Reposted by Jai (they/them)
Have you heard of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus? You know, the Great One who moves beneath the earth?
No?
Well, if you want to hear the Word of Our Tentacled Lord and Savior, my short story "Other Gods" is published today in the inaugural issue of the Pacific Northwest Gothic magazine.
pnwgothic.com
volume one - PACIFIC NORTHWEST GOTHIC
Samples from Volume I Lapis Corvos Allie MariniPoetry Allie Marini is a former Florida woman now living in the PNW. She is a cross-genre writer, visual artist, maker, and tarot reader. She runs Creepy...
![A photograph of a pile of bits of paper laid on top of a hardcover book. The book is light blue and has "Obojima - Tales from the tall" on the cover, with the last word covered by some of the paper. On the very top of the papers are some shiny gold and silver coins cut out of thick watercolour paper. Underneath and to the left are a pile of handwritten notices, the top-most which says "beware, hill dragons [...] In this area", followed by a rough drawing of a lizard looking thing, then "please travel defended. This message brought to you by the courier brigade and the society of [...] Young stewards". Under that there's another page that starts "lost" in large childish handwriting. On the right side of the image are a bunch of brightly coloured geometric shapes very clearly based on Tetris pieces. Below both of those is a hand-drawn map, pinned to some cork board, of which the only visible parts are some forests, a couple of lakes and a bit of fields. There are four locations labeled: "lake delve camp" (near one of the lakes), "kokiri village" (at the edge of the forest), "sen village" (near the top of the page), and partially obscured "...Kiri village". There are pushpins with big colourful round heads poked into a few points on the map, including next to kokiri village.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmmfmywj4es363ixoy6isctd/bafkreicx3o2xwu5r7qxyhdg2x352ex7v6ugbdkuae22eq5ykpruffcvcay)
