Darrell Z. Grizzle
@dzgrizzle.bsky.social
Writer of Horror, Dark Fantasy, Crime Fiction. Queer Bear. Attending Professional at DragonCon. EpiscoBuddhist. Deadhead. Democratic Socialist. Fan of cats, coffeehouses, comics, Star Trek, Godzilla. NO KINGS. 🌈 🐻 📚☕️🐱💙 https://linktr.ee/dzgrizzle
I’m reading this novel by @malindalo.bsky.social in honor of Banned Book Week, October 4th through 10th, 2026. (I’m reading several novels at once, as is my habit.)
Althea is diving into sensationalist Victorian literature with Lady Aubrey’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Brandon (1861-63), which has chapter titles like “Troubled dreams,” “Buried alive,” and “Ghost-haunted.”
Galápagos hawk hitching a ride on a giant tortoise. Photo by Tui A. de Roy, from Wildlife of the Islands, 1980.
The new memorial has been inspired by Tolkien’s Tree of Tales, which he called the Tree of Amalion. ...it will be a significant new artwork for the Abbey, inlaid vertically within a stone pillar in the south transept and rising 2.5 metres high. www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/a...
Abbey to honour J.R.R. Tolkien | Westminster Abbey
A major new memorial celebrating Tolkien’s creative vision and storytelling by artist Stephen Broadbent will be revealed at a dedication ceremony in Spring 2027.
westminster-abbey.org
Fare thee well now Let your life proceed by its own design Nothing to tell now Let the words be yours, I’m done with mine youtu.be/nLQw1hhWphI?...
"Cassidy" - Phil Lesh & Friends | Skull & Roses 2023 | Relix
YouTube video by Relix
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Three deer and two Grandfather Trees on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA
With family on the Bear Paw Trail (2-mile loop) at Cherokee Bluffs Park in Flowery Branch, GA, 9-27-26
I’m in bed reading a book about Dr. John Dee, Renaissance alchemist, magus, and court astronomer for Queen Elizabeth I. Althea the Vampire Cat is curled up beside me, purring along with the Grateful Dead and String Cheese Incident.
Today's a good day to remind your boss that time is a human construct and has no meaning in a cosmic sense. You wouldn't ask an ancient owl god or a sentient pile of moss to be at work at 8:00 sharp, would you?
Rest in Peace, Annie Dillard. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/1...
Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81
Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life.
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“In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.” ~ Audre Lorde
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
Charles R. Rutledge@crutledge.bsky.social · 3w agoName a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
“I just wanted to have a frank discussion.” To those of us in historically-marginalized communities, what we hear you say is: “I’m about to say something I know is offensive, but I’ll say it anyway and if you get offended I’m going to blame you for not wanting to have a frank discussion.”
At #DragonCon with the always-fabulous @jessiannyork.bsky.social Jessi Ann York this morning on the panel “The Humanity of Monsters: Writing Creatures We Care About,” on the Dragon Con Horror Track. #DragonCon2026
