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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘

@writingben.bsky.social

Founder of HouseBlackwood.net. Editor of the OMNIPARK series and THE WILLOWS. Novelist & horror / weird fiction author. Backpacker in 40+ countries.

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Movie trailer voice: Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth. They're cops. 🚨 One is a colorful assemblage of spheres, and he doesn't play by the rules. The other is an octopus out of water, and he's just two days away from retirement. And they're about to find out...

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Alicia Hilton @aliciahilton.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

My co-editor Ben Thomas and I are finalizing the ARC for BACK 2 OMNIPARK. It was a wonderful experience collaborating with such talented authors, and the illustrations are fantastic, too. This anthology is going to be incredible!

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Reviewing the final design proof of BACK 2 OMNIPARK This book is gonna be a killer. 🧬🦠✋🪐🐙⚛️⏰

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

David Foster Wallace's THE PALE KING is a frustrating book to read and critique, and not (I think) in the ways he intends it to be. A thread (1/) 🧵

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

This is an Islamic prayer book created in 16th century Nigera. The artist infused Maghribi (Moroccan) lettering with traditional Nigerian colors and patterns. Most unique Arabic calligraphy I've ever seen.

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

One of These Things Is Not Like the Others

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𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘 @writingben.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Things Victorian writers could get away with that I can't get away with and it's not fair. A thread 🧵 1. Subordinate clauses so numerous and pervasive that, were one to describe their purpose, would surely prove of such inherent worth, which is to say value, that

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