Brendan Vidito
@brendanvidito.bsky.social
He/Him
Author of Nightmares in Ecstasy and Pornography for the End of the World
Wonderland Award winner
Worm Aficionado
Website: https://brendanvidito.com
Author of Nightmares in Ecstasy and Pornography for the End of the World
Wonderland Award winner
Worm Aficionado
Website: https://brendanvidito.com
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Y'all read this, or what? Shit rips. You need it. Let it in.
www.weirdpunkbooks.com or wherever you buy books.
www.weirdpunkbooks.com or wherever you buy books.
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Y'all read this, or what? Shit rips. You need it. Let it in.
www.weirdpunkbooks.com or wherever you buy books.
www.weirdpunkbooks.com or wherever you buy books.
Honoured to be a part of this series. Thank you, Xavier, for spreading the worm gospel 🙏🏻
I love this recommendation series Ira is doing, but really only because it gave me the chance to bring up @brendanvidito.bsky.social’s fantastically gross writing!
@xaviergarcia.bsky.social recommending another Book We Don't Even Put Out™. "Nightmares in Ecstasy" by also @brendanvidito.bsky.social (alright, we have had Brendan in some collections, but we didn't put out this book, @clashbooks.bsky.social did!)
Semantics!
Semantics!
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Honoured to be a part of this series. Thank you, Xavier, for spreading the worm gospel 🙏🏻
I was compelled by a similar disgust/anxiety recently. I have to say, though, cleaning up and restoring this thing scratched an itch in my brain that I never knew I had.
February 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I was compelled by a similar disgust/anxiety recently. I have to say, though, cleaning up and restoring this thing scratched an itch in my brain that I never knew I had.
Very excited to have my story “From Cold Cometh the Devil” included here. It’s a departure from my usual work, and was a welcome challenge to write. Preorders are live and proceeds will be donated to a vitally important cause. You can find the links below!
Cover reveal.
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY
A horror anthology inspired by the works of John Steinbeck
Featuring…
David Simmons
Alexander Saxton
Brendan Vidito
Jennifer McArdle
and more
Coming soon…
IN THE EYES OF THE HUNGRY
A horror anthology inspired by the works of John Steinbeck
Featuring…
David Simmons
Alexander Saxton
Brendan Vidito
Jennifer McArdle
and more
Coming soon…
February 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very excited to have my story “From Cold Cometh the Devil” included here. It’s a departure from my usual work, and was a welcome challenge to write. Preorders are live and proceeds will be donated to a vitally important cause. You can find the links below!
My first review on this platform. Thank you, Brenaldinho, for the kind words.
Just finished reading “Pornography for the End of the World” by @brendanvidito.bsky.social.
I loved his writing style, but the opening and closing stories were standouts for me. Excellent stuff!
I loved his writing style, but the opening and closing stories were standouts for me. Excellent stuff!
January 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My first review on this platform. Thank you, Brenaldinho, for the kind words.
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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Seems like a good day for anti-fascist fiction. Snag a free ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/rtl56fi074
Nazi-punching horror.
Fascism didn't die in 1945. Its grave was only temporary. Rising again, this undead ideology shambles into the present, gathering power and spreading destruction wherever it goes.This monster stalks t...
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January 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Seems like a good day for anti-fascist fiction. Snag a free ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/rtl56fi074
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RED OF TOOTH AND CLAW is up for pre-order at Weirdpunk Books! Find out what happens when @sammytotep.bsky.social write about [REDACTED] together ⚔
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January 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
RED OF TOOTH AND CLAW is up for pre-order at Weirdpunk Books! Find out what happens when @sammytotep.bsky.social write about [REDACTED] together ⚔
weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/-pre...
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I was working on my novel, reading aloud a section I had just written, and looked over to see my partner’s dog looking at me like this. I’ll take it as an endorsement.
January 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was working on my novel, reading aloud a section I had just written, and looked over to see my partner’s dog looking at me like this. I’ll take it as an endorsement.
“…fantasy as horror is a perfect place for both genres to grow. By embracing that muddy, strange past there’s a new way forward. A new mind with which to explore the world through. A new locus from which something else can be born.”
Haven't written much non-fiction in a long time.
Here are some rambling thoughts on horror and fantasy as a genre sprouting from the same roots. Baby's first real substack post.
weirdpunkbooks.substack.com/p/fantasy-as...
Here are some rambling thoughts on horror and fantasy as a genre sprouting from the same roots. Baby's first real substack post.
weirdpunkbooks.substack.com/p/fantasy-as...
Fantasy as horror
The shared root
weirdpunkbooks.substack.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“…fantasy as horror is a perfect place for both genres to grow. By embracing that muddy, strange past there’s a new way forward. A new mind with which to explore the world through. A new locus from which something else can be born.”
The vibe I bring to the function.
My favorite 2-star goodreads review of @brendanvidito.bsky.social's Pornography for the End of the World.
January 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The vibe I bring to the function.
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Writer challenge (easy): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your book.
Writer challenge (expert): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your friends' books.
Writer challenge (expert): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your friends' books.
January 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Writer challenge (easy): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your book.
Writer challenge (expert): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your friends' books.
Writer challenge (expert): getting tattoos of bad reviews of your friends' books.
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Truly one of the greatest visual artists. Love her stuff so much going back to an old REH paperback I bought at a thrift store in high school (still have it!).
We were lucky enough to get the okay from her family to use one of her paintings on the cover of Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery.
We were lucky enough to get the okay from her family to use one of her paintings on the cover of Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery.
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Truly one of the greatest visual artists. Love her stuff so much going back to an old REH paperback I bought at a thrift store in high school (still have it!).
We were lucky enough to get the okay from her family to use one of her paintings on the cover of Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery.
We were lucky enough to get the okay from her family to use one of her paintings on the cover of Profane Altars: Weird Sword & Sorcery.
I think we might be on the cusp of a Sword & Sorcery revival in the small press sphere. Only this new wave will be even stranger and more genre-bending. Sam Richard and Matthew Mitchell’s upcoming Red of Tooth and Claw is one such work. Poetic, bizarre, grotesque, perverse, you can’t miss this one.
January 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think we might be on the cusp of a Sword & Sorcery revival in the small press sphere. Only this new wave will be even stranger and more genre-bending. Sam Richard and Matthew Mitchell’s upcoming Red of Tooth and Claw is one such work. Poetic, bizarre, grotesque, perverse, you can’t miss this one.
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Deadline's coming up! Please share!
Announcing THE BEST TRANS HORROR OF THE YEAR, an anthology reprint series spotlighting trans horror authors. We are now seeking submissions. Learn more here: ghoulish.rip/now-consider...
December 23, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Deadline's coming up! Please share!
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just had to pay $290 to continue using our newsletter service another year because I refuse to support substack so if you felt like subscribing and supporting an indie horror publisher / bookstore / writer that would be really cool, okay thanks! 🫠 buttondown.com/ghoulish
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December 23, 2024 at 2:58 AM
just had to pay $290 to continue using our newsletter service another year because I refuse to support substack so if you felt like subscribing and supporting an indie horror publisher / bookstore / writer that would be really cool, okay thanks! 🫠 buttondown.com/ghoulish
Getting ready for Nosferatu.
December 23, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Getting ready for Nosferatu.
Our first holiday photos together turned out nicely.
December 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Our first holiday photos together turned out nicely.