Jackson Kadath
@jacksonkadath.bsky.social
A dabbler in writing, mostly sci-fi and horror.
I watched as the young man's blood drained into goblets, and my father approached the dais. He spoke some unintelligible words to the wizard priest, before raising his hands aloft.
My father, master of ceremonies at this grotesque masquerade, looked at me as he drank.
#GrimScribe
My father, master of ceremonies at this grotesque masquerade, looked at me as he drank.
#GrimScribe
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I watched as the young man's blood drained into goblets, and my father approached the dais. He spoke some unintelligible words to the wizard priest, before raising his hands aloft.
My father, master of ceremonies at this grotesque masquerade, looked at me as he drank.
#GrimScribe
My father, master of ceremonies at this grotesque masquerade, looked at me as he drank.
#GrimScribe
I recoiled from the wretched festival. Green flame burst forth from a column near the wizard priests head, and the horrible chanting resumed.
I raised my sword, knowing what I must do. I was about to leap from the shadows, when a hand grabbed the hilt.
It was my father's hand.
#GrimScribe
I raised my sword, knowing what I must do. I was about to leap from the shadows, when a hand grabbed the hilt.
It was my father's hand.
#GrimScribe
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I recoiled from the wretched festival. Green flame burst forth from a column near the wizard priests head, and the horrible chanting resumed.
I raised my sword, knowing what I must do. I was about to leap from the shadows, when a hand grabbed the hilt.
It was my father's hand.
#GrimScribe
I raised my sword, knowing what I must do. I was about to leap from the shadows, when a hand grabbed the hilt.
It was my father's hand.
#GrimScribe
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Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Most economists agree that by age 50, you should:
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
- own at least one magic sword
- get advice from an enchanted bear skull
- be covered by a thin layer of moss & lichen
- disappear into a malevolent fog once a month
- become a creature of myth & legend in the old forest
"Come, come, Commander. They say you are most #skilled in such matters."
"Mr. President, no one is talented enough."
"How is it different from ship folding?"
"Size. You want me to fold a planet. The calculations alone would take years. Do we have years?"
"We have 3 days."
#vss365 #scifisat
"Mr. President, no one is talented enough."
"How is it different from ship folding?"
"Size. You want me to fold a planet. The calculations alone would take years. Do we have years?"
"We have 3 days."
#vss365 #scifisat
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Bubble #transport's old hack these days. The only place it's still really used is Bradbury 7, which doesn't have an active portal network."
"Correct."
"Then why does Her Holiness need...oh."
"And if I can't buy from you, I'm ordered to get one from Aldebaran."
"The Corsairs?"
#vss365 #scifisat
"Correct."
"Then why does Her Holiness need...oh."
"And if I can't buy from you, I'm ordered to get one from Aldebaran."
"The Corsairs?"
#vss365 #scifisat
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"Bubble #transport's old hack these days. The only place it's still really used is Bradbury 7, which doesn't have an active portal network."
"Correct."
"Then why does Her Holiness need...oh."
"And if I can't buy from you, I'm ordered to get one from Aldebaran."
"The Corsairs?"
#vss365 #scifisat
"Correct."
"Then why does Her Holiness need...oh."
"And if I can't buy from you, I'm ordered to get one from Aldebaran."
"The Corsairs?"
#vss365 #scifisat
We wait. We wait as the sunlight slowly dips beneath the horizon, waiting for the festivities to begin. Call it Samhain or #Halloween, this mystical night holds reflection, promise, candy, movies, and for a lucky few, the long road to immortality.
#vss365 #scribtober
#vss365 #scribtober
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We wait. We wait as the sunlight slowly dips beneath the horizon, waiting for the festivities to begin. Call it Samhain or #Halloween, this mystical night holds reflection, promise, candy, movies, and for a lucky few, the long road to immortality.
#vss365 #scribtober
#vss365 #scribtober
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#vss365 #prompt #Halloween
“Stop talking.”
He looked confused. “I thought you’d be impressed I know the name of the holiday. If I want to call it Sa-“
“For the love of the gods, just say Halloween.”
“But-“
I growled, “If you mispronounce Samhain again, I’ll rip your tongue out of your head.”
“Stop talking.”
He looked confused. “I thought you’d be impressed I know the name of the holiday. If I want to call it Sa-“
“For the love of the gods, just say Halloween.”
“But-“
I growled, “If you mispronounce Samhain again, I’ll rip your tongue out of your head.”
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#vss365 #prompt #Halloween
“Stop talking.”
He looked confused. “I thought you’d be impressed I know the name of the holiday. If I want to call it Sa-“
“For the love of the gods, just say Halloween.”
“But-“
I growled, “If you mispronounce Samhain again, I’ll rip your tongue out of your head.”
“Stop talking.”
He looked confused. “I thought you’d be impressed I know the name of the holiday. If I want to call it Sa-“
“For the love of the gods, just say Halloween.”
“But-“
I growled, “If you mispronounce Samhain again, I’ll rip your tongue out of your head.”
We lay in the field, as the plague doctor danced around us, flashing his crow-skull talisman. His followers chanted in one voice, "noooosssferatu...NoooosFeratu...NOOOSFERATU!"
The moon hid behind the clouds. Our hands clasped together, as the doctor cackled.
Then came the thirst.
#scribtober
The moon hid behind the clouds. Our hands clasped together, as the doctor cackled.
Then came the thirst.
#scribtober
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We lay in the field, as the plague doctor danced around us, flashing his crow-skull talisman. His followers chanted in one voice, "noooosssferatu...NoooosFeratu...NOOOSFERATU!"
The moon hid behind the clouds. Our hands clasped together, as the doctor cackled.
Then came the thirst.
#scribtober
The moon hid behind the clouds. Our hands clasped together, as the doctor cackled.
Then came the thirst.
#scribtober
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Night time is the right time to relax.
Night time is the right time for love.
Night time is the right time to shamble in the shadows.
Night time is the right time to unfurl your great black wings and soar over the wildlands and under the dim light of stars.
Night time is the right time for love.
Night time is the right time to shamble in the shadows.
Night time is the right time to unfurl your great black wings and soar over the wildlands and under the dim light of stars.
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Night time is the right time to relax.
Night time is the right time for love.
Night time is the right time to shamble in the shadows.
Night time is the right time to unfurl your great black wings and soar over the wildlands and under the dim light of stars.
Night time is the right time for love.
Night time is the right time to shamble in the shadows.
Night time is the right time to unfurl your great black wings and soar over the wildlands and under the dim light of stars.
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My sisters & I invited a few men to our ‘Dog Days Festival’ that summer.
‘Celebrating the #heliacal rising of Sirius, characterised by heat, madness & hunger?’ one keen scholar asked on arrival.
I locked the gate behind him, my fur already sprouting.
‘Partly,’ I said & howled at the sun. #vss365
‘Celebrating the #heliacal rising of Sirius, characterised by heat, madness & hunger?’ one keen scholar asked on arrival.
I locked the gate behind him, my fur already sprouting.
‘Partly,’ I said & howled at the sun. #vss365
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ALT: a close up of a wolf 's face with picmix written on the bottom right
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October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The witch took her hands off the patient's body.
"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."
"The doctor-"
"Said you must be either man or woman?"
"That it's black or white, no grey."
"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."
"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."
"The doctor-"
"Said you must be either man or woman?"
"That it's black or white, no grey."
"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The witch took her hands off the patient's body.
"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."
"The doctor-"
"Said you must be either man or woman?"
"That it's black or white, no grey."
"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."
"First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you."
"The doctor-"
"Said you must be either man or woman?"
"That it's black or white, no grey."
"Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."
Bradbury 7 produces a whiskey like none other. It's said that drinking it neat opened the mind to other dimensions. Drinking it on the rocks made you run for priest of an vampire egg cult, and those were the weirdest elections ever.
#scifisat
#scifisat
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bradbury 7 produces a whiskey like none other. It's said that drinking it neat opened the mind to other dimensions. Drinking it on the rocks made you run for priest of an vampire egg cult, and those were the weirdest elections ever.
#scifisat
#scifisat
"Death is only the beginning...the beginning...the beginning!"
I awoke, covered in sweat. 10 years since my last night #terror. I thought they were behind me.
Was that my grandfather? I only knew him from photographs. And a Black Mass?
What's that noise? My sister's knocking at the door.
#vss365
I awoke, covered in sweat. 10 years since my last night #terror. I thought they were behind me.
Was that my grandfather? I only knew him from photographs. And a Black Mass?
What's that noise? My sister's knocking at the door.
#vss365
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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“Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young.”
- The Return of the King
- The Return of the King
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a god of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young.”
- The Return of the King
- The Return of the King
An #unearthly quiet settled over the land, as I approached the tomb at twilight. A red mist came up from the ground around my legs, and he appeared.
And we started to fly, and he whispered, "I'm not the reaper. Come with me and never die!"
#vss365 #scribtober #VssMystery
And we started to fly, and he whispered, "I'm not the reaper. Come with me and never die!"
#vss365 #scribtober #VssMystery
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
An #unearthly quiet settled over the land, as I approached the tomb at twilight. A red mist came up from the ground around my legs, and he appeared.
And we started to fly, and he whispered, "I'm not the reaper. Come with me and never die!"
#vss365 #scribtober #VssMystery
And we started to fly, and he whispered, "I'm not the reaper. Come with me and never die!"
#vss365 #scribtober #VssMystery
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Old Romanian legends said the strigoi could change shape, becoming dogs or wolves before transforming fully into vampires. Modern stories turned them into enemies, but they began as shadows of the same curse. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Devforest
Art: Devforest
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Old Romanian legends said the strigoi could change shape, becoming dogs or wolves before transforming fully into vampires. Modern stories turned them into enemies, but they began as shadows of the same curse. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Devforest
Art: Devforest
Most didn't perceive it in any way, but some of us heard the #undertone, calling us to the night and the life therein. Some ran, but others of us embraced the darkness to the full. My sister became the Great Witch Undying, and I turned into the King of All Vampires.
#vss365 #Scribtober #VssMagic
#vss365 #Scribtober #VssMagic
October 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Most didn't perceive it in any way, but some of us heard the #undertone, calling us to the night and the life therein. Some ran, but others of us embraced the darkness to the full. My sister became the Great Witch Undying, and I turned into the King of All Vampires.
#vss365 #Scribtober #VssMagic
#vss365 #Scribtober #VssMagic
Datheron 4's annual snowfall resembled #ash. It only occurred for the month of Guneraz (OE July). Tourists came there for a few days, until the awe wore off.
Those who made their home there (colonists and natives) celebrated the high days of Guneraz with food and sex.
#vss365
Those who made their home there (colonists and natives) celebrated the high days of Guneraz with food and sex.
#vss365
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I join my #associate in the booth at the diner on the wrong side of town.
"Were you followed?"
I nodded. "3 hunters; they called to a 4th."
"And?"
"Dispatched the 3 with ease. The other one, though, had some skill. That's how I got these scars. Not healing."
"You need some blood."
#vss365
"Were you followed?"
I nodded. "3 hunters; they called to a 4th."
"And?"
"Dispatched the 3 with ease. The other one, though, had some skill. That's how I got these scars. Not healing."
"You need some blood."
#vss365
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I join my #associate in the booth at the diner on the wrong side of town.
"Were you followed?"
I nodded. "3 hunters; they called to a 4th."
"And?"
"Dispatched the 3 with ease. The other one, though, had some skill. That's how I got these scars. Not healing."
"You need some blood."
#vss365
"Were you followed?"
I nodded. "3 hunters; they called to a 4th."
"And?"
"Dispatched the 3 with ease. The other one, though, had some skill. That's how I got these scars. Not healing."
"You need some blood."
#vss365
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Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."
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He presses play, and the Moonlight Sonata begins.
He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.
Her ghost appears.
A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.
It clatters on the floor. She is gone.
The music stops.
#SciFanSat #vss #sff
He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.
Her ghost appears.
A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.
It clatters on the floor. She is gone.
The music stops.
#SciFanSat #vss #sff
October 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
He presses play, and the Moonlight Sonata begins.
He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.
Her ghost appears.
A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.
It clatters on the floor. She is gone.
The music stops.
#SciFanSat #vss #sff
He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.
Her ghost appears.
A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.
It clatters on the floor. She is gone.
The music stops.
#SciFanSat #vss #sff