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Alex C. Telander

@alexctelander.bsky.social

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(He/Him) Horror writer. Creator/writer of Ostium Podcast and Circé Podcast. Cohost Me & Virgil: A Genesis Brother’s Podcast. Love Stephen King, Stephen Graham Jones, Josh Mallerman, all horror, the Expanse, Genesis, Phil Collins, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd.

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Alex C. Telander @alexctelander.bsky.social · Nov 10

Who am I? (Spoken in Jean Valjean's voice.)

I am the creator and writer for the Ostium Podcast, part of the @rustyquill.bsky.social network.

Ostium is a hidden town where there are no people but many doors leading to different places in space and time.

Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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Chris Panatier @scribeofhades.bsky.social · 19h

DAYTIDE is up for preorder now and I sort of buried the lede on this limited edition, illustrated, horror-fantasy.

There’s an introduction by @pfracassi.bsky.social that blew the bombas right off of my feet. I’m still reeling.

350 total books. Order: www.rapturepublishing.com/product/dayt...

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 1d

The year is 2763. The GM for the Rockies steps to the podium. "We've signed international free agent Vladimir Guerrero LXI." Finally, after seven centuries, they're the 64th and final team to have a member of the Vlad line.

The year is 2769. The Rockies trade Vlad LXI at the deadline for a PTBNL.

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SF Giants Bot @giantbot.bsky.social · 1d

🤖 SFGiants

Your opportunity to win this Willy Adames autographed jersey ends tomorrow 🖊️

Head to 🔗 to enter while you still can!

Photo of Adames holding the signed jersey

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 2d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Alex C. Telander @alexctelander.bsky.social · 2d

Just bought it!

Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 3d

Hello new followers! If you've joined me after my spooky settings task for @cbcreative.bsky.social, you might want to check out my micro-collection of three short horror stories with new twists on old settings. It's a lunch-break steal at 0.99 on kindle or free on Kindle U!
amzn.eu/d/b2ySJKM

Image is of Ally, a white-skinned person with long dark hair, wearing a black Harley jacket on a tube platform and holding up a copy of London Weird by Ally Wilkes.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 3d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Alex C. Telander @alexctelander.bsky.social · 3d

Carrie.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Alex C. Telander @alexctelander.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, got one of those and started checked it out and then my hackles went up.

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Joanne Starer @joannestarer.bsky.social · 4d

I just got a fake docusign email from someone at @oni-press.bsky.social It looks mostly real but it goes to a weird site that asks you to sign in, and it's missing stuff that a real docusign email would have. Also, the comma after "review" where a period should be.

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Alex C. Telander @alexctelander.bsky.social · 4d

Where's Big Time Timmy Jim when we need him!

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 4d

I'm gonna get my Kellis-Amberlee after all!

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 4d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 4d

While doing research on ancient languages for a novel I'm working on I discovered Dr. Martin Worthington at Cambridge University. After years of study, he's come up with an approximation of Akkadian. You can listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh here:
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...

Hear The Epic of Gilgamesh Read in the Original Akkadian and Enjoy the Sounds of Mesopotamia

This clip gives you a taste of what Gilgamesh, one of the earliest known works of literature, sounds like in its mother tongue, Akkadian.

www.openculture.com

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 4d

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Philadelphia area friends, I will be at the Towne Book Center and Cafe on Wednesday, October 8th at 6:30 pm! Come get your books and stuff signed! Be awesome! I have stickers!

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 4d

Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series

A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

www.resistancesummerschool.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d

Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers

The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.

www.artnews.com

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 5d

man it is pretty crazy everyone forgot about that charlie cork guy already

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like a fascist lice comb.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 7d

Okay let's do this - Oct 1 - middle grade horror books you should read DAY ONE

When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.