Liz (E.M. Morrissey)
@lizardskinshoujo.bsky.social
Pursuing the peccary with pardine limers.
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Writing, sewing, painting, and other assorted endeavors. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in Old Moon Quarterly vol. 8. She/her
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
Lapsed academic. PhD in Japanese Art History. Writing, sewing, painting, and other assorted endeavors. Viable Paradise 2024. Short fiction in Old Moon Quarterly vol. 8. She/her
www.elizabethmorrissey.com
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I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
Happy New Story Sunday! Desperately fighting back the inexorable tide of Christmas Stuff, we have a proper spooooky story for you this week by the fabulous fabulist E.M. Morrissey. Stay scary out there 🖤
The Digital Ghosts of Hargrave House — Part One
By E.M. Morrissey
dailytomorrow.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
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New drawings on patreon
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
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creating Art and illustration
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November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
New drawings on patreon
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
www.patreon.com/c/outhwaite
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Wizards. Wednesday. These things just go together, and have done so, since time immemorial. Indeed, the very last moment of time before cosmic dissipation will be a #WizardWednesday
(art: Gilbert Williams)
(art: Gilbert Williams)
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wizards. Wednesday. These things just go together, and have done so, since time immemorial. Indeed, the very last moment of time before cosmic dissipation will be a #WizardWednesday
(art: Gilbert Williams)
(art: Gilbert Williams)
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This has been two months in the making. The essay was written in September, the podcast recorded in October, and now both are available in November.
So here it is: my 10k word essay on the overlong and bafflingly insubstantial 2005 vampire historical thriller about Dracula, Kostova's THE HISTORIAN
So here it is: my 10k word essay on the overlong and bafflingly insubstantial 2005 vampire historical thriller about Dracula, Kostova's THE HISTORIAN
Reading “The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova
In which I return to Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian (2005), a literary fiction vampire novel about historians fighting against Dracula across three generations—which once meant so much to …
seanguynes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This has been two months in the making. The essay was written in September, the podcast recorded in October, and now both are available in November.
So here it is: my 10k word essay on the overlong and bafflingly insubstantial 2005 vampire historical thriller about Dracula, Kostova's THE HISTORIAN
So here it is: my 10k word essay on the overlong and bafflingly insubstantial 2005 vampire historical thriller about Dracula, Kostova's THE HISTORIAN
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When I think of AI I think of Prince being asked about holograms of dead celebrities:
“That's the most demonic thing imaginable.… If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon."
“That's the most demonic thing imaginable.… If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon."
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When I think of AI I think of Prince being asked about holograms of dead celebrities:
“That's the most demonic thing imaginable.… If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon."
“That's the most demonic thing imaginable.… If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon."
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"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
Happy New Story Sunday! Desperately fighting back the inexorable tide of Christmas Stuff, we have a proper spooooky story for you this week by the fabulous fabulist E.M. Morrissey. Stay scary out there 🖤
The Digital Ghosts of Hargrave House — Part One
By E.M. Morrissey
dailytomorrow.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a story running on The Daily Tomorrow this week! Check it out if you like some ghosts with your cyberpunk 🤖
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ｓｕｐｅｒ ⸸ ｆｌｕｉｄ † ｆｅｒｍｉｏｎ ⸸ ｓｈａｒｐ！
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ｓｕｐｅｒ ⸸ ｆｌｕｉｄ † ｆｅｒｍｉｏｎ ⸸ ｓｈａｒｐ！
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I fancied getting back into sculpting which I hadn't done since school. This was based on my Pedro monster I did for one of my books (first pic). SO MUCH FUN. He keeps an eye on me in the studio now. #monster #sculpture #airdryclay #cutemonster #sillymonster #funny #pinkbottom
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I fancied getting back into sculpting which I hadn't done since school. This was based on my Pedro monster I did for one of my books (first pic). SO MUCH FUN. He keeps an eye on me in the studio now. #monster #sculpture #airdryclay #cutemonster #sillymonster #funny #pinkbottom
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Yes! I think we are done here for now. Ive gotta get back to my comms haha.
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Yes! I think we are done here for now. Ive gotta get back to my comms haha.
Recent work from life drawing class. Pretty happy with the shadows and that annoying shoulder angle
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Recent work from life drawing class. Pretty happy with the shadows and that annoying shoulder angle
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It's award nomination time (I'm looking at you, BSFA) and I have not one but *two* things eligible for a Best Shorter Fiction nomination, namely my acid-western novella, FOR THE ROAD and my, ah, maths western TRIGGERNOMETRY FINALS. Links below!
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
For The Road [hardcover] by Stark Holborn
A NOVELLA by Stark Holborn CATEGORY Acid Western / Fantasy PUBLICATION DATE August 2025 COVER ART Ashni Wilson PAGES 62 EDITIONS Unsigned Jacketed
pspublishing.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It's award nomination time (I'm looking at you, BSFA) and I have not one but *two* things eligible for a Best Shorter Fiction nomination, namely my acid-western novella, FOR THE ROAD and my, ah, maths western TRIGGERNOMETRY FINALS. Links below!
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
pspublishing.co.uk/for-the-road...
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Almost no novel, no album, no picture, no made object in history has perfectly replicated the image its creator had in their head when they first sat down to make it. That's sort of the point. And if it does, it's because the imaginative part of the process has become intuitive through practice.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Almost no novel, no album, no picture, no made object in history has perfectly replicated the image its creator had in their head when they first sat down to make it. That's sort of the point. And if it does, it's because the imaginative part of the process has become intuitive through practice.
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I keep thinking I’d love to see a Wendy Carlos bio-pic.
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
archive.org/details/wend...
archive.org/details/wend...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I keep thinking I’d love to see a Wendy Carlos bio-pic.
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i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i dunno man it sure does seem like all these global core internet backbone services outages coming in the wake of major layoffs and public announcements of shifting to AI for development work is something that feels like could be related
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A new Sword & Soul comic has appeared!
"The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!"
👉 kingofkushcomics.com
"The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!"
👉 kingofkushcomics.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A new Sword & Soul comic has appeared!
"The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!"
👉 kingofkushcomics.com
"The beginning, a young warrior’s journey to unifying a lost and beaten people. Join Alara as he forges an empire from Blood and Sand!!"
👉 kingofkushcomics.com
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Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Female Convict Scorpion: Grudge Song (女囚さそり ７０１号怨み節), 1973, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe (長谷部安春).
Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Female Convict Scorpion: Grudge Song (女囚さそり ７０１号怨み節), 1973, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe (長谷部安春).
Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
Scanned by me. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm
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1 like = 1 random line from the book
Periodic reminder I have books. You can buy them. Still the only nonfiction book on love, sex, gender, H. P. Lovecraft, and the Mythos he helped create.
www.amazon.com/dp/1614980888/
www.amazon.com/dp/1614980888/
Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos
Amazon.com: Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos: 9781614980889: Derie, Bobby: Books
www.amazon.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1 like = 1 random line from the book
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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Not now, widening gyre
August 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not now, widening gyre
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Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
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this is gorgeous and a super cool concept, which is why being cured with the "cannot unsee it" vision where you notice that every illustration of a woman in here is sexualized in some way is really frustrating sometimes
We really need to objectify men more, it's the only way to equality lmao
We really need to objectify men more, it's the only way to equality lmao
It's 20 years since @seanphillips.bsky.social and I exchanged a sketchbook back and forth in the mail, a drawn &painted call and response. INTERSECTIONS may be out of print but here is a flip through that sketchbook. You can still find the book out there :)
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
this is gorgeous and a super cool concept, which is why being cured with the "cannot unsee it" vision where you notice that every illustration of a woman in here is sexualized in some way is really frustrating sometimes
We really need to objectify men more, it's the only way to equality lmao
We really need to objectify men more, it's the only way to equality lmao
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oh i will be making this my WHOLE personality
My friend P just told me about this! Omg, how have we not been voting for Duchess…? Let’s get this done, people!
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What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket
We are gathered here to celebrate the brief, bright, Roman Candle life of Literary Twitter, a mesmerizing and maddening place where the most talented writers used to rub shoulders with the most unb…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
oh i will be making this my WHOLE personality
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This is different but: Virginia Woolf edited some of EM Forster’s writing, and sometimes in his books there’s a sentence that’s very obviously her voice, and I just LOVE it. I love that you can see the place where she said “what if was phrased this way instead?”
Yes; and I want to make a different point.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is different but: Virginia Woolf edited some of EM Forster’s writing, and sometimes in his books there’s a sentence that’s very obviously her voice, and I just LOVE it. I love that you can see the place where she said “what if was phrased this way instead?”