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Jonathan Gensler
@jongensler.bsky.social
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Stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Creepy Pod, On Spec Mag, & others. Shaolin Kempo. Snowboarding. Drums. Army vet. Dad.
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I guess I’ve made it as a writer: I finally received the coveted marketing scam email, wanting to share a great magazine where I have placed a few stories with their “reading club” for a nominal author participation fee!
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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My new immersive musical, GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX, FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 2025, 6PM. Hollywood California, RSVP to wineandcheesemusic@gmail.com to get the full address and link to online viewing.
Image of an 19th Century whaling Ship, with a small crewed whale hunting boat in the foreground next to a surfacing whale. Snowy mountains and sunset sky in the background. The words "A Sea Shanty Halloween" appear across the sky. GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX, A NEW MUSICAL, FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 2025, 6PM. Hollywood California, RSVP to wineandcheesemusic@gmail.com to get the full address and link to online viewing.
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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my broken second toe from 3.5 weeks ago is healing nicely but I have another 2 weeks to go in my boot.
Black and white x-ray image of foot bones, with a double fracture in the second toe.
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Read this:
October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Today is a great day to reread EARTHDIVERS by @sgj.bsky.social, starting with Vol 1: KILL COLUMBUS.
A comic book cover featuring three European ships on a blood red sea facing the reader, with a massive Native American face hovering in the sky behind them, the bottom half of his face a skull jaw in the water below. EARTHDIVERS KILL COLUMBUS written across the top.
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Stoked to join this line up on October 22!
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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My latest musings: the end of summer, things I have loved, and a broken toe.
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A bald man in a blue karate gi/jacket, viewed from chest up, wearing a blue and a red medal, his fist raised in the air. Splashed over the image are the words: "Broken Bones and Hauntings Coming Your Way. A long summer of inspirational adventure and new books coming down the pike."
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Broke my toe in my final sparring match this weekend, bringing home 2nd place in a 3-2 loss. But then went on to win the Kata competition, hopping around on a broken toe for my Stature of the Crane!
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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My first place finishing kata, Stature of the Crane, from today’s USSD Karate Invitational in Las Vegas.
September 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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This is a stunning edition of my overall favorite read from 2024. I got #47!
September 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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A very solid book day. @patrickbarb.bsky.social @yerpalskipp.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Ten days on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon wilderness will change you. Especially if there is good music.
An acoustic guitar lays on a sandbar by the Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon reflecting the sunset’s fading light.
July 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Lee’s Ferry and the Vermillion Cliffs. About to put in in the morning and head down the Grand Canyon.
July 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Super cool to hang with the one and only @mattdinniman.bsky.social at #StokerCon2025. Glad we didn’t get lost in the Labyrinth!
Two men, one wearing a light blue AC/DC t-shirt and hat, the other wearing a Twisted Sister t-shirt and rocking a shaka “hang loose” hand gesture.
June 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Room of Lamp. #StokerCon2025 IYKYK.
A close up of a misshapen hole in a door, through which we can see the tops of several strange and broken hotel desk lamps.
June 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Something I wrote for today. This one is for all of these of us who never made it home, and those who left something vital behind in the sandbox, forever.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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For fans of dark fantasy, portals to new, unexpected places, and surreal horror, wander into The Midnight Labyrinth, featuring 17 loosely intertwined tales of exploration, fear, and the fantastic.

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May 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Jump into the newest anthology from @grendelpress.social and sneak a peak behind the veil of reality in The Midnight Labyrinth, featuring my surreal military horror piece "Into the Casbah," among a slew of other fantastic work. Free to read on Kindle Unlimited!

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May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Jump into the newest anthology from @grendelpress.social and get a peak behind the veil of reality in The Midnight Labyrinth, featuring my surreal military short story "Into the Casbah."

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May 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Jump into the newest anthology from @grendelpress.social, and get a peak behind the curtains of reality in The Midnight Labyrinth, featuring my surreal military horror short story "Into the Casbah."

www.amazon.com/Midnight-Lab...
The words "Buckle up, Readers, Put your setbacks in an upright a locked position, and do no attempt to run down the aisle screaming when you hear what has really been going on." From "Into the Casbah" by Jonathan Gensler, above an image of the front end of an airplane flying to the right and a rectangular book cover with the words "The Midnight Labyrinth" over a shadowing creature standing before an open, glowing doorway,
May 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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the best Kennedys are dead
February 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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December 12, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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Shaolin Kempo Purple Belt achieved. 2 hours and 45 minutes of a grueling test and now I got a cool new belt and an all black gi. One step closer to my black belt. Thanks Boulder Karate!
December 7, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Merry Xmas, motherfuckers. To me.
December 3, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Today’s birthday mood. Hitting the dojo for two hours today cause I gotta keep this machine running hot for a few more decades.
November 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM