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Vikki Patis
@vikkipatis.bsky.social
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Author of queer dark novels, aka Victoria Hawthorne. Scottish with an English accent. Owned by golden retrievers. Views mine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 she/her

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The creativity of the Stranger Things fandom has far surpassed that of the Duffer Brothers because what do you MEAN the inconsistencies meant nothing??
Absolute dogshit meme
January 12, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Good morning from Antarcti— I mean Aberdeenshire ❄️
A river running through a snowy landscape
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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It's you, it's me, it's us
A TV paused on an episode of Pluribus with the caption: you're the most impossible bestselling author I know.
January 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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A brave explorer (Ivy) traverses a bleak landscape (her back garden) in search of treasure (a ball) hidden in the snow.
A cream golden retriever standing in snow up to her belly
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Me watching the Stranger Things finale
Steve Harrington from Stranger Things pulling an unimpressed face
January 1, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Ivy wishes you all a very happy and restful festive season, however you're spending it 🎄
A cream golden retriever lying beneath a lit Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I think someone had fun opening my presents...
Ivy, a cream golden retriever, lying on the floor surrounded by shredded tissue paper.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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My 34th birthday = dinosaur cake toppers!
A red velvet cake with 34 candles and dinosaur toppers.
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Vixen is 5! 🎈
Happy birthday to my soul dog. The sweetest girl and best adventure buddy ever 🧡
Vixen, a working golden retriever, laying in tall grass with a ball in her mouth Vixen, a working golden retriever, sitting in a leafy forest Vikki, a plus size white woman with short wavy hair, crouched down and hugging Vixen, a working golden retriever, in a leafy garden Vixen, a working golden retriever, as a puppy chewing on a doorstop in a bathroom
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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4 years ago we were here, in a hotel just off the motorway in Carlisle, having packed up our house in Hertfordshire and driven north in Friday afternoon traffic. Hours later, we'd arrive at our new, forever home in Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Vikki, wearing a blue coat and mask, with Ivy (cream golden retriever) and Vixen (working golden retriever) in a hotel room mirror.
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Snuck one last book in this evening. I got a free trial of Kindle Unlimited and while I refuse to pay for it, I'm certainly making the most of it!
Storygraph November reading wrap-up (L-R): FOURTEEN DAYS SEED MEAT BEES WHAT SHE SAW EERIE BASIN FOLLOW ME COFFIN MOON BEAUTIFUL UGLY UNDER THE HAMMER BIG NOBODY MORSELS
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The only good thing about the snow is seeing how much the dogs enjoy it ❄️
An English cream golden retriever sitting in a snowy garden looking up
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Me when Creative Scotland rejects my second application for funding
A meme of Ben Affleck smoking and looking fed up
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I just released the cover for my first self-published thriller! It was originally published in 2020 but I got the rights back, so I'm giving it a go!
The book cover for GIRL, LOST by Vikki Patis. The title is in bold yellow script on a backdrop of an autumnal road.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Are you ready to fall in love (again) with Girl, Lost? I'm so excited to bring you this fully re-edited, rebranded version on 9th March 2026. Kindle pre-orders are open now, more coming soon!

Pre-order here: amzn.to/47Z8OPM
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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October's reading wrap-up! Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep had far too many women breasting boobily for my liking, but Before & After was excellent (a 600lb shut-in faces the end of the world?! 🤌).
@vpatis's Storygraph reading wrap-up for October 2025: HORROR MOVIE DEATH & OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS BLADE RUNNER YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN GREEDY DATING AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD BEFORE & AFTER THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF SAM HELL FLESH & BLOOD THE VEGETARIAN
November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My horror novels might not be out yet (👀), but I have plenty of books that are perfect for spooky season!

Return to Blackwater House is a gothic thriller with a haunted protagonist. And The House at Helygen is your typical haunted house with historical (human) horrors.

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The book cover for RETURN TO BLACKWATER HOUSE by Vikki Patis The book cover for THE HOUSE AT HELYGEN by Victoria Hawthorne
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My engagement on here is shocking. Clearly I'm not giving the people what they want — except these are two sapphic horror comedy films that you absolutely need to watch this spooky season. Lesbian and trans rep, women's wrongs, and one Rasputin montage that is *chef's kiss*
The movie poster for ALL CHEERLEADERS DIE The movie poster for BIT
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Idk why this has such a bad rating (except for the inclusion of Lawrence Fox), it's such a clever, haunting film exploring the true horrors of war.
The movie post for DEATHWATCH (2002)
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Post you from a different era

Me with my favourite auntie and my nan in the background. Circa 1996?
Vikki, a 5-ish year old white girl, getting a piggyback from her aunt.
October 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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It's not often a book makes me physically squirm, but this one did. You Weren't Meant to be Human is an unflinching, unforgettable novel of body horror, queerness, and trauma. A truly consuming read, if you can stomach it (heh).

Out now from @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social @daphnepress.bsky.social
The book cover for YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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'so I asked Chat GPT—'
Ben Affleck Smoking or Ben Affleck Cigarette is an image macro of a paparazzi photograph of actor Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette with a distressed look on his face wearing a blue sweater.
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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So-called 'bad track' is complete and utter bollocks.
Frankly, this is absolute gaslighting of the worst kind. It’s like publishers have all agreed on the myth that if an author’s first book didn’t sell well, it’s because of the author’s name. Not perhaps the cover not being eye catching enough … certainly not their marketing efforts (heavens forbid the publisher be responsible)… or how they positioned the book, which perhaps caused the ‘miss’… or the amount of publicity that book was lucky to get (or not)… it’s not the fact that traction is hard for anyone to lasso, even huge publishers raking in millions … not the factors of luck and chance which btw are extremely real … (r u getting me here???)
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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September reading wrap-up! A varied month packed with brilliant reads. I was glad to find Flat 401 on BorrowBox so I could finally read @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social's excellent debut!
VPatis's September 2025 reads: CARELESS PEOPLE COME CLOSER 59 MINUTES BLUEBEARD'S EGG FLAT 401 BRIDGE JAMES WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER THE BLUE HOUR PALAVER
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Just finished my third (?) rewatch of Better Call Saul and man, it just gets better every time.
The poster for Better Call Saul
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM