ZD Dochterman
@zddochterman.bsky.social
Dark & Weird Speculative Fiction | Seize the Press, Trollbreath, Quest & others | Assistant Professor of Writing at USC | Apophatic Utopianist
Author site: zddochterman.com
Author site: zddochterman.com
Contract signed!! Beyond excited to have my story "Istanai" coming out in March 26 in Trollbreath.
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social
A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social
A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Contract signed!! Beyond excited to have my story "Istanai" coming out in March 26 in Trollbreath.
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social
A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social
A dark fantasy love story about mountain lions, static on old TVs, the jealousies that underpin friendship, and keeping revolutionary desire alive beyond death.
Just bought my wife ECO24 for the holidays. She's obsessed with native plants and California ecology (no, she doesn't use bsky-no secrets revealed).
Hopefully this stokes her burgeoning desire to write speculative ecofiction!
@apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social
Hopefully this stokes her burgeoning desire to write speculative ecofiction!
@apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just bought my wife ECO24 for the holidays. She's obsessed with native plants and California ecology (no, she doesn't use bsky-no secrets revealed).
Hopefully this stokes her burgeoning desire to write speculative ecofiction!
@apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social
Hopefully this stokes her burgeoning desire to write speculative ecofiction!
@apexmag.bsky.social @marissavu.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great writing on the shadow that haunts LA. Mariana Enriquez “A Sunny Place for Shady People”. With visits from the mountain lion P-22 and Elisa Lam.
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great writing on the shadow that haunts LA. Mariana Enriquez “A Sunny Place for Shady People”. With visits from the mountain lion P-22 and Elisa Lam.
No surprises here!
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No surprises here!
I was surprised how much love my KARP shirt got this week. Truly, a legendary band. Bourgeoisie denied!
open.spotify.com/track/6g2PLk...
#karp #krecords
open.spotify.com/track/6g2PLk...
#karp #krecords
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I was surprised how much love my KARP shirt got this week. Truly, a legendary band. Bourgeoisie denied!
open.spotify.com/track/6g2PLk...
#karp #krecords
open.spotify.com/track/6g2PLk...
#karp #krecords
Awards season means nominating my stories for oddly specific prizes that don't exist but should. Thanks to @gravesidepress.bsky.social for publishing this one in their "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology," which has some great stories in it!
Buy it here: graveside-press.com/product/what...
Buy it here: graveside-press.com/product/what...
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Awards season means nominating my stories for oddly specific prizes that don't exist but should. Thanks to @gravesidepress.bsky.social for publishing this one in their "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology," which has some great stories in it!
Buy it here: graveside-press.com/product/what...
Buy it here: graveside-press.com/product/what...
Awards season means nominating myself for made-up awards that should exist. Thanks to @seizethepress.bsky.social for publishing my weird fiction story Avila Beach in the Spring!
Read it here: www.seizethepress.com/2025/03/29/a...
#weirdfiction
Read it here: www.seizethepress.com/2025/03/29/a...
#weirdfiction
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Awards season means nominating myself for made-up awards that should exist. Thanks to @seizethepress.bsky.social for publishing my weird fiction story Avila Beach in the Spring!
Read it here: www.seizethepress.com/2025/03/29/a...
#weirdfiction
Read it here: www.seizethepress.com/2025/03/29/a...
#weirdfiction
It's awards season, so I've decided to nominate my own stories for some made-up awards that should exist, starting with my metaphysical science-fiction/horror hybrid "The Poem of the Yovel," which came out a week ago in Quest #1.
Read it here: read.quest/content/the-...
@readquest.bsky.social
Read it here: read.quest/content/the-...
@readquest.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's awards season, so I've decided to nominate my own stories for some made-up awards that should exist, starting with my metaphysical science-fiction/horror hybrid "The Poem of the Yovel," which came out a week ago in Quest #1.
Read it here: read.quest/content/the-...
@readquest.bsky.social
Read it here: read.quest/content/the-...
@readquest.bsky.social
Here's one of the illustrations by Glacey to give you the vibes:
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here's one of the illustrations by Glacey to give you the vibes:
Picked up these two books from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social before watching Frankenstein.
Unlike the movie, I am sure these will not leave me disappointed.
@agustinabazterrica.bsky.social
& Mariana Enriquez
Unlike the movie, I am sure these will not leave me disappointed.
@agustinabazterrica.bsky.social
& Mariana Enriquez
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Picked up these two books from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social before watching Frankenstein.
Unlike the movie, I am sure these will not leave me disappointed.
@agustinabazterrica.bsky.social
& Mariana Enriquez
Unlike the movie, I am sure these will not leave me disappointed.
@agustinabazterrica.bsky.social
& Mariana Enriquez
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Happy Halloween!
Hey everyone, my story "The Poem of the Yovel," is coming out next month in Quest Issue 1!. It's about an alien species who sees the universe as one giant poem full of meaning, until they come across something unexpected in the far reaches of space...
See full lineup below!
@readquest.bsky.social
See full lineup below!
@readquest.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey everyone, my story "The Poem of the Yovel," is coming out next month in Quest Issue 1!. It's about an alien species who sees the universe as one giant poem full of meaning, until they come across something unexpected in the far reaches of space...
See full lineup below!
@readquest.bsky.social
See full lineup below!
@readquest.bsky.social
Your random Junji Ito update.
Such a mind for horror--where the most intimate, personal, and vulnerable clashes with the bizarre.
#ito #junjiito
Thanks @shawnazilla.bsky.social!
Such a mind for horror--where the most intimate, personal, and vulnerable clashes with the bizarre.
#ito #junjiito
Thanks @shawnazilla.bsky.social!
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your random Junji Ito update.
Such a mind for horror--where the most intimate, personal, and vulnerable clashes with the bizarre.
#ito #junjiito
Thanks @shawnazilla.bsky.social!
Such a mind for horror--where the most intimate, personal, and vulnerable clashes with the bizarre.
#ito #junjiito
Thanks @shawnazilla.bsky.social!
Not sure what this is but I’m gonna sleep on it and probably have a short story idea tomorrow.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Not sure what this is but I’m gonna sleep on it and probably have a short story idea tomorrow.
Saturday at 7!!
September 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Saturday at 7!!
(2/5) Fave 80s album: This one had a runaway winner. Radio bangers & experimental second half.
Also love: Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth, It Takes a Nation-Public Enemy, Remain in Light-Talking Heads, Nebraska-Springsteen, Straight Outta Compton-NWA, Galaxie 500, Eric B. &Rakim.
#80smusic #katebush
Also love: Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth, It Takes a Nation-Public Enemy, Remain in Light-Talking Heads, Nebraska-Springsteen, Straight Outta Compton-NWA, Galaxie 500, Eric B. &Rakim.
#80smusic #katebush
September 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Favorite Album of the 70s. This one was razor thin between this record and Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
Honorable Mentions: What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye. Marquee Moon: Television, Blue: Joni Mitchell, Fun House: The Stooges, Horses: Patti Smith, Ege Bamyasi: Can.
#70smusic #fleetwoodmac
Honorable Mentions: What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye. Marquee Moon: Television, Blue: Joni Mitchell, Fun House: The Stooges, Horses: Patti Smith, Ege Bamyasi: Can.
#70smusic #fleetwoodmac
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Favorite Album of the 70s. This one was razor thin between this record and Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
Honorable Mentions: What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye. Marquee Moon: Television, Blue: Joni Mitchell, Fun House: The Stooges, Horses: Patti Smith, Ege Bamyasi: Can.
#70smusic #fleetwoodmac
Honorable Mentions: What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye. Marquee Moon: Television, Blue: Joni Mitchell, Fun House: The Stooges, Horses: Patti Smith, Ege Bamyasi: Can.
#70smusic #fleetwoodmac
Agreed. If I think of my favorite 00s records: Kid A, Madvillainy, stuff by Outkast and Animal Collective, Portishead still wins. I think for me, only "Silent Shout" by the Knife is in the same tier.
September 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Agreed. If I think of my favorite 00s records: Kid A, Madvillainy, stuff by Outkast and Animal Collective, Portishead still wins. I think for me, only "Silent Shout" by the Knife is in the same tier.
Christmas in August!
Be sure to get your copy of Thomas Ha’s “Uncertain Sons” from Undertow press for all that is strange, horrible, and filled with the uncertain.
@undertow.bsky.social
@thomasha.bsky.social
Be sure to get your copy of Thomas Ha’s “Uncertain Sons” from Undertow press for all that is strange, horrible, and filled with the uncertain.
@undertow.bsky.social
@thomasha.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Christmas in August!
Be sure to get your copy of Thomas Ha’s “Uncertain Sons” from Undertow press for all that is strange, horrible, and filled with the uncertain.
@undertow.bsky.social
@thomasha.bsky.social
Be sure to get your copy of Thomas Ha’s “Uncertain Sons” from Undertow press for all that is strange, horrible, and filled with the uncertain.
@undertow.bsky.social
@thomasha.bsky.social
I don’t care what anyone says. I love that movie.
August 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I don’t care what anyone says. I love that movie.
While “Live Through This” is an obvious masterpiece, this album needs more listeners.
Harsh, grimy, pure 90s rage.
#hole #prettyontheinside
Harsh, grimy, pure 90s rage.
#hole #prettyontheinside
August 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
While “Live Through This” is an obvious masterpiece, this album needs more listeners.
Harsh, grimy, pure 90s rage.
#hole #prettyontheinside
Harsh, grimy, pure 90s rage.
#hole #prettyontheinside
Summer break is officially over in 22 hours. My best memory was all these cloudy, rainy, hard to hike in days from the W. Highland Way in Scotland. Here, I am pointing out a very, very tiny lamb in the distance.
August 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Summer break is officially over in 22 hours. My best memory was all these cloudy, rainy, hard to hike in days from the W. Highland Way in Scotland. Here, I am pointing out a very, very tiny lamb in the distance.
August 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM