J.D. Buffington

Once upon a time—long, long ago, long ago, a little while ago, right now, and tomorrow—a house was haunted, and no one knew why. The woman who built it held seances. The families through the years suffered and wondered. And a ghost hunter came with a machine and a crew seeking to solve the mystery.

I’ve been working for that boss most of my adult life.

Which tinpot dictator?

Halloween downer: “Double double, toil, and trouble…” all us nerds know is from MacBeth. Came up in natural conversation at work. Pulled up the quote, started reading aloud—until, “Oh yeah, Shakespeare was antisemitic…” 😬

The sitting president is in the Epstein files and scrambling democratic operations.

I live in deep red Oklahoma, the ads on TV are atrocious. In purple Tulsa, I have seen way more yard signs for the Dem Gov candidate than the R’s. I’ve seen more PAC ads than the R candidate’s. I would not be surprised if he still wins. Today I saw a “Vote Red” sign and just felt gross.

I wouldn’t say “fault,” but yes, that is how it works.

A Kzinti Borg!

Someone recut this audio to a supercut of 45 sleepin at his desk, at events, standing up…

Meanwhile none of us are getting raises because those ceos are raking in so much. I wouldn’t mind $4 gas if I wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck. Shouldn’t profits during a crisis be criminally investigated?

I would say Cheesecake is *elitist—in they charge too gd much for mediocre food by making overpriced novelty cheesecakes and a faux *Italian vibe painted on plastic columns. It’s where you go to spend a lot of money feeling fancy, but really getting ripped off. So—yeah, that’s what 45’s done to TWH.

Ride shares & door dashers is the scenario I think of, both for the driver’s protection/comfort and that of the others they’re serving. I’ve been masking since day one. I also work in print. Lots of paper and ink dust. I haven’t had much more than a head cold. Masking works. Shut up, Bobby Roadkill.

Tool’s Jambi, 3:57, but also the talk box hits right after that… ✊

I don’t advertise my audiobooks often because I can’t set (good) prices but they ARE from human voice actors. Julie Hoverson, Spencer Dillahey, Danny Randerson, and Benjamin Patrick—real people who get paid for their work. Support narrators and writers who create and perform for us all!

Teenage me cannot handle Paul Hollywood saying “self-saucing pud.”

Okay, it's out now so I can share! One of the Artworks I made for the Crossroads Folk Horror zine, Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes Watercolor on Arches 😈🎨🦇 Get a copy of the @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social zine here- it's fantastic :) ⬇️ crossroads-folkhorror.bigcartel.com/product/issu...

Bluesky says they’ve fixed this. That it was an error. Would they have fixed it if no one said anything? Stay vigilant.

Happy Friday, Gabino! My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber prone to deflecting his decaying sense of self with an absurd number of one-liners is still on sale! The silliest & most serious thing I've ever written steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... books2read.com/u/boB9YL

not a Halloween read per se, but plenty of gluttony and one helluva a read by T.W. Robbert. Audible book clocks in at just 5 hours and change. Check it out! a.co/d/0eTFvNfr thnx @gabino.bsky.social 🙌🖤🙌

Thanks Gabino! - THE HAND OF THE ARCHER 🦌🧟‍♀️ - NOISE ORDINANCE 👨🌳 are ON SALE throughout October! $2.99 & $0.99 and FREE on Kindle Unlimited! www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1PWB9JM www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYM8FMJC #horror #writers #halloween #indiebooks #read

A reader sincerely compared me to Elmore Leonard this week. Tough to top that, but selling a few more copies of Shivering in Hell might do it! Less than $5 on Kindle, or FREE if you have Kindle Unlimited. a.co/d/03zIOrju

99 cents gets you a Halloween novel with: Ghosts Monsters Serial killers A really weird cat Abe (the poor bastard wrapped up in all this) amzn.to/3TizhOT

Thanks, Gabino! I'm in the final week of writing an essay every day in October on THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE over at @popheist.com! Our subscribers (7 bucks) basically get a book-length analysis of the movie all month long, and I'm having a blast with it!

Thanks! Welcome to Cemetery is a police procedural with dark disappearances & murders for a crime thriller/horror feel Missing teens✔️ Bloodless bodies✔️ Kidnappings✔️ Corruption✔️ Deceit✔️ Will the investigation get off the ground at this rate? On KU! books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

Thanks Gabino! It's very early days, and we've not even done the cover reveal yet... but I'm very happy to say that LOST THINGS & FORGOTTEN PLACES is out everywhere April 30th Like Weird, queer fic and liminal horror? Get your preorder in early - every little helps! a.co/d/0aMXElrM

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect spooky season read: monstrous babies, bloodthirsty deities, ghosts, magic, vengeance, and creatures from beyond the reef! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

SWers and Furries are artists, creators, producers, innovators, average people making ends meet with their art or doing it for their own enrichment. This site, as with almost all social media, all MEDIA, have benefitted from the efforts and endorsements of our “adult” artists. This is just mean.

Defending Your Life “This is what smart people eat‽”

this is beyond fucked whether you follow any SW's or not, the fact that you are even on this platform is thanks in a large part to the SW community driving traffic in the early days. SW and trans people helped Bluesky win the clone war, and the leadership has done nothing but fuck them over since.

Can she call for impeachment?

I am 17. It is 1997. I have not become lactose intolerant. I am walking to Albertson’s at 2am to buy pizza rolls and doughnuts. I am the happiest I will ever be.

Yes, Alien, of course. But I always crack up in Steel Magnolias when he gets the ass end of the armadillo cake and he loves it. 93 is a helluva run.

Writing them is justified defiance.

What’s your favorite place to pick up books? Physical, digital… Adding links to the profile page to help readers find @jdbuffington.com books where they like to buy them! #BookMarketing #IndiePub #IndieAuth #IndieBookstore

I have a strange view of the afterlife and it doesn’t include meeting ANYONE. Not even God. I hope we return to some cosmic medium that exists everywhere, all at once. *Your spark can travel anywhere/any when. Drops of Jupiter by Train. The Force from Star Wars. I FEAR Defending Your Life (1991).

Mark Zuckerberg, seen here thinking about his Furby touching his dongle…

Evil Dead (2013) mixed a more gruesome horror while staying true to Evil Dead tropes. The Deadites are funny pests, there’s too much gd blood (it rained blood!). Plus, the Delta 88 being there makes it an interquel to 1 & 2 in my head canon. Like, Ash forgot 1 but feels pulled back for 2…

I am a strong proponent of exiting/distancing oneself from toxic relationships—including family. I wrote a book about it, and it’s long term affects on my life. I do not regret my decision, I only mourn there was no reconciliation. I miss my mom, not who treated me as other.

But it’s okay for Vance to endorse Orban and 45 to do all his hypocritical crimes. I keep asking for the simulation to end, but I never see the arch.

Today is my birthday and I'd love if people would share my artwork 🥰🖤