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New story up on Patreon! This is probably the most uncomfortable story I've published (both in feel and subject matter) so reader discretion is advised. www.patreon.com/aaronccross/...

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“…so, as you can see, by connecting the –” Bzzzzzzzz I frown and stop my lecture. A cell phone going off isn’t acceptable. They know this. I

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New story up on Patreon! This is probably the most uncomfortable story I've published (both in feel and subject matter) so reader discretion is advised. www.patreon.com/aaronccross/...

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“…so, as you can see, by connecting the –” Bzzzzzzzz I frown and stop my lecture. A cell phone going off isn’t acceptable. They know this. I

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Okay, I'm finalizing the track listing for this year's October Music. If you have song or artist recommendations, drop them below and I'll add them to the list.

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So, while I am always glad to have new followers, I do need to be clear: If your entire profile /personality is themed or built around politics, you will not like me. If you think I support you, I do not (doesn't matter which direction you go). I shitpost and badmouth AI and am aggressively bland.

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There's a phrase in Italian: i bastardi del tostapane moriranno. It means, roughly, 'when the AI bubble bursts, an entire generation of scumbags are going to lose their asses' and I think that's beautiful.

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Disclosure: I'm a big fan of the Hide Posts feature of Bluesky. It lets me hide tiresome shit without having to mute or block the person who posted it right away.

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I just came up with the term 'socially-confited' and that may be the best new phrase I've ever made.

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Okay, I'm finalizing the track listing for this year's October Music. If you have song or artist recommendations, drop them below and I'll add them to the list.

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It's Monday, it's gray and gross, and I Don't Wanna, so let's be mean. Anti-AI sentiment is gatekeeping? Good. Some things SHOULD be gatekept. If you want to write or draw or paint or make music, you learn or you give up. Not everyone should be able to do everything. Not everyone should create.

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New story up on Patreon - free as always. Also, if you have suggestions for either artists or song titles for this year's October Music, let me know down below and I'll see what I can do to use them! www.patreon.com/aaronccross/...

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Five dead in ritual slaying - tzzt Gruesome murders at Boar’s End Apartments today as - tzzt - the suspect was found at the scene, still cov

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Please enjoy these terrible-ass Canva promotions for some of my books. I am not an artist and graphic design is beyond my capabilities. So, the descriptions are valid but ignore the format. Thank you. You can get my books here: www.amazon.com/stores/A.C.-... or here www.aaronccross.com

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is a TikTok trend where people claim to have deciphered the Voynich Manuscript not with any sort of proof but because they just 'know' what it means and if that isn't another tick mark in the 'let's glass the planet and start over' pros column, I don't know what is.

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Maybe this accurate, maybe it's not, but at least adults in 1884 didn't have to figure out self-promotion or navigate AI shittery.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Playing Control for the first time. I'm digging it. I like the unapologetically 'this is effing weird' vibes and feel of it.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Time for another Meme Friday. The weather is gray and getting chilly so let's warm up. Sleep in tomorrow. Watch something mindless. Read Catcher in the Rye. Go one of two ways - either realize it's not very good or decide to kill John Lennon. Remember Lennon already got got back in 1980 and give up.

When you're losing an argument but don't want to admit you were wrong

Man in medieval garb standing on tree limb over cliff, about to chop the limb and plummet

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Dinner for Two | AC Cross

Five dead in ritual slaying - tzzt Gruesome murders at Boar’s End Apartments today as - tzzt - the suspect was found at the scene, still cov

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Going back and re-reading the Chariot WIP because I may need to give in to dark writing for a bit and, yep, the upcoming scene involving the dancers and wire is the single most disturbing/disgusting thing I've ever written. Yes, even more than the minnows scene in The Boddicker Letters.

J.L. DoomRona, Middle Grade Author 👻 🎃 @jldurona.com · 24/09/2026

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We all can't all donate, especially in this all-for-me-non-for-you society we've let ourselves get pulled into, but even a share would mean the world to my fam, y'all ❤️

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Alright, now that I've had a good sleep (first one in a few days) and a little time, I should probably explain why my 'I'm 40' post was not celebratory so much as despairing. First, I do want to say thank you to all the lovely people wishing me a great birthday. It was a nice, chill day overall!

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Q4: #HorrorWritersChat I would be so genuinely stunned, mainly because it's not every day you see actual, literal pigs take wing and soar across the sky, that it would take a second for me to recover. But, in the end, all the thanks and glory go to my readers. They are the only reason I succeed.

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Q3: #HorrorWritersChat I mean, the natural choice given my writing is Lovecraft, but I think he'd be really uncomfortable at an author table. So, I'm genuinely not sure. Another author who makes their audiences feel bad at the end, I imagine.

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Q2: #HorrorWritersChat Ooh, tough one. I don't know who'd necessarily be on the panel, but it would definitely be about Bleak Endings and how they can not only be thematically appropriate within a story but NECESSARY at times. We'd discuss how creating that sick pit in the stomach can be massive.

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Q1: #HorrorWritersChat Philosophically and physically, I am still AC Cross. I write cosmic and body and gross and bleak and even non-horror horror sometimes. Elevator pitch for His Chariot? Picture the movie 8mm and its grimy, greasy feel and combine it with sickly, dying Lovecraftian influence.

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I realize my midnight post was pretty morose, so let me genuinely say thank you to all my friends, readers, supporters, authors, editors, bloggers, and the like. You all have expanded my world and for that I am eternally grateful.

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Glenfarclas 25-Year scotch to ring in turning 40. I won’t say I’m excited. I’m feeling a lot of ugly things right now. But it’s another year and we’ll see how it goes. May hope and optimism prevail. Cheers.

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I've sold four books this month. That's a lot more than usual. Not that I'm complaining, but it's surprising. This is a nicer skeet than my previous one I deleted, I think.

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Just read something that made me so mad that it actually crystallized a genuine hate for someone. Won't say what it is because it'll get me yelled at, but there are some actions that can't and shouldn't be forgiven, especially when they were done with the full awareness of what could happen. Horrid.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Do not get this. It is straight up dog piss. Shiner didn’t whiff - they let the bat go, it flew into the stands, and it demolished a kid.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just saying. It's September, it's closing in on my birthday (40th...*shudder*), this book has incredible cover art, and I love the little Pringles-style horror stories which - since it's spooky season - should fit right there in your TBR. www.amazon.com/October-Musi...

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 19/09/2026

If you're into Lovecraftian horror, THE BODDICKER LETTERS by @aaronccross.bsky.social is a wonderfully unsettling epistolary novella set in the mythos in the 1920s. Finished it last night and will be ordering myself a print copy

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

how would you describe your social media reach?

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Help her out if you can. She doesn’t deserve this life-dump and neither does her cat.

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Help her out if you can. She doesn’t deserve this life-dump and neither does her cat.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Meme Friday once again. I think the world just needs one big nap. Buy that thing you want. Cheer about something (not political - ain't nobody got time for that). Take a shot of bourbon at 9 AM. Take another at 9:02. 9:04. 9:05. 9:07. Go to sleep in the car. Wake up at a truck stop. Accept fate.

Me being dragged to Hell after Jesus showed me the Memes I laughed at:

Cat yelling and being pulled away

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hit me with your suggestions or I'll be forced to choose myself and nobody wants that.

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AC Cross @aaronccross.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm tired of my Patreon dying. New free story for you all! If you like it, leave a comment or sign up - for free. I don't need to be paid unless you want to. www.patreon.com/aaronccross/...