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Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Today's $2.99 spooky Kindle deal is Robert Westall's terrific collection of M.R. James-style ghost stories, ANTIQUE DUST (1989). Grab it today only at a bargain price: www.amazon.com/dp/B00SDHL1G...

Book cover: Antique Dust by Robert Westall

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

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Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 7h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 1d

"The web of influences upon OVER THE GARDEN WALL is vast, but everything coheres around a core of classical Americana, one rooted firmly in the northeast."

Young Goodman Wirt | Over the Garden Wall

The web of influences upon Over the Garden Wall is vast, but everything coheres around a core of classical Americana, one rooted firmly in the northeast.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to keep harping so excessively praise-ward, however charming my word-based selections of luscious verbiation may be, but SRSLY! This is a ¡¡free!! ¡¡book!!

You will literally pay *nothing* to be forever haunted by the image of a fourth-grader strolling down the street while snacking!

Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 4d

Includes my new story JAR OF ARMS.

Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 1d

sure you've seen the kat/newsnation ICE interview but have you seen @katmabu.bsky.social watching the kat/newsnation ICE interview

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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

We're giving this away for free, but if you're so inclined, please consider donating individually to one of the authors. We have a list right here: carsonwinter.com/we-will-spea...

We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower - The Official Page of Author Carson Winter

“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...

carsonwinter.com

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 2d

Re-boosting this bump for to additionally include the frightfully fun fact that there's a link to the original “The Red Tower” right in the introduction, so now you don't even have the excuse of not knowing the original story. It's RIGHT THERE! Read it! Then read the stories! #sheesh

Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 3d

Fun Fact: If Gavin Newsom were capable of rethinking and/or reconsidering his positions on trans and unhoused issues, he would not be Gavin Newsom.

Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom could be an incredible activist for progressive causes if he would rethink and reconsider his positions on trans and unhoused issues.

He alienates too many of us with his regressive shit.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"The money is amazing—he just gives it to you when you show up, and says, 'Here is the cash. Thanks, my faithful protesting employees. My name is George Soros. This is happening in real life, you are not dreaming, and this is not an insane lie your president is making up.'"

The Perks of Being a Professional Protester

George Soros is at every protest with a huge sack of cash. The money is amazing—he just gives it to you when you show up, and says, “Here is the ca...

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Not THAT Jeff Holland @theslumgullion.bsky.social · 3d

Two immortal alien stoners talking about the best thing KISS ever did.

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Hey look, it's Introduced by @factrat.bsky.social

"I'll Take Evil Transvestite Clowns for 1,000"

It's "Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park." It's introduced by a large talking rat. It's crap.

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 4d

Not just scary words, not just deeply unsettling words, not just words that will burrow into hidden recesses in your brainmeats whence therefrom they'll occasionally buck up to whisper unwelcome thoughts into your head, nay, these words are all that plus *free*, fun fact!

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 4d

Help #horror 💙📚 fans! I have a free anthology in need of readers!

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.

Reposts welcome!

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“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...

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Carson Winter @carsonwinter.bsky.social · 4d

COVER REVEAL AND RELEASE

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a tribute anthology of stories inspired by Thomas Ligotti’s “The Red Tower” and it’s out NOW: dl.bookfunnel.com/zum1k2dg9b

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 5d

Twenty-eight pages of Indigenous knife facts and suchlike plus also @sgj.bsky.social words and it's for $9? Yes please!

Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 5d

The Toasted Sister Podcast has this cool new zine out called FIRST BLADES: INDIGENOUS KNIFE STORIES, with a short piece by @sgj.bsky.social on the necessity of carrying a knife whenever possible (trust him). Only $9 postage included in the US! Order here:
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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 6d

Today is the official book birthday of NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, my latest book from Word Horde!

wordhorde.com/books/notes-...

The sell sheet for NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND.

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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 11d

I wasn't surprised that my post about not loving the Golden Age sci-fi writers got a lot of... engagement. 😅

What *did* surprise me was that when I casually mentioned that Ray Bradbury was the lone exception, a ton of great writers chimed in to echo that sentiment.

So I dug deeper into why.

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why do we still like Ray Bradbury?

Greetings, fellow undercover artists embedded in the apocalypse! It's a funny business, connecting with other covert operatives across time and space. Tracking what holds true and what changes. What ...

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Oh yeah, then there was that one time my ever-patient Fdot accompanied me¹ to see THE BLACK RIDER in San Francisco. Heee-yikes, so eye-crogglingly amazing, stark German expressionism right all up live in your face!
#TomWaitsWuv
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1. It's only fair, he dragged me to see Rush twice, fun fact.

Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Plus don't forget Tom Waits’ ever-iconic acting!! Whether he's doing sit-ups out a truck window, eating bugs, inventing non-lethal weapons, celebrating the scream-worthiness of ice cream, or just helping a coupla wristcutters get a second chance, he always shines, fun fact.
#TomWaitsWuv #Films

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: One time I was hanging out in a food room savoring a lovely vegetarian lasagna, thus all should have been chill, and yet!, a vague sense of dread lingered lurkingly in the air. Eventually, I realized one of the caterers had BLOOD MONEY quietly playing from under a table.
#TomWaitsWuv

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: Perhaps you've encountered some of these insects in your communities, displaying both their predatory and defense characteristics while embedded within the walls of flesh, and passing for what is most commonly recognized as human.
#TomWaitsWuv #ArmyAnts

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: Now, your Uncle Emmett... well, he drives a Thunderbird. It used to belong to your Aunt Evelyn. Now, she... she ruined it. Drove it to Indiana with no gear oil. That was the end of that!
#TomWaitsWuv #ThePontiac

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: “Cemetery Polka” is the audio equivalent of a delightfully gruesome chapbook by Charles Addams or Edward Gorey. Hey, who's that guy I started following recently, that Grickle guy, he could nail the vibe, he could! @grickle.bsky.social, that's the one!
#TomWaitsWuv
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Tom Waits - Cemetery Polka Live (1985)

YouTube video by AnimeFanatic5602

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

Fun Fact: Nobody but Tom Waits can whirl-a-gig together a farrago of apparently random nouns and adjectives into what sounds like it's just gotta be the lost vocabulary of a way cool demimonde that, fictional though it may be, you regret never encountering.
#TomWaitsWuv

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Webberly Rattenkraft @factrat.bsky.social · 8d

My introduction to Tom Waits: The late ’80s! I'm persuaded to attend an anti-nuke protest at the Nevada Test Site, cuz I guess mutant rats imply the dangers of radiation? Anyways, teal dear, got overwhelmed, mostly stayed tent-bound, curled up around a boombox, playing RAIN DOGS over and over. #wuv

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