Sasha Ravitch ☄️
@sasharavitch.bsky.social
writer & educator & academic. cthulhu(s)cene queen. hwa; codex. banff writer residency '25. words in strange horizons, ergot., cosmic horror monthly, & more. co-founder antilogos press. pioneered a field of posthuman witchcraft.
There is genuinely nothing better than holding a friend's book in your hands for the first time. The genius queen @sasharavitch.bsky.social has this new freaky duology out and I'm so stoked to own it! Get yours here: weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/enfr...
HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate
Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”
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I have started doing monthly round-ups of the Romancing the Gothic content so you can see what you've been missing! It includes a few thoughts from me. romancingthegothic.com/2026/03/09/f...
February Round-Up
Our February was dedicated to ‘writing the ghostly’ although the book group selections stuck to that a little more closely than the talks this month! That being said, as always we found…
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this is the most important thing that happens all year. see you in harrisburg.
VOIDCON@voidcon.bsky.social · 6mo agoVOIDCON 4 November 12-14 Crowne Plaza Hotel Harrisburg, Pennsylvania SEE YOU THERE.
I believe the kids call that “a crusade.”
Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 6mo agoEXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
For folks submitting to this special call, make sure that your piece has a strong thematic component of surveillance!
Cursed Morsels@cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 6mo ago📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣 If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call. cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work
We have until March 6 to comment on whether there should be one million more satellites in orbit or thousands of mirrors that reflect light back at Earth Jesus Fucking H Christ on a Pogostick
Alex Turnbull@alejandroturnbull.space · 6mo agoThe FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...
A fairly small goal but one that needs to be met with some urgency ❤️🩹🙏
Small towns without instruments will be “left behind” and “overrun with pool halls”, says musical instrument salesman.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo agoCountries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Stunning cast in the second of the three-part podcast miniseries on the symposium, Close Reading for the 21C: "Why is close reading best understood as a conversation? What are its evaluative standards? How does it extend the conversation beyond literary studies?" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Close Reading Is A Conversation (Vandal Live at Emory University)
Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E5 · 1h 37m
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Did you miss Sasha Ravitch's talk on Nick Cave and Gothic Women? It was an exciting deep dive into his earlier work and into the influence of Anita Lane! youtu.be/vD7C69Xj-kI
From Her to Eternity: An Introduction to Gothic Women in Nick Cave's Lyrics with Sasha Ravitch
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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KILL THIS ZINE is a weaponized semi-automatic prose mini-zine series built to be cut open & stitched together again as a KIYS (kill it yourself) exercise in Burroughsian surrealist “literature” & the first 2 installments are LIVE NOW on kofi for free/PWYW: ko-fi.com/caninebrainz...
Goths for breakfast! An amazing day of talks and writing workshops all to raise money for charity @magicbreakfastuk.bsky.social Pop in and out as much as you like. Pick your price based on what you can afford. Online so open to anyone anywhere!
Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · 7mo agoIt's that time of year again!!! 🥳 It's Goths for Breakfast time! This year, it's running on 28th February 9am - 10pm GMT. Online. Pop in and out as much as you like! It's a charity teach-a-thon, raising money for Magic breakfast to feed hungry kids. Get tickets - buytickets.at/romancingthe...
Weird time to share art, but I’m finally allowed to share the cover of my next book, THE SHIP OF DEATH, from @harpercollins.bsky.social & Avon A. (9/29/26) Expect some other posts w/ choice blurbs and preorder links! Illustration: Peter Strain/Design: Julianna Lee. Editor @peterkispert.bsky.social
Theia Chatelle's amazing photograph of Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis...emerging from a cloud of tear gas. Signed there a couple of times, great SF/Fantasy bookstore.
song of the day is "window to the world" by visionary australian punk and electronic icon ollie olsen via whirlywirld
Whirlywirld - Window To The World (1978)
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some of you may know that i wrote a novel over the summer! guess what! i should be done with the second round of revisions by spring!
The Night Ship is out today, marking the end of my fifth year in publishing since my very first little publication. So in honor of that milestone, here's the five most important things I've learned as an artist in that time:
so nice to have this piece reviewed; thank you michael!
Michael Staniforth@staniforthmick.bsky.social · 8mo agoDay 17! I read The Daughter of Abomination by @sasharavitch.bsky.social published by @ergot.bsky.social. An intense horror tale of obsession that might teach you a word or two. Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/s...
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
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