cable access & DISASTERFIRE/DISASTERSTAR
poems in the pursuit of survival / poems unravel identities until something shakes out
today, i am welcoming two books: cable access (a moonlit cafe press) and DISASTERFIRE/DISASTERSTAR (kith books)
the *vibes* of each book
cable access
the exploration of dissociation as a child
poems in the pursuit of discovery
“Decode” by Paramore, The Sims: Bustin’ Out, House of Wax, youth group
words//periwinkle, starspackled, disorients, hologram, pupils, texturized, “ghoul seeking vessel”
DISASTERFIRE/DISASTERSTAR
conversation about trauma from Self to Self
poems unveil secrets kept by each other
Majora’s Mask, Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, Last Night in Soho, viewfinder
words//machinewarm, scarecrow, gossamer, vestigial, void, screen, spiral, mist, luster, cosmicgleams
praise
DISASTERFIRE / DISASTERSTAR
disasterfire/disasterstar feels like crawling the depths of the internet at 1am searching to make sense of past pain, finding scarecrows and poltergeists under the same sun, finding a creepypasta questioning what is real? the answer: infinite realities. from a cave, or a void, or a dial tone, emerges self-understanding of plurality, of surviving graveyards, pixels, acetone. claiming transparency and cosmic stray-god-hood, these poems are vivid with the author’s signature form experimentation, kennings and queer embodiment.
—andrea lianne grabowski, Best of the Net nominee and author of there is an earth after innocence
from the depths of the internet, lonely searches at midnight create disasterfire/disasterstar, a set so crawling with the griminess of the queer experience it leaves you wanting for more. craving knowledge of the truth, tommy guides you through what really is True, relishing in the spacevoid the internet has to offer, claiming both godhood and nothingness all at once. through vivid retrospection and reflection of oneself in the guise of infinite pixels emerges a Self bathed in the light of an old-style laptop, tommy's signature experimentation, y2k-coded forms, and a true understanding of what it means to be tommy.
— arushi (aera) rege, author of exit wound (no point of entry), EIC of nightshade lit mag and Bus Talk
mirroring plurality in both voice and form, disasterfire/disasterstar confronts itself continually, allowing the reader in as both voyeur and conspirator, leaving you feeling a bit humananimal for once. in turns demanding, interrogatory, and at times self-soothing, these poems dis/construct entire worlds, manipulate media into fractions of self, utilize lyrics, characters, memories, and internal dialogues as spaces within which to distort and reform the poet’s own reflection into something you can see yourself.
— BEE LB, array of letters, bound to impulse
selected works
CABLE ACCESS
you choose! ...2 in RENESME LITERARY
yes, we always travel in multiple in Querencia Press
DISASTERFIRE / DISASTERSTAR
plushie repurposed with a clayface in moth eaten magazine
simply existing with trauma.exe in the background in warning lines vol. 6: IN LOCO MONSTRI!
baby's first horror (they're just too young edition) in Querencia Press Autumn Issue
ben drowned (analog) in Querencia Press Autumn Issue
inside you there are two wolves in JAKE