Polly Schattel
@pollyschattel.bsky.social
Writer • Filmmaker • Partner • Parent • 🏳️⚧️ • THE OCCULTISTS • SHADOWDAYS • 8:59:29 • CRATER GIRL • Books, woods, guitars, critters & coffee • Trans rights = Human rights • HWA • AVL • I follow writers • Fix your hearts or die • pollyschattel.com
I’m not a particularly huge Rush fan, but I gotta admire this moment. The two guys handled the death of a beloved, irreplaceable member in about the best way possible, and they kicked ass while doing it. Hats off. Coo roo coo coo coo coo coo coo! (If you got that, you’re old.)
Preorder my dang book, Lonesome and Festering, if you like strange horror stories about fighting for love, surviving dystopia, and becoming your worst self under capitalism and fascism. www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/lone...
This is true. As a creator, I lean on my redneck Alabama upbringing like it’s solid gold. Because it is. It’s my lived experience and my authenticity, and nobody can take it away from me. Authenticity is a terrific place to start from.
Pardon me, I’m doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL, which was released today. Initially I was going to shoot the film myself on an iPhone, for that insta-docu feel. But instead my friend Adams Wood, a brilliant documentarian, stepped in. Thank god. youtu.be/DdYWHdbI39Y?...
After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film
YouTube video by Crafty Short Films
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Pardon me, I’m doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL, which was released today. I was first attracted to Jeffrey Thomas’ story due to its “Lovecraft meets Springsteen” working class aesthetic. And it reminded me of Nathan Ballingrud’s work. #indiefilm youtu.be/DdYWHdbI39Y
After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film
YouTube video by Crafty Short Films
youtu.be
Pardon me, I'm doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL. My co-producer & cast member Jennifer Trudrung, seen in our primary image, is a wildly excellent writer and director of her own. Her horror feature, THE VIRGINS, will be playing festivals soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYW...
After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film
YouTube video by Crafty Short Films
youtube.com
Pardon me, I'm doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL. My lead actor & co-producer is the incredible Kevin Patrick Murphy, who was so wonderful in "Stranger Things," "Manhunt," "House of Cards," "Mr. Mercedes," and so much more. A fantastic talent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYW...
AFTER THE FALL, the li'l 2025 short film I made from Jeffrey Thomas' fantastic story, is World Premiering on Youtube today! We've had a great festival run that played all over the world. Now Crafty Short Films has taken us in. Check it out! It's short. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYW...
After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film
YouTube video by Crafty Short Films
youtube.com
Whoa. Interesting background on Wyeth’s “Christina’s World.”
These people didn’t lose the plot. They never had a plot.
I wasn’t alone in prioritizing housing at the mall. Tunnel road needs fresh energy, not more gas stations and car washes, but that’s what comes next instead of fixing Urban Place zoning. Stay tuned through August as I roll out what City Hall can do about affordability in #Asheville.
Ah, Venice. This is a photo my son took. He worked all through his senior year of high school, then took a gap year before college so he and a friend could travel Europe and North Africa. They camped in the forests of Finland and climbed with the goats in the mountains of Morocco at 18. Crazy stuff.
Last weekend I was driving across the state when a biker gang, all sunglasses, grizzled beards, and patched leather, passed by me. The lead guy gave me a one-handed salute and kept going. It was my BÖC sticker. That lead biker and I connected, fan to fan, at 75 miles an hour, over an old rock band.
Every novel I write is pretty much an 18 month (at least) journey into something I love. I research, learn, dream, fabricate. Right now I’m spending time in the Islamic Golden Age, and it’s been one of the most rewarding creative experiences I’ve had. Its endlessly fascinating. #booksky #amwriting
Kids from the 80’s like me saw Reagan’s trickle-down lie in real time. The republicans have been playing this game a very long time, and people still fall for it. But I like Talarico a lot. Our next generation seems pretty strong if the old farts would just get out of the way.
Next Tuesday, Aug 4, my 2025 short film “After the Fall” will publicly premiere on Youtube’s popular Crafty Short Films channel. They specialize in stories which foreground the humanity of their subjects, something I can get behind 100 percent. More deets on Tuesday. youtube.com/@craftyshort...
Crafty Short Films
Crafty Short Films presents new award-winning short films every week with our filmmakers receiving 100% of the ad revenue their film generates on YouTube! Crafty aims to highlight and discover talen...
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Five favorite B&W films? • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre • Eraserhead • Repulsion • Au Hazard Balthazar • Night of the Living Dead
A Scanner Blackhatly@ascannerburkely.bsky.social · 5d agoFive of my favorite black & white movies: * Carnival of Souls * Meshes of the Afternoon * Last Year at Marienbad * The Addiction * Pi
I noticed this too, and thought Emily Wilson came off poorly. You can disagree with or criticize (or teach) someone without being an asshole about it. Good parents and good teachers do it every day of their lives. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
‘The crude language of Maga folks’: Joyce Carol Oates criticises Emily Wilson for criticising Nolan’s Odyssey
The novelist suggested Wilson should have been ‘a wee bit more thoughtful and respectful’ towards a film-maker who may have helped boost her book sales
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Because I write in various genres, some folks have suggested I write under a pen name--one for horror, one for fantasy, one for noir, etc. That way the brands don't get all mixed up and I get more readers. But all of that IS my brand. My brand is untidy. My brand has BO & her glasses are smudged.
The news is Fauci this, Fauci that, Fauci the other. It’s uncanny how the right-wing creates these narratives & the media just swallows it up. And then the public goes along, & suddenly the Iran War is gone, Epstein is gone, ICE is gone, data centers are gone. It’s just a distraction. It always was.
I’m a big fan of supporting local and indie artists if I can. Some cool filmmaker friends told me about this project and said it was helmed by a super-talented up and comer, and that a little would go a long way. So I pitched in. Maybe you can help, too! seedandspark.com/fund/arcadia...
Arcadia Village - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
When expecting mother Liza finds something disturbing in her trash bin, she must confront what it means for the life she’s built in her seemingly idyllic suburban neighborhood.
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A blogger named Sarah has started a reading blog of CRATER GIRL, and though I'm not looking at it too closely for obvious reasons, I appreciate her giving the book her time & her space. It's a rascally book meant to invite strong opinions. #lgbt #booksky sarahhillcrest.substack.com/p/crater-gir...
Crater Girl Part 1
I’m back with a new book, this one is called “Crater Girl” by Polly Schattel.
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Oh no. Glen Hansard was one of the very best. He put everything into his music, and you could feel it. A truly inspirational artist. Rest in peace, sir.
