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Christopher Caldwell

@seraph76.bsky.social

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Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy. Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland. Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press in October 2025. Pre-order here: https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · Aug 16

*Bojack Horseman voice* “My book, written by me, is going to kick your dick in!”

Call and Response is now available for pre-order! www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

A collection of short stories. Publication date: October 14th, 2025. An 8” x 5” paperback. 188 pages. This is a pre-order—any other books ordered with it will ship when the pre-order is ready to ship....

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2h

I like it because it’s dumb soap opera about one woman who inherits tremendous power, but can only keep it by not using it, so instead she spends decades ruining the lives of everyone in her family.

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Cherae @clclark.bsky.social · 8h

ICYMI: My latest essay is out @reactorsff.bsky.social!

“It is impossible to consider gratuitous anything that can explore such a wide range of human being. Sex manages to be a reckoning with the body, the self; with desire in myriad ways; a reckoning with the forbidden…”

Everyone’s in Love, but Nobody’s Horny - Reactor

C.L. Clark discusses writing sex, desire, and queerness in Nicola Griffith's Ammonite

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2h

Hi, do you like gay whalers? Gay bank robbers? Muscular lesbian artisans? With a side of magic and weirdness? All of this and more is in Call and Response, my collection of short stories out from Neon Hemlock next week! Available to pre-order from the publisher: www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a...

Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell (pre-order) — neon hemlock

www.neonhemlock.com

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 13h

She thinks she’s Vetinari.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 16h

Most speculative fiction is about the present, regardless of whether it’s set in the past, the future, or elsewhere, I think. All of us grapple with the what is before we create the future hat is not.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 16h

Every time I complain about this piece of shit, the swarm comes in

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 23h

Instagram ad: “if your mum is still alive…”
Me:No. No, she’s not, and fuck you algorithm.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

I feel such a deep sense of vicarious shame from reading this

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

I remember reading a study (in the US) that showed that white social groups were almost always mostly white, and non-white social groups almost always were much more ethnically diverse.

But we’re always blamed for not integrating.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

There is such a pervasive idea among British politicians that whiteness should be the universal default, and it failing to be so is somehow an enormous structural failure and an indication of intrinsic societal decay.

I am weary to my bones.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 1d

There are a few signed copies of RAKESFALL you can get for supporting The Deadlands! psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

I thought he was going to Mars. Why can’t he go to Mars?

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday! I’m so pleased to know you, and your work, and all the energy you put out in the world makes it a less cold place.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

Monster be outhere saying “contumely”

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also the novel’s whole bag. Victor spends ages trying to make his creation pretty

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so sorry

Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 2d

I consider his oeuvre to be one of those things that is none of my business, like the dictionary sized tomes of a certain very popular Mormon fantasy writer, or anything by Clive Cussler.