Hildur Knútsdóttir
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in May 2026!
The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in May 2026!
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Dead Weight by Hildur Knútsdóttir
A woman leading a routine life is pushed by circumstance to violent extremes in this impressively subtle and slow-burning psycho...
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DEAD WEIGHT just got a ⭐starred⭐ review from Publishers Weekly!
“[An] impressively subtle and slow-burning psychological chiller from Knútsdóttir... Anyone looking for character-driven horror with a very sharp edge will be thrilled."
It's out May 26th!
“[An] impressively subtle and slow-burning psychological chiller from Knútsdóttir... Anyone looking for character-driven horror with a very sharp edge will be thrilled."
It's out May 26th!
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I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Sorry to say I really relate to this
*le sigh*
Hiding from a scary message for 36 hrs. Read it by accident. Total non-issue.
Hiding from a scary message for 36 hrs. Read it by accident. Total non-issue.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Sorry to say I really relate to this
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In general, I wish people would get off Twitter but not Joyce. We need Joyce there to hold the line.
February 17, 2026 at 3:12 AM
In general, I wish people would get off Twitter but not Joyce. We need Joyce there to hold the line.
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Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
I am so close to finishing the first draft of this book I'm writing that I feel like I can smell the end!
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I am so close to finishing the first draft of this book I'm writing that I feel like I can smell the end!
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It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
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Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Bolludagur; an Icelandic Festival where Kids Spank their Parents for Cream Buns - IcelandDiscover.is
What is Bolludagur, or bun day in Iceland? Learn how to enjoy this delicious festival, and the days that follow it here. Even where to find vegan buns! Delicious!
icelanddiscover.is
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
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First copy of my new novel Irpa is here so my editor Guðrún Lára and me had to have an emergency beer meeting.
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
First copy of my new novel Irpa is here so my editor Guðrún Lára and me had to have an emergency beer meeting.
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Proposal: vampire romance is necromantasy
February 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Proposal: vampire romance is necromantasy
Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Bolludagur; an Icelandic Festival where Kids Spank their Parents for Cream Buns - IcelandDiscover.is
What is Bolludagur, or bun day in Iceland? Learn how to enjoy this delicious festival, and the days that follow it here. Even where to find vegan buns! Delicious!
icelanddiscover.is
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Happy Bun Day to all who celebrate!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
Please honour our traditions of spanking people while they are still in bed, yelling "BOLLA BOLLA BOLLA!" and then demanding they give you a creamy bun!
I’m coming to Helsinki in April for Horrorcon!! Can’t wait!
Paljastus: KauhuCon-kunniavieras on Hildur Knútsdóttir! Palkittu islantilaiskirjailija saapuu Suomeen 11.-12.4.2026. Knútsdóttir kirjoittaa oivaltavaa fantasiaa ja piinaavaa kauhua, usein huumorin eri sävyissä. Tervetuloa Suomeen, @hildur.bsky.social! 📚 #KauhuCon
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I’m coming to Helsinki in April for Horrorcon!! Can’t wait!
First copy of my new novel Irpa is here so my editor Guðrún Lára and me had to have an emergency beer meeting.
February 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
First copy of my new novel Irpa is here so my editor Guðrún Lára and me had to have an emergency beer meeting.
Tomorrow is Bun Day in Iceland. I don't have a sweet tooth so I don't really eat them but around this time I still always think of Bun Day in 2013 when I had just had a baby and my husband came home from work WITHOUT A BUN FOR ME. I still haven't forgiven him and yes, post partum brains are weird.
Bun Day celebrates both tradition and new flavors
Bun Day, or Bolludagur, is celebrated tomorrow, February 16 and it has become one of Iceland’s foremost dessert days. It is no longer simply a day for traditional cream buns filled with jam and chocol...
icelandmonitor.mbl.is
February 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Tomorrow is Bun Day in Iceland. I don't have a sweet tooth so I don't really eat them but around this time I still always think of Bun Day in 2013 when I had just had a baby and my husband came home from work WITHOUT A BUN FOR ME. I still haven't forgiven him and yes, post partum brains are weird.
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Today’s walk was a good one in Uggi’s books
February 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Today’s walk was a good one in Uggi’s books
I just saw that they announced a sequel to Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveller’s Wife!
No other book has ever made me cry as much. I’m talking about ugly, heaving sobs. My mom called me shortly afterwards and she thought someone had died, so I don’t know if I dare to read the sequel.
No other book has ever made me cry as much. I’m talking about ugly, heaving sobs. My mom called me shortly afterwards and she thought someone had died, so I don’t know if I dare to read the sequel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I just saw that they announced a sequel to Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveller’s Wife!
No other book has ever made me cry as much. I’m talking about ugly, heaving sobs. My mom called me shortly afterwards and she thought someone had died, so I don’t know if I dare to read the sequel.
No other book has ever made me cry as much. I’m talking about ugly, heaving sobs. My mom called me shortly afterwards and she thought someone had died, so I don’t know if I dare to read the sequel.
Today’s walk was a good one in Uggi’s books
February 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Today’s walk was a good one in Uggi’s books
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“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend”
We’re watching Drag Race but Uggi is doing this
February 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
We’re watching Drag Race but Uggi is doing this
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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
I would still come here to complain and whine about things because that's what social media is for. Oh and pet photos, obviously.
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I would still come here to complain and whine about things because that's what social media is for. Oh and pet photos, obviously.
You guys, The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social is one of the best books I have read in recent years.
I'm gonna call it now and say that it's probably gonna win the Hugo for best novel.
I'm gonna call it now and say that it's probably gonna win the Hugo for best novel.
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
You guys, The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social is one of the best books I have read in recent years.
I'm gonna call it now and say that it's probably gonna win the Hugo for best novel.
I'm gonna call it now and say that it's probably gonna win the Hugo for best novel.