Steve Himmer
@shimmer.bsky.social
Occasional novelist, regular walker. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/.
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I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We come upon the scene of a ritual, and nearby its sign
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We come upon the scene of a ritual, and nearby its sign
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Goodnight from The Sisters fish and chip shop, where the pickled goose eggs are sold-out due to rumour they cure lover’s droop. Goodnight from the steps of the Foundling Hospital at Coreham, where the temporal shades of abandoned babes wail for their mothers. Goodnight from Hookland.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Goodnight from The Sisters fish and chip shop, where the pickled goose eggs are sold-out due to rumour they cure lover’s droop. Goodnight from the steps of the Foundling Hospital at Coreham, where the temporal shades of abandoned babes wail for their mothers. Goodnight from Hookland.
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
necessaryfiction.submittable.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm reading submissions of short solstice writing for the next few days, so hold up your candles and walk into the woods.
Well that's a lovely thing! I'm honored and grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for publishing my essay, and for this nomination. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/issue-2...
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Well that's a lovely thing! I'm honored and grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for publishing my essay, and for this nomination. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/issue-2...
That’ll do nicely, thanks
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
That’ll do nicely, thanks
Very exciting news about Elisa Gabbert's next book forthcoming from @fsgbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very exciting news about Elisa Gabbert's next book forthcoming from @fsgbooks.bsky.social
On the sidewalk I saw two women approach each other to talk, one wearing a leopard sweater and the other a leopard skirt, and as they drew together it felt like I'd encountered Voltron in the wild.
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
On the sidewalk I saw two women approach each other to talk, one wearing a leopard sweater and the other a leopard skirt, and as they drew together it felt like I'd encountered Voltron in the wild.
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If somebody local and fun wants to see Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger at Passim on Sunday (and who wouldn't?) they should buy the seat sharing a table with me.
Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger | Passim
Generally acknowledged to be two of the most influential fiddlers of the last 30 years, Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky are fellow musical explorers. They share a creative universe that’s produced epic…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If somebody local and fun wants to see Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger at Passim on Sunday (and who wouldn't?) they should buy the seat sharing a table with me.
In a couple of days I'm going to open a quick, experimental call for very short, solstitial submissions at @necessaryfiction.com, something I've wanted to do for the past couple of years but didn't quite get it together. Further details TK.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In a couple of days I'm going to open a quick, experimental call for very short, solstitial submissions at @necessaryfiction.com, something I've wanted to do for the past couple of years but didn't quite get it together. Further details TK.
If somebody local and fun wants to see Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger at Passim on Sunday (and who wouldn't?) they should buy the seat sharing a table with me.
Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger | Passim
Generally acknowledged to be two of the most influential fiddlers of the last 30 years, Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky are fellow musical explorers. They share a creative universe that’s produced epic…
www.passim.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If somebody local and fun wants to see Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger at Passim on Sunday (and who wouldn't?) they should buy the seat sharing a table with me.
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Boston: I'm excited to announce that Winter Night Hikes are back for the 2025-26 season! And we're kicking off this round by soaking up the briny magic of Dorchester Bay from two altitudes on Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm! Come out and meet fellow adventurers
walkingcitytrail.substack.com/p/upcoming-e...
walkingcitytrail.substack.com/p/upcoming-e...
Upcoming Event: The return of Winter Night Hikes
A toasty tradition, rekindled for 2025-26
walkingcitytrail.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Boston: I'm excited to announce that Winter Night Hikes are back for the 2025-26 season! And we're kicking off this round by soaking up the briny magic of Dorchester Bay from two altitudes on Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm! Come out and meet fellow adventurers
walkingcitytrail.substack.com/p/upcoming-e...
walkingcitytrail.substack.com/p/upcoming-e...
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BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
ALT: a doll is laughing with the words " ha ha ha " above it
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November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
BOSTON! CAMBRIDGE! See you tomorrow (Wed) night at @portersqbooks.bsky.social with my friend Laura Venita Green! Discussion will include genre-blending fiction and the terror of creepy dolls. Details at the link: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...
Twenty-seven inches? I can’t believe it either.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Twenty-seven inches? I can’t believe it either.
Oh great, another terrible use for AI. The book is really good, though, and deserves better than this. bookshop.org/a/8189/97814...
AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Oh great, another terrible use for AI. The book is really good, though, and deserves better than this. bookshop.org/a/8189/97814...
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My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
Until enjoying this thread from @jeremymillar.bsky.social I don't think I'd ever seen Theibaud's art except on the cover of Helen DeWitt's The English Understand Wool, without knowing whose painting it was. Now I really want to see an exhibit in person.
Went to the Wayne Thiebaud exhibition today and, inevitably, it was absolutely delicious.
Cup of Coffee, 1961
Cup of Coffee, 1961
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Until enjoying this thread from @jeremymillar.bsky.social I don't think I'd ever seen Theibaud's art except on the cover of Helen DeWitt's The English Understand Wool, without knowing whose painting it was. Now I really want to see an exhibit in person.
Great to see that @unmpress.bsky.social published a new paperback edition of Stanley Crawford's essay collection A RIVER IN WINTER. A terrific book cover to cover but "Free Lunch" is a particular favorite of mine.
The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays
New and Selected Essays
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November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great to see that @unmpress.bsky.social published a new paperback edition of Stanley Crawford's essay collection A RIVER IN WINTER. A terrific book cover to cover but "Free Lunch" is a particular favorite of mine.
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Lacey N. Dunham, author of The Belles, and Laura Venita Green, author of Sister Creatures
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The @portersqbooks.bsky.social events email is always welcome in my inbox, but especially so when my pal @bookbent.bsky.social is included. Hope to see some of you on 11/12!
Two women walked past me a moment ago as one said to the other, “He’s in partially supported housing,” so my thoughts are with whoever this guy is in his half-built home.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Two women walked past me a moment ago as one said to the other, “He’s in partially supported housing,” so my thoughts are with whoever this guy is in his half-built home.
Whenever I pass this sign I think of Peter Markus’ brother stories. Two brothers, clutching their fish in the mud, cursing the moon.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whenever I pass this sign I think of Peter Markus’ brother stories. Two brothers, clutching their fish in the mud, cursing the moon.
They grow up so fast
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
They grow up so fast
You do you but I'm just going to mention you can sing it to the Ickey Shuffle www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxW...
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You do you but I'm just going to mention you can sing it to the Ickey Shuffle www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBxW...
I’m as surprised as you are
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m as surprised as you are
Looks like the glass won this time
November 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Looks like the glass won this time