Brandon O'Brien
I wrote the first poem in 'Can You Sign My Tentacle?' mostly as a joke; the lovely folks at Uncanny Magazine were having an online poetry reading, and I didn't want to read something that was already published, so I wrote 'Hastur Asks for Donald Glover's Autograph' because it was in my brain at the time. And then I never thought about it much again. I didn't think it was going to turn into something beyond that.
But then Interstellar Flight Press opened for poetry submissions, and I thought about what pieces I already had that would make a coherent throughline of images, and it spoke to me again. I asked myself if there was more there. And I'm grateful not only that I think there was, but that since finishing the manuscript, I keep finding even more interesting things that are being said through it.
But then Interstellar Flight Press opened for poetry submissions, and I thought about what pieces I already had that would make a coherent throughline of images, and it spoke to me again. I asked myself if there was more there. And I'm grateful not only that I think there was, but that since finishing the manuscript, I keep finding even more interesting things that are being said through it.
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