The new MonsterVerse installment is in the cinemas, so let’s talk about one of the two films that started it all, the og 1954 Godzilla! Read all about our beloved lizard thing here: phrasedandconfused.substack.com/p/monster-of...

Dune’s sandworms, monsters and politics, and the weird wormsuit of Leto II. As it was written: phrasedandconfused.substack.com/p/monster-of...

New Substack post! In which I talk about being embarrassed by my thirst poems and also about Kawakami’s Strange Weather in Tokyo. Read here: phrasedandconfused.substack.com/p/chillin-at...

It’s a Sunday and you know what that means! Another Monster of the Week up on Monster Mayhem. This time, we have the creatures of Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. Read here: phrasedandconfused.substack.com/p/monster-of...

If you want to read 2,500 words on Bella Baxter, feminism, socialism, monsters in media, and how Bella’s kindness is more transgressive than her sexuality (and who doesn’t want to read that?) you can find my new essay here: open.substack.com/pub/phraseda...

Send @identitytheory.bsky.social your stuff! The micro section is officially open for prose (500 words max) and poetry (8 lines max).

Also open for fiction, CNF, poetry, and Un-Identified (hybrid) pieces.

My Steve-O story up on JAKE, musings on reinventing oneself, lit world surprises. You can find it all in my new Substack newsletter, Phrased & Confused open.substack.com/pub/phraseda...

Got my hands on the illustrated Good Omens!

Hey folks! Just made the jump to this place. Literary bluesky, hit me up