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You are being overly polite and do not deserve this treatment. While a longshot, if there are housing related lawyers in the area some might be willing to work pro bono to stick it to a slumlord. My mom just threatened legal action once and got us put up in another complex when ours was trashed.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10h

I wish to skewer your landlord on a sewage soaked pike...just...so ya know.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10h

"Oh thank god it's a friend. I found a friend. We're safe now, I was so scared." "Mine. Also mine. That one too. Well apparently I'm the only one flagging landmarks." "Bitch, I can see your bones!" ...my son is very loud when playing multiplayer games but sometimes it's amusing to listen to.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10h

So Underwater might have been Cthulhu but as it did not cause madness and no one said it I'm going with 'big monster mama and her horde of horrible manbabies'. Neat movie. Grounded in its scares, if I could have done without the stings and stereotypically racist choice of first death.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 12h

Going to watch 'Underwater' now, been on my list forever and for some reason no longer requires I rent it so...time to scare myself with ocean horrors. No one tell me if it's bad.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 12h

It wasn't Cthulhu it was just a deeply unsatisfying movie. A Cure for Wellness is a meandering mess that isn't sure what it wants to say but tries real hard to say something and ends up saying nothing interesting.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 13h

Girl and eels and period blood, oh we're just hamfisting the symbolism. Just jam it right in, dry and raking. I'm going to throw things for new reasons because all those warnings were for the end, aren't I? Movie nights are so fun.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 13h

Well I have an hour to get there. Longest ride. I am so bored. Also not a fan of whatever is going on with Mia Goth's character. I'm guessing it'll be important to the reveal but bleh...just skin crawly.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 13h

If the creature at the end of this movie is Cthulhu I am screaming and throwing things.

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Kay King @kayzig.bsky.social · 19h

On this week's #webcomic update: a new friendship?! liegedoomveil.thecomicseries.com

Ruby leans in through a cobweb-laden door, looking apologetic as she carries the tea tray in.
RUBY: Sorry for the wait...!

Queen Theta is sitting on a bed that seems very large and canopied, with webs hunt in the corners. Atlas and Fly, her henchmen, are both sitting on the floor near her, and all of them have a hand of cards. Theta looks up to Ruby with interest, one brow arched.
THETA: No worry - I heard his barking. How'd telling him off go? Like we practiced...?

Ruby is crouching at the foot of the bed looking distressed more than relieved. Theta reaches out with a hand to pat Ruby's shoulder reassuringly, as Atlas takes the tea tray.
RUBY: It went badly...
THETA: He didn't listen...?
RUBY: No, they LISTENED, just...yelling at people feels BAD!

Theta rolls her eyes as she takes a cup of tea, as does Ruby, as she looks up at her, still looking concerned.
THETA: Can't relate.
RUBY: Does it get EASIER...?
THETA: You're setting boundaries. It's HEALTHY.

Theta shrugs her shoulders, brushing the topic off slightly. Ruby is lifting one sugar cube up over her cup somewhat forlornly to drop it in, while Fly looks greedily at the tea that Atlas is pouring into the sugar bowl that he has selected at his teacup, still full of sugar.
THETA: Least I can do in exchange for not being stuck in a pile of rocks and spores during this storm is grow you a backbone.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 14h

So I have decided to watch A Cure for Wellness and am thinking this was a terrible idea. All the content warnings got me excited for some weird times and so far I am just bored. One of my favorite movies is Bicentennial Man, I love long slow movies, it is difficult to bore me. And yet...

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I've Never Been More Bored In My Entire Life

Alt: I've Never Been More Bored In My Entire Life

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AtticusTheMythologist @attythemythologist.bsky.social · 18h

Hot take (possibly) "Lore" is the worst thing to happen to media analysis in the last decade. The never ending search for having to explain every possible detail and outcome of a piece of media but then never engaging at more than a surface level is a pox on what makes art meaningful.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 16h

Oh *that's* why my back has hurt all day... I'll go...put one on...bah

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 17h

They said the books violated the terms that were altered to better align with what Stripe was demanding. It didn't go over well and backlash caused a lot of those books to be put back... but not all of them. We've not heard why on those, so no idea. I've asked for my own but never got an answer.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 17h

Banned Books Week is at its end but what about those #delisted on itch or made invisible by shoving them to the back pages of store fronts? If you have any books the algorithm disowned, reply or repost with some links and maybe we can get some eyes on them. 🩸📚💙

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 18h

O Captain, my Captain! 🥹🔥♥️ I knew my whimsical goth king wouldn’t let me down!!!!

Nicholas Cage saying he’s not an AI friendly actor

Nicolas Cage saying he refused to sign an AI waiver for Spider-Noir

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 18h

Want to get short out on Halloween, not sure which to focus on. Are we being gory and uncomfortable with trees or a mermaid?

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The World May Never Know Tootsie Pop

Alt: The World May Never Know Tootsie Pop

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19h

So...hey, support your local freaks? We need the love. (and better gifs of Pinhead)

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19h

Even the magazines are fewer, ones proclaiming themselves dark, weird and gory have grown suspiciously particular about what those words mean. This isn't even touching on horror with erotic elements which... I don't have enough energy. It's bad. All around. It is difficult and mind-numbing.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19h

I am specifying 'popular' as indie horror is doing what it pleases and is my comfy place but that place is shrinking. We have fewer and fewer places we're *allowed* to exist. To share it whether for money or for free means adhering to censors or being banished to back pages.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19h

Horror is catharsis. It is exploration of terror whether impossible or practical in the comfort of words. You conquer fear by knowing, not avoiding. If we rip pieces off and cram it into ever-shrinking boxes to appeal to popular, to avoid offense, we'll soon be out of space for horror to exist.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 19h

There's been a fascinating uptick in popular horror afraid of being offensive and I mean that as I put it; they'll be gross, they'll shock, they'll even touch on the uncomfortable but they won't explore it. They won't go too deep because it might offend. Even remakes sand down old sharp edges.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 20h

I'd say it's because I watched his other things but that was on Netflix and this is on Prime and also I didn't rate those because there's no option for 'it's pretty and I like the direction but the story is shit'.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 20h

I need the option to tell streaming services never to recommend a thing because the downvoting isn't working. Yes I get it's your new big thing but I think it looks like hot ass and will make me violently angry so stop filling my homepage with it and throwing ads for it at me.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 21h

You can't...you can't do this to me. I have no money. You monsters.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

She didn't kill a single person. What a shame... still neat though. Glad I watched it, never want to do so again.

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Midsommar May Queen

Alt: Midsommar May Queen gif

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Fucking to a moaning chorus is my new favorite scene. That was horrific please do that again.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Midsommar is a weird fucking movie. Is my point, I think. I hope Dani gets to murder everyone.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I would like to not have secondary relationship drama in the horrors, please. Shit be freaky, you need to be present, we do not have time to be ritually banging teenagers. But they frame it like he's being tricked, of course, he wasn't checking out the jailbait the second he arrived. Nope. Drugs.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Midsommar is continuing the horror tradition of making me want to punch some poor lady's boyfriend in the dick.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

finally watching Midsommar and it is a good thing I can control the volume because wow. Lot of fun little sounds to anger my stupid, broken ear. Worth it. Very unsettling and it feels like it's just started.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yus. Fyrni sing blood into weapons. Usually just their own but skilled Reapers can use any.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

First book? Delgrij, both in physical situations and social ones, if the physical only comes out when he's really mad. Every book after he's top in accurate cutting barbs but Faerai's best physically. She becomes scary with her blood-sung darts. #AwesomeCharacters

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My speakers are dead and I do not care for this silence.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They are but I can't say how.

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Spooky Pickle 🧚‍♀️Beware the Fairy Seasons🧚‍♂️ @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Get this spooky bundle while you can! So many books just in time for spooky season! And what a nice price, too! #nice #booksky #horror #horrorsky #spookyseason #halloween #freakinbats itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Graphic for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Noo! That is ass. I am so sorry.

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[NNAMIER] @nnamierart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

yeah my art technique is called 'i have no fucking idea man'

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I wrote an entire novel without a single human in it. I'm told parts of it are haunting people's nightmares. Would you like new nightmares? They're on sale... 🩸📚💙 amberreinke.itch.io/weald-and-wen

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Weald and Wen : Book One of Children of Mar by Amber Reinke

[Horror/Fantasy Novel]A dark lyrical tale set in a visceral world with a fresh horror around every corner.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If nothing else no one can accuse me of using AI for my art. It is too fucking messy.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I messed about with my page (also the one for the book in the thumbnail so huzzah), still have more to do but I will make this look less boring if it kills me (it might). amberreinke.itch.io

amberreinke.itch.io

Amber Reinke

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wouldn't that count as a hazard you could report to someone outside the apartments? Public water system or something that would come deal with it and then bill the landlord... or maybe screech at them for the shitty maintenance causing it? ...this sounds awful and I wanna help >.<

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My brain has apparently decided that, since the child no longer needs us up all day, it is time to return to being a night person. But I've been playing morning person for fifteen years, and all the calls I need to make and errands to run gotta happen during daytime hours...so...

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Annoyed Fuck

Alt: Brian Cranston saying fuck

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Parnamyr does not need decoration, he is perfect as he is, thank you very much. Do not look under the cloak, stop touching that. If you reveal it he's going to use it.

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Sad Monster @dyre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#AwesomeCharacters, Mitra, Faerai and Delgrij all have one important piece of jewelry they never remove. Other than that... Mitra wears shinies when she's bartering, Faerai keeps one or two wearable mementos in her bag and Delgrij's are only decorative if you know they're there.

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