alyssa
@smalljawn.bsky.social
most of you will probably know me already from my extensive canon of chillers
words in the brooklyn review, @pitheadchapel, subnivean, evocations review, and beyond
substack.com/@hyperorfixation
words in the brooklyn review, @pitheadchapel, subnivean, evocations review, and beyond
substack.com/@hyperorfixation
went balls to the wall at the record store this weekend
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
went balls to the wall at the record store this weekend
last 200 pages of ‘a place of greater safety’ feel like this
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
last 200 pages of ‘a place of greater safety’ feel like this
abe lincoln in 1861 looking at all the germans and hungarians who fled the failed revolutions of ‘48
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
abe lincoln in 1861 looking at all the germans and hungarians who fled the failed revolutions of ‘48
would you like to feel bad in a different way than you currently do? then you may well enjoy “i know how hungry you are,” new fiction from me. now online and in print (!!) at the brooklyn review: thebrooklynreview.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
would you like to feel bad in a different way than you currently do? then you may well enjoy “i know how hungry you are,” new fiction from me. now online and in print (!!) at the brooklyn review: thebrooklynreview.com
every day feels like this now
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every day feels like this now
never quite know what to do with the knowledge that Pre Internet American Brain Worms were just as dire as the kind we have now
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
never quite know what to do with the knowledge that Pre Internet American Brain Worms were just as dire as the kind we have now
it would be VERY disrespectful if someone submitted something like this. shame on anyone who would do such a thing
February 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
it would be VERY disrespectful if someone submitted something like this. shame on anyone who would do such a thing
why would the junker wenzel von tronka impound my horses and beat my groom? to what end? 🎵TO WHAT END?🎵
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
why would the junker wenzel von tronka impound my horses and beat my groom? to what end? 🎵TO WHAT END?🎵
one idea for how veteran government employees can handle this
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
one idea for how veteran government employees can handle this
one of the most unfortunate things in my life is that when i was v young i didn’t know what chris cornell looked like and i assumed he was one of the bald boys. BALD
January 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
one of the most unfortunate things in my life is that when i was v young i didn’t know what chris cornell looked like and i assumed he was one of the bald boys. BALD
when the brutalist score has a reprise of “overture (ship)”
January 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
when the brutalist score has a reprise of “overture (ship)”
getting a short story acceptance right under the wire of the stupidest year of my life
January 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
getting a short story acceptance right under the wire of the stupidest year of my life
utterly perplexed that this has nothing to do with andrew dice clay
May 5, 2024 at 7:45 PM
utterly perplexed that this has nothing to do with andrew dice clay
they used to put you on the spine of your own book like this. not anymore. because of woke
April 10, 2024 at 1:39 PM
they used to put you on the spine of your own book like this. not anymore. because of woke
“all right, fine, the deleuze & guattari is only $4. but that’s the ONLY ONE this time”
February 2, 2024 at 4:17 PM
“all right, fine, the deleuze & guattari is only $4. but that’s the ONLY ONE this time”
my energy going into 2024
January 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM
my energy going into 2024
reposting my reading list of 2023 here. it was, all things considered, an extremely successful year
December 27, 2023 at 4:07 AM
reposting my reading list of 2023 here. it was, all things considered, an extremely successful year
man. are you serious. i thought this was an app for serious adults
December 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM
man. are you serious. i thought this was an app for serious adults
felt extremely fortunate to see spiritualized at webster hall this weekend. one of those bands that feels like a miracle
November 14, 2023 at 2:15 PM
felt extremely fortunate to see spiritualized at webster hall this weekend. one of those bands that feels like a miracle
when henry and bunny go off to rome and the twins go to their family home but richard decides he can’t go home or stay with anybody for winter break so he just lives in an old warehouse and gets hypothermia
October 25, 2023 at 10:02 PM
when henry and bunny go off to rome and the twins go to their family home but richard decides he can’t go home or stay with anybody for winter break so he just lives in an old warehouse and gets hypothermia
were you aware that “nice to know you” by incubus has the stupidest opening lyric of all time? because i wasn’t despite hearing that song roughly one thousand times on the radio in 2001
October 15, 2023 at 4:29 AM
were you aware that “nice to know you” by incubus has the stupidest opening lyric of all time? because i wasn’t despite hearing that song roughly one thousand times on the radio in 2001