imnotevenhere
@imbutashadow.bsky.social
Writer | Second Born | Converse enthusiast
🪤: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/tara_manshon
📸: @broiled_mermaid
📖: 805 Lit+Art, Monkeybicycle, The Los Angeles Review, Prime Number Magazine, After Happy Hour Review and Dishsoap Quarterly.
🪤: https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/tara_manshon
📸: @broiled_mermaid
📖: 805 Lit+Art, Monkeybicycle, The Los Angeles Review, Prime Number Magazine, After Happy Hour Review and Dishsoap Quarterly.
Me, moving a bee off the sidewalk and onto a nearby shrub: You're safe now, lil buddy.
A spider, probably hiding in the shrub: Yes, very safe.
The bee: For fuck's sake.
A spider, probably hiding in the shrub: Yes, very safe.
The bee: For fuck's sake.
October 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Me, moving a bee off the sidewalk and onto a nearby shrub: You're safe now, lil buddy.
A spider, probably hiding in the shrub: Yes, very safe.
The bee: For fuck's sake.
A spider, probably hiding in the shrub: Yes, very safe.
The bee: For fuck's sake.
When I was an undergrad, I had the unfortunate experience of reading a classmate's sentence. It has remained with me all these years and every now and then, I like to remind my friends of its cursed nature.
"She licked him like she was trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop."
"She licked him like she was trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop."
September 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
When I was an undergrad, I had the unfortunate experience of reading a classmate's sentence. It has remained with me all these years and every now and then, I like to remind my friends of its cursed nature.
"She licked him like she was trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop."
"She licked him like she was trying to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop."
As always, I have to wonder, are the people at Oreo okay?
September 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
As always, I have to wonder, are the people at Oreo okay?
I'm a pacifist until I see a couple holding hands in the grocery store and blocking the aisle.
August 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I'm a pacifist until I see a couple holding hands in the grocery store and blocking the aisle.
You ever nap so hard you forget you have a family? Woke up to the door being unlocked and panicked.
July 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
You ever nap so hard you forget you have a family? Woke up to the door being unlocked and panicked.
|ｰﾟ)!!
| (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ!!!
So excited to have a story out with @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Like most things I write, this was born from a family conversation, in particular, one I had with my very logical and sentimental uncle.
| (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ!!!
So excited to have a story out with @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Like most things I write, this was born from a family conversation, in particular, one I had with my very logical and sentimental uncle.
Wonderfully grounded, dreamy piece up this week about, well, dreams. Sink into "Waiting on a Dream" from @imbutashadow.bsky.social
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-23-26
Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/6-23-26
June 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
|ｰﾟ)!!
| (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ!!!
So excited to have a story out with @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Like most things I write, this was born from a family conversation, in particular, one I had with my very logical and sentimental uncle.
| (ﾉﾟдﾟ)ﾉ!!!
So excited to have a story out with @dishsoapquart.bsky.social Like most things I write, this was born from a family conversation, in particular, one I had with my very logical and sentimental uncle.
My latest story "Essential" is now available in After Happy Hour Review's print issue #5. It received an honorable mention in their Work and Labor Contest. You can listen to an excerpt of it online where I try my best not to breathe loudly and then fail.
afterhappyhourreview.com/Manshon.html
afterhappyhourreview.com/Manshon.html
June 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
My latest story "Essential" is now available in After Happy Hour Review's print issue #5. It received an honorable mention in their Work and Labor Contest. You can listen to an excerpt of it online where I try my best not to breathe loudly and then fail.
afterhappyhourreview.com/Manshon.html
afterhappyhourreview.com/Manshon.html
I can always count on my mother to go along with my bullshit.
(I did get into a fight with a bird though.)
(I did get into a fight with a bird though.)
June 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I can always count on my mother to go along with my bullshit.
(I did get into a fight with a bird though.)
(I did get into a fight with a bird though.)
(ﾉﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ (ﾟ∇ﾟﾉ)ﾉ ﾞ(ﾟ∇ﾟ≡ﾟ∇ﾟ)ﾞヽ( ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ～☆
Happy dance for great news!
Happy dance for great news!
May 28, 2026 at 3:25 AM
(ﾉﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ (ﾟ∇ﾟﾉ)ﾉ ﾞ(ﾟ∇ﾟ≡ﾟ∇ﾟ)ﾞヽ( ﾟｰﾟ)ﾉ～☆
Happy dance for great news!
Happy dance for great news!
Living with your sibling as an adult is very similar to when you were a child, except instead of running away to avoid getting beat up when you piss her off, you are both too tired so the beating is psychological.
May 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Living with your sibling as an adult is very similar to when you were a child, except instead of running away to avoid getting beat up when you piss her off, you are both too tired so the beating is psychological.
Converse making their platform shoes even platformier is like Oreos making quadruple MEGA stuf when nobody asked for it.
May 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Converse making their platform shoes even platformier is like Oreos making quadruple MEGA stuf when nobody asked for it.
Honored to have a piece out in Prime Number Magazine. This story has a special place in my heart and I'm so glad it can be shared with everyone. Special thanks to Kevin Morgan Watson, their fairy godmother editor, for making dreams come true.
www.press53.com/issue-283-po...
www.press53.com/issue-283-po...
Issue 283, Poetry and Short Fiction — Press 53
www.press53.com
May 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Honored to have a piece out in Prime Number Magazine. This story has a special place in my heart and I'm so glad it can be shared with everyone. Special thanks to Kevin Morgan Watson, their fairy godmother editor, for making dreams come true.
www.press53.com/issue-283-po...
www.press53.com/issue-283-po...
Current collection. Already thinking of rearranging my room for sword nukes anime merch I don't have 🪸
April 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Current collection. Already thinking of rearranging my room for sword nukes anime merch I don't have 🪸
Big things happening soon, but mainly I'm just excited for the Kagurabachi announcement tomorrow.
(ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ)ﾞ!!
(ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ)ﾞ!!
April 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Big things happening soon, but mainly I'm just excited for the Kagurabachi announcement tomorrow.
(ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ)ﾞ!!
(ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟДﾟ)ﾞ!!
Overheard the First Born watching Prince of Egypt and just ran/slid across the apartment in my socks so I could yell "By the Power of Ra" at her.
April 24, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Overheard the First Born watching Prince of Egypt and just ran/slid across the apartment in my socks so I could yell "By the Power of Ra" at her.
Just once I'd like to wake up without feeling like I've isekaied into a body out to get me.
April 21, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Just once I'd like to wake up without feeling like I've isekaied into a body out to get me.
A Level 2 adult told me (Level 3) I have young vibes and I know it was meant as a compliment, but I didn't hit my thirties and suddenly there were talks about sending me to a farm upstate.
March 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A Level 2 adult told me (Level 3) I have young vibes and I know it was meant as a compliment, but I didn't hit my thirties and suddenly there were talks about sending me to a farm upstate.
It was 28°C yesterday and today it is full on snowing. Even the weather can't shake its seasonal depression.
March 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It was 28°C yesterday and today it is full on snowing. Even the weather can't shake its seasonal depression.
Nothing like a rainy day, a good cup of tea and blasting Linkin Park throughout the apartment.
March 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Nothing like a rainy day, a good cup of tea and blasting Linkin Park throughout the apartment.
Two acceptances in the past month have me feeling like the prettiest girl at the ball.
February 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Two acceptances in the past month have me feeling like the prettiest girl at the ball.
Yesterday for the first time in its life, my shoulder cracked sideways.
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Yesterday for the first time in its life, my shoulder cracked sideways.
How do people just walk down stairs without looking?
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
How do people just walk down stairs without looking?
First dates should happen at a grocery store. You can eliminate so many people early on just watching how they shop for items, if they know what said item even is, etc. Beats having to find out they were incompetent later on.
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM
First dates should happen at a grocery store. You can eliminate so many people early on just watching how they shop for items, if they know what said item even is, etc. Beats having to find out they were incompetent later on.
Someone just called it a "toy plane built to scale." The flight attendants are going down the aisle sideways.
!! (ﾟﾛﾟﾉ)ﾉ
!! (ﾟﾛﾟﾉ)ﾉ
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Someone just called it a "toy plane built to scale." The flight attendants are going down the aisle sideways.
!! (ﾟﾛﾟﾉ)ﾉ
!! (ﾟﾛﾟﾉ)ﾉ
Holy shit. Just got on the smallest plane. I think first class help fly it.
October 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Holy shit. Just got on the smallest plane. I think first class help fly it.