C.W. Reeve
@cwreeve.bsky.social
Author of weird tales & folk horror, co-host of #WyrdWednesday. Killing me won't bring back your apples (He/Him) 👻
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The Hate or The Blade
The Hate or The Blade, a short, exactly one hundred word drabble, a version of which appeared in the digital literature magazine Rat Bag Lit. I’ve written to word counts before but never to e…
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The Hate or The Blade, a short, exactly one hundred word drabble, a version of which appeared in the digital literature magazine Rat Bag Lit.
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"What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
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#WyrdWednesday
“But still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Rudyard Kipling. The Cat Who Walks by Himself.
“But still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Rudyard Kipling. The Cat Who Walks by Himself.
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
#WyrdWednesday
“But still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Rudyard Kipling. The Cat Who Walks by Himself.
“But still I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
Rudyard Kipling. The Cat Who Walks by Himself.
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"Archimedes has stayed with me since he was small, indeed since he had a tiny head like a chicken's."
"I wish he would talk to me."
"Perhaps if you were to give him this mouse here, politely, he might learn to know you better."
(T.H. White)
🎨 Alan Lee
#wyrdwednesday
"I wish he would talk to me."
"Perhaps if you were to give him this mouse here, politely, he might learn to know you better."
(T.H. White)
🎨 Alan Lee
#wyrdwednesday
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"Archimedes has stayed with me since he was small, indeed since he had a tiny head like a chicken's."
"I wish he would talk to me."
"Perhaps if you were to give him this mouse here, politely, he might learn to know you better."
(T.H. White)
🎨 Alan Lee
#wyrdwednesday
"I wish he would talk to me."
"Perhaps if you were to give him this mouse here, politely, he might learn to know you better."
(T.H. White)
🎨 Alan Lee
#wyrdwednesday
Reposted by C.W. Reeve
Good talk, @cwreeve.bsky.social!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social here to continue the dialogue with you Wyrdlings - come, sit down, share more #wyrdwednesday stories!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social here to continue the dialogue with you Wyrdlings - come, sit down, share more #wyrdwednesday stories!
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Good talk, @cwreeve.bsky.social!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social here to continue the dialogue with you Wyrdlings - come, sit down, share more #wyrdwednesday stories!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social here to continue the dialogue with you Wyrdlings - come, sit down, share more #wyrdwednesday stories!
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The Cats Elopement is a fairy tale from Japan. In it two beautiful cats named Gon and Koma meet under a cherry tree and fall madly in love. When their masters won’t let them live together, the cats run away to elope and have some unplanned adventures along the way.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The Cats Elopement is a fairy tale from Japan. In it two beautiful cats named Gon and Koma meet under a cherry tree and fall madly in love. When their masters won’t let them live together, the cats run away to elope and have some unplanned adventures along the way.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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In the 1950 film, 'Harvey', the giant talking rabbit only James Stewart can see, refers to himself as a Pookah, the Irish name for a sprite. The Pwca Trwyn was a Welsh example. Usually invisible, he would talk to the household from the (unlit) oven, making fun of the kitchen maids.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
In the 1950 film, 'Harvey', the giant talking rabbit only James Stewart can see, refers to himself as a Pookah, the Irish name for a sprite. The Pwca Trwyn was a Welsh example. Usually invisible, he would talk to the household from the (unlit) oven, making fun of the kitchen maids.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
"What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
The biblical of Balaam and The Donkey, who is miraculously given the power to speak by the Angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28)
#WyrdWednesday
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Good morning, Wydlings!
For #WyrdWednesday this week we're all about 'Talking Animals!'
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, bring me tales of loose-tongued lemurs, chatty chameleons and eloquent elephants!
For #WyrdWednesday this week we're all about 'Talking Animals!'
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, bring me tales of loose-tongued lemurs, chatty chameleons and eloquent elephants!
a cat wearing a lion 's mane is laying on a bed next to another cat .
ALT: a cat wearing a lion 's mane is laying on a bed next to another cat .
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January 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Good morning, Wydlings!
For #WyrdWednesday this week we're all about 'Talking Animals!'
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, bring me tales of loose-tongued lemurs, chatty chameleons and eloquent elephants!
For #WyrdWednesday this week we're all about 'Talking Animals!'
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, bring me tales of loose-tongued lemurs, chatty chameleons and eloquent elephants!
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Wyrdlings!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
January 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Wyrdlings!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
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There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - The Castle of Otranto - BBC Sounds
The Gothic novel that inspired Jane Austen to write Northanger Abbey.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Drama on 4 - The Castle of Otranto - BBC Sounds
The Gothic novel that inspired Jane Austen to write Northanger Abbey.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
There's a really rather cracking adaptation of The Castle of Otranto available on BBC iPlayer right now...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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'Giving something I don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it', by Mariann Metsis (2025)
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
'Giving something I don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it', by Mariann Metsis (2025)
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
'Giving something I don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it', by Mariann Metsis (2025)
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:27 AM
'Giving something I don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it', by Mariann Metsis (2025)
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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It’s an Icelandic tradition that the dead rise from their graves on New Year’s Eve. The shrouded ones enter the church, hold a mass and then vanish…
#PhantomsFriday
Aleksander Gierymski
(1850-1901)
Old Woman Watching Over a Dead Body II
#PhantomsFriday
Aleksander Gierymski
(1850-1901)
Old Woman Watching Over a Dead Body II
January 9, 2026 at 6:54 AM
It’s an Icelandic tradition that the dead rise from their graves on New Year’s Eve. The shrouded ones enter the church, hold a mass and then vanish…
#PhantomsFriday
Aleksander Gierymski
(1850-1901)
Old Woman Watching Over a Dead Body II
#PhantomsFriday
Aleksander Gierymski
(1850-1901)
Old Woman Watching Over a Dead Body II
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A friendly old lady whose nose was so long she could rake the coals with it. She lived in an isolated hut and could speak to the moon and the wind, doing so to help the hero of the #Norwegian folk tale, 'Soria Moria Castle' reach his destination.
#WyrdWednesday #folktale #folklore #legend
#WyrdWednesday #folktale #folklore #legend
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A friendly old lady whose nose was so long she could rake the coals with it. She lived in an isolated hut and could speak to the moon and the wind, doing so to help the hero of the #Norwegian folk tale, 'Soria Moria Castle' reach his destination.
#WyrdWednesday #folktale #folklore #legend
#WyrdWednesday #folktale #folklore #legend
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Thank you, @cwreeve.bsky.social for keeping the wyrd fire burning throughout the day!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social takes the distaff now, waiting for you Wyrdlings to spin more of your #WyrdWednesday yarn!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social takes the distaff now, waiting for you Wyrdlings to spin more of your #WyrdWednesday yarn!
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Thank you, @cwreeve.bsky.social for keeping the wyrd fire burning throughout the day!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social takes the distaff now, waiting for you Wyrdlings to spin more of your #WyrdWednesday yarn!
Wyrd Mother @wunderkammertales.bsky.social takes the distaff now, waiting for you Wyrdlings to spin more of your #WyrdWednesday yarn!
Reposted by C.W. Reeve
“At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked in her eyes.”
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
“At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked in her eyes.”
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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In 1923, a 7 year old Rosemary Brown was visited by the spirit of composer Listz, who told her that he would return with music when she was older. In 1969 she channeled Grübelei, which was one of many pieces transmitted to her by various composers.
#wyrdwednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLq...
#wyrdwednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLq...
Rosemary Brown: Grübelei, transmitted by Franz Liszt, 1969
YouTube video by DOCTORl4Wg
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
In 1923, a 7 year old Rosemary Brown was visited by the spirit of composer Listz, who told her that he would return with music when she was older. In 1969 she channeled Grübelei, which was one of many pieces transmitted to her by various composers.
#wyrdwednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLq...
#wyrdwednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sLq...
“At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked in her eyes.”
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 AM
“At sixteen, the elusive stamp of hurt was already marked in her eyes.”
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
- Stephen King, Carrie
#WyrdWednesday
🎨 by Laz Marquez - www.lazmarquez.com
Reposted by C.W. Reeve
Yuletide is over today and work begins anew and since "work" meant "spinning" when you had nothing else to do for the female population back in the day, 7 January became known as St Distaff Day...
But what if your distaff was made by dark elves?
Read it in our first #winterfolklore story below
But what if your distaff was made by dark elves?
Read it in our first #winterfolklore story below
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Yuletide is over today and work begins anew and since "work" meant "spinning" when you had nothing else to do for the female population back in the day, 7 January became known as St Distaff Day...
But what if your distaff was made by dark elves?
Read it in our first #winterfolklore story below
But what if your distaff was made by dark elves?
Read it in our first #winterfolklore story below
Reposted by C.W. Reeve
1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, the neighbours of a suspected witch were jealous because she managed to churn more butter than they did. When her neighbours asked her how she did it, she showed them a little key.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
1/3 According to a Flemish folktale, the neighbours of a suspected witch were jealous because she managed to churn more butter than they did. When her neighbours asked her how she did it, she showed them a little key.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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Posting again for #WyrdWednesday (and obliquely for #BookologyThursday). From the 'The Strand', 1915, a double-page illustration by James Durden for the first appearance of 'The Pavilion' by Edith Nesbit. One of Nesbit's weirdest tales - a malevolent spirit animates creepers to deadly effect.
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Posting again for #WyrdWednesday (and obliquely for #BookologyThursday). From the 'The Strand', 1915, a double-page illustration by James Durden for the first appearance of 'The Pavilion' by Edith Nesbit. One of Nesbit's weirdest tales - a malevolent spirit animates creepers to deadly effect.