"Seared by its attentions, they understood this knowing mind for the pressure they’d felt for what, now, seemed a span of hours becoming days becoming weeks becoming, becoming." Today on ergot.: 'Valediction' by Jason Baltazar @jasonbaltazar.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Jaso...

"When Erling returned with a fresh bottle, already half-drained, the quiet pressing among the three of them thickened. ‘Ugly’ was the word he’d dropped...into their unwanted visitor’s lap." Today on ergot. 'Valediction' by Jason Baltazar @jasonbaltazar.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Jaso...

Ready for VoidCon this weekend. I’ll be slinging two zines: 1) The MAKEITSTOP (PLEASE) - a fully illustrated gnostic totally-not-m ů ppets existential nightmare 2) STAMBDM - my liturgical prose poem about the one true religion around here, featuring a bunch of collaged illustrations. #voidcon

Very stoked to have some curses up at @villaineralit.bsky.social today!

I'm dazed and delighted to be included here in such amazing company. Really cannot express how much this means 🙏.

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Recent work: “Local Extinction Hotline” in @bourbonpenn.bsky.social It’s a phone call, an encounter, a poem. It’s grief, guilt, and growth. It’s the interior of my heart. www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/34/loc...