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Jordan Kurella
@jordankurella.com
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Trans Queerdo. Nebula and Sturgeon Award Finalist. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe Press). Got more stories, essays, and poems at JordanKurella.com. He/Him. GenAI is right out.
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someone is in dire need of attention (i pet her and she bit me):
a black cat is on her back on a tile floor, looking degected and forlorn. next to her is a lonely cactus catnip toy. un-played with.
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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anyway part of being trans is trying to figure out how to dress. and then seasons?!?! why?!?! anyway, i made this meme in case anyone asks why i'm wearing THAT.
a selfie sticker of me wearing THAT standing next to a giant trans flag
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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we ratio rowling here
from Polygon Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store. Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0 Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store. RATIO: 2 reposts 65 quotes 17 likes 5 saves
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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uh wtf
HOW?!?!?
The Top 10 Authors in Columbus of 2025: 1. Hanif Abdurraqib 2. Stacy Jane Grover 3. Scott Woods 4. Dilara Casey 5. Maggie Smith 6. Jordan Kurella 7. Diane Callahan 8. Julia DeVillers 9. Vidas Barzdukas 10. Connie Schultz
December 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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literally this guy in your ads:
Jude Law as The Young Pope lounging on a lawn chair in the sun. wearing vestments and sunglasses while smoking.
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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"you'll be visited by three spirits"

the three spirits:
a very 90s photo of PJ Harvey, Björk, and Tori Amos, all dressed in white
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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i think you're neat, too Christopher
also!!! your book arrived!!
a man holds a copy of CALL AND RESPONSE STORIES OF THE FANTASTIC by Christopher Caldwell
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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three years on HRT today. this is the anniversary my original endo said i would change my mind by, and my current endo said to celebrate. so i am!!! it's never too late, we have always and will always exist:

5 years ago vs today
a white woman sits on a chair looking up at the camera. face in profile, makeup expertly applied. selfie is at an awkward angle, facial expression forced. a white man stands shrugging at the camera, his black t-shirt says (in trans colors) "the cost of inaction is extinction" he is smiling like oopsies with a shit-eating grin on his face.
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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when you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health
Tony Soprano standing in the kitchen saying "You know what? This is too fucked-up for me even to think about."
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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spending my Thanksgiving with: 3 cats and 1 dog. will be eating nothing out of the ordinary for the day, but the 1 dog got a special treat. it's very cold and snowing, and i'm isolated here. surely everything will be okay with the dog here.
a black labrador staring seriously into the camera, ears alert. she is wearing a lavender bandanna which says "no one knows i'm THE THING"
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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outtakes from this selfie session:
same man as above (white man with grey hair and glasses, wearing all black--button down and black jeans). except now he's smiling big and pointing at a chalk word on a wall that says "HOT" with an arrow pointing at him
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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ten years apart
me in 2015 in Boot Hill Cemetery, Arizona next to the gravestone for Lester Moore that says "Here Lies Lester Moore, Four Slugs from a 44, No Les, No More" me in 2025, not in Arizona grey hair, looking off to right of frame. very different presentation.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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eligibility post time!!!!
this year i published two things:

novella: THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS from @lethepress.bsky.social

short story: "The Messengers of Despair" from @bcsmagazine.bsky.social

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the cover of THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS is off to the left of this image. the rest of it is text on a dark blue background. it says: AWARDS ELIGIBILITY The Death of Mountains from Lethe Press ELIGIBLE FOR: the Nebula, the Hugo, the Locus, and other novella etcetera LISTEN: if you want to think of this book during awards season? great! thank you very much! are there too many things to think about right now? of course there are. way too many things. i am making this graphic while also internally screaming and procrastinating dinner. so. i get it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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🎶 it's the most wonderful time of the year🎶
a picture of the McDonald's Golden Arches with the marquee underneath saying MCRIB IS BACK a floating papier mache head balloon on a creepy sodium light lit suburban street. the text underneath saying "The McRib is back"
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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you think i'm joking:
a photograph of a cluttered attic. the centre of the photo focuses on a towel thrown over something on an easel.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
prometheus: hot take, the greek gods: no give that back
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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back to the future photo of Marty McFly with his brother and sister in the photo back to the future photograph with Marty McFly's brother erased and his sister being erased
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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when you want to take a walk, but the neighborhood extrovert has other plans for you:
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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when the FaceTime call goes unanswered:
Vadislav the Poker from "What We Do in the Shadows" movie trying to be seen. "She cant... she can't see me from that angle"
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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convincing you to read my novella with the first line. share yours if you want.

(here's the opening of "The Death of Mountains")
On our hill, which is us, all things end. That is the way of things. We have seen this done over our crests and in our valleys.
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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hi, i know we're talking about other stuff right now, but i still think this is the best movie poster in the whole wide world
the movie poster for the movie AMADEUS
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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sometimes when i am sad, i remember that i can sometimes write good. like i wrote this.
a quote from my book THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS highlighted bit: "It is a truth that all things in nature that are fat are happy."
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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ZOHRAN meme generator but it says: FLAMES for the side of my face
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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i am here:
a photo of movie screen in front of a symphony. the movie screen says JAWS IN CONCERT
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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yikes on spikes
that traps its prey using miniscule hooks--somewhat of a departure from the passive filter-feeding behavior typical of most sponges. (this section is highlighted) Researches also documented so-called "zombie worms" (Osedax sp.), which feed on the bones of whales and other large vertebrates without mouths or digestive systems, relying instead on symbiotic bacteria. Though not new to science, their appearance only adds to the macabre wonder. "Accelerating species discovery is not a scientific luxury--it is essential for public good," said Mr. Mitsuyuki Unno,
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM