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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#VancouverIsland If there are any up-and-coming-writers or have-always-wanted-to-try-writing-writers or I’m-not-sure-how-to-even-start-writing-writers here on the island, then we’ve just the thing for you. Oct 24 from 2-4p at The Truffle Farm in Parksville thetrufflefarm.ca/event/spooky...

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Spooky Season Creative Writing Workshop - Oct. 24, 2026 - The Truffle Farm

Unlock your creativity and turn your spooky ideas into compelling stories. Learn basic storytelling techniques, structure, and writing styles in a fun session

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Hi, I’m A.S. MacKenzie. I write all types of horror, but the more supernatural the better. I also ground them in real places at real times to add to the authenticity. My favorite is easily the Predator species. I’m not sure yet if they are all known as Yautja, or just this last movie.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Never underestimate the bone-deep confidence of the morally bankrupt and stupid. They will always find new ways to make things worse.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Best of luck…to your fictional characters..in their protests against what I could only assume would be some sort of fascist police-like force that is driving around cities with impunity. If I had to guess what you’re writing.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Again, this is strictly here for informational purposes for writers. These are all hypothetical actions any fictional protestor could realistically do to any vehicle that they feel needs to be hindered or slowed so it can’t continue doing whatever awful thing it is doing in the fictional cities.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

-Frozen shrimp shoved in the space between wipers and a vehicle hood will thaw later and smell even later. -Great Stuff brand spray foam nozzles fit under vehicle door handles.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

-Diesel added to a gasoline tank (or vice-versa) will stop a vehicle after a couple miles. Will need extensive flushing to get working again. -Super glue nozzles fit in key slots very easily. -Globs of petroleum jelly on windshield wipers is usually noticed too late.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

-Removing the valves inside the tire stem is easy with a very cheap tool available online and at every auto store. Without the valve the tire will never hold air. -Moth balls in a gas tank are easier and far more effective than sugar or sand and only need a pencil to shove them past the vapor cap.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The following realistic actions that would work in the real world are provided for informational purposes only: -Puncturing the side wall of a tire is easier and faster than slashing but works just the same. A 6 inch or longer flat head is all that’s needed. Remember: firm grip and it’ll be loud.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Over on another app I shared some help for #writers and it blew up. So, I figured I’d offer what I could here, as well, in case anyone is looking to write an entirely fictional scenario where an anarchist protestor needed to potentially hinder some vehicles. For whatever reason…purely fictional.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

“Inside you are two wolves…” My wolves:

Picture of Adam Scott as Ben Wyatt from the show Parks & Recreation

Picture of Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson from the show Parks & Recreation

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Amazing historic conservation schools are in this country, a few even nearby. There’s structure/components in there from the 1800’s that could be preserved and either reused or used as study materials. Of course it is just getting destroyed. Every MAGA should feel this pain everyday, in perpetuity.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Damn, Beau, that sucks and I’m sorry. I’m glad I’ve had my copies for a while but I’m constantly sharing your work with others. How long until you can find a new home for them?

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

There’s belief that when people reach a certain age, their lives are often less exciting. Well, today I had a red-breasted nuthatch AND a chestnut-backed chickadee fight over my birdfeeder while I stood two feet away waiting for one of dogs to finish their business. So…I think we’re owed an apology.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And another thing, this applies world wide. I’m from the US, but live in Canada. I’ve traveled the world and I hear these same phrases all over. Don’t ignore the problem if you aren’t in the US. It’s all our problem to stop a bully whenever we can.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The only, and I mean ONLY way to shut up a bully is to junk punch. Figurative or literal. A good in-their-face rebuttal is a great start.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Just yell it, in their face, and keep yelling it until they shut up. Remind them that they’re not on the right side of this, in spite of their unearned confidence in the contrary.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Haven’t posted in a while, but in case there’s confusion on where I stand: I really think we need to normalize guttural yelling “shut the f*ck up, you racist asshole” every time someone says “illegals” or “aliens” or really any idiotic, hateful MAGA phrase!

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I typically don’t like to engage in these nostalgia memes because they’re usually thinly veiled insults at current generations, but I gotta say this one was pretty accurate. I remember doing this exact drill in 1985. I’m very happy to see times have changed.

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2025: schools will be closed for high winds
1986: Tornado happening. Go in hall and put a book on your head. Also we are having pizza for lunch.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It’s tragic that the US is being systematically destroyed by the literal dumbest of us. Like this should be a tv show with a laugh track on Friday night on NBC. “I’m going to put tariffs on the penguin island.” *laugh track* Zany assistant, “Emperor penguins got it coming to ‘em!” *laugh track*

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Can’t tell you how glad I am to be here. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Yes, SPARTAN!! Damn, that should have been a much bigger hit. Near perfect espionage thriller. The scene in interrogation alone was worth the price of admission.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It’s so awesome that the guy in charge of health for a nation is using his vast knowledge of forwarded emails from everyone’s aunt about poison in envelope glue and how body toxins can be pulled out of your feet, instead of verified and validated medical knowledge.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I should be social again. Or as social as a phone app I idly scroll through will allow. So, here goes: I’m a new 🇨🇦 but old GenX who 💕 all things horror, sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, and every iteration of cross-genre these allow. I game. I write words. I build stuff. I cook. Thanks for following.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I’m A.S. and newly 🇨🇦 I write thrillers and horror, mostly in short stories and novellas. My current WIP: Fast, chaotic carnage in frontier town. #HorrorWritersChat

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

@crobertcargill.bsky.social Congratulations to you, Scott, and the whole team behind The Gorge. Really dug the world building and would love to see an anthology of Hollow Men stories. Think there’s interesting POVs waiting there. Also congrats for bringing such a great cast, especially Sigourney.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

“I stockpile guns to fight back against a potentially tyrannical government who wants to destroy my home…unless they are an actual tyrannical government set on destroying someone else’s home in which case I’m fine…” -Every NRA/2A jackass right now

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I just saw it this weekend prominently on a shelf with other indigenous writers at a gas station convenience store outside Nanaimo, BC.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The world is a little more fascist each day. Best to take 30sec and just watch some snow fall in slo-mo. Take a breath. Watch the snow. Then go give them hell.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Great advice. And for those who have difficulty making a fist, a closed hand strike keeping your fingers straight and making contact with your palm works, as does a heel strike with your hand back using the heel of your palm to make contact. Ultimately, just use what you can.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

New Colossus is my favorite of the series. Youngblood is just fun, until the final battle.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Back when I worked in the church as a minister, I got two great pieces of advice that I’ve kept long after leaving: “As a leader or influencer, if you keep your hands to yourself you’ll never touch them or their money.” “Someone you meet will have a long memory. Be careful what you give them”

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

3700+ miles 10 states 7 days 6 hotels 1 border crossing 1 new place to call home 0 regrets Hi 🇨🇦, glad to be here #NewCanadian

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Just picked up our rental RV that we’re using to cross country on our move to BC. Renting an RV is a great economical way to try them out without the purchase of one. Though, I will say the rentals aren’t in the best shape. It’s like driving a garden shed with poor alignment down the interstate.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

You know how when you really want to write but can’t because of “Life™“ and so you pine for getting words out that are heavily rattling around in your head? Then, you finally get a break, sit down at your keyboard, cursor blinking ready, hands hovering over the keys, and nothing comes out? #HateThat

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Me, heading to my cupboards while placing a Prime order so I can mix this thing and get the sweet release of the end over with instead of living through an infernal “will-they/won’t-they” with whatever corporation is close to destroying the fabric of existence as it is.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Don’t need a year end wrap up. My favorite list on #Tidal pretty much sums it up.

Screenshot from Tidal showing a list of favorite artists. Starts at the top with Misfits, Giovannie & the Hired Guns, HARDY, Shaboozey, Post Malone, Dead Kennedys, The Cadillac Three, Bilmuri, Koe Wetzel, and The Reverend Horton Heat.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Breakfast at Tiffany’s Replace Hepburn.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

For anyone who needs a desktop background like I did.

The quote from Gabino Iglesias is typed in white letters over gray clouds above a mountain and steppe landscape.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Just finished “Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees” by @patrickhorvath.bsky.social and @idwpublishing.bsky.social Absolutely loved it and can’t recommend it high enough. The art and story are intertwined in a way you get lost in. The world around Sam isn’t explained and doesn’t need to be. 5⭐️

Cover of graphic novel. Green leaves surround the overhead view of a bear walking, holding a shovel, dragging a white bags with blood seeping out and trailing behind. Title is at the top with the author at the bottom, both in light yellow color.

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Neal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Libs of TikTok has arrived. Chaya Raichik is extremely dangerous and is known for her stochastic terrorism of the queer and trans community. Report her and block her. She has no place on this platform. Block and Report @thelibsoftiktok

A screen shot of the Libs of TikTok Bluesky page, with a prompt to block.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

My wife and I quote these two movies a good 12-15 times a week. It’s to the point now when there is a lull in conversation I automatically jump in with “they’re at camp.”

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Quick Thanksgiving message to folks here who may be going into a stress filled situation today: -Blood relation does not engender loyalty or respect. Those are earned. -Be your true self because you deserve to be. -Practice saying “No”. -If possible, when you can’t be the favorite, be the problem.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I kinda thought we as a society had collectively agreed amongst ourselves that any and all apple content would be directed specifically at you, Chuck. I mean…honestly, who else would we send it to? No one has given us a greater appreciation of them.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thank you for these! Working on rebuilding my writing presence after some time away. Looking forward to soaking up all the horror vibes to fuel me back in to the fray.

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thanks, Gabino! I don’t have a book to promote, but I do have myself as I’ve been out of the writing game for my grad degree. Looking to jump back in with both feet and reckless abandon. I write horror/thriller/crime and have stuff on my site available now. Much more coming soon. asmackenzie.com

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

To those who may be interested, I just got back the final proof of my newest book’s cover and damn…it even creeps me out a bit. “Atmospheric AF” is the most common feedback I’ve gotten for the cover. Hope my story lives up to the cover! Look for “Cold Wind Through Christmas” coming next year.

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a teepee in the middle of a dark forest with trees without leaves

Alt: The top of a house seen approaching in the middle of a dark forest with trees without leaves. Nighttime, spooky, and bats flying

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A.S. MacKenzie @asmackenzie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

And of course autocorrect misspells the town.

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