Tracie McBride
@teemcbee.bsky.social
Ngāpuhi, horror writer, educator, meditator. Embracing my cronehood. My daughter says I'm woke. She/her.
Today's good news story.
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today's good news story.
What is a Nuzzi?
(Wrong answers only. I could google, but...eh.)
(Wrong answers only. I could google, but...eh.)
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
What is a Nuzzi?
(Wrong answers only. I could google, but...eh.)
(Wrong answers only. I could google, but...eh.)
I plead guilty to everything except the pottery (I'd say that's more eclectic than rustic).
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I plead guilty to everything except the pottery (I'd say that's more eclectic than rustic).
Turning 58 Today: Mark Ruffalo
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With indies, all they have is their script and it’s very important to them. The characters are better drawn, the stories more precise — with studio films where sometimes they fill in the script as they’re shooting.
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With indies, all they have is their script and it’s very important to them. The characters are better drawn, the stories more precise — with studio films where sometimes they fill in the script as they’re shooting.
Turning 58 Today: Mark Ruffalo
Watch the best of new films from around the world today by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial going to on Roku, FireStick, and your Itune (app)) With indies, all they have is their script and it&…
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November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Grade 3 student today reading a biography of Amelia Earhart, notices her birth date, and asks - Tracie, how old were you in 1897?
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Grade 3 student today reading a biography of Amelia Earhart, notices her birth date, and asks - Tracie, how old were you in 1897?
Brand new speculative fiction award open to writers from Aotearoa and the Pacific Islands. I'm super excited to be involved in judging in the inaugural year.
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Getting to Know Our Judges: Tracie McBride | Te Pae Tawhiti Awards
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Brand new speculative fiction award open to writers from Aotearoa and the Pacific Islands. I'm super excited to be involved in judging in the inaugural year.
tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-k...
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Black Friday is capitalism gone mad, but you know what IS a great deal? Buying great horror books. Especially SIGNED great horror books direct from the author. Just saying.
Hi! I'm Alan, a horror writer from Tasmania. Talking Scared called me "The Lord of Weird Australia" and This is Horror called me "Australia's master of literary darkness." The graphic below shows all my stuff and how it interacts. I hope you'll give something there a go. More here: alanbaxter.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Black Friday is capitalism gone mad, but you know what IS a great deal? Buying great horror books. Especially SIGNED great horror books direct from the author. Just saying.
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This just won Best Music Video by a Māori Artist and it is so good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNaZ...
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
Tipene - Tū (Feat. Hone Harawira)
YouTube video by Tipene Music
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November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This just won Best Music Video by a Māori Artist and it is so good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNaZ...
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
(This was the largest march in Aotearoa New Zealand's history, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, which happened at the same time as MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's world-famous haka in Parliament -- Nov 14, 2024.)
Another day, another child sniffing me at work.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Another day, another child sniffing me at work.
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Only 4 days left until the campaign ends and as it stands at under 30% that we cannot afford to make Season Two.
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
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November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Only 4 days left until the campaign ends and as it stands at under 30% that we cannot afford to make Season Two.
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
Please share our Kickstarter below and help us make Season Two a reality
You can also help by writing your own social media posts and tagging friends you think will enjoy us!
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Thanks for including us your October round up @index.transfer-orbit.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy!
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Table of Contents October 2025
A roundup of the short fiction coming out this month
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November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thanks for including us your October round up @index.transfer-orbit.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy!
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I'm in Australia. Did not have this on my 2025 bingo card -USA becomes one of those countries which invite prosperous foreigners to take pity and donate money to keep their people from starving to death.
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm in Australia. Did not have this on my 2025 bingo card -USA becomes one of those countries which invite prosperous foreigners to take pity and donate money to keep their people from starving to death.
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I have no idea how much longer this Kindle sale will last but right now you can grab my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES for $1.99.
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
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Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have no idea how much longer this Kindle sale will last but right now you can grab my Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES for $1.99.
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
Any signal boosts are much appreciated!
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
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For the evening crowd—
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
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My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
“Empire” by Frank Vatel
“Empire” by Frank Vatel “…for Jacob Nowak, who was given the promise of eternal life in Baptism…” Whenever a spider-man goes home to the lord, there’s always a prayer next day. Priest c…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
For the evening crowd—
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
Yesterday for Halloween I wore my Wednesday Addams dress to school, and whenever anyone asked if I was dressed as Wednesday Addams, I gave one of two responses:
A. No, I'm Wednesday Addam's grandma.
or
B. (deadpan) No. These are my regular clothes.
A. No, I'm Wednesday Addam's grandma.
or
B. (deadpan) No. These are my regular clothes.
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yesterday for Halloween I wore my Wednesday Addams dress to school, and whenever anyone asked if I was dressed as Wednesday Addams, I gave one of two responses:
A. No, I'm Wednesday Addam's grandma.
or
B. (deadpan) No. These are my regular clothes.
A. No, I'm Wednesday Addam's grandma.
or
B. (deadpan) No. These are my regular clothes.
Kids at school today were given a very short and simple story and asked to draw a storyboard for it. One girl ignored the instructions and instead chose to illustrate in six frames her identical twin sister's death by drowning (said sister is currently alive).
Sooo...how was your day?
Sooo...how was your day?
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Kids at school today were given a very short and simple story and asked to draw a storyboard for it. One girl ignored the instructions and instead chose to illustrate in six frames her identical twin sister's death by drowning (said sister is currently alive).
Sooo...how was your day?
Sooo...how was your day?
These are the rules as I understand it: It is not OK to sexually objectify men, unless it's Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, and then only when he is shirtless and wielding a scythe.
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
These are the rules as I understand it: It is not OK to sexually objectify men, unless it's Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, and then only when he is shirtless and wielding a scythe.
I'm up!
oh yes, it’s Fantasy Friday! 🗡️✨
and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
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and today we have FLASH
“Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.”
Knife Plus by @teemcbee.bsky.social
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Knife Plus - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Knife had not always been Knife. Once it had been Tree. Once it had been Rock.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm up!
Nine-year-old speculating on the cost of my shoes:
They look like they're from the nineteens, so that would make them more valuable.
(Actual cost to me: $10 from a thrift shop. And now, apparently, my pride.)
They look like they're from the nineteens, so that would make them more valuable.
(Actual cost to me: $10 from a thrift shop. And now, apparently, my pride.)
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Nine-year-old speculating on the cost of my shoes:
They look like they're from the nineteens, so that would make them more valuable.
(Actual cost to me: $10 from a thrift shop. And now, apparently, my pride.)
They look like they're from the nineteens, so that would make them more valuable.
(Actual cost to me: $10 from a thrift shop. And now, apparently, my pride.)
Turning 49 Today: Andrew Scott
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People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers. Of course, it’s nice to get a big cheque, but my view is that we’re not here long, so why not do something of value?
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People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers. Of course, it’s nice to get a big cheque, but my view is that we’re not here long, so why not do something of value?
Turning 49 Today: Andrew Scott
Watch the best of new films from around the world today by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial going to on Roku, FireStick, and your Itune (app)) People get distracted by box-office figures and ta…
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October 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Want to amaze and delight a classroom full of nine-year-olds in 2025? Just say "six, seven". Use the right intonation and hand gestures, and it's like they're watching a dog juggle.
October 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Want to amaze and delight a classroom full of nine-year-olds in 2025? Just say "six, seven". Use the right intonation and hand gestures, and it's like they're watching a dog juggle.
I just did 20 minutes of sprint interval training for the first time, and ohmyfreakinggod it sucked. Somebody tell me it's worth it. Alternatively, somebody tell me it's fine if I just spend the rest of my life lying on the couch and eating cake.
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I just did 20 minutes of sprint interval training for the first time, and ohmyfreakinggod it sucked. Somebody tell me it's worth it. Alternatively, somebody tell me it's fine if I just spend the rest of my life lying on the couch and eating cake.