Samuel M. Moss

'The Veldt Institute' is one year old! It is all about: Strange places Strange thoughts Strange structure Strange people Strange art et cetera etc. Copies from the second printing are back out in the wild and also available at asterismbooks.com/product/the-...

I look forward to sharing in Brazil's joy in blocking the rise fascism by [checks ballot] casting votes for my county's two uncontested commissioner seats...

nostalgia's so wild like what do you mean i'm gonna hear a long-forgotten song i spun a lot in my 20s and suddenly feel a dull throbbing ache in every muscle of my body tearing at my soul like a panic attack making me feel as if i'm coming apart and like, it's the spin doctors???

Every day is eco-weird when you’re eco-weird

this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted

get in, no time to explain

Have you ever wanted a job where you just take pictures? Cool, cool, here you go, kid. Don't ask questions and, uh, careful where you point that thing. (my story is live today on ergot.) (no pictures, please)

god gives his most virulent trypanosomiasis to his tiredest sleepyheads

You know, I never expected evil to arrive with so much buffoonery. Limited imagination, I guess.

I feel like the 21st century in general and social media in particular have created the facsimile/opposite of a beginner's mind while replicating its immediacy and innocence We are all the Uncarved Blockhead

go to settings, then click on privacy and settings, then click on parameters and measures, then click on account settings, then click on manage accounts, then click on account management, then click on manage settings, then click on other settings, then click on....

Most obnoxious guy at the reptile house is the one who’s always an enclosure ahead of you. “Oh the spotted turtle is right there in the corner.” Shut the fuck up. I would‘ve found it.

I have said it before, and I will say it again: the UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. All you have to do is keep your eyes open and look carefully for them... tomcox.substack.com/p/20-of-the-...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valéry

Any other elder millennials have a soft spot for this album?

i know i keep saying "this might be my weirdest story yet" but this time i swear it's true. check out SEX MAGGOTS, free to read in @ergot.bsky.social ! www.ergot.press/authors/Josh...

Some very kind words about a particular piece (and making of video) of which I just coincidently released a colored version today. Up now on both shops.

good night, a fragment of field

Why is cafeteria pizza always the same? A square of dough with a scattering of cheese and pepperoni and a quiet voice whispering underneath it all as you chew explaining that if you give in, just a little, your life would be so much better. Why is that?

Good day to read @kayv.bsky.social (which is also every day fwiw)

Someone told me a while back that every year they offer this to R.L. Stine and every year he politely declines so they can give it to someone who maybe needs it more than he does. If true, it really speaks to his humility as a writer and kindness as a human being. Don't know if it's true though.

Today's announcements: after-school activities today will take place in flames, your parents have been notified of your intent to ask Stacy to the Homecoming Dance, and please ignore the body in locker 451. You will find the locker code written on the back page of your current textbook. Ignore it.

Haha can you imagine if they awarded the Nobel in Literature to Trump. Committee's like "We're not going to give you the Peace prize (we're not crazy), but no one cares about this one, so you can have it."

Look, bullying is terrible and no one should be harassed or hurt for being different, but the rise of smug, obnoxious, nerds like Curtis Yarvin, Steven Miller and Ben Shapiro and the decline of swirlies is not a coincidence.

Granted we're only a few days into it but I gotta say my October has not been spooktacular at all

I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip

Writer friends: don’t give up. I was rejected 299 times before I got my 300th rejection.

Have put together a guide on how to avoid using anthropomorphizing language when talking about Tilda Swinton.

A first time viewer (@luminousluke.bsky.social) joins two Stalker fans to go deep into The Zone, but is it better than the source, ROADSIDE PICNIC? Author @lauracranehill.bsky.social re-joins the show to cast her vote! 🎙️ bit.ly/4hyFZgM 📺 bit.ly/4yvHgws #wifeshapedbodies #inktofilm #bookvsmovie

Somehow managed to completely forget that I had a new story out in this month’s issue of The Dark.