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Allison Abyss

@allisonwyss.bsky.social

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I don’t think I’ve been lost. she/her And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022) https://www.allisonwyss.com

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · Nov 13

I want to post something that I can pin, so I guess I'll share this review of my book (Splendid Anatomies) that I can only read if I want joy to fill my heart such that it overwhelms me and I fall down in intense but exquisite pain.

(But that probably won't happen to you! It's just a good read.)

Power and Vulnerability: A Review of Splendid Anatomies by Allison Wyss

There used to be a horror movie critic in the pink section of the San Francisco Chronicle, Joe Bob Briggs, who would end his reviews with a tally of boobs, bodies, and pints of blood spilled — more be...

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4h

It's more or less respectable to end a text conversation with a thumbs up but what about in real life

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 7h

But the tiresome posts feel manipulative. It feels like the poster is trying to needle without being outright mean. It's "I'm not touching you!" on a long ride in the backseat of your parents' car.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 7h

And most people who reply to my posts are not at all tiresome. That makes me feel bad bringing it up at all. What if someone who's actually a delight stops replying to me? That would suck.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 7h

I wish I had a better way to explain what makes a reply tiresome. It’s not like it’s mean. And who it comes from, whether we’re mutuals or have interacted, absolutely affects it.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 19h

Yes I did go home after seeing a scary play, struggle a bit with my key in the lock, and then the cat jumped out at me.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a fucking writer, friend.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

It’s done now but you’re responsible for winding it up in a way that keeps it that way.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really good at untangling knots. This is something I was known for as a child, forgot about as an adult, and then remembered when I had a kid. I think about how scouts learn to tie special kinds of knots (I think?), but UNtying them is a more useful skill in my opinion.

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Piper @yourfriendpiper.bsky.social · 5d

I do feel scared when people are making new protest celebrities out of teenagers. You’re making targets

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 3d

Not to imply you're 75, btw, I have no idea. Only to admit I'm 46 and was absolutely giving this look to the sign advertising RSV shots for 75yos.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

Meme of guy ignoring "vaccines they give 46yos" to check out "vaccines they give 75yos."

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

AND I noticed immediately after posting that I typed ballet instead of ballot so I deleted and re-did, also as if I were a responsible adult human person.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

Today I got my shots for flu and covid and I filled out my mail-in ballot (but I still need my witness to get home before I send it) because I am a RESPONSIBLE ADULT HUMAN PERSON and I really care about my community. (Who knew?)

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

This is true. But even that conversion that happens when you do have a reason to hang out, how it turns into friendship--that's so mysterious to me. And thank goodness for the people who get it and somehow make it happen.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

This makes me think about the fact that I don't think I ever learned how to make friends. I think all of the friends I have made me.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 4d

10yo's feelings were hurt when her computer called her a robot because she doesn't know what a parking meter is.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about Daniel Tam-Claiborne's TRANSPLANTS and an interesting sex scene:

Transplants and Change Through Intimacy | The Loft Literary Center

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like that means their pants are so shitty they won't last you a whole day.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

It's goddamn infuriating.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

And you know, honestly, I think the fight against amazon would be so much easier if they didn't all pull this bullshit. I am so happy to order directly from the maker except this part sucks. A centralized pestering system saves more frustration than anything else that evil dude offers.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 5d

Sure every website I occasionally buy things from, I'll give you my email for the tiniest fraction of a percentage off my overpriced purchase, but if you then demand my phone number, I will cancel my order and leave the earth scorched behind me as I never ever ever buy from you again.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

That's fantastic.

Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

My kid: I can't believe you teach classes.
Me: What do _you_ think I should do for money.
My kid, because she's an asshole: I don't know. Write books?

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

I reassure myself, well, I’m not gonna let ai cook MY brain. I’m going to keep thinking, creating, imagining, struggling, being human. But I want that for everyone. We do those things in community with each other. Each cooked brain hurts us all.

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Allison Abyss @allisonwyss.bsky.social · 6d

It's possible that I haven't tucked in a shirt since catholic school.