We had a lot of fun with random shorts!
Posts by Podside Picnic
This time around, we gathered shiny stuff we found around the internet and discussed it a bit:
Wizard of Speed and Time (Mike Jittlov)
Agon (Juliana Maité)
Antediluvian (Mario Lanzas)
MALLET! (Adrian Hughes aka BRUTE!)
R'ha (Kaleb Lechowski)
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Damn, this was a fun chat! This ep we have Aaron Thorpe from The Trillbillies with us! Aaron’s hanging out with us today to talk about two of my favorite things: Star Trek and socialism.
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We also have as an unofficial second guest, the spirit of Kurt Schiller from @podside-picnic.bsky.social and formerly of @bloodknife.bsky.social. He wasn't on the show but a good chunk of our chat couldn't have happened without him!
Check out Knifepoint where he writes now.
substack.com/@knifepoint
Update: IT'S OUT
Do YOU know him? Have YOU heard of Kelwas?
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Another certified banger Workers’ Lit collab with @kjy1066.bsky.social 😎
This time we talk about Summer Wars (2009). On one side, an AI threatens a wacky cataclysm via an everything app. . . on the other, weirdo country gentry and Japan's second-best math guy
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@workerslit.bsky.social is in the pod this time to answer the age-old question: would you love me if I'm a bug?
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Chris and I get together to talk about the Phillip K. Dick novella and also Steven Spielberg's 2002 adaptation into an lean, mean actioner
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Join us to talk about amiable ne'er do well and scamp, Washington Irving. We talk about his story, Rip Van Winkle, too
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This time we talk about Tarsem Singh's The Fall and admire just how beautiful Lee Pace is
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Getting old as a cat burglar sucks. . . which is why having the right kind of help really improves your quality of life!
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Shadow and Claw, the first two books of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun
"Life, after all, is not a high thing, and in many ways is the reverse of purity."
Come visit Seahaven with us! Just don't try leaving if it's not in the script
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HELLO new friends and enemies! we're Regular Magazine, an old-fashioned internet publication.
we are probably good for fans of
@typebarmagazine.bsky.social
@flaminghydra.com
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
@annehelen.bsky.social
we love you and hope you love us a little bit! intro here:
Also, thanks to everyone who's read it, and ICYMI here's my TropiWeird story about old neighborhoods, childhood friendships, and how nostalgia can be a boomerang
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Given everything that's happening, it feels weird to do this, but let me try to celebrate "Blanquitos" being in great company on the @bsfa.bsky.social longlist, and many thanks to @wolfbridge.bsky.social for publishing it in @typebarmagazine.bsky.social
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Thanks, Gabino!
My newest TropiWeird short, "Blanquitos" was recently published in Typebar Magazine!
I'd be honored if you read this story about old friends, abandoned neighborhoods, and how nostalgia can be a boomerang
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"Blanquitos" by Karlo Yeager Rodriguez @kjy1066.bsky.social, in Typebar Magazine @typebarmagazine.bsky.social
Another short story writer who rarely fails to knock it out of the park, Karlo delivered a fantastic piece this year....
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"Cave art" of a hyena and her cub
It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
The United States of Banana ft. Karlo Yeaher Rodriguez, January 26, 2026
9/11, Hamlet, the Statue of Liberty, Segismundo, Zoroastrianism, Puerto Rican Independence, Bananas. What do these have in common? This book.
Today we are joined by @kjy1066.bsky.social of @podside-picnic.bsky.social to discuss “The United States of Banana.” By Giannina Braschi.
Listen now!