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David L Updike

@davidupdike.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, art publisher. My strange little stories have appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Philadelphia Stories, Hobart, Daily Science Fiction, 365 Tomorrows, and other places.

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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hey, here’s a brief Q&A with yours truly in the current issue of Sequestrum Magazine, which includes my dystopian story “Blood Locusts”! If anything, seems more plausible now than it did a few years ago when I wrote it. sequestrum.org/contributor-...
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Contributor Spotlight: David Updike - Sequestrum
“Blood Locusts” by  David L. Updike appeared in Issue 45 and can be found here. We’d love to hear more about this story. Our culture is steeped in conspiracy theories—black helicopters, FEMA camps, mi...
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Any thoughts on morbidly obese commanders-in-chief?
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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Waiting for the big outlets to put two and two together and realize that police whose identities are secret and facilities are secret are secret police.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It was a horrifyingly stupid decision, and those of us in Philly remember it well
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Mars is as dead as Elon Musk’s soul.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Not the main point here, but the fact that someone who goes by the name “Retard Finder” can’t spell big words is a major self-own.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Holy fuck
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Don’t forget that she stopped to say a little prayer on the way to deliver this vitriolic nonsense.
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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trump has this uncanny valley thing going on with his head lately and I'm a bit fixated on it. I mean, look at this. This is like a sweet potato in your cabinet went bad, got moldy, and suddenly announced it had a trade policy.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Ready to rally in Philly
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Is the coffin for the kids who die unnecessarily from preventable diseases?
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I have to say that the only place I’ve ever seen this creature mentioned is in that book by Borges.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Bravo
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2025
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Stop electing Republicans. Problem solved.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It’s here! My story “Council Rock” is out in Chicago Quarterly Review, vol. 41, available now from booksellers. Big thanks to editor Elizabeth McKenzie and the other good folks at ChicagoQuarterlyReview.com. I'm truly honored to be in such great company!
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Tell your colleague Fetterman to wake TF up!
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Very pleased to announce that my story “Council Rock” is out in the latest issue of Chicago Quarterly Review! Three teens, some weed, and an abandoned quarry. What could go wrong? www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com/2025/03/11/a...
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Announcing the Spring 2025 issue of the CQR!
Featuring work by: Genevieve Abravanel * Alison Braid-Fernandez * Christine Byrne * Roger Camp * William Virgil Davis * Sarah Dunphy-Lelii * Dawn Dupler * Brian Ellis * Julie Esther Fisher * Patty …
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Just called Fetterman’s Philadelphia office, 215-241-1090
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
He neither drives nor uses a computer
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Nowadays we’d just say “Weed Dispensary This Way”
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
The algorithm “does its own research”
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And then the bears moved in.”
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I, for one, welcome our ursine overlords
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Let me guess, that polio vaccine he received in 1955 finally caught up with him?
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
if you want a vision of the future, imagine a cartoonist pounding his head against the desk, forever
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
That’s very quotable
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Nice example of Photoshop as well
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Nick Cave
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Why on earth do the good people of Maine keep electing her?
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 28/02/2025
when you're watching a movie with your parents and a sex scene comes on
marco rubio slumped in his chair while trump and vance makes fools of themselves
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
That’s assuming that shame is something he’s capable of feeling.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“Experimental is doing a lot of lifting there.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Can someone who speaks QAnon please tell me what this Fort Knox thing is about?
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sexism is a major factor
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
There is literally nothing worse than the cowards who know they shouldn’t have voted to confirm but did so bc of their own ambition but want you to know they regret the devastation underway.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Thank you for speaking up
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Jennifer Coolidge
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Unless maybe your plan was to deforest all the national parks
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Bethanne Patrick @thebookmaven.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
From today's @theguardian.com (h/t @lorraineberry.bsky.social):
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Well, at least there’s this
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
They’ll revoke everyone’s citizenship and reinstate us one at a time
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Xanthe Pajarillo @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
To my trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming friends and family, I am thinking of you and grateful you’re here today. You are seen, cherished and loved in the deepest way. I’m so sorry this week has been dreadful. You belong. You’re not alone, no matter how much this country has failed you 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Head of Steak (She Keeps Bees)
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A colleague reached for her box of Detox Tea as I was leaving her office. Should I take this personally?
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David L Updike @davidupdike.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
No kidding. I avoid stores where I have to flag someone down just to buy deodorant or laundry soap.
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