Amanda M. Blake
@amandamblake.bsky.social
Horror and fantasy author of QUESTION NOT MY SALT and the Thorns series; mid-age goth, horror movie aficionado. Coming soon: IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT (2026), MASQUE (2027). 🪚
www.amandamblake.com
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/amandamblake
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Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/amandamblake
what warns the #witch?
a light in the unlit lantern
a twitch of the familiar's tail
in silhouette to the cauldron fire
the broom falls from ensconced in the corner
the book parts to a cautionary spell
what warns the witch?
what warns the stranger?
#crowcalls
a light in the unlit lantern
a twitch of the familiar's tail
in silhouette to the cauldron fire
the broom falls from ensconced in the corner
the book parts to a cautionary spell
what warns the witch?
what warns the stranger?
#crowcalls
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
what warns the #witch?
a light in the unlit lantern
a twitch of the familiar's tail
in silhouette to the cauldron fire
the broom falls from ensconced in the corner
the book parts to a cautionary spell
what warns the witch?
what warns the stranger?
#crowcalls
a light in the unlit lantern
a twitch of the familiar's tail
in silhouette to the cauldron fire
the broom falls from ensconced in the corner
the book parts to a cautionary spell
what warns the witch?
what warns the stranger?
#crowcalls
i may round and roll
and send off cursive vines
but i am not a pumpkin
in which you may #carve a smile
my thumbs will take your knife
and cut away the tendrils
to make way for garottes
and then i shall have two weapons
against your single squash
#crowcalls
and send off cursive vines
but i am not a pumpkin
in which you may #carve a smile
my thumbs will take your knife
and cut away the tendrils
to make way for garottes
and then i shall have two weapons
against your single squash
#crowcalls
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i may round and roll
and send off cursive vines
but i am not a pumpkin
in which you may #carve a smile
my thumbs will take your knife
and cut away the tendrils
to make way for garottes
and then i shall have two weapons
against your single squash
#crowcalls
and send off cursive vines
but i am not a pumpkin
in which you may #carve a smile
my thumbs will take your knife
and cut away the tendrils
to make way for garottes
and then i shall have two weapons
against your single squash
#crowcalls
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SUBMIT
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@thedeadlands.com is open to fiction and poetry subs, so hop right on that, yeah?
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
SUBMIT
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Read an outstanding story from best-selling author Joe R. Lansdale told in his famous "folksy" style in this month's issue of The Horror Zine here:
www.thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/Dec2...
#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #joerlansdale #joelansdale #booksky #5amwritersclub
www.thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/Dec2...
#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #joerlansdale #joelansdale #booksky #5amwritersclub
www.thehorrorzine.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Read an outstanding story from best-selling author Joe R. Lansdale told in his famous "folksy" style in this month's issue of The Horror Zine here:
www.thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/Dec2...
#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #joerlansdale #joelansdale #booksky #5amwritersclub
www.thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/Dec2...
#thehorrorzine #writingcommunity #horrorcommunity #joerlansdale #joelansdale #booksky #5amwritersclub
shorn and #skinned
finally i need not
worry about bumps
and rough texture
and all the pitfalls
of pitted scars
at last i can breathe
#crowcalls
finally i need not
worry about bumps
and rough texture
and all the pitfalls
of pitted scars
at last i can breathe
#crowcalls
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
shorn and #skinned
finally i need not
worry about bumps
and rough texture
and all the pitfalls
of pitted scars
at last i can breathe
#crowcalls
finally i need not
worry about bumps
and rough texture
and all the pitfalls
of pitted scars
at last i can breathe
#crowcalls
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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What’s everyone reading this week? I’m still reading the essential horror of @joerlansdale.bsky.social. I’m starting Question Not My Salt by @amandamblake.bsky.social and I’m listening to The Uncool written and narrated by Cameron Crowe. (What an incredible life!)
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What’s everyone reading this week? I’m still reading the essential horror of @joerlansdale.bsky.social. I’m starting Question Not My Salt by @amandamblake.bsky.social and I’m listening to The Uncool written and narrated by Cameron Crowe. (What an incredible life!)
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
"...15 writers venture Out There and return to tell of their encounters with aliens and fairies ancient forest dwellers and interplanetary colonists. ... their tales find answers for what lives closest to our human hearts"
www.amazon.com/Out-There-Sa...
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Out There
Out There [Team, Sans. PRESS, Dias Garcia, Paula, Agar, Sam, Clohessy, Marc, Kelly, Aran] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Out There
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November 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"...15 writers venture Out There and return to tell of their encounters with aliens and fairies ancient forest dwellers and interplanetary colonists. ... their tales find answers for what lives closest to our human hearts"
www.amazon.com/Out-There-Sa...
www.amazon.com/Out-There-Sa...
Runaway Bride or The Ugly Truth
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Runaway Bride or The Ugly Truth
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That was the tip off to me. I’ve read a fraction of what every major LLM has, yet I have much better skills. To argue that the machine can only function with vastly more data than any human brain could process is an admission that it is not intelligent at all.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That was the tip off to me. I’ve read a fraction of what every major LLM has, yet I have much better skills. To argue that the machine can only function with vastly more data than any human brain could process is an admission that it is not intelligent at all.
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this reminds me of the Bridgerton response and how people were so confused that the main characters *changed* after season one, like writing essays about why that was a bad choice
which seems like a logical thing to them, but an *insane* thing to say to anyone who understands genre romance.
which seems like a logical thing to them, but an *insane* thing to say to anyone who understands genre romance.
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
this reminds me of the Bridgerton response and how people were so confused that the main characters *changed* after season one, like writing essays about why that was a bad choice
which seems like a logical thing to them, but an *insane* thing to say to anyone who understands genre romance.
which seems like a logical thing to them, but an *insane* thing to say to anyone who understands genre romance.
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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'When I have fears that I may cease to be' seems prophetic to us, as Keats died only a few years after writing the sonnet.
Yet, in 1818, he was still very much alive and in those exhilarating years of young adulthood and overwhelming call of life.
#BookWormSat #poetry #booksky #romanticism
Yet, in 1818, he was still very much alive and in those exhilarating years of young adulthood and overwhelming call of life.
#BookWormSat #poetry #booksky #romanticism
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
'When I have fears that I may cease to be' seems prophetic to us, as Keats died only a few years after writing the sonnet.
Yet, in 1818, he was still very much alive and in those exhilarating years of young adulthood and overwhelming call of life.
#BookWormSat #poetry #booksky #romanticism
Yet, in 1818, he was still very much alive and in those exhilarating years of young adulthood and overwhelming call of life.
#BookWormSat #poetry #booksky #romanticism
Had to put my computer in airplane mode a few times, but I managed to make up for yesterday's word count shortfall and also met today's goal. Will probably have to use that tactic through to the end of the novel.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had to put my computer in airplane mode a few times, but I managed to make up for yesterday's word count shortfall and also met today's goal. Will probably have to use that tactic through to the end of the novel.
we don't ask so much of you
only that your knees bruise
and your back burns
only that you subjugate
and sublimate under others' needs
only that you orbit your identity
around others like the moon to a planet
we don't ask so much of you
only that you #bleed
#crowcalls
only that your knees bruise
and your back burns
only that you subjugate
and sublimate under others' needs
only that you orbit your identity
around others like the moon to a planet
we don't ask so much of you
only that you #bleed
#crowcalls
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
we don't ask so much of you
only that your knees bruise
and your back burns
only that you subjugate
and sublimate under others' needs
only that you orbit your identity
around others like the moon to a planet
we don't ask so much of you
only that you #bleed
#crowcalls
only that your knees bruise
and your back burns
only that you subjugate
and sublimate under others' needs
only that you orbit your identity
around others like the moon to a planet
we don't ask so much of you
only that you #bleed
#crowcalls
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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His IMDB profile would be incredibly impressive on its own. I had no idea until now that he was a script doctor on so many major movies!
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
His IMDB profile would be incredibly impressive on its own. I had no idea until now that he was a script doctor on so many major movies!
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
no doubt you think me vile
for asking this of you
a child of sin and calumny
i think this of me, too
despite the state of my wretched soul
hark to my impassioned plea
it will not stain your heart
to do this thing for me 1/2
#crowcalls
for asking this of you
a child of sin and calumny
i think this of me, too
despite the state of my wretched soul
hark to my impassioned plea
it will not stain your heart
to do this thing for me 1/2
#crowcalls
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
no doubt you think me vile
for asking this of you
a child of sin and calumny
i think this of me, too
despite the state of my wretched soul
hark to my impassioned plea
it will not stain your heart
to do this thing for me 1/2
#crowcalls
for asking this of you
a child of sin and calumny
i think this of me, too
despite the state of my wretched soul
hark to my impassioned plea
it will not stain your heart
to do this thing for me 1/2
#crowcalls
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Listen, Gen AI is garbage. If you use it, you should feel bad.
Trans rights are human rights.
Vaccines are GOOD. They save lives.
Libraries are AWESOME.
Drink your water. Take your meds.
Science is the shit.
The arts are the soul of us.
Disagree? Unfollow me and frak off. Capisce?
Trans rights are human rights.
Vaccines are GOOD. They save lives.
Libraries are AWESOME.
Drink your water. Take your meds.
Science is the shit.
The arts are the soul of us.
Disagree? Unfollow me and frak off. Capisce?
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Listen, Gen AI is garbage. If you use it, you should feel bad.
Trans rights are human rights.
Vaccines are GOOD. They save lives.
Libraries are AWESOME.
Drink your water. Take your meds.
Science is the shit.
The arts are the soul of us.
Disagree? Unfollow me and frak off. Capisce?
Trans rights are human rights.
Vaccines are GOOD. They save lives.
Libraries are AWESOME.
Drink your water. Take your meds.
Science is the shit.
The arts are the soul of us.
Disagree? Unfollow me and frak off. Capisce?
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Coyote
Armadillo
Opossum
Texas rat snake
Polyphemus moth caterpillar
Coyote
Armadillo
Opossum
Texas rat snake
Polyphemus moth caterpillar
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Coyote
Elk
Wild turkey
Porcupine
Roadrunner
Coyote
Elk
Wild turkey
Porcupine
Roadrunner
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
platypus
kangaroos (red & grey)
echidna
emu
black swan
platypus
kangaroos (red & grey)
echidna
emu
black swan
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Coyote
Armadillo
Opossum
Texas rat snake
Polyphemus moth caterpillar
Coyote
Armadillo
Opossum
Texas rat snake
Polyphemus moth caterpillar
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Hey!
I need some help.
I am trying to identify movies and television programs:
With a disability story line or
With a disabled character or
With a disabled actor
#movies #television #disabilitystoryline #disabledcharacter #disabledactor
I need some help.
I am trying to identify movies and television programs:
With a disability story line or
With a disabled character or
With a disabled actor
#movies #television #disabilitystoryline #disabledcharacter #disabledactor
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Hey!
I need some help.
I am trying to identify movies and television programs:
With a disability story line or
With a disabled character or
With a disabled actor
#movies #television #disabilitystoryline #disabledcharacter #disabledactor
I need some help.
I am trying to identify movies and television programs:
With a disability story line or
With a disabled character or
With a disabled actor
#movies #television #disabilitystoryline #disabledcharacter #disabledactor
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
that's me
the #abomination
the worst of the worst
monstrous to the rotten core
a servant of the devil himself
when you look at me
any fool could see
that i am genuinely
the elegant child
of blasphemy
#crowcalls
the #abomination
the worst of the worst
monstrous to the rotten core
a servant of the devil himself
when you look at me
any fool could see
that i am genuinely
the elegant child
of blasphemy
#crowcalls
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
that's me
the #abomination
the worst of the worst
monstrous to the rotten core
a servant of the devil himself
when you look at me
any fool could see
that i am genuinely
the elegant child
of blasphemy
#crowcalls
the #abomination
the worst of the worst
monstrous to the rotten core
a servant of the devil himself
when you look at me
any fool could see
that i am genuinely
the elegant child
of blasphemy
#crowcalls