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Horror and fantasy author of QUESTION NOT MY SALT and the Thorns series; mid-age goth, horror movie aficionado. Coming soon: IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT (2026), MASQUE (2027). 🪚 www.amandamblake.com Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/amandamblake

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, it is far from comprehensive, and there are other albums and soundtracks I've yet to acquire, but here's a solid collection of songs on my Halloween playlist. I didn't include some artists I have on my list from before I or we knew about their bullshittery,

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 1h

This is a massive deal. But it’s not a done deal. Workers have been barred from their offices, but there is still time to protect their jobs. Only your Reps can do it though. Don’t let up!

Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 1h

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1h

Werewolf/Beast (cont.):
17. "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
18. "Straight for the Kill" - UNSECRET (feat. Anna Renee)

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1h

Werewolf/Beast (cont.):
12. "Predator" - Gadi Sassoon (feat. Elenna Cantas)
13. "Varulven (Werewolf)" - Garmarna
14. "Das Tier in Mir Wolfen" - E Nomine
15. "Vicious" - Halestorm
16. "Wolves" - Unions

William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1h

Werewolf/Beast (cont.):
6. "Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Amanda Seyfried
7. "7 Days to the Wolves" - Nightwish
8. "She Wolf" - Shakira
9. "Awooo" - LVCRFT
10. "Animals" - Maroon 5
11. "The Beast" - Lady Gaga

William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1h

Today is Werewolves or Beasts.

Werewolf/Beast:
1. "Mine (Beast of Prey)" - Project Pitchfork
2. "Wild" - Poe
3. "The Beast in Us All" - Inkubus Sukkubus
4. "The Howling" - Within Temptation
5. "Man or a Monster" - Sam Tinnesz feat. Zayde Wolf

William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1h

You have a Lucy Westenra problem.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 1h

There is no insurrection. Antifa is not an organized terrorist movement. There is only Secretary Kristi Noem's and Donald J. Trump's madness and desire to provoke conflict in American cities to advance their sick, violent, authoritarian vision for this country. We all need to say NO.

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 11h

This one has grown on me.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 21h

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe try a Ding Dong.

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gentlystream.bsky.social @gentlystream.bsky.social · 18h

From the latest Q&A by the ever-wise and frank @sarahkendzior.bsky.social (via her free Substack).

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Judith Sonnet @judithsonnet.bsky.social · 17h

My next novella is coming out on November 22nd! This is cosmic horror. No gore, no slashers, but LOTS of weird monsters, sea-gods, and even an ancient kingdom filled with fish-people! If you're looking for something Lovecraftian to read this winter, keep your eyes peeled for OUR SARNATH!

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 18h

Every time I think about not writing, it simply does not compute. I couldn't stop if I tried. But also, every time I sit down to write, I waffle and moan and procrastinate like a teenager before finally doing it.

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like people who don't do art don't really understand the ongoing joke about how we don't wanna write/draw/etc.

We do actually really want to. In fact, it is not possible to stop us.

It's just that a lot of the creative process looks a lot like doing the dishes or staring at the wall.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

Today we're sharing songs with devils, demons, and hell.

1. "Der First der Finsternis" - E Nomine
2. "The Devil Within (Piano Version)" - Digital Daggers
3. "Lessons from the Fire" - Bishop Briggs
4. "all the good girls go to hell" - Billie Eilish
5. "Demonoid Phenomenon" - Rob Zombie

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Booleanean @booleanean.bsky.social · 16d

Accusing online creators of NSFW material of being anti-child-safety or worse, simply because they want to have a place where they can share their smut in peace, is a spurious argument.

The responsibility for making sure kids don't access things they shouldn't see lies with their legal guardians

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Vanessa McKee @vanessamckee.bsky.social · 21h

Nosferatu

Watercolor painting of Lily Rose Depp in front of a purple sky with Count Orloks eyes looking down on her.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Quill & Crow Publishing House @quillandcrow.com · 1d

We’ve been dying to reveal the cover for Jessika Grewe Glover’s upcoming Florida Gothic, BROMELIAD HOUSE, which is now open for preorder at TheCrowShoppe.com 🍍👻

#BookSky

Image of the book Bromeliad House, by Jessika Grewe Glover, published by Quill and Crow, laid over some old photos and palm trees.

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

I bet it was amazing live.

William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

Devil/Demons (cont.):
16. "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC
17. "When the Devil Calls My Name" - LVCRFT
18. "Demon Host" - Timber Timbre
19. "dEVIL" - OhGr
20. "Devils" - Inkubus Sukkubus

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

Devil/Demons (cont.):
11. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Rolling Stones
12. "Tribute" - Tenacious D
13. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Charlie Daniels Band
14. "Hells Bells" - AC/DC
15. "Demons" - Imagine Dragons

William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

Devil/Demons (cont.):
6. "The Devil's Inside My Head" - Casey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
7. "Devil Man" - Cindy Morgan
8. "The Devil" - Hoyt Axton
9. "March of Mephisto" - Kamelot
10. "Exercise the Demons" - LVCRFT (feat. Bruce Campbell)

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William Blake's The Great Red Dragon @amandamblake.bsky.social · 1d

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