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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 3d

You are so incredibly kind and always so supportive. Thank you, Brian! I hope you and the family are well and that your creativity flows!

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 3d

“𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝-𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.”

—𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍

On sale today at hatandbeard.com/products/dar...

#griefhorror #PunkRock #fantasy #booksky #writerscommunity

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to all the heroes at the @stchlibrary.bsky.social for hosting me for two absolutely wonderful events! Always nice to meet so many great writers and readers and to share my love of creativity! And they sold out of my books!

#booksky #RayBradbury #libraries #writerscommunity

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 13d

If you have ever lived in Chicago, you know these 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔…

Here is the 1st page of my story, “Creepy Crawly” from the newly released, fantastic domestic horror anthology, COSTS OF LIVING. I was thrilled when KIRKUS REVIEWS singled my story out in its glowing review.

Happy October! 🎃

#horror

The book cover of the horror anthology, COSTS OF LIVING, and the opening page of Sam Weller’s story, “Creepy Crawly.”

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 17d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 25d

We are living in a new Gilded Age: exorbitant wealth, staggering inequality, concentrated power, rampant corruption, and industrial capitalism taking precedence over working families. But the Progressive era was a response to the Gilded Age and history will repeat itself.

#Hope #Democracy

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 26d

40 freaking 6 years ago tonight, I saw my first KISS concert at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. Judas Priest opened. Incredible memory. Thank you @KISS. Photos are from that night.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 28d

The platform of choice for Gen Z is now effectively state run media. #TikTok

CNN @cnn.com · 28d

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says | CNN Business

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday.

www.cnn.com

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Sep 18

They are definitely going to try to takedown Bluesky.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29d

Two absolute masters of their craft.

Ray Bradbury once told me he went to dinner at Hitchcock’s Hollywood Hills home and all the food on the table was dyed purple. “Why did he do that?” I asked.
“He didn’t say,” Bradbury responded.

#Hollywood #RayBradbury #horror #writerscommunity

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29d

I have written a number of deep dive essays into the life and work of #RayBradbury that go well beyond my books. I am most proud of this one.

#writers #sciencefiction #fantasy #biography

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Ray Bradbury and the Last Global Pandemic | Los Angeles Review of Books

Ray Bradbury never forgot the tragedy of the 1918 pandemic.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 18

He put his name on it at the end of the process and didn’t write the thing. Bradbury protested, but the Writers Guild sided with Huston because of his considerable Hollywood clout.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 17

Is Indiana Jones still available?

Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 17

Unpublished images of Ray Bradbury’s time working in Ireland, writing the screenplay for MOBY DICK for director John Huston.

The last photo has not been seen for over 70 years and it’s a doozy!

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MOBY DICK PHOTO ESSAY — Sam Weller

I just published an essay on the Los Angeles Review of Books about Ray Bradbury’s tumultuous experience writing the screenplay adaptation of the Herman Melville classic Moby-Dick for film direct...

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 15

You’re the best. Always so supportive. I hope you are doing exceptionally well and your writing flows!

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 15

I worked hard to earn these. I never take these two gothic beauties for granted. #horror #horrorwriters @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is a good one.

Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · Sep 10

"The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time."

Mary Oliver, who would have been 90 today, on creativity: www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/12/m...

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 9

It’s a malicious and very conscious move from the totalitarian playbook. Just look at how the least educated citizens vote in this country…

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 9

“You don’t have to burn a book to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” — Ray Bradbury

Kirk Wolcott @kirkwolcott.bsky.social · Sep 9

Making America Illiterate

"The data release is the first since President Trump decimated staffing at the Education Department, including the testing agency."

#education #future #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Doesn’t offend me at all. His best poetry was threaded into his prose. His straight poetry was often overwrought, in my opinion.

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 2

My story in COSTS OF LIVING is a rare venture into Chicago writing for me. It is about those grotesque Midwest millipedes that invade our homes every summer. I hope you will share this post and support this book!

#horrorsky #booksky #booklaunch #horror #anthology #shortstories #fiction

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Sep 2

Stoked to have a story in this monsterously cool anthology! The book is NOW available in fine bookstores everywhere! Glorious high-fives to Steve Capone @whisperhousepress.bsky.social and all the amazing contributors!

Please support indie publishers and get a copy today!

#horror #writing

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Aug 30

Likely dude is on some steroids for one affliction or another.

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · Aug 30

Practical, how-to guide takes you step-by-step through the self-publishing process #amwriting #writingcommunity #WritingQ #writer #inventingreality www.amazon.com/Minutes-Self-P...

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great title!