katy bond

@carterhaugh.bsky.social

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they/she? sff writer, poet, little lad who likes berries and cream words in Strange Horizons, Kaleidotrope, manywor(l)ds, and elsewhere "stop! stop singing Child Ballad 216: Clyde Waters!" you cry. but i am singing too loudly and with too much pathos

My friend texting me "Katy. Katy your dinosaurs." me texting back "explain." her texting me "it is so good. it is so excellent." me texting "wegmans." her texting "i love it i am obsessed" then adding "no. your other dinosaurs." all of these messages are in all-caps

my finger pointing to Charles Payseur's review of my poem in Locus

cover of my zine. it says "se addams hiwscipe - fragments from the sonnenfeld MS, circa 1991." it features the cover of a medieval hymnal (i think?) on which i have replaced mary and jesus with morticia and wednesday

bathroom mirror selfie of me in a spiral sweater that i crocheted. i used green and brown yarn in various shades. as mentioned in the caption, there's an image of a ribbon seal covering part of my phone and hand.

cover of a zine showing a torn bit of a snack nutrition label in a decorative frame. the zine is titled "Price tag fragment, c. 21st century"

front of my zine. it's photocopied on printer paper. it shows the title "Oulipo Ballads" and a block printed illustration of a bird-headed person in a dress interacting with a rabbit-headed person in a cape and a ruff collar.

me, shown from the nose up, balancing a large white plush mammoth on top of my head

an embroidery hoop with a grey t-shirt in it. the embroidered image is a pale figure with light brown hair on a black horse riding over the stylized waves of a river. the figure has dropped his hat and is reaching backward to catch it. yellow stars are in the background. text embroidered in the sky and water reads "fare thee well, adieu"

A crochet rabbit, made mostly of sparkly taupe brown yarn, with a white tail. The background has been blurred so the junk on my desk is less distinct

An erasure poem. The text has been painted over, and now reads "My happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space: Imagine a vast sheet of power rising hard and luminous -- my country, Alas, my universe. In such a country, Nothing was visible, nor could be visible, to us, except the necessity of this: your eye -- exactly on the edge -- a straight line." Painted on top of the text in neon colors are stars, and two hands almost clasping. An original illustration from the book is also preserved, which shows a triangle rotating in space until it appears to be a line.

China Miéville's book, "October: the Story of the Russian Revolution," next to a big white plush woolly mammoth

My arm, wearing a red corduroy coat-sleeve and a navy blue knit mitten with a rabbit design in duplicate stitch. The arm is holding a copy of The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen. It's a large book. Snow in the background, and a leafless bush.

Black packet of tea. The tea label says "Deathless: a tea collaboration with Catherynne M. Valente."

Picture of my torso. I'm wearing a teal shirt featuring art of a soccer ball riding an ocean wave. The shirt says "Kansas City Current: Makin' waves and takin' names."

Screenshot of my Spotify app showing I'm listening to Dark Honey from the Murmurs album by Simpson, Cutting, and Kerr

Meme template featuring Jason from The Good Place, gazing desperately at a poster which has been replaced with a Peanuts comic. In panel 1 of the comic, Snoopy types the single word "The" on his typewriter. In panel 2, he thinks, "A good writer will sometimes search hours for just the right word." Caption has been edited to say "Oh, Snoopy, we're really in it now."

Note on gridded paper reading "What about the sister? Well, maybe just figure it out as you go."

China Miéville's The City and the City, on my quilt, in the dark, because I finished it in the middle of the night last night

me wearing handknit socks in the colors of the lesbian flag

an illuminated letter A in a manuscript, with a red dragon in the center

My torso. I'm wearing a short sleeved button up with a bird pattern, and a white crocheted necktie with speckles of lavender, yellow, and peach.

a playlist. the songs on it include "reynardine" as sung by archie fisher, "tam lin" as sung by anaïs mitchell, "captain wedderburn" as sung by great big sea, "red haired mary" as sung by dervish, "sir james the rose" as sung by steeleye span, "willie's lady" as sung by anaïs mitchell, and "hares on the mountain" as sung by shirley collins