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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit

@spookyxpickle.bsky.social

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Author. Artist. Weirdo. They/Them but often use She/her. Trans Rights or I bites. Currently working on my next book, "Fairy Seasons" Books: https://ko-fi.com/spookyssplendors Where all to find me: https://linktr.ee/spookypickle

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · Sep 2

I know I had just updated my teaser yesterday, but now I have a new one. I'll tweak details here and there for the hero image.

While Sprankle is adorable, he may have misled people to see my project is a kid's book. It's...Yeah, it's definitely not.

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Ready Your Wings for Fairy Seasons

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 4d

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Sapling
5th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

Witch with tilted head and an oak sapling growing on the brim of her hat. Pencil drawing with chalk and White paint.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 2d

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Archway
7th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

An archway of woven sticks with a quartered circle. Floating in the centre of the shape, a hat and cloak with eyes where the head would appear.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 5h

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9th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

Treelike hand holds an eldritch pocket watch under the moon.

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 1h

Yeeeees! Buy from not Amazon!

instant murder noodle @dellwayft.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Amazon prime day!

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 16h

This sounds like a great book!

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 20h

I have this book and find it an absolutely delightful resource! It’s got humor, trivia, genre, history—and insight into what it was about these horror films that made them such cultural classics.

There are also handy trigger warnings and lists of alternative books to read if you can’t watch!

the book HORROR FOR WEENIES: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch by Emily C. Hughes

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 16h

I agree with that last bit! Sometimes, the reality of violent acts is is scary enough to haunt the heart and mind.

Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 16h

Yay! 💜

Exactly! I need to put those timers on my phone when it comes to apps. I did remove FB that and helped a lot.

I use my phone for this one a lot.

Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks! Yeah, it's definitely crazy since usually tinder things can be sketchy. Most people are just as surprised as we still are that tinder worked for us ha ha

Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 18h

FYI, my partner and I met on Tinder.

I didn't know how else to make an in person connection and really wanted to play Magic.

We met at our local library. He hadn't been to it yet and want me to show him my favorite books.

He also wanted me to feel safe in a public environment.

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 18h

So many things. I could go on, honestly. I most likely wouldn't have met my partner. I wouldn't have met many of my wonderful friends. Wouldn't have learned so many different things about the world. And so, so much more

Social media has many curses. But it also has so many blessings.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 18h

Without social media, there's so much I also wouldn't have. While it has several evils, it has a lot of goods, too.

I'm glad I met you and so many other people via the socials!

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 19h

Oh yes! Very good, painful ones!

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 21h

#HorrorWritersChat My favorite ghosts are the tragic figures from both folklore and made up for stories. The ones that can't move on because they're longing for something that stops them from finding closure. The ones that pine, and yearn, and weep upon the crumbling stones of their own pasts.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h

Listen to the Symposium’s finest vocalist, as their tenor bends the living into unnatural angles and swivels them into the air! Tell us, what ghosts do you prefer? Of the folkloric tradition, or those invented by authors? And why?
#HorrorWritersChat

Question Three

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

It is always a delight to see our violinists perform! How the living bend their splintering bones as they float above us all! Tell us, our ghostly compatriots – which of us are better? Of the folkloric kind? Or invented by our shadowy creators?

No links, covers, or self-promo! Leave that for the end! Quote the post & include the hashtag!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

Oh that's so cool! And spooky!

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 20h

“[T]hese seven short stories aim to take the reader on a twisted journey that will make the reader question their reality and wonder just how easily it is to step into Hell.” 👀 🔥 💀 🐴

Rami Ungar the Writer @ramiungarwriter.bsky.social · 20h

#HorrorWritersChat "Hannah and Other Stories" has been out 15 days and people are still screaming about it! Or are they just screaming? Either way, available in paperback and ebook.

Amazon: tinyurl.com/mv8p4shk
B&N: tinyurl.com/4fznerfe
Kobo: tinyurl.com/3u5fpeb6
Apple Books: tinyurl.com/33xhhdnx

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

Aaaaah!!! What cool things!!! I love OtGW!!!

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks for an awesome #HorrorWritersChat! Death by music comes for us all…

Here lies my blog of mostly cinema-inspired, semi-spiritual reflections on my favorite films/shows. Tis the season, so I’m bringing back Over the Garden Wall! 🎃💀♠️

worrydollsandfloatinglights.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/o...

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 20h

I don't want to promote myself.
The founder of this chat and my co-host is in hospital, so he can't be here tonight, and huge thanks to Gree for stepping in at short notice.
But he writes such lovely ghost stories. Some of them are short, and cheap. If you could snag his books, it would help no end.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 20h

Concluding? Oh please! The Phantasmal Symposium’s work is eternal, as is the thirst for alive souls! We are simply twirling away elsewhere…

Now is your time to join us! What do you write? In what crypts can we peruse it? What more do you have to share?

#HorrorWritersChat

Art by Jelle Husson, featuring a haunted monastery of many sharp-tipped towers scraping at the midnight sky. The largest is in the centre of the structure’s roof, whose walls are painted white. The monastery is located above a hilly terrain of dark stone and dark green moss. A stony, twisting road leads to the monastery.

The Orchestra Has Performed Their Final Piece!
The Symposium hopes you enjoyed our ghastly arrangement in this music hall! There is no algorithm here – visibility is reliant on your engagement.

Have you answered the questions? Do you have something to share? Promote below, and share each others’ posts!

The orchestra shall resume its operations… next week.

#HorrorWritersChat

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve learned so much beautiful Palestinian folklore from Sonia’s telling! Here’s another fabulous project of hers to check out! 🇵🇸 ✨ 🍉

Sonia Sulaiman is an Ignyte Award Finalist @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 20h

#HorrorWritersChat it has been a delight to join you today.

I am writing a game based on Palestinian folklore. It has a short playable demo which I offer for the low price of free: soniasulaiman.itch.io/thursday-of-...

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

For my final act of the #HorrorWritersChat, I shall share some links!

I've recently re-released two spiffed up poetry books. One, The Shadow on the Wall, is a cute, spooky thing of rhymes. & it costs 0 dimes

I'm have a backerkit campaign for Fairy Seasons for #BookBazaar25.

linktr.ee/spookypickle

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you for this awesome chat!!!

Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

Oh that's so awesome!!! Congratulations!

Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

#HorrorWritersChat

The moment you entered the graveyard,
The scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears,
Quick did rise your fears
As the screams of the undead
Fill you with dread

Run, run, jump, and run!

Will you outpace
These hungry fiends
Or will you find a new place
As one of the living dead

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h

Come forth, Baron Crescendo! Let your guitar split the sky open, for more wraiths to dazzle us!

Behold, a note from him, for you!

“The moment you entered the graveyard, the scrape of ancient stone shadowed your ears.”

Finish it! With word of rhyme, before we dance to the end!

#HorrorWritersChat

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Author Machelle Berglund -Follow Fairy Seasons on Backerkit @spookyxpickle.bsky.social · 20h

#HorrorWritersChat, that is quite a toughie.

Both?

Both.

I looooove folklore. I love the freaky things that have followed us through the generations.

And I love to see the freaky things that people come up with, whether if be new or inspired by something.

Gree_ @greethewriter.bsky.social · 21h

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