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Tom Howard
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Writer, future ghost, leftist. Finding the sweet spot between dark and goofy. | Books: Invisibilia, Fierce Pretty Things
ARC and cover drop. Invisibilia, coming from Slant Books in April. Coffee is extra.

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January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Just a shoutout to the graphic designer who did the Gary Busey icon here.

theonion.com/why-are-we-d...
January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
master race
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Something uniquely sad and eerie about coming across an abandoned playground in the woods. But also this is just what all our playgrounds in New Jersey looked like when I was a kid, so it takes me back.
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Watching ManU and Bournemouth, and every time it's a solid blue v solid red match-up I think of the objectively greatest toy of all time.
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I don’t know why people say macarons are sooooo difficult. Note the characteristic feet on these pistachio garbage cookies.
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What I like most about this monkey lamp - and there is a lot to like - is the way he seems to be turning back to look at you before entering the room, as if to say: Come with me if you want to live.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I saw something about sharing the published work you’re most proud of from this year. It’s been a quiet year. So here’s a note I took in April. I never wrote the story but I’m proud of the note.
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"It’s Tuesday."

I’d want to move to Oslo because of this, but even more I want to see this as not crazy right here. To just take care of each other and happily pay for that kind of world. Because it’s f-ing normal.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It’s been said before but one of the best things about BS is the intoxicating weirdness of the contextless reposts. I refuse to go deeper because I like the mystery.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s more than 30 years old but this is such a wild and brilliant scream of a book. Each page hums with intelligence and rage. But it’s funny too, and raw, and like nothing I’ve ever read.
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Phoebe, waiting with infinite patience for the elevator after playing in Central Park.
September 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
[that squinting eye emoji but about every single detail here]

Not saying it’s not a fine story, New Yorker. But I have questions.
October 28, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Sometimes I just wish I could hire someone to write the stupid stories I take notes about so I can read them.
September 11, 2023 at 9:50 PM
It’s this kind of dialectic that I come to BSky for tbh.
September 6, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Permanent mood
August 26, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Morning tracks
August 16, 2023 at 1:35 PM
We meet again, Amy.
August 7, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Super helpful email to myself.
July 28, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Same energy
July 24, 2023 at 9:41 PM
I understand you have to post a dog pic when you arrive here. Meet Phoebe.
July 24, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Feel like this has to be a winner.
July 24, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Yeah to hell with birds, wait
July 23, 2023 at 7:55 PM