Theodore McCombs
@theodoremccombs.bsky.social
Writer, climate lawyer, opera enthusiast, ballet husband-man. Clarion ‘17. Published my first book, URANIANS, last year & working on the second 🪐🏳️🌈
And the cat burglar that confounds and compels him
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
And the cat burglar that confounds and compels him
What do you mean you’re the random Louvre visitor the Internet mistook for a gentleman detective ready to crack the crown jewels heist
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
What do you mean you’re the random Louvre visitor the Internet mistook for a gentleman detective ready to crack the crown jewels heist
Help I am desperate to know more about Luther’s “abominable bichery”?!
September 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Help I am desperate to know more about Luther’s “abominable bichery”?!
Snapped this neat photo of ethics under modern capitalism
August 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Snapped this neat photo of ethics under modern capitalism
In one month! I'll be teaching a 4-session online seminar through the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Robots: Craft Lessons from Speculative Fiction." Four Wednesday evenings, March 19 to April 9. Register here: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w... (1/4)
February 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In one month! I'll be teaching a 4-session online seminar through the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Robots: Craft Lessons from Speculative Fiction." Four Wednesday evenings, March 19 to April 9. Register here: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/4-w... (1/4)
Loved these two in “Nosferatu” because they were pretty much replicating Mel Brooks’s and Steven Weber’s bits in “Dracula: Dead & Loving It” but this time with auteur cinematography
December 31, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Loved these two in “Nosferatu” because they were pretty much replicating Mel Brooks’s and Steven Weber’s bits in “Dracula: Dead & Loving It” but this time with auteur cinematography
New headstone inscriptions just dropped
December 25, 2024 at 9:53 PM
New headstone inscriptions just dropped
You numismatic perverts
December 22, 2024 at 2:43 AM
You numismatic perverts
And, if we have time, we'll do paragraph-level read of the opening to Chekhov's novella "The Black Monk" and the bravura reality-warping passage from Carmen Maria Machado's "Mothers." (WandaVision should be writing her checks IMO)
November 23, 2024 at 7:57 PM
And, if we have time, we'll do paragraph-level read of the opening to Chekhov's novella "The Black Monk" and the bravura reality-warping passage from Carmen Maria Machado's "Mothers." (WandaVision should be writing her checks IMO)
It's impossible to narrow this topic to a handful of stories, but I want us to look closely together at Mavis Gallant and Elizabeth McCracken's ghost stories "From the Fifteenth District" and "Something Amazing" (two favorites), and magical realism in Gabo's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings."
November 23, 2024 at 7:51 PM
It's impossible to narrow this topic to a handful of stories, but I want us to look closely together at Mavis Gallant and Elizabeth McCracken's ghost stories "From the Fifteenth District" and "Something Amazing" (two favorites), and magical realism in Gabo's "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings."
Hey everyone, in two weeks I'll be teaching an online seminar though the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, on realist fiction with unreality at its center. Details below and at the sign-up link: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/gri.... Anyone can register. I cannot wait to dive into these stories together!
November 23, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Hey everyone, in two weeks I'll be teaching an online seminar though the Lighthouse Writers Workshop, on realist fiction with unreality at its center. Details below and at the sign-up link: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/gri.... Anyone can register. I cannot wait to dive into these stories together!
And I came across this in his Wikipedia page, which in this context I find utterly hilarious
April 2, 2024 at 4:02 PM
And I came across this in his Wikipedia page, which in this context I find utterly hilarious
I’ve been looking for some indication of whether the Italian baroque painter Bernardo Strozzi was gay because, ahem:
April 2, 2024 at 4:02 PM
I’ve been looking for some indication of whether the Italian baroque painter Bernardo Strozzi was gay because, ahem:
Not to alarm anyone but I may have to get engaged to land
March 30, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Not to alarm anyone but I may have to get engaged to land
When the molly hits
March 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
When the molly hits
Fam are we sure about the name
March 5, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Fam are we sure about the name
You will not have this day
March 2, 2024 at 1:34 PM
You will not have this day
Thrilled to be on the Locus Recommended Reading List (first time!) for URANIANS, which, I should not leave unremarked, includes a very Nebula- and Hugo-eligible novella!
February 1, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Thrilled to be on the Locus Recommended Reading List (first time!) for URANIANS, which, I should not leave unremarked, includes a very Nebula- and Hugo-eligible novella!
This has strong @kellylink.bsky.social energy and I am here for it
January 30, 2024 at 8:58 PM
This has strong @kellylink.bsky.social energy and I am here for it
When the email switches from sub to dom
January 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
When the email switches from sub to dom
Figure this is something like a Catholic superhero landing
January 15, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Figure this is something like a Catholic superhero landing
Got admitted to the Supreme Court bar today 💅
January 9, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Got admitted to the Supreme Court bar today 💅
St Luke / “Babooshka”
January 8, 2024 at 12:41 PM
St Luke / “Babooshka”