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Theo M | Sometimes Writer
@theodoremercer.bsky.social
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I write books (when I finally have the time to do so)
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Iconic drawing of a man staring through a window at night, presumably into someone's house. His black t-shirt has 'Sickos' written across it, and he is saying "Yes... ha ha ha... yes!"
June 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The original 2fort
The original 2fort map (Quake). 2 identical forts, a chasm in between, and a bridge connecting them.
April 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Clark & Weir's Birdeater (2023) was genuinely such an unsettling horror experience. I can't get it out of my head. Worth a watch, because it's so painfully real.
Poster art for the film BirdEater. Four drunk mails, with their eyes scratched out on the poster, surround a distressed looking woman.
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Got a friend hanging out with me tonight. He's a real laugh.

#birds #ausbirding
March 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Mick Fleetwood
Need I say more?
Mick Fleetwood, drummer for Fleetwood Mack, dressed as large, purple fish alien in a silver fabric tube. He's really quite horrendous.
February 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Not a bad view for a Monday morning
A bird (juvenile black-shouldered kite) flying over a forested hill. Rays of sunlight pour through dense clouds above. The dread of starting the work week (not pictured) is ever present.
February 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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My first 'official' update on progress of my sci-fi body-horror short story collection! Hoping this'll help keep me on track.

Story titles are all WIPs, and word counts are the current count.

There's a common thread that links each story, but they are otherwise standalone.
A small graph depicting the current status of each story I am writing for my collection. From writing, all the way to complete. There are seven stories, 3 of which are untitled and not yet started. "The Field of Rocks at the Edge of the City" is in progress, with 3396 words written. "Perdix" first draft is complete, at 3995 words "The Human Machine Must Endure" is in progress with 3624 words. Finally, "Trappist" is in its second draft, with 9608 words.
January 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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I'll bite, always loved this photo
A photo of the top of the Anzac bridge I'm Sydney Australia. The sky is a red-orange hue, the towers and cables are silhouetted against it, and above, the moon is a waning crescent.
January 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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December 24, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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From my recently finished draft. Joy doesn't come up much, given the terror of this characters life.

#writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters #horror
“How long is a year?” he asked, “I have always wondered.” She didn’t answer, as she did not know either. She had read mention of it in many books she had read – and of days and months and February, but fathomed little of it. Her planet had no days, no months, no February either. A flashing cursor invited her to commune with the device via the keyboard in front of her. Cautiously, she typed connect. She heard a ping, and a faint green light shone on the corner of the cube. ‘Awaiting Input…’ Her brow narrowed,“Input?” She glanced over at Ramses, who acknowledged her with a joyful smile. “I think I’ve found a way to shut down the vat-mother,” he remarked, “It simply requires a status confirmation – and I am not yet certain what that means.”
December 16, 2024 at 6:53 AM
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A perfect 90s album? There's so many, but none quite like Grace.
The album art for Jeff Buckley's 'Grace'. Jeff is pictured on the front, holding a microphone, and staring downward.
December 12, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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Outsourcing all my posts to this incredibly niche Australian icon
A man made of various fruits and vegetables used in 90s/2000s kids eat healthy advertisement campaigns in Australia. He gave more people nightmares than he did health advice, that much I know for certain.
November 29, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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A ship that's neither Star Wars or Star Trek.
The Flying Dutchman, from Pirates of the Caribbean
November 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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1k followers, woah. Here's a snippet of my #cosmic
#horror #WIP to celebrate. Early days yet for this one, but I'm having so much fun writing it.
An excerpt from my work in progress: I removed my glasses from my breast pocket, and slipped them over my eyes. I squinted, and still couldn’t make out the ominous glow. We made for the door, and the driver let us out. The air was hot and humid, as though the sun had risen moments after a heavy storm – but there had been no rain, and the ground was dry. Brittle, even. We’d stopped on a narrow road, following a ridge, with steep cliffs and dense foliage either side of us. Jenson followed me out, along with a few others. Thick, gray cloud, menacing and dark, swirled above, yet the sun shone through enough to cast dark on the ground. The anomaly in question, however, was terifyingly brighter. Each of us now bore two shadows, one faint from the obscured sun, and the other long and dark, cast from the light of the strange phenomena high above. It was like the evening star on a clear night, at least in size, but it sparkled the same too – a golden cross twinkling. When the pinprick of light moved, the tower of deep cloud warped around it, as though it was scared of it. Had I not been oddly unsettled by the sight, I may have considered it beautiful. Then it came to a sudden halt, our second shadow now far shorter. ‘It’s no longer moving. It’s just floating there.’ Jenson’s voice was rife with panic. Others around us posed questions, some concerned, some curious. What is it? How high is it? ‘Those clouds are stratocumulus,’ I explained, ‘so that object is probably about three or four kilometres above us. As for what it is, I haven’t the faintest.’
November 17, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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A collection of short stories. #WIP
What if mankind was a little late to the intergalactic party, and our arrival sparked a war we could not win?

And then, what if a spark of humanity still remains, over 100 light years away, and across hostile territory...?

#UnhingedPit #SF #DS #W
Squidward looking disparagingly out his window at Patrick and Spongebob having fun. Above Patrick and Spongebob, it says "An Intergalactic Federation-Style Alliance", and "Having a homeworld", respectively. Squidward represents mankind.
November 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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My WIP in 4 words:

Cosmic Body Horror Apocalypse

#UnhingedPit #H #DS #W #A
A still from the introduction to the Powerpuff girls, in which a scientist combines aspects of "War of the Worlds", H.P Lovecraft, "Revelation", and Quake 4 to create "My Work in Progress"
November 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM