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This coming Sunday evening, 26 April, at 8 PM EDT, is my next Blaster Al Zoom reading, his occult essay "The Fool". You'll need me to email you the Zoom link, so sign up on EventBrite now!

Story Synopsis: Dr. Ackerman discusses the relative merits of differing portrayals of the “Fool” card from the Greater Arcana of the Tarot.

(Content warnings: Occult references, scatological references, ethnic slurs and stereotypes, vampirism, allusions to unsanitary sexual practices, urine, developmental disorders, insanity, nudity, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, allusion to strategies for preventing child sexual abuse, and perverted Roman emperors. Recommended for listeners aged 18 and up.)

We gratefully acknowledge the permission granted for this performance by the Estate of Will Greathouse. This performance is dedicated to Gerald Simonsen.

This is part of a series of Blaster Al Ackerman readings on Zoom. Readings for 2026:

Sunday, 25 January: “2,976 Vienna sausages”

Sunday, 22 February: “Ack’s Wacks: The Macaroni Column”

Sunday, 22 March: “The Day When Money Will Be Found in the Streets”

Sunday, 26 April: “The Fool”

May: “Introduction to the Davenport Continuum”/“The Death of Granny Fernandez”

June: “Heaving Las Vegas”

July: “Floaters”

August: “I Taught My Dog to Shoot a Gun”

September: “Blind Ka”

October: “The Squid Boys of Terre Haute”

November: “Miss Mantis”

December: "Red Flies"

This Sunday at 8 PM EDT is when I'm giving this month's Blaster Al Ackerman Zoom reading, of his story "The Day When Money Will Be Found in the Streets". Follow the link to sign up on EventBrite, so I can send you the Zoom link on the day of the reading!

Story Synopsis: Red has a close encounter with a talking hog maw.

(Content warnings: Implied sexual activity, raw meat, alcohol abuse, political terrorism, hallucinations, animal cruelty, pyromania, suicidal ideation, clinical insanity, run-on sentences. Recommended for listeners aged 14 and up.)

We gratefully acknowledge the permission granted for this performance by the Estate of Will Greathouse.

This is part of a series of Blaster Al Ackerman readings on Zoom. Readings for 2026:

Sunday, 25 January: “2,976 Vienna sausages”

Sunday, 22 February: “Ack’s Wacks: The Macaroni Column”

Sunday, 22 March: “The Day When Money Will Be Found in the Streets”

April: “The Fool”

May: “Introduction to the Davenport Continuum”/“The Death of Granny Fernandez”

June: “Heaving Las Vegas”

July: “Floaters”

August: “I Taught My Dog to Shoot a Gun”

September: “Blind Ka”

October: “The Squid Boys of Terre Haute”

November: “Miss Mantis”

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I'm giving another free Zoom reading of a Blaster Al Ackerman story, in this case the "essay" "Ack's Wacks: The Macaroni Column". The reading is on Sunday, 22 February, at 8 PM EST. To get the Zoom link, sign up on the EventBrite link above. On the day of the reading I'll send an email to those who signed up.

For those unfamiliar with the art and/or writing of the late mail artist Blaster Al Ackerman (1939--2013), he was the author of the Ling Master stories, on which I based (with his permission) the Tales of the Ling Master comics. These stories show the clear influence of the old "pulps" on his work.

I chose this piece for February because it is one of Blaster Al's more romantic pieces, albeit (like most everything Blaster wrote) in questionable taste. So be careful to read the content warnings on the EventBrite page before agreeing to subject yourself to the performance.

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Less than 52 hours to go until my third and final Zoom Blaster Al Ackerman reading for 2025! This reading of his rare Christmas story, “Angels?”, is THIS Sunday, 28 December at 8 PM EST. Sign up NOW on EventBrite to get the Zoom link for this FREE performance!

Story synopsis: Fr. John investigates a mystical vision reported by Sister Rowena, a possible angel seen at the site of the ruined Araby Tabernacle in Wichita. Is it something subject to ordinary explanation, an actual angel, or something far more sinister?

(Content warnings: Heresy, rumors of amputation, The Injury to the Eye Motif, sex toys, shoplifting. Parental guidance recommended for listeners under age 13.)

We gratefully acknowledge the permission granted for this performance by the Estate of Will Greathouse.

This is part of a series of Blaster Al Ackerman readings on Zoom. Readings for 2025:

Sunday, 26 October: “The Fig: A Halloween Parable”

Sunday, 30 November:  “Possums in the Drain”

Sunday, 28 December: “Angels?”

If you have to miss the December reading, I’ll have the recording up on my Vimeo channel no later than this Monday.