something to burn

@asteriskwitch.bsky.social

to build a torch bright enough to burn away the memory of spectres. queen of nowhere, occasional flesh sculptor. char

million dollar sunset (poem, digital collage, july 2026) we bought chocolate orange peels with what change we had in our pockets – they sell all their candy by weight – and you told me that they tasted how oranges smell, and you were right

(the text is colored orange and black on the title, and a gradient of blue in the body text. behind the text is three polaroids, each larger than the last, depicting a trail, people standing in a clearing, and stones on the ground. each polaroid is strangely cut out.)

(blurred text) texted earlier. we hadn’t talked in years, probably. i haven’t spoken recently to any of them — i texted (blurred text) when i found that video — but once i dropped out and came out, except for a visit, except for the wedding, except for a blip, i dropped off the face of the earth. they still talk about me, you know. (blurred text) — her contact in my phone is still “(blurred text)” — her punctuation and grammar unfamiliar — as if i was a stranger — told me stories about funny things i’m sure i said, funny things i’m sure i did, not a one of them even scratching at a memory. don’t they know i’m still right there? don’t they know i’m stuck halfway between moss avenue and allegheny county? don’t they know i’m in the room, and I can’t see them, and I can’t hear them, and they can’t see me, and they can’t hear me — has anyone heard from (blurred text)? would anyone tell me? would anyone know to tell me? this is just to say, (blurred text), I think of that room without you, (blurred text), I think of that room without me, (blurred text), and i wonder what parts of me you brought with you when you left.

Today is Dependence Day in the Kingdom of Loathing, an annual holiday that celebrates how we are dependent upon you to spread the word about our goofy games so that we can make more of them. Later tonight we'll set off a lot of fireworks to celebrate what a good job you did telling your friends!

Asymmetric Games@asym.bsky.social · last mo.

Our Loathing games are at their lowest prices ever on Steam and the Switch eShop -- never been a better time to buy them for yourself or anyone else you've ever met who maybe could use a good giggle, chuckle, or guffaw. store.steampowered.com/developer/Asym www.nintendo.com/us/search/#c...

The cover images for Shadows Over Loathing (a creepy house silhouetted against a giant moon with tentacles coming in from all sides)  and West of Loathing (a cowboy with a beer stein and revolver standing in front of a Monument Valley style background).

anyway i think the best we can probably do as trans people is support each other and particularly support trans women. i think in the end the cat is out of the bag and now that so many people know transition is an option, transness is here to stay.

The Void Rains Upon Her Heart is on sale yet again for 30% off!? It's the boss rush, bullet hell, roguelike thing with 115 bosses, and some of them will play minigames with you if you love them enough!