David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚
@daviddemchuk.com
I put the sewer into connoisseur. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦 Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcher’s Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
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You may know the tale of Sweeney Todd, but what of the tale of Mrs. Lovett? The Butcher’s Daughter, by David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark. Serving customers May 2025 🥧🔪
@meakoopa.bsky.social Oh Anthony....
I wrote about The Phantom of the Opera for TrueAnon's CRACKPOTS newsletter:
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@meakoopa.bsky.social Oh Anthony....
"We belong here, I just know we do." I looked at some old-school slow-burn hauntings and some skeletons best left buried, in this week's Sunday Scaries. buttondown.com/daviddemchuk...
I thought Grandma was supposed to be dead.
A lady in the lake, a relative's deepfake, an ancient ring of stones, plus moans and groans and bones. It's time for the Sunday Scaries!
buttondown.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"We belong here, I just know we do." I looked at some old-school slow-burn hauntings and some skeletons best left buried, in this week's Sunday Scaries. buttondown.com/daviddemchuk...
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Recommendations from @daviddemchuk.com and Corrinne Leigh Clark|THE BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER| From @sohopress.bsky.social m
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New from Hell's Hundred
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November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Recommendations from @daviddemchuk.com and Corrinne Leigh Clark|THE BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER| From @sohopress.bsky.social m
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Scanning the crowd at that Pope Leo film thing at the Vatican. Spike Lee and Cate Blanchett sure, but front row seat for Dario Argento 💥...
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Scanning the crowd at that Pope Leo film thing at the Vatican. Spike Lee and Cate Blanchett sure, but front row seat for Dario Argento 💥...
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If you don't know Alice, it's hard to fully express what her loss means to the radical disability community.
She fought for us—for all of us—both with profound grace and bared fucking teeth. Her work cut a pathway to the future, and we must continue it.
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
She fought for us—for all of us—both with profound grace and bared fucking teeth. Her work cut a pathway to the future, and we must continue it.
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
About
The Disability Visibility Project is an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. What does the DVP do? Believes that disabled narratives matter …
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you don't know Alice, it's hard to fully express what her loss means to the radical disability community.
She fought for us—for all of us—both with profound grace and bared fucking teeth. Her work cut a pathway to the future, and we must continue it.
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
She fought for us—for all of us—both with profound grace and bared fucking teeth. Her work cut a pathway to the future, and we must continue it.
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/
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been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
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I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
We have lost a true icon. Good night Alice, and sweetest of dreams.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
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Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We have lost a true icon. Good night Alice, and sweetest of dreams.
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ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
gathr.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
My mother never met my son and there was a reason for that
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My mother never met my son and there was a reason for that
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
I don't miss Toronto
Councillor Holyday worries about retail stores that "sell some zany thing that has very little value." He wants to know if council could define a list of what stores can sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't miss Toronto
Jamie was super-helpful to me as I wrote RED X. Hire Jamie!
2) Sometimes you need a handyman to assist your project, whether it's doing research when you lack the time/live too far from the materials you need, or require a fact-checking historian to ensure accuracy in a time of disinformation.
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
This is when my "historical handyman" service can help you!
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Jamie was super-helpful to me as I wrote RED X. Hire Jamie!
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beginning my quixotic and privileged campaign to get publishers to pay a per diem rather than asking their touring authors to carry a couple thousand dollars in credit debt and hoard paper receipts, like rats lining their nests for winter 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
beginning my quixotic and privileged campaign to get publishers to pay a per diem rather than asking their touring authors to carry a couple thousand dollars in credit debt and hoard paper receipts, like rats lining their nests for winter 🙏
Why Canadians excel at horror, a thread ⬇️
American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why Canadians excel at horror, a thread ⬇️
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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
to the absolutely BEAUTIFUL
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social!!!!
download instantly OR get a print copy and it ships next week 🖤
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
From THE BONE MOTHER, the first sentence plus a bonus *second* sentence.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From THE BONE MOTHER, the first sentence plus a bonus *second* sentence.
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want!
Pictured: the members of “IntegrityTO”
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pictured: the members of “IntegrityTO”
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If you missed this week's talk on powerful and vulnerable women in supernatural k-dramas... you can find it here
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
Women from Nightmares: Vulnerability and Powerful Women in K-dramas with Soumili Hazra
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you missed this week's talk on powerful and vulnerable women in supernatural k-dramas... you can find it here
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q
youtu.be/sBnTwqRdX3Q