For those new people who have inexplicably chosen to follow me, here's a picture of Luka blending seamlessly with the autumn foliage.
James Brogden
@jamesbrogden.bsky.social
Writer (Titan, Black Library, PS Publishing and various other ne'er-do-wells), recovering ex-teacher, and Lego addict. Repped by Ian Drury Associates and owned by three cats.
Two dogs. One rule. The dog must live. Casper and Molly's horror watchlist, from Dog Soldiers and Gremlins to The Lost Boys and Good Boy, plus the films they rejected. https://gnofhorror.com/horror-movies-where-the-dog-lives/
Horror Movies Where the Dog Lives: Casper and Molly Approve
Horror movies where the dog lives, checked by GNoH’s strictest panel: two dogs. From Dog Soldiers and Gremlins to Good Boy, plus the films they rejected.
gnofhorror.com
There is no room for racism in the Reform Party, they say, because they're already full of it, rammed, up to the eyeballs, back teeth afloat, etc. Just absolute wall to wall racism. Chock full o bigots. Couldn't touch another one, thanks. Oh go on then, just one more wafer thin nazi.
I'm sure there must be some way of reporting the news which doesn't rely on footage of grieving parents and crying babies, but if so the BBC sure hasn't found it.
Well, the girls-night-out party that invaded the quiet carriage at Penrith armed with prosecco and canned cocktails has either got out at Lancaster, found another carriage or passed out en masse.
Last one to end up in the Casualty department wins!
The Legged One@palmtungsten.bsky.social · 2y agoPLAY THE WD-40 GAME
Oh my dear sweet Netflix, much as I enjoy how you re-create for me the nostalgic experience of trawling the bottom shelves of Blockbuster for low quality, straight-to-video knock-offs of better films, I'm afraid that being mugged on the way through the door wasn't part of that. Goodbye!
The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.
Well played, man in the dentist's waiting room today wearing the Nine Inch Nails "With Teeth" hoodie. Well played.
"If you like tiramisu, you'll love this low-sugar, alcohol-free, non-dairy version made from cabbage stalks and the butt end of an aubergine" Or something.
Just sent off a pitch for a thing that is extremely Grim and Dark so I am rewarding myself with a chai latte and a cakey-thing.
Without saying your age, what is your favourite film that came out when you were 20 years old?
JB@mondotikiman.bsky.social · 2mo agoWithout saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
JB@mondotikiman.bsky.social · 2mo agogive me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head
Me, watching her at the self-scan check-out at Boots, zapping coupons and bar codes, taking things out of the basket, scanning more codes, then putting everything back in the basket: "So did you save much money then?" Her, laughing maniacally: "Why you poor deluded fool, that's not how it works!"
Two little heart-warming stories to come out of this weekend's shindig at MCM Birmingham Comic Con. Guy in a Spider mask comes up to my stall (no other costume, just the mask, hoodie and jeans), and says that he's never been into books before but he's got a new job that involves sitting around...1/5
God has a plan for us but if we are careful and watch for his attack patterns all we have to do is aim for the big glowing chest gem when his armor plates open and we should be fine.
While it is possible to imagine Elon Musk marrying Bill Gates and becoming Elon Gates, I agree that it is a bit of a stretch.
It doesn't matter that I have actually locked the back door; the moment I am asked "Have you locked the back door?" it enters a state of quantum indeterminacy in which it is neither locked nor unlocked until it has been physically observed to be locked. Which means I have to bloody get up again.
In honour of Sam Neill's passing, there really is only one choice for tonight's movie.
@annasmithwrites.bsky.social Hi Anna! How are you doing? I was wondering if I could possibly pick your brains a bit about writing for the Black Library...?
And at first I think "Yeah, but a huntsman wouldn't be able to last the whole 100m" but then I remember that neither could I so maybe I shouldn't be so pleased with myself.
]|[nquisitor S. (Lexicanum)@inquisitors.bsky.social · 4mo agoSo, Arachnophobes, bad news if you aren't a good sprinter... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
When performing household chores, always remember to use a quality control kitten.
I've just had to kill off a supporting character that I really liked, and it's genuinely upsetting. God, we writers are bastards, aren't we?
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... "Why does it always have to be horror?" Aw, don't worry, I'm sure there'll be another algorithm-curated piece of insta-friendly franchise trash AI slop to numb your fucking brain soon enough.
Horror’s Hollywood takeover is an exciting moment – but won’t someone think of the squeamish?
The unprecedented success of Backrooms and Obsession has made stars of their creators. For the good of cinema, however, they’d do well to look beyond the genre going forward
theguardian.com