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The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand by V. Castro, Catherynne M. Valente, Catriona Ward, Sarah Langan, Bryan Smith, Wrath James White, Poppy Z. Brite, Caroline Ke...

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 53m

Speaking of #StephenKing, I’m also picking my way through select tales from this tome right now: app.thestorygraph.com/books/ec6b14...

#booksky #halloween #horror

An original short story anthology based on master storyteller Stephen King’s #1 New York Times be...

Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 54m

Gwendy is forgotten no more! Couldn’t resist moving straight into the final task after finishing #book 2! app.thestorygraph.com/books/be2cab...
#booksky #stephenking

When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for sa...

Hardcore Horror — Everything DaN McKee

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 17h

More on #HardcoreHorror and the book launch in Newport: www.everythingdanmckee.com/blog/hardcor...

#Halloween #HorrorAnthology #Punk #Writing #ShortStories #Booksky

I’m really excited to announce that I have a brand new short story appearing in this excellent new horror anthology you can pre-order now from Earth Island Books, Hardcore Horror. a dull boy by DaN M...

www.everythingdanmckee.com

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a worse #broadband provider than #EE? Almost a week without WiFi now because of a fault on their end. No alternative provision sent. No updates. 50min customer service chats that go nowhere. Buck passing to OpenReach and 3rd parties. No proper compensation. A disgrace.

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 3d

Totally forgot about Gwendy. Bought the 3rd one earlier this year not realising there was a 2nd I didn’t own. Got it now! app.thestorygraph.com/books/d74f4d... #BookSky #Reading #Books

Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar

Something evil has swept into the small western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the lat...

Hardcore Horror - Various authors | Earth Island Books

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 8d

Boy that #MarcMaron went out classy. Mondays and Thursdays will not be the same. Nor will my commute, or the household chores. Thank you for 16 years #WTFpod ❤️

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 11d

I’m pleased to announce that I have a new short story appearing in #HardcoreHorror, a collection of #horror stories all written by members of DIY #punk, hardcore, and alt-rock scenes. Pre-order in time for #halloween!

www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page...

#BookSky #Book #Writing #Writer

Hardcore Horror : A collection of horrific short stories - Various Authors (edited by Tim Cundle) Hardcore Horror takes you to the stygian heart of punk rock, where impossible futures, terrifying pre...

www.earthislandbooks.com

Hardcore Horror - Various authors | Earth Island Books

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 11d

I’m pleased to announce that I have a new short story appearing in #HardcoreHorror, a collection of #horror stories all written by members of DIY #punk, hardcore, and alt-rock scenes. Pre-order in time for #halloween!

www.earthislandbooks.com/product-page...

#BookSky #Book #Writing #Writer

Hardcore Horror : A collection of horrific short stories - Various Authors (edited by Tim Cundle) Hardcore Horror takes you to the stygian heart of punk rock, where impossible futures, terrifying pre...

www.earthislandbooks.com

Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the Supernatural by Ben Machell

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 15d

Another book on the go right now for #spookyseason app.thestorygraph.com/books/03f8c0...
#halloween #booksky #reading #Storygraph

'One of the best books about the paranormal I have read... Uncannily good' DANNY ROBBINS 'A fasc...

222. JUSTIFYING FREEDOM - On Assuming Rights We Might Not Have — Philosophy UNLEASHED

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 16d

Thinking about #freedom and its growing, unjustified, use in arguments. www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/222-...
#Philosophy #Teaching

"freedom is not as self-evident as these young people seem to think it is, and an appeal to individual freedom is not the knock-down killer argument they seem to think that it is. In a world where ar...

222. JUSTIFYING FREEDOM - On Assuming Rights We Might Not Have — Philosophy UNLEASHED

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 16d

Thinking about #freedom and its growing, unjustified, use in arguments. www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/222-...
#Philosophy #Teaching

"freedom is not as self-evident as these young people seem to think it is, and an appeal to individual freedom is not the knock-down killer argument they seem to think that it is. In a world where ar...

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 16d

More #Halloween #reading #BookSky app.thestorygraph.com/books/ee13dc... #Book #RosemarysBaby

Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York...

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 17d

And a #halloween listen in the car to work…

app.thestorygraph.com/books/eacb01...

'I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.'Fl...

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 17d

Currently #reading:

app.thestorygraph.com/books/0e1d7f...

#Books #Book #Booksky #Horror

An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are c...

Is This A Song Yet?, by Strangely Shaped By Fathers

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 18d

Did you know you can buy my entire Strangely Shaped By Fathers discography for less than £6? It’s #BandcampFriday so maybe throw a few pennies my way if you like #DIYMusic. If you don’t want the whole discog, try just the latest #song:

ssbfathers.bandcamp.com/track/is-thi...

#Bandcamp #Music

track by Strangely Shaped By Fathers

ssbfathers.bandcamp.com

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 20d

For any #Philosophers looking for some resources for #BlackHistoryMonth (especially in #Schools) we’ve had a few thought provoking pieces over on #PhilosophyUnleashed over the years: www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/blac...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH HISTORY ON PU — Philosophy UNLEASHED

No new post this week. Instead, I thought it might be worth flagging several PU posts I’ve written from our archives inspired by, or relevant to, Black History Month which we celebrate here in the UK...

221. FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE? - Has Philosophy Failed Us? — Philosophy UNLEASHED

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 22d

If #philosophy changed anything they’d make it illegal…

Does the increasing dystopia of modern existence suggest our discipline might have failed us?

New, very bleak, Philosophy Unleashed:
www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/221-...

“The comfort of thinking it can’t happen here is the surest sign that it is already near. Right on your doorstep, right on your street. Amazing how well we can walk in our sleep”

Is This A Song Yet?, by Strangely Shaped By Fathers

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 23d

Now also on #Spotify for those who don’t #Bandcamp: open.spotify.com/track/4gPyF3...

Is This A Song Yet?

open.spotify.com

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 24d

New #music alert: Is This A Song Yet?

ssbfathers.bandcamp.com/track/is-thi...

#DIYMusic #NewSong #NewMusic

track by Strangely Shaped By Fathers

ssbfathers.bandcamp.com

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · 28d

Currently #reading some excellent #horror app.thestorygraph.com/books/24cf31...

#book #booksky #books

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horr...

220. HELLO HUMANS - A Teacher Writes on Their Inclusive Classroom — Philosophy UNLEASHED

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · Sep 22

We have a guest writer on #Philosophy Unleashed this week. They used to write for us back when they were a student. Now they’re a #teacher thinking about #inclusivity in his #classroom

www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/220-...

Guest writer Yaaseen Baksh on inclusivity in the language we use in the classroom.

220. HELLO HUMANS - A Teacher Writes on Their Inclusive Classroom — Philosophy UNLEASHED

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · Sep 22

We have a guest writer on #Philosophy Unleashed this week. They used to write for us back when they were a student. Now they’re a #teacher thinking about #inclusivity in his #classroom

www.philosophyunleashed.com/theblog/220-...

Guest writer Yaaseen Baksh on inclusivity in the language we use in the classroom.

Any Human Power by Manda Scott

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · Sep 21

Currently #reading this thoughtful gift from a friend during a rough week 😀

app.thestorygraph.com/books/42769c...

#Books #BookSky

Sometimes it takes a revolution to change the world, sometimes it takes a relationship. The visi...

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Dr DaN McKee @authenticdmckee.bsky.social · Sep 20

Imagine if we replaced the phrase “because the inspectors like to see it” in #education with the actual arguments for doing the things the inspectors like to see? If we did what was right on its own merits and those things for which there are no merit were no longer done, inspectors be damned?