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Cassie E. Brown

@ozarkmisfit.bsky.social

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Writer & Tea drinker | Poetry, prose, essays, SFF and literary | www.ozarkmisfit.com |Absolutely all opinions are my own not my employer’s.

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hi! I am a Missourian. My greatest hits include “Queer and BIPOC folks live in rural America” “stop trading solidarity for ideological purity” “love your neighbor, yeah that jackass” and “beauty is everywhere, just like pain.”

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 8h

Them: aksHuaLLy mOsT sNAkeS aRE nOt veNOmoUS…
Me: **laughs in Missouri**
Them: *checks list of venomous snakes in Missouri*
Them: … BuT sNaKEs aRe mOsTLy gEnTLe and..
Me: **Missouri increases**

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 8h

Fine: seeing a little snake crawling in the well outside your garden level office window

Fun: watching the snake crawling on the glass and tasting the air

Fucked: discovering the snake is a copperhead and seeing it striking a stick 12 inches from your face as facilities is removing it

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11h

Solid article from @psychopomp.com (as always!!) but I have to stan The Man Who Laughs as a creepy masterpiece. Based on a Victor Hugo story, the terrifying, tortured, inflicted smile of the protagonist inspired the Joker. It’s a silent film I always watch at Halloween.

Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 14h

and we're BACK on the blog with @theblackbuffy.bsky.social!!

Five Older Horror Films with Eerie Vibes

perfect for your spooky season viewing:

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Five Older Horror Films with Eerie Vibes - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and I’m not talking about December, either. Halloween season is a delight for many folks, but especially for horror fans because it means being even more unap...

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 13h

I am tired. Work is hard. Memories decline. Oh. And water is wet.

Additionally! I love my job. I nurture hope. Theatre is fun. Friendship gives life. Connection gives meaning. Grace is abundant.

Stay tuned for more broken news.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 2d

The Oreo was invented by an Italian American. Done. Fin.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

such a fun spiraling out of the polite memo from Ross McCleary!

"Fire is raw and cleansing like alcohol. Embrace it like an undeserved promotion."

https://www.havehashad.com/voc9j

Please Consider The Environment Before Printing This Email by Ross McCleary

but if you must do so then please make sure to shred the pages after you’re done. If you must print this email then shred it, please, despite previous environmental concerns, burn the shreds in the…

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 2d

Fascist and nationalist power grabs do not require religion to operate. Certainly not any particular one. They operate on intense sentiment, overzealous patriotism, etc. This particular brand has shaken hands with white, evangelical Christianity. They are not the same. That’s the point.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 2d

Now, quick notes: I do *not* believe Christians are *more* deserving of asylum or immigration protections than others. Simply noting that they are suffering in high numbers. (Many deportees are Christian. Just not white ones.)

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 2d

Christianity, fettered: www.npr.org/2025/07/31/g...

Christian refugees caught in the crosshairs of U.S. immigration policy

The Trump administration's overhaul of the U.S. asylum and refugee systems has taken a toll on people fleeing religious persecution, including many Christians.

www.npr.org

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 7d

This argument lives rent free in my head.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 7d

Our coworkers stopped us from coming to blows but boy howdy it was RIGHT THERE

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 7d

I was unreasonably furious at him being both ignorant and weirdly snobby about it.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 7d

For context, he’s from Texas and pronounces that as white as white. I said, “great! I look forward to you correcting all of our pronunciation on Native American received place names if this is the hill you die on…” and, weirdly, he did not insist on that.

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 7d

Oh my god. The argument I got into with a coworker about the pronunciation of Versailles Missouri. (vuhr-SAYLES). He insisted on pronouncing it like the French city because “just because you all cannot say it correctly doesn’t mean I have to. Pronunciation doesn’t change with location.”

a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

ALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 9d

These are awesome picks right here!!

Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · Oct 6

Three great tastes that taste great together! What contemporary Southern horror are you reading this Spooky Season? I always prefer a Kentucky author myself 😉

[image desc: stack of books on a fence post, top to bottom: SUMMER SONS by Lee Mandelo, WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, and STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow.]

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 10d

Morels. That’s what I will eat.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11d

A friend caught this image of @canonmak.bsky.social blessing Morticia. “Lord make me an instrument of your peace.” ⚓️

A person kneels beside a cat carrier outdoors. A priest in jeans beside them leans over the cat carrier also. Both have fingers interwoven into the carrier to touch the animal.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah. More a reference to the behavior of cats. Lol

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11d

… I see where you are trying to go, but that is REALLY not the problem. In my region, multi year record drought, exacerbated by climate change coupled with horrific international trade policies which have precluded trade with our most reliable global partners led to the crash of soybean production.

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11d

Morticia just got blessed at the St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals and did not in fact disappear into a cloud of grey, sulfurous smoke! (For anyone running an over/under, she didn’t even hiss when sprinkled with holy water. So.) ⚓️

A green-eyed black cat lies on wooden stairs. The cat is wearing a silver saints medal prominently from its collar.

A green-eyed black cat sits perched in front of a window in a shelf in front of books and a vining plant. The cat looks prim.

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Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 11d

Fun facts, bishops also do this when consecrated.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 12d

Kind words, huh @canonmak.bsky.social ?

Cody⁺ @cebm.bsky.social · 12d

"In an age that craves certainty and tribalism, Anglicanism offers something quieter and stronger shaped by prayer and lit from within by the glory of Christ. That is what gives me hope."
– The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, in her address this morning 🕯️

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 13d

Also, I think you misunderstood me. But that really doesn’t matter. I hate that you’re hurting.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 13d

I am not interested in arguing either. Nobody wins a fight.

Cassie E. Brown @ozarkmisfit.bsky.social · 13d

Never tolerate what?