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Katie & Seren live in my head along with #GrumpySwearyFairy, #TarlaTheBlack, #RandomHorrorBits, others. Horror Writer. Beta reader. Metal Musician. Not on TikTok.

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Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in The intoxicated animal suffered no injuries and was released back into the wild by animal protection once sober.

This could be my favorite news story of the year.๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.12.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All good here, thanks - hope you are too!๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ–ค

20.11.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

20.11.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I most certainly do NOT recognise myself in this. Definitely not.๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Brilliant!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

20.11.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Definitely time well spent, this is incredible. :-)

20.11.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh, I LOVE this. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘

20.11.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just a few hours left to get your stories in to the fantastic #SciFanSat magazine for this month.

I've just submitted a piece of flash fiction that is kind of a crossover and has two old friends, character wise, from different universes I've been writing... ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿฒ

20.11.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, this is fabulous!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

20.11.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

11.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Brilliant!๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

04.11.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

04.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman is laughing while sitting at a table in front of a bookshelf . ALT: a woman is laughing while sitting at a table in front of a bookshelf .
04.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

04.11.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Sounds perfect!๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

04.11.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

04.11.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ Yes!

04.11.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha. Does seem up my alley, although I hope they did some basic level research into how each writer would fight. Like Hemingway should be able to box, and maybe Lovecraft can conjure unearthly horrors to aid him.

03.11.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ I'm *almost* tempted to buy it to find out - that would be awesome if they could!๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

03.11.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Saw this elsewhere as a screenshot and it made me laugh, and think of my #SciFanSat friends... for some reason, I particularly thought you, @thesurrealari.bsky.social and @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

03.11.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The newest edition of #SciFanSat (@scifansat.bsky.social) was out yesterday, and I'm proud to have two pieces in there; a Flash fiction revisiting some old friends, and a poem for my youngest called, appropriately enough, Daughter.

Thanks as always to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SFS crew.๐Ÿ’–

26.10.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a group of pigs are sitting in a room with a large window ALT: a group of pigs are sitting in a room with a large window

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I can still hear that as clearly as I did many, many years ago.๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

17.10.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€ Awesome - this is definitely going to be an inspiration for a future piece of writing for me.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

16.10.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still a few hours left to get your flash, poetry, short stories and so on in to the fabulous magazine #SciFanSat ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ‰ on the subject of "Moon" before 11:59 PM!

I've just submitted two pieces, one fantasy๐Ÿ‰ flash that revisits characters from Issue 22 (IYKYK), and one piece of poetry; fingers crossed!๐Ÿคž

16.10.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sometimes, a cup of tea with a friend is a far more valuable use of time than any other.

Thank you to one of mine, who I've not seen for a while, but who shared time with me today.๐Ÿ’–

05.10.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Powerful words.

05.10.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for such kind words!

I've not read all of it yet either, but I saw the title of yours and had to read it first .. and glad I did!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

28.09.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, although I've got a sci-fi/black humor short story in this month's #SciFanSat, and I'd LOVE for you to read it, please allow me to draw your attention to the editorial by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social

It's important, so take the time time to read it, and stay safe.๐Ÿ’–

Free at: scifansat.com

27.09.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping . ALT: a crowd of people are sitting in a room applauding and clapping .
27.09.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great piece, and #6 gave me a mental image and a half.๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

27.09.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It 100% needs to be said, and I'm glad you did.

Silence only feeds the beast, and makes the authoritarianists more emboldened.

27.09.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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