it's going to get harder for creatives to survive, so when you're fighting, remember this: we cannot let rich kids make all the art

can someone explain why the dems used their illuminati powered weather control to make third summer? goddamn libs will stop at nothing smdh

starting a new non-fic writing gig this week! once I get through the research jitters, it'll be real swell to flex some more of my *useless* pop-media knowledge

there's a beautiful neo-folk track on the latest AFI record, and it might be my new favorite AFI song because I love guilt-free neo-folk

drugs, weird guitars, illuminati, Dune references, and Cher; who could say no?

no woman should ever be held responsible for the crimes of men...however, I saw six fellas dressed as three different Jokers for Halloween 2025 and ALL of them appeared to have partners please do not fuck a Joker, we can fix this

Well, cum to the jungle!

I got two tickets to a fancy weed dinner but realized I don't know ANY other stoners! Maybe I'll just eat both portions and completely lose my mind at a public restaurant.

GDT's NIGHTMARE ALLEY is streaming in b&w right now; it still (somehow) needs another half hour in the last chapter to fully work, but this version is undoubtedly the best way to see it

15: it will be cool to do drugs 25: this is cool 35: I have to exercise daily if I want to be cool and do drugs and not die

happy Halloween from the kid in the obscene latex mask

no Gods, no masters, no writing groups, no author collectives, amen ☮

alright, let's say you're in school and a giant hillbilly walks in to teach you about writing horror...would you prefer the hillbilly talk about A.) flash-fiction and the power of brevity in genre or B.) voice and the ability to show it through first-person narratives/dialogue lmk!

I got my lesson plan this morning and did not expect to be reading my work out loud to teenagers lmao real glad I wrote BIG BABY because the idea of saying CHAINDEVILS things to a class sounds like a bad trip

genre writers really can't stop themselves from doing the: "OH, YOU DIDN'T GET INVITED TO WRITE A SHORT STORY FOR THE CORNCOB-PIPE HORROR ANTHO FROM ASS-WORMS PUBLISHING? THAT'S SO WEIRD, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD, ESPECIALLY SINCE CHARLES ASS-WORM ASKED ME PERSONALLY FOR A STORY, so sorry to hear that"

asked my mentor for advice on talking to a horror writer's workshop for high schoolers (he's a professor) and he said: "you're going to scare the shit out of them, which is good" 💀

wooly bear caterpillar scrying; fuzzy fates claim she'll be a mild one 🤞

clown in a dunk tank disses ur bf, wyd?

it's finally animatronic screaming head in the window season

talking fashion with a co-worker and admitted that I'll occasionally wear a cowboy hat quickly followed up with the: "I swear I'm not one of those Look At My Crazy Hat type of guys" because, as a writer, I see some fuckass hats

stumbled into The Muppets reddit where someone made a great protest sign with puppets and their responses to bigots were so good-- like, "I am a non-tolerant liberal, so eat shit" or "I love watching you cry from my high-horse" and "if you're a fascist, The Muppets fucking hate you." great energy

if you ever wanted to learn about the band BOSTON, I got your ticket right here! psyched to have worked on this script for the lovely folks at MYSTERY TREEHOUSE - follow them for a HUGE upcoming series I'm very proud of youtu.be/bBEd4jMnsJA?...

when I was in my 20's and needed grass, it was like: "do I have to go see the graverobber, the guy with the machine gun, or the dancer who gets off at 4 am" now its like: "I can't FUCKING believe only one drive-thru lists the terpenes"

I wish genre writers gave as much attention to dialogue as their concepts and stingers. Would love to read your story about a slasher who raises tadpoles, but everyone talks like it's OOPS! All A.D.R. on a late era episode of Arrested Development

lol got the opportunity to pitch comic scripts at an incredible publisher that I love and adore, but I am 37 now, and I don't just *hang out and make friends* with illustrators anymore where have all the homie artists gone? some real Twilight Zone "I have all the time in the world" type shit

losing grip on sanity, all week I been hitting my friends/lovers with the: "HEY, I'LL BET IF THAT GOODMAN 'FLINTSTONES' FLICK DIDN'T FREAK EVERYONE OUT THEY'D HAVE MADE A 'JETSONS' WITH JIM CARREY, HUH" and they're like "yeah, sure, dawg(?)" whomst reality is this www.thewrap.com/jim-carrey-j...

chained to my writing desk all day, but VERY excited because my client ordered a script on the drama surrounding one of my favorite failed HBO shows 👀🏀🍀

watch out for this guy at the pinball hall: will try to seduce you into betting quarters on the glass and taking drugs in the alley

THE BEAN KNIGHT COMING FOR THEM BEANS ⚔

the european RE4 cover really speaks to me

I fuckin love goats, dawg

my first book CHAINDEVILS still sawing through to your hearts, I love to see it - I take so much fuckin pride in writing things that folks champion or loathe, with little in-between

seen enough A24 movies to know what happens to me if I follow her in there 🌱🌸🐻🔥

I give Zach Bryan a hard time, but I hope y'all understand the importance of what he's done with that fucking song. This is the kind of shit that changes the hearts in need of full replacements. It's what country music in America is all about, baby.

OK, yes, the new PTA movie rips, but y'all truly must see THE LONG WALK because it's a perfect adaptation and I cried like a baby in an empty theater 🙏

tricked my ig followers into talking about books, and they're nice to me, so I'll mostly be using this bs account as a place to type things for them lol follow me @darkcirclecomics www.instagram.com/darkcircleco...

got a message from a pal about talking to a horror writing workshop for students and, buddy, this is what it's all about-- teachers and librarians never fail to raise my self-esteem lol

muting writers who annoy is the best thing you can do for your career lmao social media is a must, sadly, but it doesn't have to be so obnoxious

one time I talked my way into pitching comics to Lloyd Kaufman and it was the best! dude was everything I wanted him to be, and even though it didn't work out at the time (COVID literally came crashing ashore that weekend) it's still one of my favorite memories

Ten days until release. A little while ago we shared chapter one on the Malarkey site but it’s been a while so I’m posting it again. There’s a preorder link on that page at the top! (CW - parent death/grief/and beyond) malarkeybooks.com/free-samples...

"You look ugly. You've hardened. For the first time, you look vulgar to me."

idk who needs to hear this, but if you are a lonely young man and you are struggling to find community, Christ ain't the answer--makes me sad seeing all these fellas grouped up to study the bible in public when they could be out getting stoned on hikes or playing Warhammer

I can tell I'm nearing the end of my manuscript journey when the quotes hit the title page 🙏

don't normally share my non-fiction writing, but I'm really proud of this piece-- M. Night is a deep obsession of mine, and anytime a client asks for Shyamalan content, I will happily oblige! youtu.be/SFEM-IfNc7s?...

seeking recommendations for writers with strong, rural American voices because a man can only re-read Flannery O'Connor & William Gay so many times

there's an occult bookstore in the Ozarks owned by radical women-- they had a huge Bukowski selection in their women's studies shelves, and I once asked an owner about it. she said: "if you want to understand how men see women, read these." been trying to fit that bill in my writing ever since.

reposting this review because I can't stop smiling over the damn thing; check it out at The Blog Without A Face: theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/09/11/r...

as someone who struggles to write about fiction critically, I just can't thank my reviewers enough--this industry is very tit-for-tat, and it means a lot to me when folks go out of their way to talk about my work

a review of my work that understands my struggles and flaws in a way that made me think: "do I KNOW you?" lmao i've had good critiques and plenty bad, but this one made me feel like an honest-to-Gawd writer, you know? shit made my year, give it a read dawgs theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/09/11/r...