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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 12m

what a fucking compliment 😭 wow.

Mo Drammeh, ANTIFA Secretary @curmudgeondotcom.bsky.social · 18m

Reacted to each of the individual lines in this like the punchline to a battle rapper's bars. Instant follow

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 13m

wow, thank you so much. this made my whole night!

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 57m

ME. well, 40 shots at least.

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 1h

got my instax mini and plenty of film ready to go for @voidcon.bsky.social

purple leather instax mini camera case and monochrome and black framed film

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

i have been either disinterested in or actively loathed afi my whole life but my homie made me listen to the new stuff without telling me who it was, and boy was i surprised -- it fucks

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VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social · 5h

VOID
TOMORROW

SEE YOU SOON

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O F Cieri @ossuary.bsky.social · 8h

One more sleep till Voidmas

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

this made me literally lol

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

noticing, by and large, the recurring theme of monstrous desire & survivor-grief as the parallel axes of my work

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

since i have a couple new pieces premiering in two separate venues over the next month, i wanted to share my most recent piece again -- an experimental erotic horror retelling of oscar wilde's salome

ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am a girl in a woman’s body, I am a woman in a girl's body, I am thirteen and three thousand years old. My Mother tells me a story about a princess who was turned to cinders.

Today on ergot.: 'The Daughter of Abomination' by Sasha Ravitch @sasharavitch.bsky.social

www.ergot.press/authors/Sash...

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

this is so fucking real across the board, and it's such a tremendous loss

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

since i have a couple new pieces premiering in two separate venues over the next month, i wanted to share my most recent piece again -- an experimental erotic horror retelling of oscar wilde's salome

ergot. @ergot.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am a girl in a woman’s body, I am a woman in a girl's body, I am thirteen and three thousand years old. My Mother tells me a story about a princess who was turned to cinders.

Today on ergot.: 'The Daughter of Abomination' by Sasha Ravitch @sasharavitch.bsky.social

www.ergot.press/authors/Sash...

ergot.

innovative + experimental horror

www.ergot.press

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 3h

asking the questions that matter, here, daniel

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 4h

obsessed with the future horror writers of the world

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Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social · 5h

What's that? Free shipping? Come get some!

bookshop.org/p/books/let-...

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 5h

LC von Hessen is 🤌🤌🤌

LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀 @lcvonhessen.bsky.social · 1d

"Thornback Hall" was written after re-reading one of my favorite Shirley Jackson stories, "A Visit," and hopefully reflects her acid humor. "Thornback Hall" contains social awkwardness, anxieties of encroaching middle age, etymology, and a bawdy Restoration-style poem written by yrs truly.

The first page of "Thornback Hall" by LC von Hessen in Cosmic Horror Monthly. A curious kitten stands in the background

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 6h

Free shipping at @bookshop.org clearly means that you should buy more than one book!

Try my new novel KALIVAS! and my fairly new anthology 120 MURDERS! Links in alt text (tied to my fave local bookstore, but feel free to use your own, of course).

Kalivas, blue with orange beams of light being emitted from a lighthouse.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/kalivas-or-another-tempest-nick-mamatas/76e11392a45f5976?ean=9781960988799&next=t

120 Murders, a screaming guy in sunglasses, with author names Meg Gardiner Josh Malerman Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paul Tremblay
https://bookshop.org/p/books/120-murders-dark-fiction-inspired-by-the-alternative-era-josh-malerman/2596edc83ecb90f4?ean=9798991258739&next=t&next=t&source=IndieBound

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 6h

www.eventbrite.com/e/wi-x-mfa-c...

WI x MFA Craft Weekend 2025

Join the Writing Institute and MFA Writing program at Sarah Lawrence for a jam-packed weekend of craft seminars & networking!

www.eventbrite.com

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 6h

finishing up my generative-writing zine for my craft class this weekend for SLC X The Writing Institute where i'll be introducing writers to some freudian, lacanian, and kleinian psychoanalytic theory in order to create psychologically complex, compelling, and cathartic characterization.

red zine cover with text that reads CRAFT ZINE / CREATING PSYCHOLOGICALLY COMPLEX CHARACTERS / WITH SASHA RAVITCH depicting two masked figures kissing

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 7h

on the train to voidcon in 24 hours 😤

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Olivia Portlander 🐙🧡🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social · 20h

Wonderful panel discussion about the work of Katherine Dunn. With @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, Omar El Akkad, and Crystal Willer at Literary Arts Bookstore.

From left Jeff VanderMeer, Omar El Akkad, and Crystal Willer seated in front of a wall of books.

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 19h

Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 20h

Some recently @coyotemedia.org bangers:
〰️ How do you re-open a legendary punk venue without everybody getting mad?
〰️ What does THEALLSEEINGEYE see? www.coyotemedia.org/a-journey-in...
〰️ How has Rainbow Grocery made it 50 years as a worker owned coop? www.coyotemedia.org/bay-area-co-...

Mabuhay Gardens to Reopen, Attempt to Remain Upright Under Weight of Expectations

The birthplace of San Francisco punk can’t be what it once was. Is it time to let it be something else instead?

www.coyotemedia.org

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 19h

it's the least we deserve in light of everything we have to endure rn

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 22h

y'all ever wish the person across from you on the subway train knew how sick your music taste is and how good the song you're listening to at that exact moment is?

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 22h

how dare you actually

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 23h

don't you fucking dare, God -- i will climb up there and fist fight you myself

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23h

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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