Annika “Barry” Klein
@noirbettie.bsky.social
writer 🌙 rhymes with monica
roly-poly little bat-faced girl 💖💜💙
stories: annikaobscura.com
letters: buttondown.email/annikaobscura
lit agent: @katemckean.bsky.social
roly-poly little bat-faced girl 💖💜💙
stories: annikaobscura.com
letters: buttondown.email/annikaobscura
lit agent: @katemckean.bsky.social
Pinned
my noirvember name is terribly esoteric, so i’ve put something of an explainer (also rather esoteric tbqh) as my header image. you’re welcome?
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book pirating discourse?
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
book pirating discourse?
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
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npr’s favorite books of the year list is clearly broken as they’ve included several romance novels and everyone knows those are embarrassing and not literature and only belong on romance lists.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
npr’s favorite books of the year list is clearly broken as they’ve included several romance novels and everyone knows those are embarrassing and not literature and only belong on romance lists.
book pirating discourse?
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
book pirating discourse?
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
[long drag off a short cigarette]
i haven’t heard that nonsense in a long time.
i have only one thing to say: stealing labor is the work of the oppressor.
every year begins with the hope that this will be the one! we will finally remember to buy two boxes of wheat chex so it lasts as long as the corn and rice chex! but every year we buy one box of each and immediately run out of wheat.
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
every year begins with the hope that this will be the one! we will finally remember to buy two boxes of wheat chex so it lasts as long as the corn and rice chex! but every year we buy one box of each and immediately run out of wheat.
npr’s favorite books of the year list is clearly broken as they’ve included several romance novels and everyone knows those are embarrassing and not literature and only belong on romance lists.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
npr’s favorite books of the year list is clearly broken as they’ve included several romance novels and everyone knows those are embarrassing and not literature and only belong on romance lists.
what is your most unhinged and unproven belief about yourself? for example, i am convinced i could perform “getting by married today” despite not knowing the words, let alone having the skill to do a patter song.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
what is your most unhinged and unproven belief about yourself? for example, i am convinced i could perform “getting by married today” despite not knowing the words, let alone having the skill to do a patter song.
finally worked up the nerve to revisit this book (the parker grey show by kristen buckley) and 17 pages in i am totally sold. interesting note, though: the characters are TERRIBLE people. why do i love this on the page and hate it on the screen? specifically in how to lose a guy.
*i haven't read this book in at least a decade and have just nervously pulled it from the shelf to see if i still think it's brilliant. the author also wrote the screenplay for the romcom i hate the most in the entire world, how to lose a guy in 10 days, so i worry i'm wrong about the book.
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
finally worked up the nerve to revisit this book (the parker grey show by kristen buckley) and 17 pages in i am totally sold. interesting note, though: the characters are TERRIBLE people. why do i love this on the page and hate it on the screen? specifically in how to lose a guy.
when i was three or four my mom read little house in the big woods to me and i was like PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS? IMMA DO THAT. couple years later i read the tale of mrs tiggy-winkle and my fate was sealed. i was going to be beatrix potter. (i later gave up on illustrating as i had no aptitude for it).
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
when i was three or four my mom read little house in the big woods to me and i was like PEOPLE WRITE BOOKS? IMMA DO THAT. couple years later i read the tale of mrs tiggy-winkle and my fate was sealed. i was going to be beatrix potter. (i later gave up on illustrating as i had no aptitude for it).
okay universe, i just need like a month or two off from life—a year and a half max—to recover from everything.
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
okay universe, i just need like a month or two off from life—a year and a half max—to recover from everything.
well lads, everything is terrible and i am about to drop another grand to keep my spicy daughter alive. (my cat, lest anyone be confused.)
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
well lads, everything is terrible and i am about to drop another grand to keep my spicy daughter alive. (my cat, lest anyone be confused.)
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Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale by Chace Verity
A bundle by Chace Verity, $17.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
the weather app 51 minutes ago: rain expected to stop in 51 minutes
the rain: intensifying
the weather app: rain expected to stop in 43 minutes
the rain: intensifying
the weather app: rain expected to stop in 43 minutes
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
the weather app 51 minutes ago: rain expected to stop in 51 minutes
the rain: intensifying
the weather app: rain expected to stop in 43 minutes
the rain: intensifying
the weather app: rain expected to stop in 43 minutes
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Evergreen.
when in doubt, it’s probably reagan’s fault.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Evergreen.
the problem with being me is i’m making dinner and listening to flood and my brain is spinning a narrative about mr. horrible being so upset that someone keeps moving his chair that he goes and becomes a doctor.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the problem with being me is i’m making dinner and listening to flood and my brain is spinning a narrative about mr. horrible being so upset that someone keeps moving his chair that he goes and becomes a doctor.
my phone just autocorrected gen x to gen z 💀 farewell cruel world 💀
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
my phone just autocorrected gen x to gen z 💀 farewell cruel world 💀
an interesting thing about the epstein “revelations” is that if i had a friend who i found out was trafficking children i would call the fbi.
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
an interesting thing about the epstein “revelations” is that if i had a friend who i found out was trafficking children i would call the fbi.
do you want to read the most beautiful short story you've ever encountered? yes, of course you do. @lmanusos.bsky.social is some kind of sorceress with words.
My Mother is the Water - F(r)iction
My Mother is the Water by Lyndsie Manusos explores a young woman's relationship (and magical connection to) the lake.
frictionlit.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
do you want to read the most beautiful short story you've ever encountered? yes, of course you do. @lmanusos.bsky.social is some kind of sorceress with words.
for the crime of existing my while sleeping (or possibly sleeping while existing) i am being punished with a crick in my neck so severe that just having a head makes it worse. 800 milligrams of ibuprofen hasn’t touched it. if i had long hair i would cut it all off to relieve the pressure.
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
for the crime of existing my while sleeping (or possibly sleeping while existing) i am being punished with a crick in my neck so severe that just having a head makes it worse. 800 milligrams of ibuprofen hasn’t touched it. if i had long hair i would cut it all off to relieve the pressure.
i was thinking about cats who use buttons, and specifically @maryrobinettekowal.com’s elsie who uses “litterbox” as functionally a curse word. what would my cats (who don’t have buttons) use? ernie may be too young and bright-eyed, but theo is easy: “veterinarian.” anyway guess where we’re going.
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
i was thinking about cats who use buttons, and specifically @maryrobinettekowal.com’s elsie who uses “litterbox” as functionally a curse word. what would my cats (who don’t have buttons) use? ernie may be too young and bright-eyed, but theo is easy: “veterinarian.” anyway guess where we’re going.
IT'S ONLY TUESDAY?
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IT'S ONLY TUESDAY?
i emailed the vet hours ago (when they were not open) why haven't they written back to me yet
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
i emailed the vet hours ago (when they were not open) why haven't they written back to me yet
oh yes, $1250 is a perfectly normal amount for 3x/year gifts. meanwhile the most expensive piece of jewelry i own (my engagement ring) cost 2/3 of that, which is admittedly low but my god. is this supposed to be relatable? these are not normal people. (for the muters: this is about olivia nuzzi.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
oh yes, $1250 is a perfectly normal amount for 3x/year gifts. meanwhile the most expensive piece of jewelry i own (my engagement ring) cost 2/3 of that, which is admittedly low but my god. is this supposed to be relatable? these are not normal people. (for the muters: this is about olivia nuzzi.)
i just found out that we are apparently calling pre-k “transitional kindergarten” now and i am here to say no. we already have a meaning for TK. please stop.
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
i just found out that we are apparently calling pre-k “transitional kindergarten” now and i am here to say no. we already have a meaning for TK. please stop.
well, lads, we had a good run but after 175 days i fear i must reset the sign. it has been 1 day since i had a new idea for a book.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
well, lads, we had a good run but after 175 days i fear i must reset the sign. it has been 1 day since i had a new idea for a book.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
griffith j. griffith’s full name was griffith jriffith griffith