R.L. Meza

@rlmeza.bsky.social

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Author of OUR LOVE WILL DEVOUR US. Spec fic in Clarkesworld, Nightmare, CHM. Artist. Gamer. 4 cats in a trench coat. Vegan. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 he,him NO A I rlmeza.com

A blue sweatshirt balled up on top of a wooden stand in my closet has the woman from THE GRUDGE printed on the back and staring out at me like she’s about to crawl out
Sam and Dean Winchester I think? sort of cooly sit-standing on a classic car’s hood. I don’t watch SUPERNATURAL, but there are like 15 seasons so it’s uh popular enough to warrant a name change. nice one, brain, so original
from THE CELL: a screaming kidnapped woman drenched by a downpour of water gradually filling her tiled cell to drown her
from CLOVERFIELD: two soldiers are walking four bloodied survivors between them down a bright tunnel
a fleshy round stubby green plant. the top is flat and lighter green, bisected by an indentation and covered with a squiggly brain like pattern.
A Portuguese man o’ war floating on the surface of clear blue water with tentacles trailing
t-Virus from RESIDENT EVIL pictured as blue spirals in glass vials
IRON LUNG game and soundtrack
Homer Simpson calling from down in the well to tell Rachel from THE RING, “Seven Days.”
Vladislav the Poker, a stern man with long hair, a mustache, and a goatee, is dressed in a fancy black jacket, aiming a bow and arrow indoors.
a hardback novel titled ABOUT A PLACE IN THE KINKI REGION by author Sesuji. The cover is a black and grey photo beneath a red sky, the view from the bushes looking across a body of water at a bridge and road bordered by forested hills.
"In a player's mind, what does it mean to spend five bucks? Well, that's five bucks. But six bucks? Well, that's still five bucks. "Four bucks is also kind of five bucks," he continued. "Three bucks is two bucks. And two bucks is basically free. "So we've got these tiers: You know, twelve bucks... that's ten bucks. But thirteen bucks is fifteen bucks. "And we found that eight bucks is still five bucks. It doesn't become ten bucks. Seven ninety nine, that's five bucks, right? "So, eight bucks going to five bucks is the biggest differential we could find in pricing, so we found it very optimal."
Daniel Plainview in the closing scene from THERE WILL BE BLOOD sits in his private bowling alley at home, hunched with his back to the camera, legs splayed, the ruins of his dinner to his right and the dead body of his nemesis, who he just beat, on the left. Red text across the top reads: I’m finished.
close-up of an ugly creamy pale wall with a painted-over cockroach lying on its back with one long leg sticking out
Evil, a big burning round ball of cosmic bullshit from THE FIFTH ELEMENT, out and about ruining life
Jessica Lange as Constance from American Horror Story season 1 pissed off and telling the ghost maid, “There’s not going to be a swimming pool, you stupid slut.”
Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria crying and screaming, “I have never, ever been happier”
Reading Herman Melville's Moby Dick together in January 2026! A schedule of chapters divided into days. Will reading Moby Dick for the first time kill me?
Villanelle from Killing Eve creeping in a neighborhood with houses behind her. She’s wearing too-small pajamas and has her hair tied back and abrasions on her face. She’s holding a finger to her lips like shh. She has been through some shit.
A blurry closeup of a computer screen with the words “The End” and the date 11/23/25 in Times New Roman font
A night-vision shot from Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum. The man in the foreground is scared, realizing the ghost is behind him.
The bowling alley scene from There Will Be Blood shows two men, one dead, the other seated beside him bent over, amid a mess of dishes halfway down the lane to the pins. Caption reads: I’m finished.
Album cover for The Ichthyologist by Giant Squid shows a sea-creaturey hand with eyes for fingertips and a mouth in its palm, on a softly mottled background of oceanic colors
A bright green new monstera leaf unfurled
Actor Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later, crazy-eyed and shirtless and dripping wet at gunpoint
Painter Bob Ross figurine has a button that plays audio clips of his quotes, but it’s super old so the figurine sounds demon possessed.
Background shows an in-progress coastal mushroom oil painting, out of focus, by me, reference photo by me. Foreground shows an in-focus middle finger painted to read: fuck A I.
elephant ear alocasia flower, surrounded by plant leaves with a window in the background.
Image shows a book cover with a cabin in the snowy dark, and the title in large red letters reads: Our Love Will Devour Us. Ebook on sale now at the Dark Matter INK Halloween shop.
A Guinea pig wearing pink sunglasses rides a pink toy car through sparkling lights. Meme text reads: the horrors persist, but so do I.
“I’ve got 99 problems and all of them are fucking luftballons”
The best black and white cat in the known universe is sleeping with her perfect little leg drooping over her perfect little eyes and pink nose.
A damn fine kitty.
Novel cover titled: OUR LOVE WILL DEVOUR US in red lettering. Features a snowy night scene with a cabin in the forest.