Anthony Roberts
@anthonyhroberts.bsky.social
A Writer of Dark Fiction, Book Fiend, Evil Cat Lover, Proud Tsalagi in Aotearoa NZ, Native Voices, Dystopian Vibes, Poe, Wells, Jackson, Matheson, King, SG Jones, Bazterrica. I’m old school horrific. DMs iffy. 🪶🖤🔪🐈⬛🦇🪓🐀📚 www.anthonyhrobertsauthor.com
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Aurealis #182 — Aurealis
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I have a story in Aurealis, Australia's Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine. (Issue #182) "Land of the Long Black Cloud" is set in Wellington, NZ, 160 years from now. This Oklahoma Cherokee never imagined he'd be writing down-under SciFi. "God is Change." O. Butler aurealis.com.au/store/aureal...
Wellington on a damn fine day. The view from the back yard, a few steps into the bush. #homeview #photo #wellingtonnz
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wellington on a damn fine day. The view from the back yard, a few steps into the bush. #homeview #photo #wellingtonnz
I'm at my writing desk and hear a muffled scream. It's my 21 year-old son shouting from downstairs. I fly across the house, down the stairs, and bang on his bathroom door.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
"What?"
"I HEARD SCREAMS!"
"Singing, Dad. It's just me singing in the shower."
"Oh. OK... Carry on."
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"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
"What?"
"I HEARD SCREAMS!"
"Singing, Dad. It's just me singing in the shower."
"Oh. OK... Carry on."
💙😱🎥
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm at my writing desk and hear a muffled scream. It's my 21 year-old son shouting from downstairs. I fly across the house, down the stairs, and bang on his bathroom door.
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
"What?"
"I HEARD SCREAMS!"
"Singing, Dad. It's just me singing in the shower."
"Oh. OK... Carry on."
💙😱🎥
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT?"
"What?"
"I HEARD SCREAMS!"
"Singing, Dad. It's just me singing in the shower."
"Oh. OK... Carry on."
💙😱🎥
Had a read of Robert Bloch's classic "Psycho" from 1959. All the bones are there for Alfred Hitchcock's film. IMO: Anthony Perkins made a far superior Norman than the schluby character in the book. A rare case of the movie is better? 💙📚😱🎥 #horrorfiction #classichorror #horrorfan
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Had a read of Robert Bloch's classic "Psycho" from 1959. All the bones are there for Alfred Hitchcock's film. IMO: Anthony Perkins made a far superior Norman than the schluby character in the book. A rare case of the movie is better? 💙📚😱🎥 #horrorfiction #classichorror #horrorfan
Off of my deck is a stone staircase that leads up into the bush. The farther you go, the wilder it gets. At the top is an overgrown greenhouse. Nobody’s been up there for years. I’m curious but not that curious. I’ve read horror stories. I know how they start. #darkfiction #horrorfan #newzealand
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Off of my deck is a stone staircase that leads up into the bush. The farther you go, the wilder it gets. At the top is an overgrown greenhouse. Nobody’s been up there for years. I’m curious but not that curious. I’ve read horror stories. I know how they start. #darkfiction #horrorfan #newzealand
Life-long horror fan. Since 1987, my favourite vampire movie has been NEAR DARK towering far above the rest. It now has a companion in SINNERS. Damn. What a terrific horror movie. THAT is how it's done! 💙🎥 💙😱 #horrormovies #vampires #horrorfan #theblues #chicago #mississippidelta
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Life-long horror fan. Since 1987, my favourite vampire movie has been NEAR DARK towering far above the rest. It now has a companion in SINNERS. Damn. What a terrific horror movie. THAT is how it's done! 💙🎥 💙😱 #horrormovies #vampires #horrorfan #theblues #chicago #mississippidelta
"She, Laura Willowes, in England, in the year 1922, had entered into a compact with the Devil. The compact was made, and affirmed, and sealed with the round red seal of her blood.” 🖤💙📚😱📚
I'm gonna have to read this now. Thank you, @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
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I'm gonna have to read this now. Thank you, @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
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“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s *Lolly Willowes* (1926)
A novel about a woman who throws off the yoke of patriarchy to become a witch.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"She, Laura Willowes, in England, in the year 1922, had entered into a compact with the Devil. The compact was made, and affirmed, and sealed with the round red seal of her blood.” 🖤💙📚😱📚
I'm gonna have to read this now. Thank you, @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
publicdomainreview.org/collection/l...
I'm gonna have to read this now. Thank you, @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
publicdomainreview.org/collection/l...
Oh man, you don’t know you need it so desperately until you see it. Raven atop the Christmas tree. Be still, my shuddering black heart. 🖤🖤🖤 #christmasgloom #horrorfan
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Oh man, you don’t know you need it so desperately until you see it. Raven atop the Christmas tree. Be still, my shuddering black heart. 🖤🖤🖤 #christmasgloom #horrorfan
7:57 am. Aotearoa NZ, somewhere near the Cook Strait. ALL CATS ON DECK! WHISKER WATCH IN EFFECT! 💙🐈⬛ #cats #catsoftheworld #catlover #catsofnewzealand
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
7:57 am. Aotearoa NZ, somewhere near the Cook Strait. ALL CATS ON DECK! WHISKER WATCH IN EFFECT! 💙🐈⬛ #cats #catsoftheworld #catlover #catsofnewzealand
FRANKENSTEIN. James Whale's "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" are the classics but Guillermo Del Toro's film earns its place in the House of Frankenstein. It's opulent, violent, gorgeous, and gothic AF. Hopefully, it inspires some viewers to read Mary Shelley's brilliant novel. #horrorfan
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
FRANKENSTEIN. James Whale's "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" are the classics but Guillermo Del Toro's film earns its place in the House of Frankenstein. It's opulent, violent, gorgeous, and gothic AF. Hopefully, it inspires some viewers to read Mary Shelley's brilliant novel. #horrorfan
The Dark Lords have laid their cursed hands upon me. $2 at a local thrift shop for a book that’s been on my list for years. I rise from the shadows victorious. 🖤😱💙📚 #horrorbooks #darkfiction #horrorlover
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Dark Lords have laid their cursed hands upon me. $2 at a local thrift shop for a book that’s been on my list for years. I rise from the shadows victorious. 🖤😱💙📚 #horrorbooks #darkfiction #horrorlover
Joyce Carol Oates can write brilliantly about anything (and does). 'Zombie' is that quiet dude that lives down the block. You think he's weird. You have no idea. I won't say I enjoyed 'Zombie' but it took me places. Not good places, but places. Do your thang, JCO. 🙌🖤 #horrorfan #darkfiction 📚😱📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Joyce Carol Oates can write brilliantly about anything (and does). 'Zombie' is that quiet dude that lives down the block. You think he's weird. You have no idea. I won't say I enjoyed 'Zombie' but it took me places. Not good places, but places. Do your thang, JCO. 🙌🖤 #horrorfan #darkfiction 📚😱📚💙
Penny Dreadful and Hannibal. RIP. Still in mourning. The darkest and most despicable sin is that these two shows didn't have long runs when scads of 'Hormone Island' abominations play 24/7. The horror... the horror. 🔥🔥🔥 #horrorfan #darkfiction #horrortv #evagreen #madsmikkelsen
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Penny Dreadful and Hannibal. RIP. Still in mourning. The darkest and most despicable sin is that these two shows didn't have long runs when scads of 'Hormone Island' abominations play 24/7. The horror... the horror. 🔥🔥🔥 #horrorfan #darkfiction #horrortv #evagreen #madsmikkelsen
‘The Willows’ by Algernon Blackwood. A classic short story deserving of its reputation. The gloomy atmosphere and creeping dread warms my dark little heart. Absolutely loved it. 🖤🖤🖤🖤💙📚 #shortstories #classichorror #darkfiction #algernonblackwood #legend
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
‘The Willows’ by Algernon Blackwood. A classic short story deserving of its reputation. The gloomy atmosphere and creeping dread warms my dark little heart. Absolutely loved it. 🖤🖤🖤🖤💙📚 #shortstories #classichorror #darkfiction #algernonblackwood #legend
It's been a hectic three years on the Utaina team but this most important work has been completed. Don't know your past, can't know your future. I take a lot of pride in what the team accomplished. #digitalarchives #culturalheritage #newzealand #audiovisual #history www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/18/p...
Project to preserve 400,000 audio-visual files nears completion
"It's the first step in unlocking this kind of material so that future generations of New Zealanders have access to it," National Library Chief Librarian Jess Moran said.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's been a hectic three years on the Utaina team but this most important work has been completed. Don't know your past, can't know your future. I take a lot of pride in what the team accomplished. #digitalarchives #culturalheritage #newzealand #audiovisual #history www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/18/p...
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Following intense press coverage and ongoing developments within the Royal Family, Nobody’s Girl, the posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Guiffre has seen a 49.4% boost in sales and has ascended to the top of the Official UK Top 50 👇 #BookSky
Virginia Roberts Guiffre takes the crown: Nobody’s Girl takes top spot
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November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Following intense press coverage and ongoing developments within the Royal Family, Nobody’s Girl, the posthumous memoir by Virginia Roberts Guiffre has seen a 49.4% boost in sales and has ascended to the top of the Official UK Top 50 👇 #BookSky
#PoemofTheDay
Obligations 2
BY LAYLI LONG SOLDIER #nativevoices #nativevibes #poetry
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Obligations 2
BY LAYLI LONG SOLDIER #nativevoices #nativevibes #poetry
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Obligations 2
As we embrace resist the future the present the past we work we struggle we begi...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One more treat for Halloween. 🎃 I finally got around to watching "The Witchfinder General" starring the always entertaining Vincent Price. This short story was written with his scowling visage in mind. 🖤📚😱🎥 #horrorstory #horrormovie #vincentprice www.anthonyhrobertsauthor.com/post/there-s...
There's Got To Be A Morning After... Halloween.
The trick'r'treaters have come and gone. Toilet paper hangs in ghostly ribbons from the branches of the old oak tree. You sit in your lounge with a large bowl of left-over candy in your lap and wish H...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
One more treat for Halloween. 🎃 I finally got around to watching "The Witchfinder General" starring the always entertaining Vincent Price. This short story was written with his scowling visage in mind. 🖤📚😱🎥 #horrorstory #horrormovie #vincentprice www.anthonyhrobertsauthor.com/post/there-s...
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NATIVES WHO LOVE HORROR FROM MYSELF AND @grimnative.bsky.social
shouts to the amazing @johnniejae.bsky.social for trusting me with this and I'm excited to see the community we can build and things we can create!
shouts to the amazing @johnniejae.bsky.social for trusting me with this and I'm excited to see the community we can build and things we can create!
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NATIVES WHO LOVE HORROR FROM MYSELF AND @grimnative.bsky.social
shouts to the amazing @johnniejae.bsky.social for trusting me with this and I'm excited to see the community we can build and things we can create!
shouts to the amazing @johnniejae.bsky.social for trusting me with this and I'm excited to see the community we can build and things we can create!
Dark Greetings and Happy Halloween! 🎃 It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And the truth of it is, If You Have Ghosts, Then You Have Everything! 🖤😱👻 #halloween2025 #rokyerickson #horrorfan #halloweenmusic youtu.be/vCFwY6ISEMs?...
Ghost - If You Have Ghosts (Live Acoustic) | HardDrive Online
YouTube video by HardDrive Radio
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October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Dark Greetings and Happy Halloween! 🎃 It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And the truth of it is, If You Have Ghosts, Then You Have Everything! 🖤😱👻 #halloween2025 #rokyerickson #horrorfan #halloweenmusic youtu.be/vCFwY6ISEMs?...
I won a free copy of Tāme Wairere Iti’s memoir, MANA, from the ReadingRoom. Absolutely stoked (and thankful) to receive this work of a lifetime. ❤️You can read my entry in the ReadingRoom newsletter. 💙📚🇳🇿 #activism #firstpeoples #maori #tameiti #memior newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/31/t...
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I won a free copy of Tāme Wairere Iti’s memoir, MANA, from the ReadingRoom. Absolutely stoked (and thankful) to receive this work of a lifetime. ❤️You can read my entry in the ReadingRoom newsletter. 💙📚🇳🇿 #activism #firstpeoples #maori #tameiti #memior newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/31/t...
Dark greetings. My son is a math major at Uni and going to a monster party as one of the worst historical representatives in his field. 🎃 #halloween #modernmonsters #twoleggedmonsters
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Dark greetings. My son is a math major at Uni and going to a monster party as one of the worst historical representatives in his field. 🎃 #halloween #modernmonsters #twoleggedmonsters
Dark Greetings! It’s Halloween in Aotearoa. Tonight is the Night of the Vampire. Listen to Roky Erickson ‘s masterpiece LP - The Evil One. The soundtrack for Halloween everyday. #monsters ##vampires #demons #ghosts #madness #classicrock #rokyErickson ://youtu.be/NqRdqw0VDXw?si=C-p2sO-dnidUhcQe
Roky Erickson - Night of the Vampire
YouTube video by PhsycadelicRock
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October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Dark Greetings! It’s Halloween in Aotearoa. Tonight is the Night of the Vampire. Listen to Roky Erickson ‘s masterpiece LP - The Evil One. The soundtrack for Halloween everyday. #monsters ##vampires #demons #ghosts #madness #classicrock #rokyErickson ://youtu.be/NqRdqw0VDXw?si=C-p2sO-dnidUhcQe
@alixmiddlec.bsky.social that first and last paragraph of Hill House is my favourite bit of dark prose. Best open ever. 🖤
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@alixmiddlec.bsky.social that first and last paragraph of Hill House is my favourite bit of dark prose. Best open ever. 🖤