monthly digest: april 2025

haunted dolls, sayaka murata, and more

I said in the post announcing that I’m working on a book (dunno if you heard but: I’m working on a book…) (a book? I’m working on one?) that one possible future change was doing a monthly digest post. So I’m going to experiment with that idea. Here’s Experiment No. 1.

The monthly digests are partly an attempt to think in a slightly longer time frame. Up until now, the way I’ve done things is that I just send newsletters out whenever I feel they’re done. But now, ideally, I’d like to have some things ready in advance if they are already-recurring features—like the capsule reviews—because I want the newsletter to stay “general interest” and active even if I’m busy (while incorporating Weird Sisters stuff too).

I have made these digests their own “section” so that you can opt out of receiving them. We love an opt out at BDM Industries.… You can see how to navigate sections here.