Tom Howard
@dcprose.bsky.social
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
ARC and cover drop. Invisibilia, coming from Slant Books in April. Coffee is extra.
#booksky
#writingcommunity #coverdrop
#shortstories
#booksky
#writingcommunity #coverdrop
#shortstories
Just a shoutout to the graphic designer who did the Gary Busey icon here.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Just a shoutout to the graphic designer who did the Gary Busey icon here.
theonion.com/why-are-we-d...
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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
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.
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
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.
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
I don’t know why people say macarons are sooooo difficult. Note the characteristic feet on these pistachio garbage cookies.
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
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.
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
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.
"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.
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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 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...
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...
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 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.
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
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.
Phoebe, waiting with infinite patience for the elevator after playing in Central Park.
September 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Phoebe, waiting with infinite patience for the elevator after playing in Central Park.
[that squinting eye emoji but about every single detail here]
Not saying it’s not a fine story, New Yorker. But I have questions.
Not saying it’s not a fine story, New Yorker. But I have questions.
October 28, 2023 at 9:54 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.
Not saying it’s not a fine story, New Yorker. But I have questions.
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
Sometimes I just wish I could hire someone to write the stupid stories I take notes about so I can read them.
It’s this kind of dialectic that I come to BSky for tbh.
September 6, 2023 at 10:04 PM
It’s this kind of dialectic that I come to BSky for tbh.
Super helpful email to myself.
July 28, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Super helpful email to myself.
I understand you have to post a dog pic when you arrive here. Meet Phoebe.
July 24, 2023 at 9:37 PM
I understand you have to post a dog pic when you arrive here. Meet Phoebe.
Feel like this has to be a winner.
July 24, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Feel like this has to be a winner.
Yeah to hell with birds, wait
July 23, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Yeah to hell with birds, wait