August Owens Grimm
@aowensgrimm.bsky.social
They/them. Speculative/Haunted Memoir Writer. Fat and Queer. Recent pubs in It Came From the Closet and NAFFA. 2025 Lambda Fellow.
today’s therapy session required the presence of my weighted sloth pillow. i wasn’t going to post this out of a sense of shame that i even need a weighted sloth pillow but that’s exactly the kind of thinking/bias that i’m trying to undo in therapy & my writing
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
today’s therapy session required the presence of my weighted sloth pillow. i wasn’t going to post this out of a sense of shame that i even need a weighted sloth pillow but that’s exactly the kind of thinking/bias that i’m trying to undo in therapy & my writing
I’m at a medical convention for work and they have puppies! @awpwriter.org can we have puppies!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I’m at a medical convention for work and they have puppies! @awpwriter.org can we have puppies!
I have a new essay “Fat in the Psych Ward” up at the @naafaofficial.bsky.social blog for Mental Health Awareness Month! Also, hi! I have borderline personality disorder. naafa.org/blog/fat-in-...
May 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I have a new essay “Fat in the Psych Ward” up at the @naafaofficial.bsky.social blog for Mental Health Awareness Month! Also, hi! I have borderline personality disorder. naafa.org/blog/fat-in-...
It feels like a dream! An amazing dream! Such an incredible experience this morning at our Art & Craft of Speculative Memoir panel at #awp25! Thank you to Jami Nakamura Lin, Carmen Maria Machado, @shannongibney.bsky.social, and @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social!
March 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It feels like a dream! An amazing dream! Such an incredible experience this morning at our Art & Craft of Speculative Memoir panel at #awp25! Thank you to Jami Nakamura Lin, Carmen Maria Machado, @shannongibney.bsky.social, and @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social!
BPD + AWP: A Handbook for Surviving AWP When You have Borderline Personality Disorder. This is my first time attending AWP knowing I have #borderline and I’m hoping that means it will be easier to navigate but it would be great if someone could create this handbook. #awp25
March 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BPD + AWP: A Handbook for Surviving AWP When You have Borderline Personality Disorder. This is my first time attending AWP knowing I have #borderline and I’m hoping that means it will be easier to navigate but it would be great if someone could create this handbook. #awp25
So excited that I get to moderate the Art & Craft of Speculative Memoir with Carmen Maria Machado, Shannon Gibney, Jami Nakamura Lin, and @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social
@awpwriter.bsky.social #awp25
@awpwriter.bsky.social #awp25
March 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So excited that I get to moderate the Art & Craft of Speculative Memoir with Carmen Maria Machado, Shannon Gibney, Jami Nakamura Lin, and @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social
@awpwriter.bsky.social #awp25
@awpwriter.bsky.social #awp25
New glasses for the first time in 5 years. 🙏🏻 new job!
March 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
New glasses for the first time in 5 years. 🙏🏻 new job!
I keep sending my therapist articles about Nosferatu that are also relevant to our work. At first he responded with “I look forward to reading and discussing it” and now he just responds with “ok.” 😂🤓.
January 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I keep sending my therapist articles about Nosferatu that are also relevant to our work. At first he responded with “I look forward to reading and discussing it” and now he just responds with “ok.” 😂🤓.
Posted some thoughts about vampires, ghosts, and absence on my Patreon. You can join at the link! www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
January 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Posted some thoughts about vampires, ghosts, and absence on my Patreon. You can join at the link! www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
Such a thrill to see my name updated in/on It Came from the Closet!!! 🤩🤩
January 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Such a thrill to see my name updated in/on It Came from the Closet!!! 🤩🤩
My third viewing of Nosferatu was my best experience of it! The sound and picture were amazing. Like seeing it for the first time.
January 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My third viewing of Nosferatu was my best experience of it! The sound and picture were amazing. Like seeing it for the first time.
Starting my day with coffee and @richardscottlarson.com’s The Long Hallway
January 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Starting my day with coffee and @richardscottlarson.com’s The Long Hallway
Part 1:
1. Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
2. Corpses, Fools, and Monsters by Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay
3. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zöe Bossiere
4. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
5. Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
1. Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
2. Corpses, Fools, and Monsters by Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay
3. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zöe Bossiere
4. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
5. Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
December 31, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Part 1:
1. Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
2. Corpses, Fools, and Monsters by Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay
3. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zöe Bossiere
4. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
5. Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
1. Magical/Realism by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
2. Corpses, Fools, and Monsters by Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay
3. Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir by Zöe Bossiere
4. Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
5. Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
My favorite movies of 2024. I can’t decide if The Substance or I Saw the TV Glow was my favorite favorite. There’s one documentary and two comedies!
1. The Substance
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Thelma
5. Witches
6. Heretic
7. Hundreds of Beavers
1. The Substance
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Thelma
5. Witches
6. Heretic
7. Hundreds of Beavers
December 31, 2024 at 7:43 PM
My favorite movies of 2024. I can’t decide if The Substance or I Saw the TV Glow was my favorite favorite. There’s one documentary and two comedies!
1. The Substance
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Thelma
5. Witches
6. Heretic
7. Hundreds of Beavers
1. The Substance
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Thelma
5. Witches
6. Heretic
7. Hundreds of Beavers
Super excited to talk about The Art and Craft of Speculative Memoir with @vanessid.bsky.social, @jaminlin.bsky.social, Carmen Maria Machado, and Shannon Gibney at AWP25!
December 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Super excited to talk about The Art and Craft of Speculative Memoir with @vanessid.bsky.social, @jaminlin.bsky.social, Carmen Maria Machado, and Shannon Gibney at AWP25!
Use code TAW24 to get 20% off Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives 🧡🩷💛
#FATandQUEER 🏳️🌈 #FATandTRANS 🏳️⚧️ #TransAwarenessWeek 💙🩷🤍
#FATandQUEER 🏳️🌈 #FATandTRANS 🏳️⚧️ #TransAwarenessWeek 💙🩷🤍
November 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Use code TAW24 to get 20% off Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives 🧡🩷💛
#FATandQUEER 🏳️🌈 #FATandTRANS 🏳️⚧️ #TransAwarenessWeek 💙🩷🤍
#FATandQUEER 🏳️🌈 #FATandTRANS 🏳️⚧️ #TransAwarenessWeek 💙🩷🤍
Book proposal update! Shared the Market section with my patrons today. This is the second section we covered in the Book Proposal Generator workshop and the first one where I decided to have fun!
Patreon link below to follow along on my book proposal journey ✌🏻
www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
Patreon link below to follow along on my book proposal journey ✌🏻
www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
March 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Book proposal update! Shared the Market section with my patrons today. This is the second section we covered in the Book Proposal Generator workshop and the first one where I decided to have fun!
Patreon link below to follow along on my book proposal journey ✌🏻
www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
Patreon link below to follow along on my book proposal journey ✌🏻
www.patreon.com/bruceowensgr...
Been watching the movies Ari Aster cited as inspirations for Hereditary and finally got to watch Don’t Look Now. Incredible! The way it plays with memory is fascinating. Donald Sutherland is a 70’s scream queen.
March 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Been watching the movies Ari Aster cited as inspirations for Hereditary and finally got to watch Don’t Look Now. Incredible! The way it plays with memory is fascinating. Donald Sutherland is a 70’s scream queen.
I survived September. Almost didn’t so thought I’d celebrate simply making it through the most difficult month of my life. Now to tackle October.
October 1, 2023 at 6:28 PM
I survived September. Almost didn’t so thought I’d celebrate simply making it through the most difficult month of my life. Now to tackle October.
Today’s look for Printer’s Row
September 9, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Today’s look for Printer’s Row
ARC brag: @mbsycamore.bsky.social’s TOUCHING THE ART. So excited to start reading it!
August 22, 2023 at 10:04 PM
ARC brag: @mbsycamore.bsky.social’s TOUCHING THE ART. So excited to start reading it!