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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, ten seconds after I posted, I realized I'd actually made Poltergeist soooo much scarier. 😂

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 7h

Poltergeese
Dr Jekyll and Mr Rogers
Sunners

#GentlerHorrorFilms

Very Antifascist Fuckery [no spooky blend] (he/him) @digitaldiscipline.bsky.social · 7h

Night of the Living Dad

The Amityville Hodor

#GentlerHorrorFilms

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8h

Who are some of the writers that made you?

Alexander Key
C S Lewis
J R R Tolkien
Marguerite Henry
Carolyn Keene (yes, I know...)
Isaac Asimov
Frank Herbert
Tim Powers
Mick Farren
Louise Cooper
Susan Cooper
F Paul Wilson
Most of all, Faith Hunter, who never let me forget that she believed in me.

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Mar 22

who are some of the writers that made you?

jrr tolkien
libba bray
jd salinger
ken follett
cs lewis
joanna campbell
lemony snicket
richelle mead
stephenie meyer
kurt vonnegut jr
eva ibbotson
se hinton
lois duncan

you? 📚💙

Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Mar 22

who are the five writers that made you?

Matt Christopher
Sam Kieth
Kevin Smith
Denis Johnson
Brian Evenson

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8h

I read and reread Lois Duncan's A Gift Of Magic soooo many times.

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8h

What five events defined your childhood?

The Apollo 11 moon landing
Star Trek
Hurricane David (my first)
The introduction of MTV
And I hate to copy Joel, but I must include the birth of my little sister. She changed a lot of things. 😁

Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 13h

What five events defined your childhood?

Challenger
Iran hostage crisis
Reagan
Gulf War
Birth of my sister

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 17h

What five events defined your childhood?

• The Challenger Explosion
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Gulf War
• The Oklahoma City Bombing
• The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

I have no memory of the Chernobyl disaster. But I remember the Challenger disaster from the same year.

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 9h

You sold me with "universe gnomes". 😁

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #FridayReads time! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect read for Latine Heritage Month AND spooky season! Monsters from the deep, dark magic, revenge, friendship, a bloodthirsty spirit, and 45% off! Get some.
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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday, Gabino! I'd like to push a friend's book today: Fabricated, by @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social.

Cybil Lewis, a PI in The District, is hired to help Territory Alliance agents track an escaped violator into the city's gritty underbelly, where life is cheap and everything can be fabricated.

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit, ANTIFA is suiting up!

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 2d

I had to mail a package yesterday. It weighed 4 oz. The cheapest rate was $8. I'm going to be irritated about this until at least Sunday.

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 4d

My dad was insisting yesterday that Judge Goodstein told the news her house exploded b/c of a contractor cutting a gas line in her basement. When I asked what news service had reported that, he turned it around and said I was just believing all that "payback" nonsense.
*sigh*

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 4d

So I had a thought...
shenanigatorbooks.com/i-welcome-ou...

I Welcome Our New Tree Overlords - Shenanigator Books

Readers ask all the time where authors get their ideas. But first, I need to bring something to everyone's attention. If you hang out on science websites at all, I imagine you've heard about Comet 3I/...

shenanigatorbooks.com

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 4d

CNN: Trump says violence on the streets of Portland is rising.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5d

Liberal South Carolina
Judge Diane Goodstein's home is burning to the ground after an explosion. SLED is investigation as arson and refer attack as Judge Goodstein had been receiving multiple threats.

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 5d

If a member of your household is a member of the National Guard, you need to have a long hard talk with them. Show them pictures from Kent State. Ask them if they’re ready to live with having fired on unarmed civilians. Pull no punches.

NPR @npr.org · 6d

The White House said Trump "authorized" the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California.

Trump federalizes the National Guard in Chicago, while troops arrive in Oregon

The White House said Trump "authorized" the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California.

n.pr

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 6d

name: Misty
current read: The Church of Old Mermaids by Kim Antieau
last show: Alice in Borderlands
last film: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
fav book this year: The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
fav watch this year: Squid Game

+ something spooky:

a ghost of a man with a beard is standing on a wooden deck

ALT: a ghost of a man with a beard is standing on a wooden deck

media.tenor.com

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Lucy Blue @lucybluewriter.bsky.social · 7d

Not only am I in this anthology, if you scroll down thru the rewards, you'll see a Tuckerization in my story. So if you've ever wanted to unleash a cosmic horror on the Beautiful South, this could be your chance! #kickstarter #southerngothichorror www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal...

Disruptive Intent

An anthology that challenges expectations, subverts tropes, and fights the power.

www.kickstarter.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 8d

Yeats’ SECOND COMING feels too easy to quote these days but the one bit of it that stands out it again and again is:

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.”

Such capitulation and acquiescence at every turn. All this bowing and scraping.

404 Media @404media.co · 8d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8d

When I was a toddler, he jumped out of the TV and came to live with me. Sadly, no one else could see him, so Mama kept accidentally putting the laundry down on his head. 😁

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8d

If you see this, QRT with a gif of your first anime

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8d

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best
could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 8d

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 8d

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 8d

My writing career summed up in one image:

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 9d

This sounds amazing!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign.

"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

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Misty Massey @mistymassey.bsky.social · 11d

I read it at 14. I remember it making me so uncomfortable, although at the time I didn't really know why.
When I was 16, I read I Will Fear No Evil and suddenly I understood exactly why Heinlein gave me the willies.

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