Ari Switzer 👁️ meat horror catharsis
@hasturpriestess.bsky.social
30s. They/them. Iranian-American. I won a flash fiction contest once and now I think I'm a bigshot. On a break from writing, but still an unspeakable abomination. Opinions herein are my own; general content warning.
I can dream.
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I can dream.
I'm reading Christophe Gans' interview with Rue Morgue magazine and he's discussing how the producers of Return to Silent Hill were "worried" about keeping Abstract Daddy in the movie. It's just another reminder of why I've come to loathe so many horror "fans."
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I'm reading Christophe Gans' interview with Rue Morgue magazine and he's discussing how the producers of Return to Silent Hill were "worried" about keeping Abstract Daddy in the movie. It's just another reminder of why I've come to loathe so many horror "fans."
Squinting at my copy of The Graceview Patient because I think I just caught a quick reference to Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. Or the mention of antique apple peelers is purely a coincidence, who knows.
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Squinting at my copy of The Graceview Patient because I think I just caught a quick reference to Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. Or the mention of antique apple peelers is purely a coincidence, who knows.
JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND I AM GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND I AM GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET
tonight I'm watching The Coffee Table and oh okay well that escalated quickly
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
tonight I'm watching The Coffee Table and oh okay well that escalated quickly
broke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and therefore doesn't capture the essense of the Yellow King
woke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and that's why it Perfectly captures the essense of the Yellow King
woke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and that's why it Perfectly captures the essense of the Yellow King
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
broke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and therefore doesn't capture the essense of the Yellow King
woke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and that's why it Perfectly captures the essense of the Yellow King
woke: the best-recognized Yellow Sign was made by a corporation and that's why it Perfectly captures the essense of the Yellow King
watching the US version of Grudge for the first time, and while I knew sarah michelle gellar was the star, i would have sped to this movie if anyone had told me grace zabriskie was in it
October 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
watching the US version of Grudge for the first time, and while I knew sarah michelle gellar was the star, i would have sped to this movie if anyone had told me grace zabriskie was in it
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Ask your state and federal legislators to codify the freedom to read into law.
Let them know we will not accept blatant viewpoint discrimination in our publicly-funded libraries and schools under the guise of “government speech.”
Libraries belong to the people.
Let them know we will not accept blatant viewpoint discrimination in our publicly-funded libraries and schools under the guise of “government speech.”
Libraries belong to the people.
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Ask your state and federal legislators to codify the freedom to read into law.
Let them know we will not accept blatant viewpoint discrimination in our publicly-funded libraries and schools under the guise of “government speech.”
Libraries belong to the people.
Let them know we will not accept blatant viewpoint discrimination in our publicly-funded libraries and schools under the guise of “government speech.”
Libraries belong to the people.
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Feeling very grumpy about the void here so l've channeled that into a list of weird or weird-ish or weird-adjacent or theoretically-weird collections by Black authors (some of which I’ve read and too many of which I have not)
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Feeling very grumpy about the void here so l've channeled that into a list of weird or weird-ish or weird-adjacent or theoretically-weird collections by Black authors (some of which I’ve read and too many of which I have not)
"hey jimmy, gimme a cheese wit' nuthin'."
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"hey jimmy, gimme a cheese wit' nuthin'."
No, you may /not/ have "little a salami." I don't care if the internet said you could. No, not even "as a treat." No, not even if you're cute.
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
No, you may /not/ have "little a salami." I don't care if the internet said you could. No, not even "as a treat." No, not even if you're cute.
NOW WATCHING: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, d. Peter Weir)
September 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NOW WATCHING: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, d. Peter Weir)
I'm reading Cass Khaw's THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE for my "published in July" #hrcyed read. It's strange to want to call something so Wet™ so refreshing, but maybe it's just the satisfaction of reading a novel that feels as rage-filled as you are inside.
September 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'm reading Cass Khaw's THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE for my "published in July" #hrcyed read. It's strange to want to call something so Wet™ so refreshing, but maybe it's just the satisfaction of reading a novel that feels as rage-filled as you are inside.
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The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
Bear with me for this thread, because it's mostly me venting my own cynicism rather than a reflection of real life:
I feel like the scariest thing about all those "required" dystopian novels we were supposed to be given in high school is that some of them don't faze me anymore.
I feel like the scariest thing about all those "required" dystopian novels we were supposed to be given in high school is that some of them don't faze me anymore.
August 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bear with me for this thread, because it's mostly me venting my own cynicism rather than a reflection of real life:
I feel like the scariest thing about all those "required" dystopian novels we were supposed to be given in high school is that some of them don't faze me anymore.
I feel like the scariest thing about all those "required" dystopian novels we were supposed to be given in high school is that some of them don't faze me anymore.
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we stand for the flag in this house
August 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
we stand for the flag in this house
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In honour of the official start of spooky season, please allow me to boost my horror essay collection, BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING. It's got Ouija boards, it's got chainsaws, it's got demons and cannibals and oceans of blood.
It's available wherever you get books.
invisiblepublishing.com/product/be-s...
It's available wherever you get books.
invisiblepublishing.com/product/be-s...
Be Scared of Everything: Horror Essays · Invisible Publishing
A book that shows us everything is terrifying—from Pokémon to PTSD—and that horror can be just as honest, vulnerable, and funny as it is scary.
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August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In honour of the official start of spooky season, please allow me to boost my horror essay collection, BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING. It's got Ouija boards, it's got chainsaws, it's got demons and cannibals and oceans of blood.
It's available wherever you get books.
invisiblepublishing.com/product/be-s...
It's available wherever you get books.
invisiblepublishing.com/product/be-s...
I don't know why the idea of writing has made me feel physically nauseous lately. I mean, to be fair, everything has made me kind of nauseous lately. Maybe that's just the natural progression of my life. Sartre was right again
August 20, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I don't know why the idea of writing has made me feel physically nauseous lately. I mean, to be fair, everything has made me kind of nauseous lately. Maybe that's just the natural progression of my life. Sartre was right again
Why's this guy look like an evil stepsister
August 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Why's this guy look like an evil stepsister
anyone else remember the amazing amount of hype that was marketed into Paranormal Activity when it came out in 2007
August 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
anyone else remember the amazing amount of hype that was marketed into Paranormal Activity when it came out in 2007
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A GAME IN YELLOW is out today! 💛
Join Carmen, Blanca, and Smoke as the hunt to spice things up in the bedroom takes a maddening turn when the cursed play The King in Yellow becomes a misused toy in my queer erotic cosmic horror, new from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 🎉
As always, make horror gay AF!
Join Carmen, Blanca, and Smoke as the hunt to spice things up in the bedroom takes a maddening turn when the cursed play The King in Yellow becomes a misused toy in my queer erotic cosmic horror, new from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 🎉
As always, make horror gay AF!
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A GAME IN YELLOW is out today! 💛
Join Carmen, Blanca, and Smoke as the hunt to spice things up in the bedroom takes a maddening turn when the cursed play The King in Yellow becomes a misused toy in my queer erotic cosmic horror, new from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 🎉
As always, make horror gay AF!
Join Carmen, Blanca, and Smoke as the hunt to spice things up in the bedroom takes a maddening turn when the cursed play The King in Yellow becomes a misused toy in my queer erotic cosmic horror, new from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social 🎉
As always, make horror gay AF!
I hate accidentally eavesdropping on conversations people are having in public, because sometimes you overhear an opinion that is ultimately low-impact in the scheme of things but pisses you off SO BADLY.
July 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I hate accidentally eavesdropping on conversations people are having in public, because sometimes you overhear an opinion that is ultimately low-impact in the scheme of things but pisses you off SO BADLY.
Movie watching nonwithstanding, I really would like it if I could work on channeling my own pain into some good work. Developing the discipline (?) for that remains the hardest thing I've ever tried (and failed) to do.
June 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Movie watching nonwithstanding, I really would like it if I could work on channeling my own pain into some good work. Developing the discipline (?) for that remains the hardest thing I've ever tried (and failed) to do.
I finally watched I SAW THE TV GLOW last night, because, I guess, why not make myself even sadder
June 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I finally watched I SAW THE TV GLOW last night, because, I guess, why not make myself even sadder
I mean...maybe I can give /them/ a happy ending. Just, maybe it's not a happy ending for the other characters. Or the audience. Or the universe.
Also what's this about profitability? My identity doesn't exist so that it can be "marketable."
Also what's this about profitability? My identity doesn't exist so that it can be "marketable."
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I mean...maybe I can give /them/ a happy ending. Just, maybe it's not a happy ending for the other characters. Or the audience. Or the universe.
Also what's this about profitability? My identity doesn't exist so that it can be "marketable."
Also what's this about profitability? My identity doesn't exist so that it can be "marketable."