Alex DiFrancesco
@alessandrostardust.bsky.social
Author of All City, Transmutation, Breaking the Curse, & The Grief Shop. Dog & cat mama-papa. Vespa rider. Professional chef. Adjunct professor. Tarot reader. Extremely amateur boxing student. Former editor.
(Profile pic by Casey Hansen Conan)
(Profile pic by Casey Hansen Conan)
Pinned
"Myself?
I long for love and light.
But must it come so cruel?
And oh so bright?"
I long for love and light.
But must it come so cruel?
And oh so bright?"
Still, 6 years later, screaming with laughter that a very wealthy ex would always say “That’s what I have a therapist for” when I’d offer him emotional support, but fully 100% unironically expected me to make him feel better about how guilty being rich made him feel.
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Still, 6 years later, screaming with laughter that a very wealthy ex would always say “That’s what I have a therapist for” when I’d offer him emotional support, but fully 100% unironically expected me to make him feel better about how guilty being rich made him feel.
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You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
Idk, I have a longstanding agreement with my publisher that people should read my books however is best for them. If they don’t have money or a local library they can get it at, The Internet Archive is something we all agree they should try.
I would not personally trust my book to a press whose founder is saying it’s okay to pirate books
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Idk, I have a longstanding agreement with my publisher that people should read my books however is best for them. If they don’t have money or a local library they can get it at, The Internet Archive is something we all agree they should try.
Nah, I left Cleveland.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nah, I left Cleveland.
I drank coffee at 3.30 p.m. and now sleep eludes me. (Yes, it’s only 7, but I have to wake up for a morning bake-off at 3 a.m.)
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I drank coffee at 3.30 p.m. and now sleep eludes me. (Yes, it’s only 7, but I have to wake up for a morning bake-off at 3 a.m.)
2 days sans nicotine.
It’s fancier if you say “sans” instead of “without.”
It’s fancier if you say “sans” instead of “without.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
2 days sans nicotine.
It’s fancier if you say “sans” instead of “without.”
It’s fancier if you say “sans” instead of “without.”
Do I spend $30 I don't have to apply for a writing retreat with a queer org that's never once acknowledged my work, or nah? I'm thinking nah, but I'd really, really love to work with a cohort of queer writers for once! Not that I could afford the retreat anyway, if I were accepted!
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Do I spend $30 I don't have to apply for a writing retreat with a queer org that's never once acknowledged my work, or nah? I'm thinking nah, but I'd really, really love to work with a cohort of queer writers for once! Not that I could afford the retreat anyway, if I were accepted!
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If you're in New Jersey you should go to @wolfeandkronbooks.com and give them all your money
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If you're in New Jersey you should go to @wolfeandkronbooks.com and give them all your money
I got a fan letter today in my email attached to my website, and I'm so used to now getting those AI-generated "Let's get your book to my community of readers" nonsense-things that I almost didn't read it. I'm glad I did. It was sweet.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I got a fan letter today in my email attached to my website, and I'm so used to now getting those AI-generated "Let's get your book to my community of readers" nonsense-things that I almost didn't read it. I'm glad I did. It was sweet.
Wrote about a page of the new ms this morning. Better than nothing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Wrote about a page of the new ms this morning. Better than nothing.
I haven’t vaped all day.
I’ve got a nicotine patch on and am occasionally hitting a Vitamin B12 vape for habit’s sake.
Goddamn it, I’m gonna quit ALL forms of nicotine!
I’ve got a nicotine patch on and am occasionally hitting a Vitamin B12 vape for habit’s sake.
Goddamn it, I’m gonna quit ALL forms of nicotine!
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I haven’t vaped all day.
I’ve got a nicotine patch on and am occasionally hitting a Vitamin B12 vape for habit’s sake.
Goddamn it, I’m gonna quit ALL forms of nicotine!
I’ve got a nicotine patch on and am occasionally hitting a Vitamin B12 vape for habit’s sake.
Goddamn it, I’m gonna quit ALL forms of nicotine!
I have been working out my upper body for a year and have still not developed muscles like Springsteen in the ‘80s. Do I have to lift a certain kind of weight? Do a specific motion? Pics of The Boss and my developing but ultimately lacking arms muscles for tax.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have been working out my upper body for a year and have still not developed muscles like Springsteen in the ‘80s. Do I have to lift a certain kind of weight? Do a specific motion? Pics of The Boss and my developing but ultimately lacking arms muscles for tax.
A local journalist posted about Frank Rizzo and I replied, “You’re a crumb creep bum. And a LUSH!” He did not get the reference, sadly. The state of journalism these days, smh
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A local journalist posted about Frank Rizzo and I replied, “You’re a crumb creep bum. And a LUSH!” He did not get the reference, sadly. The state of journalism these days, smh
When I was raped by an alumni of my graduate program that I first met at a program-sponsored event he was allowed to attend even though he'd graduated years before (ahem, predator), the first thing the Office of Institutional Equity asked me was, "Are you trying to sue the college?"
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When I was raped by an alumni of my graduate program that I first met at a program-sponsored event he was allowed to attend even though he'd graduated years before (ahem, predator), the first thing the Office of Institutional Equity asked me was, "Are you trying to sue the college?"
Only David Lynch could cast a cis man as a trans women and be met with universal love from the trans community, probably because he also included a hard baseline of trans acceptance (or death).
shout out to trans fem icon david duchovny
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Only David Lynch could cast a cis man as a trans women and be met with universal love from the trans community, probably because he also included a hard baseline of trans acceptance (or death).
Oh great, I think my refrigerator stopped working.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Oh great, I think my refrigerator stopped working.
Managed to write an essay called "Perfect Love Can't Save Us: The Tragedy of GOOD BOY" for submission to Bright Wall/Dark Room. I have wanted to be published by this magazine for many years. Hopefully this is the one!
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Managed to write an essay called "Perfect Love Can't Save Us: The Tragedy of GOOD BOY" for submission to Bright Wall/Dark Room. I have wanted to be published by this magazine for many years. Hopefully this is the one!
Writing an utterly reprehensible trans character is such a great time. He is a monster. He does things I find vile. Yet! There is a catharsis in shaking off the "model minority" representation dictates and just making this character the scum of the earth!
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Writing an utterly reprehensible trans character is such a great time. He is a monster. He does things I find vile. Yet! There is a catharsis in shaking off the "model minority" representation dictates and just making this character the scum of the earth!
There are mornings when the writing is there, and there are mornings when it's not. I write both times, but usually, I end up deleting everything from the "it's not there" mornings.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
There are mornings when the writing is there, and there are mornings when it's not. I write both times, but usually, I end up deleting everything from the "it's not there" mornings.
Okay. I'm gonna watch GOOD BOY even tho my dog just died and I know it's a horror movie about a dog that would do anything to protect his owner and it's gonna make me feel sad.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Okay. I'm gonna watch GOOD BOY even tho my dog just died and I know it's a horror movie about a dog that would do anything to protect his owner and it's gonna make me feel sad.
Frankly, when we did away with wondering about things (automatic information at the tips of our fingers at all times), I did not see outsourcing thinking itself as the next step, but here we are.
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Frankly, when we did away with wondering about things (automatic information at the tips of our fingers at all times), I did not see outsourcing thinking itself as the next step, but here we are.
Oh, nice, the neighbor who almost set all our row homes on fire is in her backyard with a blowtorch again. I’ve called the fire dept 3 times already.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Oh, nice, the neighbor who almost set all our row homes on fire is in her backyard with a blowtorch again. I’ve called the fire dept 3 times already.
The chef one: I got divorced, ran away to the Catskills for a summer job, fell in love with baking, and pursued it relentlessly.
The writer one: when I was 6 years old, I wrote down the lyrics to a (already existing) song and said I was a writer. And so I was.
The writer one: when I was 6 years old, I wrote down the lyrics to a (already existing) song and said I was a writer. And so I was.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The chef one: I got divorced, ran away to the Catskills for a summer job, fell in love with baking, and pursued it relentlessly.
The writer one: when I was 6 years old, I wrote down the lyrics to a (already existing) song and said I was a writer. And so I was.
The writer one: when I was 6 years old, I wrote down the lyrics to a (already existing) song and said I was a writer. And so I was.
Just heard a dog bark, and for a brief second thought it was Roxy, and now I'm very sad.
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just heard a dog bark, and for a brief second thought it was Roxy, and now I'm very sad.
Was dating someone for 2 years who consistently made me feel like an afterthought. Last straw(s)? 1. I told him my bff was coming into town and he should stop by - he said, that's my bday weekend, so I'll be with family and partners & 2. My dog died and he didn't text me for 3 weeks to see how I was
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Was dating someone for 2 years who consistently made me feel like an afterthought. Last straw(s)? 1. I told him my bff was coming into town and he should stop by - he said, that's my bday weekend, so I'll be with family and partners & 2. My dog died and he didn't text me for 3 weeks to see how I was