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Lee Bailes

@leebaileswriter.bsky.social

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Writer, filmmaker, Screenwriter, cat servant, nerd. A UK expat in Sweden. #Horror fan. https://linktr.ee/lee.bailes Published in various horror anthologies and working on a collection of short horror stories for publication in 2025

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 5d

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FV8F56B...? my tale THE IMMACULATE JUNK has been included in this mammoth 732 page tome - a tribute to William S. Burroughs #anthology #fiction #poetry #essays ✍️📖🥂featuring work by Poppy Z Brite, Graham Masterton and many more

The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut

Amazon.com: The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut: 9798268165432: Johnson, Alex S., Masterton, Graham, Jakubowski, Maxim, Berry, Iris, Whitehead, Ron Lee, Kiernan, Caitlin R., Nichols, Natasha Lyn, Busch, J.D., Brite, Poppy Z., Jaffe, Larry: Books

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Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social · 3h

Watch the Micro-Horror Shorts Festival (in case you missed it)

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#wildsound #horrorfestival

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 6h

"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series!”

The first book in the award-winning STAGE 3 series is FREE!
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Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...

Also on #audiobook

#Free #zombies #stage3series #Zombie #Apocalypse #audible #audiobooks

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Lady3jane @plinkfm.bsky.social · 7h

There was no mistaking it. The #undertone of the #tip implied illegal #influence. Rob didn’t want to take the bribe but he needed the money. When he arrived home after work he found 2 federal agents waiting for him. They were in the kitchen with his wife, politely having tea.
#vss365 #2wordprompt

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K.G. Lewis @kglewis.bsky.social · 9h

"What's that smell?"

"What smell?" his wife replied.

He sniffed the air, "It smells like bleach with an #undertone of decay."

"I don't smell anything."

He opened the basement door. At the bottom of the steps was a body.

"I thought you said you were going to stop doing that," he pointed. #vss365

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 8h

So sorry you're dealing with this Matt ☹️ hope you're getting all the care you need

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Dorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 8h

Hey you--watch some trash. I don't mean corporate by the numbers slop, I mean some honest-to-goodness, lowbrow, shoestring budget trash. Like arthouse cinema, it's good for you.

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Jakob G. @jakobgamertsfelder.bsky.social · 9h

#vss365 #undertone

Reading is fun
Wikipedia is worth it
I give them $50 every year
They send me emails to read
They helped me learn
About the quavering voiced
Feargal Sharkey
Singing in a time of Troubles
Teenage Kicks
Outlasting senseless violence
Here we are again
Listening to that same undertone

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Betti Gefecht @bettigefecht.bsky.social · 9h

A doggy helpline. „They left me alone,“  
Ben the pitbull,complained on the phone. 
„Oh no!“ came the answer. „Tell me how long, 
my good boy, are yor humans gone?“ 
„5 minutes!“ Ben growled with a whiny #undertone.

#vss365 #limerick

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Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing work by Nikkolas Smith

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 9h

Have a great thanksgiving Ronald 🍁🙂

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Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social · 9h

The leaves have all turned to their spectacular colours, the sky is bright blue. The turkey is in the oven. All the fixings are being prepared, and the assortment of pies are all ready. So much for my diet. 😀
Happy Thanksgiving from Canada. 🇨🇦

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That One Ghoul 👻🎃 @thatonegirl.bsky.social · 9h

💙📚 #vss365 #prompt #undertone
#writingcommunity

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 10h

When prompts go wrong 🤣

a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm sorry i couldn 't resist .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm sorry i couldn 't resist .

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 10h

a woman with blonde hair is wearing a suit

ALT: a woman with blonde hair is wearing a suit

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 11h

The meeting had an #undertone of tension to it that Rory was, admittedly, probably supposed to pick up on. It would no doubt become important, significant even, later in the quest.

Right now, however, he was bored of all the talking and felt frustrated he couldn’t skip the dialogue ahead.

#vss365

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Jan Karlsson @jangoeswriting.bsky.social · 11h

Everything to do with Hogan held an #undertone of imminent violence, even among those he called friends and who, privately, really considered him as a useful tool. Like Dylan right now.

If anyone could whip these idiots into shape, it would be Hogan. If he didn’t end up killing them first.

#vss365

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 10h

#vss365 ....It was only as the blood began to flow and the screams began that the crowd fled the field of fire.
Later, when reviewing the CCTV, forensics pointed out the unusual silenced reports, as an #undertone on the soundtrack. To the killer, the edited footage...

A screengrab of a too long skeet draft. It reads: "#vss365 He'd done so well, timing each pull to the sound of the beat, from the safari-themed party below. As various partygoers jerked and dropped, their fellow revellers barely noticed anything odd until he'd already left the scene.
It was only as the blood began to flow and the screams began that the crowd fled the field of fire.
Later, when reviewing the CCTV, forensics pointed out the unusual silenced reports, as an #undertone on the soundtrack. To the killer, the edited footage on the news played like a greatest hits montage."

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Monday 😊

For me, it's now post two loads of software updates and 2 reboots, and clearing many emails - in that back at work mode

three women in white suits are dancing in a room

Alt: three women in white suits are dancing in a room

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 14h

Modern life metro.co.uk/2025/10/13/p... "preloaders"

'Preloaders' are the Tube's most annoying commuters on the way to work

'It throws off my whole morning.'

metro.co.uk

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KuroKoneko Kamen @kurokonekokamen.bsky.social · 2d

#FREE 4 everyone 10/11-10/15!
Wicked Warlock of Oz
💚Who's in the mood to root for the villain?🖤
The Wicked Warlock Jadyn wants World Domination. Cyborg Assassin Tina Woodcutter wants his life. Will these enemies become lovers?
www.amazon.com/dp/B07QK5F83G
#BookSky #Romance #Fantasy #Adultfairytales

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 2d

"Horror as it should be. Detail high, blood by the gallon, suspense at every turn."

Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 Series with a FREE BOOK!
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Read Stage 3 today!

Also on #audible

#zombies #thriller #zombie #audiobook
#freebook #horror #stage3series 📚💙

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 2d

Authors, avoid last-minute lunacy! Five days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on October 16th at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! October’s theme is MOON. The deadline for submissions is October 16th, 2025.

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IanBB ♾️🦋 @infinityloop.bsky.social · 2d

Slips on her boots
Slides naked
Into the raincoat

Pours brandy
Dons his smoking jacket
Lites a pipe.

Dashing out
In night rain
To cover
The bbq

Lites a fire
Settles into
His easy chair.

Morning
Housecoats n’ slippers
They wave
To each other
Collecting their
Newspapers.

#vss365 #raincoat

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Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · 1d

How I write every piece

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Vanishing and Endangered Cultures @nowaykgn.bsky.social · 2d

In the remote, mountainous regions of northern Vietnam, girls from ethnic minority groups struggle to access education. In Pakistan, young Kalash girls face similar challenges, where a lack of female teachers, scarce schools, and early marriage hinder their growth and learning.

The mountainous terrain of northern Vietnam makes access to schools difficult. Many villages are located far from the nearest primary or secondary school, often requiring children to walk several kilometers each way—sometimes over steep, muddy, or dangerous paths. During the rainy season, travel can become impossible. Because families worry about their daughters’ safety on these journeys, girls are often kept at home.

Girls are often expected to marry early (sometimes in their mid-teens) and focus on domestic responsibilities rather than schooling. In some communities, education for girls is still seen as unnecessary or even inappropriate, reinforcing a cycle where women remain dependent and underrepresented in decision-making.

The Kalash valleys are extremely remote, accessible only by winding, sometimes dangerous mountain roads that are often blocked during winter or after landslides. Many villages are hours away from the nearest school. Even where schools exist, they are few, small, and often under-resourced, lacking classrooms, sanitation, and proper teaching materials. For girls, long travel distances raise safety concerns, which discourages parents from sending them to school.

Most schools in the region teach in Urdu or English, while the Kalash speak their own language (Kalasha-mun), which has traditionally been unwritten. This language gap makes it hard for young Kalash children to understand lessons, leading to poor performance and high dropout rates. Additionally, the national curriculum doesn’t reflect Kalash culture or traditions, which can make schooling feel alien and irrelevant to both students and parents.

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