Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
He/Him. Author of ambivalent realism and other variations of sadness. Wound of the West out now from Castaigne Publishing. https://castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/wound-of-the-west
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Michael Tichy
@emptywrites.bsky.social
· Jun 20
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY is a horror anthology inspired by the works of John Steinbeck. Featuring David Simmons, Brendan Vidito, plus more. Edited...
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It’s here. Available on Castaigne and the other place. 9 horror stories in the footsteps of Steinbeck. Read it, sit with it, share it with a friend.
In the Eyes of the Hungry
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In the Eyes of the Hungry
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Novellas, but Sabbath of the Fox-Devils by @sammytotep.bsky.social, Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock by @emptywrites.bsky.social, and Voidheads by @chris88.bsky.social. A novel that reads in many ways like possession horror is @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social 's brilliant evils of AI novel For Emma
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Novellas, but Sabbath of the Fox-Devils by @sammytotep.bsky.social, Behind Every Tree, Beneath Every Rock by @emptywrites.bsky.social, and Voidheads by @chris88.bsky.social. A novel that reads in many ways like possession horror is @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social 's brilliant evils of AI novel For Emma
💯 this.
This shit is just planned out and orchestrated out in public. Her mother is a fucking conservative podcast host and lawyer, this isn't some kinda quirk or accident, this paper was written with the express purpose to gin up another culture war about trans people in academia and it's working.
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
💯 this.
Donald Pleasance appeared in like 200 movies in his career. Sure, not all of them are amazing but it’s a tremendous cache to have access to as you while away the time hoping for rescue.
First serious answer I landed on is Julianne Moore
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Donald Pleasance appeared in like 200 movies in his career. Sure, not all of them are amazing but it’s a tremendous cache to have access to as you while away the time hoping for rescue.
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VOID HAUS
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
VOID HAUS
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
A work of collaborative horror surrealism from the Void Collective.
Available right here at Castaigne Publishing.
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You can start drinking now. Sabrina won’t judge you
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
You can start drinking now. Sabrina won’t judge you
Hope everyone gets stuffed today and that all your meat is dripping with gravy
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hope everyone gets stuffed today and that all your meat is dripping with gravy
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What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
One of our rad Cultists just emailed a pic of their updated centerpiece bookshelf & y’all: I am continually humbled that this thing that Alex & I started 5 years ago inspires such loyalty & passion.
Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
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Forget the holiday: every day of the year, we’re thankful for you🖤☠️
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What your patronage means to an indie press:
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
If you have a Tenebrous shelf, you are our patron saint. Your emails will always be answered.
If you have the entire collection? I will answer the phone as your alibi and/or former employer. You were with me the whole time & you did an *amazing* job.
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
My annual tradition is watching LOTR extended cuts on thanksgiving. I’ve always gotten choked up at the end but now so much of my connection to the films is wrapped up in 2 close friends who passed and now I’m just crying on and off throughout the whole damn thing.
a close up of a man 's face with the words " i would have gone with you to the end "
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i would have gone with you to the end " Aragorn from lotr
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November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My annual tradition is watching LOTR extended cuts on thanksgiving. I’ve always gotten choked up at the end but now so much of my connection to the films is wrapped up in 2 close friends who passed and now I’m just crying on and off throughout the whole damn thing.
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A month or two late updating the blog, but it is done. Two new stories out in case you missed them.
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British Fantasy Award & New Stories
Delighted to say the anthology Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror has won the British Fantasy Award for year’s best anthology. Amazing! It includes my story “All Of Our…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A month or two late updating the blog, but it is done. Two new stories out in case you missed them.
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Give me a themed collection like this any day of the week. Bummed I have to wait until 2027 for this thing. Really exciting stuff @michaelboulerice.bsky.social - congratulations on the announcement!
DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT: It's gonna be a weird one, folks. Deeply personal, very grim. This themed collection is me strapped to a chair with an IV full of sodium pentathol as administered by @alexwoodroe.com (who was kind enough to write a foreword). If you've ever wanted The Boulerice Buffet, this is it
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Give me a themed collection like this any day of the week. Bummed I have to wait until 2027 for this thing. Really exciting stuff @michaelboulerice.bsky.social - congratulations on the announcement!
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Michael Boulerice called it "absolutely fuckin bonkers, bro."
For real this easily lands in the top three books I've read over the last ten years. Get it by any means necessary
For real this easily lands in the top three books I've read over the last ten years. Get it by any means necessary
The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
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It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
The Night Ship
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Michael Boulerice called it "absolutely fuckin bonkers, bro."
For real this easily lands in the top three books I've read over the last ten years. Get it by any means necessary
For real this easily lands in the top three books I've read over the last ten years. Get it by any means necessary
My last full day of work this week and i guess i must be excited because Ive been awake since 2am. Gonna crawl across that finish line.
Also, Welcome to Derry sets a bar for dumbest king adaptation and then every week manages to raise that bar higher. And yet i cannot look away.
Also, Welcome to Derry sets a bar for dumbest king adaptation and then every week manages to raise that bar higher. And yet i cannot look away.
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My last full day of work this week and i guess i must be excited because Ive been awake since 2am. Gonna crawl across that finish line.
Also, Welcome to Derry sets a bar for dumbest king adaptation and then every week manages to raise that bar higher. And yet i cannot look away.
Also, Welcome to Derry sets a bar for dumbest king adaptation and then every week manages to raise that bar higher. And yet i cannot look away.
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The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
The Night Ship
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!
www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
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Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
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Playbook | While Marjorie Taylor Greene was celebrated in Washington for forswearing toxic politics, her internal polling showed she'd have to go back to harassing school shooting survivors if she wanted to win another Republican primary.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Playbook | While Marjorie Taylor Greene was celebrated in Washington for forswearing toxic politics, her internal polling showed she'd have to go back to harassing school shooting survivors if she wanted to win another Republican primary.
It’s chilly but I’m out here
Kb complex
Halos, skullcrushers, around the world, figure 8, h2h swings, high pulls
8-10 each side
Rd 1 24lb
Rd 2-5 35lb
The hardest thing about these kettle bell complexes vs my usual circuit is just never setting down the weight
Kb complex
Halos, skullcrushers, around the world, figure 8, h2h swings, high pulls
8-10 each side
Rd 1 24lb
Rd 2-5 35lb
The hardest thing about these kettle bell complexes vs my usual circuit is just never setting down the weight
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s chilly but I’m out here
Kb complex
Halos, skullcrushers, around the world, figure 8, h2h swings, high pulls
8-10 each side
Rd 1 24lb
Rd 2-5 35lb
The hardest thing about these kettle bell complexes vs my usual circuit is just never setting down the weight
Kb complex
Halos, skullcrushers, around the world, figure 8, h2h swings, high pulls
8-10 each side
Rd 1 24lb
Rd 2-5 35lb
The hardest thing about these kettle bell complexes vs my usual circuit is just never setting down the weight
This MTG heel turn thing has me torn between the idea that all the liberals slobbering at the redemption arc are bots and right wing ops and the idea that a lot of liberals are just that stupid and as much as I would prefer the former, evidence strongly leans toward the latter.
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This MTG heel turn thing has me torn between the idea that all the liberals slobbering at the redemption arc are bots and right wing ops and the idea that a lot of liberals are just that stupid and as much as I would prefer the former, evidence strongly leans toward the latter.
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It is time, now and always, to say the things that need saying and make the art that needs making
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It is time, now and always, to say the things that need saying and make the art that needs making
Im hoping more people are waking up to the fact that for decades we’ve been held hostage by crybaby liberals who are willing to sacrifice anyone to preserve their comfort and will elect trash as long as the trash does enough performative pillow talk that they can believe they’re fundamentally good
If you'd rather bigots hold trans people's lives hostage instead of trans people hold the comfort of bigots hostage, well OK, that's your calculus, you get to make your choices in democracy—but own your choice. Admit it. Stand on your business. Go curry the favor of bigots and own the results.
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Im hoping more people are waking up to the fact that for decades we’ve been held hostage by crybaby liberals who are willing to sacrifice anyone to preserve their comfort and will elect trash as long as the trash does enough performative pillow talk that they can believe they’re fundamentally good
As an NP, i wonder to what extent this is part of the larger war on university education because throttling loan availability is going to push more people away from brick and mortar graduate programs into online for profit schools.
The Department of Education is proposing a definition that could strip nurse practitioners and CRNAs of “professional degree” status.
Chiropractors keep it. Nurses risk losing it. And that change would fall hardest on women in healthcare.
This is political and it is sexist.
Chiropractors keep it. Nurses risk losing it. And that change would fall hardest on women in healthcare.
This is political and it is sexist.
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
As an NP, i wonder to what extent this is part of the larger war on university education because throttling loan availability is going to push more people away from brick and mortar graduate programs into online for profit schools.
If you have astigmatism, driving at night is truly an adrenaline sport these days
It is genuinely insane how bright and distracting car lights are now
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If you have astigmatism, driving at night is truly an adrenaline sport these days
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In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
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“The Power Company Detective” by Joe Koch - Seize The Press
The gun doesn’t remember you. The man you were was not important, nothing more than another in a series of shifting targets for the shouting hole of its small black mouth. Furthermore, you may have be...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In lieu of a complex graphic assaulting your eyeballs with all 18 stories I've had published this year, please consider this one if you're reading for awards: "The Power Company Detective," eligible in the short story category. Weird horror with no easy answers.
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...
18.168.63.88/2025/03/29/t...