I have solved the "how can I be sure this cute animal video is real" problem by following a lot of zoos on social media, so I get to see things like this armadillo playing with a festive cardboard box

Six books I really enjoyed reading this year!

One of the funnier things about 1940’s-era Looney Tunes is the depth of their hatred for Frank Sinatra

more frog, again. seasonal frog

13oct - ‘the curious and quite dreadful sensation of being forgotten’

If you are at all interested in european history or weird documentaries, I would recommend you try to catch Fiume O Morte if you can - it talks about Gabriele D'Annunzio's brief pre-WW2 occupation of a city in modern day Croatia through locals' recreations of the photographs his media team took.

As someone whose children were at Girl Guides Scotland, it impressed me that they were so open and welcoming. To see this change now, because of *one* parent (presumably backed by a bitter GC terf billionaire) is genuinely upsetting. www.change.org/p/allow-tran...

This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad

Having a festive day out in Edinburgh! (Unfortunately they do have the objectively better christmas market)

Embarking on my annual winter tradition of reading about polar explorers while warm and cosy in my house, this time with Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World.

I got myself Expedition 33 as a little treat for finishing my history night class. ...Also, I am 33, so it's personal.

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

David Byrne As Photographed by David LaChapelle Will Fix You. David Byrne Photographed by David LaChapelle for the New Yorker Will Solve Your Problems www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

Ultimately mixed feelings about Frankenstein - but whether or not the writing fully worked for me, it's still a gorgeous Del Toro spectacle, and worth a watch for the beautifully nasty anatomy scenes in the first half alone. boxd.it/bo1O2R

ANUBIS: (presses button with paw) [guilty] OSIRIS: im sorry he does this when he's hungry ANUBIS: (button) [guilty] [bad] [food] OSIRIS: you already ate ANUBIS: (button) [bad] [bad] [bad] OSIRIS: he's right though we weighed your heart against the feather and its not looking good

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

Getting the important World Fantasy Con prep done today (getting my eyebrows waxed and buying halloween-themed travel snacks)

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

I think the favourite thing I've ever seen in this genre is people asking whether Byron would be cancelled today. He was cancelled so hard in his own day that he had to leave the country and he never came back.

Forming important parasocial relationships with the local zoo animals that I can invest my entire wellbeing in

Assembling my WISEST ADVISORS so I can start playing the new pokemon game

I pulled every muscle in my torso jumping about like an idiot at Nova Twins last night

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be on a panel at World Fantasy Con! I'll be talking about Queer Horror at 11am on Saturday in the Edinburgh room. Otherwise, I'm volunteering at the art show, and you can find me sitting behind the desk trying to tempt you into spending money on other people's art.

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

My new story is out in The Pink Hydra today! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/02022...

The Pink Hydra #5 is out today, with fiction & poetry by @hexthervvv.bsky.social, @deeholloway.bsky.social, @jasterwrites.bsky.social, @maryjorabe.bsky.social, @slashnburnett.bsky.social, @sarahgracetuttle.bsky.social, @pixieb.bsky.social & @reasie.bsky.social www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/0202202510

We REALLY need your help to fill the Govan Sarcophagus with donations for our urgent fundraiser! tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

"She is far from the first objectionable employer either of us have worked under..." Pulp horror from @hexthervvv.bsky.social coming this Friday! 🏚️💉🩸🔪

COVER REVEAL! 🎉 After what feels like a lifetime, I finally get to show you what I've been working on the last few years! The long-awaited sequel, VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS! Coming Halloween 2025! You can pre-order here! lukebelcourt.com/witches/two....

My new story, Four Flowers in Formaldehyde, comes out in Pink Hydra on October 3rd. The story is heavily influenced by "mad science" horror films of the mid-20th century - where deadly experiments are performed in the basements of crumbling gothic manors in pursuit of youth, beauty and immortality.

I may have got a teeny tiny touch carried away at the library

ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese. THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity ME: you want anything VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import

I have made people watch Deep Fried Masters with me at least 3 times

NEW FIRE EMBLEM!!!!!

I'm drinking coffee and reading through line edits for a story coming out with @thepinkhydra.com later this month. Emmylou has been a great editor to work with, and I love what she's doing with the magazine - so if you're at a loose end today, why not read some free stories from another issue?

I saw so many bugs (and bug related crafts) at the Invertebrate show today

Riding the high of the bag search security guard at Barrowlands telling me I had a snazzy wee bag last night. She looks at hundreds of bags every week, she is an expert.

✨Calling all gamers! ✨Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity are looking for you (yes, YOU!) to fundraise for Games for the Weans! So if you’re a streamer looking to raise funds or a studio / publisher / dev looking to support a fab charity, get in touch! 💜

Fringe day out! Seeing The Bacchae, Ascension and Kanpur 1857, and eating delicious fried chicken with peach hot sauce in the gardens

new bug day

Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki

Day trip to Edinburgh to catch some films at EIFF and eat delicious food

I don't think The Silmarillion would ever work as a live action movie or series. Its true destiny is to be the nightmarish product of a Czech stop motion animator from 1979 that's only discovered in an attic years after its creator's death.

There's a bird outside my house with a cry that sounds exactly like the noise my fridge makes when I leave the door open

I had such a good time spending most of my budget for the month at Sequential Scotland

The Phantom of the Paradise circa. 2022

It's EXACTLY what your dirty mind is thinking 😉😏 This story joins other explicitly queer horror offerings - a sapphic Frankensteinian tale by @hexthervvv.bsky.social, a Green Knight -esque story of Arthurian tragedy and twisted fate by McKynzie Bair - but it's definitely the most smutty. 😍