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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 7h

Well, having played the first hour or so of Hellraiser: Revival, I can certainly see there's some heavy editing ahead of me before YouTube will allow any videos of it to be uploaded 😅

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, huge, huge thanks to Echo B. Fortune for their editing work on this one; the collection wouldn't be even half of what it is without their input. Also, to Grace Maria Houseman for that fantastic cover art.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

(not necessarily stuff I want to recall or experience again, but which I find useful to do so on an emotional level).

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Throwing myself into the work such that, in some instances, the stories were written, edited and redrafted in the space of a day or two, proved therapeutic. Reading them back, it's fairly clear there's a great deal bubbling away just beneath the surface

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

These stories were my way of assimilating the experience, working my way through emotions and psychological states that proved quite thorny and difficult to negotiate.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was feeling particularly alienated from humanity at large at the time, trying to figure out the aftermath of what I now consider to be an emotionally abusive relationship, as well as numerous factors from my childhood that had brought me blundering into it.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Starting off the Spooktober season over at Not The Same Log, @elliotchapman.bsky.social, @timescarcass.bsky.social and myself tackle a film that, sadly, hasn't aged terribly well. youtu.be/HYd0dHGeGqM?...

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Not The Same Log: Event Horizon (October 2026)

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rarely has there ever been a more perfect late October watch. Strange, funny, moving and unsettling, it's the kind of work I envy kids growing up with.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wait for Autumn to draw in a little further, for the darker evenings and cooler weather. Then watch Over The Garden Wall. youtu.be/3YnYhphn4oA?...

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Into the unknown - over the garden wall full version

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Jack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exclusive advance access for my patrons... Not the Same Log returns! @elliotchapman.bsky.social, @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social, & I resume our SF-Horror season with a look at 1997's Event Horizon. www.patreon.com/jackgraham/p...

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Same Log 4.5 Event Horizon (Anderson, 1997) | Jack Graham

Same Log 4.5 Event Horizon (Anderson, 1997) by Jack Graham on Patreon. Join Jack Graham's community for exclusive content and updates.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I swear to god, there could be a huge-scale musical theatre adaptation of Clair Obscur and it would be AMAZING. www.youtube.com/watch?v=92AE...

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Expedition 33 Blind Reaction

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Slightly odd one for Barker's Bad Guys today in that this one isn't the creation of Barker himself, rather screenwriter Pete Atkins and director Tony Randall: Hellraiser's geometric "god" of pain, pleasure and absolute dominion: Leviathan. youtu.be/kIdPeiAzhpU?...

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(Not) Barker's Bad Guys: Leviathan (Hellraiser 2, Hellbound)

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Of course, of course I had to let's play the latest Silent Hill. Thus far, Townfall reminds me sharply of certain indie horror games that make maximum virtue of atmosphere and environment to tell their story. youtu.be/A7RW-oocNYA?...

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Let's Play Silent Hill: Townfall, Part 1: Pretty Place (Buoys)

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No debate, no argument: Anyone attacking the volunteers of the RNLI or in any way equivocating about those attacks is scum.

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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 20/09/2026

This coming week on Ginger Nuts of Horror Yvette Fielding Jeneva Rose Samantha Josephs @paulfinchauthor.bsky.social @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social @thebuffwriter.bsky.social

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

An examination of Mamoulian, "The Last European;" one of Barker’s most fascinating and densely-layered antagonists. youtu.be/O4Im_Igi3Aw?...

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Barker's Bad Guys: Mamoulian (The Damnation Game)

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A couple of converted Lords Kakophonist and the pimp-Daddy Clone Lord himself, Fabius Bile.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Having fun converting the filthy loyalists of the Armageddon boxed set into beautiful and enlightened Emperor’s Children.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A little hobby-based fun this morning, with some postulation and wish-listing on what 11th edition Warhammer 40,000 might bring to my favourite Chaos legions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCaf...

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Ages of Chaos: Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition, Hopes and Fears

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It doesn't belong to you. There's a notion of Britishness far more profound, poetic and revolutionary that derives from our Romantic and mythic traditions, something truer and far more beautiful than pig-ignorant, flag-waving, performative plastic-patriotism.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It explores and detonates certain traditional assumptions -and impositions- of identity, daring to say to the conservative right and its a-historical bullshit: No, you do not own national identity.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you haven't seen it, do yourselves a favour: This is one of the most intelligent, transgressive pieces of UK television ever made.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I can actually remember the first time I applied the word "gay" to myself in my own mind, and it was a revelatory moment, a "lights going on" experience ("Wow, that's really interesting," I recall saying out loud to myself).

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

(many of them based on the input of queer writers, artists, poets etc when I was a child and teenager). Shame at being queer has never been a concept:

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've always revelled and celebrated in being queer, and that is as a direct result of certain influences that came along entirely by chance and accident

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've been very fortunate, in that I've never had the desire to be "straight;" whatever pressures there might've been on me to conform in that manner have never been important enough or carried any particular weight.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I do sometimes look at the accounts and experiences of my fellow queers and feel ashamed at my relative privilege:

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What started as a look at Jacob Steep and Rosa McGee as -ostensible- antagonists became a much deeper examination of the book as a whole: youtu.be/2SjJiMr2x1w?...

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Barkers Bad Guys: Jacob Steep and Rosa McGee (Sacrament)

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As the BFS celebrates the return of Clive Barker to publishing, @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social reflects on the massive impact the author had on him during formative years. britishfantasysociety.org/clive-barker...

Text is overlaid on a photo of Clive Barker, seated, mid-discussion

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Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Massive huge hugs and thanks to @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social, @jamesbennett.bsky.social and @matthewspalmer.bsky.social for sharing their reflections on the impact of a British Master on them personally and professionally, on creativity and on queer culture.

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Be My Bowie Wife @bemybowiewife.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just a reminder, we have recently gone fortnightly, so our next episode will be Monday 31 August. Fear not, 6 episodes are already recorded & edited to upload over the next 12 weeks, and we recorded a new one yesterday, keeping us well ahead of the curve for the long haul.

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David Bowie Performing Live

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We are back! Please join @kitgonzo.bsky.social and myself as we take a look at one of Barker’s more unusual short stories: The New Murders In The Rue Morgue. youtu.be/1XkI9uJHsbw?...

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Clive Barker's Books of Blood: The New Murders In The Rue Morgue

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

He actually released a statement in the aftermath of the project's announcement saying that he's finally fully recovered 🙂 Great to hear, considering how ill he's been.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When I've got a moment, I'll likely sit down and do a YouTube video on the subject that will consist primarily of shameless fan-boy gay squee-ing and the rest just incredulous delight.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

And boy, can I see what he was going through when I read back through them now. It makes me want to reach back through the pages as he writes them and give him some reassurance, let him know he will survive this, and will be a happier entity in the years and decades to come

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Though he likely didn't realise it at the time, he needed this as a means of therapy; for working through anxieties and despairs that were eating his sanity alive.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

But I do like it; the twenty-something who wrote these stories is very much a ghost now; dust and memory (in fact, would likely make a fitting subject for the stories themselves).

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's definitely the work of a younger man; very much a homage to the writers I've loved since my late childhood (Barker, Billy Martin/Poppy Z. Brite, King, Ramsey Campbell and numerous, numerous others).

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My first published short story collection, originally through Dark Moon Books, as it was (with some stories originally occurring in the periodical, Dark Moon Digest). amzn.eu/d/0djz4K6n

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Who will it be after that, eh? Will it be immigrants again? Or students? Or queers? You have to be wilfully pig-ignorant at this point not to see the cycles of distraction and diversion at play

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

They are playing that age-old trick of shifting the emphasis to another scapegoat, and if you're gullible enough to fall for it at this point, then shame in you.

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am telling you now: From within the field of social care and support, I am seeing a ramping up of ableist rhetoric from the right and its various media platforms across the board. .

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George Daniel Lea/ExaggeratedElegy @exaggeratedelegy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

men who not only champion the dictates of historical Patriarchy but have active histories of abusing women. It's not enough to keep the mind alive, at this point. If you find yourselves apologising for or giving any credence to this movement, give yourselves a slap and wake the hell up.

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