Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉
@scumbelievable.bsky.social
Beyond the grace of God, a wanderer in the outer darkness.
Lambda Award winner, Locus Award finalist, Best-selling author of MANHUNT, CUCKOO, and BLACK FLAME, out now from Tor Nightfire, and CHIMERA, coming 2026
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Lambda Award winner, Locus Award finalist, Best-selling author of MANHUNT, CUCKOO, and BLACK FLAME, out now from Tor Nightfire, and CHIMERA, coming 2026
Profile pic by @theoboopis.bsky.social
Pinned
Midnight. A light flickers on in the darkness. Coils of smoke hang in the projector's glow. The movie is about to begin, and the theater waits in breathless silence.
BLACK FLAME is finally here. You can get it at the link below, and wherever books are sold.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
BLACK FLAME is finally here. You can get it at the link below, and wherever books are sold.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
spent six hours getting tattooed today, the immediate afterglow of which is maybe my favorite form of voluntary suffering
January 24, 2026 at 2:12 AM
spent six hours getting tattooed today, the immediate afterglow of which is maybe my favorite form of voluntary suffering
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please do what the Criterion Channel is asking you to do. This movie changed my life.
Friday evening viewing recommendation? Watch VELVET GOLDMINE (1998) in our THE 90’s DOES THE 70’s collection!
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
❤️🔥 Todd Haynes’s deliriously glittering, hedonistic glam rock film follows journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) as he launches an investigation into the mystery of Bowie-esque rocker Brian Slade.
January 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
please do what the Criterion Channel is asking you to do. This movie changed my life.
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If you need queer shit in your life: "Black Flame" by @scumbelievable.bsky.social. One of the most upsetting works of fiction I've read by a lot of metrics, but nothing will make you want to rip off your clothes and scream and do blood magic to send God himself to Hell for his sins like this book.
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 AM
If you need queer shit in your life: "Black Flame" by @scumbelievable.bsky.social. One of the most upsetting works of fiction I've read by a lot of metrics, but nothing will make you want to rip off your clothes and scream and do blood magic to send God himself to Hell for his sins like this book.
Boston will never die
maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy
HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!
(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!
(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Boston will never die
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Isildur, fingering the ring absently: it is... kawaii to me
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Isildur, fingering the ring absently: it is... kawaii to me
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Life continues, even in the midst of unimaginable violence. Sama'a and her family rely on us for access to even the most basic supplies. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Life continues, even in the midst of unimaginable violence. Sama'a and her family rely on us for access to even the most basic supplies. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
Hey, thanks so much for the BLACK FLAME mention, Roxane 🖤
I finally got around to writing about my 2025 in reading. Lots of great books! audacity.substack.com/p/my-2025-in...
My 2025 in Reading
Last year was not a great year in a string of not great years.
audacity.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Hey, thanks so much for the BLACK FLAME mention, Roxane 🖤
Profiling Blaire White at the current moment is certainly a choice.
January 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Profiling Blaire White at the current moment is certainly a choice.
Life continues, even in the midst of unimaginable violence. Sama'a and her family rely on us for access to even the most basic supplies. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Life continues, even in the midst of unimaginable violence. Sama'a and her family rely on us for access to even the most basic supplies. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
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It'll be interesting to see how certain media outlets cover this, I think
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
It'll be interesting to see how certain media outlets cover this, I think
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
January 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
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They should just let the Muppets host the Oscars. Everyone would love it.
July 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
They should just let the Muppets host the Oscars. Everyone would love it.
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A great reminder that the Oscars are notable solely as a reflection of the tastes of Oscar voters is that at the 2013 awards, The Master didn't win a single thing.
Adams lost to Anne Hathway, Les Miserables
Phoenix lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hoffman lost to Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Adams lost to Anne Hathway, Les Miserables
Phoenix lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hoffman lost to Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
January 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A great reminder that the Oscars are notable solely as a reflection of the tastes of Oscar voters is that at the 2013 awards, The Master didn't win a single thing.
Adams lost to Anne Hathway, Les Miserables
Phoenix lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hoffman lost to Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Adams lost to Anne Hathway, Les Miserables
Phoenix lost to Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hoffman lost to Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
the only thing I love as much as writing about nature or fat dyke sex is writing about ancient Rome
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 AM
the only thing I love as much as writing about nature or fat dyke sex is writing about ancient Rome
Adult HE-MAN fans deserve the movie they're going to get.
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Adult HE-MAN fans deserve the movie they're going to get.
Smart piece on what transgression is, and what it isn't, from C. E. Boyle.
www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2026/1/...
www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2026/1/...
Out of Bounds and Sinning: on Trangessive Art — Broken Hands Media
And if thinking about what your mouth is doing this much has you feeling a certain way—feeling a certain warmth—that’s good: in discussing transgressive art, a little productive discomfort is a good p...
www.brokenhandsmedia.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Smart piece on what transgression is, and what it isn't, from C. E. Boyle.
www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2026/1/...
www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2026/1/...
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characteristically excellent @elizabethalsop.bsky.social essay on prestige television's rediscovery of "moral legibility" in a time of orgiastic immorality
For LARB, I wrote about the principled dissenters of Pluribus, The Lowdown, Andor, and The Pitt, and 2025 as the year TV celebrated resistance @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/lowd...
Opposition Party | Los Angeles Review of Books
In 2025, television offered a primer in principled dissent.
lareviewofbooks.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 AM
characteristically excellent @elizabethalsop.bsky.social essay on prestige television's rediscovery of "moral legibility" in a time of orgiastic immorality
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The genocide in Gaza continues in spite of the fraudulent "ceasefire", and Sama'a and her family depend on our help to survive.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The genocide in Gaza continues in spite of the fraudulent "ceasefire", and Sama'a and her family depend on our help to survive.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
"We take in your place an unique freedom, knowing that we have your approbation. You cannot hang me. You cannot touch me."
Tonight, 1/22, at 7pm EST, the Deadlights Discord Theater presents...
THE BABY OF MACON
Come and join us for this medieval classic!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Tonight, 1/22, at 7pm EST, the Deadlights Discord Theater presents...
THE BABY OF MACON
Come and join us for this medieval classic!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"We take in your place an unique freedom, knowing that we have your approbation. You cannot hang me. You cannot touch me."
Tonight, 1/22, at 7pm EST, the Deadlights Discord Theater presents...
THE BABY OF MACON
Come and join us for this medieval classic!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
Tonight, 1/22, at 7pm EST, the Deadlights Discord Theater presents...
THE BABY OF MACON
Come and join us for this medieval classic!
www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...
LiveJournal posting, for morale.
January 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
LiveJournal posting, for morale.
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Alright, first book of the year read. MANHUNT by @scumbelievable.bsky.social
Brutal, poignant, gnarly, devastating, agonizing, transcendent. Big recommend to fans of post-apocalyptic and queer fiction, but holy hell, it has a trigger warning ten miles high.
Brutal, poignant, gnarly, devastating, agonizing, transcendent. Big recommend to fans of post-apocalyptic and queer fiction, but holy hell, it has a trigger warning ten miles high.
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Alright, first book of the year read. MANHUNT by @scumbelievable.bsky.social
Brutal, poignant, gnarly, devastating, agonizing, transcendent. Big recommend to fans of post-apocalyptic and queer fiction, but holy hell, it has a trigger warning ten miles high.
Brutal, poignant, gnarly, devastating, agonizing, transcendent. Big recommend to fans of post-apocalyptic and queer fiction, but holy hell, it has a trigger warning ten miles high.
The genocide in Gaza continues in spite of the fraudulent "ceasefire", and Sama'a and her family depend on our help to survive.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The genocide in Gaza continues in spite of the fraudulent "ceasefire", and Sama'a and her family depend on our help to survive.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
THE INVITATION is actually what happens whenever a polycule collapses in the greater L.A. area
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
THE INVITATION is actually what happens whenever a polycule collapses in the greater L.A. area
"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
"get rid of these baby-snatchimg freaks" is so simple and so universally appealing, and our ossified so-called representatives can't even bring themselves to say it
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Bad laughter feeds on itself. Contempt for art or perspectives that feel alien thirsts for validation from the people next to you. I get the argument that we're all entitled to our own reactions, but actually, no. Not when they're so loud and performative that they cut into the experience of others.
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Bad laughter feeds on itself. Contempt for art or perspectives that feel alien thirsts for validation from the people next to you. I get the argument that we're all entitled to our own reactions, but actually, no. Not when they're so loud and performative that they cut into the experience of others.