Christopher Caldwell

@seraph76.bsky.social

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Talented ruin. Riverboat floozy. Queer Black writer in Glasgow, Scotland. Crawford Award winning collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic out from Neon Hemlock Press now. https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-and-response

“I’m not defending JK Rowling and her bigoted views towards trans people but just a quick reminder that Harry Potter was written closer to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK than it was to today so seems harsh to judge it by today’s standards” apparently written in earnest about a series of books whose last entry was published in 2007. Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967.
Do not feed Alligators sign in Orlando, I Florida
An ominous parking lot in a strip mall where the marquee of The Study is in yellow. The front door is red.
Screenshot of text with author removed: “woke 1 made the mistake of making people think it was problematic to make fun of healing crystals and astrology. Woke 2 must be focused on the destruction of white shamanism”
Young John Kerry
A grey heron standing suspiciously still
Extremely unflattering angle of Thomas Kerr
Mog the moogle
Glen Close in Dangerous Liaisons
A replica of Squall Leonheart’s gunblade from Final Fantasy VIIi
A container labelled pico de gallo without coriander. It holds a blended reddish mush and not the distinct red, white, and green pieces in salsa bandera
An ad for Trainspotting: the Musicsl featuring images of actors from the film, who are unlikely to reprise their roles in the stage production.
Christopher Caldwell making a pouty face on the Glasgow subway
A grey heron sitting on the banks of a canal
Me taking a drag from a cigarette circa 2012, despite being a non-smoker.
Manuela in Todo Sobre mi Madre fastening her raincoat in front of a billboard featuring Huma Roja’s mouth.
The front cover of Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic, written by Christopher Caldwell and available most places books are sold.
Christopher Caldwell, unshaven resting on the “Cadder Roman Bench”
A path through the brush that twist overhead to resemble a tunnel.
View of an action onto which “surprise screening” has been projected.
View of a stage in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. A Bōsendorfer grand piano in the center
Quote-skeeted tweet that has been deleted.
Screencap of a post @ me that reads “When you move back from *Scotland* you can complain. Otherwise lift the country you left *up*”
Rafaella Dismond, AKA Nightshade
Wendy’s storefront on Sauchiehall
Bright red storefront with a sign labeled PG Fast Food. Three workers can be seen inside. There are no customers
Map showing Lake Tahoe on the border of California and Nevada
Screenshot of a CBR headline reading “8 reasons it’s tough to watch Harry Potter today” with photographs of Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and the character Dobby
The heron with wings spread before Mahito. The titular Boy and the Heron from the Studio Ghibli film
A screenshot reading: The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service says nine appliances and three high-reach vehicles remain at the scene The fire took hold of the Victorian buildings neighbouring the station and the dome at one corner collapsed However, Network Rail said it had not identified any significant damage to the station itself
Those who contribute less will have to wait longer to apply. This includes those low-skilled workers, who arrived in recent years, who would otherwise receive immediate access to welfare and social housing. Should that be allowed to happen, this cost would be borne by hard-working taxpayers across the country, and place yet more pressure on already stretched public services.
Billy Dee Williams portraying Lando Calrissian in Empire Strikes Back
Actor Jaye Davidson costumed as Ra in Stargate (1994) he wears a sun disc adorned with horns similar to iconography of Hathor rather than sun disc with uraeus (cobra)
Sky reflected in the Firth and Clyde canal outside of Kirkintilloch
Programme for The Great Wave, an opera by Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross
Plot: this story revolves around the intense, intimate, and sensory… sexual, intimate, and emotional, sensory, sexual, relationship between characters, focusing on an intimate, scene.
Stirling castle
A porcelain teapot crafted to resemble a young man with flowing blond locks and a mustache wearing a tight chartreuse shirt adorned with a sunflower, and a lurid mauve hat
Test reads: Scottish Speculative Fiction Panel with Christopher Caldwell, Angie Spoto, and Lorraine Wilson, chaired by Elaine GallagherThursday, 22 January, 7PM Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street Pictured are Christopher Caldwell, Angie Spoto, Lorraine Wilson, and their respective books
Stuffed mirliton
Roasted tomatoes, garlic, onions, scotch bonnet pepper, guajillo chile in a little food processor
Weather forecast showing 3 days of low temperatures at or below 0 Celsius
Christopher Caldwell with a blank stare.
Screenshot of an article from Pride.com. Photo of Gael García Bernal in drag. Text reads: “Pedro Almodôvar is, and always has been, a daring filmmaker—as seen in both Y Tu Mamá Tambien and Bad Education”
A curved plexiglass pane with a conspicuous crack.
Tacos de quesabirria de chivo with rice and red cabbage
Several vibrantly colored button-down shirts and a scarf with Burberry tartan tossed haphazardly onto an unmade bed.
Vibing to ms. Florence and her machine while wearing read g glasses.
Christopher Caldwell pretending to read “Call and Response” by Christopher Caldwell
Selfie of Christopher Caldwell wearing an overcoat and a scarf with Burberry tartan, gray jeans, black boots
Selfie of Christopher Caldwell wearing an overcoat and a scarf with Burberry tartan, gray jeans, black boots
The fact of the matter is, as horrifying as the killing of Charlie Kirk was, and as horrifying as the feeling in this moment that we are living in an era of political violence… Political violence is the norm for the Black experience in this country.
Menu item Nachod for £12.45. Handmade tortilla nachos seasoned with cajun and topped with antojitos vegan Cher sauce, pico, guacamole, pomegranate
Poster from the film Hook. There is a very shiny metal hook
Close up of a labubu face