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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑

@michaeljriser.com

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Editor, horror/dark fiction author of religious trauma. Former editorial Screen Rant, Goomba Stomp, managing editor AOG. 怖い話の作者。（日本語ＯＫ）Read stuff: https://michaeljriser.com (he/him) pfp: smiling man with beard and mustache banner: devil statue in a garden

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · Sep 5

I have a brand-new* website! Also a #horror newsletter! Yes, now for the first time you too can read words on the internet! Deep-fried in religious trauma, topped with whipped blasphemy, served on the corpse of a dead god—just for you. 🖤👻

michaeljriser.com/bookruptcys-...

An icon for horror author Michael J. Riser's website, showing a black and white pile of skulls. Over the central one appears his name in red letters with a white outline.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 2h

I love people who regularly use hashtags they have clearly never once actually looked at, because they use them incorrectly every time

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 2h

We all love Apex. Let's keep Apex thriving and publishing for a long time to come.

Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 10h

Apex Magazine is at $7178 out of a $20,000 base goal! They have 16 days to go!

Help THEM reach their Apex!

(there are also stretch goals)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 2h

Same and same.

🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 2h

My fellow Californians:

I voted YES on 50, and so should you.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2h

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2

Bronze figurine of a walking skeleton with elongated limbs and detailed ribcage, shown against a dark gradient background.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 16h

100%

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 18h

Made the right fucking call, Sarah, let me tell you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 23h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

Mash up bands

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Barenaked Ladies

Mogtober @mogadontrenchcoat.bsky.social · 1d

mash up bands

the jon spencer blues explosions in the sky

MEGAFAUNⒶ @xadaa.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands

Jimmy Eats Butthole (Surfers)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

Been listening to Lorna Shore's latest album. I think it decidedly qualifies as both raucous and loud.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

For sure. And do let me know if there are any developments or updates to the situation. If any flags come up that we can wave over this for attention or to signal-boost you, just say the word.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

Eight other schools have been invited to sign the pledge, which critics have called a funding “extortion” agreement.

MIT Becomes First School to Reject Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” for Higher Education

Eight other schools have been invited to sign the pledge, which critics have called a funding “extortion” agreement.

buff.ly

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

I'm really sorry this happened to you, mate. The publishing world can be such a fucking garbage fire. Is there anything we can do to help you out?

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natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · 1d

this planet is a pitstop in the galaxy and motherfuckers lock the doors when they roll by

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

what kind of raucous, what kind of loud?

👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

What the fuck, man.

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

I have reigned in most of my anger but know my books are STILL up on Amazon. Please do not purchase them.

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👻Michael J. Riser𖤐❌👑 @michaeljriser.com · 1d

I'm so mad I'm not gonna be here for this.

👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 1d

Tonight! Tonight! The greatest night of the week! #HorrorWatch! Join us at 9PM EST tonight as we watch the original Howard Hawks classic, The Thing from Another World! You probably know it for it's remake, The Thing by Carpenter. Both based on the classic weird horror story, Who Goes There?

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Fleurish Folk @fleurishfolk.bsky.social · 3d

Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever - Witches teach us how to push back - and raise hell - in the face of authoritarianism. #Witchsky
reactormag.com/rebellion-ac...

Rebellion, Activism, Imagination: Why We Need Witches More Than Ever - Reactor

Witches teach us how to push back — and raise hell — in the face of authoritarianism.

reactormag.com

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Tony @ttothehaz.theroadrunner.co.uk · 1d

I’m not famous for my work, nor will I ever be, but that’s not going to stop me. I’ve another season of the BBHT in me. I thought I didn’t, but it seems I do. It’s been a shit year, so my mind has been elsewhere, however, I’ve still managed to write 4 brand new episodes.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 3d

fun fact: I was trying to find an old tweet I made about journalists accidentally quoting me as Leah Ghostberg during halloween season. instead, I got a fully hallucinated anecdote about me dressing up in a ghost costume with my husband that absolutely, 100% never happened

humanity is so cooked

A false google AI summary: "Based on social media activity, the "leahgreenb ghostberg halloween" query appears to reference a humorous, improvised Halloween costume made by political activist Leah Greenberg in 2024.
On October 26, 2024, Greenberg posted on X (formerly Twitter) asking for help with a last-minute Halloween costume she could make with items she had at home.
The final result, which she and her husband shared, was an improvised "Ghostberg" costume. It consisted of two people with sheets draped over their heads, with her husband standing slightly behind her and visible through the sheet. The name "Ghostberg" is a play on her surname.
The post went viral and the joke was widely shared on social media. "

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Craig Clevenger @craigclevenger.bsky.social · 7d

We celebrate the signing of this document annually. But here we are.

"...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government...