Kathryn Hemmann
@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social
Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic.
🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿
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I'm a denizen of Philadelphia who writes strange and eerie stories about the hidden mysteries and quiet horrors of everyday life. You can find my fiction collections and minicomic zines on Itchio and Etsy.
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
It can be surreal to read comics reviews written by people who don't draw. The art style being described here is stylized and expressive, and almost every page of the book includes impressive (and immersive) architectural drawings. Just because a style is manga-inspired doesn't mean it's bad.
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It can be surreal to read comics reviews written by people who don't draw. The art style being described here is stylized and expressive, and almost every page of the book includes impressive (and immersive) architectural drawings. Just because a style is manga-inspired doesn't mean it's bad.
I started writing my third original novel. The catch is that I'm writing it as fanfic. I know it will be well-received, and that's great. I'm excited. But what I should be doing is pitching the project to an agent. And how broken is the publishing industry for that not to be the case, you know?
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I started writing my third original novel. The catch is that I'm writing it as fanfic. I know it will be well-received, and that's great. I'm excited. But what I should be doing is pitching the project to an agent. And how broken is the publishing industry for that not to be the case, you know?
Hornet pets a creature 🌿 #Silksong #illustration
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hornet pets a creature 🌿 #Silksong #illustration
Dreaming Mary is a 2D narrative adventure game about the terrible nightmare underlying a gorgeously pink dreamworld. Should Mary survive the shadows of her psyche and manage to wake up… That’s when the story becomes truly grim. 💖 A short #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/11/07/d...
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Dreaming Mary is a 2D narrative adventure game about the terrible nightmare underlying a gorgeously pink dreamworld. Should Mary survive the shadows of her psyche and manage to wake up… That’s when the story becomes truly grim. 💖 A short #indiehorror review: digitalfantasydiary.com/2025/11/07/d...
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"In honor of spooky season, dust off your haunted CRT monitor and plug into these short but chilling retro-inspired indie horror games." — Kathryn Hemmann
Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...
Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"In honor of spooky season, dust off your haunted CRT monitor and plug into these short but chilling retro-inspired indie horror games." — Kathryn Hemmann
Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...
Read more from Kathryn Hemmann in "Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io" — sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...
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"I bring [these games] to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value of art that rankles and irritates and maybe makes you feel a bit stupid." — Melissa Brinks
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/p...
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/p...
Pretentious Game Jam is Authentically Good - Sidequest
Put on your black turtlenecks and thickest-rimmed glasses to take a look at Pretentious Jam with Sidequest editor in chief, Melissa Brinks.
sidequest.zone
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"I bring [these games] to you, along with a pretentiousness rating (which, importantly, is not a rating of quality) to help sell you on the value of art that rankles and irritates and maybe makes you feel a bit stupid." — Melissa Brinks
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/p...
Read more: sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/p...
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Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment's Ace Soundtrack Comes Courtesy Of NieR Composers.
Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment's Ace Soundtrack Comes Courtesy Of NieR Composers
NieR, far, wherever you are
www.nintendolife.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment's Ace Soundtrack Comes Courtesy Of NieR Composers.
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Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator
Zohran Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is a political cartoonist and illustrator. Check out her work here at Comics Beat!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Quick reminder: NYC’s new First Lady, Rama Duwaji, is a cartoonist!
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
www.comicsbeat.com/zohran-mamda...
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this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
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The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The biggest difference by far watching the various campaigns as a New Yorker and all of the messaging we were targeted with I think is an important takeaway for the whole country:
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
Cuomo’s entire message was threats and fear and cynicism.
Mamdani’s entire message was lightness and joy and hope.
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Mai Ishizawa’s The Place of Shells follows a Japanese PhD student studying art history in Germany while coming to terms with her fading memories of the March 2011 tsunami. Ishizawa’s literary style is gorgeously translated by Polly Barton. #Japanesefiction #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/01/t...
The Place of Shells
Mai Ishizawa’s short novel The Place of Shells, which was awarded an Akutagawa Prize in 2021, follows a Japanese woman pursuing her PhD research in European art history at a university in the Germa…
japaneselit.net
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Mai Ishizawa’s The Place of Shells follows a Japanese PhD student studying art history in Germany while coming to terms with her fading memories of the March 2011 tsunami. Ishizawa’s literary style is gorgeously translated by Polly Barton. #Japanesefiction #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/01/t...
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Anime Herald Magazine's first issue launches in just a couple of weeks! We're shipping this 90+-page volume in November, so get your orders in today 🥰
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Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Anime Herald Magazine's first issue launches in just a couple of weeks! We're shipping this 90+-page volume in November, so get your orders in today 🥰
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
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Our interest check for the Wind Waker Trilogy Zine is officially open! Check it out via the link below to help us plan for this zine.
#zine #fanzine #zeldazine #zelda #windwaker #interestcheck
#zine #fanzine #zeldazine #zelda #windwaker #interestcheck
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our interest check for the Wind Waker Trilogy Zine is officially open! Check it out via the link below to help us plan for this zine.
#zine #fanzine #zeldazine #zelda #windwaker #interestcheck
#zine #fanzine #zeldazine #zelda #windwaker #interestcheck
Mai Ishizawa’s The Place of Shells follows a Japanese PhD student studying art history in Germany while coming to terms with her fading memories of the March 2011 tsunami. Ishizawa’s literary style is gorgeously translated by Polly Barton. #Japanesefiction #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/01/t...
The Place of Shells
Mai Ishizawa’s short novel The Place of Shells, which was awarded an Akutagawa Prize in 2021, follows a Japanese woman pursuing her PhD research in European art history at a university in the Germa…
japaneselit.net
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Mai Ishizawa’s The Place of Shells follows a Japanese PhD student studying art history in Germany while coming to terms with her fading memories of the March 2011 tsunami. Ishizawa’s literary style is gorgeously translated by Polly Barton. #Japanesefiction #booksky 📚 japaneselit.net/2025/11/01/t...
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I’ll be speaking at the event “Rethinking the Gender Binary from X-jenda and Nonbinary Perspectives” on Sunday, December 21!
I’ll present my research on the history of nonbinary activisms in Japan.
I’ll present my research on the history of nonbinary activisms in Japan.
12/21(日)15時〜のイベント、「Xジェンダーやノンバイナリーの視点から、男女二元制を考える」に登壇し、日本の非二元的な性をめぐる活動史について研究発表します！
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排除的な言説も目立つなか大事な機会をいただき、初めてご一緒するゲストの方も多く、楽しみにしています。ご関心ある方はぜひ。
申し込みは以下のフォームからお願いします。
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November 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’ll be speaking at the event “Rethinking the Gender Binary from X-jenda and Nonbinary Perspectives” on Sunday, December 21!
I’ll present my research on the history of nonbinary activisms in Japan.
I’ll present my research on the history of nonbinary activisms in Japan.
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In our special issue "Centering Blackness in Fan Studies," Mel Monier and Kristen Leer published "Since the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game": Black horror podcasters as fans, critics, and creators"! buff.ly/Ve041KB
journal.transformativeworks.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In our special issue "Centering Blackness in Fan Studies," Mel Monier and Kristen Leer published "Since the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game": Black horror podcasters as fans, critics, and creators"! buff.ly/Ve041KB
Mimikyu loves you ❤️ #pokemon #illustration
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Mimikyu loves you ❤️ #pokemon #illustration
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The Beat’s THE SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Gauntlet
The Beat's finest writers choose their favorite Treehouse of Horror segments from almost four decades of The Simpsons Halloween specials.
The Beat's finest writers choose their favorite Treehouse of Horror segments from almost four decades of The Simpsons Halloween specials.
The Beat’s THE SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Gauntlet
The Beat's finest writers choose their favorite Treehouse of Horror segments from almost four decades of The Simpsons Halloween specials.
www.comicsbeat.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Beat’s THE SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Gauntlet
The Beat's finest writers choose their favorite Treehouse of Horror segments from almost four decades of The Simpsons Halloween specials.
The Beat's finest writers choose their favorite Treehouse of Horror segments from almost four decades of The Simpsons Halloween specials.
In his manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Gou Tanabe delights in the architecture of the rotting Massachusetts town. The detailed cityscapes that sprawl across the pages invite full immersion into the horror of social decay. 🐸 japaneselit.net/2025/10/24/t...
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In his manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Gou Tanabe delights in the architecture of the rotting Massachusetts town. The detailed cityscapes that sprawl across the pages invite full immersion into the horror of social decay. 🐸 japaneselit.net/2025/10/24/t...
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This is super old, but I attended PAX 2009 and saw this localization panel (this article describes parts of it). As far as I can tell, no video of the panel exists, but I remember really great insight on not just FFXII but also FFX and Phoenix Wright. Does anyone know if anybody filmed it at all?
Final Fantasy XII vets talk game localization - GameSpot
PAX 2009: Former Square Enix localizers Alexander Smith and Joseph Reeder present the challenges faced when translating Japanese dialogue.
www.gamespot.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is super old, but I attended PAX 2009 and saw this localization panel (this article describes parts of it). As far as I can tell, no video of the panel exists, but I remember really great insight on not just FFXII but also FFX and Phoenix Wright. Does anyone know if anybody filmed it at all?
Let's go to the corn maze, they said. It will be fun, they said. You will definitely not lose your way in a rustling sea of dead leaves as the light fails. Nothing is following you, they said
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Let's go to the corn maze, they said. It will be fun, they said. You will definitely not lose your way in a rustling sea of dead leaves as the light fails. Nothing is following you, they said
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The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is coming to an end TOMORROW! Make sure to nab your copies of the Courier, our limited edition prints, or the Courier Catalogue, filled with other places to read great comics criticism.
The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is coming to an end TOMORROW! Make sure to nab your copies of the Courier, our limited edition prints, or the Courier Catalogue, filled with other places to read great comics criticism.