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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 21m

I slept. I'm a bit all over the place. But I am present

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 21m

Oh no Matt, hope the diagnosis is swift and the cure painless

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MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 12h

⚓️ 💫The Seven Sisters
An epic tale of sailors in space
#steampunk #analog #scifi #epic #bookseries #action #adventure #aliens #KU 📚💙
Books 1-5…
www.amazon.com/dp/B0852NFWYY

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry 😂

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FV8F56B...? my tale THE IMMACULATE JUNK has been included in this mammoth 732 page tome - a tribute to William S. Burroughs #anthology #fiction #poetry #essays ✍️📖🥂featuring work by Poppy Z Brite, Graham Masterton and many more

The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut

Amazon.com: The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut: 9798268165432: Johnson, Alex S., Masterton, Graham, Jakubowski, Maxim, Berry, Iris, Whitehead, Ron Lee, Kiernan, Caitlin R., Nichols, Natasha Lyn, Busch, J.D., Brite, Poppy Z., Jaffe, Larry: Books

www.amazon.com

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Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social · 21h

A big thanks to Ray and Trisha Tropiano over at Re-Read Used Books for all their support. If you’re looking for a great selection of books, look no further. They’ve recently restocked all of my books and they’re all signed. Grab them quick before they’re sold out again. 😀

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 21h

yeah, sorry 😂

Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 21h

BOOKS OF BLOOD (2020) remake #tonightsviewing #horrormovies

The photo cover for BOOKS OF BLOOD.showing a blood red background with a man screaming, but his open mouth is the pages of a book

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 22h

Sorry, my brain's a little fritzed today. Normal service will resume tomorrow

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 22h

#vss365 The feast had been sumptuous, though a little overcooked and rancid at times. He preferred his meat a little pink and bloody. But didn't want to upset the hosts.
Though in the morning, he was confused by waking up in the embalming room of the crematorium and vomiting up handfuls of #ash

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 1d

Morning my pen & pencil wielding friends its time to enter week 2, it's day 8 of our musical mystery tour.

Today's word is inspired by a sci-fi infused indie classic Girl From Mars, our #vss365 #prompt for 08/10/25 is #ash. Happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

What's your favourite sci-fi movie or programme?

a woman talking to a man with the words " you 're from mars " on the bottom

ALT: a woman talking to a man with the words " you 're from mars " on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

🐹 Before viral videos on TikTok or YouTube, there was Hampsterdance.

Full of dancing hamster GIFs & a sped-up tune, it became one of the internet’s first viral hits.

You can still dance to it on the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19991222...

#Wayback1T

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FV8F56B...? my tale THE IMMACULATE JUNK has been included in this mammoth 732 page tome - a tribute to William S. Burroughs #anthology #fiction #poetry #essays ✍️📖🥂featuring work by Poppy Z Brite, Graham Masterton and many more

The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut

Amazon.com: The Junk Merchants: A Literary Tribute to William S. Burroughs, Director's Cut: 9798268165432: Johnson, Alex S., Masterton, Graham, Jakubowski, Maxim, Berry, Iris, Whitehead, Ron Lee, Kiernan, Caitlin R., Nichols, Natasha Lyn, Busch, J.D., Brite, Poppy Z., Jaffe, Larry: Books

www.amazon.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Bleh! Feeling off today after a night of no sleep.

a dog with its mouth open is yawning and says tired on the bottom

Alt: a dog with its mouth open is leaning against a door, as if sleeping with eyes open

media.tenor.com

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

A 2k short story done.... for now... Not sure I like the ending, though the first two scenes are gold... is it wrong to doubt your writing because you let the MC live happily with the Antagonist? 😂 - feels like a copout.

But nice to get some writing done. ✍️🙏

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Louise Blackwick @louiseblackwick.com · 2d

There is currently a 50% discount on all my #Halloween & #horror short-stories & novellas.🩸📚

Download all 3 stories (& own them forever in 2 digital formats) for less than 5$!💙📚

1️⃣Jump into the Abyss!: bit.ly/4nES2Lq
2️⃣Reprobates: bit.ly/4mUIRVU
3️⃣The Underworld Rhapsody: bit.ly/4pSYJLv

#spooktober🎃

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the unnerving horror short-story of a man who gets buried alive over the festering remains of his late wife, Kassandra.

During his premature entombment, forty long nails are struck into Chase Chaperone's casket, plunging him deeper into Hell. This grim ritual is a dark operetta written in rhyming prose - an homage to Dante's Inferno - from which naught but the most vile of souls can escape. The man is subsequently set free from the coffin by the grotesque dwarf Eldritch, who in a fit of revenge, climbs onto his back and refuses to climb down. Chase is thus doomed to carry the parasitic dwarf atop his back for the rest of his days, while searching for absolution.

This Halloween special explores themes such as "death and decay", "justice" and "morality", in a forlorn world set outside the reach of modern civilisation.

Written in the grim and melodious style of Edgar Allan Poe, "Jump into the Abyss!" follows Chase Chaperone's descent into the far-reaching Abyss of his soul in a masterfully-written allegorical tale.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" saga, comes the surreal novella of a man's journey through Limbo.

Freshly arrived at the Totermann Inn, Marc Whitehouse couldn’t have known he was dead. Sir, no sir. Not now that Chantal Dublanc had so mysteriously entered his life; his afterlife. In his quest for the truth behind his early demise, he finds himself on a journey where past memories intermingle with present actions. He is not yet ready to call it a life. 206 heartbeats to peace. The hour is late, but Marc is yet to renounce his hope for salvation...

A surreal novella of love, loss and the afterlife, written in the captivating, dreamlike style of André Breton. “Reprobates” is an exquisitely written narrative of Life after Life, centered on Marc’s journey through Limbo.

Its style is heavy on allegory, at every step teeming with Underworld intrusions of the sacred into the profane.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

From the bestselling author of the "Vivian Amberville" series, comes the surreal novella that will have you question the very foundation of your reality.

Under the influence of the powerful new psychedelic drug “Rhapsody”, Mario Fantoccio discovers the existence of an invisible reality overlaying our own.

The rhapsody-altered state of consciousness brings Mario to close encounters with “the Masters of Strings”, a coven of hyperdimensional beings who appear to control the destiny of every human in existence.

Desperate to sever the strings tying him to the will of his Masters, Mario overdoses on Rhapsody and escapes into hell, hoping to regain control of his life and free will.

Based on a modern interpretation of Jungian psychology, The Underworld Rhapsody is heavily themed on "subjective reality", "altered states of consciousness", and "individuation" as it follows one man's struggle to escape the chaos of his life and regain his free will.

Your purchase will grant you access to the ePub and PDF-formats.

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 🙏🙂

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely. You can tell they had fun taking this world and breaking it, moulding it into something personal and uniquely messed up

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. And as ridiculous as they looked, it all made sense

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

I loved it Ronald, despite the flapping genitals and weird jumpsuit angle at the end. It was a great hero's journey tale, a moving quest. And a bravura vision

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Ronald McGillvray @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot going on in this instalment of the franchise as they set up for what’s coming next. I really enjoyed where they’ve taken it. It’s a much more layered plot line than the purely visceral first movie. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of bloody mayhem to enjoy. What did you think?

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STD72 abstract colors art @std72art.bsky.social · 6d

#art #abstract #horror #abstraction #color #face #painting #noAL (c)stdrozdowski72

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STD72 abstract colors art @std72art.bsky.social · 4d

#abstraction #art #face #color #abstraction #noAL #painting (c)stdrozdowski72

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. Having actually been lost in the woods as a child, I can definitely relate to that fear. Which is why it always amuses me in the films when they go in with zero respect for the potential danger.

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Lee Bailes @leebaileswriter.bsky.social · 1d

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (2016) #tonightsviewing #horrormovies #filmsky

The red illustrated film poster for THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT showing a large witch symbol formed of two trees that have grown together

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