Samuel M. Moss

Very glad to announce that my first book ‘The Veldt Institute’ has been published by Double—Negative and is now available. Find it at asterismbooks.com/product/the-ve…

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Exemplary recent instances (clockwise from upper left): [title] @NameofAuthor1 The Veldt Institute @perfidiouscript The Rachel Condition, Nicholas Rombes Leopold's Labyrinth @ShmikeShmorrao

read an extract here: minorliteratures.com/2025/02/20/dr-…

Monthly Dispatch #21 — February 2025 feat. @MichaelSevy @sarahkdawson @james_rodker @tylerleeholter Joel Gordon, Golan Haji, Tyler Cain Lacy, @perfidiouscript & more ... minorlits.substack.com/p/monthly-disp…

“There is another language,” he said, his voice very low and quiet, “lying within this one.” He paused, tapped his pen against his chin. “And another logic, too, sleeps within this logic.” @perfidiouscript

Monthly Dispatch #21 — ft. @MichaelSevy @sarahkdawson @james_rodker @tylerleeholter Joel Gordon, Golan Haji, Tyler Cain Lacy, @perfidiouscript & more — goes out Friday! sign up link follows

"But faith, faith! That is the master signifier, the thing from which all meaning springs ..." Dr. Lysergus and the Holy Fool — @perfidiouscript minorliteratures.com/2025/02/20/dr-…

"I have started working with Dr. Lysergus. Was it today or yesterday?" Dr. Lysergus and the Holy Fool — @perfidiouscript minorliteratures.com/2025/02/20/dr-…

Dr. Lysergus and the Holy Fool — Samuel M. Moss (@perfidiouscript) minorliteratures.com/2025/02/20/dr-…

what books are coming out in 2025 that feature fairy tales, fables, folklore, myths, wolves, witches, surrealism, haunted forests, ancient villages, and/or cursed fever dreams?

Found the heat at Volver records

Returning to the suburbs we hear leafblowers calling to one another like mourning doves

Not to detract from the significance of this victory, but I can't help but notice that neither the US military nor the CIA has ever been held accountable for its torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere in Iraq.

↓ Rafael Anton Irisarri: Façadisms (Black Knoll Editions BKE019) ☞ hardwax.com/08208/rafael-a…

Improvement

I spoke with Nathan Dragon about odd jobs, working on @B_Arrangements with @raegan_bird, and being a retired boxer. His stellar debut story collection, THE CHAMP IS HERE, is out 12/12. Thank you to Nathan for speaking with me and to @Cary_O_Cary for editing this piece.

Phew. Okay y'all, we're safe: bbc.com/news/articles/…

This is what happens when you let creative people do their thing.

Disney TV development in the 90’s absolutely SETTING THE BAR for creative freedom. The pitch for TaleSpin? ‘Lets take the animals from the jungle book, have them run an air cargo service, mix in a little Cheers and set it in Casablanca? This will be an afterschool show for kids.’