Alana Storm
@alanastorm.bsky.social
of a certain age; clocky broad; after much consternation, a writer
found in TRANSPlants, Pile Press, Lilac Peril, and PDX
Makes zines
i use this machine to share work and I try to not discourse in public.
https://gliff.org
https://linktr.ee/alanaxstorm
found in TRANSPlants, Pile Press, Lilac Peril, and PDX
Makes zines
i use this machine to share work and I try to not discourse in public.
https://gliff.org
https://linktr.ee/alanaxstorm
Mapplethorpe Polaroids: Candy Darling
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Mapplethorpe Polaroids: Candy Darling
And some classic “overbearing yet absent mother made him an f-slur” rhetoric
February 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
And some classic “overbearing yet absent mother made him an f-slur” rhetoric
And wow is 1995 already showing up. In the first handful of pages we get some random casual Islamophobia
February 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
And wow is 1995 already showing up. In the first handful of pages we get some random casual Islamophobia
The 1995 Maplethorpe biography showed up from interlibrary loan
February 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The 1995 Maplethorpe biography showed up from interlibrary loan
evolving into some sort of Annie Leibovitz themed pokémon 🤷♀️
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
evolving into some sort of Annie Leibovitz themed pokémon 🤷♀️
my friend, @erinholographic.bsky.social, does hourly comic day some years which means I get a sweet 2024 - 2026 transition timeline
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
my friend, @erinholographic.bsky.social, does hourly comic day some years which means I get a sweet 2024 - 2026 transition timeline
The chapbook had been a local DIY success in the years before I moved to Portland.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The chapbook had been a local DIY success in the years before I moved to Portland.
I bounced off this twenty years ago when I realized it was about high school and it felt like the least appropriate thing for a 30-year-old to be reading. Giving it another go.
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I bounced off this twenty years ago when I realized it was about high school and it felt like the least appropriate thing for a 30-year-old to be reading. Giving it another go.
Remembering Amy: talked a lot about Catherine Wheel, inelegantly set but present boundaries, her excitement at putting me in black lipstick, how angry I got when she talked down on herself, who told me she wasn't my therapist, and how months after I ended things told me she was strictly a lesbian
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Remembering Amy: talked a lot about Catherine Wheel, inelegantly set but present boundaries, her excitement at putting me in black lipstick, how angry I got when she talked down on herself, who told me she wasn't my therapist, and how months after I ended things told me she was strictly a lesbian
From Vivian Namaste’s Invisible Lives
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
From Vivian Namaste’s Invisible Lives
Back on my bullshit
February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Back on my bullshit
Then the Transvestite portraits show up and it's like -- who knows. "Who knows what goes on in the depths of someone's mind", etc.
Just another queer the culture war flattened out and AIDS relegated to the unknowable. 😑
Just another queer the culture war flattened out and AIDS relegated to the unknowable. 😑
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Then the Transvestite portraits show up and it's like -- who knows. "Who knows what goes on in the depths of someone's mind", etc.
Just another queer the culture war flattened out and AIDS relegated to the unknowable. 😑
Just another queer the culture war flattened out and AIDS relegated to the unknowable. 😑
I thought I was going to rearrange some bookshelves and instead ended up thinking about Mapplethorpe. The whole Jesse Helms/Perfect Moment thing happened when I was fourteen, and I'm pretty sure Mapplethorpe was the first of the New York City bohemian art fags (complimentary) I became aware of.
February 4, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I thought I was going to rearrange some bookshelves and instead ended up thinking about Mapplethorpe. The whole Jesse Helms/Perfect Moment thing happened when I was fourteen, and I'm pretty sure Mapplethorpe was the first of the New York City bohemian art fags (complimentary) I became aware of.
The covers end up being a weird aesthetic snapshot of Portland's evolving hyper gentrification. The 2005 vs. 2013 covers stand out to me in particular: bike hipster to young dad.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
The covers end up being a weird aesthetic snapshot of Portland's evolving hyper gentrification. The 2005 vs. 2013 covers stand out to me in particular: bike hipster to young dad.
poetry brings you to terrible places
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
poetry brings you to terrible places
For both issues of @readeasel.bsky.social I grabbed the PDF along with a physical copy, and the PDF is nice, but it always pales in comparison to the real thing.
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
For both issues of @readeasel.bsky.social I grabbed the PDF along with a physical copy, and the PDF is nice, but it always pales in comparison to the real thing.
Full photo set up on the bad website that is a free place to post and distribute photo sets www.instagram.com/p/DT_UEpcEr0...
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Full photo set up on the bad website that is a free place to post and distribute photo sets www.instagram.com/p/DT_UEpcEr0...
What if Coffee and Cigarettes but Parents and Lost Time. Quiet and awkward (complimentary) and just beautifully shot. Glad they still let Jimmy make movies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
What if Coffee and Cigarettes but Parents and Lost Time. Quiet and awkward (complimentary) and just beautifully shot. Glad they still let Jimmy make movies.
Living that WorldCat Pacific Northwest Life.
January 25, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Living that WorldCat Pacific Northwest Life.
Sifted through a bunch of the poems I've been reading out for the past year or so and collected them into a new chapbook. Holding off on putting the PDFs up until I've moved some stock, but also I'm a pushover if you ask.
gliff.org/posts/zine-i...
gliff.org/posts/zine-i...
January 22, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Sifted through a bunch of the poems I've been reading out for the past year or so and collected them into a new chapbook. Holding off on putting the PDFs up until I've moved some stock, but also I'm a pushover if you ask.
gliff.org/posts/zine-i...
gliff.org/posts/zine-i...
Funny how quickly the muscle memory came back for all the little button combos you need to swap modes. Lighting was kind of shit and I was mostly sub 1/60th — but photography was (is?) always more about magic than precision for me.
January 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Funny how quickly the muscle memory came back for all the little button combos you need to swap modes. Lighting was kind of shit and I was mostly sub 1/60th — but photography was (is?) always more about magic than precision for me.