Mere Pseud's Avatar

Mere Pseud

@merepseud.bsky.social

Retrospectral dispatches, ghostly sigils, eerie echoes. Weird cracks in the pavement, weirder music (https://www.last.fm/user/Mere_Pseud). Occasional blogger @ http://crystalcitytales.com Elmo sunk: https://x.com/mere_pseud

383 Followers  |  650 Following  |  296 Posts  |  Joined: 05.09.2023  |  1.9224

Latest posts by merepseud.bsky.social on Bluesky

On the left, a black cat (barely visible, lying on a black sweater), labelled "not my cat", is asleep in a chair. Across the room, lurking behind a partly open door, a smaller black cat, labelled "my cat", glowers furiously.

On the left, a black cat (barely visible, lying on a black sweater), labelled "not my cat", is asleep in a chair. Across the room, lurking behind a partly open door, a smaller black cat, labelled "my cat", glowers furiously.

The "not my cat" drama continues.

18.01.2026 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fucking hell trying to make up stuff and write it down out of your own mind doesnโ€™t get any twatting easier does it

10.12.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneath which men long ago veiled their knowledge of the most awful, most secret forces which lie at the heart of all things; forces before which the souls of men must wither and die and blacken, as their bodies blacken under the electric current. Such forces cannot be named, cannot be spoken, cannot be imagined except under a veil and a symbol, a symbol to the most of us appearing a quaint, poetic fancy, to some a foolish tale. But you and I, at all events, have known something of the terror that may dwell in the secret place of life, manifested under human flesh; that which is without form taking to itself a form. Oh, Austin, how can it be? How is it that the very sunlight does not turn to blackness before this thing, the hard earth melt and boil beneath such a burden?'

We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneath which men long ago veiled their knowledge of the most awful, most secret forces which lie at the heart of all things; forces before which the souls of men must wither and die and blacken, as their bodies blacken under the electric current. Such forces cannot be named, cannot be spoken, cannot be imagined except under a veil and a symbol, a symbol to the most of us appearing a quaint, poetic fancy, to some a foolish tale. But you and I, at all events, have known something of the terror that may dwell in the secret place of life, manifested under human flesh; that which is without form taking to itself a form. Oh, Austin, how can it be? How is it that the very sunlight does not turn to blackness before this thing, the hard earth melt and boil beneath such a burden?'

Not a bad time of year to reread Machen, imo.

06.12.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

I do not write much but there is not a day goes by that I do not think of you.

03.12.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

Dead bird Victorian Xmas card

"iT's BegiNNning To LoOk a LOt LikE ChRistMAs..."

01.12.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
The Driving Stupid - Horror Asparagus Stories [US, Garage/Novelty] (1966)
The Driving Stupid - Horror Asparagus Stories [US, Garage/Novelty] (1966)

The Driving Stupid - Horror Asparagus Stories [US, Garage/Novelty] (1966)
https://redd.it/79vxmy
https://youtu.be/IumIAl80CkU

01.12.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜

29.11.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
 A weather update showing cloudy skies, cold temperatures, and suggestion of rain.

A weather update showing cloudy skies, cold temperatures, and suggestion of rain.

A Saturday so gloomy it feels like a Monday.

29.11.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Counselling close studyโ€ฆ

21.11.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please do not rake the leaves out of your yards. I am sleeping under them.

20.11.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

the cold grue

18.11.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trethevy Quoit

Trethevy Quoit

Trethevy Quoit
#TombTuesday

04.11.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finishing a novel is only a matter of effort expended over time but unfortunately thereโ€™s no way to know at the start how much effort or time will be required.

30.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
small hours
big time

Liz worked nights at that care home up the road
said they'd do seances and tarot readings on shift 

it was just for a laugh but it got weird and had to stop
Tina P. saw something write Yes on the mirrors

small hours big time Liz worked nights at that care home up the road said they'd do seances and tarot readings on shift it was just for a laugh but it got weird and had to stop Tina P. saw something write Yes on the mirrors

22/10/25 - nocturn

22.10.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 141    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Calico Wall - "I'm a Living Sickness" [USA, Spooky Garage Psych](1967)
The Calico Wall - "I'm a Living Sickness" [USA, Spooky Garage Psych](1967)

The Calico Wall - "I'm a Living Sickness" [USA, Spooky Garage Psych](1967)
https://redd.it/46ixll
https://youtu.be/vG235IO_V9g

22.10.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Isabella Streffen, FABULAE

14.10.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Henry James was off his face on mushrooms the whole time he was writing The Bostonians.

13.10.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, my 14yo daughter wants a CD player for Christmas because 'vintage tech is really cool' and I'm basically Lindow Man now

13.10.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Notes, Murmurations: <br>The Notebook as Form of Rime <p>On 27 November 1799, while taking the night coach from Yorkshire to London, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, after fitful sleep, awoke at sunrise and watch

'like swallows beneath bridges, like starlings above clouds โ€“ points in time, and across landscapes.'
'Notes, Murmurations: The Notebook as Form of Rime' โ€“ Lisa Robertson on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notebooks (& on notebooks, note-taking, a lifetime of reading)
draughtjournal.com/article/note...

13.10.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Abandoned broken mirror

Abandoned broken mirror

Portal ๐Ÿชžโœจ

09.10.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Post image

My *major* occult discovery POSSESSED, a novel by Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott), has a cover! It's out on December 4 - I'm *really* excited for you to read the book and my 5,000 word introduction which gives life to the authors and a critical overview of the novel.

08.10.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Post image

To walk the wood is to learn languages. Tree twist. Leaf tongue. Bramble scratch. Every dance of the wind through it has accent. Each path a unique voice. Listening to the wood fills the witch's ears with whispered wisdom. โ€“ย #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

29.09.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

โ€œEvery leaf speaks bliss to me / Fluttering from the autumn tree.โ€

24.09.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
woman, lounging on a motorcycle

woman, lounging on a motorcycle

woman, in motorcycle gear next to a motorcycle

woman, in motorcycle gear next to a motorcycle

โ€œKnown as the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, Bessie Stringfield started riding when she was 16. She was the first African-American woman to travel cross-country solo, and she did it at age 19 in 1929, riding a 1928 Indian Scout."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_...

24.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 157    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Post image

The cosmic is fully on the surface

21.09.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Moleskine discontinued the medium size?? Nooooo

(I don't need advice on what notebooks to buy thank you)

19.09.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

D

18.09.2025 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Good Evening๐ŸŒŸ

17.09.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Mystery of the Street, Berlin 1928 by
Umbo (Otto Umbehr)

15.09.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@merepseud is following 20 prominent accounts