The Midnight Society
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King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
Poe: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of eureka
Poe: it's actually a scientific meditation on the nature of the universe
Barker: is this one of those things where you have to be high to get it
Barker: cuz if it is, i want to know now
Poe: it's actually a scientific meditation on the nature of the universe
Barker: is this one of those things where you have to be high to get it
Barker: cuz if it is, i want to know now
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Poe: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of eureka
Poe: it's actually a scientific meditation on the nature of the universe
Barker: is this one of those things where you have to be high to get it
Barker: cuz if it is, i want to know now
Poe: it's actually a scientific meditation on the nature of the universe
Barker: is this one of those things where you have to be high to get it
Barker: cuz if it is, i want to know now
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
Adam Nevill: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the wyrd
Nevill: it's actually not so much a tale now that i think about it
Koontz: is it more of a story?
Nevill: close, dean!
Nevill: a story is another word for a tale
Nevill: but good try
Nevill: it's actually not so much a tale now that i think about it
Koontz: is it more of a story?
Nevill: close, dean!
Nevill: a story is another word for a tale
Nevill: but good try
January 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Adam Nevill: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the wyrd
Nevill: it's actually not so much a tale now that i think about it
Koontz: is it more of a story?
Nevill: close, dean!
Nevill: a story is another word for a tale
Nevill: but good try
Nevill: it's actually not so much a tale now that i think about it
Koontz: is it more of a story?
Nevill: close, dean!
Nevill: a story is another word for a tale
Nevill: but good try
JK Rowling: hello children
Poe: oh hi joanne
Poe: do you have something to
Rowling: I have sssomething to sssay
Poe: is it about
Rowling: iran ssseemss to be unusssually full of gryffindorsss
Poe: oh hi joanne
Poe: do you have something to
Rowling: I have sssomething to sssay
Poe: is it about
Rowling: iran ssseemss to be unusssually full of gryffindorsss
January 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
JK Rowling: hello children
Poe: oh hi joanne
Poe: do you have something to
Rowling: I have sssomething to sssay
Poe: is it about
Rowling: iran ssseemss to be unusssually full of gryffindorsss
Poe: oh hi joanne
Poe: do you have something to
Rowling: I have sssomething to sssay
Poe: is it about
Rowling: iran ssseemss to be unusssually full of gryffindorsss
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Bitter Karella will be signing copies of Moonflow at the Chico B&N this Saturday, 1/10 at 11am! If you’re in the NorCal area stop by and get a book signed! 💙📚
My deranged splatterpunk horror book MOONFLOW about a trans shroom dealer getting lost in a haunted forest and running afoul of evil lesbian hippies and their bound fungus god is available for preorder!! Buy it today or look really uncool!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
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Moonflow
Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip int...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Bitter Karella will be signing copies of Moonflow at the Chico B&N this Saturday, 1/10 at 11am! If you’re in the NorCal area stop by and get a book signed! 💙📚
Stephen King: guys i just came up with a great idea for a story
King: what if you saw a bunch of mannequins driving a car?
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Poe:
Koontz: whoa!
Koontz: that would be crazy!
King: wouldn't it?
King: what if you saw a bunch of mannequins driving a car?
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Poe:
Koontz: whoa!
Koontz: that would be crazy!
King: wouldn't it?
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Stephen King: guys i just came up with a great idea for a story
King: what if you saw a bunch of mannequins driving a car?
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Poe:
Koontz: whoa!
Koontz: that would be crazy!
King: wouldn't it?
King: what if you saw a bunch of mannequins driving a car?
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Poe:
Koontz: whoa!
Koontz: that would be crazy!
King: wouldn't it?
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[unicorn fuck club]
JRR Tolkien: sorry chaps I can't speak tonight
Tolkien: i'm afraid i'm quite busy at my day job
Tolkien: being a professor at oxford
CS Lewis: wow, a professor AND a writer? must be hard
Tolkien: you have no idea
JRR Tolkien: sorry chaps I can't speak tonight
Tolkien: i'm afraid i'm quite busy at my day job
Tolkien: being a professor at oxford
CS Lewis: wow, a professor AND a writer? must be hard
Tolkien: you have no idea
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
[unicorn fuck club]
JRR Tolkien: sorry chaps I can't speak tonight
Tolkien: i'm afraid i'm quite busy at my day job
Tolkien: being a professor at oxford
CS Lewis: wow, a professor AND a writer? must be hard
Tolkien: you have no idea
JRR Tolkien: sorry chaps I can't speak tonight
Tolkien: i'm afraid i'm quite busy at my day job
Tolkien: being a professor at oxford
CS Lewis: wow, a professor AND a writer? must be hard
Tolkien: you have no idea
[white house]
Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now
Trump: no reason, really, just because
Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around
Trump: and we thought
Trump: why not
JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir
Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now
Trump: no reason, really, just because
Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around
Trump: and we thought
Trump: why not
JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
[white house]
Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now
Trump: no reason, really, just because
Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around
Trump: and we thought
Trump: why not
JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir
Trump: so we're bombing venezuela now
Trump: no reason, really, just because
Trump: we just had all these bombs lying around
Trump: and we thought
Trump: why not
JD Vance: masterful gambit, sir
It's now officially 2026, so in honor of the death of 2025 here's our annual list of some cool (new to me) horror (mostly) reading that we did this year. I'm always behind the curve, so most of these books didn't actually debut in 2025, but... well, you get the idea.
January 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It's now officially 2026, so in honor of the death of 2025 here's our annual list of some cool (new to me) horror (mostly) reading that we did this year. I'm always behind the curve, so most of these books didn't actually debut in 2025, but... well, you get the idea.
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Moonflow (2025) by Bitter Karella
![Fionna and Cake screenshot from episode The Bear and the Rose. Huntress Wizard and Witch Wizard are on a large branch in twisted forest, mushrooms growing around them. Witch Wizard is suspended in white vines.
Witch Wizard: [In sing song voice] You're trapped](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5q7qoomdtlfm6qhryhzsrjl/bafkreifpvdsjhsg5yoavpneo3qvooiut47ci5zf4malud5zyxuswyyz7aq@jpeg)
![Continuation of scene now close up on Witch Wizard looking deformed and crazed.
Witch Wizard: [in normal voice] We'll stay here and suckle on](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5q7qoomdtlfm6qhryhzsrjl/bafkreigsubvmj4f2la4gntscdr6usww3x4bivd7g535lsz47kn7zsv3db4@jpeg)
December 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Moonflow (2025) by Bitter Karella
Damon Knight: holy machine learning process! it seems that people don't AI slop being eligible for the nebula!
Knight: what to do?
Knight: i'll feed the question into the bat computer
Erin Underwood: never fear, erin underwood is here!
Knight: what to do?
Knight: i'll feed the question into the bat computer
Erin Underwood: never fear, erin underwood is here!
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Damon Knight: holy machine learning process! it seems that people don't AI slop being eligible for the nebula!
Knight: what to do?
Knight: i'll feed the question into the bat computer
Erin Underwood: never fear, erin underwood is here!
Knight: what to do?
Knight: i'll feed the question into the bat computer
Erin Underwood: never fear, erin underwood is here!
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Moonflow by @midnightpals.bsky.social
Weird in all the right ways. Queer, trippy splatterpunk. Unlike anything else I read this year.
Weird in all the right ways. Queer, trippy splatterpunk. Unlike anything else I read this year.
December 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Moonflow by @midnightpals.bsky.social
Weird in all the right ways. Queer, trippy splatterpunk. Unlike anything else I read this year.
Weird in all the right ways. Queer, trippy splatterpunk. Unlike anything else I read this year.
Damon Knight: hello citizens
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
December 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Damon Knight: hello citizens
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
Knight: it's me, damon knight
Knight: science fiction writer, SFWA founder, and vigilante crime fighter
Barker: yeah that scans
Poe: how do you figure that, clive?
Barker: i mean with a name like damon knight
Poe: oh yeah that makes sense
Charles Dickens: turns out everyone really loved a Christmas carol
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Charles Dickens: turns out everyone really loved a Christmas carol
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
Dickens: this whole Christmas ghost story idea is a gold mine!
Dickens: i'm gonna write a new ghost story for EVERY Christmas!
Dickens: and each one is gonna be BIGGER than the last!
Dickens: don't believe me? just watch!
Charles Dickens: hey it's Christmas!
Dickens: you know what that means!
Clive Barker: Christmas was last week, man
Dickens: it means
Dickens: what?
Dickens: no no that can't be!
Dickens: you know what that means!
Clive Barker: Christmas was last week, man
Dickens: it means
Dickens: what?
Dickens: no no that can't be!
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Charles Dickens: hey it's Christmas!
Dickens: you know what that means!
Clive Barker: Christmas was last week, man
Dickens: it means
Dickens: what?
Dickens: no no that can't be!
Dickens: you know what that means!
Clive Barker: Christmas was last week, man
Dickens: it means
Dickens: what?
Dickens: no no that can't be!
In honor of the SFFWA stepping on a rake like a bunch of bozos who can't understand that writers might not want to embrace AI slop, enjoy this classic Midnight Pals podcast episode about how writing awards are all pretty stupid!
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The Tale of Those Bullies at Clarion West | Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
Those stuck-up snobs at the most privileged literary circle of all, Clarion West, have perpetrated a despicable prank on the Midnight Pals involving a paper bag full of dog poop, a match, and Steve's ...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In honor of the SFFWA stepping on a rake like a bunch of bozos who can't understand that writers might not want to embrace AI slop, enjoy this classic Midnight Pals podcast episode about how writing awards are all pretty stupid!
midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling: ugh! i'm tired of all thesssse people online making fun of my black mold!
Rowling: that'sss it!
Rowling: today isss the day that i do sssomething about it
JK Rowling: ugh! i'm tired of all thesssse people online making fun of my black mold!
Rowling: that'sss it!
Rowling: today isss the day that i do sssomething about it
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling: ugh! i'm tired of all thesssse people online making fun of my black mold!
Rowling: that'sss it!
Rowling: today isss the day that i do sssomething about it
JK Rowling: ugh! i'm tired of all thesssse people online making fun of my black mold!
Rowling: that'sss it!
Rowling: today isss the day that i do sssomething about it
The perfect holiday gift for the discerning pervert on your list. Pick up Moonflow for someone you love today!
My deranged splatterpunk horror book MOONFLOW about a trans shroom dealer getting lost in a haunted forest and running afoul of evil lesbian hippies and their bound fungus god is available for preorder!! Buy it today or look really uncool!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
Moonflow
Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip int...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The perfect holiday gift for the discerning pervert on your list. Pick up Moonflow for someone you love today!
King: you know we haven't seen JK Rowling in a while
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
King: you know we haven't seen JK Rowling in a while
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
Graham Joyce: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of some kind of fairy tale
Joyce: it's about a girl who gets kidnapped by fairies
Joyce: and i know what you're thinking
Joyce: but my fairies are different
Joyce: it's about a girl who gets kidnapped by fairies
Joyce: and i know what you're thinking
Joyce: but my fairies are different
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Graham Joyce: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of some kind of fairy tale
Joyce: it's about a girl who gets kidnapped by fairies
Joyce: and i know what you're thinking
Joyce: but my fairies are different
Joyce: it's about a girl who gets kidnapped by fairies
Joyce: and i know what you're thinking
Joyce: but my fairies are different
Matt Maxwell: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of no tomorrows
Maxwell: it takes place back in the cool dank cyberpunk noir future of 1980s Los Angeles
Maxwell: where veteran punk rocker turned cool chick cait Macready is being cool
Maxwell: it takes place back in the cool dank cyberpunk noir future of 1980s Los Angeles
Maxwell: where veteran punk rocker turned cool chick cait Macready is being cool
December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Matt Maxwell: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of no tomorrows
Maxwell: it takes place back in the cool dank cyberpunk noir future of 1980s Los Angeles
Maxwell: where veteran punk rocker turned cool chick cait Macready is being cool
Maxwell: it takes place back in the cool dank cyberpunk noir future of 1980s Los Angeles
Maxwell: where veteran punk rocker turned cool chick cait Macready is being cool
Our own Bitter Karella is part of this AMA! You should go and ask anything!
I'm participating in Orbit's New Voices AMA on reddit today, with a bunch of cool new authors! You should check it out and, as the kids say, ask us anything! www.reddit.com/user/orbitbo...
From orbitbooks's profile on Reddit: AMA: Orbit's 2025 New Voices!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our own Bitter Karella is part of this AMA! You should go and ask anything!
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"