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P. Hightower

@teyrnon.bsky.social

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Starving Writer, Introverted Storyteller, Pen-and-Paper Gamer, Foolish Idealist, Far Horizon Romantic, Lover of Weird Conversations, & Armchair Philosopher

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P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · 18h

Can anybody recommend some Horror-Lite novels or anthologies?

#Horror #Books #Anthologies #Novels

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · 4d

That feeling when you've figured the problem out enough to solve the current issue, but not sufficiently to know how to keep it from happening again.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · 6d

Lest we forget, you should always remember to turn your jacket inside out when entering an enchanted forest. I can't stress enough the importance of this basic precaution. That said, you absolutely should not have an iron nail anywhere on your person. That's just asking to be pelted with acorns.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · 13d

That feeling when someone tells you the etymology of something is completely enigmatic and inexplicable, but you spend fifteen minutes in a library and discover that it's entirely explicable and well-documented.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Sep 17

I'm having trouble getting into the spooky spirit this year. Does anybody have any inspirations for finding that wholesomely creepy mood?

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Sep 14

I don't know who needs to hear this today, but a flamethrower is not a tool for melting butter! For the love of all that is good, put that thing down and just microwave the butter on a plate for 15 seconds!

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 25

How often do you discover you forgot to charge your phone at the most inconvenient time? Mine is down to 6%.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 25

How subtle is too subtle?

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 22

What is the most Southern Gothic thing you can think of?

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 22

In case there's any confusion: I neither need nor desire suggestions. I have my name. This post exists because it took considerably longer and involved a much more involved thought process than I anticipated it would when I decided a name for the place was needed. I just wanted to say it was hard.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 21

Coming up with a good name for a fictional bookstore proved much harder than I anticipated.

#WritingCommunity #Writing #AmWriting

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P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 13

If you see a guy running full speed, and he shouts at you to run too, do you run or do you wait to see what he's running from?

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 12

My main surprise in seeing articles about AOL ending dial-up service is learning that AOL is still around.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 11

Maybe the weird part is never having done a single one of those things?

The only thing I've never done is walk around with a boombox on my shoulder. I've never been built for that kind of thing.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 11

Whisk me away to: Alien Vistas, Bustling Starports, Thriving Space Stations, Floating Cities in the Sky, Galaxy-Spanning Empires, Sufficiently Advanced Starships, Forlorn Ruins of Dead Civilisations, Primeval Forests on Distant Worlds

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 11

A 1750-calorie cupcake? Yeah, that's a hard pass for me.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 10

"You can start at the beginning."

"Which beginning?"

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 10

Is this a game about running a supermarket or shopping in one? I'm assuming the former but you never know.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 3

Okay, I'm seeing lots of ads for coffee-like products that aren't coffee, and all they're doing is convincing me to stick with real coffee.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Aug 3

I gazed into the abyss and listened to the howling murmurs.

It sounded crowded, so I drew a curtain on it and walked away.

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Jul 14

Random thought for the day: Has anybody else ever wondered how often the word forearmed turns up outside the phrase "forewarned is forearmed," these days?

P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Jun 20

You walk into a room and spot a diorama of the room complete with a figure that looks like you standing over a diorama. How do you react?

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P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Jun 9

Uhm, last time I had sensations like that, my neurologist called it neuralgia.

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P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Jun 9

As to the "sex makes us human" thing, I've yet to hear anyone with any credibility assert that. It's just something random people on the internet say. It's demonstrably nonsensical. "Sex makes us mammals" is truer but still not inclusive enough to be accurate.

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P. Hightower @teyrnon.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm not sure I'd put it past corvids to make horror movies if provided with equipment.

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