Shirley Jackson’s Sublime First Paragraph in ‘Hill House,’ Annotated
Beanwriting
@beanwriting.bsky.social
Literary horror and weird fiction author (ADHD, gay, he/him). Find me in the liminal spaces, writing, reading, scheming and dancing. HWA member https://www.beanwriting.com
Not just an author: dance teacher too… ( @tadethompson.bsky.social I wondered if you’d appreciate my <misspelt> Tee shirt 😆 ) youtu.be/56ZVzEbbucM?...
Seke - RAD Afrobeats Workshop
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Forgive me if I repeat myself — latest video in my inclusive writing tips series is up. Full video on my channel youtube.com/@beanwriting...
I'm voting tactically to stop the Tories and Reform. Get smart voting advice at stopreformuk.vote/local/waltha...
Stop Reform and the Tories in Upper Walthamstow, Waltham Forest Council
Vote tactically in Upper Walthamstow to stop Reform and the Tories
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Welcome to Horror Writers Chat! Q1: #HorrorWritersChat - Introduce yourself, the horror you write, and... share your favourite horror villain/antagonist. (It doesn’t have to be a person.)
“Why don’t you want to have a conversation about AI?” “I broke into your house and stole your shit and now I just want to talk.”
So… after receiving an ADHD diagnosis last March, I’ve had my initial autism assessment and … yes. It’s an odd feeling. I feel like I’m back to reframing my life and schemas again. Exhausted
I don’t just write horror. A nature lover too - hope you like my poem
Finally! A great podcast about Skinamarink… thank you @ajblack.bsky.social & @angryscotsman81.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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Podcast Episode · Modern Horror Podcast · 19 March 2025 · 52min
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My latest flash fiction story is on my channel. This one isn’t horror but a story of the memory of land and white accountability #flashfiction #writing
five books that inspire me: 1. The Elementals — Michael McDowell (1980) 2. Duma Key — Stephen King 3. From a Buick 8 — Stephen King 4. Moses, Citizen & Me — Delia Jarret McCauley 5. A Room with a View — E M Forster
Five books to get to know me by: 1. The Silmarillion 2. The Princess Bride 3. Belladonna 4. The Pillars of the Earth 5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Ethnicity, Monstrosity, and the Gothic Gaze: In this episode: how horror has historically framed Blackness. For horror writers, Gothic readers, & anyone interested in the craft behind the fear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2H... #HorrorWriting #Gothic #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #SpeculativeFiction
Ethnicity, Monstrosity, And The Gothic Gaze Writing Without Othering -- Writing Tips for authors
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Well, you know you’re on for a real treat when you see @jamescswanton.bsky.social ‘s name in the opening credits (The Severed Sun — wonderfully refreshing horror— check it out, it’s my head-canon now as to what Thomasin did after the events of The Witch (2015).
A Mexican teenager has died while in ICE custody in South Florida. Royer Perez-Jimenez died on March 16 at the Glades County Detention Center — a county jail that has long housed immigrant detainees and been the subject of allegations of abuse. According to ICE, Perez “died of a presumed suicide.”
Teenager Dies in ICE Detention in South Florida
He appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since the start of President Trump's second term.
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👁️ If your horror idea won’t leave you alone, send it somewhere dark. We’re open for microhorror — 500 words or less. 🕯️ Deadline: 25th 👉 link in bio 🩸 #booksky #readingcommunity #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #indieauthors #darkfiction
@nationalexpress.bsky.social been using the 035 coach service to Bmth since 2005. I’m struck by the impossibility to regulate the temperature. I’ve had my fan blowing hot air on me since we left, instead of cold — I’m in a tee shirt. The toilet’s a mess/rancid & the temperature…my god.
I still have Horror Queers’ Black Christmas episode on repeat (amongst others): when people talk about comfort listening, it’s not music I go to but @horrorqueers.bsky.social & The Faculty of Horror. (Okay, yes and Madonna but… I mean, obvs…)
Look out the "window" and invite all the alters to the party because we're discussing M. Night Shyamalan's hugely successful but somewhat controversial 2016 thriller #Split
Once again Scrivener proves itself a far better (and economic!) investment than the raft of writing apps available. This is just one of the myriad examples. (Ps… nor interested in ‘But Word [or similar] can…’ etc)
Styles allow you to apply formatting presets to different parts of your Scrivener project. But there's another way you can use styles when you're editing or revising your draft. You can use styles to mark sections of text that you want to revise. Find out more: buff.ly/wlY99bP
TIL I’m allergic to avocado. I’m anticipating the imminent cancellation of my middle-classness… (am I middle class if my heritage is Sunderland/Newcastle and made is one of ten kids?). Should I let Experian and Equifax know? What happens to my credit rating?
Websites of African and Black Writers and Poets www.writingafrica.com/websites-of-...
Websites of African and Black Writers and Poets
As part of our mission to archive the African and Black literary landscape, we begin the important task of listing writers and poets with professional websites.
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@alexwest.bsky.social dear Mesdames West and Subusatti; am I going mad (again). I showed my sis the wonderful Black Christmas (1974, bien sur) over Saturnalia and I wanted to re-listen to your episode on it. I can’t find it anywhere! Did I Mandela effect you doing an episode ?? #everydaysastruggle 🙏🏻
My latest one-minute story. A bit Ligotti-inspired; a bit autobiographical from my days working in admin instead of dance
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
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Writers cook, too — granut soup prep for Saturday. (Goat). Trying to get garden eggs this time of year is wahala
Prithee, will be be treated to @jamescswanton.bsky.social in this year’s Ghost Story for Christmas…? I hope so… someone like James can only be ‘drawn from the life’…