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jsbetula.bsky.social
j. s. betula 🦇🇵🇸
@jsbetula.bsky.social
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jay (like the bird) - xe/hir - 28 - white - genderqueer - autistic - writer of weird horror & earnest poetry - rural swamp creature currently residing in brooklyn - anti-capitalist & abolitionist organizer
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got to see @strangewildspress.bsky.social’s BOREAL in the wild today (!!!!) at the lovely Rough Draft Books in Kingston NY, not too far from my hometown! doubly delighted to find us tucked cozily beside our friends from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social 💗💀💗
June 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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left: a journal entry i wrote at age 6, as a strange and lonely child, when all i did was hike and dream about becoming a writer.

right: the first book i’ve ever been a part of, containing (ironically) my story about someone who goes to their spashil plase in the woods wan they are very sad indeed.
a picture of a composition notebook with a young child’s handwriting in pencil that reads “I have a spashil plase in the woods. wan I am sad I go thar.” in the bottom right corner of the page is a sticker with a picture of a school bus that says “super” a picture of a book that’s propped on a rock and leaning against a tree. there’s a forest visible behind the trees, with bare branches and dead leaves. the book’s title is “Boreal: An Anthology of Taiga Horror” and it’s edited by Katherine Silva. its cover features a dark green forest backdrop with the title in bright pink all caps text.
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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IT’S RELEASE DAY!! for the past year @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social has worked tirelessly to edit, format, & promote this BEAUTIFUL collection. kat pays & communicates with her authors, & i feel SO lucky to be a small part of this book 🥹
support indie horror today, and get lost in the woods!! links ⬇️
a graphic of a paperback book and a kindle featuring the same book cover next to each other. the book cover shows a dark green forest with the word “BOREAL” in pink text running vertically down the middle. below that is horizontal green text that reads “an anthology of taiga horror” and below that is horizontal pink text that reads “edited by katherine silva.” the background of the graphic is another dark green forest, and at the bottom of the graphic is pink text that reads, “now available” with light green text below it that reads “wherever books are sold.”
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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been too burned out from grad school to write for a little while, but i finished my semester friday soooo. fridge poetry at my sister’s house.
a short poem written with word magnets on a white fridge. the magnets are pink with black letters. the poem reads: “what are you/ the dishes/ where are you/ the kitchen home/ do you think about your father and your mother/ give nice scrub wipe then tuck in” a short poem written with word magnets on a white fridge. the magnets are pink with black letters. the poem reads: “change into somethint crazy this instant/ take off your shirt your shoes your manners/ get ready for it!” a short poem written with word magnets on a white fridge. the magnets are pink with black letters. the poem reads: “really ask yourself / do me deserve headache / go to play”
December 23, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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holy shit, the Jasper Park Curio by @smolghost.bsky.social is a complete delight!! it’s an epistolary horror mystery game—there’s photos, diaries, reports, texts, & more—and i can’t recommended it enough. what an unsettling & inspiring way to spend an evening. the attention to detail is amazing. 🦌!
a set of documents arranged on a brown table. there is a manilla envelope with a label that reads “Curios: Jasper Park” and “seb pines”. underneath the envelope is a large packet of papers and a small sheet of instructions. on top of the envelope is a red-stained packet of paper labeled “trail diary.” on the diary are 5 photographs, laying on top of each other. the top photo is a landscape.
November 11, 2024 at 4:16 AM