A.W. Pafford
@pafford.bsky.social
Writer. Haunted skeptic. Avid indoorsman. Exploring the paranormal, history, folklore, and the edges of science. D&D/CoC enthusiast. Still making amends for all the stolen comic books.
#microfiction When I looked behind him the shadow was still there on the wall. Not his shadow. The shadow of a woman, a good foot shorter than him. It stayed perfectly still despite his movements as he jabbered on about the job. About how the heat was onto us. He was a worrier. 1/2
April 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#microfiction When I looked behind him the shadow was still there on the wall. Not his shadow. The shadow of a woman, a good foot shorter than him. It stayed perfectly still despite his movements as he jabbered on about the job. About how the heat was onto us. He was a worrier. 1/2
I love seeing you all. However, I do believe in sacrificing as a way of focusing intention. I’m giving up social media for the next 40 days. I’m going to focus on family, writing and my meditation.
You can pm on here and I’ll get back to you. I will still post writing bits.
You can pm on here and I’ll get back to you. I will still post writing bits.
March 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I love seeing you all. However, I do believe in sacrificing as a way of focusing intention. I’m giving up social media for the next 40 days. I’m going to focus on family, writing and my meditation.
You can pm on here and I’ll get back to you. I will still post writing bits.
You can pm on here and I’ll get back to you. I will still post writing bits.
This protest photo made me laugh because of the straightforward sign, "Rat Fuck".
March 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This protest photo made me laugh because of the straightforward sign, "Rat Fuck".
I respect those that comes out as experiencing ghosts. I don't claim to understand it, but I've seen, heard, and felt it. Many folks are afraid of friends and family dumping them. If I didn't meet others like me (and a therapist that has experienced it firsthand) I'd be haunting someone myself.
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I respect those that comes out as experiencing ghosts. I don't claim to understand it, but I've seen, heard, and felt it. Many folks are afraid of friends and family dumping them. If I didn't meet others like me (and a therapist that has experienced it firsthand) I'd be haunting someone myself.
Diving into some new books from @quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com. I have thumbed through both My Little Black Book of Horror by @cassandralthompson.com and @almaandthehorde.bsky.social’s My Split Tongue.
I think I will be jumping back and forth. 🐍 👅 📖 👹
I think I will be jumping back and forth. 🐍 👅 📖 👹
March 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Diving into some new books from @quillandcrowpublishinghouse.com. I have thumbed through both My Little Black Book of Horror by @cassandralthompson.com and @almaandthehorde.bsky.social’s My Split Tongue.
I think I will be jumping back and forth. 🐍 👅 📖 👹
I think I will be jumping back and forth. 🐍 👅 📖 👹
I’m excited to get my new books today from The Crow Shoppe. I was just told they were delivered. Bilingual poetry collection and short horror.
February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’m excited to get my new books today from The Crow Shoppe. I was just told they were delivered. Bilingual poetry collection and short horror.
Have any of you tried The Gateway Experience? It’s a meditative practice that was researched extensively by the CIA in the 50’s. I’ve been working through the tapes very slowly and find it helpful.
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Have any of you tried The Gateway Experience? It’s a meditative practice that was researched extensively by the CIA in the 50’s. I’ve been working through the tapes very slowly and find it helpful.
February 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Beautiful sunset and a peak of stars.
February 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Beautiful sunset and a peak of stars.
Headed out of the country. A great time to escape. But I’d be lying if I said it was stress free, politics being what they are. See you on the other side, one way or the other.
February 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Headed out of the country. A great time to escape. But I’d be lying if I said it was stress free, politics being what they are. See you on the other side, one way or the other.
🤯 Quantum is a pet interest. The man being interviewed is the inventor of the first commercial microprocessor (Intel).
He proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but a fundamental aspect of reality itself: quantum fields are conscious and have free will.
#science
He proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but a fundamental aspect of reality itself: quantum fields are conscious and have free will.
#science
Quantum Information Panpsychism Explained | Federico Faggin PhD.
YouTube video by Essentia Foundation
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February 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
🤯 Quantum is a pet interest. The man being interviewed is the inventor of the first commercial microprocessor (Intel).
He proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but a fundamental aspect of reality itself: quantum fields are conscious and have free will.
#science
He proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but a fundamental aspect of reality itself: quantum fields are conscious and have free will.
#science
Atwood, excerpt of A BLAZED HILL
February 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Atwood, excerpt of A BLAZED HILL
I’m keeping this feed free of gnashing of teeth for the time being. I need to funnel it into my work rather than voidscream. More poems soon.
February 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’m keeping this feed free of gnashing of teeth for the time being. I need to funnel it into my work rather than voidscream. More poems soon.
@darkminded.bsky.social cone share your wisdom! Teach us about crocodiles and dark words lost to time!
January 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@darkminded.bsky.social cone share your wisdom! Teach us about crocodiles and dark words lost to time!
love isn’t a fire anymore.
just smoke stuck
in the weave of our coats,
proof
we once stood close
to something that had burned.
wip
just smoke stuck
in the weave of our coats,
proof
we once stood close
to something that had burned.
wip
January 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
love isn’t a fire anymore.
just smoke stuck
in the weave of our coats,
proof
we once stood close
to something that had burned.
wip
just smoke stuck
in the weave of our coats,
proof
we once stood close
to something that had burned.
wip
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We gather at the edge of the firelight, where the flames lick but do not burn, and our shadows stretch out long enough, to touch one another upon the amber waves.
(WIP)
(WIP)
January 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We gather at the edge of the firelight, where the flames lick but do not burn, and our shadows stretch out long enough, to touch one another upon the amber waves.
(WIP)
(WIP)
Selfishly, I’d love to leave the country. But I am not a whole man, free to live freely. My heart and soul live separate from my mind and are so encumbered that I could not carry them alone. It is a tether I must endure. For without them, only a husk would fall on that foreign shore.
January 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Selfishly, I’d love to leave the country. But I am not a whole man, free to live freely. My heart and soul live separate from my mind and are so encumbered that I could not carry them alone. It is a tether I must endure. For without them, only a husk would fall on that foreign shore.
Have patience for your loved ones that can’t process what is going on and those that aren’t as engaged as you in the danger and the need. Communicate in their style. But keep yourself and your loved ones safe however you can.
Expand your personal definition of loved ones.
Expand your personal definition of loved ones.
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Have patience for your loved ones that can’t process what is going on and those that aren’t as engaged as you in the danger and the need. Communicate in their style. But keep yourself and your loved ones safe however you can.
Expand your personal definition of loved ones.
Expand your personal definition of loved ones.
January 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
All I want is a longer character limit.
January 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All I want is a longer character limit.