Madeline Ashby

@madelineashby

I write futures. GLASS HOUSES out 13 August 2024. Come fly with us.

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Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· May 29

Ahem.

An ironic Bluesky juxtaposition about Paramount+ using Antebellum-Inspired technology to create content about a film that quotes MOBY-DICK, with a quote from MONY-DICK.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Nov 11

I’m not sure if the first line will convince you, but this kindle sale might: www.amazon.com/Glass-Houses...

The first page of Madeline Ashby’s novel GLASS HOUSES.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jun 28

I hear this, too! (“Your skin is so good!” “Thanks, it’s because I’m a writer and we don’t go out.”) Also, please enjoy a belated cat photo.

A black Bombay cat named Hecate silently judges the camera.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jun 27

My husband @davidnickle.bsky.social fries a head of sliced garlic in butter & olive oil, then pours it over popcorn and adds nutritional yeast. It stops a cold in its tracks. (At least, it has for me.)

Air popped popcorn covered in fires garlic and nutritional yeast.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· May 21

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An image of BlueSky capitulating to gender Nazis by shadowbanning or otherwise hiding the thread of a man telling go ring other men (yes, they’re men, you fucking useless cunts; you wouldn’t know a real man if he spanked you six ways from Sunday) how best to dress to feel confident, powerful, and in control of their own bodies and lives.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· May 1

There is still time for you to watch THE WICKER MAN (1973) between tonight (Walpurgis) and tomorrow (May Day). Other candidates include SPRING (2014), THE SECRET GARDEN (1993), WALPURGIS NIGHT (1935), and THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984).

A white English policeman stares at a Hand of Glory in 1973’s THE WICKER MAN).

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Mar 5

Hello.

An at home hotpot meal involving tofu puffs, brisket rolls, bok choy, sesame dipping sauce, enoki mushrooms, and two kinds of broth, in a coffee table.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Feb 15

This is Claudius, to whom my most recent novel is dedicated. (“For Claudius, who sat in my chair and ruined my sleep.”) We lost him a year ago this month. He was everything I am not: friendly and beautiful and outgoing. When I die, I will know I am dead because he’ll ruin my sleep one more time.

A handsome black cat named Claudius perched atop a pillow.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Feb 14

#Toronto, I did something extremely cheesy: got a quick Latin translation of an old Honest Ed’s sign that read, “Come in and get lost,” and had it engraved. The translation (allegedly) goes “Intrare et adepto amissa.”Adjust your family mottos accordingly, etc.

A surprisingly decent-looking (for once) thumb and forefinger hold a stainless steel bar pendant that reads “Intrare et adepto amissa.”

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Dec 25

Alan Cumming : EYES WIDE SHUT :: Rowan Atkinson : LOVE, ACTUALLY

Alan Cumming speaks to Tom Cruise in EYES WIDE SHUT.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Nov 19

This means I can finally change my profile photo to my baseball card! (Please pick up our @mcsweeneys.net cards. If you play War or other games with them, let me know.)

A McSweeney’s baseball card of Madeline Ashby. She looks significantly less haggard than she does in real life.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Nov 18

My husband told me this news and I said, “Well, now you have to pay the grilled cheese tax.”

A grilled cheese sandwich with havarti, ham, and kimchi on wheat bread, fried with a thin coating of mayo on the exterior, which is the best route to an ideal crust.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Nov 1

Flashback to Halloween 2018, when my husband wound up in an ER for emergency surgery — and, eventually, two other procedures. Anyway, we didn’t pay a dime because Canada. That time definitely wasn’t all sunshine and lollipops, but I never once feared medical bankruptcy, and that’s pretty great.

Two pumpkins are stacked on top of one another to create a figure of a human crying because its stomach has been cut open and stitched poorly.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Oct 31

Madeline Ashby stares into camera as her cat Hecate, a black shorthair, watches on.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Oct 21

Everyone saying the pumpkin cocotte (which I bought as an anniversary gift for my husband at a ridiculously good price!) is useless are lying. It’s a 3.5 litre enameled cast iron half-sphere, which makes it perfect for frying chicken in less time with less oil.

A white enameled cast iron Dutch oven from Staub.

A perfectly browned fried chicken thigh between two slices of bread, with herbed cheddar cheese, vinegar slaw, and remoulade.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Oct 20

When she was dating Matt Healy, I saw a gag asking “Why is Taylor Swift dating Steve Dallas?” and I lost it for like a full five minutes. i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/art...

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Sep 30

This is another image of mourning piece Rita J King made for me. She was an angel to work with during a very difficult time. (It’s still difficult; it still trips me up, like, well, a black cat underfoot in the shadows.) You can find her work here: www.treasureofthesirens.com/about

A very pale woman’s thymus, likely in need of some retinol, wearing a silver pendant designed by Rita J King and engraved with the image of a cat named Claudius. Also pictured: a pale yellow citrine pendant from a source in California, by Pierres et Monde in Quebec.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Sep 30

I basically cried my way through multiple airports. It sounds silly, but one thing that did help was having this made:

A mourning piece made by Rita J King in silver, depicting a cat named Claudius.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Sep 14

On a related note, check out this torched onigiri (more like an arancini, honestly) with ahi inside.

An onigiri with sesame ahi inside, positioned on remoulade with a salad.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Sep 14

So I was in Hawaii a while ago for work, and while I was prepared for the food to be great (it was), I had no idea the egg salad went this hard (boiled). Yes, that is a whole jammy egg nestled inside an egg salad sandwich, like a Scotch egg.

An extreme closeup of an egg salad sandwich containing a whole jammy egg in addition to the salad (made with Kewpie).

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Sep 4

A triptych of Halloween pillows and black cats.

Claudius (L) and Hecate (R), two black shorthair cats, pose on a blue IKEA chair. Claudius is blind and his pupils are extremely dilated.

Two Halloween pillows from Michaels on a blue IKEA chair. The left is a black velveteen pillow depicting two black cats as The Lovers from the tarot.

Hecate, a shorthaired black cat, having lost her beloved Claudius this February, enjoys her new Lovers pillow. Hopefully the chair feels less empty for her, now.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Aug 4

I should probably mention that I’ll be in San Diego, Portland, and LA this month, shouldn’t I? Anyway! Come and say hi and allay my fears about echoing empty signings for GLASS HOUSES.

A list of bookstore events for Madeline Ashbys book GLASS HOUSES. August 14, Mysterious Galaxy 7pm; August 15 Powells Books Cedar Hills 7pm; August 16 Chevalier’s Books 6pm.

An invite to an event for Madeline Ashby’s book GLASS HOUSES at Mysterious Galaxy Books in San Diego, August 14 7pm.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jul 29

GLASS HOUSES reviewed in The Star today! www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

A review of Madeline Ashby’s novel GLASS HOUSES at The Toronto Star in which they say she “pulled off something difficult” and “there are some enjoyably unexpected turns on the way to a fiery payoff.”

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jul 22

Oh hey, so, this morning I feel a lot better about promoting my work, and I should probably mention I’M GOING ON TOUR FOR GLASS HOUSES! us.macmillan.com/tours/madeli...

Promotional material for Madeline Ashby’s novel Glass Houses.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jul 7

Man, the opening to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND still slays.

Francois Truffaut asks Bob Balaban if he speaks French.

A man in goggles says “These planes were reported missing in 1945.”

Bob Balaban asks, “How the hell did it get here?” re:the plane missing in 1945. (I’m not saying it was aliens, but…it was aliens.)

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jul 1

Look, I don’t know who at TCM programmed ENEMY MINE to end Pride, but they were extremely on point.

A photo of a tv showing a still from ENEMY MINE, Wolfgang Petersen’s enemies-to-lovers only-one-blanket queer pregnancy movie against colonization and extraction and gender as an idea.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jun 24

One of my dreams is to direct a Shudder Ghoul Log, so this is emphatically in my wheelhouse.

A jack o’lantern from the Shudder Ghoul Log series. This one is outdoors sitting in front of a rotting fence.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jun 24

Say what you will about there being too damn many streaming services, but AMC+ has an INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Yule Log in which you hear loud slurping sounds from one coffin, so…

Two coffins, one ornate and the other sleek, sit on a herringbone floor in front of a roaring fire and twinkling Christmas tree on this AMC+ Yule Log animation.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· Jun 21

David just made an omelette and salad, but scrambled eggs with a choice of mix-ins do the same thing, and take all of five minutes depending on said mix-ins/leftovers/contents of the vegetable or cheese drawer.

An omelette with cheese, bacon, tomato, and caramelized onion on a white plate to the left of a salad.

Madeline Ashby@madelineashby· May 10

It’s also going on over at The Other Place!