A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this

It all began on the brand-new Paris-Orléans train: the mystery, the horror, the romance. Meet the Twins of Bellesfées in book 1!

I could share this just for the title, but the story is even better, and that's saying something. Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead by @sentencebender.bsky.social in @nightmare-magazine.com #booksky 💙📚 📚🪐📚🤖

All I wanna do is fight Dr. Oz in a parking lot and then eat an entire cake. www.rkduncan-author.com/blog/2025/12...

blasphemous finally dares to ask the question: what if the bejazzled body of a saint were a crowd surfing typewriter

Shout out writers addition! @writechriswrite.bsky.social –The House on Dead Ebb Tide @milescarnegie.bsky.social – multiple short stories and novellas on Miles to Go Before I Scream @lmshermanauthor.bsky.social – pangs @timwburke.bsky.social - Fazgood & the Obstreperous Moosecrab Caper

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT GETTING OLD (SO FAR) A list of what to expect as you advance into decrepitude. open.substack.com/pub/timwb/p/... #horror #fantasywriters #horrorwriterschat #codexwriters

WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT GETTING OLD (SO FAR) A list of what to expect as you advance into decrepitude. open.substack.com/pub/timwb/p/... #horror #fantasywriters #horrorwriterschat #codexwriters

where i create from

Started using "I age greatly every time you speak" thanks to @maladroithe.bsky.social

You will be visited by three spirits The spirits:

"Write what you know" is bullshit, limiting and entirely backwards. Know what you write. That's important. Some of the most fun I've had in writing is researching stuff or making sure some wild shit I made up is internally consistent.

Please check out my Judith Magazine video interview with Dr. Marina Zilbergerts about her modern interpretation of the Book of Genesis, exploring human consciousness, machine smarts (or not), and AI judithmagazine.substack.com/p/genesis-a-...

I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!

Watching a documentary about Christmas at the Tower of London: Narrator: Henry VIII loved to surround himself with greyhounds. Randi: They were delicious! Me: But you had to hit the buffet table early, because they go fast.

AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE

This is great!

The jerk store’s business model seems unsustainable

A lord of the rings band called Oingondor Boingondor

Ladies and gentlemen, academic research at its absolute most useful.

Have we ever seen cookies go *down* Cookie Monster's throat? Does he have a gullet? It appears he bites down on the cookies but they fall away instead of being swallowed. Besides, transubstantiation happens before the consumption of the Eucharist. Cookie Monster would be spitting out Christ...

#horror #codexwriters #horroradjacent #horrorwriters #weird

BookTok keeps saying "they do horrible things but there aren't any love scenes." This is *not* a Dark Fantasy Romance. This is where the Horror *is* Romance. "I love 'The Flesh Sutra!'" - Nancy Holder

This is The Horror of Romance. Two nascent demigods, alone. He and she have nothing in common other than their powers. They will mutilate everyone, friends and strangers, and call it "love." Longlisted as "Best Novel" for the HWA's 2014 Stoker Awards www.amazon.com/Flesh-Sutra-...

This is The Horror of Romance. Two nascent demigods, alone. He and she have nothing in common other than their powers. They will mutilate everyone, friends and strangers, and call it "love." Longlisted as "Best Novel" for the HWA's 2014 Stoker Awards www.amazon.com/Flesh-Sutra-...

Happy Wednesday! My latest story "Review: When the Baby Sleeps" is now live on @nightmare-magazine.com! If you're looking a brief creepy read, I hope you enjoy this one. 📽️🍼🛏️ HUGE thanks to @wnwagner.bsky.social for taking on this micro horror. www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/revi...

scanning the @sundance.org lineup: hmm, interesting, might be good, sure why not, :loses entire fucking mind:

This isn't a real movie, but IF ONLY!

You know what? You can't control what anyone else thinks about you. That's on them not you. You be you and don't stress out about what they think of you. *Me talking to myself*

Hey, I'm launching a Patreon! You may have heard that it's just a little bit hard to make a living as a writer these days, so if you like my culture writing, please consider subscribing 🖤 My first essay, live now and free to all, is on Elem Klimov's Come and See www.patreon.com/posts/143805...

Just like or comment or DM me and I'll be glad to send you the funniest book you'll read this year. Yes, I am serious.

5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚 1. post about their book on socials 2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads 3. suggest their book to a book club! 4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in! 5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!

This is the best music video ever created. I will not be taking questions at this time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25s...

I sold nine books in three days last week. Onward and upward!

I'm reeling from the news that GIRL IN THE CREEK made both The Lineup's Best Horror Books of 2025 and Library Journal's Best Books 2025 lists!!! the-line-up.com/best-horror-... www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...

You should write weird, human stuff as a fuck-you to AI and the awful world we live in, yes, but also because you will be changed and your life will be changed through allowing yourself to be vulnerable and uncomfortable in your art.

Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!

[on the set of Scarface] AL PACINO: say hello to my little friend [opens jacket to reveal a tiny kitten] DIRECTOR: son of a bitch CUT

I have a sexy body that I’m willing to put on display but everyone keeps harassing me by saying “what are you doing with that corpse” and “I’m calling the police”

Doctor: you have 6-7 days to live Me: lol

My reasons to stay alive: 1. Stubborn belief that things will someday be less bad (because they have to get better eventually) 2. Spite (I will not beat certain people to the grave) 3. Mr. Sillymoose & Aster 4. My family would be devastated 5. I might miss out on meeting amazing friends/mentors

no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop

Meanwhile, the inventor went on to create a device providing portable solar power plus distilled water, as well as the Freestyle soda machine. WHY ISN'T THIS GUY THE RICHEST ON THE PLANET?

I loooooove cursed media!