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Brandon Applegate

@bapplegate.bsky.social

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Weird things are happening. Sometimes I write. Usually about monsters, ghosts, magic, messed up family dynamics and whatnot. Books here: brandonapplegate.com

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For those of us who listen to music while drafting: Does your music choice have to match the story's mood? Mine does. Current album for me is "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me" by Brand New. What's your current drafting soundtrack?

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Han has customized the couch to his liking. Now he would like to be petted.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September 30 October 1

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Quaid in Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Quaid dressed like a random lady to get through Mars customs in Total Recall

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also I kept the keychain thing for my room key. I was in the habit for a while of liberating these from the haunted ass hotels we stayed in 😂

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My bad, it was Doc Holiday, not Wyatt Earp.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Domestic wizard coming soon to the Ren Fair

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BABYMETAL was a goddamn delight!

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a fucking good record. (Shiner, “believeyoume”)

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kiddo wants to dress as his D&D character for ren fair. A cleric of Sylvanus. I designed him a medallion to go with his costume and I'm gonna 3D print it. Leaf was a stock clipart. Sort of bronzy brown filament, paint with a black wash to make it look tarnished bronze or aged wood... should be cool.

3D design of a medallion with an oak leaf at its center and decorative markings around the edges

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I heartily agree. (cover by @egallagher.bsky.social, interior illustrations by Christopher Castillo Diaz)

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Vellum informs me that my next pie-in-the-sky collection now contains around 27k words? I honestly didn't know I had that kind of material until I put it all in one place. 5-6 more stories and I ought to have enough. Maybe this is actually something that happens in the next couple of years?

A screenshot of Vellum with several stories listed out and a short bit of text from my story A Ghost Story for the End of the World that displays the full word count as around 27k.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Looks good on the table, too.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New vinyl day! I’ve been looking for a good copy of Finch’s “Say Hello to Sunshine” for at least a year now. Happy ears are happy. 🤘

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It is as close as I could manufacture to a functioning, movie accurate proton pack (by functioning, I mean lights and sounds). Because I am a Ghostbuster, and nobody can tell me different.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Been DMing a D&D campaign with my wife and oldest kiddo playing. He drew their characters (Hilda Fireblade the amnesiac dwarf warrior - my wife, and Loriq, cleric of Silvanus - my oldest). Ain’t he talented?

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 10/08/2023

Random horror movie night with daughter unearthed the movie "All Eyes." Ben Hall's performance is inspired. The characters are so good you almost don't care if the monster is real or not. A gut punch that knows exactly what you're expecting and does something else. Gonna write a long review I think.

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

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Brandon Applegate @bapplegate.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

ICYMI: This week's Deadly Drabble Tuesday! In today’s trippy tale from Amanda M. Blake, some birthdays are not a cause for celebration at all. READ HERE: bit.ly/3PyG9bv

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