Pip Hemplow
@hemplow.bsky.social
Horror writer: author of THE INNSMOUTH SYNDROME, SARCOPHAGUS, ASHES, EXOTERIC, PSEFISATO, BLACK MILK etc. Latest book K-HOLE OF THE MI-GO! available from the usual places.
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Pip Hemplow
@hemplow.bsky.social
· Oct 5
K-Hole of the Mi-Go!
Amazon.com: K-Hole of the Mi-Go! eBook : Hemplow, Philip: Books
www.amazon.com
Evening, everyone. Amazon link to my new book, a story about a ketamine-fuelled tech trillionaire who makes an unwise deal with the Mi-Go of Yuggoth. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTWG3LG6
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This!! Word of mouth in indie spaces is so important.
Just a reminder, y’all:
If you love a book, especially an indie-published one, tell the world! They can always use the help. And the authors (and publishers) love hearing it🖤☠️
If you love a book, especially an indie-published one, tell the world! They can always use the help. And the authors (and publishers) love hearing it🖤☠️
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This!! Word of mouth in indie spaces is so important.
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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"what if the megarich could launder ownership of the ideas you came up with but don't have the capital to realise?"
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"what if the megarich could launder ownership of the ideas you came up with but don't have the capital to realise?"
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My crime novels. A Seance for Wicked King Death is set in 1956 and The Switchblade Svengali is set in 1968. Both feature conman Royce Pembrook, who dabbles in seances and occasionally kills.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My crime novels. A Seance for Wicked King Death is set in 1956 and The Switchblade Svengali is set in 1968. Both feature conman Royce Pembrook, who dabbles in seances and occasionally kills.
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In memory of Rob Reiner, please enjoy my favourite Wikipedia entry of all time, which is Former Members of Spinal Tap. Any time I need a laugh, I pull it up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_...
Spinal Tap (band) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In memory of Rob Reiner, please enjoy my favourite Wikipedia entry of all time, which is Former Members of Spinal Tap. Any time I need a laugh, I pull it up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
Oh yeah! The SW EoY sale is on now, so I have some discounts available: Black Milk, Psefi, and K-Hole are all reduced, and Fair Trade is free for a while: www.smashwords.com/books/view/3...
Fair Trade
Lionel Schultz is just an ordinary guy, living the quiet life in Pittsburgh, until the day that he starts dreaming of another life in China. As his dreams become more real, he comes to realise that so...
www.smashwords.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Oh yeah! The SW EoY sale is on now, so I have some discounts available: Black Milk, Psefi, and K-Hole are all reduced, and Fair Trade is free for a while: www.smashwords.com/books/view/3...
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Books are power charges for your brain.
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Books are power charges for your brain.
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This has a Shudder horror movie written all over it.
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This has a Shudder horror movie written all over it.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
Apparently, for some unfathomable fucking reason, Calibre now has AI shoehorned into it? Anyway, here's a fork called Clbre, which removes that shit: github.com/grimthorpe/c...
GitHub - grimthorpe/clbre: A fork of Calibre called Clbre, because the AI is stripped out.
A fork of Calibre called Clbre, because the AI is stripped out. - grimthorpe/clbre
github.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Apparently, for some unfathomable fucking reason, Calibre now has AI shoehorned into it? Anyway, here's a fork called Clbre, which removes that shit: github.com/grimthorpe/c...
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In sixth grade I used the word "stolid" in a paper and my teacher marked it as a spelling error, then accused me of cheating when I tried to argue, so I like to put it into each of my books as a cute little fuck you to that lady.
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In sixth grade I used the word "stolid" in a paper and my teacher marked it as a spelling error, then accused me of cheating when I tried to argue, so I like to put it into each of my books as a cute little fuck you to that lady.
Must've rewritten this scene 6x already, and just found a catastrophic logistical problem hidden in it. Back to the gd drawing board... Writing sucks, I'm going for a run.
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Must've rewritten this scene 6x already, and just found a catastrophic logistical problem hidden in it. Back to the gd drawing board... Writing sucks, I'm going for a run.
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Science fiction writing tips:
don't call your future currency "credits"
don't have robots address a human being as "citizen"
when having a character brew tea somewhere other than Earth, consider the atmospheric pressure you've already established
don't call your future currency "credits"
don't have robots address a human being as "citizen"
when having a character brew tea somewhere other than Earth, consider the atmospheric pressure you've already established
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Science fiction writing tips:
don't call your future currency "credits"
don't have robots address a human being as "citizen"
when having a character brew tea somewhere other than Earth, consider the atmospheric pressure you've already established
don't call your future currency "credits"
don't have robots address a human being as "citizen"
when having a character brew tea somewhere other than Earth, consider the atmospheric pressure you've already established
(Not mine, don't know the backstory!)
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
(Not mine, don't know the backstory!)
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We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
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A professor was lecturing to his English class: “In English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, a double negative is still a negative. However, there's no language where in a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
January 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A professor was lecturing to his English class: “In English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, a double negative is still a negative. However, there's no language where in a double positive can form a negative.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
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Makes mental note to check my attic when I get home tonight.
Ten two-handed swords that had been kept in an city hall attic for years because everyone assumed they were just replicas turned out to be genuine!
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
historiek.net/tweehandszwa...
Een ‘sensationele vondst’: tien authentieke tweehandszwaarden ontdekt op Friese zolder
Bij onderzoek in Balk zijn tien zestiende-eeuwse tweehandszwaarden teruggevonden. De authentieke wapens bieden nieuw inzicht in het gebruik van deze imposante zwaarden voorbij de latere legendes.
historiek.net
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Makes mental note to check my attic when I get home tonight.
I am hopelessly stuck on this scene in the WiP and I simply cannot fathom why. It should be a completely straightforward one but I just can't land it. Extremely frustrating.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am hopelessly stuck on this scene in the WiP and I simply cannot fathom why. It should be a completely straightforward one but I just can't land it. Extremely frustrating.
That is very cool.
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-...
www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-...
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
www.iflscience.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
That is very cool.
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
Having way more fun with Infection Free Zone than I expected. Not least because it allows me to indulge the far-out, wildly improbable fantasy of ever owning a house in this town.
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Having way more fun with Infection Free Zone than I expected. Not least because it allows me to indulge the far-out, wildly improbable fantasy of ever owning a house in this town.