Morgan W Finley
@baronvonuppercase.bsky.social
Writer of short stories + TTRPGs: horror, sci-fi, weird. I like animals, quilting and bright colours. Pronoun agnostic - anything goes. TTRPG work: @caesar-ink.bsky.social Internet-anxious, please be kind.
Follow the attached links for a good time. Well, maybe not a good time? But like, an unsettled 'Holy shit that was the most satisfying weirdness I've read in a long time' time.
Suzan the chalant goth@sillysyntax.bsky.social · last wk.I've been heartened to see Zachary Gillain's weird fic/ekphrasis call for Agita and Michael Kelly's announcement of his occasional journal Pale Grey Idol. I'm also happy to see Three-Lobed Burning Eye fund for another year, which disclosure I will have a story in!
As someone who likes dipping into pop culture every now and then, this was a great watch. "A lot of people were asking was this written by AI. *clears throat, look of awkward discomfort* And unfortunately I do think that AI would have done better."
SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻@angeloslh.bsky.social · 2w ago*makes the biggest bucket of popcorn for this*
The name Iestyn is going straight into a story or NPC table...
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 4w agoFree diver spots jellyfish the 'size of a bus' near Pembrokeshire coastline
My secondhand conversational takeaway: Slasher film genre as sexual kink; kinks are an interesting aspect of adult sexuality; therefore Camp Miasma explores 'Slashers are inherently misogynistic' vs 'This is my queer kink, why would I denounce that?' Also a radical stripping away of the male gaze
Joyce Carol (p)Oa(s)tes 😱@basicchunnel.bsky.social · 4w agoI honestly think the slasher homage of it all was a weight around the film’s neck. The real and interesting complications of real adult sexuality cannot actually hang in the same space as sentimental attachments to genre culture and media. It can’t synthesize those two things in an interesting way
My beauties looking for homes 💕 all available on my website www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide shipping available
Bit of a letdown: None of the radiators need bleeding this year. *sadly puts the radiator key back into the junk drawer*
“She had nightmares in which everyone but her knew the secret of who to be. In these dreams she’d walk from person to person, often familiar faces from school, begging them to tell her [...]” “Chrysalis” by Santiago Wilson Heredia, new flash fiction out today at OKD: buff.ly/SI0iDwk
I've written a horror novella that's set over an August bank holiday. A lot of the feedback I've received from (British) beta readers is about clarifying the bank holiday is fictional. To me, all bank holidays feel fictional. What even are these?
After spending some time dancing between these physicals and the FIVE ebooks I snagged during this sale, I can wholeheartedly say: You Will Not Regret (I do regret starting the Richard Gavin in the dark. I do regret that...)
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · last mo.Aug. 31 is the last day to grab these bargains.
Second eclipse of the month! 🌘 Worth getting up for the 93% partial lunar eclipse this morning in practically the same piece of sky as the solar eclipse #shropshire
What do you call a group of big rigs pulled over for the night? An eerie.
Big Wonderful Wyoming@wydot.bsky.social · last mo.WYO 789 Overland Trail Monument, 8/27/2026, 12:21:55 AM
For those who owned iSpy Birds growing up (as I did), here's a photo of the wild hoopoe I saw today.
The trick is not to take it personally but to also absorb it into your psyche in a way that propels you forward
How do you figure out if Author X is 'too big to comp'? A key metric (apart from 'Is it Suzanne Collins or Stephen King?') seems to be sales, but I'm not sure how to find that info for short story authors? #Writing #WritingCommunity
Eat your way out of your Mormon cricket problem, Utah
History:Nevada@historynevada.bsky.social · 2mo agoLocusts, like an "inland shrimp," were a "delicacy" for Nevada's Native Americans, as mentioned in the Aug 21, 1919 Tonopah Bonanza. t.co/dXp4XB9mdB Note: Shoshone and Paiutes of the Great Basin would trap masses of insects in pits and roast them.
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Yes, The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2 is, in fact, out early. I'd originally planned it for October, but various circumstances—notably that it was ready—prompted me to move it up. An amazing ToC!
The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2 — Undertow Publications
Cover art by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis PRAISE FOR THE BEST WEIRD FICTION OF THE YEAR “Momentous... an indispensable guide to the state of the weird in the twenty-first century.” -Zacha...
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This is increasingly true of weird studies(tm) that just use the fiction as case studies for ontology or climate change. Writing about weird fiction should be poetics as much as it is anything else
Zachary Gillan@megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 2y agoToo much theoretical/critical writing on horror (and, by extension, rightly or wrongly, on weird fiction) hinges on the _why_ of reception/response (“why do people read/write this stuff”), instead of the _how_ of poetics and formalism (“how is this stuff achieved/conveyed in the text”)
To celebrate #BadPoetry Day in the US, here is the work of my lovely partner: For sale Baby shoes Six pairs The babypede (He was trying to recite the original famous 6-word poem and failed so hard. It never fails to make us laugh)
Had the opportunity to see Eric LaRocca in Notts last year. If you don't jump on this opportunity, you're a fool. A fool, I say! (with Brian Evenson, too. My envy knows no bounds)
Eric LaRocca@ericlarocca.com · 2mo agoAHHH IM GOING TO BE IN LOS ANGELES NEXT MONTH WITH BRIAN EVENSON!!! LA PEEPS, COME JOIN US!!! 🖤 @titanbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/horror-aut...
I saved Solace House to read in as close to a single sitting as I could. Right decision! I will now be using what remains of the weekend to ponder...well, reality, I think. This book will be getting a second read, posthaste
"To walk into nature is to witness a thousand miracles" Goedemorgen vanaf de Veluwe We volgen het tropenrooster weer Wens iedereen een #VrolijkeVrijdag toe #natuurliefhebber #natuurfotografie #nature #naturephotography #fotografie #photography #vogels #birds #Gekraagderoodstaart #commonredstart
As someone who has spent a lot of time curating their personal tastes (sorry not-sorry, algorithms), blind-buying whatever pops up on Zachary Gillan's recs has never disappointed Lovers of weird + horror, you're in safe hands over there
Zachary Gillan@megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 2mo ago
