Anthony Roberts
@anthonyhroberts.bsky.social
A Writer of Dark Fiction, Book Fiend, Evil Cat Lover, Proud Tsalagi in Aotearoa NZ, Native Voices, Dystopian Vibes, Poe, Wells, Jackson, Matheson, King, SG Jones, Bazterrica. I’m old school horrific. DMs iffy. 🪶🖤🔪🐈⬛🦇🪓🐀📚 www.anthonyhrobertsauthor.com
Joyce Carol Oates can write brilliantly about anything (and does). 'Zombie' is that quiet dude that lives down the block. You think he's weird. You have no idea. I won't say I enjoyed 'Zombie' but it took me places. Not good places, but places. Do your thang, JCO. 🙌🖤 #horrorfan #darkfiction 📚😱📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Joyce Carol Oates can write brilliantly about anything (and does). 'Zombie' is that quiet dude that lives down the block. You think he's weird. You have no idea. I won't say I enjoyed 'Zombie' but it took me places. Not good places, but places. Do your thang, JCO. 🙌🖤 #horrorfan #darkfiction 📚😱📚💙
Here's another feel-good ray of sunshine read.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Here's another feel-good ray of sunshine read.
‘The Willows’ by Algernon Blackwood. A classic short story deserving of its reputation. The gloomy atmosphere and creeping dread warms my dark little heart. Absolutely loved it. 🖤🖤🖤🖤💙📚 #shortstories #classichorror #darkfiction #algernonblackwood #legend
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
‘The Willows’ by Algernon Blackwood. A classic short story deserving of its reputation. The gloomy atmosphere and creeping dread warms my dark little heart. Absolutely loved it. 🖤🖤🖤🖤💙📚 #shortstories #classichorror #darkfiction #algernonblackwood #legend
I won a free copy of Tāme Wairere Iti’s memoir, MANA, from the ReadingRoom. Absolutely stoked (and thankful) to receive this work of a lifetime. ❤️You can read my entry in the ReadingRoom newsletter. 💙📚🇳🇿 #activism #firstpeoples #maori #tameiti #memior newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/31/t...
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I won a free copy of Tāme Wairere Iti’s memoir, MANA, from the ReadingRoom. Absolutely stoked (and thankful) to receive this work of a lifetime. ❤️You can read my entry in the ReadingRoom newsletter. 💙📚🇳🇿 #activism #firstpeoples #maori #tameiti #memior newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/31/t...
Dark greetings. My son is a math major at Uni and going to a monster party as one of the worst historical representatives in his field. 🎃 #halloween #modernmonsters #twoleggedmonsters
October 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Dark greetings. My son is a math major at Uni and going to a monster party as one of the worst historical representatives in his field. 🎃 #halloween #modernmonsters #twoleggedmonsters
RED WIND WARNING for heaps of New Zealand today. Well over 100k winds kicking off in Wellington. The city is shutdown. We’ve got the cat duct-taped to the wall so she doesn’t get whisked away. Don’t even bother changing out of your jammies. Today most assuredly blows. #weathernz #tharsheblows
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RED WIND WARNING for heaps of New Zealand today. Well over 100k winds kicking off in Wellington. The city is shutdown. We’ve got the cat duct-taped to the wall so she doesn’t get whisked away. Don’t even bother changing out of your jammies. Today most assuredly blows. #weathernz #tharsheblows
Like your folk horror with heaps of dirty old hippies? Then Adam L. G. Nevill’s “The Reddening” has got you covered (in scarlet). I listened to an audio version with one minor quibble - it sounded like an American doing the narration. Not ideal for an English folk horror. 💙📚😱🖤👹
October 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Like your folk horror with heaps of dirty old hippies? Then Adam L. G. Nevill’s “The Reddening” has got you covered (in scarlet). I listened to an audio version with one minor quibble - it sounded like an American doing the narration. Not ideal for an English folk horror. 💙📚😱🖤👹
As the bought-and-sold continue to give zero f*cks about future generations, Tim Winton’s cli-fi novel JUICE reads more like grim prophecy. Great book though. Happy to have a hardback. 📚💙😱🚀 #scifi #climatecrisis
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As the bought-and-sold continue to give zero f*cks about future generations, Tim Winton’s cli-fi novel JUICE reads more like grim prophecy. Great book though. Happy to have a hardback. 📚💙😱🚀 #scifi #climatecrisis
My son and I watched ROLLERBALL last night. He dug the 70s dystopian vibes (and retrofuturism fashion) and the themes of distraction and control. We discussed Corporate Society and how the game was used in the film, and how the great distraction now is digital. Siri, play Toccata in D minor. 🎥💙🚀
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My son and I watched ROLLERBALL last night. He dug the 70s dystopian vibes (and retrofuturism fashion) and the themes of distraction and control. We discussed Corporate Society and how the game was used in the film, and how the great distraction now is digital. Siri, play Toccata in D minor. 🎥💙🚀
Finished “The End Of The World As We Know It” and want to do two things immediately (see image). I’ll return to this anthology for many rereads. And Wayne Brady… can’t be that Wayne Brady? Laws yes. 🖤💙📚😱 #constantreader #shortstories #darkfiction @briankeene.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Finished “The End Of The World As We Know It” and want to do two things immediately (see image). I’ll return to this anthology for many rereads. And Wayne Brady… can’t be that Wayne Brady? Laws yes. 🖤💙📚😱 #constantreader #shortstories #darkfiction @briankeene.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social
Another free spirit departs this mortal realm. Goodbye Diane Keaton.
October 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Another free spirit departs this mortal realm. Goodbye Diane Keaton.
It was a great day to go to the mailbox. #shirleyjackson #anthology #darkfiction #favouriteauthors #shortstories 💙📚🖤 @datlow.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It was a great day to go to the mailbox. #shirleyjackson #anthology #darkfiction #favouriteauthors #shortstories 💙📚🖤 @datlow.bsky.social
In these lousy no-good times, you gotta hold on to the little things that bring you joy. I love crisps and they love me back. 🥔 #heartfelt #potatolove
October 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In these lousy no-good times, you gotta hold on to the little things that bring you joy. I love crisps and they love me back. 🥔 #heartfelt #potatolove
When we lived in Big Island Hawaii, my Kiwi partner settled for Vegemite, but once we moved to her homeland, it was Marmite all day all night. 🖤 #beingkiwi #aotearoa 🇳🇿 #breakfast
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When we lived in Big Island Hawaii, my Kiwi partner settled for Vegemite, but once we moved to her homeland, it was Marmite all day all night. 🖤 #beingkiwi #aotearoa 🇳🇿 #breakfast
Never been much of a sports follower. Didn't get it. Then I married a Kiwi. Then I moved to Aotearoa. Then my wife indoctrinated me: All Blacks. Black Ferns. Bleed black. The Ferns earned a bronze at the recent World Cup, but damn, the power, heart, and grace of these warrior women. 🖤🖤🖤
September 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Never been much of a sports follower. Didn't get it. Then I married a Kiwi. Then I moved to Aotearoa. Then my wife indoctrinated me: All Blacks. Black Ferns. Bleed black. The Ferns earned a bronze at the recent World Cup, but damn, the power, heart, and grace of these warrior women. 🖤🖤🖤
@bevvincent.bsky.social Lifelong constant reader. My family can't buy me King books because they never know what I've read and what I haven't. Santa brought me your book last Christmas. Thanks for the hard work of putting it together. I enjoy leaving it on the coffee table for visitors to peruse. 🖤
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@bevvincent.bsky.social Lifelong constant reader. My family can't buy me King books because they never know what I've read and what I haven't. Santa brought me your book last Christmas. Thanks for the hard work of putting it together. I enjoy leaving it on the coffee table for visitors to peruse. 🖤
I’m reading “Swan Song” on my Kindle, listening to “Wayward” on Libby, and am almost finished with “The End of the World As We Know It” as my bedside book. Plus there’s frickin’ Cheetolini the Dolt raving at the UN. Living the Nightmare! Yeah! 🖤 💙📚😱@chuckwendig.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I’m reading “Swan Song” on my Kindle, listening to “Wayward” on Libby, and am almost finished with “The End of the World As We Know It” as my bedside book. Plus there’s frickin’ Cheetolini the Dolt raving at the UN. Living the Nightmare! Yeah! 🖤 💙📚😱@chuckwendig.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social
Garage Sale Guilty Pleasure: Do I need another copy of Stephen King’s first novel ‘Carrie’?
No.
Am I going to buy this 1978, movie tie-in, beat-to-hell, pocket paperback of ‘Carrie’?
Yes.
Or course.
The darkness compels me.
🖤💙📚😱 #horrorfan #horrorstories #darkfiction #stephenking
No.
Am I going to buy this 1978, movie tie-in, beat-to-hell, pocket paperback of ‘Carrie’?
Yes.
Or course.
The darkness compels me.
🖤💙📚😱 #horrorfan #horrorstories #darkfiction #stephenking
September 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Garage Sale Guilty Pleasure: Do I need another copy of Stephen King’s first novel ‘Carrie’?
No.
Am I going to buy this 1978, movie tie-in, beat-to-hell, pocket paperback of ‘Carrie’?
Yes.
Or course.
The darkness compels me.
🖤💙📚😱 #horrorfan #horrorstories #darkfiction #stephenking
No.
Am I going to buy this 1978, movie tie-in, beat-to-hell, pocket paperback of ‘Carrie’?
Yes.
Or course.
The darkness compels me.
🖤💙📚😱 #horrorfan #horrorstories #darkfiction #stephenking
The Demon whispered in my ear, 'You are not strong enough to withstand the storm.'
I whispered back, 'I am the storm, brother... now, do you have any salami or mustard?'
I whispered back, 'I am the storm, brother... now, do you have any salami or mustard?'
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Demon whispered in my ear, 'You are not strong enough to withstand the storm.'
I whispered back, 'I am the storm, brother... now, do you have any salami or mustard?'
I whispered back, 'I am the storm, brother... now, do you have any salami or mustard?'
It’s a great day at the mailbox when this lovely arrives. Can’t wait to dive in! 💙📚🖤@christinahenry.bsky.social #horrornovels #horrorfan #darkfiction
September 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s a great day at the mailbox when this lovely arrives. Can’t wait to dive in! 💙📚🖤@christinahenry.bsky.social #horrornovels #horrorfan #darkfiction
I thought I'd take a break from dark fiction and read a non-fiction book as light palate cleanser. A momentary step away from the shadows. Perhaps a nice travelogue?
Hmm... camping on an ice flow. Not a fan. (great book) 🖤💙📚
Hmm... camping on an ice flow. Not a fan. (great book) 🖤💙📚
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I thought I'd take a break from dark fiction and read a non-fiction book as light palate cleanser. A momentary step away from the shadows. Perhaps a nice travelogue?
Hmm... camping on an ice flow. Not a fan. (great book) 🖤💙📚
Hmm... camping on an ice flow. Not a fan. (great book) 🖤💙📚
Why there aren't computers/robots in Frank Herbert's DUNE. “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” But our techbros would never let this happen, right?💙🚀 #ArtificialSuperintelligence
September 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Why there aren't computers/robots in Frank Herbert's DUNE. “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” But our techbros would never let this happen, right?💙🚀 #ArtificialSuperintelligence
Page 290, “The End Of The World As We Know It” - “He wasn’t made for what the world was now. Haunted. Streaked with blood and bile. A smear over the map of what was once alive, vibrant – beautiful. This god-awful state. It just felt fucking endless.” 💙📚🖤😱 Alex Segura, ‘La Mala Hora’. #darkfiction
September 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Page 290, “The End Of The World As We Know It” - “He wasn’t made for what the world was now. Haunted. Streaked with blood and bile. A smear over the map of what was once alive, vibrant – beautiful. This god-awful state. It just felt fucking endless.” 💙📚🖤😱 Alex Segura, ‘La Mala Hora’. #darkfiction
Thanks @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for modelling my next t-shirt purchase. Looking forward to "The Long Walk" with you as the big bad though you were top-shelf nasty in "The Fall of the House of Usher". Good stuff, mate. 🖤 #horrorfan #horrorfilm #horrornovel #dystopia
@stephenking.bsky.social
@stephenking.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Thanks @markhamillofficial.bsky.social for modelling my next t-shirt purchase. Looking forward to "The Long Walk" with you as the big bad though you were top-shelf nasty in "The Fall of the House of Usher". Good stuff, mate. 🖤 #horrorfan #horrorfilm #horrornovel #dystopia
@stephenking.bsky.social
@stephenking.bsky.social