👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻
@pauljessup.com
Award winning writer of creepy stuff, disabled writer with MS. Glass House, Skinless Man Counts to Five, Daughter of the Wormwood Star, & Suicide Music out now. Cancer Eats the Heart in Oct. Creator of the game Bad Writer
website: https://pauljessup.com
website: https://pauljessup.com
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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My feelings on piracy are very colored by my years working as an erotic writer for hire, because every pirate was all "I'm jerking off to your work without paying for it to punish you for choosing a dissolute profession! I have the moral high ground here!"
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
My feelings on piracy are very colored by my years working as an erotic writer for hire, because every pirate was all "I'm jerking off to your work without paying for it to punish you for choosing a dissolute profession! I have the moral high ground here!"
Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our fifth film in this November of SCIFI Horror?
Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our fifth film in this November of SCIFI Horror?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
📊 Show results
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
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November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our fifth film in this November of SCIFI Horror?
Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our fifth film in this November of SCIFI Horror?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
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November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our fifth film in this November of SCIFI Horror?
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
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1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Sphere
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Pi
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Swamp Thing
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/5vbuct/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Romi
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If there's one thing I'd plead with fantasy authors to imagine it's a world where the bigotry we know doesn't exist. Where whatever hatred that forms in the hearts of thinking beings is as alien to us as their wonders and mysteries. Do not make readers travel to new worlds only to carry old baggage.
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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People often think it's that easy to set up a small press.
IT IS NOT.
IT IS NOT.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
People often think it's that easy to set up a small press.
IT IS NOT.
IT IS NOT.
The cycle of life!
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The cycle of life!
Lolol
"Montresor! Ha-ha. This is a very good joke, indeed. Many times
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
will we laugh about it — ha-ha — as we rank Star Wars—ha-ha.”
“Of course. As we rank Star Wars.”
“But is it not late? [...] They will be expecting us. Let us go.”
“Yes. Let us go.”
As I said this I lifted the last stone from the ground.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Lolol
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Thank you to everyone that's being silly, ridiculous, or upbeat on here
As I careen back and forth from low grade depression to sudden, sharp grieving, interspersed with moments of forgetting & frivolity
You all make things a little better
As I careen back and forth from low grade depression to sudden, sharp grieving, interspersed with moments of forgetting & frivolity
You all make things a little better
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Thank you to everyone that's being silly, ridiculous, or upbeat on here
As I careen back and forth from low grade depression to sudden, sharp grieving, interspersed with moments of forgetting & frivolity
You all make things a little better
As I careen back and forth from low grade depression to sudden, sharp grieving, interspersed with moments of forgetting & frivolity
You all make things a little better
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There are too many tiresome pirated book sites pretending to be cultural Robin Hoods but taking from people who usually make little in the 1st damn place & who are sandblasted at having to constantly face this, & will gladly sign a damn book for you. And the actual library system? IT WORKS. Use it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There are too many tiresome pirated book sites pretending to be cultural Robin Hoods but taking from people who usually make little in the 1st damn place & who are sandblasted at having to constantly face this, & will gladly sign a damn book for you. And the actual library system? IT WORKS. Use it.
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Yeah, they got pretty much all of my stuff. And everybody else's. Some bullshit called Anna's Archive.
This is so fucked up. Stop stealing from authors!!
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yeah, they got pretty much all of my stuff. And everybody else's. Some bullshit called Anna's Archive.
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i always follow up with, “this is what public libraries are for, ppl. and libraries pay authors."
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i always follow up with, “this is what public libraries are for, ppl. and libraries pay authors."
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It particularly pisses me off that a short story that I have only ever given away in my newsletter is on all these pirate sites.
One, it's free with my newsletter, so you don't have to pirate it, and two, it feels like a particular betrayal that a subscriber would put it on a pirate site.
One, it's free with my newsletter, so you don't have to pirate it, and two, it feels like a particular betrayal that a subscriber would put it on a pirate site.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It particularly pisses me off that a short story that I have only ever given away in my newsletter is on all these pirate sites.
One, it's free with my newsletter, so you don't have to pirate it, and two, it feels like a particular betrayal that a subscriber would put it on a pirate site.
One, it's free with my newsletter, so you don't have to pirate it, and two, it feels like a particular betrayal that a subscriber would put it on a pirate site.
"I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard" by Joanna Russ is probably one of my favorite short stories of all time. The Adventures of Alyx collection is fantastic, some of the best sword and sorcery I've ever read
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"I Thought She Was Afeard Till She Stroked My Beard" by Joanna Russ is probably one of my favorite short stories of all time. The Adventures of Alyx collection is fantastic, some of the best sword and sorcery I've ever read
ONLY ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL #HorrorWatch!
I am so giddy I could explode with maggots and guts everywhere
I am so giddy I could explode with maggots and guts everywhere
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ONLY ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL #HorrorWatch!
I am so giddy I could explode with maggots and guts everywhere
I am so giddy I could explode with maggots and guts everywhere
Is that the elephant man I spy? No! It's just two hours until #HorrorWatch
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Is that the elephant man I spy? No! It's just two hours until #HorrorWatch
pure cosmic horror poetry, that
Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
pure cosmic horror poetry, that
Tonight! Tonight! Join us my yapping yetis for #HorrorWatch! Where at 9PM EST we shall feast on the visually unsettling delights of Pondorum!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
PANDORUM - HD TRAILER
From the producers of the Resident Evil film franchise comes Pandorum, a terrifying thriller in which two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tonight! Tonight! Join us my yapping yetis for #HorrorWatch! Where at 9PM EST we shall feast on the visually unsettling delights of Pondorum!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
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There should be a Mary Shelley Award for debut sff femme writer or a Margaret Cavendish Award for most daring femme-written work.
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
There should be a Mary Shelley Award for debut sff femme writer or a Margaret Cavendish Award for most daring femme-written work.
Just saying.
Just saying.
oh hey I breached 5k followers! Well howdy howdy and hello!
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
oh hey I breached 5k followers! Well howdy howdy and hello!
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! The greatest night of the week! Join us, my garish ghouls at 9PM EST for #HorrorWatch! Oh what a treat tomorrow night, we will watch that scifi horrorfest of a movie, Pondorum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
PANDORUM - HD TRAILER
From the producers of the Resident Evil film franchise comes Pandorum, a terrifying thriller in which two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've…
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tomorrow! Tomorrow! The greatest night of the week! Join us, my garish ghouls at 9PM EST for #HorrorWatch! Oh what a treat tomorrow night, we will watch that scifi horrorfest of a movie, Pondorum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PItZ...
Looks like Under the Skin left tubi Wednesday. SIGH.
I rolled a d6, since there was a tie. We're going with tubitv.com/movies/56976...
I rolled a d6, since there was a tie. We're going with tubitv.com/movies/56976...
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Looks like Under the Skin left tubi Wednesday. SIGH.
I rolled a d6, since there was a tie. We're going with tubitv.com/movies/56976...
I rolled a d6, since there was a tie. We're going with tubitv.com/movies/56976...
WAIT WHAT
Under the Skin isn't available on Tubi anymore?
It was just earlier this week!
FIE AND CONFOUND IT
#horrorWatch
Under the Skin isn't available on Tubi anymore?
It was just earlier this week!
FIE AND CONFOUND IT
#horrorWatch
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
WAIT WHAT
Under the Skin isn't available on Tubi anymore?
It was just earlier this week!
FIE AND CONFOUND IT
#horrorWatch
Under the Skin isn't available on Tubi anymore?
It was just earlier this week!
FIE AND CONFOUND IT
#horrorWatch
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There's a headline on a Wired article that I saw this morning:
"Instead of an AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends"
And I feel like you can replace 'Health Coach' with whatever and make this apply to 95% of LLM "innovations" that are supposed to improve/enhance life
"Instead of an AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends"
And I feel like you can replace 'Health Coach' with whatever and make this apply to 95% of LLM "innovations" that are supposed to improve/enhance life
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There's a headline on a Wired article that I saw this morning:
"Instead of an AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends"
And I feel like you can replace 'Health Coach' with whatever and make this apply to 95% of LLM "innovations" that are supposed to improve/enhance life
"Instead of an AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends"
And I feel like you can replace 'Health Coach' with whatever and make this apply to 95% of LLM "innovations" that are supposed to improve/enhance life