Christopher Caldwell
@seraph76.bsky.social
Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy.
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland.
Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response
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Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock
A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....
www.neonhemlock.com
Black queer surfers. Black queer bank-robbers. Black queer sea monsters. Black queer sorcerers. Black queer rootworkers. Black queer sailors. Black queer saints. Black queer sinners.
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
It’s Black!
It’s queer!
It’s Here!
Now available!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...
A reminder that I have a book out and I’m available for podcasts
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A reminder that I have a book out and I’m available for podcasts
What if instead of a Butlerian Jihad there was a Butlerian Crusade?
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What if instead of a Butlerian Jihad there was a Butlerian Crusade?
Why in fantasy movies are ancient secret languages always m relatively easy to pronounce for anglophones? I have trouble saying shitsureeshimasu or smaoineachadh, but a gormless teenager can open any old grimoire and rattle off a whole sentence in forgotten tongue made to suit inhuman mouths?
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Why in fantasy movies are ancient secret languages always m relatively easy to pronounce for anglophones? I have trouble saying shitsureeshimasu or smaoineachadh, but a gormless teenager can open any old grimoire and rattle off a whole sentence in forgotten tongue made to suit inhuman mouths?
Blocked someone I’ve known since I was a teenager for arguing to me that ChatGPT makes writing “accessible “
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Blocked someone I’ve known since I was a teenager for arguing to me that ChatGPT makes writing “accessible “
This does not make me feel good.
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This does not make me feel good.
I never liked Thanksgiving, but I want a sweet potato pie.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I never liked Thanksgiving, but I want a sweet potato pie.
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
19. CALL AND RESPONSE (Christopher Caldwell, 2025)
I found myself lingering over each sentence of these stories, organised as paired dyads in a nested structure. With gorgeous prose, Chris's stories probe at the complex ways Black people & queer people respond to impermanence in a hostile world.
I found myself lingering over each sentence of these stories, organised as paired dyads in a nested structure. With gorgeous prose, Chris's stories probe at the complex ways Black people & queer people respond to impermanence in a hostile world.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
19. CALL AND RESPONSE (Christopher Caldwell, 2025)
I found myself lingering over each sentence of these stories, organised as paired dyads in a nested structure. With gorgeous prose, Chris's stories probe at the complex ways Black people & queer people respond to impermanence in a hostile world.
I found myself lingering over each sentence of these stories, organised as paired dyads in a nested structure. With gorgeous prose, Chris's stories probe at the complex ways Black people & queer people respond to impermanence in a hostile world.
I’m sorry I said I was tired of What’s Up?/Beez in the Trap mashups. Now it’s all that fucking movie musical.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I’m sorry I said I was tired of What’s Up?/Beez in the Trap mashups. Now it’s all that fucking movie musical.
Look down there. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stop moving … forever, Charlie Brown?
We have such sights to show you, Charlie Brown!
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Look down there. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stop moving … forever, Charlie Brown?
All my reels have been taken over by that movie musical I don’t care about
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
All my reels have been taken over by that movie musical I don’t care about
Why do people understand “Death of the Author” so poorly? Barthes’ essay is pretty short and very clearly written.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Why do people understand “Death of the Author” so poorly? Barthes’ essay is pretty short and very clearly written.
Time to get mad about Michael Bublé being a coward who won’t fuck Santa again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Time to get mad about Michael Bublé being a coward who won’t fuck Santa again.
Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card (before I knew about his… everything) and Sphere by Michael Crichton.
Any book made you go like this? (Can be figurative.)
a man is sitting on a couch reading a book in a living room .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch reading a book in a living room .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card (before I knew about his… everything) and Sphere by Michael Crichton.
I just saw the Ice Tower. Beautiful. Strange. I love women in their 50s being terrifying. Takes elements from the Snow Queen and a 1970s setting and renders something haunting.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I just saw the Ice Tower. Beautiful. Strange. I love women in their 50s being terrifying. Takes elements from the Snow Queen and a 1970s setting and renders something haunting.
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
9!
“the Lonesome Sea” was written for the collection.
Fun fact: Pip was originally the viewpoint character of “Canst Thou Draw out the Leviathan,” but his circumstances left me hemmed in story-wise. This gave me an opportunity to tell his story.
Song pairing:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUG...
“the Lonesome Sea” was written for the collection.
Fun fact: Pip was originally the viewpoint character of “Canst Thou Draw out the Leviathan,” but his circumstances left me hemmed in story-wise. This gave me an opportunity to tell his story.
Song pairing:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUG...
The Turkish Revelee
YouTube video by Paul Clayton - Topic
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
9!
“the Lonesome Sea” was written for the collection.
Fun fact: Pip was originally the viewpoint character of “Canst Thou Draw out the Leviathan,” but his circumstances left me hemmed in story-wise. This gave me an opportunity to tell his story.
Song pairing:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUG...
“the Lonesome Sea” was written for the collection.
Fun fact: Pip was originally the viewpoint character of “Canst Thou Draw out the Leviathan,” but his circumstances left me hemmed in story-wise. This gave me an opportunity to tell his story.
Song pairing:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwUG...
The British etiquette reels guy is eating rice weird again.
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The British etiquette reels guy is eating rice weird again.
Sometimes I wonder if Gregory Maguire is bothered by a cultural phenomenon that bears very little resemblance to his novel, or if sleeping on a bed of money soothes any bad feeling.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sometimes I wonder if Gregory Maguire is bothered by a cultural phenomenon that bears very little resemblance to his novel, or if sleeping on a bed of money soothes any bad feeling.
Spooky ice cream truck in the dark in -1 weather.
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spooky ice cream truck in the dark in -1 weather.
Reposted by Christopher Caldwell
Call and Response Fun Fact Countdown! 10!
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
Orville Peck - Dead of Night [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
m.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Call and Response Fun Fact Countdown! 10!
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
Can you mute a movie on here?
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Can you mute a movie on here?
Call and Response Fun Fact Countdown! 10!
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
Orville Peck - Dead of Night [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
m.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Call and Response Fun Fact Countdown! 10!
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
We open with “Femme and Sundance,” queer hustlers turned bank robbers with magical complications.
Fun Fact: the diner in the opening, mean patrons, nasty bathroom, and all resembles a real one in Nebraska.
Song pairing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q3es...
Got a phishing attempt in German. Interesting only because it didn’t know the difference between Sie and ihr, which makes me think it was machine translated
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Got a phishing attempt in German. Interesting only because it didn’t know the difference between Sie and ihr, which makes me think it was machine translated
Do I want to go see an adult re-telling of the Snow Queen in French starring Marion Cotillard by myself?
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Do I want to go see an adult re-telling of the Snow Queen in French starring Marion Cotillard by myself?
If you’re sad, make some duxelles and find things to stuff them in. Empanada? Baked potato? Your gob standing at the stove at 3:00am?
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you’re sad, make some duxelles and find things to stuff them in. Empanada? Baked potato? Your gob standing at the stove at 3:00am?
I worry I’ve spent too much time here talking about my collection (Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic, out now from Neon Hemlock Press!) but the 29th is my birthday; I’ve decided to be self-indulgent. Starting tomorrow I’ll be doing a countdown with songs and fun facts for each story
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I worry I’ve spent too much time here talking about my collection (Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic, out now from Neon Hemlock Press!) but the 29th is my birthday; I’ve decided to be self-indulgent. Starting tomorrow I’ll be doing a countdown with songs and fun facts for each story