Kurt Baumeister
@kurtbaumeister.bsky.social
Novels: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS (EARLY '25) + PAX AMERICANA (both Stalking Horse) Ed: 7.13 Books SRQ: Vol. 1 Brooklyn Words: Google Me: He/Him TNBCC
Pinned
My books in Powell's. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS now a staff pick from the incomparable Gigi Little! And thanks to Kevin Sampsell as well for stocking my books. Tagging my publisher. @jamesreich.bsky.social @powells.bsky.social
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Interested in pitching a review of this somewhere? Or an interview with me?
I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Interested in pitching a review of this somewhere? Or an interview with me?
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Books make great holiday gifts! Even if you don't select mine, please consider giving books - and in particular small press books - this season, because it's as much a gift to the author and the publisher as it is to the receiver. #forestavenuepress #whokilledonethegun #noir #cozynoir #oldtimeradio
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Books make great holiday gifts! Even if you don't select mine, please consider giving books - and in particular small press books - this season, because it's as much a gift to the author and the publisher as it is to the receiver. #forestavenuepress #whokilledonethegun #noir #cozynoir #oldtimeradio
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they do it’s hash browns
they should make a hash brown you can eat for every meal
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
they do it’s hash browns
Pantone? Pantene? Panettone? What the fuck is even going on anymore? Happy Holidays, y'all!
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pantone? Pantene? Panettone? What the fuck is even going on anymore? Happy Holidays, y'all!
Oh, gosh, if you're gonna put pre-blurbs in your query letter please please PLEASE spell the blurber's name correctly.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Oh, gosh, if you're gonna put pre-blurbs in your query letter please please PLEASE spell the blurber's name correctly.
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Not often that newsletters feature this kind of valuable reporting. Important work here. Follow the theology…
1st preacher at Hegseth's monthly Pentagon prayer services was his former pastor in Doug Wilson's denomination. Preachers since then: 3 Southern Baptist pastors, a grandson of Billy Graham, & a former NFL player accused of insider trading:
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/pentagon-p...
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/pentagon-p...
Pentagon Preachers Proclaim a Lord of War
After the ambush on National Guard members in Washington, D.C., last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced he would send 500 more troops to the nation’s capital.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Not often that newsletters feature this kind of valuable reporting. Important work here. Follow the theology…
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Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.
GUYS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
GUYS
MY BROTHER MADE ME THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL BUSTS
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.
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voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
Hey, folks, @chillsubs.bsky.social has opened voting for their best lit mags, and we are not remotely above campaigning for your votes here
www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
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Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
voting is still open for 1 more week, and we're not saying we're pinning all of our self-esteem to this vote but we are saying if we don't win we are going to pack all our books on a spaceship and move to Mars
Well...it's really by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. I just asked some questions. But thanks to @longtail.news and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social.
Feed: "Vol. 1 Brooklyn"
By: Kurt Baumeister on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
By: Kurt Baumeister on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Six Ridiculous Questions: Chloe Clark
The guiding principle of Six Ridiculous Questions is that life is filled with ridiculousness. And questions. That only by giving in to these truths may we hope to slip the surly bonds of reality an…
www.vol1brooklyn.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Well...it's really by @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. I just asked some questions. But thanks to @longtail.news and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social.
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NYC dog lovers!
It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NYC dog lovers!
$25 a month to read your Substack as a "Founder?" JFC, this seems a bit...excessive.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
$25 a month to read your Substack as a "Founder?" JFC, this seems a bit...excessive.
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"Goblin Seminar" Love this hillariously pointy story by @taracampbell.bsky.social.
"The question before you now is: what does success mean to you?
You there. Yes, you in the orange loincloth, what does success mean to you?"
"The question before you now is: what does success mean to you?
You there. Yes, you in the orange loincloth, what does success mean to you?"
"Goblins, I ask you — is this the best life has to offer us?"
Check out my latest #flashfiction "Goblin Seminar" up at AntipodeanSF
antisf.com/the-stories/...
Check out my latest #flashfiction "Goblin Seminar" up at AntipodeanSF
antisf.com/the-stories/...
Goblin Seminar - AntipodeanSF
AntipodeanSF publishes the best speculative flash fiction (SF, F, H) on the web.
antisf.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Goblin Seminar" Love this hillariously pointy story by @taracampbell.bsky.social.
"The question before you now is: what does success mean to you?
You there. Yes, you in the orange loincloth, what does success mean to you?"
"The question before you now is: what does success mean to you?
You there. Yes, you in the orange loincloth, what does success mean to you?"
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If you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
www.barrelhousemag.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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Adult black cats are just $35 and adult black dogs are only $60 thanks to a generous donor who sponsored $100 of their fee!
This Friday & Saturday only — come meet your new shadow-colored soulmate! 🖤🐈⬛
Don’t miss our PAWS Black Friday Special! @pawspendletonor.bsky.social
#AdoptDontShop
This Friday & Saturday only — come meet your new shadow-colored soulmate! 🖤🐈⬛
Don’t miss our PAWS Black Friday Special! @pawspendletonor.bsky.social
#AdoptDontShop
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Adult black cats are just $35 and adult black dogs are only $60 thanks to a generous donor who sponsored $100 of their fee!
This Friday & Saturday only — come meet your new shadow-colored soulmate! 🖤🐈⬛
Don’t miss our PAWS Black Friday Special! @pawspendletonor.bsky.social
#AdoptDontShop
This Friday & Saturday only — come meet your new shadow-colored soulmate! 🖤🐈⬛
Don’t miss our PAWS Black Friday Special! @pawspendletonor.bsky.social
#AdoptDontShop
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lovely prominent placement for @ambersparks.bsky.social at @strandbookstore.bsky.social UWS!
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
lovely prominent placement for @ambersparks.bsky.social at @strandbookstore.bsky.social UWS!
Working on a memoir. Title: 385 Books on That NPR List and None of Them Are Yours.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Working on a memoir. Title: 385 Books on That NPR List and None of Them Are Yours.
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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I'm thankful for loads of things, but I wanted to say thank you in particular, this year, to all the people who have supported or bought or read or reviewed or encouraged my book. You mean the world to me.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm thankful for loads of things, but I wanted to say thank you in particular, this year, to all the people who have supported or bought or read or reviewed or encouraged my book. You mean the world to me.
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😢 MELIA will spend her second Thanksgiving at the shelter. She wants a home for Christmas. She can live with cats, no dogs. Low traffic home, adult only. Needs training. Please adopt her. 😢
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
😢 MELIA will spend her second Thanksgiving at the shelter. She wants a home for Christmas. She can live with cats, no dogs. Low traffic home, adult only. Needs training. Please adopt her. 😢
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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I don't agree with DSA on everything but this clip is pretty baller.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I don't agree with DSA on everything but this clip is pretty baller.
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If you’re an indie author, chances are the overwhelming number of search engine results on your book are places selling it. I finally found it mentioned by actual human.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you’re an indie author, chances are the overwhelming number of search engine results on your book are places selling it. I finally found it mentioned by actual human.
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It’s 2026: there are now two moons and poets are cybersecurity threats
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s 2026: there are now two moons and poets are cybersecurity threats
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NBCC member Britta Stromeyer reviewed "Coming. Apart.," written by Edy Poppy and translated from the Norwegian by May-Brit Akerholt, for Tupelo Quarterly:
Britta Stromeyer on Coming. Apart. by Edy Poppy, translated by May-Brit Akerholt.
“Now I want to write until I blush. Because I believe that’s where the most interesting writing, the most challenging formulations, are hiding: in the total degradation” writes Edy Poppy in “The Last…
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NBCC member Britta Stromeyer reviewed "Coming. Apart.," written by Edy Poppy and translated from the Norwegian by May-Brit Akerholt, for Tupelo Quarterly:
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Had a wonderful talk about TWILIGHT OF THE GODS with Peter Riehl for the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social. Other guests this year have included/will include Alex Chee, Myriam Gurba, and Amber Sparks. There's a rundown of what we discussed with timestamps on the site.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Episode 311 with Kurt Baumeister, Author of Twilight of the Gods, and Skilled Worldbuilder, Craftsman of the Subtle and Resonant, and Curious Student of History
Podcast Episode · The Chills at Will Podcast · 11/26/2025 · 53m
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November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Had a wonderful talk about TWILIGHT OF THE GODS with Peter Riehl for the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social. Other guests this year have included/will include Alex Chee, Myriam Gurba, and Amber Sparks. There's a rundown of what we discussed with timestamps on the site.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Had a wonderful talk about TWILIGHT OF THE GODS with Peter Riehl for the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social. Other guests this year have included/will include Alex Chee, Myriam Gurba, and Amber Sparks. There's a rundown of what we discussed with timestamps on the site.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 311 with Kurt Baumeister, Author of Twilight of the Gods, and Skilled Worldbuilder, Craftsman of the Subtle and Resonant, and Curious Student of History
Podcast Episode · The Chills at Will Podcast · 11/26/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Had a wonderful talk about TWILIGHT OF THE GODS with Peter Riehl for the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social. Other guests this year have included/will include Alex Chee, Myriam Gurba, and Amber Sparks. There's a rundown of what we discussed with timestamps on the site.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...