K. Winkler
@bleakhousing.bsky.social
Predominant necromancer.
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
The Substitute Teacher (Avon A/HarperCollins Fall 2027)
The Ship of Death (Avon A/HarperCollins, Fall 2026)
Enter the Peerless
Grasshands
Tone-Bone
The Nothing That Is
Rep: Naomi Eisenbeiss (InkWell)
Pinned
K. Winkler
@bleakhousing.bsky.social
· Jun 4
“There are no grown-ups. There are only children and dead people."
- John Gardner, THE SUNLIGHT DIALOGUES
- John Gardner, THE SUNLIGHT DIALOGUES
Just had my first acephalgic migraine. That was fucking terrifying.
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Just had my first acephalgic migraine. That was fucking terrifying.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
Roland Barthes, The Pleasure of the Text
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If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
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Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
Why are so many ppl incapable of being an empathetic human? And then also turn out to be Christian?
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why are so many ppl incapable of being an empathetic human? And then also turn out to be Christian?
Biting my tongue over the holidays to not piss off my father-in-law.
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Biting my tongue over the holidays to not piss off my father-in-law.
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A lot of journals that say they're open to weird fiction mean like this
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A lot of journals that say they're open to weird fiction mean like this
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🚨NEW: A new poll Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work.
As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years.
This is YUGE.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years.
This is YUGE.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Massive Shift In Health Care Politics
As both parties are legislating criticism of socialism, Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨NEW: A new poll Americans’ support for Medicare For All has intensified to the point where the old attacks may no longer work.
As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years.
This is YUGE.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
As both parties legislate criticism of socialism, there has been a 50-point shift on a key question in just 6 years.
This is YUGE.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Book Moon Books
Bright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA
www.bookmoonbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Fittingly, this James Baldwin quote always makes me feel the very thing it’s describing - connected in that very connection
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Fittingly, this James Baldwin quote always makes me feel the very thing it’s describing - connected in that very connection
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kicked out of the party because i wouldn't stop describing things as "aickmanesque"
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
kicked out of the party because i wouldn't stop describing things as "aickmanesque"
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Guillotines
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Guillotines
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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Drinking water was invented by big toilet to cause more piss
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Drinking water was invented by big toilet to cause more piss
Paging Gene Wolfe...pick up the red courtesy phone…paging Gene Wolfe…
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Paging Gene Wolfe...pick up the red courtesy phone…paging Gene Wolfe…
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Alright, for kicks let's hear some of your favorites for "short and excellent" from living authors.
I'll start: "Houses of Ravicka" by Renee Gladman
I'll start: "Houses of Ravicka" by Renee Gladman
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Alright, for kicks let's hear some of your favorites for "short and excellent" from living authors.
I'll start: "Houses of Ravicka" by Renee Gladman
I'll start: "Houses of Ravicka" by Renee Gladman
There's a direct link between the rhetorical presentation/aesthetics of techbros and evangelical pastors of megachurches.
E.g. Steve Jobs big Apple presentations and contemporary church worship services.
E.g. Steve Jobs big Apple presentations and contemporary church worship services.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There's a direct link between the rhetorical presentation/aesthetics of techbros and evangelical pastors of megachurches.
E.g. Steve Jobs big Apple presentations and contemporary church worship services.
E.g. Steve Jobs big Apple presentations and contemporary church worship services.
Now, I just have to make it good.
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now, I just have to make it good.
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More blanks, more voids, more left unsaid, more productive ambiguity
March 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
More blanks, more voids, more left unsaid, more productive ambiguity
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Less description, fewer feelings
March 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Less description, fewer feelings
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You are preaching to the choir!! Endless revolution against bloat!!
March 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You are preaching to the choir!! Endless revolution against bloat!!
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Listen I just finished the most complex thing I've ever written and it's 35K. Most books are way too long and I will die on this hill
March 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Listen I just finished the most complex thing I've ever written and it's 35K. Most books are way too long and I will die on this hill
Oh look, dear: Fascism.
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh look, dear: Fascism.
I think a lot about that scene from WONDER BOYS where Hannah Green tells Grady that the novel would be good if he left out the part where he goes into the dental records of the horses that the book's family owns.
LEAVE OUT THE EQUINE DENTAL RECORDS, PEOPLE! COME ON!
LEAVE OUT THE EQUINE DENTAL RECORDS, PEOPLE! COME ON!
Each of these books has more detail and allusive references to the world inside the book than anything I have read. But they are rather slim compared to those average books we see published today. There are lots of variables here, but I think the main reason is: no need to over-detail.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I think a lot about that scene from WONDER BOYS where Hannah Green tells Grady that the novel would be good if he left out the part where he goes into the dental records of the horses that the book's family owns.
LEAVE OUT THE EQUINE DENTAL RECORDS, PEOPLE! COME ON!
LEAVE OUT THE EQUINE DENTAL RECORDS, PEOPLE! COME ON!