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W. Keith Tims

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Writer, Voice Actor, Director, Audio Drama Producer https://wkeithtims.com - https://alienghostrobot.com The Book of Constellations, The Love Talker, An Invisible Sun he/him

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · Mar 24

My spec-fic novel An Invisible Sun is now available in eBook & Audiobook format! And thanks to crowdpricing, you can get them free or cheap for a limited time!

Visit wkeithtims.com for details!

#scifi #sciencefiction #specfic #audiobook #ebook #fiction

The cover of the novel An Invisible Sun, which has eight triangles arranged in a circle to suggest the sun. A banner reads "Now an Audiobook & eBook". Website text: wkeithtims.com

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 17h

A balmy sunset;
From opposite sides of the road
Chickadees call.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

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🦉 Michael Schofield @schoeyfield.com · 18h

Audiodramats: "that's not #audiodrama enough."
Actual-players "that's not #actualplay enough."

Hot People: "I gave a 5 start review to THE YOUNG because I need summer-camp coming-of-age bipoc queer zombie horror in my life with good sound design and awesome players."

www.theyounghorror.com

The Young // A Horror Podcast | Michael Schofield | Substack

The Young is a coming-of-age actual play in which a strange sickness spreads through Nokomis County, Michigan, in the summer of '95 - the year Camp Whippoorwill closed for good. This is a horror story...

www.theyounghorror.com

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 6d

"If you've never had a black cloth bag pulled over your head, I don't recommend it...

... but the bag isn't just for me. It's also for them. With my face hidden, it's easier for them to pretend I'm not a person.

Which is why they put it on."

#ice #fascism #resist #loveeveryone

The Book of Constellations - Episode 12

Teaser for Episode 12 of The Book of Constellations, a narrated sci-fi audio drama available wherever you get podcasts. For more information, visit https://bookofconstellations.com

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 6d

A windy fall day;
Caught in the spider’s web—
Tufts of pampas grass.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 7d

If you have a #YouTube channel, they are rolling out an "Automatic Dubbing" feature. I'm concerned about how YouTube might use the voices in my videos to train or proliferate #AI, so I'm turning it off. You may wish to do the same. Here's how:

#audiofiction #audiodrama #aislop

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 7d

Five geese flying low
Across the orange dawn;
Early October.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 9d

After the rain,
Crows glide in one by one
To the same oak tree.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 14d

A still Fall morning.
At the top of the tree a Jay calls—
Buttermilk sky.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 16d

"But I'm a monster. They made me one, in these dark little rooms choked with fear and anger and despair. That's where we come from. Fed on secrets, fed on shame, until it's the only thing we have appetites for." -- from The Love Talker.

#audiodrama #audiofiction #horror

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 16d

Early autumn;
Again, the woodpecker raps
on the house wall.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 21d

👀

www.cmanthology.com/kickstarter
@cmanthology.com

#audiodrama #audiofiction #rpg #kickstarter

Coming soon: CARNACKI: BLOOD & AETHER AUDIO DRAMA & TABLETOP RPG

Dive into IMMERSIVE AUDIO DRAMA, SUPERNATURAL HORROR, & GAMING with the multi-award-winning podcast CURIOUS MATTER ANTHOLOGY'S SEASON 4

www.cmanthology.com

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 22d

Well. It’s a good thing something like this couldn’t happen again!

A Jangle of Accidents @ajangleofaccidents.bsky.social · 22d

My new comic takes a look at Horst Wessel, and how "martyrs" can be manufactured from nothing. #history #comic #webcomic #wwii

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 22d

When you write & sound design your own #audiofiction:

Me: So he fires 2 kinds of lasers at the gelatinous hellbeast while a marching band sails by on a dirigible.
Brain: You're going to design that?
Me: Fiddle-dee-dee. I can't think about that today! I'll worry about that tomorrow!

#audiodrama

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 23d

A quiet midnight.
Acorns strike the tin roof.
First day of autumn.

#poem #poetry #haiku #hokku #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 24d

I just supported the #audiofiction show "Am I Old Yet?" because, yeah, I think I am. 😔 It's a fun show and there's a cookbook! Check it out and consider supporting!

fnd.us/aioySeason12...

#audiodrama #fundraising #fiction #podcast

Am I Old Yet? Season 12 - the mini-series

Please support us as we dive into production for Season 12 of "Am I Old Yet?" audio fiction comedy/drama with a difference, in which an elderly woman attempts to negotiate life in the 21st c with humo...

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 25d

"Tell me I'm pretty."

#comedy #letterman #fcc #freespeech #1a #firstamendment

The FCC Calls Dave | David Letterman

YouTube video by Letterman

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 26d

I just backed Last Dance: A Dark Fantasy Audio Drama on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/las...

Check out Series 2 of Last Dance and help make it happen! @last-dance-media.bsky.social

#audiodrama #audiofiction #fantasy #fiction #podcast #crowdfunding

Last Dance: A Dark Fantasy Audio Drama

Last Dance is an award-nominated, epic, celtic fantasy raising funds for its second series. For fans of folklore, mystery and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 26d

Mid-September.
In the early morning sun: a spider
Repairing her web.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 27d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 27d

I just backed a new audiodrama Minus 219, a cool #scifi story. You should check it out and consider supporting!

#audiodrama #audiofiction #fundraising #fiction

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Minus 219 Arc One Crowdfund

Minus 219 is a sci-fi audio drama following a crew of 5 sent to explore the aquatic planet 15-DS3. | Check out 'Minus 219 Arc One Crowdfund' on Indiegogo.

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 28d

I just backed Harvey in Hell: A supernatural mystery podcast on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/har...

I interviewed Chris McClure long ago about Harvey Milkman. Consider supporting!

#audiodrama #audiofiction #mystery #fiction

Harvey in Hell: A supernatural mystery podcast

Three missing kids. One lake of fire.

www.kickstarter.com

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · 28d

September morning;
Two blue jays dive into the brush
Startling a bevy of doves.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · Sep 15

Mid-September morning.
One by one, deer cross the road.
Cricket song everywhere.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature

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W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · Sep 12

Noisy morning.
A plane circled. Mowers & leaf blowers. Cars leaving all at once.
Dogs barked from all directions, heard but not seen. No wildlife at all—

Except one foraging squirrel, who, perhaps aware of the shortening days, felt she could not afford to sit this one out.

#poetry #poem #nature

W. Keith Tims @wkeithtims.bsky.social · Sep 11

September morning.
Across the freshly mowed lawn
Footprints in the dew.

#haiku #hokku #poem #poetry #nature