B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave

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A real piece of work (in progress). She/they. Water(bottle)gate '25, Viable Paradise '24, words in Wyldblood, Dread Mondays, Life Beyond Us, Folk Horror Short Stories (Beyond & Within), & more. Taco Bell Tattoo Haver. Fuck AI forever & ever. bzelkovich.com

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B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 15d

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

The cover for Savage Garden's eponymous album. The band members from the chest up, side by side, each at the edge of the cover so we only see half their faces in black and white.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 16d

Day 26: "Eggshells" by Rose Keating from her collection Oddbody. I love a story that inserts something absolutely bizarre into an otherwise mundane world. I'll be thinking about this one for a while yet. #StoryADay

The author holds a library copy of "Oddbody" by Rose Keating. A red book with blue font depicting a vine with flower buds that open into white, bleating sheep.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 17d

Got caught by a wave of feels looking at pics of my boy, Simon. On the left, his Humane Society photo, 10yrs ago. On the right, a pic snapped last month. He'll be 12 in November (!?!?). He's gone so gray 😭 and he's a little chunkier, but he's still always ready to play & then snuggle afterwards.

A tan dog with white chest and toes and a black snout smiles for the camera as he lays in the grass. He looks young and shiny and like he might leap up and run at any moment.

The same tan dog 10yrs later, lays in a similar position but on a blue and white rug, a spread of squeaker toys at his feet. His chest is still white, but his snout has grayed out almost completely. He still looks like he might leap up and run at any moment.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 18d

I don't normally care about daily games, but Smush has me in a chokehold @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

A screenshot of the author's scorecard for the word game "Smush", in which they received a perfect score.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 21d

Get F-ocaccia'd!

The author's first attempt at focaccia, a golden brown rectangle of bread, dimpled and bubbled and sprinkled with salt and rosemary.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 23d

But(tt)falo Trace.

A Buffalo Trace bison statue whose hind end has been rubbed enough for the patina to wear off.

A different angle of the same Buffalo Trace bison statue whose hind end has been rubbed enough for the patina to wear off.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 27d

Day 14.3: "White Hills" by Rebecca Roanhorse from her collection River of Bones and Other Stories. A very unsettling play on "Hills Like White Elephants." This one had me squirming the whole time, and I especially loved the open ending. #StoryADay

A hardcover copy of "River of Bones and Other Stories" by Rebecca Roanhorse from my public library.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· 27d

Oh, hey, @cycling2asylum.bsky.social look what just arrived at my library! Can't wait to hand them to soooo many patrons 💜💜💜.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jul 11

ngl, today's lunch break feels very @tacobellquarterly.org coded.

The literary writer's lunch break: a bag of cool ranch doritos, welches fruit snacks, a Tillamook cheddar cheese snack, and a leftover taco bell bean burrito with a fire sauce packet ("this one's on me") surround a paperback copy of Daniel Mason's "The Piano Tuner" and a bright white break room table.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jun 27

I keep a "Save the Rain Forest" keychain on my keys. My mom got it on a trip to the San Diego Zoo when I was 2. I may not remember that trip, but I can't remember a time when it wasn't on her keys. Until I got my first set of car keys and it became mine. This jaguar has seen A LOT in 34 years!

A square acrylic keychain shows a jaguar resting on a branch, green leaves in the background. Beneath it reads, "Save the Rain Forest".

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jun 21

Proof that I left the house on a Saturday. Like someone with a life. Weird.

A pint glass of Fresh Squeezed IPA sits on a concrete high top table at the author's local Barcade.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jun 15

Hottest day of the year (so far), so we hiked about it. Cape Perpetua, for Book Reasons™.

A shallow creek flows along beneath a canopy of intense green leaves.

A view through the spruce and fir at the bright blue Pacific ocean.

A slightly different view of the Pacific, this time with fewer branches on the foreground and a sliver of HWY101 in the distance.

The view from inside the (air-conditioned) Visitor's Center, which looks out on a triangular deck with a panoramic view of the Pacific ocean. Everything beyond the wood tones of the center is all shades of green and blue.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jun 3

Got the best kind of mail today! @wyldblood.bsky.social

The author holds a copy of Wyldblood 18 before their bookshelf. The cover is a smoky silhouette of a one-winged angel on a pale yellowish background.

The author's various publications all lined up on her bookshelf, held in place by a Spaten mug and a piece of white coral.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· May 24

The view this morning looks like something out of Pride & Prejudice (2005) and am Here for it.

The sun barely crests a pale green field, pocked with small conifers and layered in mist.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· May 12

The old man demands popcorn.

A medium sized dog with tan fur, a white belly and a very gray face, sits transfixed as he stares at a piece of popcorn blurry in the foreground.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· May 6

Possibly my favorite read of the year.

A copy of Katherine Larson's "Wedding of the Foxes" rests against a gray headboard.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· May 3

Braved the outdoors on an unseasonably warm spring day.

A white-capped stream cuts through a densely green forest.

The sun shines through a stand of thin trees, covered in moss.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 28

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

A woman stands before a large tidal wave. The wave contains text that says, "that thing I should have done right away but didn't and now it's a big fucking problem." The woman hears text that says, "my ADHD ass".

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 26

Hiked.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 23

I have never heard a narrator this creepy. I was already so excited to finally read Wife Shaped Bodies, but now I am HOOKED.

Screenshot of the playback screen of libro.fm, showing the cover of "Wife Shaped Bodies" by Laura Cranehill.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 15

My bluesky engagement strategy

Over a series of three images Orlando Bloom (dressed as Legolas wearing a party hat) swigs champagne and says, "happy new Year's sluts" before scurrying away.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 12

Proof of life. First hike of the season.

The author-person hiking in a black beanie and bright blue rain jacket.

A stand of sparse Douglas fir trees loom through a dense fog/cloud.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Apr 4

Eighteen years together tonight. Took a walk among the (fading) cherry blossoms to celebrate.

Three paper lanterns dangle from increasingly leafed out Sakura trees.

Sunset on the park, a tree branch in the foreground, a church steeple in the background.

Pink blossoms that are not cherry blossoms.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jan 10

I use Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment when my lip is actively cracked and hurting, and then the Blistex Medicated Lip Balm when it's calloused and I'm wanting to pick at it (ADHD/anxiety cope ftw 🙄).

Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment and Blistex Medicated Lip Balm vials on a pale wooden desk, a black keyboard behind them.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jan 4

👀👀👀👀

A screenshot of the author's name and title of the story from Ellen Datlow's list.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Jan 1

Proof.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Nov 28

I made Pumpkin Pudding Pies yesterday from a screenshot of a recipe I found on Tumblr. Turns out, it's by @electrolemon.bsky.social ! And it's fucking DELICIOUS. You're so right, Demi. It's good pie! (don't look at the crust. I'll make my own next year!)

Close up shot of a slice of pumpkin pudding pie with a couple dollops of cardamom whipped cream on top.

A.pumpkin pudding pie topped with powdered sugar and orange zest rests in an aluminum tin on a walnut brown table.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Oct 6

Tonight we drank bourbon and listened to Run the Jewels on vinyl while I made peanut butter bread from "Baking Yesteryear" by B. Dylan Hollis. The world is scary right now, but there's still this. There's still love.

A warm toned wood table with 8 bottles of whiskey, each with a glass in front of it, arrayed in a semi-circle.

A loaf of peanut butter bread sits on a wire rack to cool.

A loaf of peanut butter bread, freshly sliced sits on a wooden cutting board, a bread knife to the right.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Sep 5

I'm with you!

A cropped screenshot of submission grinder pending submissions. A few are orange, one red, the rest black.

B. Zelkovich is peering out of their cave@bzelkovich· Aug 27

Sometimes, a dose of nostalgia really does feel so good.