Frank Oreto
@frankoreto.bsky.social
Dad, author, maker and eater of tasty food
Pinned
I like to write a spooky Christmas story every year about this time. And I always worry I won't think of one.
Luckily inspiration struck and I wrote a two page outline/synopsis for this year's story this morning. It's plum Dickensian.
Now I just have to write it!
#booksky #writing #horror
Luckily inspiration struck and I wrote a two page outline/synopsis for this year's story this morning. It's plum Dickensian.
Now I just have to write it!
#booksky #writing #horror
a ghost with chains around his neck is standing in the dark
ALT: a ghost with chains around his neck is standing in the dark
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November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You deserve this.
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
You Sexy Thing
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November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You deserve this.
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
As a writer I sometimes feel like a spy.
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As a writer I sometimes feel like a spy.
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
So, I get ideas from juxtaposing my everyday experiences with the weird and horrific including my day job. How worried should I be about my boss seeing a thinly veiled story about my workplace?
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So, I get ideas from juxtaposing my everyday experiences with the weird and horrific including my day job. How worried should I be about my boss seeing a thinly veiled story about my workplace?
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
Started writing a new story this morning. Tentatively titled "A Sky Dark with Starlings"
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
Spongebob Loop GIF
ALT: Spongebob Loop GIF
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Started writing a new story this morning. Tentatively titled "A Sky Dark with Starlings"
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
These are a few of my favorite things
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These are a few of my favorite things
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
I choose a random-record from the goodwill boxes as my thrifting soundtrack.
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I choose a random-record from the goodwill boxes as my thrifting soundtrack.
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Didn't get to write until ten pm. 931 words. Not bad for a late start after a long day.
Trippy stuff tonight. I liked it. #horror #writing
Trippy stuff tonight. I liked it. #horror #writing
bart simpson stands in front of a blackboard that says all work and no play
ALT: bart simpson stands in front of a blackboard that says all work and no play
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November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Good morning! Writing at 11am for an hour if anyone wants to join me.
kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
ALT: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
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November 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning! Writing at 11am for an hour if anyone wants to join me.
Growing up in a small rural town in the south, every time I found myself alone in the house I worried the rapture had occurred and everyone had been taken but me.
Hola, Horror Writers. I'm going to post and eat as I've pretty much just walked in. But, we're all about it today, so close to Halloween!
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
Tell me tell me. What scared you as a child?
No links, no hawking books please, till the end. Thanks Thanks.
#HorrorWritersChat
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Growing up in a small rural town in the south, every time I found myself alone in the house I worried the rapture had occurred and everyone had been taken but me.
I put together way too much potatoes au gratin to bake tonight. Cream, cheese, garlic ,thyme.
Too rich?
Is that really a thing?
(Will put up a post-baked photo later tonight). 🍽️#cooking
Too rich?
Is that really a thing?
(Will put up a post-baked photo later tonight). 🍽️#cooking
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I put together way too much potatoes au gratin to bake tonight. Cream, cheese, garlic ,thyme.
Too rich?
Is that really a thing?
(Will put up a post-baked photo later tonight). 🍽️#cooking
Too rich?
Is that really a thing?
(Will put up a post-baked photo later tonight). 🍽️#cooking
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Reviews are coming in for the new collection!
Reviews are coming in for the new collection!
Theo Logos's review of It's Dark In Here
5/5: From deeply disturbing folk horror to Cthulhu-tinged cosmic terror, from chillingly creepy to fearsomely funny, from hell’s parking lot to the end of the world, Frank Oreto tells tales that will ...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Reviews are coming in for the new collection!
Reviews are coming in for the new collection!
The Nightbaker is about his business.
We'll see how this pepperoni, sun dried tomato, cheese bread turns out...
(later that night)
It turned out pretty darned fine!🍽️
We'll see how this pepperoni, sun dried tomato, cheese bread turns out...
(later that night)
It turned out pretty darned fine!🍽️
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The Nightbaker is about his business.
We'll see how this pepperoni, sun dried tomato, cheese bread turns out...
(later that night)
It turned out pretty darned fine!🍽️
We'll see how this pepperoni, sun dried tomato, cheese bread turns out...
(later that night)
It turned out pretty darned fine!🍽️
My friends @talestoterrify.bsky.social are giving away a copy of my new collection!!
They're so cool!
#horror
#writing
#booksky
They're so cool!
#horror
#writing
#booksky
Win your copy of @frankoreto.bsky.social's new release: It's Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem About Squirrels. Simply like this post and answer one prompt:
"You open the door to find a squirrel on your front step. It looks you dead in the eye, opens its mouth, and says ________."
"You open the door to find a squirrel on your front step. It looks you dead in the eye, opens its mouth, and says ________."
October 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My friends @talestoterrify.bsky.social are giving away a copy of my new collection!!
They're so cool!
#horror
#writing
#booksky
They're so cool!
#horror
#writing
#booksky
As we count down to Halloween here is a holiday tale about the dangers of taking your Halloween decorating a little too seriously.
Written by me, and brought to life by the fine folk at Tales to Terrify.
So ask yourself; "Is having the scariest decorations in the neighborhood worth your soul?"
Written by me, and brought to life by the fine folk at Tales to Terrify.
So ask yourself; "Is having the scariest decorations in the neighborhood worth your soul?"
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As we count down to Halloween here is a holiday tale about the dangers of taking your Halloween decorating a little too seriously.
Written by me, and brought to life by the fine folk at Tales to Terrify.
So ask yourself; "Is having the scariest decorations in the neighborhood worth your soul?"
Written by me, and brought to life by the fine folk at Tales to Terrify.
So ask yourself; "Is having the scariest decorations in the neighborhood worth your soul?"
#writingcommunity #booksky #horrorwriring
My new horror collection "It's Dark in Here is now available.
If everyone just buys ten copies I'll be able to get that tropical island I've been hankering for.
Thanks in advance!
My new horror collection "It's Dark in Here is now available.
If everyone just buys ten copies I'll be able to get that tropical island I've been hankering for.
Thanks in advance!
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
#writingcommunity #booksky #horrorwriring
My new horror collection "It's Dark in Here is now available.
If everyone just buys ten copies I'll be able to get that tropical island I've been hankering for.
Thanks in advance!
My new horror collection "It's Dark in Here is now available.
If everyone just buys ten copies I'll be able to get that tropical island I've been hankering for.
Thanks in advance!
It's release day for
My short story collection, It's Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and a Poem about Squirrels!
You should go buy a few copies😀
My short story collection, It's Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and a Poem about Squirrels!
You should go buy a few copies😀
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's release day for
My short story collection, It's Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and a Poem about Squirrels!
You should go buy a few copies😀
My short story collection, It's Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and a Poem about Squirrels!
You should go buy a few copies😀
My spooky short story collection, "It's
Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem about Squirrels," comes out tomorrow, October 14th!!!
(Insert child-like scream of excitement here)
I hope you like it!
Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem about Squirrels," comes out tomorrow, October 14th!!!
(Insert child-like scream of excitement here)
I hope you like it!
October 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My spooky short story collection, "It's
Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem about Squirrels," comes out tomorrow, October 14th!!!
(Insert child-like scream of excitement here)
I hope you like it!
Dark in Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem about Squirrels," comes out tomorrow, October 14th!!!
(Insert child-like scream of excitement here)
I hope you like it!