A. McAnarney-Castro
@deusexmaquinarney.bsky.social
Horror & Spec. Fiction writer.🐙
Mesoamerican chaos-muppet. 🇸🇻🇲🇽
Digital Manager @theyoungcenter.bsky.social.🌎🇵🇸✊🏽
Opinions & Terrors my own
My work, that is not yet finished🤲🏻: linktr.ee/alexmcanarneywrites
Mesoamerican chaos-muppet. 🇸🇻🇲🇽
Digital Manager @theyoungcenter.bsky.social.🌎🇵🇸✊🏽
Opinions & Terrors my own
My work, that is not yet finished🤲🏻: linktr.ee/alexmcanarneywrites
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A Eulogy for Caramel Staxxx — The Argyle Literary Magazine
by A.M. Castro “He turned Mötley Crüe’s hedonistic headbanger and tweaked it into what it was, a dirge for decadence, a riff-driven catharsis about over-consumption, a retrospective reauthoring that...
www.theargylelitmag.com
Heavy Metal + Jorge Luis Borges + Friendship = Caramel Staxxx.
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
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Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
#horrorwriterschat: Hi! I'm A.M. Castro. I write horror + Spec. Fiction. Regret and Redemption are a huge part of my stories, even when that redemption is poorly executed, with sometimes horrific ends.
You enter this gnarled gash. The ice emits a susurrus you find familiar – they speak of your life. Of your past. Forever slipping your grasp.
But the ice is also… curious.
Who are you, what do you write, and are regret & redemption important concepts in your horror stories?
#HorrorWritersChat
But the ice is also… curious.
Who are you, what do you write, and are regret & redemption important concepts in your horror stories?
#HorrorWritersChat
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#horrorwriterschat: Hi! I'm A.M. Castro. I write horror + Spec. Fiction. Regret and Redemption are a huge part of my stories, even when that redemption is poorly executed, with sometimes horrific ends.
A few more reads from 2025 that hit deep:
The Lovers by Marguerite Duras
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
A Dead Man's Memoir by Mikhail Bulgakov
A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
The Lovers by Marguerite Duras
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
A Dead Man's Memoir by Mikhail Bulgakov
A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A few more reads from 2025 that hit deep:
The Lovers by Marguerite Duras
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
A Dead Man's Memoir by Mikhail Bulgakov
A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
The Lovers by Marguerite Duras
Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov
A Dead Man's Memoir by Mikhail Bulgakov
A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Heavy Metal + Jorge Luis Borges + Friendship = Caramel Staxxx.
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
A Eulogy for Caramel Staxxx — The Argyle Literary Magazine
by A.M. Castro “He turned Mötley Crüe’s hedonistic headbanger and tweaked it into what it was, a dirge for decadence, a riff-driven catharsis about over-consumption, a retrospective reauthoring that...
www.theargylelitmag.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Heavy Metal + Jorge Luis Borges + Friendship = Caramel Staxxx.
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
As a broken-hearted Spinal Tap fan, hopefully this makes people out there giggle just a little.
Thanks to @theargylelitmag.bsky.social for publishing.
www.theargylelitmag.com/fiction-issu...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Rob Reiner, for a while there, was one of the most artistically and commercially successful directors in Hollywood. He had a run of films that knocked the roof off. With STAND BY ME, he gave voice to Stephen King’s work that we hadn’t seen since CARRIE and SALEM’S LOT and rarely since.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Rob Reiner, for a while there, was one of the most artistically and commercially successful directors in Hollywood. He had a run of films that knocked the roof off. With STAND BY ME, he gave voice to Stephen King’s work that we hadn’t seen since CARRIE and SALEM’S LOT and rarely since.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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These four films. Man, they’re imprinted into me.
RIP Rob Reiner.
RIP Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
These four films. Man, they’re imprinted into me.
RIP Rob Reiner.
RIP Rob Reiner.
Jose Antonio Kast, hijo de un militante Nazi, proyectado a ganar la presidencia en Chile, ahora con 59% del voto.
La ultra derecha no muere. Se muta, esconde, espera, y transforma.
La ultra derecha no muere. Se muta, esconde, espera, y transforma.
The far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast has won the presidential election in Chile with 58% of the vote. This is a strong reminder that the far-right never dies and its rise must be constantly anticipated (by banning far-right parties). Pinochet left office 35 years ago.
Kast vence en Chile y la extrema derecha alcanza la presidencia por primera vez en democracia
:elpais: https://elpais.com/chile/2025-12-14/kast-vence-en-chile-y-la-extrema-derecha-alcanza-la-presidencia-por-primera-vez-en-democracia.html
:elpais: https://elpais.com/chile/2025-12-14/kast-vence-en-chile-y-la-extrema-derecha-alcanza-la-presidencia-por-primera-vez-en-democracia.html
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Jose Antonio Kast, hijo de un militante Nazi, proyectado a ganar la presidencia en Chile, ahora con 59% del voto.
La ultra derecha no muere. Se muta, esconde, espera, y transforma.
La ultra derecha no muere. Se muta, esconde, espera, y transforma.
Is meee
Commission piece of a Roseate Spoonbill for a now cancelled TCG project. Which happens. This would have been one of the wetlands cards. Was really pleased with the work I did on this one. ^^
[Hand painted, no AI 🚫used]
#Bird #BirdArt #birdartist #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt
[Hand painted, no AI 🚫used]
#Bird #BirdArt #birdartist #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt
![Commission piece of a Roseate Spoonbill for a now cancelled TCG project. Which happens. This would have been one of the wetlands cards. Was really pleased with the work I did on this one. ^^
Picture of a Roseate Spoonbill, Pink with white feathers, wings open and resting on a branch after flying down and getting sorted.
[Hand painted, no AI 🚫used]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:czbwi5smfsyb5okk4h7fudoh/bafkreifzlrujordxwdvpf4tef4rbx2a5l7u7flcaiyesw54eccizatuc5u@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Is meee
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Due to an OVERWHELMING response of amazing poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art, subs for THEME 05: "GHOSTS" are now CLOSED.
While the submission window has breathed its last breath, "Ghosts" will be coming back for you on 12/15.
Might be our BIGGEST theme page yet!!!
While the submission window has breathed its last breath, "Ghosts" will be coming back for you on 12/15.
Might be our BIGGEST theme page yet!!!
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Due to an OVERWHELMING response of amazing poetry, fiction, CNF, and digital art, subs for THEME 05: "GHOSTS" are now CLOSED.
While the submission window has breathed its last breath, "Ghosts" will be coming back for you on 12/15.
Might be our BIGGEST theme page yet!!!
While the submission window has breathed its last breath, "Ghosts" will be coming back for you on 12/15.
Might be our BIGGEST theme page yet!!!
Editing day.
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Editing day.
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Noem’s performance at CECOT was a triumphant show of ruthlessness as well as a warning:
If you’re an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, you too could end up shipped off to another country and held in one of the world’s worst prisons—perhaps indefinitely.
If you’re an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, you too could end up shipped off to another country and held in one of the world’s worst prisons—perhaps indefinitely.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Noem’s performance at CECOT was a triumphant show of ruthlessness as well as a warning:
If you’re an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, you too could end up shipped off to another country and held in one of the world’s worst prisons—perhaps indefinitely.
If you’re an immigrant unlawfully present in the United States, you too could end up shipped off to another country and held in one of the world’s worst prisons—perhaps indefinitely.
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They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Guatemala’s Tarmac of Tears
In Guatemala City, Trump’s deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the trite world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When…
beta.elfaro.net
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
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Roy Thomas (1949-2004). Canadian indigenous artist
Moose and Wolves, 1977 silkscreen
Moose and Wolves, 1977 silkscreen
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Roy Thomas (1949-2004). Canadian indigenous artist
Moose and Wolves, 1977 silkscreen
Moose and Wolves, 1977 silkscreen
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A very happy publication day to @hamrahrama.bsky.social! His ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT is out today from @nplusonemag.com. An incredible collection of film writing that makes sense of the dystopian present without ever giving in. Essential! shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
Algorithm of the Night, by A. S. Hamrah
“A. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” —Dana Spiotta
shop.nplusonemag.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A very happy publication day to @hamrahrama.bsky.social! His ALGORITHM OF THE NIGHT is out today from @nplusonemag.com. An incredible collection of film writing that makes sense of the dystopian present without ever giving in. Essential! shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...
A good, short read about an incredibly complex human and brilliant writer.
Train Dreams and Jesus' Son (did I get that apostrophe right?) are two of my favorite books.
Still haven't seen the film adaptations of either because I can't imagine how they'd do justice to the written word.
Train Dreams and Jesus' Son (did I get that apostrophe right?) are two of my favorite books.
Still haven't seen the film adaptations of either because I can't imagine how they'd do justice to the written word.
A Writer Who Dazzled on the Page but Lived for the Margins
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A good, short read about an incredibly complex human and brilliant writer.
Train Dreams and Jesus' Son (did I get that apostrophe right?) are two of my favorite books.
Still haven't seen the film adaptations of either because I can't imagine how they'd do justice to the written word.
Train Dreams and Jesus' Son (did I get that apostrophe right?) are two of my favorite books.
Still haven't seen the film adaptations of either because I can't imagine how they'd do justice to the written word.
El Salvador. 2009. On the road to Ilamatepec.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
El Salvador. 2009. On the road to Ilamatepec.
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Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
The Sandinistas and the Rubble of Revolution
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era in Central America. As revolutionary movements wound down in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, Central…
beta.elfaro.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The fall of the Sandinista government in 1990 ushered in the dramatic end of an era. Central Americans were left asking why the armed struggle had been fought, what it had wrought, and whether it had been worth it. They’re still asking. beta.elfaro.net/en/the-tertu...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"My friend’s dead father
visits her as a bird,
but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"
Not a Bird by Ellen Romano
😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
visits her as a bird,
but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"
Not a Bird by Ellen Romano
😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Not a Bird - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
My friend’s dead father / visits her as a bird
psychopomp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"My friend’s dead father
visits her as a bird,
but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"
Not a Bird by Ellen Romano
😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
visits her as a bird,
but my husband is the light in the kitchen
that comes on all by himself"
Not a Bird by Ellen Romano
😭 we are weeping, beloveds 🖤 read this beautiful poem here:
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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