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I have spare tickets for the Daniel Kraus gig tomorrow if you want to go to the BL and see it! DM me.

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Shoots balls not an aide to release what's in your balls

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A: Am *very happy* that the BL are doing a Ramsey collection B: You do *NOT* need a Stephen King quote on the book. Ramsey's work stands on its own, always has.

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Almost exactly a year after my visit to the *amazing* Otherland Bookshop in Berlin, Joe Hill will be there. Bet he won't be anywhere as good as I was! 😂

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Richard Jenkins is such a good actor he regularly stars as Steve Buscemi...

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Today is World Heart Day - and as someone who has had more than their fair share of intrusive medical procedures on the put upon fleshpumper - here are ten gentle artworks that don't make me scream into the void. First up: "Two Hearts" - Julia Abele (2021)

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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From the introduction to the Hookland Tourist Board I=SEE STRANGE HOOKLAND book:

REMEMBER:

Don’t go out by yourself at night. Many things in this book are thought to be imaginary, but being out by yourself in the dark can still be dangerous – even if you don’t encounter the Danebury Grim.

If you see something that scares you, tell a parent or a trusted adult such as a teacher. In extreme cases where you can’t find an adult you can trust, you could even tell a police officer.

Don’t provoke Faeries of any type. You would not like people shouting your name, poking you in your bed with a stick or throwing stones in your bath, so don’t do it to Faeries. No-one likes ill-behaved children, least of all the Elves of Hookland.

Don’t signal for UFOs with torches. It is not only a waste of batteries, it can be misinterpreted by the emergency services. Besides, we can’t promise that all UFOs are friendly or interpret your signal as a positive message.

Show some respect for the graves of the dead. If you were buried in the ground you wouldn’t appreciate another child dancing on your grave or trying to dig it up would you?

Remember to take extra care when looking for things around water – both by the sea and along rivers and pools. Even if he is imaginary, the King-Under-the-Sea should be shown some deference and Stay Belows not encouraged to grab at you when dangling your legs or trailing your hands in cool, apparently calm water.

Imaginary things can’t hurt you unless you believe in them with all your heart and then they are really quite dangerous.

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Ah, I always do a bonus one, the Cujo paperback was it!

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Today is World Rabies Day - here are five artworks depicting it throughout the years. First up: "Harry saves the girls from the mad dog" - Johan Schonberg (1888)

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trish Keenan would have been 58 today. Everyone go listen to some Broadcast.

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very happy with this new series - I hope we are giving space for conversations often avoided or silenced - latest episode is physicist @chanda.blacksky.app - next up, Lucia Osborne Crowley on abuse culture and much more - please support a tier if you can www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...

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Chanda Prescod Weinstein in LIBERATION CONVERSATIONS | Robin Ince

Chanda is a scientist and science populariser I adore - whether it is "queering the universe" or explaining how Star Trek has rocked her w

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Trish Keenan would have been 58 today. Everyone go listen to some Broadcast.

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Today is National Scarf Day today. Again, I am scraping bottom of barrels for ideas, but here are ten remarkably good artworks on the subject. First up: "Scarf" - Sentaro Iwata (unknown)

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GPWigglesworth @gpwigglesworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Visited Rasputin Records in Berkeley & got this for $1.95! It’s a bit scuffed but what a bargain.

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 27/09/2026

This is genuinely the funniest thing I've read in ages - they clearly reference the book having been published in 1927, yet send an email to the authors, Rosalie and Edward Synton via my email address - even though they both died in the 1930s...

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Johnny Mains @johnnymains.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Sheeran will never be able to tour in the UK again 😂 www.facebook.com/share/v/1E4M...

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Next event is St Michael's Hospice on 5 October. All proceeds straight to their charity. So if you don't come along or share, I guess you don't want people to have a comfortable death, dearie me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-ahead-...

Event flyer for Get Ahead of Being Dead with Evie King.

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I've been an organ donor since 2010 - can't wait to be harvested and help others! You should be one too!

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For all of you Doctor Who fans out there - my dear friend @monstermaker.bsky.social made this cool wee animation based on the opening chapter of the Target book DOCTOR WHO AND THE DINOSAUR INVASION www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNRf...

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YouTube video by Doctor Who Literature Podcast

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First one out in the wild!

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My copy of LYCANTHIA has arrived, it looks amazing and certainly earns its keep alongside the other two books!

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Lunatraktors @lunatraktors.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My copy of LYCANTHIA has arrived, it looks amazing and certainly earns its keep alongside the other two books!

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Great news! One of Clair's little silk paintings at @field-system.bsky.social sold today!

A little ink painting on silk, showing imaginary lichen and moss, with a scrap of vivid blue sky above.

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Mark H @blackhole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Amicus Films horror anthologies. I’d picked up many of the movie tie-in paperbacks as a teenager. Fifty years later, I’ve just read all the source stories that inspired them. This gets little complicated, so please keep close to the old guide showing you round the crypt… #AmicusAnthologies

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Today is the birthday of T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). Here are ten artworks of him and others inspired by his work. First up: "Only Those Who Risk Going Too Far Can Possibly Found Out How Far They Can Go" - Dongni Hou (2021)

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LYCANTHIA is #139 in the Monsters and Creatures chart and #147 in the Classic Horror chart! What a lovely debut! I would love it to get to #1 - so if you want to help a 91 yr old book find a new audience, please order from the link below this post!

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TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA I nearly gave up on this film so many times. It was like wading through treacle. But once it fully committed to the bit, I was all in. Doesn't mean that I'll watch it again - I won't - but it was a brave swing, and a different take on the slasher genre.

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James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

David has quickly become the leading figure in folk horror literature, so he has, and that's no bad thing.

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It's been a good summer of folk horror reading thanks to @davidmbarnett.bsky.social and now autumn brings a close (possibly?) to this uniquely wonderful quartet

Photo of four paperback books, three piled horizontally with their titles - Withered Hill, Scuttler's Cove and Scratch Moss - visible on the spines, with the fourth, Twisted Pike, standing upright and showing the red shape of a dog-like creature on the front cover

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Buster Keaton, original parkour god.

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