emily moonlight
@threnody.bsky.social
fiction writer • roommate to 3 cats with rich interior lives • parmesan enthusiast • interrobang evangelist
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
stories: prairie schooner 98.4 • hopkins review 15.4 • south carolina review 55.2 • post road 40 • 2023 clmp pride reading list
you don’t put claire forlani in a ratty pastel yellow cardigan with…whatever those designs are! i don’t belieeeeeeve you!
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
you don’t put claire forlani in a ratty pastel yellow cardigan with…whatever those designs are! i don’t belieeeeeeve you!
only took me 26 years but i’m *finally* getting to mystery men which…sucks, but it’s got claire forlani playing low-status, which…..doesn’t work but she’s still claire forlani & janeane garofalo as…..semigoth? quasipunk?…which absolutely *does* work. teen emily would have been a mess.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
only took me 26 years but i’m *finally* getting to mystery men which…sucks, but it’s got claire forlani playing low-status, which…..doesn’t work but she’s still claire forlani & janeane garofalo as…..semigoth? quasipunk?…which absolutely *does* work. teen emily would have been a mess.
“who is this weirdo replying so…formlessly? let’s just tap through and…..OH GOD NO.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“who is this weirdo replying so…formlessly? let’s just tap through and…..OH GOD NO.”
i obviously support the “primary them all” school of thought but, for the record, it’s going to require a more than that to *get* to the next primary for these people—who i assume took a hit for 2026 cycle dems anyways.
primary them, yes, but these people really shouldn’t be able to eat in public.
primary them, yes, but these people really shouldn’t be able to eat in public.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
i obviously support the “primary them all” school of thought but, for the record, it’s going to require a more than that to *get* to the next primary for these people—who i assume took a hit for 2026 cycle dems anyways.
primary them, yes, but these people really shouldn’t be able to eat in public.
primary them, yes, but these people really shouldn’t be able to eat in public.
what you absolutely *don’t* get to do is springboard off me—your cptsd haver—for absolutely bonkers fucking pseudoscience like “trauma is estrogen mediated.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
what you absolutely *don’t* get to do is springboard off me—your cptsd haver—for absolutely bonkers fucking pseudoscience like “trauma is estrogen mediated.”
“huh….i don’t really get that quote. is it a dunk on me? …maybe not? idk. well…i guess being an account of a certain size means i eventually have to get comfy with abstruse ways people choose to springboard off stuff i say? maybe? …still…maybe i tap through and see what else they’re posting……ah.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“huh….i don’t really get that quote. is it a dunk on me? …maybe not? idk. well…i guess being an account of a certain size means i eventually have to get comfy with abstruse ways people choose to springboard off stuff i say? maybe? …still…maybe i tap through and see what else they’re posting……ah.”
why, this makes my whole downward spiral look positively cheery!
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
why, this makes my whole downward spiral look positively cheery!
take two!
[rubbing temples, but smiling]
do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
(my wife is so awesome)
[rubbing temples, but smiling]
do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
(my wife is so awesome)
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
take two!
[rubbing temples, but smiling]
do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
(my wife is so awesome)
[rubbing temples, but smiling]
do i want to stay up all night playing doom?
(my wife is so awesome)
we have reached “just figuring out the logistics” point of it all, girl.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
we have reached “just figuring out the logistics” point of it all, girl.
corinne has stuck by me through a lot but i not only said “we should buy polar’s brown sugar clementine seltzer” but also “you should try it first” so long story short i’m single now and she was right to leave 😔
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
corinne has stuck by me through a lot but i not only said “we should buy polar’s brown sugar clementine seltzer” but also “you should try it first” so long story short i’m single now and she was right to leave 😔
this scene was already grim for its realism but in a season 36 retelling of the homer and marge origin story he has to say “it would damage the town to hear about the children i’ve raped” to keep up with the times.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
this scene was already grim for its realism but in a season 36 retelling of the homer and marge origin story he has to say “it would damage the town to hear about the children i’ve raped” to keep up with the times.
automod doing valuable work here.
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
automod doing valuable work here.
can’t believe i’m gonna say this but maybe america had the right idea when like 50% of movies were about the absolute hoot it can be to violently dispense with fucking nazis.
actual nazis, neo nazis, confederate boys, skinheads, whatever.
actual nazis, neo nazis, confederate boys, skinheads, whatever.
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
can’t believe i’m gonna say this but maybe america had the right idea when like 50% of movies were about the absolute hoot it can be to violently dispense with fucking nazis.
actual nazis, neo nazis, confederate boys, skinheads, whatever.
actual nazis, neo nazis, confederate boys, skinheads, whatever.
i am two stories into this thing and, folks, we finally have a challenger to RRR for “most fun i have had with a film on the bike.” holy shit!
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
i am two stories into this thing and, folks, we finally have a challenger to RRR for “most fun i have had with a film on the bike.” holy shit!
that being said, if we can get a plouffe-style sam altman on live tv, i will rub a few out.
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
that being said, if we can get a plouffe-style sam altman on live tv, i will rub a few out.
as someone who regularly takes injectable medicine, i have a small bin of old sharps to bake into a tuna noodle casserole for the next crew that pitches “give up the groups” as the best way to move into the future.
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
as someone who regularly takes injectable medicine, i have a small bin of old sharps to bake into a tuna noodle casserole for the next crew that pitches “give up the groups” as the best way to move into the future.
[looks at local paper]
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
[looks at local paper]
“he’s nothing special. did *he* build a life size recreation of the spice mines of kessel? no! did *he* find 100 child brides & trap them down there? no! did *he* turn the heat up 1° an hour & tell them last one left standing wins the right to a divorce? no! he’s a loser. my mom loves me. shut up.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“he’s nothing special. did *he* build a life size recreation of the spice mines of kessel? no! did *he* find 100 child brides & trap them down there? no! did *he* turn the heat up 1° an hour & tell them last one left standing wins the right to a divorce? no! he’s a loser. my mom loves me. shut up.”
okay, i’ve done enough “fleeting glimpse of a world in which positive change is imminent and widely supported” crying so i deserve a little treat and, look, it’s possible i made a bad call tonight. this was clearly created without the consent of the gods.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
okay, i’ve done enough “fleeting glimpse of a world in which positive change is imminent and widely supported” crying so i deserve a little treat and, look, it’s possible i made a bad call tonight. this was clearly created without the consent of the gods.
i’m taking this as a sign that the powers that be at the olde dnc hq have ritualistically devoured chuck schumer.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
i’m taking this as a sign that the powers that be at the olde dnc hq have ritualistically devoured chuck schumer.
corinne jokingly said “oooo pumpkin spice…” and they were already in the cart before she was like “…cereals and they’re on clearance.”
😔😔😔
😔😔😔
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
corinne jokingly said “oooo pumpkin spice…” and they were already in the cart before she was like “…cereals and they’re on clearance.”
😔😔😔
😔😔😔
people watching this fly by on their skyline like
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
people watching this fly by on their skyline like