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Fiction editor @ TalesToTerrify. Member of HWA. Mom. Knitter. Reader. Baker. Murder unicorn. Indoorsy. Tired. FDT. I acknowledge that I am on the traditional land of the Lenni Lenape People. I don't auto-follow back.

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · Nov 8

Introduce yourself with
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺

A blue cover of Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Stay thirsty, friends.

The Princess Bride movie poster. As you wish, friends.

Cover of Madonna's "Ray of Light" album. Stay bright, friends.

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 4h

Requirements to join our podcast as a volunteer slush reader:
-Must love horror
-Must be snarky
-Must have a god complex when judging others
-Must be willing to put up with grumpy, misanthropic (unpaid) co-workers
-Cute pet photos a plus, but not required

Apply here: tinyurl.com/TtTSlushReader

A still from the black-and-white Disney animation, "Danse Macabre," of skeletons holding hands and dancing in a circle.

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 1d

Sucks. So sorry.

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 1d

Is it imported yarn? Grrr, stupid 🤡.

The pattern looks nice, though.

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Stefanie 🏳️‍⚧️ @foxenlock.bsky.social · 9d

Every time an ADHDer writes a novel, an angel gets their wings 🪽

And you can get 22 of them for $25 (saving almost $100!) 📚

Featuring @jheijndermans.bsky.social, @rjmartin.bsky.social, @eliseswritings.bsky.social, trans cyberpunk from yours truly, and many more!🔥

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

Adhd Awareness Month Fiction.
By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)
22 Book. Oct 1st-15th

Covers:
The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars
Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly
The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw
Bestiary Beas
The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks
The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin
He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf
Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith
Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra
Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans
Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Wizard's Debt, Niranjan
Blood, D.C. Hart
Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani
A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne
Translucent, Wayward Spark
War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin
Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke
Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 3d

Want answers? Then you must go INTO THE GRAY. Follow Ember through the tunnel of doom to Nowhere and help the lost find where they belong. Only maybe Ember’s a bit lost too.
MG horror from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social
The sequel WITHIN THE BLACK will be out in almost a month!
📚🩸

The book Into the Gray next to a skeleton.

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 3d

Good to know, thank you.

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 3d

13: "It's like the writers started writing and then forgot what they were doing."

Do the movies get better after this??? 13YO thinks they will once we get to the 90s and CGI.

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 3d

13YO and I are trying to watch more "Halloween" movies because we respect the original's place in slasher history but just aren't fans. We watched "Halloween 2" today and almost fell asleep.

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 4d

I have started @jennykiefer.com's "Crafting for Sinners," and I am 100% down with all the yarn and knitting needle detailed descriptions.
WRITE MORE KNITTING HORROR, PPL.

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 6d

I just read "The Odyssey" recently, so I'm basically an expert now.

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 6d

We're looking for volunteer first readers.
Come play with us at the podcast. Forever... and ever... and ever.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/TtTSlushReader

The twins from "The Shining" wearing blue dresses and knee high socks, holding hands in a floral-pattern wallpapered hallway. Text reads: "COME PLAY WITH US."

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 7d

Today my oldest is 17, and he's so popular at school that the lunch for EVERYONE, K-12, was his favorite (sloppy joes) because the people in the cafeteria love him and knew today was his birthday.
😎💅

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 9d

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that the mushrooms in each excerpt from “Field Guide to Common Mushrooms of the Pamogo Forest” aren’t real life mushrooms. 🫥🍄

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 10d

Do you like reading short horror stories?
Are you opinionated and judgey?
Do you have a god complex?

Tales to Terrify is looking for new volunteer first readers!

If you think you got what it takes, fill out our application:
tinyurl.com/TtTSlushReader

(Remember: this is a strictly volunteer role.)

Bart and Homer Simpson in eerie shadows. Homer pats the seat on the couch next to him. Text reads: "JOIN US"

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 10d

That's what Matt said. She's a blank slate and completely unable to do anything for herself.

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 11d

Confession time:
I'd never seen Hitchcock's "The Birds" until last night, and I...didn't like it. If it had been directed by anyone other than him, I think it would be considered a B-movie at best, and definitely an MSTK3K movie.
Please tell me I'm not alone in not liking this "classic."
🐓🐓🐓

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 13d

Welcome to episode 714. We have two tales for you this week, about guardian eldritch horrors (by @amadolaila.bsky.social, read by @jimmyhorrors.bsky.social) and the risks of messing with time (by @linardos.bsky.social).

talestoterrify.com/episodes/714-laila-amado-akis-linardos

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 14d

I am *very* much enjoying it so far!

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 14d

And I want to read it!

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 14d

Going to watch that show you recorded overnight on the VCR, only to find out your dad changed the channel halfway through.

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 15d

Everyone else is all, "September 30: Bright and shiny! October 1: Spooky and scary!"

And we're just over here, 365 days a year, like:

a black and white cartoon of a ghost in a room with a chair .

Alt: Gif of a black and white cartoon hooded Grim Reaper doing a silly dance in a room with a chair.

media.tenor.com

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Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 15d

#Knitting

Pattern: Knitted Eyeball Juggling Balls by Deborah Boyd.
Red cup on the underside is the first 10 rows of the pattern done with needles two sizes bigger.
Tentacles are yarn wrapped around Wikki Stix.

The eyeball creature from “Alien:Earth.”

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 16d

Been extra moody and antisocial lately.
Perimenopause: “Don’t look at me. I’m just here for brain fog and irregular cycles.”
Major depressive disorder: “You blame me for literally everything. I can’t ever do right in your eyes.”
*blood test results return*
Hypothyroidism: “I’M BACK, BITCHES!”
Me: 😔

Scary-Death Morgue-enstern she/her | Read banned books @mlmorgenstern.bsky.social · 16d

Last four watched.

Recent activity on Letterboxd: “The Woman in Black” (2 1/2 stars); “Dream Scenario” (5 stars); “Companion” (4 stars); “Strait-Jacket” (4 stars).

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Tales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 20d

What a great weekend to finish your story for our Halloween contest!
Prize: $50
Word limit: 250
Theme: New origins of Halloween traditions.
Entry fee: NONE
GL and subs: tinyurl.com/TTTHalloween...

A figure wearing a floor-length white sheet like a ghost. They are standing on a floor of dead leaves in a forest and holding a jack-o-lantern. Text reads: "Halloween Origins; Flash Fiction Contest; Closes midnight, Sept 30th."

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