Julia liked it. Julia read it. (Because I totally asked her to.) Now you can enjoy hearing it! Creepy AF, I’m told. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSR...

The readings are inspirational. The music, not so great.

“Blood red numbers on the nightstand clock, 2:04AM on a restless night, an intangible something slips into bed with me.” Read more…(linked in comments).

Halloween…(Yeeeeeee!)

Well look who showed up on the House of Shadows and Ink Patreon site. Apparently this dude thinks he’s a hot tamale. I say we take him down a peg or two.

“I should’ve known. The rest of the world doesn’t exist.”

Sometimes she stares into the abyss. And it’s very, very blurry.

I finally did it! Looking forward to hosting next month’s competition. @crystallake.bsky.social

More public transactions (like subway) should come with the option of adding chips, drinks, and cookies.

Just saw this guy on TV. Is it just me or does he somehow manage to look like every single member of KISS (both past and present) combined?

Here are Cal Giliker’s finalists and the order in which the stories will be posted on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/your-f...

I have accidentally discovered the most disturbing sentence ever written in the English language.

This…

“Whut?” “Nothin’” “K”

Trans-Allegheny…

And yes, for the record, there is a castle on a hill outside Lexington, KY. So, there ya go.

I think I ran over a mime.

They have the look of bunnies…but not the nature of bunnies.

Something ate the moon last night.

I’m feeling artistic today.

Listening to the song “Car Wash” while in the car wash? Yes. Yes, I am.

My little dog is scratching her ear. Getting at it good. Really in there. She stops for a second to smell her toes. I honestly don’t think we’re all that different when it gets right down to it.

“Ah, Grendel!” he said. “You improve them, my boy! Can’t you see that yourself? You stimulate them! You make them think and scheme. You drive them to poetry, science, religion, all that makes them what they are for as long as they last.”

Fun fact: The play on stage is Chekhov’s The Seagull. www.patreon.com/posts/119967...

Still trying to figure out why I feel I have to say everything twice when speaking to pets and infants.

'Liminal Spaces' Finalists Are: www.patreon.com/posts/119440...

Candle. Does not smell like corn dogs. Does not taste like corn dogs. Zero stars. Would not recommend.

Nobody likes my new gloves.

The hell…?

Currently reading: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson “Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference.”

I downloaded an app that shows current flight tracking for planes and helicopters because I want to know who I’m mad at when they fly over my house and make too much noise. I think I’m getting old.

Feels…

Currently reading…

But what if I change my handle to “@invalidhandle”???

"If the moon show a silver shield, Be not afraid to reap your field; But if she rises haloed round, Soon we'll tread on deluged ground.”

Currently reading: Classic Monsters Unleashed Story: “Mummy Calls” Author: Simon Bestwick Favorite Line: “We raised our torches, and the thing in the cellar’s corner opened its blind, blackened mouth, hissed at us and scrabbled forward on all fours.”

I’m bringing back the archaic word “wrought” as the new “written.” It far more accurately describes what the creative process is like for me. No more: Written by J. Brian Reed Now: Wrought by J. Brian Reed (Yes, I’m joking 🙃) (mmK’bye)

Currently reading: Unspeakable Horror 3: Dark Rainbow Rising Story: “Dinosaur on the 18th Hole” Author: Kaitlin Tremblay Favorite Line: “And it’s not that I’m scared of shadows. It’s that I’m scared of what casts them.”

Oh, yeah, you may look cool. But you’ll never look Night Ranger late 1980’s cool.

Casual reminder that our annual tales anthology is out now, and it is LOADED with incredible work from authors like @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @angelasylvaine.bsky.social and @ericraglin1992.bsky.social and @tmbwrites.bsky.social and @authorkatm.bsky.social and @katrinacarruth.bsky.social and…

I think about this KITH sketch way more often than any polite and civilized person should. Evil!

Currently reading: Blackwater Author: Michael McDowell Part Five: The Fortune Chapter 59: What Billy Did Favorite Line: “‘Deformed? Is that what you think? Is that what you call yourself? Is that what you call me?’”

Currently reading: Classic Monsters Unleashed Story: “Blood Hunt” Author: Owl Goingback Favorite Line: “The dirt stank of blood and rotting meat, and he wondered if it came from a slaughterhouse.”