Lest we forget, in these darker times #horrorsky

WHAT IS MIDNIGHT RADIO? That thing we've been quietly working on for a while has a name, a release date, and our first few episodes' cast! variety.com/2026/digital...

Ethan Hawke Stars in Supernatural Horror Podcast ‘Midnight Radio’: ‘There’s an Intimacy to the Audio-Only Medium’

Ethan Hawke stars in supernatural horror podcast series “Midnight Radio” as the host of a cult-favorite late-night AM radio show.

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For I am a salt-hag. I know gull gossip. I know the calling and quelling of storms. My hair is wind-braided. My lips wear rough salt kisses. I stand on the cliffs and read omens pulled by the tide. Be well and avoid my anger. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

I fail to understand why squirrels are not the top trending topic at all times

Bloody nails, just in time for horror season 🎃 #horrorsky #spookyseason

For the morning crowd 👇

Matt Kendrick@mattkendrick.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've got 4 free spots to give away for this for low income writers. If this is you, please DM me and I'll get you signed up! Everyeone else, I'd be grateful if you could share so this gets to the right people. I'll even throw in a free spot for someone (picked out the hat) who does just that!

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

This poem by Pádraig Ó Tuama asks us to re-orient how we think about loss, memory, and closure That loss is not always final or absolute Remembering is not always a good thing, forgetting can be an act of self-care The ending of a book is the nature of stories #poetry #poemoftheday

“When it draws near to witching time of night” (Robert Blair) 🎨 Holls Walck #owlishmonday

This is part of what I'm referring to with many people demanding stories that reassure them they're a good person. They want the moral instruction because otherwise, rather than processing the reading experience, there's a thrum of "am I bad? am I bad? what if someone finds out I'm bad?"

Still a bit blown away to see copies of ‘Hookland Fragments’ in the wild. Here is a signed copy available from @treadwells-books.bsky.social

My horror education continues! Today's lesson: The Blair Witch Project. I'd never seen it before! Amazing film, but... not as scary as people told me. Is it me? Have I seen too many horror movies now to appreciate classics? #horrorsky #blairwitch #horrormovies

A day late. But, you know, seems kind of worth sharing. Given the saving of humanity and all that. Never underestimate the power of an ordinary person.

Ed Maibach@maibached.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

Impatient to perform the magic storytelling ritual tbh

A heads-up for those with access: this dazzling masterpiece is on the BBC iPlayer from today

Today's wisdom, for the disillusioned (like me): "The most valuable thing a writer can do is deepen their connection with their own humanity." Thank you, @writershq.bsky.social. I feel more human just reading this. #amwriting #writersky

This is one of the most inspiring and awesome things I've seen in awhile Human imagination and ingenuity is so fucking rad, and no thieving "tech" can ever hold a candle to what our minds and hearts are capable of.

The high walls of the rich demand projection. Yet some spend less time picturing houses and gardens they shall never see, more time imagining them as a locus of secrets. Beyond the wall occult orgies, mummified relatives in attics. Cellar laboratories and chained demons. – Dr. M. Benn

Heathers and thistles in the front garden, in the rain.

And today, you probably need this mouse. This mouse in particular.

" I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges was born #otd 1899 🎨 Érik Desmazières

Going to start doing a thing on a Monday where I give away a free workshop recording to one winner each week. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/workshop-rec... All you have to do to get your name in the hat is reply with the name of someone who's a cheerleading superstar in the writing community.

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This explains everything!

hookland.bsky.social@hookland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Incomers to Hookland often struggle with what is known as HMT – Hookland Mythic Time. It's used to cover the vagueness of builders and others for finishing jobs, delivering goods. HMT also encompasses all manner of strange excuses for delays, often involving ghosts or sprites.

Researching time is like... I don't know, going down a wormhole? Even with the illustrations in A Brief History of Time it's mindbending. Except I'm not sure my mind bends that far 😬 #writersky #amwriting #timeywimey

An allegorical painting of autumn serenading the last of summer whilst anticipating the death of the year. From the time when the seasons generally did what they were supposed to. (art Piotr Stachiewicz 1858-1935)

Fell down a rabbit hole into the Domesday Book and when I searched for the area I'm from, I uh

A many-tailed fox and their reflection, accompanied by a crescent moon, with a heart-shaped sea urchin fossil (Micraster) between their paws 🦊🐾🤍 #FoxFriday #FoxoftheDay #FossilFriday

AI is a scourge. But it is important not to trust "AI detectors". I lost regular freelancing work because my client insisted I used AI to write copy (I didn't, but their AI detecting software said I did). This is a great thread with an excellent example of why these detectors cannot be trusted.

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · 2mo ago

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

I have a little piece in @crowkeys.bsky.social today. Quite proud of this one 😊 Come take a tour of space and time 👇

Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN@crowkeys.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We had an unexpected visitor here at the tower this evening. They didn't say who they were. They didn't say a word. They just sat and read this flash fiction. "She Comes to Me as a Telescope" by @shonaraywrites.bsky.social crowcrosskeys.com/2026/08/19/s...