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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 7h

Final showing…

Catch the latest AlphaFlashes story - M is for Movie - over at my website site today: olijbooks.wordpress.com/m-is-for-mov...

#flashfiction #booksky #writesky

Sepia film reel with title m is for movie

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Was gonna post an Entitled Author Grumble but then seeing it typed out made me figuratively vomit with disgust. Naughty brain. Be more positive!

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Out of curiosity, how many of my followers have read one of my books/online stories?

If so, would you recommend them to others?

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 7d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

Support Matt Mason ❤️

Become a supporter of Matt Mason today!

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 3d

So sorry to hear this. Words fail me.

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 3d

It's great to know that Big Green Books can order pretty much any book at all, and get it delivered to you in a couple of days.

And all you have to do is email [email protected].

...What's that?

You can ask them on here too?

Wowsers, how great is that!

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 3d

LAST CHANCE to get my Thing inspired horror, Station 17, for 0.99 on kindle.

#booksky #horrorsky #writesky #writingcommunity

Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Body horror, madness, and an axe to the face. Just some of the fun found aboard Station 17.

Get my Thing/Shining inspired horror for only £0.99 this week only.

amzn.eu/d/cClSOaa

#booksky #horrorsky #writesky #halloween #kindle

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Taking a mental health day today, which is different to my other mental health days as I am planning it beforehand.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks @greethewriter.bsky.social and #HorrorWritersChat. Sorry about the brief crash out at the end.

As brain is fizzling out I’ll just say my book, Station 17, is on sale until Friday here: amzn.eu/d/eErh8FF

And my website is here: olijbooks.wordpress.com

Now excuse me, the spiral begins…

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

I immediately love it. I see it like the librarian from ghostbusters, in that it only becomes evil if you disturb it.

Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

an older man is holding a cup of coffee and looking at the camera .

Alt: an older man is holding a cup of coffee and looking at the camera .

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Rhyme? Oh Christ…

The moment you entered the graveyard,
The scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears,
For the lure of an elegantly talented bard,
Washed away all your past and future fears…

That’s all I have in this short space.

#Horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

Question Four

There he is! Baron Crescendo! Oh how the skies split open to his guitar, how more of us fly in the air! And look, a note from him, just for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Well? Go on! Word or rhyme, continue his Muse!

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Soz gang.

I've been at a LONG parents evening.

Just got back.

I'm going to remind you of a couple of unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offers now.

Woohoo, etc!

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The best of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

UK only

Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

www.biggreenbookshop.com

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 5d

Q3: #HorrorWritersChat
As a disbeliever in any thinness between veils, I like seeing authors find ways to bring ghosts into our world. Is it gas? Is it madness? Is it time travel? Is it an inter-dimensional insect infestation?

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Harold Ramis: so in this montage, you see us busting all sorts of ghosts, and…

Dan Aykroyd: and i get a blowjob from a ghost!

HR: …

DA: can just be a dream…

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-455

As always, the exploration logs are brilliant.

SCP-455 - SCP Foundation

The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

scp-wiki.wikidot.com

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

“You spelt my name wrong on my order and now you’re cursed to serve me… forever!

…

So yeah, decaf oat milk latte, with a shot of cinnamon syrup. And a biscuit.”

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve now got the image of a ghost standing at a peach display in a supermarket, singing the song “Peaches” by The Presidents of the United States of America.

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Halfbloodlycan (Christine Cunningham) @halfbloodlycan.bsky.social · 5d

Liminal spaces like empty gas stations, coffee shops always, woods, and cemeteries the rare chance I can. #horrorwriterschat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Glorious.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve scribbled some ideas for stories, but yet to do something concrete. There’s an SCP that does the idea of a ghost ship fantastically. Nice blend of alien geometries and madness.

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Ooh, do like a haunted prison now and again. So much potential for terror…

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Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 5d

Big, historic houses and haunted prisons are my favorite places to haunt! And hunt. I do a lot of ghost hunting in those sorts of locations.
#HorrorWritersChat

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d

Now, let us begin! Let the flutes bleat and the trumps blare, snatching all the souls of the living away! What are your favourite haunts? Mausoleums? Lavish estates? What secrets do their wraiths protect within?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 5d

#HorrorWritersChat

The best ‘ghosts’ are the ones that ‘haunt’ people’s memories. What I’m talking about here aren’t ’ghosts’ in the accepted sense. Those don’t exist. What exists, and is scary, is ‘the past’.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 5d

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

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Oli Jacobs - Author @olijbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Bloody love a ghost ship… need more modern variants of the kind.

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