Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over

"All the Things She Said" having a renaissance for Gay Hockey Reasons makes me want to write a personal essay about being a semi-closeted teen when that song came out. Listening to it with my headphones on. Thinking sneaky, shame-filled thoughts about the girl I loved. Homosexually crying. Etc.

Ontario people: now that I live here, I would love to host and moderate your cultural events, panels and interviews!

Fab review of Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 in Rue Morgue! "When an anthology contains "Best" in its title, you expect a certain level of quality, and The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 absolutely delivers." —Monica S. Kuebler, Rue Morgue Magazine Grab issue 228 to see the review

BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.

when the place that does a killer butter chicken poutine stops using cheese curds and starts using shredded mozzarella

my superpower is i always know when it is gonna be lesbians

okay fine the fucking gay hockey show is good

RIP Herman Melville you would have loved the "there was only one bed" tag on AO3 🐳

Well, hey!

I am very happy to see that my short story The Black Fox from the @undertow.bsky.social anthology Northern Nights received a recommendation in Best Horror of the Year #17. Thank you @datlow.bsky.social 🖤 ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...

goodnight, and remember: library late fees suck. they simply discourage library use. you should be glad if your library abolished them, and if it hasn’t, you should tell them it should. 📚

Am now officially at the age where I can have Bad Falls. So excited for this new Elliott Era.

Seriously considering another addition to my stack of full-length WIPs, AKA the "why do I keep doing this to myself" pile.

I for one intend to get even sexier and have more fun.

Mr. Parks was the fanciest guy in the house last night by a landslide.

It's a blind date. But there's a twist. Brace yourself! "Wednesday" by @elliottgish.bsky.social doric-literary.com/2026/01/01/w...

2025 was largely stupid, but it WAS the year I got married, and for that I will always look back on it with a certain fondness despite the. You know. Stuff.

I only published a few pieces this year, but I was very proud of all of them! The first was "Brooding," which appeared in Creepy Pod. www.creepypod.com/episodes/202...

my feelings on the matter

Grey Dog by @elliottgish.bsky.social "Slow burn tale that takes on themes of female (sexual and otherwise) repression, isolation, and frustration and mixes in some folkloric, Gothic horror elements for good measure. The prose style perfectly captures the feel of classic literature of the period"

In today’s depraved beyond belief news, Israel is banning MSF (Doctors Without Borders) from Gaza.

13 to family, 14 to peers. 37 now.

hello migraine my old friend it's time to call in sick again

The book you haven't written yet is always so much better than the book you are currently writing.

"Oh, who CARES! Are they gonna KISS???" - to an advertisement for an upcoming hockey game, proving that Heated Rivalry mania has reached even those few Canadians who have not yet watched the show

I wrote about lesbian pulp for The Baffler. thebaffler.com/latest/odd-g...

this is….. I don’t know if I’d call it delightful, but I laughed irl and I’m glad this exists

🎶ding dong a racist's dead but she wore cool French clothes so we're supposed to be sad that she's deaddddddddd 🎶

jesus christ just go outside and talk to real people you fucking losers

western schism be like

Here’s to 2026

Paging @elliottgish.bsky.social @kaychronister.bsky.social @joanneanderton.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @charlieratpig.bsky.social

Genuinely unfair that after two days of 9AM booze and chocolate for breakfast I have to, what, go to work??? Do my job????? Answer EMAILS???????

Heathcliff comic-ass sign

Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.

Don’t forget to leave a brick out for Ben Folds this morning

mr beast has died. he fell into an industrial grain silo and slipped below instantly. everyone was pretty much like "thank god" and nobody is even really sure which one he's in any more

General memo: if you are a dad, please try to be a good dad this holiday season, because some dads really are just out here makin' it weird.

'Tis the season for dads to get immediately belligerent when faced with unfamiliar pronouns.

Merry Christmas I'll fight your dad

'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

Bels Lugosi is Santa

Happy almost Christmas, filled Timbits are an abomination unto the Lord.

Some photos from Haunted Holidays! It was a true joy to read with this wonderful group and spend a chilly night sharing stories! Pictured are @atillythehun.bsky.social @elliottgish.bsky.social @slhawthorn.bsky.social and @tiffmorris.bsky.social all at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social !

once i gain regular access to an oven that heats evenly and doesn't leave all my baked goods half raw and half burnt it’s over for you bitches