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Amanda Downum

@stillsostrange.bsky.social
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SFF writer, mortician, and monster about town. She/her.

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allsee @allsees.online · 13/10/2026
transport a corpse through obstacles in the Victorian streets in the dark-humor co-op game Fallbearers
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 14/07/2026
NONFICTION Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols Ask a Necromancer, by @stillsostrange.bsky.social
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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Helen of Troy, Lupita Nyongo sparkles in Christian Cowan for the London premiere of #theodysseymovie.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Grab your ouija boards! The necromancer can't answer if you don't ask! Does anyone have death questions for the next issue of @thedeadlands.com ?
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Happiness is a fresh Champion order.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
As a person who has smelled a gangrenous corpse fart, my thoughts and prayers are with the Scalzi household now.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Stop by and support sad goths in the rain!
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If you're in the Richmond area, stop by and support your local morticians!
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I'm attending a panel on item-writing for funeral service education. My conventions are very different these days.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
hahahaha fuck them up!
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 15/04/2026
guess what, beloveds? our resident necromancer (and licensed mortician) @stillsostrange.bsky.social is attending the American Board of Funeral Service Education conference WHICH MEANS you can ask the BOARD ITSELF a DEATH question! for an issue of the deadlands 🫶 psychopomp.com/aan/
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Ask A Necromancer - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Got a question for our resident necromancer?
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The world is a trash fire so I need more hobbies.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I want to love fungi. They're so amazing. But I cannot love cadaver mold.
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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If your child falls into the gorilla enclosure you’re gonna need a new child. We only have the one gorilla.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I once worked with an embalmer who was so paranoid about bodies leaking that I used to joke I'd come into work one night and find she'd cocooned all of day shift in plastic wrap and hung them from the ceiling. This is now me and mold.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 23/02/2026
"A job for every corpse; a cadaver for every school!" join us, beloveds, for a very special Ask a Necromancer with @stillsostrange.bsky.social C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort read on! psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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Ask a Necromancer: C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Like any necromancer, I’ve dreamed of building an empire of the dead.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today's the day! I've added this photo to my Funeral History slides. Sometimes the internet was almost worth it.
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 13/01/2026
NON FICTION Bible Verses for the Dying and the Heathen by Robin Wheeler Ask a Necromancer: C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort by @stillsostrange.bsky.social
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
OH MY FUCKING GOD this is so good for renaissance music reasons for arranging reasons, DAMN for 'it's One Night in Bangkok as if Kit Marlowe wrote opera' reasons, especially
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Adding this to my slides on holy relics next semester!
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I need to set the arterial system to music so my students remember it.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
8th graders aren't really the age group I'd choose to talk to about a career in mortuary science, but it turns out they enjoy playing with modeling wax.
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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat…until it doesn’t. CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT IS OUT NOW! Want copies of my cozy Deer Hill Anonymous books of your own? You can order from anywhere, request at your library, or get a signed copy from my friends at One More Page.
Me holding the book against a blue sky. Hair needs a trim. Cat sweater is cute though.Me holding both Deer Hill Anonymous books against a blue sky. I'm looking...somewhere. Not at the camera.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This week I'll be working a career fair for thousands of 8th graders. Pray for me.
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
As someone on day 3 of a migraine, this is a little too close to the bone
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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Book bub deal for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES! www.bookbub.com/books/a-phil...
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A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde - BookBub
Leverage meets Parasite meets Six of Crows in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a gaslamp fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the wealthy....
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The handsome skeleton on the left is Fred. His friend with the hat doesn't have a name yet. Suggestions?
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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 27/08/2025
photo by @stillsostrange.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The WFA-nominated collection of weird fiction by @stillsostrange.bsky.social is $1.99 in ebook currently! www.bookbub.com/books/still-...
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Still So Strange by Amanda Downum is only $1.99 - BookBub
Discover the magic and supernatural creatures that flourish in the dark corners of seductive worlds Indulge in this breathtaking fantasy anthology from an author whose prose is intoxicating, sensual, ...
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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 11/08/2025
today we learn about formaldehyde with @stillsostrange.bsky.social in today's Ask A Necromancer! "To be clear, a dead body in and of itself is nothing to be afraid of, even a smelly one. [...] Dead is not the problem; it’s the pathogens that may still be alive." ⬇️💀🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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Ask a Necromancer: Fun with Formaldehyde - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
To be clear, a dead body in and of itself is nothing to be afraid of, even a smelly one. We’ve moved beyond the miasma theory of medicine. Dead is not the problem; it’s the pathogens that may still be...
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The things I find in my classroom.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I'm sharing some of my early Ask a Necromancer essays on Patreon, and hopefully answering new questions. Check it out, all you morbid children. www.patreon.com/posts/130698...
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To All the Morbid Children | Amanda Downum
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I forgot to share the final version of my emotional support severed head from last semester.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Remmick is a perfect gentleman about everything... except banana flavored amoxicillin. I'd probably choose violence too if someone tried to squirt that down my throat, so I can't really blame him.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Does anyone know anyone in a driveable-from-Richmond area who could adopt my handsome friend? My house is at cat-pacity, and I don't want to turn him back outside knowing he's FIV+.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Cat update: Remmick got in a carrier more politely than any cat I know. Poor baby is FIV positive and needs antibiotics for his mangled ear, but is otherwise doing well at the vet.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Guess who came in for dinner? Now I just have to convince him to get in a carrier tomorrow morning without murdering me.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This is Remmick. He believes in equality. He wants to come inside. He wants your stories and kibble. He's going to receive some bonus healthcare next week. If anyone has a few extra dollars they could contribute to fellowship and love (and vaccines and flea treatment), we would be truly grateful.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I'm going to start posting flyers around campus inviting people to join me in donning dinosaur costumes and benignly rampaging.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Yesterday I got MOHS surgery. The process was pretty cool and the doctor didn't mind my constant nerd questions. The local anesthesia and Tylenol have definitely worn off now, though.
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Okay, context for my severed head collection. The head on the left was my (in progress) final project for Restorative Art in mortuary school. He was made with Plastilina art clay. The head on the right is my current project, using Dodge's modeling wax. (1/?)
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I'm making a new friend!
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The dead need your questions! Does anyone have queries for the Necromancer? @thedeadlands.com
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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Calling yourself king doesn't make you a king. Crushing your enemies, driving them before you, hearing the lamentations of their women...until one day you can wear the jeweled crown of Aquilonia on a troubled brow. That makes you king.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hacksilver riddled with a dragon, saved his family's farm, and won the secret to raise his dead. Nothing prepared him, though, for the long cold winter when the dead walked... Next week. "The Witch and the Wyrm" by @matociquala.bsky.social! Art by Zelda Devon Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
A dragon coils around a spindle of thread, clutching two eggs as it roars at a blonde woman who appears to be dancing below it
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Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Goodreads is doing another Tomb of Dragons giveaway, now through March 10, open to U.S. residents, 60 ARCs of The Tomb of Dragons, go! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Book giveaway for The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #3) by Katherine Addison Feb 19-Mar 10, 2025
Enter to win one of 60 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Feb 19-Mar 10, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an ARC of THE TOMB OF DRAGONS! 60 winner...
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Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette @pennyvixen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy 1st birthday to the audiobook of A THEORY OF HAUNTING! To celebrate, it is being offered at a 70% discount now through March 2: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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70% OFF A Theory of Haunting
Kyle Murchison Booth, archivist at the Parrington Museum, has heard of Thirdhop Scarp. Everyone has. The house has been notorious ever since the night that homeowner J. A. Cathcart murdered his entire...
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