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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 1d

As always, all likes and shares are hugely appreciated - and I really hope you enjoy (for want of a better word!) all my weird words at danlong.substack.com

Thank you so much - and here’s to staying DREADFUL 🖤

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, there are even more EARWORMS coming to get you over the next few weeks and months, including reads by @millicenttho.bsky.social @stormjstewart.bsky.social @marcusbronzy.bsky.social @elliejoypanic.bsky.social @musechick.bsky.social and MORE...

Absolutely SPOILT with this incredible lineup!

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 1d

There are already audiobooks by @tamoorh.com @lucyjames.games @benkearns96.bsky.social and @rubycosmos.bsky.social at danlong.substack.com (and wherever you listen to strange stories), plus there are future reads yet to come too, so watch this space for more readers to be revealed!

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 1d

As always, production is by @kgalaxia.bsky.social who is an absolute LEGEND.

And if you fancy checking out my other stories from The Quick And The Dread, you can read 20+ stories and listen to the first five audiobooks over at danlong.substack.com

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 1d

An audiobook about a podcast?

And at least one of them is haunted… 👻

The amazing @tamoorh.com is back to tell my seasonal short story about a popular paranormal podcast - COULDN’T SCARE LESS!

open.substack.com/pub/danlong/...

open.spotify.com/show/6Xg0JnL...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 3d

Monday.

Pixie the guinea pig, smiling with a mouthful of dill

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 4d

“Did you ever hear about what happened on the Metro in 1992?

Don’t like reading about being trapped or running out of air or unseen horrors?

You might wanna avoid YOUR CARRIAGE AWAITS, my new story for The Quick And The Dread at open.substack.com/pub/danlong/...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much @louiseblain.bsky.social for being such a joy - and thanks to @kgalaxia.bsky.social and @musechick.bsky.social for their amazing work on the episode ✨

And, as ever, every like and share is hugely appreciated ❤️

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 6d

SPLITSCREEN GETS SPOOKY! 🎃

It was great to chat with @louiseblain.bsky.social on the @insertcoin.bsky.social podcast about how @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp's corridor might be the perfect videogame monster!

Watch/listen at:

youtu.be/0rHAo4OKx-I

open.spotify.com/show/1G6Mvt5...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 10d

Monday.

Ham, a silver BSH cat we don't own, seemingly wincing

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 11d

PLUS, there are audio versions at danlong.substack.com by @tamoorh.com @lucyjames.games @benkearns96.bsky.social and @rubycosmos.bsky.social - with more to come from @millicenttho.bsky.social @stormjstewart.bsky.social @marcusbronzy.bsky.social @elliejoypanic.bsky.social and @musechick.bsky.social

The Quick And The Dread | Dan Long | Substack

Tall tales told trippingly. Click to read The Quick And The Dread, by Dan Long, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

danlong.substack.com

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 11d

Huge thanks to Kara for the read - PLUS thanks too to the wonderful @kgalaxia.bsky.social for their amazing production skills.

And if you’d like to catch up with all my stories on The Quick And The Dread, you can read all 20+ over at danlong.substack.com

All likes and shares HUGELY appreciated 🖤

The Quick And The Dread | Dan Long | Substack

Tall tales told trippingly. Click to read The Quick And The Dread, by Dan Long, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.

danlong.substack.com

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 11d

Technology is always changing - but the arrogance of man? Not so much…

Join the fab @rubycosmos.bsky.social as she guides us through WALLDAY’S WONDER, a tale of industrial revolution tech bros from The Quick And The Dread… 🏭

open.substack.com/pub/danlong/...

open.spotify.com/show/6Xg0JnL...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 17d

Monday.

Pixie the guinea pig ‘hiding’ behind a tunnel

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 18d

As ever, I can’t thank @kgalaxia.bsky.social enough for their amazing production skills.

And if you would like to read any of my other stories from The Quick And The Dread, you can find them all in their original form over at danlong.substack.com

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 18d

Modern dating? It’s complicated.

Well, unless you try to game the system…

The incredible @lucyjames.games narrates the horrible short story CUPID’S ARROW from my anthology The Quick And The Dread…

open.substack.com/pub/danlong/...

open.spotify.com/show/6Xg0JnL...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 20d

Big thanks to @okayperview.com for being such a delight – I can’t believe it’s taken this long for us to catch up.

And of course, huge thanks to the wonderful @kgalaxia.bsky.social and @musechick.bsky.social for their wonderful work on the episode as always ♥️

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 20d

This episode of SplitScreen is OKAY!

This time on the @insertcoin.bsky.social podcast I caught up with @okayperview.com about his first gamer rage, why streaming is like SNL, and getting White House security clearance.

Watch/listen now at:

youtu.be/m2YCVZmH86I

open.spotify.com/episode/09Ir...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 24d

Monday.

Ham, a silver BSH cat we don’t own, laying on our table

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · 25d

“Vik was now pushing horrible muesli into his mouth…”

Some days just start off badly – and others continue to get worse.

Make yourself feel better by reading COUNTENANCE, my new short story for The Quick And The Dread at open.substack.com/pub/danlong/...

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · Sep 8

Monday.

Pixie the guinea pig peering, Palpatine style, out from a blanket

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh hai, Tommy Wiseau.

It was our pleasure and privilege to meet the one and only director of The Room - ahead of a special screening of his latest film, BIG SHARK, at @princecharlescinema.com

I guarantee you have never seen another movie like it and I cannot recommend it enough ✨🦈✨

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · Sep 6

“The small grey box kept repeating the same full-throated cackle of static.”

When tech fails it can be more stressful than the problem it’s meant to solve.

Don’t contact customer support - just read AVA CALLING, my new story for The Quick And The Dread at danlong.substack.com/p/ava-calling

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you so much @tamoorh.com for being a JOY to chat with - and thanks too to @kgalaxia.bsky.social and @musechick.bsky.social for their amazing work on the episode ✨

As ever, every like and share is hugely appreciated ❤️

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Dan Long @mrteamcorvette.bsky.social · Sep 4

TIME TO MIX IT UP WITH SPLITSCREEN…

For the latest ep of the @insertcoin.bsky.social podcast, I got to chat with the fab @tamoorh.com about Metal Gear Solid, Demolition Man and our shared love for the king of snacks - BOMBAY MIX!

Tune in at:

youtu.be/J4SWN02AUsA

open.spotify.com/episode/0mjw...

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