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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you want to read a troubling sadsack newsletter? read this one! (don't worry about me I'm doin okay) substack.com/@jestintzi/n...

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

So far my (very short) time free of a day job has resulted only in depression.

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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Casey Plett @caseyplett.com · 13/08/2026

Every single piece of trans history is a blaring klaxon telling us: We can't rip ourselves apart, we must put our preternatural prickliness aside, we can and should disagree greatly but our futures are linked and the stakes are too great, we must figure that out no matter the emotions it raises.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I am in the "reading 500-1000pg books only" stage of dealing with my divorce.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I feel obligated to extend a blanket apology to poets, as I have always said that one should not date poets (I say as a poet myself) and the past few months have basically only been on dates with people who write poems (among other things), and it has been quite nice.

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ExpendableMudge (he/him) @expendablemudge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@jestintzi.bsky.social gave us MY VOLCANO, a strange nonbinary-Canadian authored surreal SF novel via @twodollarradio.bsky.social...a terrific #PrideMonth read, says my 4.5* #Booksky. 🌈📚 expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2022/06/my-v...

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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

In a Public Notice released on April 22, 2026, the FCC is asking Americans to submit comments about whether the TV Oversight Management Board (TVOMB) should create new TV ratings to alert viewers to "transgender and gender non-binary programming" and "the discussion or promotion of gender identity themes."

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Single, sexy, been awake since 2 a.m. (kill me)

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Axel @sadboyslowjams.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

which is not to discount the great things I got out of MFA. Like @jestintzi.bsky.social as a good friend was worth MFA alone I think. Yeah that's right Jes, your friendship has made surviving long island worth it. Anyway, my fingers hurt now 🙃

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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 15/04/2026

READ @catfitzpatrick.net talking to @publisherswkly.bsky.social ! "Part of our determination to be funny and irreverent is undoubtedly about resisting the reduction of your humanity to your suffering. We’re like: no, we have many jokes and bright colors, thank you very much!" shorturl.at/Zd6KH

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‘Servant of the Goddess Literature’: PW Talks with LittlePuss’s Cat Fitzpatrick

The cofounder of the feminist press run by trans women, which launched in 2020, is focused on creating good books by and for trans people, including titles featuring an “intergalactic moth-goddess,” a...

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Sometimes I get cold shouldered by trans people in the wild and it haunts me deeply.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I just recalled that I've been shortlisted for this prize the last three times they've held it (2022, 2024, and 2026). I am the official Miss Congeniality for this prize!

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Cool to see my novella TANTALUS (a standalone excerpt of my forthcoming novel GUEST SERVICES AT THE MUSEUM OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE) is on the shortlist for the Novella Prize from @malahatreview.bsky.social

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Axel @sadboyslowjams.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

one of my all time favorite books

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

MY VOLCANO came out 4 years ago as of yesterday. Wild times. Find your volcano at www.johnelizabethstintzi.com/my-volcano

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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

~Sylvia Plath, from The Collected Poems: Black Rook in Rainy Weather

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Feeling randomly attacked by this quote from my novel VANISHING MONUMENTS (which I highlighted years ago and someone liked on Goodreads today out of nowhere). A reminder I suppose that this novel exists, and is very good, and worth your attention.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The best thing about having a dog that everyone loves is that everyone gets conditioned to be happy to see me.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It's kind of crazy how much of life is dedicated to trying to convince someone to keep their body close to yours.

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The bowling alley played Kid Rock and immediately followed up with “American Idiot.” I feel like we’re trying a bit too hard to be bipartisan

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A l i c e @astoehr.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

i was browsing a local bookstore's clearance shelf at 9pm when i noticed another trans girl next to me & couldn't help giving her recs (vox, housekeeping) before i noticed a copy of @jestintzi.bsky.social's bad houses & all but insisted she take it

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

When in doubt (about how much you are interested in being alive) the solution is often to just start writing another book out of nowhere.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Since everyone is sharing ""romantic"" art for Valentine's Day, here's a flash piece I published a decade or so ago, and which I still enjoy jestintzi.substack.com/p/the-many-l...

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

the day he saw god

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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 14/02/2026

Another snoopy commission

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Pleased to report Martha Baillie's THE INCIDENT REPORT (2014) continues to absolutely slap, a 10/10 book, and hits harder now that I also work in a public library (and have met many Strange Fellows). Everyone should read it, it's an all-timer of almost strange fiction (which Martha does so well).

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Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

“We must see now that the evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism are all tied together. And you can’t get rid of one without getting rid of the other.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Not to toot my own horn but...it's a pretty good horn. You should really hear it toot.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Visited MY VOLCANO at my local library today. You should support your libraries in these wild times (and also read MY VOLCANO, which I have heard can be a comfort despite that it is very much a book about Wild Times)

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Please, to announce that I have started the next one and it is certainly harder thanI expected.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I am glad that I am a delusional novelist. I have been doing some major revisions to my new book, and before each I think "This will be a piece of cake" and then it ruins my life for WEEKS. The whole time it is ruining my life I'm thinking, "Well, at least the next will be easier."

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Once again Writing Poems*. *Mentally Unwell

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ebooks are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. Pulp reading is reading. Adults reading YA is reading. It's all good, my friends. Don't let anyone tell you different.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

What's cool: using an old phone as an MP3 player/getting away from streaming! What's not cool: seeing texts from like 7 years ago from people who don't like me anymore!

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Bold to consider the problem with everything in my life may be "Me"

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I feel like I should celebrate new years this year if only to celebrate 2025 getting the fuck outta my life.

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John Elizabeth Stintzi @jestintzi.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Oftentimes the biggest hurdle about making coffee is that I have not yet had coffee (successfully poured coffee grounds directly into the water of my percolator instead of the basket this morning).

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 24/11/2025

absolutely bonkers to claim that kidnapping people -- a crime -- somehow prevents crime. The way so many Americans seem to actively hate anyone who's ever had a run-in with the law is truly disturbing

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