Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman
@rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social
ℕ𝕠 𝔻𝕄𝕤 • ℕ𝕠 𝔸𝕀
https://linktr.ee/TamaraSellman
No doomscrollers • Here for creatives
• 💻 author 🌀 poet 🎥 filmmaker 🎙️podcaster
• 🏳️🌈 ally✊🏽truthteller ♀️ feminista
• 🥾 hiker 🍝 scratch cook 🥬gardener
• 💭 dreamwalker ♎️✨♏️ energy
• 🧠 ND🔥MS
https://linktr.ee/TamaraSellman
No doomscrollers • Here for creatives
• 💻 author 🌀 poet 🎥 filmmaker 🎙️podcaster
• 🏳️🌈 ally✊🏽truthteller ♀️ feminista
• 🥾 hiker 🍝 scratch cook 🥬gardener
• 💭 dreamwalker ♎️✨♏️ energy
• 🧠 ND🔥MS
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I’m a dark #speculative fiction author, widely published poet, indie filmmaker, and podcaster living, gardening, and hiking in the #PNW
More info at rhymeswithcamera.com
More info at rhymeswithcamera.com
I’ll buy for the cover alone!
Day #3 of #libfaves25!!!!
WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES by @claymcleod.bsky.social @quirkbooks.bsky.social
The horror novel for this moment in time. A deep dive into modern faith & the way brains are taken over by modern media. Terrifying, heartbreaking, & still humorous aka Clay’s brand.
WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES by @claymcleod.bsky.social @quirkbooks.bsky.social
The horror novel for this moment in time. A deep dive into modern faith & the way brains are taken over by modern media. Terrifying, heartbreaking, & still humorous aka Clay’s brand.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’ll buy for the cover alone!
Reposted by Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (1899-1981), German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation #WomensArt
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (1899-1981), German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation #WomensArt
#3Things for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender
1. Post-storm 🐸 opera outside this AM
2. Dreams tell me ‘26 is going to be a much better year but ya gotta wait for it—in the meantime, find joy, create, build community
3. Homemade Italian veg soup with tiny pasta and 15 different veg… damn, it’s goooood
1. Post-storm 🐸 opera outside this AM
2. Dreams tell me ‘26 is going to be a much better year but ya gotta wait for it—in the meantime, find joy, create, build community
3. Homemade Italian veg soup with tiny pasta and 15 different veg… damn, it’s goooood
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#3Things for WED: Day of Fern & Lavender
1. Post-storm 🐸 opera outside this AM
2. Dreams tell me ‘26 is going to be a much better year but ya gotta wait for it—in the meantime, find joy, create, build community
3. Homemade Italian veg soup with tiny pasta and 15 different veg… damn, it’s goooood
1. Post-storm 🐸 opera outside this AM
2. Dreams tell me ‘26 is going to be a much better year but ya gotta wait for it—in the meantime, find joy, create, build community
3. Homemade Italian veg soup with tiny pasta and 15 different veg… damn, it’s goooood
Dear Santa
Just one more book for my list… please?
Just one more book for my list… please?
My book The Great Work comes out today! Still can't quite believe this is a thing that is happening. Special thanks to my extremely talented editor @jesszimmerman.com and my wonderful agent @carolineeisenmann.bsky.social, both of whom were steadfast champions for this very weird novel.
The Great Work by Sheldon Costa: 9781683695059 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“Not to be missed.”—Booklist “A moody, atmospheric, and singular novel which navigates corners of American history through the complicated territory of horror, the monstrous,...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dear Santa
Just one more book for my list… please?
Just one more book for my list… please?
#3Things for TUES: Day of Thistle & Ginger
1. Dreamed I found caches of rare polished jade boulders on a side quest, escorted by friendly dogs
2. There’s no way AI could’ve written my autofic novelette… it’s just way too weirdly human
3. My genius idea for sharing ripe tomatoes w/the food bank
1. Dreamed I found caches of rare polished jade boulders on a side quest, escorted by friendly dogs
2. There’s no way AI could’ve written my autofic novelette… it’s just way too weirdly human
3. My genius idea for sharing ripe tomatoes w/the food bank
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#3Things for TUES: Day of Thistle & Ginger
1. Dreamed I found caches of rare polished jade boulders on a side quest, escorted by friendly dogs
2. There’s no way AI could’ve written my autofic novelette… it’s just way too weirdly human
3. My genius idea for sharing ripe tomatoes w/the food bank
1. Dreamed I found caches of rare polished jade boulders on a side quest, escorted by friendly dogs
2. There’s no way AI could’ve written my autofic novelette… it’s just way too weirdly human
3. My genius idea for sharing ripe tomatoes w/the food bank
I hope this trend continues...
Two acceptances in one week
1. A literary short short that I've submitted 18 times
2. A dark warfare-themed work for reprint that was originally published as a poem but is now a flash fiction
Two acceptances in one week
1. A literary short short that I've submitted 18 times
2. A dark warfare-themed work for reprint that was originally published as a poem but is now a flash fiction
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I hope this trend continues...
Two acceptances in one week
1. A literary short short that I've submitted 18 times
2. A dark warfare-themed work for reprint that was originally published as a poem but is now a flash fiction
Two acceptances in one week
1. A literary short short that I've submitted 18 times
2. A dark warfare-themed work for reprint that was originally published as a poem but is now a flash fiction
#3Things for MON: Day of Jasmine & Moonflower
1. Dreamed I could record/broadcast AV in a cave by plugging my hand in the dirt 🔌
2. Still a flood watch but they walked back 13” rainfall today! Just .65” instead, thankfully 😅
3. Last roses of ‘25. ‘Pope John Paul ii’ never disappoints #nofilter
1. Dreamed I could record/broadcast AV in a cave by plugging my hand in the dirt 🔌
2. Still a flood watch but they walked back 13” rainfall today! Just .65” instead, thankfully 😅
3. Last roses of ‘25. ‘Pope John Paul ii’ never disappoints #nofilter
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This podcast deserves *major awards* for deep dive interpretative journalism.
@sarahmarshall reveals millennia of strategic efforts by the patriarchy to keep people under control.
The Satanic Panic lingers in 2025 as just one angle or extension of organized hate movements.
Listen and learn.
@sarahmarshall reveals millennia of strategic efforts by the patriarchy to keep people under control.
The Satanic Panic lingers in 2025 as just one angle or extension of organized hate movements.
Listen and learn.
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This podcast deserves *major awards* for deep dive interpretative journalism.
@sarahmarshall reveals millennia of strategic efforts by the patriarchy to keep people under control.
The Satanic Panic lingers in 2025 as just one angle or extension of organized hate movements.
Listen and learn.
@sarahmarshall reveals millennia of strategic efforts by the patriarchy to keep people under control.
The Satanic Panic lingers in 2025 as just one angle or extension of organized hate movements.
Listen and learn.
#3Things for SUN: Day of Lemon & Sunflower
1. Flood warnings ALL WEEK from incoming atmospheric river 🌌
2. Who remembers the “In the Year 2000” skit?
3. Dreamed I was gifted a long necklace of natural indicolite (probably worth $95k)
1. Flood warnings ALL WEEK from incoming atmospheric river 🌌
2. Who remembers the “In the Year 2000” skit?
3. Dreamed I was gifted a long necklace of natural indicolite (probably worth $95k)
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#3Things for SUN: Day of Lemon & Sunflower
1. Flood warnings ALL WEEK from incoming atmospheric river 🌌
2. Who remembers the “In the Year 2000” skit?
3. Dreamed I was gifted a long necklace of natural indicolite (probably worth $95k)
1. Flood warnings ALL WEEK from incoming atmospheric river 🌌
2. Who remembers the “In the Year 2000” skit?
3. Dreamed I was gifted a long necklace of natural indicolite (probably worth $95k)
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
The annual Crypticon Seattle anthology writing contest is open until Feb 14, 2026 to writers local to Seattle/greater WA state. A great opportunity to get published alongside pros, get a weekend pass to Crypticon, win cash prizes. All info here: crypticonseattle.com/events/conte...
Parsley seeds germinated in the cold frame
a poster with a woman flexing her muscles and the words we can do it
ALT: a poster with a woman flexing her muscles and the words we can do it
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December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Parsley seeds germinated in the cold frame
Reposted by Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman
"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all."
Gorgeous read on life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers: www.themarginalian.org/2018/05/16/o...
Gorgeous read on life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers: www.themarginalian.org/2018/05/16/o...
Life, Loss, and the Wisdom of Rivers
“It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all."
Gorgeous read on life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers: www.themarginalian.org/2018/05/16/o...
Gorgeous read on life, loss, and the wisdom of rivers: www.themarginalian.org/2018/05/16/o...
#s3Things for SAT: Day of Garlic & Mugwort
1. Dream was basically a solarpunk story about vvitches and blue light energy
2. Making progress in the greenhouse interior!
3. Thanksgiving cactus showing off
1. Dream was basically a solarpunk story about vvitches and blue light energy
2. Making progress in the greenhouse interior!
3. Thanksgiving cactus showing off
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#s3Things for SAT: Day of Garlic & Mugwort
1. Dream was basically a solarpunk story about vvitches and blue light energy
2. Making progress in the greenhouse interior!
3. Thanksgiving cactus showing off
1. Dream was basically a solarpunk story about vvitches and blue light energy
2. Making progress in the greenhouse interior!
3. Thanksgiving cactus showing off
Winter break begins today!
Hi friends! Today I start a winter hiatus from the blog. Life was overfull in 2025 and I'm in need of some hibernating time! I'll be returning to the blog in mid-April 2026. Meanwhile: My Rhymes With Camera Substack will return for a "resolutions" edition on January 2,…
Hi friends! Today I start a winter hiatus from the blog. Life was overfull in 2025 and I'm in need of some hibernating time! I'll be returning to the blog in mid-April 2026. Meanwhile: My Rhymes With Camera Substack will return for a "resolutions" edition on January 2,…
Winter break begins today!
Hi friends! Today I start a winter hiatus from the blog. Life was overfull in 2025 and I'm in need of some hibernating time! I'll be returning to the blog in mid-April 2026. Meanwhile: My Rhymes With Camera Substack will return for a "resolutions" edition on January 2, then skip the February edition and return in March. Still, that's the best way to keep up with me and you can always go back and read the previous editions.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Winter break begins today!
Hi friends! Today I start a winter hiatus from the blog. Life was overfull in 2025 and I'm in need of some hibernating time! I'll be returning to the blog in mid-April 2026. Meanwhile: My Rhymes With Camera Substack will return for a "resolutions" edition on January 2,…
Hi friends! Today I start a winter hiatus from the blog. Life was overfull in 2025 and I'm in need of some hibernating time! I'll be returning to the blog in mid-April 2026. Meanwhile: My Rhymes With Camera Substack will return for a "resolutions" edition on January 2,…
#3Things for THURS: Day of Wheat & Sage
1. A mole breached the perimeter on one of my raised beds, squeezed past the hardware cloth in the bottom. Sigh. I normally admire persistence
2. Craniosacral sesh today 🎉
3. Look at these beautiful gems coloring up in the garage! A taste of summer in winter
1. A mole breached the perimeter on one of my raised beds, squeezed past the hardware cloth in the bottom. Sigh. I normally admire persistence
2. Craniosacral sesh today 🎉
3. Look at these beautiful gems coloring up in the garage! A taste of summer in winter
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#3Things for THURS: Day of Wheat & Sage
1. A mole breached the perimeter on one of my raised beds, squeezed past the hardware cloth in the bottom. Sigh. I normally admire persistence
2. Craniosacral sesh today 🎉
3. Look at these beautiful gems coloring up in the garage! A taste of summer in winter
1. A mole breached the perimeter on one of my raised beds, squeezed past the hardware cloth in the bottom. Sigh. I normally admire persistence
2. Craniosacral sesh today 🎉
3. Look at these beautiful gems coloring up in the garage! A taste of summer in winter
Gahhhhhh the news just gets more perverse everyday.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Gahhhhhh the news just gets more perverse everyday.
Reposted by Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman
I hope everyone has a really good day. I know those can be hard to find these days, so seek out those who make you feel comfortable, make you smile. Shut out the extra noise that makes you feel depleted or unwell. And do a lil self-protection to secure your personal space! #witchsky
a man is standing inside of a clear bubble holding flowers
ALT: a man is standing inside of a clear bubble holding flowers
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I hope everyone has a really good day. I know those can be hard to find these days, so seek out those who make you feel comfortable, make you smile. Shut out the extra noise that makes you feel depleted or unwell. And do a lil self-protection to secure your personal space! #witchsky
#RIP to this guy, Matt Mason [ @chaoticauthor.online ], who ran the weekly #HorrorWritersChat. See you on the Other Side, buddy. #ThanksMatt
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#RIP to this guy, Matt Mason [ @chaoticauthor.online ], who ran the weekly #HorrorWritersChat. See you on the Other Side, buddy. #ThanksMatt
THANK YOU, Mary. I'm unaware of what's happened w/Matt 🥺 I💜 #HorrorWritersChat sessions (even if I'm not always online when they occur). Matt's energy/welcoming attitude make socials worth the time spent in front of the💻.
1 win: flash fiction about warfare in nature going into a forthcoming antho
1 win: flash fiction about warfare in nature going into a forthcoming antho
Thank you so much for joining us for #HorrorWritersChat
I appreciate all the lovely answers...
Now it’s time to share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or horror creations you love and recommend.
Please like and reshare each other's promos.
I appreciate all the lovely answers...
Now it’s time to share your latest horror writer wins, news, sales, promos or horror creations you love and recommend.
Please like and reshare each other's promos.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THANK YOU, Mary. I'm unaware of what's happened w/Matt 🥺 I💜 #HorrorWritersChat sessions (even if I'm not always online when they occur). Matt's energy/welcoming attitude make socials worth the time spent in front of the💻.
1 win: flash fiction about warfare in nature going into a forthcoming antho
1 win: flash fiction about warfare in nature going into a forthcoming antho
#HorrorWritersChat
A: Matt was spot on... I just wrote about the coming rise of co-creators: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Poetry films do it for me. My latest [Lunatic] not so subtly touts the return of the season of the witch.
From the Hallow Ian Horror Hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1Y...
A: Matt was spot on... I just wrote about the coming rise of co-creators: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Poetry films do it for me. My latest [Lunatic] not so subtly touts the return of the season of the witch.
From the Hallow Ian Horror Hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1Y...
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
A: Matt was spot on... I just wrote about the coming rise of co-creators: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Poetry films do it for me. My latest [Lunatic] not so subtly touts the return of the season of the witch.
From the Hallow Ian Horror Hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1Y...
A: Matt was spot on... I just wrote about the coming rise of co-creators: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Poetry films do it for me. My latest [Lunatic] not so subtly touts the return of the season of the witch.
From the Hallow Ian Horror Hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1Y...
#HorrorWritersChat
A: I've been writing from dream content for decades and recently wrote about this one from back in 1973, pre-internet, cable, cellphones, even faxes. I dreamed the Jonestown massacre the evening on the day it happened. The next day I saw the story on the Oregonian front page.
A: I've been writing from dream content for decades and recently wrote about this one from back in 1973, pre-internet, cable, cellphones, even faxes. I dreamed the Jonestown massacre the evening on the day it happened. The next day I saw the story on the Oregonian front page.
#HorrorWritersChat Q3
This one is going to be hard.
One of the last things Matt asked us at Horror Writers Chat was to share a horror writing related dream.
This can be;
> an actual dream that inspired you.
> a dream you have for your writing career.
Interpret this any way you’d like.
This one is going to be hard.
One of the last things Matt asked us at Horror Writers Chat was to share a horror writing related dream.
This can be;
> an actual dream that inspired you.
> a dream you have for your writing career.
Interpret this any way you’d like.
December 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
A: I've been writing from dream content for decades and recently wrote about this one from back in 1973, pre-internet, cable, cellphones, even faxes. I dreamed the Jonestown massacre the evening on the day it happened. The next day I saw the story on the Oregonian front page.
A: I've been writing from dream content for decades and recently wrote about this one from back in 1973, pre-internet, cable, cellphones, even faxes. I dreamed the Jonestown massacre the evening on the day it happened. The next day I saw the story on the Oregonian front page.
#HorrorWritersChat
A: Horror narrative is perhaps the most honest form of truthtelling there is, as it catalogs, without flinching, the darkest depths of the human condition.
A: Horror narrative is perhaps the most honest form of truthtelling there is, as it catalogs, without flinching, the darkest depths of the human condition.
#Horrorwriterschat Q2:
So many things! I think, in the spirit of both Matt & the chat, so much of it comes down to community and friendship. There's a lot the genre *does* and allows us to explore, but fundamentally, like most human art, it's about sharing with one another and expressing something
So many things! I think, in the spirit of both Matt & the chat, so much of it comes down to community and friendship. There's a lot the genre *does* and allows us to explore, but fundamentally, like most human art, it's about sharing with one another and expressing something
#HorrorWritersChat Q2
This is one of Matt’s favourite questions to ask us:
What does horror mean to you?
This is one of Matt’s favourite questions to ask us:
What does horror mean to you?
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
A: Horror narrative is perhaps the most honest form of truthtelling there is, as it catalogs, without flinching, the darkest depths of the human condition.
A: Horror narrative is perhaps the most honest form of truthtelling there is, as it catalogs, without flinching, the darkest depths of the human condition.
#HorrorWritersChat
I'm Tamara and I write different kinds of horror (occult/folk/body/supernatural/psychological/cozy/literary) as well as make short poetry films (some of them leaning into horror) and podcast about writing horror at BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW.
I'm Tamara and I write different kinds of horror (occult/folk/body/supernatural/psychological/cozy/literary) as well as make short poetry films (some of them leaning into horror) and podcast about writing horror at BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW.
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I'm Tamara and I write different kinds of horror (occult/folk/body/supernatural/psychological/cozy/literary) as well as make short poetry films (some of them leaning into horror) and podcast about writing horror at BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW.
I'm Tamara and I write different kinds of horror (occult/folk/body/supernatural/psychological/cozy/literary) as well as make short poetry films (some of them leaning into horror) and podcast about writing horror at BENEATH THE RAIN SHADOW.
of all the Epstein Island images shared this morning, this one is the creepiest of all
dentist chair?
what are those masks?
Also, the walk through video as a whole really gives off BLINK TWICE vibes
www.imdb.com/title/tt1485...
dentist chair?
what are those masks?
Also, the walk through video as a whole really gives off BLINK TWICE vibes
www.imdb.com/title/tt1485...
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
of all the Epstein Island images shared this morning, this one is the creepiest of all
dentist chair?
what are those masks?
Also, the walk through video as a whole really gives off BLINK TWICE vibes
www.imdb.com/title/tt1485...
dentist chair?
what are those masks?
Also, the walk through video as a whole really gives off BLINK TWICE vibes
www.imdb.com/title/tt1485...