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David Wellington

@davidwellington.bsky.social
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Author of MONSTER ISLAND and the Red Space trilogy, among others. He/him.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WAVE (1994) Acrylic on Canvas - 48” x 48” Of all the paintings hanging in my home, this one probably elicits the most comments. #art
An exponential curve expressed as a massive wave of green-blue water that climbs to vertical against a sky of puffy lavender clouds. Light breaks through the cloud cover just over the horizon casting a flat glare across rippling water before the wave climbs. Fin-like ridges emerge running up the wall give the water turbulence and dimension.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Autumn 🍂
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I long to one day have a monogrammed sporran.
Alan Cumming in a blue tunic and a monogrammed plaid sporran.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The pope rendering an orb imponderable
The pope stares at a large green orb of indeterminate provenance
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Jeff @rethinkjeff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Saw a post about AI thinking and so feel compelled to remind everyone that we can't even come to something resembling a consensus about what thinking even is, let alone how it happens. You can literally get a PHD is not knowing how we think.
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Ron Earl Phillips @ronearl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Was thinking about a book or series I love to see adapted. @davidwellington.bsky.social's zombie series came to mind. Kirkman's The Walking Dead series has salted the genre since. But some of the ideas in Monster Island, and sequels were very creative. The vampire and werewolf books were good too.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BlueSky Synchronicity
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
my personal view is that you should treat AI as if you were a magician attempting to command a spirit that is inhuman, potentially useful, and invested in attempting to convince you it is something other than it is. you know, rationally.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026
Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).
A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.
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molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Does every episode of Star Trek have to be a gimmick episode now? The horror episode was pretty good (though a blatant setup for a new show), but half of these jokey, poorly explained shenanigans just don’t land.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This thread hurts my heart to read. I have known three children who transitioned in my life, all who suffered profoundly until they were made free to live as they knew themselves to be. Once you have seen the difference it makes to be supported in that, you will never forgive those who strip it away
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jane Schoenbrun, the visionary director of I SAW THE TV GLOW, and TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, wants to direct a new NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET MOVIE! I'd love to see them bring their unique style to the franchise (even if I have concerns about bringing it back with anyone but Robert Englund).
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‘Camp Miasma’ Director Jane Schoenbrun Wants to Take a Stab at ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Jane Schoenbrun revealed they aren’t just casually interested in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'; they’re actively trying to get in the room.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"It's the future. You don't want to be left behind, do you?" I say as the Library of Alexandria burns behind me
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BlueSky synchronicity
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Defrosting soup in a microwave always feels like the scene in Weird Science where they hook up a picture of a trident missile with jumper cables. Like you’ve harnessed the power of the atom for a use toward which it was never designed
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The only problem I had with Spiderman Brand New Day is that we’re still celebrating the Punisher, a maniac who runs around Manhattan shooting off military weapons. He’s one of the big heroes in the movie. Do I sound like a woke scold? Okay.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The thing I fear about AI the most is the way we all kind of accepted Smart TVs which are not in the slightest way smart, they just spy on you and serve you ads. I fear we’re going to give in on AI the same way, because it’s just too inconvenient to avoid it, though we hate it the whole time. Ugh.
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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If i was on a date and they brought up Fauci in any context whatsoever i'd jump from my seat and run like there was an active shooter in the building
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is fun to listen to and will very much get you thinking.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Page 69 Test for Erebus 13: page69test.blogspot.com/2026/07/ereb...
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"Erebus 13"
David Wellington was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Syracuse University and received an MFA in creative writing f...
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’m really going to get in trouble someday for how much I enjoy watching robots eat shit
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
i feel like at this point forest fires are more trouble than they're worth
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Fun interview about Erebus 13: writerinterviews.blogspot.com/2026/07/davi...
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David Wellington was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Syracuse University and received an MFA in creative writing f...
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’ve been enjoying Star City, was intrigued to learn that literally everything in Soviet Russia ca 1970 was lit with a moldy green filter, I guess people got used to it
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Jazz Emu Watches Favourite Show Together
Alt: Jazz Emu Watches Favourite Show Together
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the publication of my collection MONUMENTS IN DARKNESS! Have you read it yet? If so, please consider leaving a review at Amazon or Goodreads. If you haven't read it yet, it's never too late to dive into the darkness!
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Monuments in Darkness
Amazon.com: Monuments in Darkness eBook : Kaufmann, Nicholas: Kindle Store
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It’s complete now… the full story is told. EREBUS 13 is available now, wherever you get books. The final volume of the Red Space trilogy brings the horror home. Alexandra Petrova and her crew will meet their fate… but will they save themselves? Will they save us all? Or will the darkness devour us?
A spacesuit leaks purple ectoplasm in front of a dark shrouded Earth. Book cover for Erebus Thirteen by David Wellington.
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy book birthday to my pal @davidwellington.bsky.social, whose new novel EREBUS-13, the third volume in the Red Space trilogy, hits bookstores today!
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Erebus-13 (Red Space, 3): Wellington, David: 9780316569361: Amazon.com: Books
Erebus-13 (Red Space, 3) [Wellington, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Erebus-13 (Red Space, 3)
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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
As a Shirley Jackson scholar, this feels like a trap.
Graphic on the Williams Sonoma website, text over soft focus image that I guess is a woman with long hair in three quarter profile. all we really see clearly is that her white sweater has static cling around her boob. 

“Introducing
Williams Sonoma
hill House
Shop the Collection”

Whatever cooked there, cooked alone etc etc
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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#Kindle deals! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @laurenbeukes.com, @johndurginauthor.bsky.social, @davidwellington.bsky.social, @bryansmith.bsky.social, @gradyhendrix.bsky.social, @nnedi.bsky.social, @jeffvandezande.bsky.social, & more! #booksky #ad #ebookdeal amzn.to/3Kj4Uoq
Cover for Lauren Beukes' THE SHINING GIRLS. Okay, so it's Elisabeth Moss' face in the center, staring at you. But I don't know how to describe it. It's like soft and blemish free, like a thousand filters were applied...wait, that's it. Elisabeth Moss took an instagram picture and went wild with the filters, making things soft, out of focus, blemish free, cartoonish, then posted it. I have not read this yet, or seen the show, but I'm betting the cover style has something to do with the story.

There's a circle on the left that says "Stream on [Apple symbol]tv+" and we all hate that because it's covering the cover.Cover for Samantha Browning Shea's MARROW. The title is dead center in like eggshell white? I don't know, man. I'm not a colorologist. Anywho, behind the title are a bunch of ferns (DON'T AT ME TO CORRECT ME, I'M NOT A PLANTOLOGIST EITHER), and in front is one of those flowers you blow on to make a wish, but the stem is all bloody, and that blood is splattered on the AR in MARROW. On the bottom is Samantha's name in a slightly darker version of whatever color MARROW is. Cover for John Durgin's COUNJURING THE DEMON. The cover is bathed in a beautiful red. At the bottom is the title, and there's a road directly behind, going through a town with 2-3 story buildings on the left and right. Directly above, a GIANT hand is coming from the clouds, reaching for you, its nails black and sharp. Durgin's name is above the hand.

I don't think that hand is coming down to scratch a back, even though those nails are perfect for it.Cover for David Wellington's PARADISE 1. A space man in space is looking up into space, but his dome is cracked! Dude's dead meat. He should be paying attention to his surroundings instead of looking up at the "ENDLESS DARK." in red, followed by "ENDLESS TERROR." in white, then PARADISE in red then 1 in white and finally a red dot below the one.

Seriously, reading this got this person killed. look behind you.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Alan Alda appeared on ER as a doctor at the end of his career. He helped teach Noah Wylie. Which means Dr. Robbie from the Pitt was trained by Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H
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MASH: Hawkeye and Trapper Salute
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Paul @paullikesbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Both are excellent, we pre-ordered Erebus 13, it arrived today. Can’t wait to get stuck back in (and I really hope Rapscallion makes it through)
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August, like the month @month-of-august.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The sarcastic robot Rapscallion, fond of a "toxic" green 3D printed bodies and building "model" trains, lives rent free in my brain. #booksky check out this #scifi #horror series!
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
July only price promotion on Amazon--get the Kindle editions of David Wellington's most famous space horror novels at a record low price. Erebus 13, the third volume of the Red Space trilogy, is available July 14th wherever books are sold. Links in thread.
Book covers for Paradise 1 and The Last Astronaut by David Wellington are superimposed over text reading "Two Masterpieces of Space Horror, on sale in July"
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It’s finally happening! EREBUS 13, the finale of the Red Space trilogy, is on sale July 14th! And the first two books are on sale throughout July. More details to come!
Purple smoke leaks from the helmet of an space suit against a background of Earth seen from orbit
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ive literally been doing that since 1996. it isnt enough. the democrats i keep voting for need to fucking fight for this country instead of sitting on their fucking asses.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Oops Misclick Planet Explosion Meme
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/07/2026
A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
That mofo never saw a yellow hill in his life.
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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I’ve done this more than a few times actually. #booksky
Have you ever finished a book and immediately start thought Yep I need to read everything this author is ever written
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#Leviticus is just amazing. Maybe one of the truest teen horror movies I’ve ever seen. And its washed out, desert world of gas stations and abandoned factories is perfect for building real, sustained dread.
Still from the movie Leviticus, with two teenage boys touching hands through a screen door.
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🌟 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! 🌟 Come test your horror knowledge and expand your brain at Brooklyn Horror Society's horror trivia night! Yours truly is hosting a guest round! You don't want to miss it! It's free and it's fun! 8 PM, Lucky 13 Saloon in Park Slope, Brooklyn!
Poster image for trivia night, including the details: "Wednesday June 24th @ 8PM, Lucky 13 Saloon, 644 Sackett St, Brooklyn NY, FREE."
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don't know why I thought it would be a good idea to watch Joe D'Amato's ANTHROPOPHAGUS while eating lunch!
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
These crises don’t seem separate to anyone! Why are we still talking like this, like it’s a hot take? If you don’t know by now that climate change is caused by fossil fuel use… I have some really bad news to share about the looming specter of authoritarianism…
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Nicholas KaufMONSTER @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Think you know horror trivia? Test your mettle THIS Wednesday when I guest host a round at Brooklyn Horror Society's horror trivia night! The game starts at 8 PM, but get there early for good seats! It's all happening at Lucky 13 Saloon, 644 Sackett Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn!
A poster for Brooklyn Horror Society Presents: Wrong Answer! Trivia Night featuring an illustration of Drew Barrymore on the chunky cordless phone from SCREAM. Below the image is the same time & place information as in my post.
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We need more, not less blue-faced demon dog ladies in politics
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David Wellington @davidwellington.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
It’s just a jump to the left!
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