Christa Faust

@christafaust.bsky.social

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Writer. Pervert. Menopausal Troublemaker. Bisexual Assassin. She/They.

Three Mads Mikkelsen figures on my office shelf, two 12 inch and one 6 inch, with a sticker saying "I voted."
What do I look like a fucking mycologist to you? It's some kind of fungi. Ruffled, burnt orange, smooth on top and ridged underneath. Anyway I thought it was cool.
A chonky little madagascar palm, with my palm for scale.
The Madwoman on a stony PNW beach. Do not perceive her!
My Frenchie, Lupe, in her furry doughnut bed.
Very nice normal flowers that are not alien pods at all.
A Goddamn American holding a Goddamn American apple pie.
Fred Smith @coyotegoth "Allegedly, this is from a 1958 UK government report. I identify as bisexual, but JESUS, "war queer" sounds tempting." 2. TYPES OF HOMOSEXUAL The Bisexual The Married Man: Upper Class Middle Class Working Class The Demoralized Married Man The Young Bisexual The Self-isolated Homosexual The Fully Sublimated Homosexual or Bisexual The Homosexual Prostitute: The Young Volunteer The Call-boy The "Cottage" type The Club and Pub Prostitute The "Roller" Sugar Daddies "Married" Homosexual Partners The Pub Type The Club Type The Homosexual "Friend" The Prison Queer The Ship's Queer The War Queer The Homosexual Alcoholic The "Guilty" Homosexual The Religious Homosexual
THE BEST THiNGS A Novel KATRINA CARRASCO
The Lady V, being very normal, and me being very not normal. Well, normal for me, anyway. Also, cake!
Stacked boxes of chocolate tied with a brown and gold bow
Walter and Lebowski in a coffee shop in THE BIG LEBOWSKI with a caption that reads: "For your information the Supreme Court-has roundly rejected prior restraint!"
A small pride flag hanging from a black mailbox with padlocks and a security cable
Me, freshly barbered and looking like a slightly more civilized Mullethawk Werewolf.
Me looking very sexy and cool and also desperately in need of a haircut
Nikolaj Lie Kaas tied to a chair with the caption "breath trembling."
Maria Montez in Cobra Woman.
Diagram of the inner ear
Poster for the 1961 film Victim: A SCORCHING DRAMA OF THE MOST UN-TALKED-ABOUT SuBjECT OF OUR TIME! DiRK BOGARDE SYLViA SYMS VICTIM
Me wearing a huge, goofy felt rainbow on my head like the sex god I am.
Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits.
Super close up photo of my calf with three random wiry dark hairs
A Chinese Crested dog wearing a diamond and pearl necklace.
A muscular shirtless man wearing a prong dog collar
The Wonder Twins touching fists with the words "Wonder Twin Powers Activate!"
Michael Madsen holding a severed ear in Reservoir Dogs.
Joe Shishido in A Colt Is My Passport
Mount Rainier being out and proud next to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Art from the movie Vertigo. See also: How I currently feel
A nice little rainbow over the Narrows.
A pink kiwi cut in half. Know what a butthole looks like? That, basically.
Niall's mom from Half Man with a caption that says "Gay stuff?"
Close up of light purple flower with dark, speckled centers.
Dark and light purple rhododendron blossoms.
AWARD NOMINEES FOR BEST, SHORT STORY SIX-ARMED ROBBERY ASHLEY-RUTH M. BERNIER AITA FOR USING MY HUSBAND'S HOBBY TO TEACH HIM A LESSON MINDY CARLSON HOLLYWOOD PROMETHEUS CHRISTA FAUST BROTHERLY LOVE CHERYL A. HEAD FINDING JIMMY BALDWIN CHERYLA. HEAD THE SKIES ARE RED RICHIE NARVAEZ
Promo photo of Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell and caption: "Half Man's Twisted Yearning The HBO series, from Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd, is like Heated Rivalry for sickos. Its latest episode makes it especially clear."
Me and my Pop in Riverside Park in NYC, circa 1973.
Threads post: "A book written and published in 7 months and you expect me to believe there was NO AI involved?"
My French bulldog.
A mossy tree trunk with a tiny metal pin that says "fuck."
My outdoor table with a thick yellow coating of pine pollen.
My mom and my Frenchie.
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump tt A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran! 5.61k ReTruths 24.3k Likes 4/7/26, 5:06 AM
Emma Thompson as Vivian Rook in Years and Years.
Fallen tree with grey and white fungal ruffles
A fallen tree trunk covered with grey and white fungus ruffles.
Alexander Skarsgård putting his enormous hand over Harry Melling's mouth.
2026 Derringer Award Finalists Best Short Story "Blind Pig" by Michael Bracken "Bradycardia" by Elizabeth Dearborn "Chains" by Frank Vatel "Check Rear Seat" by Carl Tait "Hollywood Prometheus" by Christa Faust "It All Comes Out in the Wash" by James Patrick Focarile "The Artist" by Linda Ann Bennett "Just Like Old Times" by Shari Held "Wax On, Wax Off" by Nina Mansfield "The Man Under the Bridge" by Bern Sy Moss Best Long Story "A Sign of the Times" by Tom Milani "Masterpiece" by Mark Thielman "Six-Armed Robbery" by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier "Whatever Kills the Pain" by C.W. Blackwell "Zebra Finch" by donalee Moulton Best Novelette "Aswarby Hall" by David Dean "Loose Change from a Mini Cooper" by Frank Zafiro "Saint Bullethead" by Nick Kolakowski "The High Priest of Low Men" by C.W. Blackwell "The Temporary Murder of Thomas Monroe" by Tia Tashiro Best Anthology Crimeucopia - The Not So Frail Detective Agency edited by John Connor (Murderous Ink Press) Gone Fishin": Crime Takes a Holiday, The Eighth Guppy Anthology edited by James M. Jackson (Wolf's Echo Press) Hollywood Kills: An Anthology edited by Adam Meyer & Alan Orloff (Level Best Books - Level Short) Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense edited by Judy Penz Sheluk (Superior Shores Press) On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology edited by Curtis Ippolito (Rock and a Hard Place Press) SoWest: Danger Awaits! A Desert Sleuths Anthology edited by Claire A. Murray, Eva Eldridge, Suzanne E. Flaig, Denise Galley, and Sarah Smith (DS Publishing)
Cover of You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Ruffly tan fungi. Fuck if I know what they are. What am I, some kinda mycologist?
Vintage photo of a woman on a treadmill with two trainers, circa 1920s.