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BOO!ky Robison 👻

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Writer, dog mom, karaoke assassin. Ask me about my dead parents: @deadparentswhatnow.com. Body in Kentucky, brain everywhere. she/her https://linktr.ee/rebb003

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · Jun 24

Kind of a big day for me, folks. I never thought my first published book would be a how-to guide for parental death, but here we are. It’s well-researched, it’s funny, and it’s officially available for pre-order: www.deadparentswhatnow.com/book

My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death — My Parents Are Dead: What Now?

Pre-order the My Parents Are Dead: What Now? book! Available January 6, 2026 from Quirk Books.

www.deadparentswhatnow.com

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My Parents Are Dead: What Now? @deadparentswhatnow.com · 20h

Add the grim reaper to your group chat. 📱 💀

#deathpositive #groupchat #friendship #grief

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 22h

Book 47 of 2025: NEFANDO by @monaojedaf.bsky.social. Loved her book Jawbone, so I was excited to dive into this one about a mysterious video game—which was very good and also absolutely fucked. Fair warning! If you can handle intense brutality in horror, you should read it. 📚👀

The cover of Mónica Ojeda’s novel NEFANDO, translated by Sarah Booker, featuring what appears to be an orange eye with a crocodile-scale iris and a lightning-shattered pupil beneath a series of empty boxes, clickable x’s scattered throughout.

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for helping to make it what it is! 💗

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 1d

Ok so here’s the thing I really enjoy writing my newsletter and I try to keep it more Cool Fun Info and less self-promo. It would mean a lot if you subscribed on this, the one-year anniversary! 🎉 💀

My Parents Are Dead: What Now? @deadparentswhatnow.com · 1d

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE COLUMBARIUM! I can't believe I've been writing this newsletter for a whole year, and that you've all been so kind as to subscribe. You're the best. Haven't signed up yet? Do it now! Longtime reader? Tell a friend! deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter
#newsletter #deathpositive

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 1d

Worked with Gaby on my book for not long enough! If you need a publicist, she’s great. 💗

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 2d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 2d

Have we all noticed that the price of bananas has gone up?!?! Only by ten cents or so, but if this keeps up, it could be devastating for my daily banana habit. 🍌

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 2d

If you like Earl Gray, you might want to give Twining’s Lady Gray a try. They made it for the Scandinavian market—it’s a little more citrus, a little less heavy. I enjoy it! And it’s easy to find at the grocery store. Also, Celestial Seasoning’s Bengal Spice is a winter favorite of mine.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d

while I nodded, cartwheel slapping / on the stage, some double-tapping / harsh vox not unlike rapping, yet not rapping, to be sure / ok that's enough of this

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d

quoth the raven: "metalcore"

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 3d

Love you 💗

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. I grew up by a big outlet mall with a movie theater and it was basically the only thing we were able to do as teens in my very boring suburb. (To this day I am extremely anti-suburb due to my teenage longing for anything more interesting. 😂)

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 4d

YES!! I went to the theater the other day and a group of kids was trying to go in and they kicked them out. I don’t know what I would’ve done as a teen if I couldn’t go to the movies.

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 5d

Let me know next time! I can help you carry them in 💗

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 5d

That’s a good point. And I don’t blame you for wanting him to stay away! The ICE presence seems to be getting way worse there, and they clearly have no respect for the rule of law.

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 5d

This is horrifying on a million levels. But also—if any of these dudes started ordering me around, I wouldn’t believe that they were real law enforcement officers. They just look like random white supremacist creeps off the street. No identifying badge or uniform. How are people supposed to know?

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.

Michael Roche @michaelroche.bsky.social · 5d

ICE just gassed a group a civilians near the Rico Fresh supermarket intersection on Armitage in Chicago - bystanders say this was in response for being heckled from the street.

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 6d

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 6d

Early aughts pop punk at the Chase bank. Pretty bleak out here.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 7d

We just built a NEW tech tool that *any current or former tenant* in the entire country can use for free — it will generate a legal letter for you that reports to collections agencies, credit bureaus and regulatory agencies.

Go to reportmylandlord.org to fight back.

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 8d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 8d

Book 46 of 2025: HURRICANE SEASON by Fernanda Melchor. What a book! Violent, sweeping, poetic, weird, tragic. Despite its brutality, you don’t want to stop reading. 📚👀

The cover of Fernanda Melchor’s novel HURRICANE SEASON, featuring a harsh white tear across the black background, rending the title and author’s name in two.

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 8d

I may have just bought tickets to go see Ghost with friends in Montreal for my birthday next year 👀

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My Parents Are Dead: What Now? @deadparentswhatnow.com · 9d

We'll sail the waves of sea burial in tomorrow's edition of The Columbarium. Sign up: deadparentswhatnow.com/newsletter

#deathpositive #newsletter #burialatsea #seaburial #funeral #deatheducation

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 12d

No worries! Thank you for writing something so compelling as to be a true emotional bummer!

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 12d

Book 45 of 2025: KILL YOUR DARLING by @claymcleod.bsky.social. Read this in one sitting for @horrorbookstore.bsky.social’s book club and now I am very sad! It is depressing-scary! A good one to devour quickly, though. 📚👀

The cover of Clay McLeod Chapman’s KILL YOUR DARLING, featuring a child in a blue t-shirt with duct tape wrapped all around his head, round eyes poorly sketched on top in sharpie.

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