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Horror Author jbrianreed.wixsite.com/bolus Published with Gamut, Sley House, Black Sheep, Yabblins, Crystal Lake, etc.

497 Followers  |  377 Following  |  89 Posts  |  Joined: 07.11.2024  |  1.7198

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“Jesus’s iPhone”

“Jesus’s iPhone”

The readings are inspirational.
The music, not so great.

07.11.2025 20:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
J. Brian Reed | Bolus

jbrianreed.wixsite.com/bolus

01.11.2025 23:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Make me in your image

Make me in your image

“Blood red numbers on the nightstand clock, 2:04AM on a restless night, an intangible something slips into bed with me.” Read more…(linked in comments).

01.11.2025 23:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Doofy-looking skeleton

Doofy-looking skeleton

Halloween…(Yeeeeeee!)

31.10.2025 16:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Picture of some old, bald dude trying to make a name for himself as a writer of gross and disgusting things.

Picture of some old, bald dude trying to make a name for himself as a writer of gross and disgusting things.

Well look who showed up on the House of Shadows and Ink Patreon site. Apparently this dude thinks he’s a hot tamale. I say we take him down a peg or two.

29.10.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Banner gets gamma rayed.

Banner gets gamma rayed.

Uncanny…

28.10.2025 23:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ending scene from “Cemetery Man.”

Ending scene from “Cemetery Man.”

“I should’ve known. The rest of the world doesn’t exist.”

26.10.2025 01:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Dog wearing glasses

Dog wearing glasses

Sometimes she stares into the abyss.
And it’s very, very blurry.

25.10.2025 16:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Shallow Waters screen grab. I won!

Shallow Waters screen grab. I won!

I finally did it! Looking forward to hosting next month’s competition. @crystallake.bsky.social

24.10.2025 20:49 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

More public transactions (like subway) should come with the option of adding chips, drinks, and cookies.

24.10.2025 16:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Guy that looks like KISS

Guy that looks like KISS

Just saw this guy on TV. Is it just me or does he somehow manage to look like every single member of KISS (both past and present) combined?

21.10.2025 16:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Festivities Entry 7 of 11: “Is It Cake?” by J. Brian Reed | The House of Shadows & Ink Get more from The House of Shadows & Ink on Patreon

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12.10.2025 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here are Cal Giliker’s finalists and the order in which the stories will be posted on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/your-f...

06.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
“I dispense candy out of my mouth.”

“I dispense candy out of my mouth.”

I have accidentally discovered the most disturbing sentence ever written in the English language.

02.10.2025 00:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Small knitted figurine

Small knitted figurine

This…

25.08.2025 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Whut?”
“Nothin’”
“K”

09.06.2025 21:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Trans-Allegheny Asylum main building.

Trans-Allegheny Asylum main building.

Trans-Allegheny…

14.05.2025 18:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Large castle reproduction on a hill that’s actually a hotel, restaurant, and spa.

Large castle reproduction on a hill that’s actually a hotel, restaurant, and spa.

And yes, for the record, there is a castle on a hill outside Lexington, KY. So, there ya go.

08.05.2025 01:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Flat white glove beside a car tire.

Flat white glove beside a car tire.

I think I ran over a mime.

11.04.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Famous headstone from Night of the Living Dead.

Famous headstone from Night of the Living Dead.

I have to make the pilgrimage every few years since I’m only about three hours away. Good stuff.

28.03.2025 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
At least a hundred chocolate bunnies all staring at me.

At least a hundred chocolate bunnies all staring at me.

They have the look of bunnies…but not the nature of bunnies.

22.03.2025 22:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Six phases of a lunar eclipse.

Six phases of a lunar eclipse.

Something ate the moon last night.

14.03.2025 19:02 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Person wearing all black while looking at an all black piece of art.

Person wearing all black while looking at an all black piece of art.

I’m feeling artistic today.

13.03.2025 21:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Listening to the song “Car Wash” while in the car wash?

Yes.

Yes, I am.

08.03.2025 19:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Hairless Guinea pig.

Hairless Guinea pig.

02.03.2025 03:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My little dog is scratching her ear. Getting at it good. Really in there.

She stops for a second to smell her toes.

I honestly don’t think we’re all that different when it gets right down to it.

02.02.2025 01:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Ah, Grendel!” he said. “You improve them, my boy! Can’t you see that yourself? You stimulate them! You make them think and scheme. You drive them to poetry, science, religion, all that makes them what they are for as long as they last.”

26.01.2025 02:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Liminal Spaces Entry 8 of 20: “A Place Where a Ghost Might Stand” by J. Brian Reed | Crystal Lake Get more from Crystal Lake on Patreon

Fun fact: The play on stage is Chekhov’s The Seagull.

www.patreon.com/posts/119967...

14.01.2025 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Up On Pikes, Smoldering Clowns, Still Twitching On a calm, clear night beneath a wide-open sky, it was easy to spot the satellite train. The man on the ground had fallen, again, and he lay on his back looking up. Arms beside him, he felt mohawks of...

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09.01.2025 18:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still trying to figure out why I feel I have to say everything twice when speaking to pets and infants.

08.01.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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