Daniel Gene Barlekamp
@dgbarlekamp.bsky.social
Short story writer. Poet. Fan of ghosts, monsters, and local legends.
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"What's Done is Done" by ZZ Packer today is an incredible story told with precise and and tempered prose. Read it in our latest issue at the link:
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January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"What's Done is Done" by ZZ Packer today is an incredible story told with precise and and tempered prose. Read it in our latest issue at the link:
kenyonreview.org/piece/whats-...
kenyonreview.org/piece/whats-...
I've been into old #horror and #scifi anthologies lately. Only one episode survives of the 1968 BBC series "Late Night Horror," which was canceled after six episodes because audiences complained about the graphic content. Here is "The Corpse Can't Play."
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#vintagehorror
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#vintagehorror
Corpse Can't Play - Late Night Horror - 1968 Rare - Halloween Special 360p
Corpse Can't Play - Late Night Horror - 1968 - Rare - Halloween Special
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January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I've been into old #horror and #scifi anthologies lately. Only one episode survives of the 1968 BBC series "Late Night Horror," which was canceled after six episodes because audiences complained about the graphic content. Here is "The Corpse Can't Play."
tinyurl.com/y47dk4fx
#vintagehorror
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#vintagehorror
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Wrote a book? Cool, now write the next one. Out on sub? Write the next one. Won an award? Write the next one. Didn’t even get nominated? Write the next one. Querying agents? Write the next one. Waiting for pub day? Write the next one. Always be writing the next one.
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Wrote a book? Cool, now write the next one. Out on sub? Write the next one. Won an award? Write the next one. Didn’t even get nominated? Write the next one. Querying agents? Write the next one. Waiting for pub day? Write the next one. Always be writing the next one.
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Be great to see this happen.
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Horror Not Hate
An anti-fascist, anti-hate anthology of horror comics and art supporting LGBTQIA+ and Immigrant rights!
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January 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Be great to see this happen.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/slo...
O look, look in the mirror,
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
‘O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.
--from W. H. Auden, "As I Walked Out One Evening"
#poetry
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
‘O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.
--from W. H. Auden, "As I Walked Out One Evening"
#poetry
January 22, 2026 at 4:51 PM
O look, look in the mirror,
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
‘O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.
--from W. H. Auden, "As I Walked Out One Evening"
#poetry
O look in your distress:
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless.
‘O stand, stand at the window
As the tears scald and start;
You shall love your crooked neighbour
With your crooked heart.
--from W. H. Auden, "As I Walked Out One Evening"
#poetry
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Contemplation in Chaos by Ahmad Loukili https://www.artlimit...
#blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotos #streetphotographers #urban #monochrome #urbanites #people #photography #life #blackwhite #blackandwhitephoto #storyofthestreet #streetphotography #world_bnw #photographysouls…
#blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotos #streetphotographers #urban #monochrome #urbanites #people #photography #life #blackwhite #blackandwhitephoto #storyofthestreet #streetphotography #world_bnw #photographysouls…
January 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I am the eternal center of gravity
and about me swing the crazy moons—
I am the thunder of rising suns,
the blaze of the zenith—
[...]
I shall outlast the sun
and the moon
and the stars.…
-from "Youth," by Frank Horne
#poetry #HarlemRenaissance #poetrysky
and about me swing the crazy moons—
I am the thunder of rising suns,
the blaze of the zenith—
[...]
I shall outlast the sun
and the moon
and the stars.…
-from "Youth," by Frank Horne
#poetry #HarlemRenaissance #poetrysky
January 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I am the eternal center of gravity
and about me swing the crazy moons—
I am the thunder of rising suns,
the blaze of the zenith—
[...]
I shall outlast the sun
and the moon
and the stars.…
-from "Youth," by Frank Horne
#poetry #HarlemRenaissance #poetrysky
and about me swing the crazy moons—
I am the thunder of rising suns,
the blaze of the zenith—
[...]
I shall outlast the sun
and the moon
and the stars.…
-from "Youth," by Frank Horne
#poetry #HarlemRenaissance #poetrysky
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MIDLVLMAG (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: MIDLVLMAG
MIDLVLMAG (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/midlvlmag-mid-level-management-lit-mag-34716 #amwriting
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January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
MIDLVLMAG (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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According to Aesop's fables, a scholarly owl, prideful in his deep but dry study, argues with the melodious Nightingale, who defends natural beauty and true enjoyment, highlighting the difference between mere knowledge and wisdom.
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore #Birds
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore #Birds
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
According to Aesop's fables, a scholarly owl, prideful in his deep but dry study, argues with the melodious Nightingale, who defends natural beauty and true enjoyment, highlighting the difference between mere knowledge and wisdom.
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore #Birds
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore #Birds
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'Murmuration' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
'Murmuration' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt
A song that makes me want to cry every time I hear it even though the lyrics are absolute gibberish...
"The porpoise is laughing,
goodbye, goodbye..."
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#1960s #psychadelia #songoftheday
"The porpoise is laughing,
goodbye, goodbye..."
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#1960s #psychadelia #songoftheday
Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head")
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January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A song that makes me want to cry every time I hear it even though the lyrics are absolute gibberish...
"The porpoise is laughing,
goodbye, goodbye..."
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#1960s #psychadelia #songoftheday
"The porpoise is laughing,
goodbye, goodbye..."
shorturl.at/ydNvV
#1960s #psychadelia #songoftheday
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#BirdOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite
White Throated Sparrow done in colored pencil on drafting film.
#Birds #ColoredPencil
White Throated Sparrow done in colored pencil on drafting film.
#Birds #ColoredPencil
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
#BirdOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite
White Throated Sparrow done in colored pencil on drafting film.
#Birds #ColoredPencil
White Throated Sparrow done in colored pencil on drafting film.
#Birds #ColoredPencil
Is it comforting or unsettling that Rod Serling was worried about the same things 65 years ago?
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#twilightzone #literacy #booklovers
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#twilightzone #literacy #booklovers
From the videos community on Reddit: Clip from The Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man" starring Burgess Meredith.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Is it comforting or unsettling that Rod Serling was worried about the same things 65 years ago?
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#twilightzone #literacy #booklovers
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#twilightzone #literacy #booklovers
"This winter air is keen and cold,
And keen and cold this winter sun,
But round my chair the children run
Like little things of dancing gold."
--Oscar Wilde, from "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
#winterpoems #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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And keen and cold this winter sun,
But round my chair the children run
Like little things of dancing gold."
--Oscar Wilde, from "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
#winterpoems #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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Le Jardin des Tuileries
This winter air is keen and cold, / And keen and cold this winter sun,
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December 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"This winter air is keen and cold,
And keen and cold this winter sun,
But round my chair the children run
Like little things of dancing gold."
--Oscar Wilde, from "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
#winterpoems #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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And keen and cold this winter sun,
But round my chair the children run
Like little things of dancing gold."
--Oscar Wilde, from "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
#winterpoems #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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Beth Robertson Fiddes, contemporary land and seascapes painter whose work captures the wild nature of the Scottish highlands and Western Isles #WomensArt
December 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Beth Robertson Fiddes, contemporary land and seascapes painter whose work captures the wild nature of the Scottish highlands and Western Isles #WomensArt
Love, love, LOVE this new piece of sci-fi/dystopian flash fiction from @hellena.bsky.social in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social!
"But the city's edges blur like old code... The wind tastes like static."
#scifi #dystopian #cyberpunk
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"But the city's edges blur like old code... The wind tastes like static."
#scifi #dystopian #cyberpunk
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Maintenance Window
by Elena Pavlova
Every morning at 6 a.m., the city blinks. It’s not a metaphor, but an actual flicker, like the whole grid exhales and forgets itself for half a heartbeat. The coffee machines pause m...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Love, love, LOVE this new piece of sci-fi/dystopian flash fiction from @hellena.bsky.social in @nightshadesmag.bsky.social!
"But the city's edges blur like old code... The wind tastes like static."
#scifi #dystopian #cyberpunk
shorturl.at/TcY3n
"But the city's edges blur like old code... The wind tastes like static."
#scifi #dystopian #cyberpunk
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Excited to have my poem "The Hanged Man" featured in Issue 10 of @tinywrenlit.bsky.social, dedicated to short-form takes on #tarot. You can also print and fold the issue into a tiny zine. There's great stuff in here - check it out!
#poetry #poetrysky
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#poetry #poetrysky
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THE HANGED MAN | Tiny Wren Lit
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December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Excited to have my poem "The Hanged Man" featured in Issue 10 of @tinywrenlit.bsky.social, dedicated to short-form takes on #tarot. You can also print and fold the issue into a tiny zine. There's great stuff in here - check it out!
#poetry #poetrysky
shorturl.at/U4Jlk
#poetry #poetrysky
shorturl.at/U4Jlk
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December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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🛸🛸 ”One of them turns its head, or the idea of a head, and looks in my direction. Does it see me?”
🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...
🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...
Maintenance Window
by Elena Pavlova
Every morning at 6 a.m., the city blinks. It’s not a metaphor, but an actual flicker, like the whole grid exhales and forgets itself for half a heartbeat. The coffee machines pause m...
www.nightshadesmag.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🛸🛸 ”One of them turns its head, or the idea of a head, and looks in my direction. Does it see me?”
🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...
🛸🛸 an encounter, from @hellena.bsky.social
www.nightshadesmag.com/maintenance-...
"...to lean in the spotlight of streetlight with you, toward / what’s larger within us, toward how we were born."
-from Ada Limón, "Dead Stars"
#poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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-from Ada Limón, "Dead Stars"
#poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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Dead Stars
Out here, there’s a bowing even the trees are doing.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"...to lean in the spotlight of streetlight with you, toward / what’s larger within us, toward how we were born."
-from Ada Limón, "Dead Stars"
#poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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-from Ada Limón, "Dead Stars"
#poetry #poetrylovers #poetrysky
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A reminder to switch ourselves from TRANSMIT to RECEIVE once in a while.
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A reminder to switch ourselves from TRANSMIT to RECEIVE once in a while.
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
#poetry #nature #mindfulness
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Can't wait to dive into the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social!! Every issue is chock full of beauty and inspiration ✨ reminding me of all that is good in the world.
Issue 90 is live! Please go read the amazing work within, including the top 7 stories chosen from hundreds submitted to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest and the overall winner, Love; Sigh by Claire Y. Guo. Thank you so much to everyone who sent us work this quarter. www.smokelong.com/issue-ninety/
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Can't wait to dive into the new issue of @smokelong.bsky.social!! Every issue is chock full of beauty and inspiration ✨ reminding me of all that is good in the world.
Thrilled to have five #poems featured in the December 2025 issue of Borderless Journal:
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
Poetry by Daniel Gene Barlekamp
Daniel Gene Barlekamp TWO QUESTIONS AND AN ANSWERi“Which cloud is God on?”the boy asks.“I don’t know,”his mother says,fiddling with the radio.Outside the window,a cemetery rolls by.ii“What happens …
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December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thrilled to have five #poems featured in the December 2025 issue of Borderless Journal:
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers
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#poetrysky #poetrylovers