Kjelli Blaik
@kjelliblaik.bsky.social
Ask me about living in a haunted house. https://kjelliblaik.com/
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For 4 decades, I’ve been a mostly pseudonymous writer of 100s of dark character-driven songs. Last 10 years been publishing open source research on semantic data. Now channeling a love of language into horror novels inspired by the Patapsco Valley, where I’ve lived in a haunted house for 23 years.
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White Christmas was a harbinger of climate change.
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
White Christmas was a harbinger of climate change.
What is the best movie theater candy and why is Milk Duds the obvious correct answer?
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What is the best movie theater candy and why is Milk Duds the obvious correct answer?
If I'm gauging it correctly, I've got 10 days of editing left.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If I'm gauging it correctly, I've got 10 days of editing left.
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I am going to run heedlessly into the arms of optimism and declare this satire.
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I am going to run heedlessly into the arms of optimism and declare this satire.
Ok. Epilogue is in the bag. Now I go back to page one and start a line-by-line edit.
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ok. Epilogue is in the bag. Now I go back to page one and start a line-by-line edit.
Time to write an epilogue.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Time to write an epilogue.
The story proper is finished — 83,000 words and now I need to write the epilogue and start the first big edit.
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The story proper is finished — 83,000 words and now I need to write the epilogue and start the first big edit.
Got a handful of Bandcamp codes left for the new album. And so, I share them here with you.
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
Codes
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
xjly-kzs8
j9sz-6zh2
624n-k6qc
nxpx-666w
le9h-kkz4
483s-gkkm
cnxe-b9z6
eweg-w9kk
8h6n-ct69
t43l-xb9z
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
Codes
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
xjly-kzs8
j9sz-6zh2
624n-k6qc
nxpx-666w
le9h-kkz4
483s-gkkm
cnxe-b9z6
eweg-w9kk
8h6n-ct69
t43l-xb9z
Returning to the Fork in the Road, by Kjelli Blaik
10 track album
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Got a handful of Bandcamp codes left for the new album. And so, I share them here with you.
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
Codes
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
xjly-kzs8
j9sz-6zh2
624n-k6qc
nxpx-666w
le9h-kkz4
483s-gkkm
cnxe-b9z6
eweg-w9kk
8h6n-ct69
t43l-xb9z
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/album/return...
Codes
kjelliblaik.bandcamp.com/yum
xjly-kzs8
j9sz-6zh2
624n-k6qc
nxpx-666w
le9h-kkz4
483s-gkkm
cnxe-b9z6
eweg-w9kk
8h6n-ct69
t43l-xb9z
I don’t think I trust writers who know how their books end.
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I don’t think I trust writers who know how their books end.
I am at the point in writing this story that I’m walking around asking myself questions like: what questions would you have for a mummified dog?
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I am at the point in writing this story that I’m walking around asking myself questions like: what questions would you have for a mummified dog?
Pretty sure that everybody who says they've *seen* a ghost, haven't actually seen a ghost. But I'm also pretty sure anyone who *thinks* they've seen a ghost have probably seen a ghost.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Pretty sure that everybody who says they've *seen* a ghost, haven't actually seen a ghost. But I'm also pretty sure anyone who *thinks* they've seen a ghost have probably seen a ghost.
Considering options.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Considering options.
Boy, is it hard to kill dead things. #horrorwriting
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Boy, is it hard to kill dead things. #horrorwriting
For 4 decades, I’ve been a mostly pseudonymous writer of 100s of dark character-driven songs. Last 10 years been publishing open source research on semantic data. Now channeling a love of language into horror novels inspired by the Patapsco Valley, where I’ve lived in a haunted house for 23 years.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For 4 decades, I’ve been a mostly pseudonymous writer of 100s of dark character-driven songs. Last 10 years been publishing open source research on semantic data. Now channeling a love of language into horror novels inspired by the Patapsco Valley, where I’ve lived in a haunted house for 23 years.
80,000 words in and I just figured it out how the story should end. I guess that’s better than not figuring out how it should end.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
80,000 words in and I just figured it out how the story should end. I guess that’s better than not figuring out how it should end.
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egret extravaganza
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
egret extravaganza
I’m up to just over 70,000 words. Four chapters left to write in Part Two — at least according to my plan.
Would love to finish this up by next weekend.
Would love to finish this up by next weekend.
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m up to just over 70,000 words. Four chapters left to write in Part Two — at least according to my plan.
Would love to finish this up by next weekend.
Would love to finish this up by next weekend.
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Managed to get a full day of writing in, despite errands. Taking a break to go to the grocery store was a good thing — you can pick up a lot of descriptive material about human nature while getting your shopping done.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Managed to get a full day of writing in, despite errands. Taking a break to go to the grocery store was a good thing — you can pick up a lot of descriptive material about human nature while getting your shopping done.
Won’t stop working on this dream sequence until everything outside the dream sequence feels like a dream sequence.
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Won’t stop working on this dream sequence until everything outside the dream sequence feels like a dream sequence.
Dreams last night again about the characters from the book-in-progress.
Years ago when I was intensively studying German for school, I would often have these vivid dreams where I would be reading long passages of German — despite not understanding.
These dreams about the characters are similar.
Years ago when I was intensively studying German for school, I would often have these vivid dreams where I would be reading long passages of German — despite not understanding.
These dreams about the characters are similar.
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dreams last night again about the characters from the book-in-progress.
Years ago when I was intensively studying German for school, I would often have these vivid dreams where I would be reading long passages of German — despite not understanding.
These dreams about the characters are similar.
Years ago when I was intensively studying German for school, I would often have these vivid dreams where I would be reading long passages of German — despite not understanding.
These dreams about the characters are similar.