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My short #horror story 'Needles' recently fell out of print, so it's up on my blog if anyone would like a read. It's based on the true story of Kitty Hudson, dubbed 'the human pin cushion', an early patient at the now defunct Nottingham General Hospital in 1783. cwreeve.com/2026/04/22/n...

Wyrdlings! Metallica was founded on a #WyrdWednesday back in 1981 and Samhain is neigh upon us, so we give you in the spookiest of weeks: “Exit Light, Enter Night – Night Creatures, Wyrd Spells and Dark Tales” as this week’s topic! Come, sit and tell the scariest stories...

Supermarket Cat purveyor of pumpkins offers his selection

Next time I try to head north during a storm someone please remind me to do a DO NOT TRAVEL.

Mount Haguro, Yamagata, Japan

Don't forget that the time thief will be returning our stolen hour tonight, use it wisely! (Not applicable to all nations. Terms & conditions apply.)

being unobtainable is such a chore

because it is relevant to my work, I have tried very hard to educate myself on how AI works, be fair and measured in how I evaluate it, and regularly test new tools to confirm or debunk my priors and tbh AI haters are just nailing it with less work like 99% of the time. keep at it folks

someone left a Prouds catalogue on the coffee table and every time I walk past and glance at it I can feel my Nan who got through two depressions and migration take over my body and demand I insist upon something heavy and gold with links that can be cut & sold as needed in case things get bad again

Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer & written by Harry Kleiner, about a submarine crew which is shrunk to microscopic size and sent into the body of injured scientist Dr. Jan Benes to repair damage to his brain. Shenanigans ensue! #WyrdWednesday

"That night Carter camped in a roadside meadow beneath a great lygath-tree to which he tied his yak, and in the morning resumed his northward pilgrimage." (H.P. Lovecraft "The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath") 🎨 "Brehm's", 1891 #WyrdWednesday

We, too, would roam without a sail or steam, And to combat the boredom of our jail, Would stretch, like canvas on our souls a dream, Framed in horizons, of the seas you sail. What have you seen? - Charles Baudelaire, The Voyage (🎨Jean Vaber, 'Baudelaire Writing Les Fleurs de Mal') #WyrdWednesday

Good morning, wyrdlings! It's #WyrdWednesday again, and our theme this week is: “Suspension of Disbelief – Opium Dreams & Wyrd Voyages!” @cwreeve.bsky.social here, ready to share your posts. Come along and ride with me on a fantastic voyage!

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Ah my favorite Cryptids and legends

Wyrdlings! Even in our favourite season, we might be inclined to be elsewhere for a spell. So, for Coleridge’s birthday, we give you: “Suspension of Disbelief – Opium Dreams & Wyrd Voyages!” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come, sit & tell of strange matelots, pleasure domes & demon lovers!

SS Alkimos (WWll cargo vessel) is known as Australia’s "most cursed shipwreck." During salvage attempts mysterious fires, broken towlines, and freak accidents occured. A human skull was later found inside the hull. Local animals reportedly refuse to go near the shoreline. #SpookySunday B4 and now

Protest in Norwich tomorrow: 7pm Monday 19th October at Broadland Business Park. Residents fear it could harm neighbouring wildlife sites including Marston Marshes.

Birthday beats for Alan.

'Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!' -Emily Brontë Join #BookWormSat this Saturday for a day of Gothic Literature! 🎨Rovina Cai

Under The Silver Lake for Tax Purposes

subtly trying to spread the word in every day conversation that novellas are so back now that I’ve written a novella

Necromancy, a 1972 American supernatural horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles. The plot follows Cato, an enigmatic cult leader in a small California town who attempts to harness the powers of a local woman to resurrect his dead son. Look at that artwork! #WyrdWednesday

Wyrdlings! "But will they come when you do call for them?", Hotspur asked Welsh wizard Owain Glyndŵr. Wyrd mother @cwreeve.bsky.social and you proved that the spirits from the vasty deep did come when you called! @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social is now here to summon more with you. Let's do this!

#WyrdWednesday Occult film maker Kenneth Anger declared that Brian Jones was a witch. Unfortunately he was to lose the battle against the forces that assailed him. There are some that consider addiction a form of possession. (Photo of the Beggar's Banquet session, Michael Joseph, June 1968)

Necromancy, a 1972 American supernatural horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles. The plot follows Cato, an enigmatic cult leader in a small California town who attempts to harness the powers of a local woman to resurrect his dead son. Look at that artwork! #WyrdWednesday

Autumn Term 1934. Colwall Court School of Domestic Economy, Pages Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. #WyrdWednesday

Hubble, bubble, toil and all that jazz! Good morning, Wyrdlings, and welcome to this week's wynderfully #WyrdWednesday! The theme: “Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark Arts!” @cwreeve.bsky.social cooking up some magic this morning. Send me your posts to add to the pot! 👻🧙‍♀️

Wyrdlings! In the middle of everyone’s favourite season – witchy, wyrd, wynderful – we Mothers would be amiss if we did not give you: “Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark Arts!” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come and conjure tales of Necromancy, Bibliomancy and Anythingelsemancy!

Today's nightmare fuel: our Hardee's fries advertising statue. 🍟

Before dawn

This is a repost of my "three glasses of wine" story, first posted on the other site. Read on for all the sordid details:

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

“With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase.” - Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat #WyrdWednesday 🎨 by John Coulthart

Zombie Detective #WyrdWednesday

#WyrdWednesday “Sometimes they come back” The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs (1902) An elderly couple possess a talisman that will grant three wishes. They are warned there will be dire consequences if they use it. Foolishly they wish for money & receive it as compensation for the death of their son.

Good morning, wyrdlings! This #wyrdwednesday we are celebrating the birthday of Edgar Allen Poe, writer of mysteries & the macabre, with our theme: “Sometimes they come back – Return from the Great Beyond” @cwreeve.bsky.social here, ready to share your posts & reach our Edgar Allen Poe-tential!

Wyrdlings! "The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague”, Poe famously wrote and for the anniversary of his own death, we give you: “Sometimes they come back – Return from the Great Beyond” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come, tell tales of the living dead! 💀

These two 1st-2nd c. CE Roman marble theatrical masks represent comedy and Melpomene, muse of tragic theater. They were discovered in the peristyle of a ruined Roman villa of La Estación in Antequera, Spain. Note the little face of the actor behind the large open mouth of the comedy mask! 😆 🏺 📸 me

What do you think? Is this accurate? #horrorauthor #gothic #bakcrooms #horrormovies

Fluid wave pattern carpet staircase.

Open now! And totally was opened at the start of today... not at all late on getting that up. ... That's what she said. duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

‘To Where the Trees Grow Tall' by Anis Mojgani’ for #NationalPoetryDay aeon.co/videos/where... 🎥 by Kristian Melom

‘To Where the Trees Grow Tall' by Anis Mojgani’ for #NationalPoetryDay aeon.co/videos/where... 🎥 by Kristian Melom