Costa Koutsoutis
@costakout.bsky.social
Writer, professor, old punk. NO CASTLES, THE HOWL OF THE EARTH, & more out now on your favorite e-book platforms. Read MAPMAKERS on Patreon. No roads but the ones we make. He/Him.
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Sam Vincent can find almost anything lost in the clouded sea of an overcrowded & hostile Internet, in a future not too far-off. When an old lover asks a favor, a the fabric of online is going to start to unravel. Subscribe to my Patreon to read MAPMAKERS & get new chapters as they go up;
Deleting stuff because I have gotta stop reading and posting before dinner.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Deleting stuff because I have gotta stop reading and posting before dinner.
Monday reminder of my humble brilliance and talent;
Sunday morning thread of reminders that I do in fact, sometimes write still;
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Monday reminder of my humble brilliance and talent;
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Re-listening to WEEPING CEDARS, one of the most unique takes on pseudo-documentary horror audio fiction I’ve encountered in a long time.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Re-listening to WEEPING CEDARS, one of the most unique takes on pseudo-documentary horror audio fiction I’ve encountered in a long time.
Watched CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD last night and I needed it to be about 10-20% goofier to really work.
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Watched CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD last night and I needed it to be about 10-20% goofier to really work.
Sunday morning thread of reminders that I do in fact, sometimes write still;
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sunday morning thread of reminders that I do in fact, sometimes write still;
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Casual Saturday morning reading topic; Empress Matilda (1102-1167) and her role in The Anarchy.
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Casual Saturday morning reading topic; Empress Matilda (1102-1167) and her role in The Anarchy.
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
Managed to convince some skeptics to watch ONE CUT OF THE DEAD last night, everyone was cracking up and cheering by the end.
a man stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it
ALT: a man stands at a podium in front of a sign that says mission accomplished on it
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Managed to convince some skeptics to watch ONE CUT OF THE DEAD last night, everyone was cracking up and cheering by the end.
I genuinely don’t really have a lot of pictures of myself from a “different era,” I didn’t take a ton of photos as a teen (pre-smartphone), and was not the kind that always have a camera around.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I genuinely don’t really have a lot of pictures of myself from a “different era,” I didn’t take a ton of photos as a teen (pre-smartphone), and was not the kind that always have a camera around.
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Suddenly! Randomly! Here's my Patreon! Comics and early access to my podcasts, plus doodles and illustrations and random essays and reviews about stuff! www.patreon.com/c/phantasmic...
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creating comics and podcasts
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November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Suddenly! Randomly! Here's my Patreon! Comics and early access to my podcasts, plus doodles and illustrations and random essays and reviews about stuff! www.patreon.com/c/phantasmic...
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Ch.5 of MAPMAKERS, my Patreon-exclusive serialized scifi mystery story, is up now. A minor revelation occurs;
MAPMAKERS, chapter 5 | Costa Koutsoutis
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November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ch.5 of MAPMAKERS, my Patreon-exclusive serialized scifi mystery story, is up now. A minor revelation occurs;
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Fun fact about Kevin o’Leary: in addition to his failed politics bid mired in financial controversy, his wife got drunk and killed someone with their boat
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Fun fact about Kevin o’Leary: in addition to his failed politics bid mired in financial controversy, his wife got drunk and killed someone with their boat
Ch.5 of MAPMAKERS, my Patreon-exclusive serialized scifi mystery story, is up now. A minor revelation occurs;
MAPMAKERS, chapter 5 | Costa Koutsoutis
Get more from Costa Koutsoutis on Patreon
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November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ch.5 of MAPMAKERS, my Patreon-exclusive serialized scifi mystery story, is up now. A minor revelation occurs;
ALL THE WORLD WILL BE YOUR ENEMY
Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatised you? 😬
For me…pretty much all of this 🖤
For me…pretty much all of this 🖤
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ALL THE WORLD WILL BE YOUR ENEMY
Any time people bring up that Blue Zone stuff to me because of where in Greece my family is from, I also remind them of decades of socialist policies like public health care.
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Any time people bring up that Blue Zone stuff to me because of where in Greece my family is from, I also remind them of decades of socialist policies like public health care.
Zero had to go to the vet today (he's fine, baby kitten cold), which meant Mulder was alone for a while and now he is somehow even MORE clingy than usual.
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Zero had to go to the vet today (he's fine, baby kitten cold), which meant Mulder was alone for a while and now he is somehow even MORE clingy than usual.
LMAO they really were hoping to make this guy an example, huh.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
LMAO they really were hoping to make this guy an example, huh.
I’m pretty sure Shirley Jackson would find me intensely-annoying.
I asked this before over at The Old Place and the answers delighted me. So again:
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
Who is an artist you admire who you suspect would not like you if they met you personally?
I think Peter Dinklage is fantastic. I would absolutely get on his last nerve. He'd be looking for the door while we spoke.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I’m pretty sure Shirley Jackson would find me intensely-annoying.
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if you can't handle journalists asking clarifying follow up questions you have no business managing reporters. go run a dick's sporting goods
Jake Lahut, a Wired reporter who from the Nancy Mace airport story last week, was among those fired.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
if you can't handle journalists asking clarifying follow up questions you have no business managing reporters. go run a dick's sporting goods
So I was wrong about this and confused one idiot for another, but I dislike and disrespect both of them to the point that it doesn't matter.
Never forget this loser motherfucker tried to sue someone for calling him a bedbug.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So I was wrong about this and confused one idiot for another, but I dislike and disrespect both of them to the point that it doesn't matter.
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I will not reward clickbait with a click. Sorry if you spent forever writing a thoughtful piece for an outlet that doesn’t respect you.
"did you even read the article???? the headline is bad but the article is good!!!" buddy if I see a restaurant called Dan's Fecal Stew i am not gonna go in there to see if maybe they printed the sign wrong
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I will not reward clickbait with a click. Sorry if you spent forever writing a thoughtful piece for an outlet that doesn’t respect you.
OH MY GOD
It just hit me that Hakeem Jeffries looks exactly like the bald elf from DRAGON AGE
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OH MY GOD
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This is one of those headlines that you can't believe -- and the story itself, even wilder.
New Version of Seminal Austin Horror Brings a Lost Throbbing Gristle Soundtrack to Light • The Austin Chronicle
An infamous gem of Austin’s 1980s underground film scene gets a special screening this weekend, but that’s not what’s getting director Neil Ruttenberg excited. It’s that the screening of “Mask of Sarn...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is one of those headlines that you can't believe -- and the story itself, even wilder.