Allison Wyss (But the abyss... It's still in my heart.)
@allisonwyss.bsky.social
I don’t think I’ve been lost. she/her
And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022)
https://www.allisonwyss.com
And a book(!): SPLENDID ANATOMIES (Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, 2022)
https://www.allisonwyss.com
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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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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.)
(But that probably won't happen to you! It's just a good read.)
We’ve actually got the filming part covered. What we want from you is the not abducting and murdering part.
The insult of body cameras as a potential solution.
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We’ve actually got the filming part covered. What we want from you is the not abducting and murdering part.
The insult of body cameras as a potential solution.
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The insult of body cameras as a potential solution.
Thank you. It is so much worse than I ever thought it could be. Also, it somehow hasn’t felt right to post in the other place. Maybe because that’s always long conversations and I just can’t do that about this.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Thank you. It is so much worse than I ever thought it could be. Also, it somehow hasn’t felt right to post in the other place. Maybe because that’s always long conversations and I just can’t do that about this.
It's not back to normal; it's this new horrifying normal. It's horror that we're forced to normalize to survive it. Such that I do think of light funny things to post sometimes, instead of only about the horrors. And some day, despite the horror, I will. But so far, I can't. I just can't.
I guess folks are sick of hearing about the invasion of my city, especially as some tiny symbolic concessions have been made and the lawmakers might kind of talk about giving the invaders slightly less money. But it's still happening. We are still invaded. They are still abducting my neighbors.
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It's not back to normal; it's this new horrifying normal. It's horror that we're forced to normalize to survive it. Such that I do think of light funny things to post sometimes, instead of only about the horrors. And some day, despite the horror, I will. But so far, I can't. I just can't.
I guess folks are sick of hearing about the invasion of my city, especially as some tiny symbolic concessions have been made and the lawmakers might kind of talk about giving the invaders slightly less money. But it's still happening. We are still invaded. They are still abducting my neighbors.
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I guess folks are sick of hearing about the invasion of my city, especially as some tiny symbolic concessions have been made and the lawmakers might kind of talk about giving the invaders slightly less money. But it's still happening. We are still invaded. They are still abducting my neighbors.
I do feel guilty about how bad I want ICE the fuck out of minneapolis, because I don't want them to be anywhere else either. But selfishly, as a start, I really want them the fuck out of minneapolis.
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I do feel guilty about how bad I want ICE the fuck out of minneapolis, because I don't want them to be anywhere else either. But selfishly, as a start, I really want them the fuck out of minneapolis.
I COUL USE A LITTLE BORING THESE DAYS
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I COUL USE A LITTLE BORING THESE DAYS
I could use a single day without extra bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I could use a single day without extra bullshit.
Folks say “wait until they get to [city that has tough reputation]—love your enthusiasm, hope you hand them their asses. But it’s not the attitude that’s worked here. It’s not showboating, but thousands of ordinary people at quiet, tedious, grueling, dangerous tasks that no one will ever know about.
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Folks say “wait until they get to [city that has tough reputation]—love your enthusiasm, hope you hand them their asses. But it’s not the attitude that’s worked here. It’s not showboating, but thousands of ordinary people at quiet, tedious, grueling, dangerous tasks that no one will ever know about.
Oh it’s a relay for sure.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Oh it’s a relay for sure.
Block strategy going forward: stagger our complete and total fucking breakdowns.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Block strategy going forward: stagger our complete and total fucking breakdowns.
Thanks! I do always end up swapping in some new ones too, based on my mood or the class's mood or having just read a new story that I can't stop thinking about. You know.
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Thanks! I do always end up swapping in some new ones too, based on my mood or the class's mood or having just read a new story that I can't stop thinking about. You know.
"Fairy Tales and Subversion" is going to run despite my never being in the mood to promote it. It may be an angrier version of my usual fairy tale class, a sadder version, a bit more scattered. But fairy tales ARE great for fighting fascism, if you're interested.
loft.org/classes/fair...
loft.org/classes/fair...
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion
In both form and content, the fairy tale is an affront to "workshop craft." We can find subversive elements in the old stories we read, and we can subvert oppressive tropes in the new tales we write. ...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"Fairy Tales and Subversion" is going to run despite my never being in the mood to promote it. It may be an angrier version of my usual fairy tale class, a sadder version, a bit more scattered. But fairy tales ARE great for fighting fascism, if you're interested.
loft.org/classes/fair...
loft.org/classes/fair...
It's fine. I pull my head up to gasp "but my art! but my career!" and I post/whine about that here. But then head back down and do the work. Which is right.
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
It's fine. I pull my head up to gasp "but my art! but my career!" and I post/whine about that here. But then head back down and do the work. Which is right.
Heh. Just occurred to me there must be markets that opened and closed in January and a vanishingly small number of us fighting this round of fascism will be published in them. Then again, short submission windows are always less accessible.
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Heh. Just occurred to me there must be markets that opened and closed in January and a vanishingly small number of us fighting this round of fascism will be published in them. Then again, short submission windows are always less accessible.
I just blocked someone because they don’t seem to understand object permanence my god I didn’t think this through.
February 2, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I just blocked someone because they don’t seem to understand object permanence my god I didn’t think this through.
No actually they win when they abduct or kill people. And yeah that might interfere with my life a little bit. I do complain, but of course saving people’s literal lives is worth the inconvenience.
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
No actually they win when they abduct or kill people. And yeah that might interfere with my life a little bit. I do complain, but of course saving people’s literal lives is worth the inconvenience.
I'm sorry. You probably don't know where I am or what it's like here.
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I'm sorry. You probably don't know where I am or what it's like here.
I think you're right about this. But that kind of writing is not my role in this, at least not at present.
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I think you're right about this. But that kind of writing is not my role in this, at least not at present.
So if I close the app, then--ope!--close the curtains on my physical windows so I can't see out, the armed masked men magically stop disappearing my literal neighbors? I really wish it worked that way.
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
So if I close the app, then--ope!--close the curtains on my physical windows so I can't see out, the armed masked men magically stop disappearing my literal neighbors? I really wish it worked that way.
I see these people still writing and I wonder how it's possible. I'll write again if we get through this. Is that enough?
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I see these people still writing and I wonder how it's possible. I'll write again if we get through this. Is that enough?
I wonder if I’ll ever shitpost again.
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I wonder if I’ll ever shitpost again.
I hate to think of all the poor sad little fuck yous that might never find their target.
January 29, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I hate to think of all the poor sad little fuck yous that might never find their target.
So if I respond fuck you to a fundraising text right before I text stop does that get through?
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
So if I respond fuck you to a fundraising text right before I text stop does that get through?
It seems like maybe people elsewhere don’t know _that we know_ that this has everything to do with abolition. Some folks know it more deeply than others. But we know.
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
It seems like maybe people elsewhere don’t know _that we know_ that this has everything to do with abolition. Some folks know it more deeply than others. But we know.