Look, ok then

They say write what you know, and not to brag but I'm a horror writer who has genuinely stepped into quicksand on an isolated beach

doctor (writing): i'm putting you on lexapro, 10mg a day. in a couple of weeks we'll get you back in here and see if we need to adjust the dosage but this should do the trick pagliacci: thank you

We've got a couple of 38 - 42 degree celcius days in Aus this week so a quick reminder that you don't have to pay to sit in your local library's air con and they have lots of fun things for kids to do

Found in the wild in Australia (and sneakily turned face-out) @michaelwehunt.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog

Reading a perfect paragraph in Gibson's All Tomorrow's Parties and having to put the book down to sip my coffee and feel some feels

Doing the Sailor Moon transformation but it's turning instantly into my parents because I told a toddler "We look with our eyes not our hands"

Minimise hangovers, maximise coffee, let's go 2026!

I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself

Today is Final Ham Day when we must eat the last of the holiday ham or die trying

It's hardly Christmas until my parents accuse me of being an untrustworthy gannet for hanging around the kitchen while food is being plated, even though it's clearly my Dad who's stolen far more slices of ham than I could ever aspire to

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, discovered that during the night he had been transformed into a monstrous bug

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, said he would buy the flowers himself

Merry petsmas

This Christmas I am grateful that my nieces and nephews are old enough to only want cash, because I do not wish to learn what a roblox is

Armpits is a very normal word but legpits has cursed energy

Consuming caffeine and folding proteins are very important jobs

Pre-order offer! If you pre-order our new antho, ENCOUNTERS, you'll be in with a chance of winning one of five paperback copies on release day. Either post your order confirmation or email it to [email protected]. Fifteen monstrous stories. Out 02/14/26 www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4BLN1GR.

Join a meeting early, you better be ready to listen to me telling my cat she's such a little baby and why is she such a little baby

Classic Melbourne My friend and I heading down a stinky little alley to a bar we know serves the coldest martinis We see an even smaller branching alley PACKED w/ people queueing Rando guy guarding the entrance to a circus tent: They're queueing for tacos! Me: Are they any good? Guy: *shrugs*

What a great headline

almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

There's a woman of my approximate vintage out on the street teaching her dad how to ride a bike and if this isn't just the most wholesome thing I've ever seen

#Reading Michael Wehunt's The October Film Haunt and the NOISE I made on discovering the special guest appearance - the flight attendant who came to check on me was not impressed

The hotels serving cranberry juice at breakfast are being real about what travel is like

I don't know why I bother looking outside without my glasses on what t-f do I think I'm going to see

"@naomialderman.bsky.social stresses the role of public libraries designed to try to serve the public, and not to hook us into an endless outrage-and-hype cycle", writes Richard Ovenden. https://bit.ly/49LOliK

Based on my recent travel experience, 3 top things in Melbourne: - all day breakfast - shower ventilation fans strong enough to spit you out onto the roof - my cat

My vibe is to say "Oh that's so VanderMeer" whenever there's any kind of cool lighthouse going on

The correct and only response to this question.

Norwegian brown cheese is my new fav cheese

Hotel breakfast buffet: exists My hunter-gatherer ancestors: *wild cheering*

Suspicion that I'm looking a bit seedy following the long flight confirmed by waitress putting the entire coffee pot down on the table

Pleased to report that every single person in Oslo has immaculate nordic noir police procedural eyebrows

Going to the bathroom in turbulence because who doesn't love a danger piss

I'm going to be mostly offline for a few weeks but if you want to see an Australian losing her mind at the weather in Norway pop by www.instagram.com/bp_gregory/?... where I'll drop pics when I hit wifi

My heartwarming family tale of slowly perishing in a frozen Earth apocalypse got STREDDED

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Yayyyy

Here's the thing

Yeah ok modern life is over-complicated but I do love how sometimes you can open task manager and scare your programs into behaving

Sure sometimes it's a hard day at work but then I think about the level of safety and trust we've achieved with our rescue cat who was mistreated by awful people, who treated her like a breeding machine, that she now loudly demands love and treats and pats ...

"Libraries have changed ... no longer the funereal, silent and earnest places of my childhood, school and university days. In the sleepiest towns I found bustling, architecturally conspicuous, light-filled places eager for conversations about books and writing.." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Saying the sweetest most chipper good morning to colleagues like I'm not on my way to utterly destroy the work bathroom

So that Louvre thing wasn't theft they were simply making their own AI museum, no idea what everyone's so upset about.

Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up. “fears of increased safety and privacy violations as a result of nondiscrimination laws are not empirically grounded.” www.thepinknews.com/2018/12/07/a...

Agatha Christie could never