AC Cross
@aaronccross.bsky.social
Author of Where Blood Runs Gold, The Boddicker Letters, and Zoo. Doctor but not that kind. Raconteur. Darn good cook. 100% undiluted awesome. Amateur memelord and shitposter.
www.aaronccross.com
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AC Cross
@aaronccross.bsky.social
· Jan 6
The Boddicker Letters
Amazon.com: The Boddicker Letters eBook : Cross, A.C.: Kindle Store
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May as well put this here (this will likely be reskeeted frequently).
The Boddicker Letters is in #SPFBO!
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get TBL right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
The Boddicker Letters is in #SPFBO!
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get TBL right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
Reposted by AC Cross
Three word book descriptions go!
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Three word book descriptions go!
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Today's 'Clearly I Don't Understand Time' fun fact:
'Kokomo' by the Beach Boys came out the same year as 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson, 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard, and 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman.
Freaking 1988.
I would have put MONEY on it coming out late 1970s. What TF?
'Kokomo' by the Beach Boys came out the same year as 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson, 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard, and 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman.
Freaking 1988.
I would have put MONEY on it coming out late 1970s. What TF?
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Today's 'Clearly I Don't Understand Time' fun fact:
'Kokomo' by the Beach Boys came out the same year as 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson, 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard, and 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman.
Freaking 1988.
I would have put MONEY on it coming out late 1970s. What TF?
'Kokomo' by the Beach Boys came out the same year as 'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson, 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard, and 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman.
Freaking 1988.
I would have put MONEY on it coming out late 1970s. What TF?
Hot take incoming before I get offline, take a nap, play some video games, and do some writing because social media has exhausted me:
It is patently unfair that the things that are good for you (eating healthy, not drinking much, working out) are diametrically opposed to the things that are fun.
It is patently unfair that the things that are good for you (eating healthy, not drinking much, working out) are diametrically opposed to the things that are fun.
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Hot take incoming before I get offline, take a nap, play some video games, and do some writing because social media has exhausted me:
It is patently unfair that the things that are good for you (eating healthy, not drinking much, working out) are diametrically opposed to the things that are fun.
It is patently unfair that the things that are good for you (eating healthy, not drinking much, working out) are diametrically opposed to the things that are fun.
Reposted by AC Cross
Residuum and Callus & Crow will both be on sale tomorrow for my birthday! Get a bargain, make me smile as I wither!
mybook.to/CallusandCrow
mybook.to/ResiduumDBRook
mybook.to/CallusandCrow
mybook.to/ResiduumDBRook
Callus & Crow: The Wayward World Chronicles, Volume 1
Read it now
mybook.to
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Residuum and Callus & Crow will both be on sale tomorrow for my birthday! Get a bargain, make me smile as I wither!
mybook.to/CallusandCrow
mybook.to/ResiduumDBRook
mybook.to/CallusandCrow
mybook.to/ResiduumDBRook
Three word book descriptions go!
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Three word book descriptions go!
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Where Blood Runs Gold: Weird Wild West
The Boddicker Letters: Lovecraftian love letters
The October Music: Bite-sized horrors
Zoo: Mental health menagerie
Robocopter Ski Patrol: Reality is broken
Untitled Spy Story: Spies are unhinged
Ruben's Cube: Cold and crazy
Hmm.
I wonder if it's time to take another tour of the Zoo to see what new exhibits have been constructed since 2022.
I wonder if it's time to take another tour of the Zoo to see what new exhibits have been constructed since 2022.
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Hmm.
I wonder if it's time to take another tour of the Zoo to see what new exhibits have been constructed since 2022.
I wonder if it's time to take another tour of the Zoo to see what new exhibits have been constructed since 2022.
Reposted by AC Cross
I feel like other writers think about storycraft to a degree an order of magnitude more than I do. I see people talking about the themes and underlying character work in their books, about conflicts and motivations, about the deeper meaning in their books...and here I am just like 'hee hee, swears'.
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I feel like other writers think about storycraft to a degree an order of magnitude more than I do. I see people talking about the themes and underlying character work in their books, about conflicts and motivations, about the deeper meaning in their books...and here I am just like 'hee hee, swears'.
Ross fil-forn (Maltese baked rice) for dinner. Ooh baby, that looks good. I did well this time.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Ross fil-forn (Maltese baked rice) for dinner. Ooh baby, that looks good. I did well this time.
#HorrorWritersChat
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get The Boddicker Letters right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get The Boddicker Letters right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
Here we go, the moment you've all been waiting for. Promo me up.
Tell me what you're working on, what you've just released.
Repost others. Be generous with that button.
And if you've not yet done the chat, go back, answer the questions, then promo. It's the right thing to do.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me what you're working on, what you've just released.
Repost others. Be generous with that button.
And if you've not yet done the chat, go back, answer the questions, then promo. It's the right thing to do.
#HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get The Boddicker Letters right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
Do you like Lovecraft or creepy or gross or people writing letters? Do you like me? If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you can get The Boddicker Letters right here, right now!
www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...
#HorrorWritersChat
Deep breath. Hold it. Let it out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Don't open your eyes yet. No need to see her yet. This is all time only in your mind, all time just for you. Hold it. You can do this. Open your eyes and say it.
"Hi, I'm..."
Oh. She's gone.
Deep breath. Hold it. Let it out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Don't open your eyes yet. No need to see her yet. This is all time only in your mind, all time just for you. Hold it. You can do this. Open your eyes and say it.
"Hi, I'm..."
Oh. She's gone.
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Deep breath. Hold it. Let it out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Don't open your eyes yet. No need to see her yet. This is all time only in your mind, all time just for you. Hold it. You can do this. Open your eyes and say it.
"Hi, I'm..."
Oh. She's gone.
Deep breath. Hold it. Let it out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Don't open your eyes yet. No need to see her yet. This is all time only in your mind, all time just for you. Hold it. You can do this. Open your eyes and say it.
"Hi, I'm..."
Oh. She's gone.
#HorrorWritersChat
For me, it's less about putting it off because it's uncomfortable, but about how does it fit within the confines of the story?
I actually put off the 'boring' middle stuff when it comes to writing because that's not the exciting part! That seems like a non-answer, though.
For me, it's less about putting it off because it's uncomfortable, but about how does it fit within the confines of the story?
I actually put off the 'boring' middle stuff when it comes to writing because that's not the exciting part! That seems like a non-answer, though.
Q3:
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
Here at #HorrorWritersChat we really do like to peel back those insecurities and fears and expose them to the light. You can do this.
Which scene do you keep putting off? And why?
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
For me, it's less about putting it off because it's uncomfortable, but about how does it fit within the confines of the story?
I actually put off the 'boring' middle stuff when it comes to writing because that's not the exciting part! That seems like a non-answer, though.
For me, it's less about putting it off because it's uncomfortable, but about how does it fit within the confines of the story?
I actually put off the 'boring' middle stuff when it comes to writing because that's not the exciting part! That seems like a non-answer, though.
#HorrorWritersChat
I am still figuring out what limits I have with intense body horror. My current WIP has some incredibly graphic stuff in it but, at the same time, it's fascinating. At what point does something being done turn from gross to cruel to creative? Is there a point?
I am still figuring out what limits I have with intense body horror. My current WIP has some incredibly graphic stuff in it but, at the same time, it's fascinating. At what point does something being done turn from gross to cruel to creative? Is there a point?
Q2.
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
This question is not about the comfortable places that we go with horror. But the uncomfortable ones. The ones that turn us inside out even as we write them. The ones that make us wonder who we are, at the end. #HorrorWritersChat
February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I am still figuring out what limits I have with intense body horror. My current WIP has some incredibly graphic stuff in it but, at the same time, it's fascinating. At what point does something being done turn from gross to cruel to creative? Is there a point?
I am still figuring out what limits I have with intense body horror. My current WIP has some incredibly graphic stuff in it but, at the same time, it's fascinating. At what point does something being done turn from gross to cruel to creative? Is there a point?
#HorrorWritersChat
I love the unknowable. I love the Lovecraftian/cosmic kind of horror that just tears at the understanding of characters' minds. I love how much freedom is available with it because there are no rules on what is unknown.
I love the unknowable. I love the Lovecraftian/cosmic kind of horror that just tears at the understanding of characters' minds. I love how much freedom is available with it because there are no rules on what is unknown.
OK, so here we go, #HorrorWritersChat bods.
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
You know the drill. Four questions, repost as many as you like, no links: promo at the end.
First I want to know.
What makes you write the kind of horror that you write?
February 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
I love the unknowable. I love the Lovecraftian/cosmic kind of horror that just tears at the understanding of characters' minds. I love how much freedom is available with it because there are no rules on what is unknown.
I love the unknowable. I love the Lovecraftian/cosmic kind of horror that just tears at the understanding of characters' minds. I love how much freedom is available with it because there are no rules on what is unknown.
I feel like other writers think about storycraft to a degree an order of magnitude more than I do. I see people talking about the themes and underlying character work in their books, about conflicts and motivations, about the deeper meaning in their books...and here I am just like 'hee hee, swears'.
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I feel like other writers think about storycraft to a degree an order of magnitude more than I do. I see people talking about the themes and underlying character work in their books, about conflicts and motivations, about the deeper meaning in their books...and here I am just like 'hee hee, swears'.
"Google, this is for research for a book. Okay? A BOOK. Anyway, how would bird-people kiss?"
I gambled and lost and I am terrified of what horrors may appear in my targeted content now.
I gambled and lost and I am terrified of what horrors may appear in my targeted content now.
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"Google, this is for research for a book. Okay? A BOOK. Anyway, how would bird-people kiss?"
I gambled and lost and I am terrified of what horrors may appear in my targeted content now.
I gambled and lost and I am terrified of what horrors may appear in my targeted content now.
Don't lie. It's a BS word and you know it.
February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Don't lie. It's a BS word and you know it.
Sadly accurate. Goodnight.
February 11, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Sadly accurate. Goodnight.
Ridiculous cat names, real or fake. Go!
Ragout Billy
Samsonite
Marwin T. Pisslewith
Fuego the Cakesnatcher
Haversham Bonaventure Smyth III
Stephen
Black Box Flight 245
Prince Eidolon, Third of His Name
Jim Tricky
Your turn!
Ragout Billy
Samsonite
Marwin T. Pisslewith
Fuego the Cakesnatcher
Haversham Bonaventure Smyth III
Stephen
Black Box Flight 245
Prince Eidolon, Third of His Name
Jim Tricky
Your turn!
February 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Ridiculous cat names, real or fake. Go!
Ragout Billy
Samsonite
Marwin T. Pisslewith
Fuego the Cakesnatcher
Haversham Bonaventure Smyth III
Stephen
Black Box Flight 245
Prince Eidolon, Third of His Name
Jim Tricky
Your turn!
Ragout Billy
Samsonite
Marwin T. Pisslewith
Fuego the Cakesnatcher
Haversham Bonaventure Smyth III
Stephen
Black Box Flight 245
Prince Eidolon, Third of His Name
Jim Tricky
Your turn!
Reposted by AC Cross
In lieu of engaging with things/topics/people that are irritating me today, I'll instead opt for a question:
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
In lieu of engaging with things/topics/people that are irritating me today, I'll instead opt for a question:
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
In lieu of engaging with things/topics/people that are irritating me today, I'll instead opt for a question:
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
In lieu of engaging with things/topics/people that are irritating me today, I'll instead opt for a question:
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
What is your favorite descriptor in books to show that something is gross?
For example, I apparently like using 'thick' as a descriptor for kinds of fluid (especially water).
Today's Did You Know:
Did you know that if your bathroom fan operates at a certain audio frequency and you are shaking your head back and forth after a shower and do so at a particular speed, you can hear the opening guitar riff of Detroit Rock City by KISS? It's true.
Did you know that if your bathroom fan operates at a certain audio frequency and you are shaking your head back and forth after a shower and do so at a particular speed, you can hear the opening guitar riff of Detroit Rock City by KISS? It's true.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today's Did You Know:
Did you know that if your bathroom fan operates at a certain audio frequency and you are shaking your head back and forth after a shower and do so at a particular speed, you can hear the opening guitar riff of Detroit Rock City by KISS? It's true.
Did you know that if your bathroom fan operates at a certain audio frequency and you are shaking your head back and forth after a shower and do so at a particular speed, you can hear the opening guitar riff of Detroit Rock City by KISS? It's true.
This is way too annoyingly accurate.
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This is way too annoyingly accurate.
Reposted by AC Cross
Job-hunting is just so demoralizing. Anything I can find has at least two of three drawbacks:
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Job-hunting is just so demoralizing. Anything I can find has at least two of three drawbacks:
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
Job-hunting is just so demoralizing. Anything I can find has at least two of three drawbacks:
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Job-hunting is just so demoralizing. Anything I can find has at least two of three drawbacks:
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that
So, you know, if you could buy my books?