Beanwriting
@beanwriting.bsky.social
Horror and weird fiction author (ADHD, gay, he/him) & co-host of the Chronscast. Find me in the liminal spaces, writing, reading, scheming and dancing. HWA member https://www.beanwriting.com
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@beanwriting.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Let Them Read the Dark: Why Scary Stories Are Good for Kids
YouTube video by Beanwriting
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I have strong opinions on why kids should experience scary stories (appropriately) and if you have 12 mins spare here’s a video about it. #horror #weirdfiction #writers youtu.be/BngdZslu61Q?...
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Websites of African and Black Writers and Poets
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Websites of African and Black Writers and Poets
As part of our mission to archive the African and Black literary landscape, we begin the important task of listing writers and poets with professional websites.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Websites of African and Black Writers and Poets
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@alexwest.bsky.social dear Mesdames West and Subusatti; am I going mad (again). I showed my sis the wonderful Black Christmas (1974, bien sur) over Saturnalia and I wanted to re-listen to your episode on it. I can’t find it anywhere! Did I Mandela effect you doing an episode ?? #everydaysastruggle 🙏🏻
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
@alexwest.bsky.social dear Mesdames West and Subusatti; am I going mad (again). I showed my sis the wonderful Black Christmas (1974, bien sur) over Saturnalia and I wanted to re-listen to your episode on it. I can’t find it anywhere! Did I Mandela effect you doing an episode ?? #everydaysastruggle 🙏🏻
My latest one-minute story. A bit Ligotti-inspired; a bit autobiographical from my days working in admin instead of dance
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 AM
My latest one-minute story. A bit Ligotti-inspired; a bit autobiographical from my days working in admin instead of dance
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Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
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Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
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December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Writers cook, too — granut soup prep for Saturday. (Goat). Trying to get garden eggs this time of year is wahala
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Writers cook, too — granut soup prep for Saturday. (Goat). Trying to get garden eggs this time of year is wahala
Prithee, will be be treated to @jamescswanton.bsky.social in this year’s Ghost Story for Christmas…? I hope so… someone like James can only be ‘drawn from the life’…
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Prithee, will be be treated to @jamescswanton.bsky.social in this year’s Ghost Story for Christmas…? I hope so… someone like James can only be ‘drawn from the life’…
Really enjoying @mostlymarknixon.bsky.social on the @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social talking about James’ Wailing Well and A School Story. What a wonderful podcast
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Really enjoying @mostlymarknixon.bsky.social on the @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social talking about James’ Wailing Well and A School Story. What a wonderful podcast
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Reminder from across the pond. The monarchy you overthrew has already stripped everything from a Royal, for having connections with Epstein, while the US with apparently ‘No King’ can’t land a blow on their head of state for emails from a convicted p(a)edophile that include ‘Donald is dirty. . . “
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reminder from across the pond. The monarchy you overthrew has already stripped everything from a Royal, for having connections with Epstein, while the US with apparently ‘No King’ can’t land a blow on their head of state for emails from a convicted p(a)edophile that include ‘Donald is dirty. . . “
What an utter delight to discover @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social and to have an episode on Night of the Demon is a real treat. The guests were wonderful. NOTD is responsible for my lifelong passion for supernatural horror and M R James. Thank you! Now I’m praying they have an Oh, Whistle episode
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What an utter delight to discover @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social and to have an episode on Night of the Demon is a real treat. The guests were wonderful. NOTD is responsible for my lifelong passion for supernatural horror and M R James. Thank you! Now I’m praying they have an Oh, Whistle episode
Hi horror writers and fans. My latest flash fic video The Gift of Speech is here.
August 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hi horror writers and fans. My latest flash fic video The Gift of Speech is here.
Is it Monday already??, @rfsmith.bsky.social. Thank you for #promptcombo #Seaside. I didn’t have to write one this week as I have this I wrote last year.
July 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Is it Monday already??, @rfsmith.bsky.social. Thank you for #promptcombo #Seaside. I didn’t have to write one this week as I have this I wrote last year.
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I wrote a book.
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers.
I wrote it because I know how hard it is when you feel like you’re supposed to have them.
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers.
I wrote it because I know how hard it is when you feel like you’re supposed to have them.
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I wrote a book.
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers.
I wrote it because I know how hard it is when you feel like you’re supposed to have them.
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers.
I wrote it because I know how hard it is when you feel like you’re supposed to have them.
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Cold Calculus
A brazen sleight of hand,
they proffer charts with care,
yet creased to cloak the sand.
The scapegoating guide points
to paths marked "swift," though strewn
with dormant, buried joints.
#poem #poems #poetry #poemoftheday #politics #reality #deception #blueskypoetry
A brazen sleight of hand,
they proffer charts with care,
yet creased to cloak the sand.
The scapegoating guide points
to paths marked "swift," though strewn
with dormant, buried joints.
#poem #poems #poetry #poemoftheday #politics #reality #deception #blueskypoetry
July 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cold Calculus
A brazen sleight of hand,
they proffer charts with care,
yet creased to cloak the sand.
The scapegoating guide points
to paths marked "swift," though strewn
with dormant, buried joints.
#poem #poems #poetry #poemoftheday #politics #reality #deception #blueskypoetry
A brazen sleight of hand,
they proffer charts with care,
yet creased to cloak the sand.
The scapegoating guide points
to paths marked "swift," though strewn
with dormant, buried joints.
#poem #poems #poetry #poemoftheday #politics #reality #deception #blueskypoetry
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June 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Support our authors deep in process. A word of encouragement can make a huge difference
July 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Support our authors deep in process. A word of encouragement can make a huge difference
#horrorwriterschat
Hi, I’m Bean… I write weird fiction and horror, particularly fond of writing period pieces, shorts and flash. (Stop it! Not like that!)
I should’ve been born in 1972 so I could re-experience The Amityville Horror, Salem’s Lot, and The Fog again at far too young an age.
Hi, I’m Bean… I write weird fiction and horror, particularly fond of writing period pieces, shorts and flash. (Stop it! Not like that!)
I should’ve been born in 1972 so I could re-experience The Amityville Horror, Salem’s Lot, and The Fog again at far too young an age.
July 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
#horrorwriterschat
Hi, I’m Bean… I write weird fiction and horror, particularly fond of writing period pieces, shorts and flash. (Stop it! Not like that!)
I should’ve been born in 1972 so I could re-experience The Amityville Horror, Salem’s Lot, and The Fog again at far too young an age.
Hi, I’m Bean… I write weird fiction and horror, particularly fond of writing period pieces, shorts and flash. (Stop it! Not like that!)
I should’ve been born in 1972 so I could re-experience The Amityville Horror, Salem’s Lot, and The Fog again at far too young an age.
I’m launching a 10-part video series for writers of horror and weird fiction on representing the “other” respectfully.
The 1st video sets out why this topic matters:
🔗 youtu.be/2WN3iaQ5_Bg
@spooky.bsky.social, @writing.exchange, @specfic.bsky.social
How do you approach representation in yours?
The 1st video sets out why this topic matters:
🔗 youtu.be/2WN3iaQ5_Bg
@spooky.bsky.social, @writing.exchange, @specfic.bsky.social
How do you approach representation in yours?
Why Inclusion in Horror Isn’t Optional (and Never Was) | Writing Better Horror — Beanwriting
YouTube video by Beanwriting
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’m launching a 10-part video series for writers of horror and weird fiction on representing the “other” respectfully.
The 1st video sets out why this topic matters:
🔗 youtu.be/2WN3iaQ5_Bg
@spooky.bsky.social, @writing.exchange, @specfic.bsky.social
How do you approach representation in yours?
The 1st video sets out why this topic matters:
🔗 youtu.be/2WN3iaQ5_Bg
@spooky.bsky.social, @writing.exchange, @specfic.bsky.social
How do you approach representation in yours?
I have strong opinions on why kids should experience scary stories (appropriately) and if you have 12 mins spare here’s a video about it. #horror #weirdfiction #writers youtu.be/BngdZslu61Q?...
Let Them Read the Dark: Why Scary Stories Are Good for Kids
YouTube video by Beanwriting
youtu.be
June 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I have strong opinions on why kids should experience scary stories (appropriately) and if you have 12 mins spare here’s a video about it. #horror #weirdfiction #writers youtu.be/BngdZslu61Q?...
My latest #writingtips for #horror and #weirdfiction #authors deals with the deliberate use of unreliable language and mistranslation.
youtu.be/eM1H9CuxUT0?...
youtu.be/eM1H9CuxUT0?...
The Horror of Misinterpretation
YouTube video by Beanwriting
youtu.be
June 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My latest #writingtips for #horror and #weirdfiction #authors deals with the deliberate use of unreliable language and mistranslation.
youtu.be/eM1H9CuxUT0?...
youtu.be/eM1H9CuxUT0?...
I feel quite dapper in this get up. Going to see The Call of Cthulhu tonight 🙏🏻
June 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I feel quite dapper in this get up. Going to see The Call of Cthulhu tonight 🙏🏻
Evening @tadethompson.bsky.social — are you following s2 of Andor at the moment? No spoilers of course but I’m broken !! 😳🙌🏻
May 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Evening @tadethompson.bsky.social — are you following s2 of Andor at the moment? No spoilers of course but I’m broken !! 😳🙌🏻
My monthly post reminding everyone to check for @alexwest.bsky.social & Andrea Subissati’s magnificent Faculty of Horror podcast. I also put a screenshot of the first mention of Real Housewives which is crucial to my squeeeing when I listen. Now I’m off to be besieged by societal expectations on me.
May 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My monthly post reminding everyone to check for @alexwest.bsky.social & Andrea Subissati’s magnificent Faculty of Horror podcast. I also put a screenshot of the first mention of Real Housewives which is crucial to my squeeeing when I listen. Now I’m off to be besieged by societal expectations on me.