
Describing the novella I just submitted as "Ray Harryhausen's Mysterious Island by way of Mario Bava" doesn't feel quite as attention-grabby as "The Island of Doctor Moreau meets Jurassic Park" but it does feel a bit more accurate.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Describing the novella I just submitted as "Ray Harryhausen's Mysterious Island by way of Mario Bava" doesn't feel quite as attention-grabby as "The Island of Doctor Moreau meets Jurassic Park" but it does feel a bit more accurate.
NOVELLA IS FINISHED AND SUBMITTED. The last few days of this month will be spent enjoying the horror fiction of others and trying not to even think about my own again until November. Halloween is nigh!
a black and white photo of two birds flying through a cloudy sky
Alt: a GIF of crows flying through a cloudy sky
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October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
NOVELLA IS FINISHED AND SUBMITTED. The last few days of this month will be spent enjoying the horror fiction of others and trying not to even think about my own again until November. Halloween is nigh!