"I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: Your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards."https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mw2ghl3ge227The elevator in my therapist’s building looks like I dreamed it.21 Sep 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2ghl3ge227https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mvo3ulbvas2lIt took me this long to find out that Duke Nukem isn't a duke. He's just a guy whose first name is Duke.16 Sep 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo3ulbvas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mv5y7pz6ik2mUsed bookstore haul. Dogtown Bookstore, Gloucester MA.10 Sep 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5y7pz6ik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3muplkyqbbc2u04 Sep 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muplkyqbbc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mtgu7o4tes2bI can't believe somebody in this film won Best Supporting Actress and it wasn't Elaine Stewart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjS9v5c_SI19 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgu7o4tes2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3msdrecte6k27I'm reposting this because Ezra Pound and his wife didn't feel like having a daughter so they gave the baby to Tyrolean peasants, and she lived a hundred years and died owning a castle in Italy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/books/mary-de-rachewiltz-dead.htm05 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdrecte6k27https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3msdp6pfpg22v*nights [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdp6pfpg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mrxunwqkuc2hmaybe the wrong people are doing the Neuromancer adaptation31 Jul 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxunwqkuc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mrxpwsrdsc2dQ: Is J. 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I tried The Lonely Hearts Hotel but it’s so drenched in whimsy I can’t deal. But it still has great sentences.17 Jun 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mois2n2ric2chttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mofxqcnjvc2cYesterday I was interviewed by an academic who is writing about world-building in video games. He's talking to narrative designers, and I told him he needs to talk to at least one art director. Who should he talk to?16 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofxqcnjvc2c