Charlotte O’Farrell
@charlotteofarrell.bsky.social
Writer; digital learning specialist; charity trustee; horror aficionado; squash player of dubious quality. Mother, wife, Catholic.
Pinned
The invitation sounded blissful: #Christmas at a remote cabin, phones and other devices banned.
We said #yes without hesitation.
But here in the woods, surrounded by strangers and miles from anywhere, it feels odd. I’m sure I hear noises in those trees.
#vssChristmas #vss365
We said #yes without hesitation.
But here in the woods, surrounded by strangers and miles from anywhere, it feels odd. I’m sure I hear noises in those trees.
#vssChristmas #vss365
The patient suffered with #echolalia for 45 years.
Always the same words: “he’ll be here soon”, followed by a sobbing cackle.
I was at her bedside as she died.
Her last words were: “he’s here. When you see him, you’ll know I’m the lucky one.” She smirked as she died.
#vss365
Always the same words: “he’ll be here soon”, followed by a sobbing cackle.
I was at her bedside as she died.
Her last words were: “he’s here. When you see him, you’ll know I’m the lucky one.” She smirked as she died.
#vss365
May 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The patient suffered with #echolalia for 45 years.
Always the same words: “he’ll be here soon”, followed by a sobbing cackle.
I was at her bedside as she died.
Her last words were: “he’s here. When you see him, you’ll know I’m the lucky one.” She smirked as she died.
#vss365
Always the same words: “he’ll be here soon”, followed by a sobbing cackle.
I was at her bedside as she died.
Her last words were: “he’s here. When you see him, you’ll know I’m the lucky one.” She smirked as she died.
#vss365
It was a #marketing stunt for my new horror book.
“Say ‘Headless Jack’ 3 times in a mirror and he’ll appear & chop off your head! Dare you!”
It took off. People loved it; pre-sales soared.
Then the decapitations started. And I fear Jack’s coming for his creator next.
#vss365
“Say ‘Headless Jack’ 3 times in a mirror and he’ll appear & chop off your head! Dare you!”
It took off. People loved it; pre-sales soared.
Then the decapitations started. And I fear Jack’s coming for his creator next.
#vss365
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It was a #marketing stunt for my new horror book.
“Say ‘Headless Jack’ 3 times in a mirror and he’ll appear & chop off your head! Dare you!”
It took off. People loved it; pre-sales soared.
Then the decapitations started. And I fear Jack’s coming for his creator next.
#vss365
“Say ‘Headless Jack’ 3 times in a mirror and he’ll appear & chop off your head! Dare you!”
It took off. People loved it; pre-sales soared.
Then the decapitations started. And I fear Jack’s coming for his creator next.
#vss365
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At the #end of the road, in a crooked grey house that leans to the left, enshrouded by pines, that’s where Jankie lives.
Kids dare each other to ring his bell; there’s a football on his lawn, lost a year ago. Nobody comes or goes, but they know he’s in there, red eyes watching, waiting.
#vss365
Kids dare each other to ring his bell; there’s a football on his lawn, lost a year ago. Nobody comes or goes, but they know he’s in there, red eyes watching, waiting.
#vss365
April 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“We hook them with an intriguing statement. Then we add ‘A thread 🧵’.”
“So they click?”
“Yep. But that’s where the torment begins. The payoff post never loads! Just a loading circle then an error message.”
“You keep with the times here in Purgatory, eh?”
“Always.”
#vss365
“So they click?”
“Yep. But that’s where the torment begins. The payoff post never loads! Just a loading circle then an error message.”
“You keep with the times here in Purgatory, eh?”
“Always.”
#vss365
April 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“We hook them with an intriguing statement. Then we add ‘A thread 🧵’.”
“So they click?”
“Yep. But that’s where the torment begins. The payoff post never loads! Just a loading circle then an error message.”
“You keep with the times here in Purgatory, eh?”
“Always.”
#vss365
“So they click?”
“Yep. But that’s where the torment begins. The payoff post never loads! Just a loading circle then an error message.”
“You keep with the times here in Purgatory, eh?”
“Always.”
#vss365
Moonlit night. #Canoodling couples. A treasure trove of various deadly weapons.
When we found out how to imprison slasher killers in AI simulations, the death rates of babysitters and camp counsellors dramatically reduced.
#vss365
When we found out how to imprison slasher killers in AI simulations, the death rates of babysitters and camp counsellors dramatically reduced.
#vss365
March 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Moonlit night. #Canoodling couples. A treasure trove of various deadly weapons.
When we found out how to imprison slasher killers in AI simulations, the death rates of babysitters and camp counsellors dramatically reduced.
#vss365
When we found out how to imprison slasher killers in AI simulations, the death rates of babysitters and camp counsellors dramatically reduced.
#vss365
Happy St Patrick’s Day to everyone - but especially those of us whose Irish surnames upset every system with their apostrophes! ☘️
March 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy St Patrick’s Day to everyone - but especially those of us whose Irish surnames upset every system with their apostrophes! ☘️
It’s always the same #rigmarole: set up the seance, invite in the guests.
My assistant did well with the ghostly screeching yesterday. Even I was scared at times!
But she came in this morning and apologised for missing yesterday’s seance due to illness. Strange…
#vss365
My assistant did well with the ghostly screeching yesterday. Even I was scared at times!
But she came in this morning and apologised for missing yesterday’s seance due to illness. Strange…
#vss365
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s always the same #rigmarole: set up the seance, invite in the guests.
My assistant did well with the ghostly screeching yesterday. Even I was scared at times!
But she came in this morning and apologised for missing yesterday’s seance due to illness. Strange…
#vss365
My assistant did well with the ghostly screeching yesterday. Even I was scared at times!
But she came in this morning and apologised for missing yesterday’s seance due to illness. Strange…
#vss365
“Your next blockbuster is called The Stench,” pitched the young executive. “It’s about a killer in a gas mask who kills his victims with #farts.”
The studio bosses exchanged looks - then nods.
It was the late 1980s, and surely the slasher film boom would go on forever.
#vss365
The studio bosses exchanged looks - then nods.
It was the late 1980s, and surely the slasher film boom would go on forever.
#vss365
February 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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February 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The mob screamed as they chased me. Terrified, I ran.
Finally, I dipped into the hidden passage, back to the cellar. My #SafeHaven!
Good thing, really. The sun was coming up and time was running out.
“Kill the vampire!” they shouted. But I’m safe here. Time to sleep.
#vss365
Finally, I dipped into the hidden passage, back to the cellar. My #SafeHaven!
Good thing, really. The sun was coming up and time was running out.
“Kill the vampire!” they shouted. But I’m safe here. Time to sleep.
#vss365
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The mob screamed as they chased me. Terrified, I ran.
Finally, I dipped into the hidden passage, back to the cellar. My #SafeHaven!
Good thing, really. The sun was coming up and time was running out.
“Kill the vampire!” they shouted. But I’m safe here. Time to sleep.
#vss365
Finally, I dipped into the hidden passage, back to the cellar. My #SafeHaven!
Good thing, really. The sun was coming up and time was running out.
“Kill the vampire!” they shouted. But I’m safe here. Time to sleep.
#vss365
After millennia, I felt the sweet release of #liberation from my magic lamp.
“I wish for infinite wishes!” smirked the kid who’d freed me.
Know-it-all numpty, thinking he was clever. He didn’t know the secret rule: wish for more wishes, you swap places with the genie.
#vss365
“I wish for infinite wishes!” smirked the kid who’d freed me.
Know-it-all numpty, thinking he was clever. He didn’t know the secret rule: wish for more wishes, you swap places with the genie.
#vss365
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
After millennia, I felt the sweet release of #liberation from my magic lamp.
“I wish for infinite wishes!” smirked the kid who’d freed me.
Know-it-all numpty, thinking he was clever. He didn’t know the secret rule: wish for more wishes, you swap places with the genie.
#vss365
“I wish for infinite wishes!” smirked the kid who’d freed me.
Know-it-all numpty, thinking he was clever. He didn’t know the secret rule: wish for more wishes, you swap places with the genie.
#vss365
We live at the #nexus of many universes.
100 dimensions converge here. Can you feel the energy?
But it comes with problems. Sometimes, nightmarish inter-dimensional beings slip through.
That’s why we pretend this is just a normal village. If you come by, keep driving.
#vss365
100 dimensions converge here. Can you feel the energy?
But it comes with problems. Sometimes, nightmarish inter-dimensional beings slip through.
That’s why we pretend this is just a normal village. If you come by, keep driving.
#vss365
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dan never struggled with guilt, even as a hitman. He was good at closing off.
But this job - where he killed the wrong guy? That stuck with him.
He wiped the blood on his hands but it didn’t go. It #congealed. Days later, it stays, staining everything he touches.
#vss365
But this job - where he killed the wrong guy? That stuck with him.
He wiped the blood on his hands but it didn’t go. It #congealed. Days later, it stays, staining everything he touches.
#vss365
January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Dan never struggled with guilt, even as a hitman. He was good at closing off.
But this job - where he killed the wrong guy? That stuck with him.
He wiped the blood on his hands but it didn’t go. It #congealed. Days later, it stays, staining everything he touches.
#vss365
But this job - where he killed the wrong guy? That stuck with him.
He wiped the blood on his hands but it didn’t go. It #congealed. Days later, it stays, staining everything he touches.
#vss365
“I must say, the animal sketches the explorers brought back seem like fiction.”
“Hmm, agreed. I mean look at this supposed ‘giraffe’! Long necks, babies #galumphing around. Just not realistic.”
“Nope! The unicorns I believe in though; just horses with horns really.”
#vss365
“Hmm, agreed. I mean look at this supposed ‘giraffe’! Long necks, babies #galumphing around. Just not realistic.”
“Nope! The unicorns I believe in though; just horses with horns really.”
#vss365
January 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“I must say, the animal sketches the explorers brought back seem like fiction.”
“Hmm, agreed. I mean look at this supposed ‘giraffe’! Long necks, babies #galumphing around. Just not realistic.”
“Nope! The unicorns I believe in though; just horses with horns really.”
#vss365
“Hmm, agreed. I mean look at this supposed ‘giraffe’! Long necks, babies #galumphing around. Just not realistic.”
“Nope! The unicorns I believe in though; just horses with horns really.”
#vss365
I woke up to see my garden covered in snow!
Footprints #crisscrossed around the garden erratically. The last set showed the person must’ve paced outside my bedroom window many times.
Alarming, since I’m alone in the woods, 20 miles from other houses.
#vss365
Footprints #crisscrossed around the garden erratically. The last set showed the person must’ve paced outside my bedroom window many times.
Alarming, since I’m alone in the woods, 20 miles from other houses.
#vss365
January 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I woke up to see my garden covered in snow!
Footprints #crisscrossed around the garden erratically. The last set showed the person must’ve paced outside my bedroom window many times.
Alarming, since I’m alone in the woods, 20 miles from other houses.
#vss365
Footprints #crisscrossed around the garden erratically. The last set showed the person must’ve paced outside my bedroom window many times.
Alarming, since I’m alone in the woods, 20 miles from other houses.
#vss365
I went down the #rabbit_hole. I followed a bunny, shouting about being late for an important date.
The things I saw down there are horrifying. Dark entities, manipulating reality for eldritch aims.
I burrowed out. But now my life feels hollow, built on sand.
#vss365 #SatSplat
The things I saw down there are horrifying. Dark entities, manipulating reality for eldritch aims.
I burrowed out. But now my life feels hollow, built on sand.
#vss365 #SatSplat
January 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I went down the #rabbit_hole. I followed a bunny, shouting about being late for an important date.
The things I saw down there are horrifying. Dark entities, manipulating reality for eldritch aims.
I burrowed out. But now my life feels hollow, built on sand.
#vss365 #SatSplat
The things I saw down there are horrifying. Dark entities, manipulating reality for eldritch aims.
I burrowed out. But now my life feels hollow, built on sand.
#vss365 #SatSplat