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Christopher Caldwell

@seraph76.bsky.social

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Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy. Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland. Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · Aug 16

*Bojack Horseman voice* “My book, written by me, is going to kick your dick in!”

Call and Response is now available for pre-order! www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

www.neonhemlock.com

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1h

Anyway, my little collection comes out tomorrow, and while it is many things, it is also a love letter to queer, Black people

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1h

Crying because I love Black people, and queer people, and especially Black, queer people so much

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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 15h

Apex Magazine is at $7178 out of a $20,000 base goal! They have 16 days to go!

Help THEM reach their Apex!

(there are also stretch goals)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 16h

@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social congratulations! I love that story

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 22h

The third movement sounds like it’s made for someone with two extra hands

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

Why does her foundation look like that?

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

The corpse of a twink with colored contacts clumsily hidden beneath a Persian rag with conspicuous stains

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

Very on brand for him to smirk and say, “You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing.”

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

“That’s because you’re basically just Louis….”
…
“Well?”
“Shut the fuck up.”

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

Saw a few short clips of The Vampire Lestat, and I regret to say that French fuckboy’s bullshit would work on me.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

No you don’t!

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

Dairy?!

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a hate crime specifically targeted at me.

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I think it started as an association with horror during the silent movie era, not necessarily with Dracula

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I saw a video where someone was complaining about a billionaire pop star “breaking the social contract,” by putting out a bad album, and fuck billionaires, but that’s a creepy, entitled way to think about art.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had the hoodie for years. Can testify that it’s quality

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of read the first sentence all at once?

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 2d

Recently, I had the immense pleasure to read an early copy of CALL AND RESPONSE by Christopher Caldwell, the newest collection from Neon Hemlock, and I absolutely adored it!! Ten stories in matched pairs, structural brilliance for a thrilling, magical, and deeply humane, this is a MUST READ!!

The cover of CALL AND RESPONSE: STORIES OF THE FANTASTIC by Christopher Caldwell against a jovial marbled backdrop.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I loved Devastator. , although he was sort of janky to move (later combiners felt more sturdy) but yeah, it was weird to have Lamborghinis and Ferraris outsize a cement mixer and a dump truck. Fortress Maximus was the first transformer I remember who felt like he had any real scale.