We had a lot of fun with random shorts!

This time around, we gathered shiny stuff we found around the internet and discussed it a bit: Wizard of Speed and Time (Mike Jittlov) Agon (Juliana Maité) Antediluvian (Mario Lanzas) MALLET! (Adrian Hughes aka BRUTE!) R'ha (Kaleb Lechowski) www.patreon.com/posts/podsid...

Damn, this was a fun chat! This ep we have Aaron Thorpe from The Trillbillies with us! Aaron’s hanging out with us today to talk about two of my favorite things: Star Trek and socialism. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

We also have as an unofficial second guest, the spirit of Kurt Schiller from @podside-picnic.bsky.social and formerly of @bloodknife.bsky.social. He wasn't on the show but a good chunk of our chat couldn't have happened without him! Check out Knifepoint where he writes now. substack.com/@knifepoint

Update: IT'S OUT Do YOU know him? Have YOU heard of Kelwas? buttondown.com/crosshatches...

Another certified banger Workers’ Lit collab with @kjy1066.bsky.social 😎

This time we talk about Summer Wars (2009). On one side, an AI threatens a wacky cataclysm via an everything app. . . on the other, weirdo country gentry and Japan's second-best math guy www.patreon.com/posts/summer...

@workerslit.bsky.social is in the pod this time to answer the age-old question: would you love me if I'm a bug? www.patreon.com/posts/silkso...

Chris and I get together to talk about the Phillip K. Dick novella and also Steven Spielberg's 2002 adaptation into an lean, mean actioner www.patreon.com/posts/minori...

Join us to talk about amiable ne'er do well and scamp, Washington Irving. We talk about his story, Rip Van Winkle, too www.patreon.com/posts/rip-va...

This time we talk about Tarsem Singh's The Fall and admire just how beautiful Lee Pace is www.patreon.com/posts/fall-1...

Getting old as a cat burglar sucks. . . which is why having the right kind of help really improves your quality of life! www.patreon.com/posts/robot-...

"Life, after all, is not a high thing, and in many ways is the reverse of purity."

Come visit Seahaven with us! Just don't try leaving if it's not in the script www.patreon.com/posts/truman...

HELLO new friends and enemies! we're Regular Magazine, an old-fashioned internet publication. we are probably good for fans of @typebarmagazine.bsky.social @flaminghydra.com @lukeoneil47.bsky.social @annehelen.bsky.social we love you and hope you love us a little bit! intro here:

Also, thanks to everyone who's read it, and ICYMI here's my TropiWeird story about old neighborhoods, childhood friendships, and how nostalgia can be a boomerang www.typebarmagazine.com/blanquitos/

Given everything that's happening, it feels weird to do this, but let me try to celebrate "Blanquitos" being in great company on the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist, and many thanks to @wolfbridge.bsky.social for publishing it in @typebarmagazine.bsky.social www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Thanks, Gabino! My newest TropiWeird short, "Blanquitos" was recently published in Typebar Magazine! I'd be honored if you read this story about old friends, abandoned neighborhoods, and how nostalgia can be a boomerang www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

"Blanquitos," Karlo Yeager Rodríguez www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

"Blanquitos" by Karlo Yeager Rodriguez @kjy1066.bsky.social, in Typebar Magazine @typebarmagazine.bsky.social Another short story writer who rarely fails to knock it out of the park, Karlo delivered a fantastic piece this year.... www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.

9/11, Hamlet, the Statue of Liberty, Segismundo, Zoroastrianism, Puerto Rican Independence, Bananas. What do these have in common? This book. Today we are joined by @kjy1066.bsky.social of @podside-picnic.bsky.social to discuss “The United States of Banana.” By Giannina Braschi. Listen now!

Revisited this one for an upcoming @podside-picnic.bsky.social episode. From a post-9/11 POV, it's easy to dismiss just how good Frank Miller was at his peak. Combine this with the protean style of Bill Sienkiewicz and Elektra: Assassin reads like Fear and Loathing in the MCU

Join us for our 0% ABV beer run, won't you? www.patreon.com/posts/not-be...

Karen Allen gets space dick

We got together to talk Sinners (2025). . . We'd say "join us" but just to be safe, it's invitation only www.patreon.com/posts/sinner...

Sometimes what a young widow needs is an alien that looks like her late husband www.patreon.com/posts/starma...

Imagine investing the world economy in data centers just to get beaten by a girl with a box of pencils.

It's Monday, and here's our latest episode about The Man Who Was Thursday, which makes this even more confusing www.patreon.com/posts/man-wh...

Thanks again, everyone! Despite how terrible things have been this year, I'm very grateful for the small things going right May you all enjoy my birthday as much as I will!

I'll also point out that if you liked "Blanquitos" I have a small collection over on Itch dot io of other TropiWeird stories It's currently available for free/pay what you want and in epub and PDF formats kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

Lastly, if you liked "Blanquitos" I want to alter the rules above slightly: Alternate second point: since I'm not fishing for compliments here, simply share the story with friends you think would like it as well That's it!

. . . And as expected, here's something of mine I'd love more eyes on. I'm very proud of my most recent story, "Blanquitos." (FYI it might take 5-10 minutes to read, at most) www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

Amazing how much is in this flash piece - the liminality of urban decay, what creeps in along those edges, sibling rivalry, and regret The beautiful language helps the horror go down - much like you might swallow something along with tepid pool water as you gulp for air

I also want you to check out @spicycloaca.bsky.social's "Poolhorse" (CW: gross, abandoned pool water, among other things lol), which will be included in Samir's forthcoming collection, Gore Poetics (2026). deathknellpress.com/poolhorse/

There's something extremely compelling about an ambiguous ending in this era of digital impermanence, in this moment where "happily-ever-after" can be a way to appease and sidestep more complex feelings and thoughts

There are a LOT of recent favorites here for me: Window Boy, of course, The Sort, House Traveler, Balloon Season. . . I could go on, but one that's stayed with me is The Brotherhood of Montague St Video clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_05_24/

I know that one of my favorite collections this year was @thomasha.bsky.social's amazing collection, titled "Uncertain Sons" (also the name of the fascinating and original novelette that rounds out the collection) undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

It's my birthday today. I've reacted an age that a much younger Karlo could not have conceived of being, and yet here we all are If you want to celebrate, don't worry if you've not brought a gift - just do me a favor and: 1) read something new 2) let the author know how much you liked reading it

Happy birthday, Karlo! For any followers looking for a good new read to celebrate... Two Karlo stories I loved this year: - A Line of Ink, Stretching Back Like A Shadow (cold-signal.com/a-line-of-in...) in Cold Signal! - Blanquitos (www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...) in Typebar Magazine!

Just remember, when there's only one set of footprints, Mr. Frodo, it's when I couldn't carry *it* but I could carry *you*

Join us as we talk about three adaptations of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" www.patreon.com/posts/surplu...

We get together to talk about Sneakers (1992). An oddly upbeat - if cynical - cyberthriller with an incredible cast www.patreon.com/posts/sneake...

Join us all the way back when dial-up went dang-da-dang-dang before connecting to the Internet with Hackers (1995). Hack the planet, man! www.patreon.com/posts/hacker...

if you like the melancholy, unsettling feel of this one, Karlo also has a digital collection of tropiweird that came out recently. i really enjoyed it. has some of his most well-known work from the past few years. worth picking up. kyr-1066.itch.io/a-series-of-...

I also wrote a little bit about the context of actually writing the story in my latest newsletter buttondown.com/crosshatches...

NEW STORY DAY Glad that @wolfbridge.bsky.social loved this on so much that we both agreed to publish it sooner rather than wait for the upcoming @typebarmagazine.bsky.social revamp www.typebarmagazine.com/2025/12/05/b...

Podside here, for all of you whose love language is Acts of Gratitude. . . What are you waiting for? Join us in celebrating this Thankful Season! www.patreon.com/posts/have-y...

I'm incredibly saddened to learn of L's passing. When I took over @podside-picnic.bsky.social Leslie was generous with his support and helped Podside become what it is today Please consider donating to his GFM to help cover funeral expenses

Find out what happens when a town's haunted by the ghost of a Highlander in our episode on Sleepy Hollow! www.patreon.com/posts/sleepy...