Lee Bailes
@leebaileswriter.bsky.social
Writer, filmmaker, Screenwriter, cat servant, nerd. A UK expat in Sweden. #Horror fan. https://linktr.ee/lee.bailes Published in various horror anthologies and working on a collection of short horror stories for publication in 2026
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Rory didn’t know much about music. He still listened to what his parents used to like, and they liked from before they were born. He didn’t know much about classical music at all, but some of the music in the game was beautiful.
Good enough for a #symphony. At least he thought it was.
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Good enough for a #symphony. At least he thought it was.
#vss365
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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It didn’t matter how organised the patrols were, they needed something more. Something undefinable. It wasn’t enough to fly in formation and attack together.
They needed grace, rhythm. To fly like the notes of a #symphony. Dylan needed them to to take that cacophony & make fighting beauty.
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They needed grace, rhythm. To fly like the notes of a #symphony. Dylan needed them to to take that cacophony & make fighting beauty.
#vss365
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
#vss365 There was no escaping pain, as the deadite drones and death rays rained down upon the unsuspecting populace - his allies.
It was a #symphony of destruction and everyone lent their agonised screams to the ultimate harmony.
The architect of the massacre watched AI highlights in his HUD...
It was a #symphony of destruction and everyone lent their agonised screams to the ultimate harmony.
The architect of the massacre watched AI highlights in his HUD...
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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Looking for a quick read? A Dark World by David Kempf is a fast paced short story with an entertaining twist. I recommend you check it out.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Looking for a quick read? A Dark World by David Kempf is a fast paced short story with an entertaining twist. I recommend you check it out.
www.amazon.com/Dark-World-D...
www.amazon.com/Dark-World-D...
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That was a little thing that players would only notice if they rode into the glade. A little moment Rory had never seen anywhere else and the game continued to surprise him.
The horse became #spooked. Whinnying and tossing its head. Rory even remained mounted to just to see it once more.
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The horse became #spooked. Whinnying and tossing its head. Rory even remained mounted to just to see it once more.
#vss365
January 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Dylan returned to the staging area of the Olympia System to find his flight #spooked.
The Enemy had appeared, patrolled around the system, but hadn’t attacked. Something was about to happen and Dylan didn’t know what. An attack to come? A feint to gather forces there? He needed to know.
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The Enemy had appeared, patrolled around the system, but hadn’t attacked. Something was about to happen and Dylan didn’t know what. An attack to come? A feint to gather forces there? He needed to know.
#vss365
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
#vss365 #spooked
He'd been in the game for months and still hadn't gotten over the feeling of being watched, or hearing ghostly noises when working nights at the crematorium.
The tunes helped. Though he’d turned them off twice, sure he'd heard a knocking noise, like a sign from a past victim...
He'd been in the game for months and still hadn't gotten over the feeling of being watched, or hearing ghostly noises when working nights at the crematorium.
The tunes helped. Though he’d turned them off twice, sure he'd heard a knocking noise, like a sign from a past victim...
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Children of Abel by @thebrettoreilly.bsky.social is a real page turner right till the gut-wrenching end. Werewolves, friends on vacation in the wrong place at the wrong time and two FBI agents investigating something they were never prepared for. (1/2)
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Children of Abel by @thebrettoreilly.bsky.social is a real page turner right till the gut-wrenching end. Werewolves, friends on vacation in the wrong place at the wrong time and two FBI agents investigating something they were never prepared for. (1/2)
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In Hemelshol, not all sacrifices are created equal.
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Children of Abel
Children of Abel [O'Reilly, Brett, Vanderthout, Tanya] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Children of Abel
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January 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
In Hemelshol, not all sacrifices are created equal.
www.amazon.com/Children-Abe...
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Trying and failing to make my Swedish partner appreciate the humour behind this insult en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-...
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys - Wikipedia
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January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Trying and failing to make my Swedish partner appreciate the humour behind this insult en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese-...
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We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We're open for fiction submissions!
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it.
No closing date, open indefinitely.
This show is great - www.imdb.com/title/tt1040... - the story of the formation of the SAS regiment
Rogue Heroes (TV Series 2022–2025) ⭐ 8.2 | Action, Drama, Thriller
52m | TV-MA
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January 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
This show is great - www.imdb.com/title/tt1040... - the story of the formation of the SAS regiment
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The game always played around with the fantasy setting, not only using the same tropes expected of the genre, but putting #oddballs, out-of-place situations and things in the narrative that shouldn’t work, but absolutely did.
Rory liked that the developers kept the players on their toes.
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Rory liked that the developers kept the players on their toes.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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The talks came to an end with the #oddball conclusion that they would wait until after the systems-wide, traditional, Founders Day celebrations before making any decisions.
Because of course they did. Dylan shouldn’t have expected progress when stalling and complaining still had work to do.
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Because of course they did. Dylan shouldn’t have expected progress when stalling and complaining still had work to do.
#vss365
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#vss365 They hide amidst crowds, false faced & craving safety in numbers. Roam on cloudy days or at night, lest their wrongness be revealed by the monstrous shadows they cast.
No smiling eyes have they, save when the hunt begins. ...Following their #oddball, crooked steps. Always hunting them.
No smiling eyes have they, save when the hunt begins. ...Following their #oddball, crooked steps. Always hunting them.
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Instead of the Xmas spirit. I am wondering where one finds the energy to carry on into 2026, as I seem to have misplaced mine at the moment.... to overcome the "Why? January" feeling...
a man with a beard says i don t see the point
ALT: a man with a beard says i don t see the point
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January 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Instead of the Xmas spirit. I am wondering where one finds the energy to carry on into 2026, as I seem to have misplaced mine at the moment.... to overcome the "Why? January" feeling...
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The new issue of Star*Line includes my fantasy poem "The Unsteady Bicyclist". 🚲
I also enjoyed the poems by @mfrostwords.bsky.social , @devanbarlow.bsky.social & other fantastic poets!
Thank you to @sfpoetry.bsky.social
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I also enjoyed the poems by @mfrostwords.bsky.social , @devanbarlow.bsky.social & other fantastic poets!
Thank you to @sfpoetry.bsky.social
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Star*Line 49.1 (Winter 2026) – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
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January 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The new issue of Star*Line includes my fantasy poem "The Unsteady Bicyclist". 🚲
I also enjoyed the poems by @mfrostwords.bsky.social , @devanbarlow.bsky.social & other fantastic poets!
Thank you to @sfpoetry.bsky.social
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
I also enjoyed the poems by @mfrostwords.bsky.social , @devanbarlow.bsky.social & other fantastic poets!
Thank you to @sfpoetry.bsky.social
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
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Rory was stumped, #clueless, which, considering he had been following clues to find this little hidden cave somewhere at the very tip of the region, was a little ironic.
There was something he needed to do to open the doors which wasn’t immediately obvious. He hoped it was in the book.
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There was something he needed to do to open the doors which wasn’t immediately obvious. He hoped it was in the book.
#vss365
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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Dylan had never dealt with so many people, that had risen to such power as leading Factions, who were all, objectively, #clueless. They still didn’t understand what awaited them all.
Extinction. He told them, despite his own delegate trying to stop him. He told them flat out.
Extinction!
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Extinction. He told them, despite his own delegate trying to stop him. He told them flat out.
Extinction!
#vss365
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Marcus poured a small vial of self-replicating Nanites on to the ground. They grew in number and flowed towards the army like a low lying fog. The metal beasts succumbed to the barrage of these tiny bots, consuming all but flesh, leaving #clueless naked men in their wake.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:09 AM