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Martlesthegreat

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This life is madness and I'm doing my best to navigate thru it with the best intentions. Samurai film lover, learning to read, and cats.

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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CATS! IN! SPAAAAAAAACE!!!!
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Scythian Wolf is back with its third open call & third historical horror anthology. This time it's Ancient Rome. Here are the initial details. More info soon.
Ars Moriendi: Horror Tales of Ancient Rome
Payment: $75 USD per story
Word Count: 4500-10000
Open: February 1 - February 28, 2027
Submit to: the.scythian.wolf [at] gmail.com
story Must be set between the years 753 bce and 500 ce 
story must include a supernatural element
with setting and details, historical accuracy is vital 
Reprints Welcome but Note when submitting
stories that utilize Generative AI will be rejected
submit as .docx attachment (no links)
subject line: rome submission: story title 
multiple submissions? no
simultaneous submissions? Yes
no submissions or inquiries prior to february 1, 2027
Payment via Paypal Only
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Welp, looks like I'm back to reading books again. Hell yeah.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's meme-time. Get memed.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My dear and relentless Summer heat, please and kindly go elsewhere. We are tired of your high pressure heat dome nonsense. #arethesestillathing #fall #mubblefubbles
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Finally got to see the nips in person. Thanks MoPop!
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Starting off the year with tales of Conan by the magnificent Robert E. Howard. It's incredible that this all was written in the 1930s.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Got my paperback and I'm ready to do some holiday reading! Excited to be able to dive into these stories in This World of Vile Wonder. @coyhall.bsky.social
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This is what I'll be listening to on repeat today. Happy Halloween everyone. 🎃
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Don't miss out on this new anthology! Horror tales of the Scientific Revolution! Stoked on getting this in paperback. 📚
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Excited for this anthology! Don't delay you fools, get this and READ it!!!
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My local bookshop just got a huge collection of Longarm novels! I picked up a few for research into smutty westerns. @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Had two peers come up to me after class and ask what I am currently writing, and if they can read it when it is done. Felt really good, ngl. It's a novella and it's only half done.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Oh hell yeah. A new Peter McLean book!!
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My new novel, The Owl Men of Shanidar, releases April 28! Ebook is up for preorder (paperback will be available to order April 26): mybook.to/OwlMen I'll be posting blurbs soon!
The Owl Men of Shanidar: A Novel by Coy Hall. Cover image is Athena's owl on a Grecian urn.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
In the same vein, if they cannot be bothered to write it why should I bother to read it? AI has no place in art.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Some days I listen to White Cedar by @themountaingoats.bsky.social, and I cannot get over how it makes me feel inspired and alive. Can I ask what the song means? "I'll be reborn someday someday, if I wait long enough..." SNARE! SNARE!
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
And it feels like it's happening in slow motion.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Do you think they would have the gall to change their name to the Red Hot Clam Cakes?
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Fucking right it does. We need to focus on each other and care for the people next door to us. There is good in this world.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I'm just a regular dude who loves alt rock. Is it too much to ask for @eve6 to cover "Up The Wolves" by @themountaingoats.bsky.social
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disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
A little over two centuries ago, June 16, 1816, Mary Shelley created Science Fiction (and some say the Gothic Genre) when she wrote "Frankenstein".

Around 150 years later, Lucille Ball championed a script that no one wanted, paid for the pilot and fought for the money enough to get "Star Trek" made. She also had a hand in "Westinghouse Desilou Playhouse", which gave Rod Serling the big break he needed to get "The Twilight Zone" produced.

Today we salute the Mother of Science Fiction and the Godmother of Popular Science Fiction. (photos of Mary Shelley and Lucille Ball follow)
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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Weird Horror. Occult Lore. Love Gone Wrong. Alchemical Divorce. A Man Eats Himself... Colossus with a Poison Tongue is on sale for 99 c/p at Amazon US & UK. Mybook.to/PoisonTongue
Death on a sick horse.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
And I don't want the world to see me...
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is so stupid, but it makes me laugh.
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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Remember you are not powerless. We all have our part to play in the resistance. Call your representatives and ask them if they like alternative rock
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I'm hoping to set a new record for 2025 for myself in terms of reading. Shooting for 36 books. Horror, fantasy, and nonfiction. Finish my novella. Write my short story and submit it. Work and write my big idea. I hope 2025 is good to you all. #reading #writing
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Fuck Twitter. Blue sky is where it's at.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Michael Shea is an incredible author of weird fiction. Not enough people are talking about his work. Just finished his short story Salome. #weird #fiction #shortstory
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
I had an idea for a @themountaingoats.bsky.social album. They pick their favorite fictional character and can't use the obvious descriptors. Ex: batman. No bats. Dark knight etc. Ex: hannibal lector. No Chianti, no fava beans. Etc Ex: john kimble. No One armed man. No Innocent. No Doctor. Etc.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
My goal is to read more and write more in 2024. 24 books in a year. And a first draft of my Horror novel. So far we got 3 books and 4000 words.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
Shading is hard but drawing is fun to quiet the idiotic parts of my brain. #art #drawing #pencil #latebloomerartist
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
This is my map for learning to draw. Shit is hard yo. But it's rewarding. #latebloomerartist #ink #art #drawing
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
This was more fun to draw than I realized. Some classic Batman TAS. #drawing #art #latebloomerartist #batman #inking #inktober
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Working on drawing eyes. Bonus points if anyone can figure out whose left eye that is... #drawing #art #latebloomerartist
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
"I fell into a pit of lies I tried to dig around the other side And much to my surprise I was to blame for all the rain" -Word to the Wise
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 25/09/2023
Now that the bugs have left my last two kale plants are thriving. Time for some cooler weather so I can make soup.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 20/08/2023
I wish I could live up here.
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Martlesthegreat @martlesthegreat.bsky.social · 20/08/2023
Had a double feature last night of Lone Wolf and Cub and Death Race 2000. It was incredible. It reminded me how much heart and soul has dwindled from a good amount of modern filmmakers.
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