Christmas W Reeve
@cwreeve.bsky.social
Author of weird tales & folk horror, co-host of #WyrdWednesday. Killing me won't bring back your apples (He/Him) 👻
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The Hate or The Blade
The Hate or The Blade, a short, exactly one hundred word drabble, a version of which appeared in the digital literature magazine Rat Bag Lit. I’ve written to word counts before but never to e…
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The Hate or The Blade, a short, exactly one hundred word drabble, a version of which appeared in the digital literature magazine Rat Bag Lit.
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Wyrdlings!
There’s no room for whimpers with #WyrdWednesday and for our last session this year, we give you:
“Going out with a bang!”
as this week’s topic – tell us tales of endings and things that end – in a wyrd and wynderful way!
There’s no room for whimpers with #WyrdWednesday and for our last session this year, we give you:
“Going out with a bang!”
as this week’s topic – tell us tales of endings and things that end – in a wyrd and wynderful way!
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wyrdlings!
There’s no room for whimpers with #WyrdWednesday and for our last session this year, we give you:
“Going out with a bang!”
as this week’s topic – tell us tales of endings and things that end – in a wyrd and wynderful way!
There’s no room for whimpers with #WyrdWednesday and for our last session this year, we give you:
“Going out with a bang!”
as this week’s topic – tell us tales of endings and things that end – in a wyrd and wynderful way!
You may not rest here, monsters are nearby
December 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
You may not rest here, monsters are nearby
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“Just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snow-drift came and carried them away”
(G.H. Doran “East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North.”)
🎨 Kay Nielsen
#wyrdwednesday #wintersky
(G.H. Doran “East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North.”)
🎨 Kay Nielsen
#wyrdwednesday #wintersky
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snow-drift came and carried them away”
(G.H. Doran “East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North.”)
🎨 Kay Nielsen
#wyrdwednesday #wintersky
(G.H. Doran “East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North.”)
🎨 Kay Nielsen
#wyrdwednesday #wintersky
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That's it for today's #WyrdWednesday! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night ❄️🌙
a merry christmas greeting card with santa holding a cane and a drum
ALT: a merry christmas greeting card with santa holding a cane and a drum
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That's it for today's #WyrdWednesday! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night ❄️🌙
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December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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My plastic flossing gizmo thing looks *identical* to the Uffington White Horse, as can be seen when compared to it on the cover of XTC's 'English Settlement' album.
#WyrdWednesday #XTC #Berkshire #ancientsites #hillfigures #stupidity
#WyrdWednesday #XTC #Berkshire #ancientsites #hillfigures #stupidity
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My plastic flossing gizmo thing looks *identical* to the Uffington White Horse, as can be seen when compared to it on the cover of XTC's 'English Settlement' album.
#WyrdWednesday #XTC #Berkshire #ancientsites #hillfigures #stupidity
#WyrdWednesday #XTC #Berkshire #ancientsites #hillfigures #stupidity
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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An old favourite for Christmas Eve and #WyrdWednesday.
According to a little practised Flemish superstition, you'll have the power to recognise witches if you go to an intersection on Christmas Eve with a black chicken on your head.
🎨Heather Murray
According to a little practised Flemish superstition, you'll have the power to recognise witches if you go to an intersection on Christmas Eve with a black chicken on your head.
🎨Heather Murray
December 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
An old favourite for Christmas Eve and #WyrdWednesday.
According to a little practised Flemish superstition, you'll have the power to recognise witches if you go to an intersection on Christmas Eve with a black chicken on your head.
🎨Heather Murray
According to a little practised Flemish superstition, you'll have the power to recognise witches if you go to an intersection on Christmas Eve with a black chicken on your head.
🎨Heather Murray
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Good morning and Merry Christmas, wyrdlings!
It's a festive free-for-all this #WyrdWednesday, with our theme of "Do what thou wilt!"
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, SHOW ME YOUR WYRD 👻
It's a festive free-for-all this #WyrdWednesday, with our theme of "Do what thou wilt!"
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, SHOW ME YOUR WYRD 👻
a christmas tree is decorated with santa claus decorations and red and gold balls
ALT: a christmas tree is decorated with santa claus decorations and red and gold balls
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December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Good morning and Merry Christmas, wyrdlings!
It's a festive free-for-all this #WyrdWednesday, with our theme of "Do what thou wilt!"
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, SHOW ME YOUR WYRD 👻
It's a festive free-for-all this #WyrdWednesday, with our theme of "Do what thou wilt!"
@cwreeve.bsky.social here, SHOW ME YOUR WYRD 👻
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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The cat's out of the bag, eh? Who the hell is storing their cats in bags? And how long have they been doing this? The people deserve to know.
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The cat's out of the bag, eh? Who the hell is storing their cats in bags? And how long have they been doing this? The people deserve to know.
Religious iconography on my hike up to Gergeti Trinity Church in Georgia on a very foggy day back in October.
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Religious iconography on my hike up to Gergeti Trinity Church in Georgia on a very foggy day back in October.
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Little girl in a shop: Mum?
Her mum: Yes?
Girl: There’s an old woman who talks but with no sound, and has a sad face. She tries to tell you things but you can’t see.
Mum: Where?
Girl (points at floor): Always there.
Mum: Well darling, that’s terrifying. Let’s go eat dinner.
Her mum: Yes?
Girl: There’s an old woman who talks but with no sound, and has a sad face. She tries to tell you things but you can’t see.
Mum: Where?
Girl (points at floor): Always there.
Mum: Well darling, that’s terrifying. Let’s go eat dinner.
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Little girl in a shop: Mum?
Her mum: Yes?
Girl: There’s an old woman who talks but with no sound, and has a sad face. She tries to tell you things but you can’t see.
Mum: Where?
Girl (points at floor): Always there.
Mum: Well darling, that’s terrifying. Let’s go eat dinner.
Her mum: Yes?
Girl: There’s an old woman who talks but with no sound, and has a sad face. She tries to tell you things but you can’t see.
Mum: Where?
Girl (points at floor): Always there.
Mum: Well darling, that’s terrifying. Let’s go eat dinner.
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Superficial anatomy of the face in an eighteenth century wax model by Clemente Susini in La Specola, Florence
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Superficial anatomy of the face in an eighteenth century wax model by Clemente Susini in La Specola, Florence
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Hallmark has done every plot, so it is time for the apotheosis of Christmas movies: a big city lawyer returns to her small hometown and falls in love with an actual Christmas tree. After a series of missteps, they get married and have tree/human babies. Their hybrid spawn scream in endless torment 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Hallmark has done every plot, so it is time for the apotheosis of Christmas movies: a big city lawyer returns to her small hometown and falls in love with an actual Christmas tree. After a series of missteps, they get married and have tree/human babies. Their hybrid spawn scream in endless torment 🎄
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I have drawn a thing.
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I have drawn a thing.
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Sinister or reassuring message viewed from the bus yesterday.
you are content
you are content
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sinister or reassuring message viewed from the bus yesterday.
you are content
you are content
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It’s gonna be a wild ride.
#HorrorSky
#HorrorSky
December 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It’s gonna be a wild ride.
#HorrorSky
#HorrorSky
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Wyrdlings!
Since #Wyrdwednesday falls on Christmas Eve this year, we Mothers have a little gift for you, with:
"Do what thou wilt!"
as this week’s topic – go hog wild with your post, as long as it’s wyrd & wynderful!
Since #Wyrdwednesday falls on Christmas Eve this year, we Mothers have a little gift for you, with:
"Do what thou wilt!"
as this week’s topic – go hog wild with your post, as long as it’s wyrd & wynderful!
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Wyrdlings!
Since #Wyrdwednesday falls on Christmas Eve this year, we Mothers have a little gift for you, with:
"Do what thou wilt!"
as this week’s topic – go hog wild with your post, as long as it’s wyrd & wynderful!
Since #Wyrdwednesday falls on Christmas Eve this year, we Mothers have a little gift for you, with:
"Do what thou wilt!"
as this week’s topic – go hog wild with your post, as long as it’s wyrd & wynderful!
The cat's out of the bag, eh? Who the hell is storing their cats in bags? And how long have they been doing this? The people deserve to know.
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The cat's out of the bag, eh? Who the hell is storing their cats in bags? And how long have they been doing this? The people deserve to know.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but here goes:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
In high school my art teacher told me I didn’t know how to draw because cartooning wasn’t real art.
I have wanted to be in The New Yorker Magazine since I was 19. I’m 53 and this happened yesterday:
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#PhantomsFriday
A spectre festively robed in red for Christmas.
The Castle Spectre, Charles Turner after William Orme, 1796-1854.
A spectre festively robed in red for Christmas.
The Castle Spectre, Charles Turner after William Orme, 1796-1854.
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#PhantomsFriday
A spectre festively robed in red for Christmas.
The Castle Spectre, Charles Turner after William Orme, 1796-1854.
A spectre festively robed in red for Christmas.
The Castle Spectre, Charles Turner after William Orme, 1796-1854.
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This year is beginning to seem endless.
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This year is beginning to seem endless.
“It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.”
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
#PhantomsFriday
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
#PhantomsFriday
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.”
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
#PhantomsFriday
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
#PhantomsFriday
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At midnight on a Christmas Eve in the 1830s, a girl crept into the churchyard at North Leigh, #Oxfordshire, to perform a divination ritual she believed would conjure up the apparition of her future husband. But she ran away screaming, because 'a coffin was following her'!
#PhantomsFriday #folklore
#PhantomsFriday #folklore
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
At midnight on a Christmas Eve in the 1830s, a girl crept into the churchyard at North Leigh, #Oxfordshire, to perform a divination ritual she believed would conjure up the apparition of her future husband. But she ran away screaming, because 'a coffin was following her'!
#PhantomsFriday #folklore
#PhantomsFriday #folklore