B. K. Brahma
@bkbrahma.bsky.social
I'm a horror author and member of the HWA. You can find me active here, and occasionally on Slasher. I have a short story published in Splat Magazine Issue #3 (on sale now), and another through MISHMASHERS (TBD). Feel free to reach out with any questions 😁
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It's been about a year since I got my hands on the physical copy of my first ever published story, and it's wild now seeing my monster come to life in a couple different ways! Thanks again @oddoblivion.bsky.social they're perfect! 😊
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Bring Me The Horizon
Suicide Silence
Melloncore
Slightly Stoopid
311
Bring Me The Horizon
Suicide Silence
Melloncore
Slightly Stoopid
311
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
Weird Al
Swans
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
KMFDM
Tori Amos
Weird Al
Swans
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
KMFDM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Rebecca Black
Bon Iver
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
Nirvana
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Rebecca Black
Bon Iver
Godspeed! You Black Emperor
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Bring Me The Horizon
Suicide Silence
Melloncore
Slightly Stoopid
311
Bring Me The Horizon
Suicide Silence
Melloncore
Slightly Stoopid
311
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FYI this also includes Neem Tree author books
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
FYI this also includes Neem Tree author books
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A message for Unbound authors
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A message for Unbound authors
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When Fascism sneaks up and grabs you, be like Spock. Live long and always knock Fascists out.
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When Fascism sneaks up and grabs you, be like Spock. Live long and always knock Fascists out.
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I'm almost done with my quick and dirty project. What is this? Well! It's a focus wordprocessor thingy, but made to look & play like an SNES RPG.
Yes, write a novel in an RPG.
Basically, imagine if Nintendo saw the Alphasmart Neo & thought to combine it with a GBA
#pixelart #writing #writerdeck
Yes, write a novel in an RPG.
Basically, imagine if Nintendo saw the Alphasmart Neo & thought to combine it with a GBA
#pixelart #writing #writerdeck
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm almost done with my quick and dirty project. What is this? Well! It's a focus wordprocessor thingy, but made to look & play like an SNES RPG.
Yes, write a novel in an RPG.
Basically, imagine if Nintendo saw the Alphasmart Neo & thought to combine it with a GBA
#pixelart #writing #writerdeck
Yes, write a novel in an RPG.
Basically, imagine if Nintendo saw the Alphasmart Neo & thought to combine it with a GBA
#pixelart #writing #writerdeck
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Well I called that pretty on the nose.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Well I called that pretty on the nose.
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Convenient how they don't know who shot the gunman. Sounds like an inside job to me, because had it been one of the National Guardsmen, they would've been using them as a martyr to push their agenda even harder. They would've used them as a cash grab like they did Kirk, and soiled those kid's names.
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Convenient how they don't know who shot the gunman. Sounds like an inside job to me, because had it been one of the National Guardsmen, they would've been using them as a martyr to push their agenda even harder. They would've used them as a cash grab like they did Kirk, and soiled those kid's names.
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I wonder what B.S. Trump is planning to pull that he thinks he needs the national guard surrounding him on top of secret service. Something tells me he never really cared about the other states and just wanted to set a precedent so it didn't look weird that he's surrounding himself. 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I wonder what B.S. Trump is planning to pull that he thinks he needs the national guard surrounding him on top of secret service. Something tells me he never really cared about the other states and just wanted to set a precedent so it didn't look weird that he's surrounding himself. 🤔
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"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
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This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
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This is a very good and important thread
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is a very good and important thread
Guillermo del Toro's Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Guillermo del Toro's Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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STRONG AGREE
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
STRONG AGREE
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Pictures you can hear
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Pictures you can hear
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Congrats to @natcassidy.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @pfracassi.bsky.social, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social, whose titles were all named a 2025 Ingram Horror Editorial Selection today!
On a year-end list with only 23 titles, we published 4 of those titles. It's been a good year for indie horror!
On a year-end list with only 23 titles, we published 4 of those titles. It's been a good year for indie horror!
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Congrats to @natcassidy.bsky.social, @toddkeisling.com, @pfracassi.bsky.social, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social, whose titles were all named a 2025 Ingram Horror Editorial Selection today!
On a year-end list with only 23 titles, we published 4 of those titles. It's been a good year for indie horror!
On a year-end list with only 23 titles, we published 4 of those titles. It's been a good year for indie horror!
Wooo, congrats Victor! 😁
Just want to say thanks to both Victor Manibo and The Strand Bookstore for letting me join in the fun tonight for the release of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, which hits shelves tomorrow. This lush gothic horror is gorgeous and grotesque and so good @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @strandbookstore.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Wooo, congrats Victor! 😁
Last year my wife and I were in temporary housing while relocating for work. We were also exhausted and stressed from house hunting and last minute had to cancel plans because of the bad weather we had. We ended up just heating sliced turkey from the grocery store deli, and it was good and easy lol.
Turkey Discourse appears to have begun so what I’ll say is that I roast it whole and intact with the cavity stuffed with apple, lemon, onion, and herbs, and a blend of butter and chopped herbs rubbed over and under the skin, and for almost a decade now it’s been good every year
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Last year my wife and I were in temporary housing while relocating for work. We were also exhausted and stressed from house hunting and last minute had to cancel plans because of the bad weather we had. We ended up just heating sliced turkey from the grocery store deli, and it was good and easy lol.
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A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
www.ala.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A judge has permanently blocked Trump's destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Really good news for libraries (and those like me, who love them! www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Tomorrow on Fearmongers, let’s be thankful for middlegrade horror. Join Ally Russell (IT CAME FROM THE TREES), Paul Tremblay (ANOTHER) and Ally Malinenko (BROKEN DOLLS) for a discussion on scaring younger readers. Tuesday, November 25th at 7PM/ET. Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4r7907g
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Tomorrow on Fearmongers, let’s be thankful for middlegrade horror. Join Ally Russell (IT CAME FROM THE TREES), Paul Tremblay (ANOTHER) and Ally Malinenko (BROKEN DOLLS) for a discussion on scaring younger readers. Tuesday, November 25th at 7PM/ET. Register via Zoom here: bit.ly/4r7907g