Diane Dooley

Diane Dooley

@dianedooley.bsky.social

Aging guttersnipe. Brit living in Vermont. Published author of Science Fiction, Horror, Romance. Interests: books, history, politics, tennis, music, poetry, travel, gardens. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dianedooley

1,103 Followers 350 Following 574 Posts Joined Aug 2023
4 days ago
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a man is crying with his mouth open and the words `` it hurts !!! '' written on the bottom . ALT: a man is crying with his mouth open and the words `` it hurts !!! '' written on the bottom .

I filed my taxes. It was horrible.

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4 days ago

Hope he doesn't win everything this year. Domination is boring.

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4 days ago

I missed it :(

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5 days ago
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Fella across town said he's looking for a man
To move some old cars around
Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out van
And do a little settling down

Born on this day in 1944: the great Townes Van Zandt

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5 days ago

I'm looking forward to that crazy cobble race.

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5 days ago

Excited for new season, I see :)

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5 days ago

What idiot put a psychopath in charge of the US military.

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5 days ago
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Old gods rampaging across the globe. The chill of a dead man’s breath on your neck. The end of the world & the survivors facing something worse. The light at the end of the tunnel if only you can keep crawling towards it.

Whatever dark fiction you like, I hope you find it here.
author.to/LukeWalker

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1 week ago

Yes, please.

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1 week ago

If you're a Woman in Horror, be it artist, illustrator, author, writer, reviewer, director, WHATEVER-

Say hi and link to your work here!

Let's make a thread of Horror from Women that people can peruse & discover some cool, new stuff

I'll start, in the comments/replies :)
♀️🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🎨 ✍️ 📽️🩸 #wihm

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1 week ago
A woman lies submerged in water. Cover of 'Down By the Dark Water' by Diane Dooley

Hi! Writer of horror short stories and novellas here. Check 'em out.
dianedooley.wordpress.com/short-stories/

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2 months ago
Illustration of short story "A  War-Torn Country" in Issue Ten of Pulp Asylum. A  haggard woman nurses a baby in front of a fireplace. Cover illustration Penumbric Volume IX, Issue 3. Well-dressed young woman carrying a severed head and a machete. Cover illustration of Rainy Weather Days magazine Volume Four. A man and a woman stand on silhouetted buildings communicating in colors.

My published short stories: dianedooley.wordpress.com/short-stories/

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1 month ago

Novak Djokovic. Simply astonishing.

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1 month ago
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Still and always choosing the bear. ✌️

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1 month ago
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Teen Titans YouTube video by scooller

And now I must listen to the Teen Titans theme:

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1 month ago

Teen titan clash in Australia! That's my evening planned.

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1 month ago
An intriguing door in a very posh but non-smug non-judgemental old wall. A door in an old wall leading to a garden where you can bet there is a fucking crazy party happening An old door in an old wall which is so arrogantly great, it’s almost disgusting. Some dickhead had better not try to paint this great messed up old door in an even older wall or I am going over there with some people I know, and I am not kidding.

This might well become a thread.

I am calling it 'Bloody Hell, Aren't Doors On Old Walls Fucking Brilliant?'

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2 months ago

Bloody hell, but toothache makes me cranky :(

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2 months ago

If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now?

Just checking what the standards are these days.

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2 months ago
Illustration of short story "A  War-Torn Country" in Issue Ten of Pulp Asylum. A  haggard woman nurses a baby in front of a fireplace. Cover illustration Penumbric Volume IX, Issue 3. Well-dressed young woman carrying a severed head and a machete. Cover illustration of Rainy Weather Days magazine Volume Four. A man and a woman stand on silhouetted buildings communicating in colors.

My published short stories: dianedooley.wordpress.com/short-stories/

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2 months ago

Romance novel?

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2 months ago
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THE SPECIALS - Enjoy Yourself Live Montreux 1980 YouTube video by exceller8000

Wishing a great 2026 to everyone. Don't forget to enjoy yourself. It's later than you think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t2s...

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2 months ago

Filed a complaint and was rather coldly reminded of the two other books I got for Christmas, and if I wanted more books as gifts perhaps I should stop complaining about how we have run out of room for more books. Dammit.

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2 months ago
Painting, The Magic Circle, by John William Waterhouse. cover image for Issue 10 of Pulp Asylum.

Out today, my latest short story, A War-Torn Country, in Issue 10 of Pulp Asylum:

www.pulpasylum.com/january-cont...

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2 months ago

My New Year's Resolution:

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2 months ago

Water Gypsies: A History of Life on Britain's Rivers and Canals by Julian Dutton.
Fugue State: Stories by Brian Evenson.
What did you get?

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2 months ago

Woke up this morning to the cold realization I only got two books for Christmas. Gonna file a complaint.

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2 months ago

Me: got vinyl, cassettes, CDs, but won't get a Spotify account :)

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2 months ago
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A Murderous Business 9781250356482 - Macmillan A sharp, captivating historical mystery about two queer women in turn-of-the-century New York, for fans of Lavender House and A Most Agreeable Murde...

"Cathy Pegau brilliantly immerses us in the pleasures, the biases, and the underlying energy of the emerging 20th century." -Ann Aptaker, multi-award winning author of A Crime of Secrets and the Cantor Gold crime series

A Murderous Business
bit.ly/AMurderousBu...
#historical #queer #crime

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2 months ago

First short story (and hopefully not the last) of the new year coming 1/1/26. Love the creepy illustration, Billy! @pulpasylum.bsky.social

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