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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Are there any other former tech workers who are so vehemently against AI that they can’t bring themselves to apply for another tech job?

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Ivy Grimes @ivygrimes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Many thanks to @gothicquill.bsky.social for interviewing me about The Cellar Below the Cellar and such! I love her newsletter, full of blunt and tough observations about the writing world. gothicquill.substack.com/p/the-cellar...

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The Cellar Below the Cellar: Meet Ivy Grimes

Ivy's folk horror novella has been in the spotlight since its release in March, receiving plaudits from Mother Horror herself, Sadie Hartmann.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“Folkened to death” 😆😆😆😆 oh my god this is gut-splitting

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Somebody needs to produce this movie stat 👀

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Yayyy - we’re fast friends!! Your words mean so much to me 😭❤️‍🔥 Thanks for making my Monday.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I don’t want to be TikTok famous. I want to be able to afford rent and healthcare.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Wrote about some pretty heavy shit from childhood so now I have to sip coffee and stare at the wall.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thank you so much for sharing and reading, Daniel!! I just saw this. You’re a true comrade!!! I think you stated all of this more clearly and eloquently than I could have 😆👊🤘

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Daniel Gene Barlekamp @dgbarlekamp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Nice reflection from Julia Madsen of @gothicquill.bsky.social on the preciousness of time, why #writers do what we do, and the hunt for meaning and connection in the age of AI and vapid-content overload. #writingcommunity shorturl.at/3hlG8

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Tired of all the hyperreality? Me too.

Our lives are inundated with artificiality and fake shit. Thankfully, we have our writing.

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Mr. Bear @mrbearstumpy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“I did homework amidst the smell of gasoline and chemicals, the constant whirr of machinery and cans of Mountain Dew cracking open with calloused hands.” @gothicquill.bsky.social @republicofletters.bsky.social therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/how-many-w...

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How Many Working-Class Writers Have You Read?

On Resurrection and Grind and Courage

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Corey Farrenkopf @coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling Editing then shoveling

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

POV: You grew up in a haunted farmhouse and are beginning to think that the ghosts never left.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

One time I was stuck in customs because they were flipping through my poetry notebook and none of it made any goddamn sense to them and I tried to explain that I was a poet but all they saw were the mad scribblings of a dumbass.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Have I abandoned all that is holy or did I simply write a draft over pints of Coors at the dive bar?

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Make ghosts your target audience. Follow for more practical writing advice.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife. Follow for more practical writing advice.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Oh Jan, how kind of you to share - I am only seeing this now! So happy to see you over here and to have met you through the workings of the web! Thank you kindly my friend!! <3

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Not to brag but one of my eyebrow hairs grows very long, very fast and won't listen to reason.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Don’t forget that stories are the bridge between here and the afterlife. Follow for more practical writing advice.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Make ghosts your target audience. Follow for more practical writing advice.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

night hooks: the plot turns that can only occur in the fog after dark (with whiskey)

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

the milky third eye of ancestors. the dried-up riverbed. the letter opened with a swiss army knife.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

One of my long-standing hobbies is going to estate sales, where I found this folk horror fairy chair. I keep it in my writing room.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I’ve always been the type of writer who has to fight by the skin of my teeth to help get my story out there. Have see too many failed attempts to count. If you’re interested in folk horror and american gothic, let’s fuckin’ kick it. Let’s get muddy.

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Bruce Hinze @brucehinze.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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Matthew Schnirman @gaywithroughmoss.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

To thine own self be truant

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The American Dream has disadvantaged the imagination of possibility

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 23/04/2025

Dominic Sessa is officially set to star as Anthony Bourdain in the biopic, Tony, from director Matt Johnson 🤍 The film will be released by A24 Add to watchlist ➡️ boxd.it/OJaa

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Amish think that taking a photograph captures your soul, at least they do where I grew up. If that’s true, then, I can say that this one captures my soul and sure makes me wish that I was at a dive bar. My soul is a dive bar? I’m fine with that.

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

😆😆😆 too tired! Abby’s got work to do, no time for the dead. all of this feels like an essay

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I talk about growing up in a small Amish town in Iowa (with a touch of folk horror thrown in for good measure) in my new Substack. Link below!

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Ooooooh I need to check that out! Ugh part of me was hoping you did too 😆 hahah

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Julia Madsen (Gothic Quill) @gothicquill.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Anybody else here grow up in a haunted house, legit?

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

give me a top of a line camera and I will document working class life with the poetry they speak about their lives

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🕯️ a spell in a cabin 👻 a phone call from beyond the grave ❤️ true love 🏡 small town setting 🎃 hallowe’en time 🌄 second chances 🔦 friends solving a mystery 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/Lnobp 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/57... [ 📚🌶️ ] [ 💙📚🪐 ]

cover for haze by rebecca crunden; shows a girl with long brown hair, eyes closed, trees line the bottom and background.

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