Nathan Tompkins
@gorillapoet.bsky.social
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Writer of stories and poetry. I am hard of hearing.
I'm getting sick of all the jokes, everyone. Christ. Show some empathy. Charlie Kirk and Joseph Goebbels were both good family men.
about 1 month ago
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Number 20.
about 1 month ago
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Getting work added to my back today.
about 1 month ago
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Darren M. A. Calvert
about 2 months ago
My students seemed to be on board with/amused by my A.I. policy. Hopefully won't have to deal with any incidents this semester.
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Gabino Iglesias
2 months ago
Busy day, but it’s still
#FridayReads
time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the perfect summer read: a hurricane, the ocean, things from beyond the reef, magic, friends, and maybe a bit of violence.
www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
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I have a piece published this morning.
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3 months ago
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The Gravity of the Thing
3 months ago
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..." Genre-bending writing by
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from our Summer 2025 issue.
#flash
#experimentalwriting
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Re(Evolution) | Nathan Tompkins
"you're a fungus expanding your fibrous tendrils across dead skin and decaying organs; sing in the language of hunger, the words an ancestral memory buried in the genetic code..."
https://thegravityofthething.com/reevolution-nathan-tompkins/
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So I’ve been using @LibreOffice for a year now, and I’m not a fan. Is there something better?
4 months ago
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full slack
5 months ago
you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.
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Karla Ortiz
5 months ago
Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down!
www.404media.co/republicans-...
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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
https://www.404media.co/republicans-try-to-cram-ban-on-ai-regulation-into-budget-reconciliation-bill/
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So I read a story tonight at an event organized and facilitated by Chuck Palahniuk. At the end of the night, he came up, shook my hand, told me he liked my story…and gave me some valuable feedback. Im fucking stunned. And glowing. Fuck.
7 months ago
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I’m reading one of my horror stories tonight. The first time I read this thing in front of an audience. So it will be interesting.
7 months ago
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Mythology is full of queer heroes.
8 months ago
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Bad Hand Books
8 months ago
How about a little devil music to liven up your evening? If you're not listening to Twin Temple, you're doing it wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0...
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Twin Temple - Live, Paris 2019 (The Devil Didn’t Make Me Do It, Lucifer, My Love) - Duke TV
YouTube video by Duke TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M0mXSpdyc
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8 months ago
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Your first draft, don’t try to make it perfect, just let it be your thoughts, your ideas for the story. The rest will come with revision.
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8 months ago
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Three years ago today, my grampa followed my gramma across the frozen bridge, after a five month separation. So much of what is good in me is from my grandparents’ example.
8 months ago
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Gemma Amor
9 months ago
Write new worlds. Write beautiful places. Write angry people. Write imaginary beasts, futile quests, broken hearts, lifelong injustices, mysteries, love affairs, lost children, newfound purpose. Write anything that allows you to escape or heal or vent or rage or explore or reconcile. Write đź–¤
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You'll find isolationism in the playbook of any abuser. What is more abusive than fascism? Or any authoritarian government, for that matter?
9 months ago
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At Mississippi Studios to see Builders and Butchers.
9 months ago
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A poem of mine based on Irish mythology.
9 months ago
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Depression has been kicking my ass since just before Christmas. It's been hard finding the hope seeds. I seem to have misplaced them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83...
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Dick Gaughan - Sail On
YouTube video by jakobgf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m83IPE1Bb4&ab_channel=jakobgf
9 months ago
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I swear the most frustrating part about dating is trying to set up that first one after talking for a few weeks, and they vanish.
9 months ago
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I’m including this haibun in my next chapbook.
9 months ago
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"“Uh…uh..yes..Mz. Othmar. Very nice cake…very nice cake.” His throat dried as warm blood flowed through his face, before it angled back through his body to his groin, hardened his Woodstock." From my current story..."Meet Your Private Tutor, Charlie Brown!"
9 months ago
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Gabino Iglesias
9 months ago
It’s
#FridayReads
time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m bringing you a lot of ghosts, blood, revenge, and monsters from beyond the reef for only $4.99. That’s less than a cup of coffee! Get some. Thanks!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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Fantasy Magazine
9 months ago
Dearest writers, Updated submissions info! We plan to open Jan 22-29 22-25 to works by BIPOC authors 26-29 open to all Short fic! Flash fic! Poetry! Please check guidelines; apologies for any confusion. We are eager to see your words!
psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...
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Don’t submit your work to
@atticusreview.bsky.social
. Fuck their NFT bullshit.
newsletter.atticusreview.org/p/an-atticus...
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An Atticus Review Update: A New Publishing Model
Upcoming changes to format, minting literary NFTs at Atticus Review.
https://newsletter.atticusreview.org/p/an-atticus-review-update-a-new-publishing-model
9 months ago
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Almost done with this round of revisions for my post apocalyptic Santa story.
10 months ago
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Depression has been kicking my ass like it usually does this time of year. I had a nice respite from my mind yesterday at some friends' place. They kindly invited me to spend the day with their family. So I cooked my bacon wrapped mushrooms stuffed with cream cheese.
10 months ago
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Well it’s Another Day. Happy Another Day everyone!
10 months ago
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This classic anti-fascist song feels fucking relevant again. People love scapegoating the weak and vulnerable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pqs...
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Christy Moore - Vive La Quinte Brigada (Official Live Video)
YouTube video by ChristyMooreVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pqsR0l16pc&ab_channel=ChristyMooreVEVO
10 months ago
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I'm reading a hybrid essay about grief and loss tomorrow night in Southeast Portland. It's called To Our Faithful Departed, and it's inspired by this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zXV...
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Ballad of the Faithful Departed (Bonus Track Version)
YouTube video by The Radiators from Space - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zXVlSn5Ar8&ab_channel=TheRadiatorsfromSpace-Topic
10 months ago
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I’ve been doing some heavy cleaning because my sister is moving in, and I found this. Dennis was an amazing poet. He passed a couple weeks ago. Rest easy, old friend.
10 months ago
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@gabino.bsky.social
I think we’ve been to the same poetry readings. “I looked at Melisa’s photos and remembered when we met, two bored individuals in a poetry reading where the readers performed with the passion of tired grandparents after inhaling chloroform.”
10 months ago
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Horror Makes Us Happy
11 months ago
Yummy!
#horror
#feet
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Mood the daily pill packet rolls between fingertips— unopened. when the mood matches the winter outside it’s hard to remember raindrops are breaths to the land. nt
11 months ago
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And I just finished tightening up a piece I'm reading in Portland on the 14th. It's a hybrid essay about losing my grandparents called To Our Faithful Departed. It is inspired by a Radiators From Space song.
11 months ago
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Just sent a story out into the wild. I hope it finds a nice home.
11 months ago
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Humble Bundle is selling a bundle of Ursula Le Guin books in ebook format. Each sale benefits Literary Arts, an organization in Portland, Oregon.
www.humblebundle.com/books/wizard...
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Humble Book Bundle: A Wizard of Earthsea and More by Ursula K. Le Guin
Explore the worlds and stories of Ursula K. Le Guin with this ebook library, featuring <em>A Wizard of Earthsea</em> and more. Pay what you want & support charity!
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/wizard-earthsea-and-more-ursula-k-le-guin-books?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_3_c_wizardearthseaandmoreursulakleguin_bookbundle
11 months ago
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My six year old niece made this in Church.
11 months ago
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My mind is busy lying to me right now, so I’m finding my comfort in weed and the show Eureka.
11 months ago
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Whelp, everyone who agreed to write me a rec letter is ghosting me. About typical, really. Guess I have to do this myself.
11 months ago
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Gabino Iglesias
11 months ago
Current mood. (Art by Pierre Mortel)
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I’m working on my WIP…currently called The Saga of Maya Raven-Feeder. Norse names are easy to think of…but hard to keep track, especially all of the variations of “Thor”.
11 months ago
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For the next time some one wants an author pic.
11 months ago
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And it's done...coming in at 4710 words.
11 months ago
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Today I am editing and revising my post apocalyptic Deaf/Hard of Hearing story "River" for a call I saw recently. I am hoping to finish it today, and send it off.
11 months ago
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Bad Hand Books
11 months ago
Fuck this bullshit.
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People in my town are fucking pissed.
www.opb.org/article/2024...
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St. Helens school officials for years sat on multiple reports of sexual abuse, police say - OPB
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/15/st-helens-school-board-chair-resigns-principal-on-leave-after-sex-abuse-arrests/?outputType=amp
11 months ago
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