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Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>★★★★★ "Rayner is brilliant! His writing is a strange and exhilarating mixture of the cerebral and the entertaining ... Alpha Max is a crazy and wild ride. I enjoyed it very much. –Karen Molenaar Terrell, author of Cosmic Connections: Sharing the Joy </p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>★★★★★ "Mark A. Rayner writes in gorgeous prose and has a unique gift for plot ... and creating characters that are rock-solid and relatable." –Matthew Novak, The Book Commentary </p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>Bridges Of Remembrance</p><p>The river we all cross with cautious hope <br>remembers secret sorrows of our hearts <br>that we never share with penurious words <br>because we choose to howl with mountain wolves <br>instead of hiding inside walls of stone </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/07/bridges-of-remembrance.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">bridges-of-remembrance.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Summer reading sale -- $3.99. ($6 off until July 22nd)</p><p>★★★★★ "Funny, yet deep, this is definitely worth venturing into the multiverse for." –Natasha Ward, Reedsy Discovery</p><p>Books2Read: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/u/m0olnY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/AlphaMax" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">geni.us/AlphaMax</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/multiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>Sometimes I think about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gattaca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gattaca</span></a> and how we all leave our DNA all the fuck over the place and it kind of squicks me out a little on both a stomach-churning level and an existential dread level.</p><p>I need to introduce 12yo to that movie. It's so damn brilliant and prescient, and it's been way too long since I've seen it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>People Desperate To Live</p><p>Hot summer sun heats the metal mailbox <br>with languid hope of timeless afternoons <br>at silent running of the forest fox <br>who brings secret stories from ancient moons <br>disguised as letters from friends far away <br>who </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/07/people-desperate-to-live.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">people-desperate-to-live.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>High Over Laughable Void</p><p>Outrageous doubt of vital escapades <br>reflects the tarnished gold of searing tongues <br>when gangs of wolves with bitter eyes of hate <br>arrest gardeners and cooks of paradise <br>by cheating honesty with harsh distress <br>that</p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/high-over-laughable-void.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">high-over-laughable-void.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>“Remember, it’s just a game. It doesn’t matter. In fact, nothing matters. We have to create our own meaning in life. For example, it would mean a lot to me if pitching started to matter to you.” ⚾ </p><p>Cartoon by Avi Steinberg </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NewYorker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NewYorker</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AviSteinberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AviSteinberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baseball</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoundVisit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoundVisit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sartre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sartre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeanPaulSartre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeanPaulSartre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pitching</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Don't even get me started on how hard it is to stare into the inaccessible void.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/void" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>void</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irony</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>: 'when the rich go to war, it's the poor who pay.'<br>jean-paul sartre, born <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> in 1905, will always be relevant - &amp; this rumination of his is one of many reasons that i embraced existentialism over nihilism.<br>it instructed me that 'being' is an individual's responsibility, but that we all, as humans, have a collective responsibility to each other.<br>anyway, j-p was a righteous dude. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jeanPaulSartre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jeanPaulSartre</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sartre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sartre</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>No Kings In America</p><p>We allow no kings in America <br>for we are land of people who live free <br>with justice and equality for all, <br>at least those are ideals we cherish most, <br>though some greedy people, weak and afraid <br>attempt to </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/no-kings-in-america.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">no-kings-in-america.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>Odd City Of Regret</p><p>Time reconstructs strange sentinels of thought <br>from shifting colors of skeleton keys <br>though hope erases emptiness of truth <br>to highlight crazy concepts that remain <br>illuminated bright by dreamless words <br>that clutter </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/odd-city-of-regret.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">odd-city-of-regret.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>My Door To Your Heart</p><p>Because the moon is my door to your heart <br>I will be bold stars that shelter your world <br>to keep you safe with gentle words of love <br>that flow as ocean waves which lift your boat <br>above abyss of doom so wind of hope <br>I </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/my-door-to-your-heart.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">my-door-to-your-heart.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
flo<p><span>"Living authentically is less about becoming something and more about unbecoming everything that isn't actually us." <br><br>I just love, how clearly and honest this man expresses his deep thougts with his soothing voice - strong recommendation listening to his channel! <br><br></span><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=gDAOz_qmgio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=gDAOz_qmgio</a><span> <br><br>(</span><a href="https://youtu.be/gDAOz_qmgio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/gDAOz_qmgio</a><span>) <br><br></span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/TheFunctionalMelancholic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheFunctionalMelancholic</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Existentialism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Existentialism</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Psychology" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Psychology</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/Determinism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Determinism</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/FreeWill" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeWill</a><span> </span><a href="https://iceshrimp.de/tags/AI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." ~ Douglas Adams </p><p>Scientists Discovered Something Kinda Alarming: The Universe Shouldn't Actually Exist –Popular Mechanics</p><p><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a61816635/science-suggests-universe-shouldnt-exist/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popularmechanics.com/space/dee</span><span class="invisible">p-space/a61816635/science-suggests-universe-shouldnt-exist/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existence</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/parody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parody</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Surazeus<p>Fervent Prayers To God</p><p>The words I speak are transient as the wind, <br>yet mold from conceptual clay of my brain <br>timeless state of reality I feel <br>vibrate in ruthless wind of constancy <br>with arbitrary perfection of </p><p><a href="https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/04/fervent-prayers-to-god.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surazeus.blogspot.com/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">fervent-prayers-to-god.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NationalPoetryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPoetryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Pastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Necropastoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necropastoral</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaModernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaModernism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Transrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewSublimity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewSublimity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewRomanticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewRomanticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cinemism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NegativeCapability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NegativeCapability</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewGnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewGnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MetaRealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaRealism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewTranscendentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewTranscendentalism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Astarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astarism</span></a></p>
Cody<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/darkacademia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkacademia</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/russianliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russianliterature</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/fydordostoevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fydordostoevsky</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/nikoligogol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nikoligogol</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/darkashthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkashthetic</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/philisophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philisophy</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kafka</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ClassicLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/bookquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookquotes</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/fyp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fyp</span></a><br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Julius Zukowski-Krebs<p>Hello Fediverse! Feels good to be back! With this account I hope to make my small contributions in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/horrorliterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horrorliterature</span></a> research and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/discourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discourse</span></a> around <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a>, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uncanny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uncanny</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/affect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affect</span></a> in general, but also to share some thoughts on the current political and philosophical discourse concerning <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/affecttheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affecttheory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychoanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cosmotechnics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmotechnics</span></a> </p><p>Writing primarily in ENG and GER but also in RU, IT, PT, ESP and maybe even FR!</p>
Court Cantrell prefers not to<p>As the meme says, I want to be sparkly, in pinks and purples...but the world is on fire, and I am angry. I wanted to be happy -- I got traumatized. </p><p>But the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOODNEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOODNEWS</span></a> is that if all goes smoothly, I shall hit "publish" on my newest book (my first ever non-fiction!) within the next 48 hours:</p><p>APPETITE FOR ANTITHESIS: (De)KNOWING GOD IN A LENTEN PRACTICE</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiepub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiepub</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfpub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfpub</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AtheismForLent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtheismForLent</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeterRollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterRollins</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lent</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathOfGodTheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathOfGodTheology</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>existentialism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RadicalTheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadicalTheology</span></a></p>
The Weaver<p>Hi all! I’m looking for interesting accounts that talk sometimes about <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteraryCriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryCriticism</span></a>, or maybe other <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CriticalTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalTheory</span></a>-based accounts. I’ve tried searching for authors I like, but haven’t had a huge amount of luck beyond finding posts. I’m especially looking for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> criticism, but am curious about a lot of other genres too. Some other things I like are <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DFW</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MarkFisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkFisher</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PKD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKD</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BeckyChambers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeckyChambers</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solarpunk</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Existentialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialism</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ArabLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArabLit</span></a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Metamodernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metamodernism</span></a>. TY! </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Request" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Request</span></a></p>