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I'm in Australia. Did not have this on my 2025 bingo card -USA becomes one of those countries which invite prosperous foreigners to take pity and donate money to keep their people from starving to death.

I have no idea how much longer this Kindle sale will last but right now you can grab my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES for $1.99. Any signal boosts are much appreciated! www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...

For the evening crowd— My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today. Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...

Yesterday for Halloween I wore my Wednesday Addams dress to school, and whenever anyone asked if I was dressed as Wednesday Addams, I gave one of two responses: A. No, I'm Wednesday Addam's grandma. or B. (deadpan) No. These are my regular clothes.

Kids at school today were given a very short and simple story and asked to draw a storyboard for it. One girl ignored the instructions and instead chose to illustrate in six frames her identical twin sister's death by drowning (said sister is currently alive). Sooo...how was your day?

These are the rules as I understand it: It is not OK to sexually objectify men, unless it's Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, and then only when he is shirtless and wielding a scythe.

I'm up!

Nine-year-old speculating on the cost of my shoes: They look like they're from the nineteens, so that would make them more valuable. (Actual cost to me: $10 from a thrift shop. And now, apparently, my pride.)

Want to amaze and delight a classroom full of nine-year-olds in 2025? Just say "six, seven". Use the right intonation and hand gestures, and it's like they're watching a dog juggle.

I just did 20 minutes of sprint interval training for the first time, and ohmyfreakinggod it sucked. Somebody tell me it's worth it. Alternatively, somebody tell me it's fine if I just spend the rest of my life lying on the couch and eating cake.

I love it when my FitBit says housework counts as exercise. Now, if only it worked the other way around. #Lazy

Whoops. I already replied to some bullshit when I shouldn't before I saw this.

New, enlarged FASTER THAN THE HOUND novella. Now only 99c preview.mailerlite.com/l3x2t4r5z1

Been trying really hard not to engage with US political content, but...this had me scraping my jaw off the floor.

You had me at "Ow".

My story Knife Plus will be out in the next issue of Fantasy Magazine.

Gymnastics excursion for the Grade 3s today. I might have inadvertently traumatised some 9-year-olds by telling them that the bottom of the foam pit was lined with the skeletons of the kids that never made it out.

A stormy night, driving alone on a quiet country road and listening to The Cure. Forgot how Subway Song ends and scared the bejeesus out of myself.

Quote post with a picture of yourself that makes you feel powerful

Turns out being overtaken by a 57-year-old woman on a sports oval is a great incentive for 9-year-olds to run faster.

#wipsnips - ‘balance’ They put on their boots; then Adehl towed him up the narrow track. His grip on her hand threatened to pull her off balance, but he couldn’t let go. #writingcommunity #writesky #indiefantasy

Listening to Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Songs of All Time, and my whole day is being spent shouting "Shouldda been higher!" over and over again.

A long-ish read, well worth your time.

Worrying is my default setting. Listened to a podcast yesterday on exercise for healthy aging, this morning found myself anxiously checking my toe strength. (Good news, though - my toes are fine.)

So, what's the deal with em dashes now? Are they banned, or what?

Happy #freefriday — my debut indie fantasy novel launches into KU next week. Squee! Beyond the Humming Downs is high fantasy with a dash of hopepunk, forbidden love, earth magic and quiet rebellion. July 24 Preorder here: books2read.com/u/mlgWrP #FantasyIndiesJuly — 18 #indiefantasy 📚🪐💙🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

With my husband at a lookout in Jan Juc, watching a sea full of surfers. Me: You can see why sharks mistake them for seals. Was probably not the wisest thing to say loudly as a man dressed in black neoprene and carrying a surf board walks past me on the way to the beach.

@aliamcb.bsky.social Cane goals.

Watch my husband climb a step ladder, I leave the room, next minute there's a crash, ominous tinkling and a Wilhelm scream, accompanied with the odour of copiously spilled turpentine. So how's your Sunday going?

There's this one kid I work with who just seems to bring out the intrusive thoughts in me. Yesterday he was trying to ride a wheelie bin down an access ramp, and it took all my will power not to give him a big push.

"If you were playing poker, you would be shot." Is, in retrospect, probably not the most appropriate thing to say to a 9-year-old with a playing card tucked under his chair leg.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode, no SW, ST, or LOTR)

What the hell is a Labubu, why are 7-year-olds coming to school with $80 stuffed toys, why are other kids so knowledgeable on how to spot counterfeits, and how did I get stuck holding the thing?

My apologies to the parents of the five year old who, after taking my suggestion, went home from school yesterday with his pockets full of rocks.

I'm just here for the owls, of which there are not enough.

Conversation between 2 nine-year-olds about what they would do if they won $100 million - Kid 1: I would buy a mansion, an island, a $200 video game, give $20 million to charity... Kid 2: I would put $40 million on my mortgage...

Smartphones can be useful tools for educators. They really come in handy when, for example, a student wants to know what he looks like with a large googly eye stuck to the middle of his forehead.

In a world without hope, can deliverance from tyranny be found in the head of a matchstick? Find out in FLICKER, a #postapocalyptic adventure by Cameron Trost... #kindleunlimited #postapocalypticfiction mybook.to/flicker

Free folk horror on your Kindle, from Scotland's greatest horror writer!

*Winner Reveal* Winners and runner ups of the writing contest: Gothic short stories created without AI, theme 'Very Cold Weather'. #Horror author Lee Murray explains the judges' decisions. shorturl.at/vrUql #writing #writingcommunity @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, @teemcbee.bsky.social

@aliamcb.bsky.social This, but your head and clowns.

What light through yonder window breaks? It is love, and it will tear us apart again.

Show us your writing process in a gif.

Was it this guy?

Quote post with a picture of the airplane you'll accept as a bribe.

Me: I got let out early for ES Appreciation Day. Daughter: Oh. I thought you were going to say "for good behaviour".