Sam Reader, Antiochean Pope
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A useless hanger-on in horror (they/them/she/her)
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I cannot donate to your campaign, sorry.
tor.com/author/sam-reader
www.the-gamers-lounge.com
www.strangelibrary.com
Inquiries: [email protected]
ebegging: https://ko-fi.com/readerwrites
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Horses is disappointing and I think part of that is because as much as it's a fascinating little game, it never really goes much further than its basic central conceit. It's like first-person Equus with delusions of grandeur.
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Horses is disappointing and I think part of that is because as much as it's a fascinating little game, it never really goes much further than its basic central conceit. It's like first-person Equus with delusions of grandeur.
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Still deserves your support, but as a friend said when I streamed it...
Quinton Tarantino? Isn't he that sad, creepy guy who spent twelve hours reviewing kids' television shows?
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Quinton Tarantino? Isn't he that sad, creepy guy who spent twelve hours reviewing kids' television shows?
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Evening viewing recommendation? Wishing a very happy birthday to the exquisite Julianne Moore! ❤️ Celebrate by watching some of her most compelling and adventurous performances in our Starring Julianne Moore collection!
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Evening viewing recommendation? Wishing a very happy birthday to the exquisite Julianne Moore! ❤️ Celebrate by watching some of her most compelling and adventurous performances in our Starring Julianne Moore collection!
Insane to me that conspiracy theories started out as "businessmen want to overthrow the government" and "German spies want to install a fascist president" and "the GOP created conditions where a democratic rival was murdered in broad daylight in Texas" and are now "lizard people hate the president."
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Insane to me that conspiracy theories started out as "businessmen want to overthrow the government" and "German spies want to install a fascist president" and "the GOP created conditions where a democratic rival was murdered in broad daylight in Texas" and are now "lizard people hate the president."
This is basically my problem with modern game writing, the need for a byline and desire to claim "thing bad actually" outweighs any attempt to meet a work on its own terms and discuss it honestly. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet because of this when Future Media and Paste both ghosted me.
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is basically my problem with modern game writing, the need for a byline and desire to claim "thing bad actually" outweighs any attempt to meet a work on its own terms and discuss it honestly. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet because of this when Future Media and Paste both ghosted me.
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So deconstruction has to come from a place of loving something. You can certainly tear something apart if you hate it, but to actually critique and dismantle it, to spotlight its strengths and weaknesses, you actually have to engage in the material.
Excited for his follow-up collection, THIS'LL MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER!
www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
www.valancourtbooks.com/thisll-make-...
This'll Make Things a Little Easier
BOOK DETAILS Case laminate hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1954321939 List Price: $34.99 U.S. Pages: 220 Published: 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Post escaped containment, had to slash and burn. Sorry.
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Post escaped containment, had to slash and burn. Sorry.
Ah yes the nonbinary urge to express oneself and one's beliefs with the added nonbinary terror that you will be waterboarded by people in your community because you believe in consulting your Erin Morgenstern tarot deck
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ah yes the nonbinary urge to express oneself and one's beliefs with the added nonbinary terror that you will be waterboarded by people in your community because you believe in consulting your Erin Morgenstern tarot deck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1N... Oh shit new Northern Boys just dropped
The Northern Boys - Crack
YouTube video by Sindhu World
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December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1N... Oh shit new Northern Boys just dropped
oh sweet I love 2010s-era Eraserhead Press
(writing grimdark fantasy) Goreface sat wetly on the docks, thinking about blood. His face was covered is some kind of shit and so was the rest of him. His dick looked like a door knocker. There were some orcs and dragons on the docks too. They also had shit on them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
oh sweet I love 2010s-era Eraserhead Press
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After waging combat with Canva, I have this month's stream schedule! Dates on top, times with time zones, and the Twitch channel on the bottom, with links in the thread.
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
After waging combat with Canva, I have this month's stream schedule! Dates on top, times with time zones, and the Twitch channel on the bottom, with links in the thread.
It may not be the most quintessential Queens of the Stone Age song (I mean, it is to me), but "My God Is The Sun" gets pretty damn close.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It may not be the most quintessential Queens of the Stone Age song (I mean, it is to me), but "My God Is The Sun" gets pretty damn close.
It's an interesting coincidence that just as Rosin Murphy's transphobic comments were made public, her song became a meme.
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's an interesting coincidence that just as Rosin Murphy's transphobic comments were made public, her song became a meme.
I have an unfortunate tendency to watch literally any video that mentions the '90s DOS game Helious regardless of quality because the fact that Helious existed and got a sequel and yet is kind of forgotten in the long run is a sign our civilization must return to sand and dust.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I have an unfortunate tendency to watch literally any video that mentions the '90s DOS game Helious regardless of quality because the fact that Helious existed and got a sequel and yet is kind of forgotten in the long run is a sign our civilization must return to sand and dust.
My beef with Lancer is that it's an excellent game, but only if you want to specifically play Lancer, otherwise you have to hack it to Hellenbach and even then.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My beef with Lancer is that it's an excellent game, but only if you want to specifically play Lancer, otherwise you have to hack it to Hellenbach and even then.
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I’m 10 followers away from this year’s goal of 600 followers on twitch. So if you want to watch me play vidya games OR, new starting this month, hear me yap about TTRPGS come follow me!
www.twitch.tv/neonsaline
www.twitch.tv/neonsaline
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m 10 followers away from this year’s goal of 600 followers on twitch. So if you want to watch me play vidya games OR, new starting this month, hear me yap about TTRPGS come follow me!
www.twitch.tv/neonsaline
www.twitch.tv/neonsaline
Gonna wait until both this and the sequel Hex are out and watch them as a set as Clive Barker intended.
Here's a new look at Adam Scott in HOKUM, the latest nightmare from Oddity director Damian McCarthy set to release in theaters on May 1, 2026.
A horror novelist visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch.
A horror novelist visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch.
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Gonna wait until both this and the sequel Hex are out and watch them as a set as Clive Barker intended.
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Parasociality in criticism is pissing in our well
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Parasociality in criticism is pissing in our well
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Cover reveal! Art by Vergvoktre. EVERYWHERE IS A HORROR STORY by Kurt Fawver, coming August 11th, 2026, from Grimscribe Press.
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Cover reveal! Art by Vergvoktre. EVERYWHERE IS A HORROR STORY by Kurt Fawver, coming August 11th, 2026, from Grimscribe Press.
My rule of "never give a Sherman's Lagoon hater the time of day" has served me incredibly well in life so far.
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My rule of "never give a Sherman's Lagoon hater the time of day" has served me incredibly well in life so far.
I think a lot of what's described as weird fiction is actually strange fiction
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I think a lot of what's described as weird fiction is actually strange fiction
Gonna spend the next few weeks trying hard not to call George Saunders "the poet laureate of the petit bourgeoisie"
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Gonna spend the next few weeks trying hard not to call George Saunders "the poet laureate of the petit bourgeoisie"