Caleb Reed
@thecalebreed.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Writer of Line & Verse — campus fiction, Gen-X nostalgia, and the messy beauty of growing up twice. Horror lists, essays, and stories at thecalebreed.com.
Some stories don’t fit inside another essay.
They need their own structure.
This one has twenty-five doors.
Stay tuned for a new Essay tonight!
www.thecalebreed.com
They need their own structure.
This one has twenty-five doors.
Stay tuned for a new Essay tonight!
www.thecalebreed.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some stories don’t fit inside another essay.
They need their own structure.
This one has twenty-five doors.
Stay tuned for a new Essay tonight!
www.thecalebreed.com
They need their own structure.
This one has twenty-five doors.
Stay tuned for a new Essay tonight!
www.thecalebreed.com
Chapter 17 — Spring Break is live for paid subscribers.
Ethan steps away from Westmore, and the distance forces everything into focus.
Free for everyone tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. ET.
Read here → www.thecalebreed.com/p/chapter-xv...
Ethan steps away from Westmore, and the distance forces everything into focus.
Free for everyone tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. ET.
Read here → www.thecalebreed.com/p/chapter-xv...
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Chapter 17 — Spring Break is live for paid subscribers.
Ethan steps away from Westmore, and the distance forces everything into focus.
Free for everyone tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. ET.
Read here → www.thecalebreed.com/p/chapter-xv...
Ethan steps away from Westmore, and the distance forces everything into focus.
Free for everyone tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. ET.
Read here → www.thecalebreed.com/p/chapter-xv...
Monday reset: new fiction, new essay, less guilt about ignoring the weekend.
✏️ The Shift — a quiet chapter after the chaos at Westmore.
🕯 The Outsider’s Wound — on A Little Life and the performance of pain.
Read both at thecalebreed.com
✏️ The Shift — a quiet chapter after the chaos at Westmore.
🕯 The Outsider’s Wound — on A Little Life and the performance of pain.
Read both at thecalebreed.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Monday reset: new fiction, new essay, less guilt about ignoring the weekend.
✏️ The Shift — a quiet chapter after the chaos at Westmore.
🕯 The Outsider’s Wound — on A Little Life and the performance of pain.
Read both at thecalebreed.com
✏️ The Shift — a quiet chapter after the chaos at Westmore.
🕯 The Outsider’s Wound — on A Little Life and the performance of pain.
Read both at thecalebreed.com
Need last-minute Halloween watches that are more fun than good? Same.
🎞️ The Plastic Pumpkins & VHS — my list of campy 80s horror that raised a generation of latchkey kids.
Read it now → www.thecalebreed.com/p/plastic-pu...
#HorrorMovies #GenX #80s #CampHorror #VHS #HalloweenWeekend #MovieNight
🎞️ The Plastic Pumpkins & VHS — my list of campy 80s horror that raised a generation of latchkey kids.
Read it now → www.thecalebreed.com/p/plastic-pu...
#HorrorMovies #GenX #80s #CampHorror #VHS #HalloweenWeekend #MovieNight
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Need last-minute Halloween watches that are more fun than good? Same.
🎞️ The Plastic Pumpkins & VHS — my list of campy 80s horror that raised a generation of latchkey kids.
Read it now → www.thecalebreed.com/p/plastic-pu...
#HorrorMovies #GenX #80s #CampHorror #VHS #HalloweenWeekend #MovieNight
🎞️ The Plastic Pumpkins & VHS — my list of campy 80s horror that raised a generation of latchkey kids.
Read it now → www.thecalebreed.com/p/plastic-pu...
#HorrorMovies #GenX #80s #CampHorror #VHS #HalloweenWeekend #MovieNight
Tomorrow for paid readers — Chapter 14
The Shift
Winter settles over Westmore.
www.thecalebreed.com/s/lineandverse
The Shift
Winter settles over Westmore.
www.thecalebreed.com/s/lineandverse
October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tomorrow for paid readers — Chapter 14
The Shift
Winter settles over Westmore.
www.thecalebreed.com/s/lineandverse
The Shift
Winter settles over Westmore.
www.thecalebreed.com/s/lineandverse
Tonight for paid subscribers —
the Eli & Jason flashback.
"What they agreed never happened..."
Chapter 13 Brotherhood → now free.
Chapter 14 The Shift → Wednesday (paid).
And for something scary:
Caleb Reed’s Queer Horror Guide —
horror that gets it.
the Eli & Jason flashback.
"What they agreed never happened..."
Chapter 13 Brotherhood → now free.
Chapter 14 The Shift → Wednesday (paid).
And for something scary:
Caleb Reed’s Queer Horror Guide —
horror that gets it.
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Tonight for paid subscribers —
the Eli & Jason flashback.
"What they agreed never happened..."
Chapter 13 Brotherhood → now free.
Chapter 14 The Shift → Wednesday (paid).
And for something scary:
Caleb Reed’s Queer Horror Guide —
horror that gets it.
the Eli & Jason flashback.
"What they agreed never happened..."
Chapter 13 Brotherhood → now free.
Chapter 14 The Shift → Wednesday (paid).
And for something scary:
Caleb Reed’s Queer Horror Guide —
horror that gets it.
Brotherhood doesn’t always mean belonging.
Chapter 13 — Brotherhood is live: the aftermath of Hell Week at Westmore.
Read: thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #Substack #QueerFiction #90sCollege #LGBTQWriters
Chapter 13 — Brotherhood is live: the aftermath of Hell Week at Westmore.
Read: thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #Substack #QueerFiction #90sCollege #LGBTQWriters
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Brotherhood doesn’t always mean belonging.
Chapter 13 — Brotherhood is live: the aftermath of Hell Week at Westmore.
Read: thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #Substack #QueerFiction #90sCollege #LGBTQWriters
Chapter 13 — Brotherhood is live: the aftermath of Hell Week at Westmore.
Read: thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #Substack #QueerFiction #90sCollege #LGBTQWriters
Horror was never straight.
From Ryan Murphy’s Monster to lesbian vampires on Shudder, the 2025 Queer Horror Guide is live.
👉 www.thecalebreed.com/p/caleb-reed...
#QueerHorror #SpookySeason
From Ryan Murphy’s Monster to lesbian vampires on Shudder, the 2025 Queer Horror Guide is live.
👉 www.thecalebreed.com/p/caleb-reed...
#QueerHorror #SpookySeason
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Horror was never straight.
From Ryan Murphy’s Monster to lesbian vampires on Shudder, the 2025 Queer Horror Guide is live.
👉 www.thecalebreed.com/p/caleb-reed...
#QueerHorror #SpookySeason
From Ryan Murphy’s Monster to lesbian vampires on Shudder, the 2025 Queer Horror Guide is live.
👉 www.thecalebreed.com/p/caleb-reed...
#QueerHorror #SpookySeason
“Hell Week ends. Brotherhood begins.”
Chapter 13 – Brotherhood is free for everyone today.
thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerFiction #WritersOfX #SerializedStory
Chapter 13 – Brotherhood is free for everyone today.
thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerFiction #WritersOfX #SerializedStory
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Hell Week ends. Brotherhood begins.”
Chapter 13 – Brotherhood is free for everyone today.
thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerFiction #WritersOfX #SerializedStory
Chapter 13 – Brotherhood is free for everyone today.
thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerFiction #WritersOfX #SerializedStory
200 subscribers + 335 followers = 530 readers strong.
New on Caleb Reed this weekend ⤵️
🎓 Line & Verse – Chapter 12: Hell Week
🍺 House of Guinness
💾 Why I Ditched My Kindle
📕 Fellow Travelers
All live now → thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerLit #SubstackWriter #BannedBooks #WeekendReads
New on Caleb Reed this weekend ⤵️
🎓 Line & Verse – Chapter 12: Hell Week
🍺 House of Guinness
💾 Why I Ditched My Kindle
📕 Fellow Travelers
All live now → thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerLit #SubstackWriter #BannedBooks #WeekendReads
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
200 subscribers + 335 followers = 530 readers strong.
New on Caleb Reed this weekend ⤵️
🎓 Line & Verse – Chapter 12: Hell Week
🍺 House of Guinness
💾 Why I Ditched My Kindle
📕 Fellow Travelers
All live now → thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerLit #SubstackWriter #BannedBooks #WeekendReads
New on Caleb Reed this weekend ⤵️
🎓 Line & Verse – Chapter 12: Hell Week
🍺 House of Guinness
💾 Why I Ditched My Kindle
📕 Fellow Travelers
All live now → thecalebreed.com
#LineAndVerse #QueerLit #SubstackWriter #BannedBooks #WeekendReads