8th graders aren't really the age group I'd choose to talk to about a career in mortuary science, but it turns out they enjoy playing with modeling wax.

What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat…until it doesn’t. CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT IS OUT NOW! Want copies of my cozy Deer Hill Anonymous books of your own? You can order from anywhere, request at your library, or get a signed copy from my friends at One More Page.

This week I'll be working a career fair for thousands of 8th graders. Pray for me.

As someone on day 3 of a migraine, this is a little too close to the bone

Book bub deal for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES! www.bookbub.com/books/a-phil...

The handsome skeleton on the left is Fred. His friend with the hat doesn't have a name yet. Suggestions?

photo by @stillsostrange.bsky.social

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Norwegian home invasion.

today we learn about formaldehyde with @stillsostrange.bsky.social in today's Ask A Necromancer! "To be clear, a dead body in and of itself is nothing to be afraid of, even a smelly one. [...] Dead is not the problem; it’s the pathogens that may still be alive." ⬇️💀🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

The things I find in my classroom.

"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

I'm sharing some of my early Ask a Necromancer essays on Patreon, and hopefully answering new questions. Check it out, all you morbid children. www.patreon.com/posts/130698...

I forgot to share the final version of my emotional support severed head from last semester.

Remmick is a perfect gentleman about everything... except banana flavored amoxicillin. I'd probably choose violence too if someone tried to squirt that down my throat, so I can't really blame him.

Does anyone know anyone in a driveable-from-Richmond area who could adopt my handsome friend? My house is at cat-pacity, and I don't want to turn him back outside knowing he's FIV+.

Cat update: Remmick got in a carrier more politely than any cat I know. Poor baby is FIV positive and needs antibiotics for his mangled ear, but is otherwise doing well at the vet.

Guess who came in for dinner? Now I just have to convince him to get in a carrier tomorrow morning without murdering me.

This is Remmick. He believes in equality. He wants to come inside. He wants your stories and kibble. He's going to receive some bonus healthcare next week. If anyone has a few extra dollars they could contribute to fellowship and love (and vaccines and flea treatment), we would be truly grateful.

I'm going to start posting flyers around campus inviting people to join me in donning dinosaur costumes and benignly rampaging.

Yesterday I got MOHS surgery. The process was pretty cool and the doctor didn't mind my constant nerd questions. The local anesthesia and Tylenol have definitely worn off now, though.

Okay, context for my severed head collection. The head on the left was my (in progress) final project for Restorative Art in mortuary school. He was made with Plastilina art clay. The head on the right is my current project, using Dodge's modeling wax. (1/?)

I'm making a new friend!

The dead need your questions! Does anyone have queries for the Necromancer? @thedeadlands.com

Calling yourself king doesn't make you a king. Crushing your enemies, driving them before you, hearing the lamentations of their women...until one day you can wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia on a troubled brow. That makes you king.

Hacksilver riddled with a dragon, saved his family's farm, and won the secret to raise his dead. Nothing prepared him, though, for the long cold winter when the dead walked... Next week. "The Witch and the Wyrm" by @matociquala.bsky.social! Art by Zelda Devon Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

Goodreads is doing another Tomb of Dragons giveaway, now through March 10, open to U.S. residents, 60 ARCs of The Tomb of Dragons, go! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Happy 1st birthday to the audiobook of A THEORY OF HAUNTING! To celebrate, it is being offered at a 70% discount now through March 2: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

oh skeleton joy!! it's that time, beloveds! are you ready? "More recently [...] people have been asking if I’ve seen The Autopsy of Jane Doe." Ask a Necromancer: The Autopsy of a Horror Film by @stillsostrange.bsky.social psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Today is the publication day for the ebook of The Orb of Cairado! Please admire the gorgeous artwork by Thomas Canty. subterraneanpress.com/the-orb-of-c...

Weather conditions in Richmond today led to campus closing and me working from home. This has also delayed our cadaver delivery. I have new and unusual problems these days.

1. Artist (yes, that's vague) 2. Studio Art 3. English Lit 4. Mortician/Mortuary Science instructor

How it started. How it's going.

NON-FICTION Five Treasured Tropes of SFF K-Dramas, by @cressidaroe.bsky.social Ask a Necromancer: The Autopsy of a Horror Film, by @stillsostrange.bsky.social

Pepper and Bean are best bros. They like to get stoned together and talk about starting a podcast.

I wasn't excited about being trapped in my house for three days by an icy driveway, but winter is beautiful here.

Hear me out

Money where my mouth is, etc.

I would like to spend more time here than on the other hellsite. But that means people need to post more animal pics or talk about dead bodies.

It's #podcast time, y'all! Bear attacks, tough convos, & skeletons, oh my! @shaunduke.net / @reading1000lives.bsky.social host @stillsostrange.bsky.social for a riveting conversation about mortuary science! Podcast: skiffyandfanty.com/p... YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=... T#podcastanks for listening!

My Xmas present to myself: defeating the soul-sucking beige.

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Attention teachers! I'm looking for textbook/resource info for ancient cultures and funeral customs. Preferably sources that are not 80 years old and remember that women exist. Intro college course level.

just got a press release about the official Nosferatu tie-in casket and I have to admire the audacity titancasket.com/products/nos...

If anyone has questions about death or dead bodies (other than breasts), now is the time! Otherwise you might get my very annoying reactions to The Autopsy of Jane Doe. @thedeadlands.com

"Spiders could theoretically eat every human on Earth in one year" factoid actualy just statistical error. Average spider could eat almost no humans per year. Humans Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

I come to you, o internet, with a cranky cat and her medical woes.

You know what really rounds out a holiday season? A cat who needs dental work. 😿

Rigor affects muscles. Refrigeration will congeal fat, however. Room temperature breasts will be soft and at the mercy of gravity. A breast that's been in the cooler a while will feel more like cold wax.

Two titans locked in mortal combat