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Laura Keating

@lorekeating.bsky.social
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Writer of Fiction; Bae of Fundy; Mad, Bad, and Hilarious to know Irish-Canadian www.lorekeating.com/ Novella AGONY'S LODESTONE store.tenebrouspress.com/products/a… Collection THE TRUEST SENSE a.co/d/090sQN3I She/Her

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen singing you a song above a speech bubble.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How my Fire Horse year is going
Dishevelled Winona Ryder at the end of "Heathers" smoking a real f*ck it cigarette.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think about MINDHUNTER about once a week. A final season would actually work with this major hiatus and characters aging. BTK wasn't caught until 2005. Start S03 in 1999 and work up to it. @netflix.com , please just give Fincher the money he needs!
The characters of MINDHUNTER in a promotional posture designed like a Rorschach test.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tried some creative baking with my son yesterday afternoon. Nailed It! (We are in fact both delighted with the results.)
Original idea, green dinosaurOur version with multi-colours and rainbow sprinklesKid's thumbs up next to our cake. Nailed It!
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This first one is actually a Folk Horror icon tho she's the killer babe
An old wasp nest adored in dead pines branches, sort of looks like a scary folk horror mask.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get your murder-basement wasp nest in time for the Holidays. A steal at $150 each!
Text 3 large Wasp Nests that were collected some time ago.The 3rd and 4th picture with red rope are the same. 
Price is $150 eachOld wasp nest hanging from a string in a cement basement. It is adored with dead pine branches.A second old wasp nest hanging from a string in a cement basement. It is adored with dead pine branches.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This short scene in the original "Practical Magic" is genuinely Sandra Bullock's best work, the desperation is too real.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
*sigh* The Simpsons called it
Future Lisa looks up into the night sky, the stars are drones that re-form to say "What a Night for Buzz Cola."
episode "Holidays of futures past."
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
so basically
The Leader from from season 09 episode 13 - The Joy of Sect - on The Simpsons.

A conman in a grey robe flying a homemade, bicycle-powered helicopter laden with bags of money while humming on a comb covered with a piece of wax paper.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"September" from "The Months". Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987)
Painting of late summer things: open chestnuts, blackberries, apples, corn, mushrooms, red leaves.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So cool that stuff we've had and worked for 20+ years is absolutely balls now
In a word document, there is the phrase going away party.

The spellcheck wants to change it to party going away, which is dumb and makes no sense.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And our country isn't called America anymore. It's Bonerland.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Text: And our country isn't called America anymore. It's bonerland.

Treehouse of Horror, The Simpsons 
Parody of classic Twilight Zone episode. Bart plays an all powerful little tyrant where everyone has to do what he says.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry was something special. This one hurts, especially just a day after Dolly. RIP to this legend
Tim Curry 1946-2026The many characters of Tim Curry
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - Dolly Parton
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trying to find a way to put into words how I feel about the passing of Dolly Parton. She was more and everything; she gave and loved and taught all that, too. Need a minute to get it all right, say what I want to say. But for now, she was really something else, wasn't she?
Dolly Parton
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
OH NOOOOO RIP Dolly, one of the best who ever was. Heartbroken doesn't cover it 💔
Dolly Parton, RIP 2026
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The original Iroquois name of Lake Ontario is Ontarí'io\Kanadario (great lake\beautiful water). He can back right the ef off with "Lake America."
Map of the Great Lakes
Before Europeans their names: 
Superior: gichi-gami (great sea)
Erie: erielhonan (long tail)
Michigan: michigami (long body of water)
Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water)
Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Miss Piggy with a g*n
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Watching "The Burbs" for the first time ... I was a kid in the 90s but I grew up in a bit of a strange town so am having a hard time remembering ... is this just what "average middle class" looked like? Would these folks have been considered upper middle-class? Because right now this is WEALTH
The 'Burbs

young Tom Hanks (white man with dark hair) stands in the middle of an ominously clouded but otherwise regular suburban street holding a spatula and a hose
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is killin' over on threads I don't want to have to start posting more on the other place but I'm just a girl trying to have outreach. Still, Bluesky ... it's just nicer here 🥺
Post by Lorekeating
John Carpenter's THEY LIVE

John Carpenter's THEY LAUGH

John Carpenter's THEY LOVE
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Did Stephen King write that World Cup final?
Text: Yamal became a world champion at 19, wearing No. 19, exactly 19 years after a 19 year old Messi - wearing No. 19 for Barcelona - bathes him as a baby. And the World Cup final was played on July 19.

Young man sitting on soccer field.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
When you finally unclog your Writer's Block
Chihiro pulling gunk out of water spirit Chihiro pulling out last tangled line with a satisfying pop!Chihiro engulfed in frightening waves of fresh water that then lifts her up.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My 5-year-old: Do you know this place JAPAN? Me: I do. Mommy and daddy lived there, have we told you that yet? 5-year-old's literal face:
Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer: Wow Woah Reaction
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"I asked ChatGPT - " Oh, well I asked Rosemary and she said she's trying to be supportive but she has her qualms.
Dale Dickey as Rosemary in WIDOW'S BAY (Apple+, 2026-)

Older white woman with pulled back blonde hair and the most expressive face you'd ever laid witness to looking mildly concerned and grossed out in a kitchen.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Look, Jack was a ginormous, over-reacting asshole but sometimes when the only thing I want to do is write and there is another phone call, another ask, another request, another interruption, I understand this level of frustration in my BONES
Jack Torrance in THE SHINING frustrated at being interrupted in his writing. He overreacts, but the look of tired frustration is real.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Once upon a time, the waters of Nova Scotia/New Brunswick were far too cold for Great White Sharks. Oh, how we'd chuckle at concerned southern tourists setting foot into the Bay of Fundy. Not on these shores, not here. Oh, how we'd laugh ...
Sharks Ripple, Cross, and Brook all around south shore NS.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Our lovely lady Ripley has suddenly gotten sick. We have a vet appointment scheduled. If you have any spare good hopes and vibes, we'd love those 🖤
Black fluffy cat on a blue mattress staring with beautiful, intense yellow eyes staring at the camera.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Found a sacred artifact 🥹
Old ticket bracelet for Crystal Palace/Palais Crystal.

This was a much beloved indoor amusement park, small but so fun for kids, that was in Moncton, New Brunswick. Some of my happiest childhood memories are from March breaks when we'd get to go for a day there. It closed over a decade ago. This bracelet was found in an old purse at my mother's house.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The absolute whiplash of watching Matthew Rhys in THE BEAST IN ME after finishing WIDOW'S BAY. The man has range.
Matthew Rhys playing the biggest a**hole out to screen.
White man with dark hair sitting behind an expensive desk in a white sweater.Matthew Rhys playing the most trying hardest mayor ever put to screen.
White man with dark hair nervously sitting behind a messy desk leaving no ball untripped.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My son is visiting his grandparent's for a few days. Newt, who always follows my son around like a puppy, has been sleeping on his bookbag ever since. He never does this, usually curls on a chair or couch. I think someone misses his boy 🥹
A loyal, fluffy grey cat with huge yellow eyes sits expectantly on a dinosaur bookbag.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
An excellent bookshop visit was had
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes 
To be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Scraping down the front step for a new coat and painting the front doors. Steps we own, a door we own. I've got free time and the weather is nice. Never tell me this isn't It ❤️
Blue steps on a small front porch getting scraped down for a new coat of paint.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Throwback to when the paperback and kindle release of THE TRUEST SENSE were #2 & #3 Canadian shorts stories on Amazon, and the Paperback was #1 in Bestsellers 🖤 Read it on the train or on a beach, freak everyone out with the cover, this summer a.co/d/0cM0xa6B
Hot New Releases in Canadian Short Stories
#1 and #2 THE TRUEST SENSE by Laura KeatingBest sellers in Canadian Short Stories
#1 THE TRUEST SENSE by Laura Keating.
Alice Munro's best was at #3
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Millenial Inheritance
Three still in box Spice Girls dolls. Ginger, Baby, and Sporty.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hope I'm reading this right, because this jingle has also been in my head the last two weeks, haha
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Was recently returned this painting I did for my grandmother upon her passing. I was sixteen when I did this; I more or less stopped painting soon after because my paintings were "just okay" "don't really look real." What!? God, I want to go back tell her/everyone photorealism isn't the only thing!
A fairly good oil painting of a yellow bird.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I really need to actually utilize my wardrobe & put together an outfit more because
Laura Keating in tan wide-leg slacks and a blouse
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In 2019, CBC released a show called "Cavendish" that honestly feels like a test run for "Widow's Bay." It did not have the budget and it is definitely more comedy with the 'horror' only been parodies of horror but it deserves a little love. (clips below - basically Widow's Bay from a visitor's POV)
Cover of Cavndish

Two men fishing in a row bow while a cloud of bats flies overhead.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Original concept art by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social for a visual taste of the V̵̨̧̛͖̲̤̪̮͈̯̟͐͛̿̅̌į̴̗̙̬̰̪̓̈̀̆̆͜b̸̗̬̝̼̪̗̹̦̿̐̋̍̐̔̽̚̕̕e̸̹̳̗͕̤͔̔̅s̶̘̔͂͗́̀̓̈̃
Man screaming in Agony, trapped between two or more realitiesBack cover of AGONY'S LODESTONE; a camera records an impossible scene for twenty years.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Me, finishing another disappointing novel
Maude from "The Big Lewbowski" in front of a TV
Text: The story is ludicrous
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Nearly 7 years on, still thinking about her
Actress Mireille Herbstmeyer as Mrs. Daugeron in "Marianne" (Netflix, 2019)
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I leave my friends the most considerate messages 😌🖤
Text message that reads: "But like also.... Are you watching Widow's Bay?
Because... Are you watching Widow's Bay? This Show. Widow's Bay that you should be watching, are you watching it? BAY."
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
What querying looks like in a world overrun with AI sloppers 😵‍💫
Brand new agent, opening to queries for the first time wrote:

"To all who queried me, thank you so much for your overwhelming interest. I received 1000 queries in just over 24 hours and have closed my inbox to take some time to review. I will be opening again soon, so keep an eye out!"
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Next on Finally Reading list:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ah, of course. My 7am cold call from New York Times #1 bestselling YA author of the POWERLESS trilogy Lauren Roberts. Because why the hell not. (My favourite part is AI complimenting itself, with the Gemini reply prompt suggesting "Beautiful poem.")
Segment of a scam AI email.

The prompt reply is "Beautiful poem."
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The type of feedback from editors that I live for (more news on what this is later! 👀)
Hi Laura,

Wow, that story made me cry!
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I loved this sequence in 'Snow White' so much as a child; the number of times I tried to get a glass of orange juice struck by lightning cannot be reckoned. I still adore her. Underrated Diva.
The Queen in Disney's "Snow White" raising her chalice to a storm to help brew it somehow.The Queen in "Snow White" reflected in her green, bubbling potion glass.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Soccer Mom Era begins
Laura Keating, white woman with dark brown hair, in a baseball cap on a sports field.
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Bought an emotional support McCain's Deep'n Delicious and pint of Chapman's Premium Cherry Chocolate Truffle today. If any good news would like to come my way in the near future, that would be lovely.
A pint of cherry ice-cream.An amazing chocolate cake
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