Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/03/2026…the readers sort things out for themselves. Oh, and if the above stories sound interesting you can always grab my collection and earn my eternal gratitude😀 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/03/2026…out to be a mountain lion shape shifter. Not sure I could compete with that. Of course, my name has never been at the top of any lists even before AI. So I’ll just keep writing stories about sympathetic baby eaters, the WereWorm next door, and the ghost of Elvis saving the world and let… 120
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/03/2026…a novel where I’m the star, I save the damsel, who turns out to be Mary Jane Humperdinck the cheerleader who wouldn’t look at me in high school, and I know kung fu. Or how about a series where my cat and I solve mysteries from our used bookshop with the help of the sexy local sherif who turns… 121
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/03/2026…York Times best seller (I’m looking at you da Vinci code.) read a bit and said my God how has this person sold more than a copy and a half. AI doesn’t have to be great at writing. It just has to give the reader what they want. Escape, wish fulfillment, some hot sex. If you can say give me… 100
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/03/2026So what I find disheartening about the whole AI situation as far as writing goes is not on the writer side, but the reader side. When I hear people say AI sucks at writing stories, I can’t help but remember that 85% of published writing also kind of sucks. How many times have you picked up a New 120
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The thrift gods smiled on me today. Scored this Hobart-era Kitchen Aid for 60. Ran it for a while, purrs like a kitten, no weird smells or overheating. Now it’s cleaned up and ready to whip my cream…so to speak. #thriftshop #cooking 031
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Beta testing a new story. Time to work on something new until the critiques roll back in. #writing 021
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Blocking out a new story tentatively titled A Knight in the Service of Bedlam. It's turning out extremely weird in the best possible way. #writing #horror 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Me: And when the protagonist lights the gasoline the killer snowmen burst into flame but don't melt... Brain: Snow won't burn. Me: Not with that attitude! #writing #horrorauthor #booksky 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 09/02/2026On the 1971 song Spaced Cowboy, from the album There's a Riot Going On, Sylvester "Sly" Stone yodels...a lot. Who says this isn't the best timeline?media.tenor.coma man stands in front of a microphone with a bet logo in the backgroundALT: a man stands in front of a microphone with a bet logo in the background 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I see you... it's mashed potatoes. Let's just be honest with ourselves and put in the whole god damned stick of butter. 🍽️ 021
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Story drop!! @talestoterrify.bsky.social will be presenting my short,very dark, very bleak, quite mean story "Zero Tolerance." On Friday. Not joking about the bleak-dark-meanness. If that's your wheelhouse, tune in tomorrow at talestoterrify.com (you've been warned) #horror #writing #podcastmedia.tenor.coma cartoon character with the words you have been warnedALT: a cartoon character with the words you have been warned 041
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 01/02/2026My snowed-in project has been baking focaccia. It's all been tasty. But I believe I've finally reached the place I wanted it to be on Friday. I posted the recipe on my website FrankOreto.com #cooking #baking 🍽️ 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 29/01/2026All this cold weather has got in my head and birthed a story. "In the kitchen a man stood over the bloody, unmoving body of my wife...a snowman." #horrorauthor #writing #booksky 030
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Good morning. 12 inches later, all is well at casa d'Oreto. No work for me due to the weather. So cleaning, cooking, and writing are on the agenda. Hope everyone is warm and cozy for the day. #cooking #writingmedia.tenor.coma frozen man is standing in the snow with the words `` stay warm today '' .ALT: a frozen man is standing in the snow with the words `` stay warm today '' . 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I'm hunkered down, watching the snow pile up and praying that we can get rid of of that horrible ICE build up in the streets. And cooking, always cooking. I went withHungarian mushroom soup. Fresh pack pickles and bread baking later but for now more snow watching. 🍽️ #cooking 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Wifey and I got all our shopping done, including hitting our fav Indian restaurant for dosas and chai. I shall now nap until this whole blizzard unpleasantness has passed.media.tenor.comelmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parkingALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in the snow in front of a sign that says no parking 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026My neighbors are panic buying at the grocery store in preparation for the storm. Amateurs! I'm picking out which neighbors will be easiest to cannibalize. #prolevelprep 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Still trying to find the right market for my messianic-dentists-take-over-the-world story. I suppose we all are... no? Nobody? Okay, just me then. #writing #bookskymedia.tenor.coma man in a leather jacket is holding a pair of scissors and says `` you 'll be a dentist '' .ALT: a man in a leather jacket is holding a pair of scissors and says `` you 'll be a dentist '' . 020
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Why is it that my impostor syndrome kicks in hardest right after I make some real progress writing?media.tenor.coma man in a white shirt and tie is pointing at the word impostor in red lettersALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is pointing at the word impostor in red letters 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Oh, I am a clown, here only to amuse you! Yeah, that scans.😀 120
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I had a grand old time telling tales on @storyhour.bsky.social with @karldandenell.bsky.social can't wait to watch the YouTube video and see what weird faces I made.media.tenor.coma man in a plaid vest is holding a glass and says let me tell you a storyALT: a man in a plaid vest is holding a glass and says let me tell you a story 221
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'm very excited to be telling a story here tonight! 152
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I love editing my stories. It's like having a conversation with old friends...and correcting their grammar. #writing #booksky #horrorauthor 081
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 19/01/2026You should have seen that wearable sandwich board though... nice. 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 19/01/2026So, I made an author website. Up until now I'd mostly used the wearable sandwich board and bell combo to get the word out about what I'm up to. But I'm told that just isn't enough. Go figure. You can take a gander here frankoreto.com. #horrorauthor #bookskyfrankoreto.comNightmares in Progress - Frank Oreto 120
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 19/01/2026It's year of the quick breads. Right now we're working our way through a bag of self rising corn meal. So lots of cornbread variations. Tonight it was savory cornbread casseroles. One meat one vegetarian. Turned out pretty great. 🍽️ #cooking 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Got the day off and I'm spending my morning on final edits on my novel. The Rising Dark (Double indemnity meets Call of Cthulu by way of The Breakfast Club.) #horrorauthor #writing #booksky 171
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 07/01/2026So. A coworker was talking to her husband about books and mentioned mine. Turns out a woman who works at the Pittsburgh jail with the husband is reading it. He recognized the cover. I'm thrilled. My dream is that it ends up being passed from cell to cell. #booksky #horrorauthor #writing 050
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 01/01/2026It's a new year. Now we make Bigos! 🍽️media.tenor.coma picture of a man wearing a hat and scarf with the word bigos above himALT: a picture of a man wearing a hat and scarf with the word bigos above him 020
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025When did all the sex-bots move into the neighborhood?media.tenor.coma black and gold helmet has green dots on the faceALT: a black and gold helmet has green dots on the face 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Just enjoying the fact that I had a short story collection published this year. That's so cool. #booksky #writingsky #horror 050
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Moravian chicken pies are completed. Christmas is saved! 🍽️ #cooking 020
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Wrapping gifts and cooking prep have replaced my writing time for the last week and a half. I did find time to throw down some story outlines as ideas came to me. Not much but it's something.media.tenor.coma cartoon character is sitting at a table with scissors on itALT: a cartoon character is sitting at a table with scissors on it 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 19/12/2025My short story collection It's Dark in Here: Twenty One Weird Tales and One Poem About Squirrels is available at all the online outlets! 041
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Due to a complete lack of financial planning I'm considering prison as a best retirement option. Free room And board, gym facilities. But I don't want to kill anyone. So if you need to fake your death, maybe we can work something out. DM me for details!media.tenor.coma man holding a hammer with the words prison 's not so bad on the bottomALT: a man holding a hammer with the words prison 's not so bad on the bottom 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Spent the evening researching what cerebral spinal fluid tastes like. For... you know...reasons. #horrorauthor #writing #booksky 130
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Got my burgundy velvet swoveralls in the mail today. Xmas is saved. And I look so fancy 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025If there's a Honeybake ham store nearby I hear they sell hambones separately cheap. Of course having a metric ton of ham is a feature not a bug.media.tenor.coma man in a pink pig costume is shaking hands with a woman in a pink dress .ALT: a man in a pink pig costume is shaking hands with a woman in a pink dress . 100
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Good night editing. Got my new story "Of Jackals and Wolves" to the point I could send it to other readers to rip apart. Why should I have all the fun.media.tenor.coma man in a purple shirt stands in front of a microphone with the words such a good edit written below himALT: a man in a purple shirt stands in front of a microphone with the words such a good edit written below him 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Absolutely no writing or editing yesterday. But I did hang out with my daughter Josie on discord and watched an episode of Star Trek with her, so I win life. I also slept in a Stokercon t-shirt that night. So, that's almost like writing, right? #writing #horrorauthor #balancemedia.tenor.coma man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .ALT: a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face . 140
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 04/12/2025If your tears are extra salty, you're dehydrated. 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 03/12/2025I went through a first editing run for my thrift shop story, "Of Jackals and Wolves" I'm actually feeling pretty good about it. Still a ways to go, but the bones are good.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is saying imma be editing for a while while sitting at a table .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying imma be editing for a while while sitting at a table . 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Rough draft completed! Moving on. #writing #horrorauthor 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I wrote a story from scratch today. A writing exercise that was supposed to be 200 words ended up as a 1400 word story. Wrote, edited and ready for beta reads. it's called The Weight of Their Disappointment. (Which may also be what I feel from my beta readers) We'll see. #writing #horrorauthormedia.tenor.coma cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around themALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them 010
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 28/11/2025When the universe goes mad laugh louder. My imaginary friend Cyril told me that. And it's not bad advice. 000
Frank Oreto @frankoreto.bsky.social · 28/11/2025For the first time, I was called on to make a Turkey for an actual thanksgiving dinner. My Josie and I whipped something up and I don't think it turned out half bad. 🍽️ #cooking #HappyThanksgiving 000