Neil Oldman Daydream Misfit Past/Present/Future Review 11/09/2026
Since the hurricane, I've had to work a lot to make up for lost wages. I feel like the man in Woman in the Dunes, trapped in a sandpit, exhausting myself trying to climb out. The people I talk to out there feel the same way. Everyone is working too much and getting nowhere. On that note, here are the results of the extra labor I made for myself but don't get paid for, but can't help doing because I'm compelled and will never stop because because.
Raven spent a little time in the hospital this week. She's going to be okay, but she's on some new meds and has to go through an adjustment period. Lucky for you all, her series "Murderess Magazine" was already finished and is up on the site. It features mock-ups for a fantasy True Crime magazine focused on female outlaws and serial killers. We had a great time glamming up the bad girls.
Raven and I attended Hallozine at the end of October in Pensacola. It was cool but a little overstimulating for our autistic, isolating asses. The variety and quality of zines was really interesting, and we got some good ones. The tables were close together with skinny alleys, so we were uncomfortable being forced into social interactions and touching elbows with people. It felt like a party where everybody already knew each other, except us. But that's what happens when you leave the house: there's people out there. It was great to see all the creative approaches the zine-makers were taking. Kudos to all the creators! And shout out to Chickpea House, which supplied awesome food we enjoyed later at the park.
The Press is growing every day in the back of my head. Plans are to establish a "Submissions" page for Daydream Misfit first, then do a test run on a Jamzine called Glom. I have a lot of ideas, but I don't want to get ahead of myself, especially with the holidays coming up and having to work so much. But it's definitely cooking.
I touched base with Ross Juneau at Exactly Too Many Magazine, and he still wants to do the interview with me we've been talking about. Unfortunately, now he's dealing with Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome, so we're having to delay that once again. Ross, you really seem like you're succeptible to some weird problems. I mean -- nevermind -- get well soon, Ross. I hope you're okay.
"The Witches" was completed in time for Halloween and is live on the site. We're pretty proud of this series of 16 images featuring everyday women working their magic. We started with a list: Stone Witch, Herb Witch, Kitchen Witch, Crone, etc., but they manifested themselves quite differently than the way we thought they would. Check them out here. For a future project, I'd love to make this into a 64 page booklet featuring flash fiction for each witch by different authors.
Also for spooky season, I added the series "Vampire Nurse Recovery Ward" to the site. This series was originally made for the pinup side project BFF, but we thought it weird and fun enough for Daydream Misfit. Our favorite image is the vampire nurse with a disgusted, pained expression, accelerating as she speeds past the hospital chapel.
So "The Witches," "Vampire Nurse Recovery Ward," and "Murderess Magazine" were originally meant to be posted together on a "Halloween" section of the site. But since we have quite a bit of horror material, I decided to give them each their own page and instead create another portal specifically for them and our other thriller and gothic stuff. On "Moontangle Manor," we'll link exclusively to our horror / thriller stories and galleries. Bookmark that page if the macabre is your thing.
On the day Hurricane Isaias struck, I wrote a "watchalong" blog for the 1968 movie Love After Death. It's the story of a betrayed man who rises from the grave to perv around New York in a series of softcore sexual assaults before exacting revenge. A movie review, but also recounts of all the hurricanes I've been through in my life living in the Florida Panhandle for no reason other than I was experiencing that sense of impending change you get with a big storm in the Gulf. Also, I note how well pubic hair shows up on black-and-white film.
"Where to Submit Weird" is the first of many blog entries in which we try to help connect writers and artists with publications who enjoy receiving submissions of strange, offbeat, outsider fiction and images. Creatives need the editors and publishers who provide these gateways to new readers and fans, and the literary magazines and zines need a constant supply of fresh, potent, interesting work from creators. Hope this small effort manages to facilitate some relationships.
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Lastly, and wow, I didn't think I'd gotten so much done this last three weeks, but cool... thank you to Sixth Wall Society for selecting my story "Untouchable" for publication. I'm honored to have my words alongside such quality work from amazing writers.
Thanks for reading!
Neil Oldman
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