Vitus Werdegast
@thetruebaloney.bsky.social
Writer, Reader, Metalhead • Enjoys the dark • Often feels entombed
Love is the answer—most of the time
Love is the answer—most of the time
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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We all deserve a little Conrad Veidt today
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We all deserve a little Conrad Veidt today
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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Righteous anger is different from mendacious anger.....
Being mean just because you can will always be the weakest sauce.
Using rage to stand up for what's right is will always be worth it .
Being mean just because you can will always be the weakest sauce.
Using rage to stand up for what's right is will always be worth it .
January 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Righteous anger is different from mendacious anger.....
Being mean just because you can will always be the weakest sauce.
Using rage to stand up for what's right is will always be worth it .
Being mean just because you can will always be the weakest sauce.
Using rage to stand up for what's right is will always be worth it .
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It's Shirley Jackson's birthday today, and so it's a perfect opportunity to recommend my favourite story of hers, THE SUMMER PEOPLE. It's a subtle horror, quietly creeping up behind you until it lays a cold hand on your shoulder. I love it very much. It's only 13 pages and you can read it here:
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December 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM
It's Shirley Jackson's birthday today, and so it's a perfect opportunity to recommend my favourite story of hers, THE SUMMER PEOPLE. It's a subtle horror, quietly creeping up behind you until it lays a cold hand on your shoulder. I love it very much. It's only 13 pages and you can read it here:
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Each other.
What’s something you wish people cared more about ?
December 10, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Each other.
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The most haunting line from Faeries (Froud and Lee, 1979):
“The spirit of the birch tree is called ‘The One with the White Hand’. If it touches a head, it leaves a vivid white mark and inflicts madness, but if it touches a heart, it is the touch of Death.”
#GothicAdvent
“The spirit of the birch tree is called ‘The One with the White Hand’. If it touches a head, it leaves a vivid white mark and inflicts madness, but if it touches a heart, it is the touch of Death.”
#GothicAdvent
December 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
The most haunting line from Faeries (Froud and Lee, 1979):
“The spirit of the birch tree is called ‘The One with the White Hand’. If it touches a head, it leaves a vivid white mark and inflicts madness, but if it touches a heart, it is the touch of Death.”
#GothicAdvent
“The spirit of the birch tree is called ‘The One with the White Hand’. If it touches a head, it leaves a vivid white mark and inflicts madness, but if it touches a heart, it is the touch of Death.”
#GothicAdvent
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In Slavic folklore, Leshy is the owner of the woods.
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
December 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM
In Slavic folklore, Leshy is the owner of the woods.
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
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#BookWormSat “My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
December 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
#BookWormSat “My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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A bit of a curiosity for today’s #GothicAdvent. In 1964 for Sears Catalogue, Vincent Price (who worked as a consultant for Sears 1962-71) was part of a Christmas advertising campaign. You could decorate your own tree like the great man himself. #VincentPrice
December 6, 2024 at 9:39 PM
A bit of a curiosity for today’s #GothicAdvent. In 1964 for Sears Catalogue, Vincent Price (who worked as a consultant for Sears 1962-71) was part of a Christmas advertising campaign. You could decorate your own tree like the great man himself. #VincentPrice
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OUT NOW - GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #3! Featuring new work from Joe Koch, Xochilt Avila, Amanda Cecelia Lang, TT Madden, Violet, Perry Meester, A. W. Prihandita, Alex Luceli Jiménez, and Lor Gislason. Front cover by Betty Rocksteady. Get it here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...
November 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM
OUT NOW - GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #3! Featuring new work from Joe Koch, Xochilt Avila, Amanda Cecelia Lang, TT Madden, Violet, Perry Meester, A. W. Prihandita, Alex Luceli Jiménez, and Lor Gislason. Front cover by Betty Rocksteady. Get it here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...
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'Les Fleurs du Mal' - Oil and gold leaf on paper - 2014
My homage to the French poet Charles Baudelaire.
My homage to the French poet Charles Baudelaire.
November 26, 2024 at 5:25 PM
'Les Fleurs du Mal' - Oil and gold leaf on paper - 2014
My homage to the French poet Charles Baudelaire.
My homage to the French poet Charles Baudelaire.
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A small book filled with extraordinary ideas. I think aesthetic empathy is due a comeback. #VernonLee
November 24, 2024 at 1:05 PM
A small book filled with extraordinary ideas. I think aesthetic empathy is due a comeback. #VernonLee
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I was recently given a large collection of glass negatives by a friend whose Great Aunt had died. Unidentifiable, and found in a damp shed I believe. Some extraordinary images.
November 24, 2024 at 12:08 PM
I was recently given a large collection of glass negatives by a friend whose Great Aunt had died. Unidentifiable, and found in a damp shed I believe. Some extraordinary images.
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Hello Bluesky ☀️
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Hello Bluesky ☀️
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Announcing THE BEST TRANS HORROR OF THE YEAR, an anthology reprint series spotlighting trans horror authors. We are now seeking submissions. Learn more here: ghoulish.rip/now-consider...
November 13, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Announcing THE BEST TRANS HORROR OF THE YEAR, an anthology reprint series spotlighting trans horror authors. We are now seeking submissions. Learn more here: ghoulish.rip/now-consider...
I can't decide if I have ennui or weltschmerz today.
November 12, 2024 at 12:44 AM
I can't decide if I have ennui or weltschmerz today.
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Dear ghouls, to celebrate this year's #TransRightsReadathon, we have made our anthologies BURY YOUR GAYS (ed. Sofia Ajram) and BOUND IN FLESH (ed. Lor Gislason) completely free to the public this week. More here: ghoulish.rip/read-bury-yo...
March 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Dear ghouls, to celebrate this year's #TransRightsReadathon, we have made our anthologies BURY YOUR GAYS (ed. Sofia Ajram) and BOUND IN FLESH (ed. Lor Gislason) completely free to the public this week. More here: ghoulish.rip/read-bury-yo...
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🥀 Spotlight On: Indie Press Gothic Horror 🥀We're continuing to highlight the huge range and diversity of genres published by small indie presses with our Spotlight On series of posts. This month, check out these decadent, dark, and disturbing Gothic and Gothic-adjacent works!
February 8, 2024 at 4:47 PM
🥀 Spotlight On: Indie Press Gothic Horror 🥀We're continuing to highlight the huge range and diversity of genres published by small indie presses with our Spotlight On series of posts. This month, check out these decadent, dark, and disturbing Gothic and Gothic-adjacent works!
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Now seeking submissions for GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #3: ghoulish.rip/reopened-for...
Deadline: March 29
Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 2,000 max (non-fiction)
Payment: 10c per word
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Multiple Submissions: No
Reprints: No
AI Submissions: Fuck no.
Deadline: March 29
Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 2,000 max (non-fiction)
Payment: 10c per word
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Multiple Submissions: No
Reprints: No
AI Submissions: Fuck no.
February 2, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Now seeking submissions for GHOULISH TALES ISSUE #3: ghoulish.rip/reopened-for...
Deadline: March 29
Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 2,000 max (non-fiction)
Payment: 10c per word
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Multiple Submissions: No
Reprints: No
AI Submissions: Fuck no.
Deadline: March 29
Word count: 5,000 max (short stories); 2,000 max (non-fiction)
Payment: 10c per word
Simultaneous Submissions: Yes
Multiple Submissions: No
Reprints: No
AI Submissions: Fuck no.