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Michael Tichy

@emptywrites.bsky.social

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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

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

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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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

The rpg really sells it

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I know almost no music of any juggalo or adjacent artists but I’m fascinated by a spontaneous community that is what burning man pretends to be

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like leaving that up to others at the gathering is quite a risk

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure you will have no problem believing that many of us in the crew have previously discussed this possibility 😂 so yes

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Void contingent at the gathering. Hell yes

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

🖤

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

🎶🎶when I die i might not go to heaven,
🎶 i don’t know if they let fascists in…

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

genuinely trumps funniest bit ever for him to admit that he knows he’s a grifting piece of shit who’s going to hell lol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 4d

You can pick up a copy here, and you really, really should. If you like Wrong Station, it’s for you. Moreover, proceeds go to No More Deaths, which offers humanitarian aid to migrants at the US border. Read fiction, fuck fascism, solidarity forever.

castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com/product/in-t...

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...

castaignepublishing.bigcartel.com

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

This was so good I think it cooked my brain

Jennifer Jeanne McArdle @mcardlejeanne.bsky.social · 1d

Stacked reading panel at @voidcon.bsky.social with Joe Koch, BR Yeager, David Simmons, Junkyard Ambrose, and Sasha Ravitch

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

lol. My body says different but I’m old and really dumb about not scheduling an extra day off before going back to work

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Love you, brother

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Voidcon 3 is done. I feel like each year is a refinement and so each year is the best year. We, and I mean every one of you who shared time with us, are why this community is special. Thank you. We are cocreating something unique and wonderful and I’m grateful for it and for you 🖤 my heart is full

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 1d

Joe makes me want to be a better writer and also to give up entirely because I will never create something so heart shattering. Amazing stuff

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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 4d

‘It Doesn’t Matter How Many Times You Kill Us’ was first published in this gorgeous print volume from @castaignepub.bsky.social, edited by @emptywrites.bsky.social and @styxteeth.bsky.social.

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Cover of ‘in the eyes of the hungry’, edited by Michael Tichy and Valentina Rojas. Rendered in charcoal, a male figure flays himself with a straight razor. From Castaigne publishing.

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

For approximately five minutes in the 1990s, some basic white dudes were encouraged to empathize with the dead animals on their plates and they angrily resurrect a funhouse mirror version of that to make bacon a whole personality and to justify absurd policy positions

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

That dude is profoundly lucky he had a dry bite. That was intense as hell

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

Humans have a gut level uncanny valley response in the presence of Bari Weiss

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: DHS releases photograph of girlfriend of antifa founder Noem reported in custody

Arwen (Liv Tyler) from lord of the rings with sword on a horse looking tough

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

Blumhouse is and has always been a joke that occasionally makes a good movie because of sheer statistical probability. Of course he’s down with the slop.

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 5d

Guy who has the worst track record of horror of any production company in history says people don’t care if you shovel slop at them. This is the least surprising ai apologist yet.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 5d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 6d

I too am such a man 😂

Michael Tichy @emptywrites.bsky.social · 6d

💯

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