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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Absolution. Repped by Joe Veltre at Gersh. Gigs: The Tuesday Agency. Currently based in Portland, Oregon... he/him
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1. Where lies the strangling fruit 2. that came from the hand of the sinner 3. I shall bring forth the seeds of the dead 4. to share with the worms that gather in the darkness 5. and surround the world with the power of their lives

submitted 3 hours ago • 3 comments

My reading right now is all over the place...

submitted 3 hours ago • 10 comments

Stars at Noon by the amazing director Claire Denis is on Hulu now. I thought this was another great film by Denis, well worth your time.

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

that time we had mysterious Unitopia posters, from my novel Hummingbird Salamander put up all over Berlin, in support of the book's release and a secret website lol

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Around Oaks Bottom, with a bird mural necropolis, remains of a dangerous... jetty... and a nice view of the gloom. It was a gloriously gloomy day.

submitted 16 hours ago • 7 comments

true

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Around Oaks Bottom today, with @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social (thanks, Sarah!)

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

Someone asked me if this was photoshopped lol, so... video evidence...

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

So, Portland, does this mean it's spring now?

submitted 1 day ago • 28 comments

@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I finished Authority a few days ago and now I can't stop dropping the word "terroir" into casual conversation. I have fewer friends now, but I did enjoy the book immensely.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

An ability to describe things in the world is a basic creative writing skill you can isolate to learn much as an artist learns by, say, sketching a bench or trees in a park. It requires sustained practice and it's easy to tell who hasn't done it.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Yep, I write my own alt text.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Around Portland today...

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Tiny thing, but sick of someone posting a link to their "article" or "essay"... and the fucker is like four paragraphs long. Call it "flash nonfiction" mofo.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments