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Michael Bettendorf
@beardedbetts.bsky.social
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Writer. Eater of Books. Lover of Comics. Library Tech. Drummer. Burrito enthusiast. He/Him husband. '23 Brave New Weird recipient, '25 Pushcart, '21 BOTN, & '21 BSF nominated. TRVE CVLT out now @Tenebrous Press. www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · Nov 7
Find my experimental black metal horror gamebook published by @tenebrouspress.bsky.social as well as my other links here:
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Michael Bettendorf Author | Linktree
Writer. Eater of Books. Lover of Comics. Library Tech. Drummer. Burrito slut.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3h
Hey! I know that guy!
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
A lovely piss patina 😅
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
Doing my damndest.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
About to do a Super Nintendo transplant and watch Blade on the PS2 as god intended.
Two super nintendos sit on a blue towel in the foreground. A Sony Trinitron is behind it, Blade plays on it.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
Y'all should go visit Lauren! Talk to her about books n music n have her sign her new book!
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Lauren Bolger @renbolger.bsky.social · 1d
This is today! Come say hi if you’re near Algonquin. I love this Barnes & Noble. It’s my local one. 💜
Event Details IN STORE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025 11:00 AM CT Book Signing with author Lauren Bolger ABOUT THIS EVENT Thiller/Horror author Lauren Bolger will be in store (from 11-1) signing copies of her newest book, The Barre Incidents.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
I was a college freshman when this game came out and I remember both my roommate and I really hating this boss. The online multiplayer of KZ2 was relentless. Not particularly fast-paced. Rations/munitions were sparse. Made for really strategic play. Frigging loved it.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
I think my guess would be 5' 5" ish. That's just what my gut says.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 1d
hahaha
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d
Yooo congrats Alex!
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d
Visit these charming and sleep deprived weirdos! 💀💜🤘
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Tenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2d
We’ve got books! We’ve got New Weird Horror books! (And we’ve got five days straight of chronic insomnia but we swear it’s just making us charming and hilarious and not a lifeless husk).
Join us in the Void🖤☠️
@voidcon.bsky.social
Tenebrous table, NOW WITH BOOKS
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d
Oh yeah, screw prime day (unless you're supporting the indie authors who rely on it) and buy from mom n pop shops, indie publishers directly, bandcamp artists, etc.

Also, libraries exist.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d
@voidcon.bsky.social Dammit! Go visit! Cool folks are there. I am missing y'all from afar. Be cool. Be weird. Be kind. Be one with the void. Melt into the scenery. Collapse into yourself. Embrace the abyss. 💀💜🤘
A bearded doofus with orange glasses, gray hoody gray beanie, and beige Voidcon shirt staring wantonly at the Camera.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 2d
@voidcon.bsky.social Dammit! Go visit! Cool folks are there. I am missing y'all from afar. Be cool. Be weird. Be kind. Be one with the void. Melt into the scenery. Collapse into yourself. Embrace the abyss. 💀💜🤘
A bearded doofus with orange glasses, gray hoody gray beanie, and beige Voidcon shirt staring wantonly at the Camera.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Flowers won't be the only thing growing 😅
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Everything is slightly sweaty too 😅🥲
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
You just know the edges of the cheese are harder than they should be.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
AND @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social is going to be @voidcon.bsky.social - so be sure to check out his volume of Split Scream and pester him about Cerulean!
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Whooo! David's got a new release coming out soon! Super cool concept. Love the artwork. Can't wait!
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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · 3d
Coming this November!

Cerulean Sky is a story about absolution set in an America that’s been ravaged by a disease that turns people incorporeal.

It’s my love letter to The Stand!

polymathpress.com/products/cer...
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Whooo! David's got a new release coming out soon! Super cool concept. Love the artwork. Can't wait!
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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · 3d
Coming this November!

Cerulean Sky is a story about absolution set in an America that’s been ravaged by a disease that turns people incorporeal.

It’s my love letter to The Stand!

polymathpress.com/products/cer...
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
🌬 🍃

*DJ scratchin'*
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
The sky resembles a backlit canopy. With holes punched. In. It. 🥲
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Guess I'll go dig my toeesss into the saaaand.
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Great. Now Incubus is stuck in my head, Sasha.
(Me too, though. Me too 😅💜)
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Truly!
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Some of my favorite people on our miserable little planet are gonna be there. Go hang out. Go be weird (weird, not creepy). Go be kind. Have a fucking blast and lean into the void 💀💜🤘
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VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social · 4d
VOID
TOMORROW

SEE YOU SOON
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Always, always 😅
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Michael Bettendorf @beardedbetts.bsky.social · 3d
Been doing a lot more writing-related things than actual writing lately, but that's a-okay. It's often necessary. It's a nice break. Different kind of headspace. You know, schemin' n screamin'.
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