SOMA is one of the best works of horror I’ve ever encountered and imo the most effective version of it is when aggression is turned off so the enemies do not in fact attack you and you can focus on what it’s really doing, which is filling you with overwhelming existential dread and despair

Me (in the Great Lake of Bile): I do not like the Great Lake of Bile

Many of you will NOT be inheriting my chocolate factory, crossing people off left and right

chili crisp will save me

omw

Fellas is it gay to have feelings? SO fucking gay. Cosmically gay. Universe-destroyingly gay. The sole and best of gaynesses.

I am so so close to earning out on this one. Like finish line in sight and not many books to sell. It could really help me at this juncture in my career. Grab a copy 🙌🏽🙌🏽 it’s still Latinx Heritage Month and perfect for Halloween. bit.ly/4dQ103C Thx @gabino.bsky.social

I think as a society we’ve moved beyond “spooky season” and it’s time to embrace “haunt season”

Includes Little Horn!

I’m just begging people to publish new horror lists that include middle grade and YA ffs They read adult horror because of US

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

1st guy inventing Egyptian mythology: Okay so we're all set on the hawk dude, clearly he's our good guy 2nd guy: totally, totally 1st guy: so what animal do you think communicates evil? what just screams "desolation, chaos, and fratricide" to you? 2nd guy: aardvark 1st guy: nailed it

WHALEFALL

look at who we done blessed with our trust/I don't think we'll be left with too much --Run the Jewels

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BEHOLD

sound on

That's me in the corner That's me in the park, I'm Several thousand pigeons Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've coo'd too much I haven't coo'd enough

Shaking that ass with a sense of autumnal melancholy.

silly bumbly bee ☺️

*immolates you with the destructive force of an orbital laser cannon, until naught but a single bunny remains where you once stood*

they can keep pumping out V/H/S films and i will always watch the new one. it actually doesn't matter if they're good or not, that's just a bonus

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

The most reliable Bob's Burgers episode premise is "Teddy and Bob run an errand" and the least reliable is "Linda goes kind of crazy about something"

Happy International Translation Day! A big thank you to the translators that have helped us publish well over 100 translations at Clarkesworld. Your work is valued here.

Welcome to the world Broken Dolls! Thank you to every reader, teacher, librarian who took the time to check out my book and share with the kids in their life, or the kid in their heart. If you're in NYC, I'm doing an event with @claymcleod.bsky.social and you can meet the haunted dolls!

LITTLE HORN BY GEMMA FILES IS COMING, LITTLE HORN IS ON THE WAY

if israel attacks the gaza flotilla again, it will be attacking three nato countries

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

CENOBITE WHO INTRODUCES YOU TO HELL: ...is that all hmm... chains, hooks... big maze.. leviathan.. ok, your hand's been up for a while ME: yeah sorry what did you say feels like cumming? CENOBITE (writing "Pain >>> Cumming" on a chalkboard): this is a really important one to remember

The good news is that we have high-tech alien medbeds that can cure all illness and injury The bad news is that they assume the user is a hyper-intelligent car-sized mollusk and they’ll rearrange your body to live in the atmospheric ocean of a distant gas giant

perfection

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

ha ha ha

dear god make me a moth I want to be invisible among dead leaves

GODDESS OF FILTH IS 99 in Hispanic American Best Sellers! Thank you 😭🫶🏽 This important because I have books to sell. The only way I can keep trad publishing is by numbers. It may be nothing to some but it is huge for me especially this month.

After a quiet few weeks, I made some sales of CLUB CONTANGO from my community library shelf! 🎆 I appreciate the bookstores that carry CC🙏🙏 but I stock my shelf personally, and I know immediately when a sale's made, and I really needed that pick-up this weekend. Thank you for reading! 🌟

I’m pretty sure a town that has a vegan strip club is neither war torn nor needs federal occupation

Did not realize how much I needed Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones's utterly adorable drawings of pigs (thread). First up, front & back views of a prized pig adorned with a flowered garland, from Lancaster @darthbluesky.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social eb-j.org/browse-artwo...

Always some snot nosed kid who wants to lift up my rock every weekend and observe me squirming wildly in the harsh sunlight

Powerful rage.

The doctor says I have the most monstrous eyes he’s ever seen. Pools of dormant rage he said

Got my performance review.

Sure she's hot and everything but can she lie bro? Can she spin fantasy from a single thread of truth? Can she breathe life into falsehood? Can she speak honeyed lies with a rotten tongue?

i can't afford therapy so i just shovel Oreos into my mouth as i stare into the middle distance

I wish i cared more about sports but there is hardly ever any kissing between star crossed lovers on opposing teams.