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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness)

@zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social
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He/him. Writer. Creativity shaman. Artist. Musician. Teacher. From twisted fiction, poetry and artwork to dark aleatoric music and video projects. See more at: writingdarkness.carrd.co

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Stephen Graham Jones @stephengrahamjones.com · 22h
Can finally say it out loud:
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Marilynn Morose @scarymarilynn.bsky.social · 9h
Generative AIs ONLY use is deception. Deceive people into believing you can write or draw. Into buying items that will never exist in the material world. Into sending money to scams. Into buying falsely advertised foods. We have yet to be presented with a use case not based on absolute deception.
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Writing Darkness @writingdarkness.ca · 09/10/2026
“There’s four more, Frankie. Are we going to have to do this every time or can you handle it?” A BRAND NEW story from Zack @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social at Writing Darkness! www.patreon.com/WritingDarkn...
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"Gonna Miss Ya, Frankie" | Writing Darkness
There is a puddle of urine in the corner of the stairwell and try as he might Frankie can’t help but imagine the disease-ridden cock that sp
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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cure is so good, planning a rewatch here soon
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ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️‍🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.com · 08/10/2026
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Captain Kirk's Shirtless Realization
Alt: Captain Kirk's Shirtless Realization
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm fuckin' dying here man
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
First shot and I'm already laughing. Jim Hosking's slays me
Cover of Ebony and Ivory
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Skellan-ton (they/he) @stelsadick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You still have a whole week to get in on this!! Closes next Thursday Oct 15.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Damnit, came up with yet another story. Will the madness ever end?
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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Did you know you only need a small brain to make silly little drawings?
4 panel comic:
Panel 1: pink blob guy on a table, pencil in their hands. Grey circle on a piece of paper and a glass of water on the table. They say “look here”
Panel 2: Proudly, they hold up the drawing of a grey blobby character on two stick legs up in the air. The pink blob says “I drew this!”
Panel 3: Satisfied they sit back down on the table. They now go “it’s not much, but..” The grey drawing looks a bit peeved because the drawer is calling it “not much”
Panel 4: But it’s okay, because now the pink blob is very pleased finally. He says “it came from my brain!” Holding the pencil up. The grey drawing blob is happy again, too. End well, all well!
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Darkness Pauls 🎃 @paulle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jump-scaring myself by browsing the prices of Halloween candy.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look at this posh skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1912. 🎩
Black and white photo of a medium haired tuxedo tabby sitting curled up in a top hat which is nestled in some kind of fur pelt. The cat has a contemptuous look on its face.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What were her favorites?
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All in the family with a shark
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hair's got a mind of its own this morn
The author's hair
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"As we finished our session He wiped the Bolsonaro from my chin"
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Writing Darkness @writingdarkness.ca · 06/10/2026
The teaser for Writing Darkness Magazine! Check out a little of what we bring to the table! www.patreon.com/WritingDarkn...
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Writing Darkness Magazine Teaser | Writing Darkness
Not sure what to expect from Writing Darkness Magazine? Enjoy this free teaser with selections from the fiction of: Jamie Long, Kelly Warne
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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Vampi Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now, more than ever, is the time to reject corporate-owned media and embrace the true sickos making weird shit in the corners
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The Texas Hot Wing Massacre, Derek Smith @darathus.xyz · 06/10/2026
Get a little taste of what @writingdarkness.ca has in store! Then sign up for the monthly magazine!
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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who doesn't love a little tease 😘
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026
Pond A Little Too Serene
Pond A Little Too Serene
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My condolences
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The Texas Hot Wing Massacre, Derek Smith @darathus.xyz · 06/10/2026
Pretty sure Hollywood still owes us a Doc Savage movie.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is your house overrun with singing, dancing skeletons?
A PSA style comic
Big text at the top says
Is your house overrun with singing, dancing skeletons?
Call 1-888-SKELETON today"

In the center, there's a concerned looking person holding a phone while skeletons that look sort of like the skeletons from the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Skeleton Dance dance in the background.
The person says to the phone
"is this 1-888-skeleton?"
"Yes, we have skeleton," comes the reply.
"I don't understand- do you get rid of the skeletons or bring more skeletons?"
"Yes," says the operator.
"What? D... D... Damnit," says the caller.

Big text at the bottom says "operators are standing by! Call now!"
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're talking about the first fifteen chapters of Michael McDowell's The Amulet this Sunday coming. Never a better time to join the book club!
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're talking about the first fifteen chapters of Michael McDowell's The Amulet this Sunday coming. Never a better time to join the book club!
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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
friends don't let friends apply for jobs at content mills it's too soul crushing don't do it
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Having finally read it last year, I am happy to be able to agree with this. They're the worst.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Depends on the intro.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've loved this movie my whole damn life and I will defend it until I die
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nobody talks about Angel Sanctuary or Excel Saga and yet both fucking rock. I gotta see if I can find my ES dvds
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☠️𝔖𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰🦇 @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Paul Verhoeven the most vindicated guy to ever exist.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh to be a cat sleeping on a guitar amp during a metal show
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't afford this fucking depression
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Child evangelist/B-movie actor Marjoe Gortner has died. He was in FOOD OF THE GODS, STARCRASH and MAUSOLEUM. The Oscar-winning 1972 documentary about his preaching career should be watched. youtu.be/6XdpMkDpJXw?...
A little boy in white tuxedo preaching to the heavensAdult male preaching in a tent
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
- I am the wrath of gods and the desolation of the earth music - The unbearable filth of the soul - Blood eagles carved on the backs of innocents - Of fire, and fucking pigs - When the lion devours both dragon and child - When fire rains down from the sky mankind will reap as it has sown
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Anaal Nathrakh song name appreciation post: - Between shit and piss we are born - I wish I could vomit blood on you... ...people - Libidinous (a pig with cocks in its eyes) - Create art, though the world may perish - A firm foundation of unyielding despair - You can't save me, so stop fucking trying
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They're decent. Check out I let my tyres down or whatever it's called.
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tropical fuck storm
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Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Name a band using only emojis 🌴🍆⛈️
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is your brain full of mind vampires?
A comic all in red, depicting a man with a cut out of his brain with a vampire skulking inside of it. 
Big text at the top says "is your brain full of mind vampires? you are not alone."
The vampire says "bleh! bleh! I am 2000 years old. Bleh! your only desire now is to find my amulet."
The man says "Dang, gotta find that amulet."

Further text at the bottom says "there is no cure for mind vampires but there is support and management. Know the warning signs, get help early."
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me watching all of the Fox X-Men dying in the first 5 minutes as Marvel only has the actors for one day: ‘This is one of the darkest movies ever made’
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Jess Fink🍉🌈 @jessfink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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A 7 panel comic by the artist. First panel: The artist is running from a distance towards a group of people playing basketball in the park. The artist is holding a pumpkin above their head and screaming "AAAAAAAAA". Second panel: The artist has leapt up and is in position to slam dunk the pumpkin into the basketball hoop. Panel three: the pumpkin splatters violently against the backboard of the basketball hoop, sending orange pumpkin goop everywhere. Panel four: the players stand staring, covered in pumpkin goop and shocked. Panel five: the artist stares at them wide-eyed, also covered in the goop and says "it's October FIRST". Their hand reaches towards their face. Panel six: the artist rips off their own face like a rubber mask to reveal a skeleton beneath. Panel 7: the group of players stand shocked and horrified, watching as the skeleton falls to the ground in a pile of bones, the sound effects says "CLATTER".
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