Sam Reader, Antiochean Pope
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A useless hanger-on in horror (they/them/she/her)
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tor.com/author/sam-reader
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I have somehow been hit by a ton of the Not Okay branches on the furry tree and it bums me out because I'm sure most of you are lovely people but I kept ramming into the ones that weren't until it was like "cool, you go do your thing over there, I'll be over here."
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I have somehow been hit by a ton of the Not Okay branches on the furry tree and it bums me out because I'm sure most of you are lovely people but I kept ramming into the ones that weren't until it was like "cool, you go do your thing over there, I'll be over here."
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It's cyberpunk! It's sword n sorcery! It's bleak, lurid horror! it's the political intrigue and court politics of vapid back alley scene queens who are too self absorbed to notice theyre living in a collapsing cosmic horrorshow.
It's set in the same world as Decrepit Ritual!
it's FURIES!
It's set in the same world as Decrepit Ritual!
it's FURIES!
Bringing back the old tradition of posting my new book chapter by chapter as i write it on the patreon, until I finish it and then delete it all to kick off the publication process.
join Ratguts the Slumstrutter as she experiences the worst gig possible.
FURIES
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join Ratguts the Slumstrutter as she experiences the worst gig possible.
FURIES
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FURIES// PART 1// (first draft) | SurgeryHead
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January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It's cyberpunk! It's sword n sorcery! It's bleak, lurid horror! it's the political intrigue and court politics of vapid back alley scene queens who are too self absorbed to notice theyre living in a collapsing cosmic horrorshow.
It's set in the same world as Decrepit Ritual!
it's FURIES!
It's set in the same world as Decrepit Ritual!
it's FURIES!
I mean maybe if the general public could distinguish between criticism and reviews we'd get some fucking traction in here
Good literary criticism is just as valuable in every respect as a good novel; it's incredibly sad to see it cut out by digital performance metrics and private equity companies.
Makes me grateful for places like Ancillary Review of Books & Typebar doing the good work in a hostile media environment.
Makes me grateful for places like Ancillary Review of Books & Typebar doing the good work in a hostile media environment.
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I mean maybe if the general public could distinguish between criticism and reviews we'd get some fucking traction in here
"The Clown Puppet" is unique among Ligotti's stories in that the puppet isn't really doing anything wrong. The guy he's tormenting is just a tightassed jerk.
Personally, I prefer "the gods are strange and kinda doing their own thing over their own people" like the clown puppet in that Ligotti story.
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 AM
"The Clown Puppet" is unique among Ligotti's stories in that the puppet isn't really doing anything wrong. The guy he's tormenting is just a tightassed jerk.
I'd fear an ending more if there were something worth continuing
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I'd fear an ending more if there were something worth continuing
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The war is over, but the nightmare hasn’t ended The bombs have stopped, but life hasn’t returned. Our city is silent nothing but rubble and painful memories We lost our home, and we’re trying to survive among the ruins We have no one but you after God Donate and share our story🙏 gofund.me/d14cbe76
December 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The war is over, but the nightmare hasn’t ended The bombs have stopped, but life hasn’t returned. Our city is silent nothing but rubble and painful memories We lost our home, and we’re trying to survive among the ruins We have no one but you after God Donate and share our story🙏 gofund.me/d14cbe76
People are rediscovering Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and it's kinda weird because that game still has the best gender/sexuality representation I've had in literally any video game but is getting dragged a bunch, and also it's weird because a lot of people seem to forget that there are two other games.
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
People are rediscovering Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and it's kinda weird because that game still has the best gender/sexuality representation I've had in literally any video game but is getting dragged a bunch, and also it's weird because a lot of people seem to forget that there are two other games.
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Terra Invicta just left early access. The first commercial game by the team behind the Long War mods for XCom 1 & 2.
They're stuck to their roots, conceptually. Aliens are invading, shadowy agencies need to defend, but instead it is a DIZZINGLY complex geopolitical grand strategy simulator.
They're stuck to their roots, conceptually. Aliens are invading, shadowy agencies need to defend, but instead it is a DIZZINGLY complex geopolitical grand strategy simulator.
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An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar ...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Terra Invicta just left early access. The first commercial game by the team behind the Long War mods for XCom 1 & 2.
They're stuck to their roots, conceptually. Aliens are invading, shadowy agencies need to defend, but instead it is a DIZZINGLY complex geopolitical grand strategy simulator.
They're stuck to their roots, conceptually. Aliens are invading, shadowy agencies need to defend, but instead it is a DIZZINGLY complex geopolitical grand strategy simulator.
The Cathar Heresy isn't a "touchy subject" if you're not a fucking Cathar heretic
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The Cathar Heresy isn't a "touchy subject" if you're not a fucking Cathar heretic
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Sales season is officially over! But a reminder that you don't need money to be overwhelmed with cool PC games.
I still need to catch up on updating it, but my big list of Cool Free PC Games is ever-expanding, now featuring the massive & rad Quake Brutalist Jam 3, which is surprisingly standalone.
I still need to catch up on updating it, but my big list of Cool Free PC Games is ever-expanding, now featuring the massive & rad Quake Brutalist Jam 3, which is surprisingly standalone.
Free PC Games - The Best For The Broke
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January 5, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Sales season is officially over! But a reminder that you don't need money to be overwhelmed with cool PC games.
I still need to catch up on updating it, but my big list of Cool Free PC Games is ever-expanding, now featuring the massive & rad Quake Brutalist Jam 3, which is surprisingly standalone.
I still need to catch up on updating it, but my big list of Cool Free PC Games is ever-expanding, now featuring the massive & rad Quake Brutalist Jam 3, which is surprisingly standalone.
One of the queens from this season of RPDR looks like Buddy Cole when de-dragged and it is hella distracting.
January 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
One of the queens from this season of RPDR looks like Buddy Cole when de-dragged and it is hella distracting.
Sorry, did not have time to start Disc Horsey tonight while streaming RPDR for friends, had to delete, might put it up later but agh
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Sorry, did not have time to start Disc Horsey tonight while streaming RPDR for friends, had to delete, might put it up later but agh
Similarly: "Is it ambiguity, or did you confuse taking your prion medication with watching CinemaSins videos again?"
This is why I hate some people going "aha! This question has no answer" and I'm sitting here going "I read that thing, did anyone actually *ask* the question you're talking about, or did you pull it out of your ass because you desperately need to analyze the plot rather than experiencing the story?"
January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Similarly: "Is it ambiguity, or did you confuse taking your prion medication with watching CinemaSins videos again?"
One thing that gets me is when people go "if I say something nice about (art/media they trashed) will you stop trying to discuss it with me?"
Does that actually work? Is "If I condescend to you will you shut up?" a strategy people actually take with success? Because it looks fucking stupid.
Does that actually work? Is "If I condescend to you will you shut up?" a strategy people actually take with success? Because it looks fucking stupid.
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
One thing that gets me is when people go "if I say something nice about (art/media they trashed) will you stop trying to discuss it with me?"
Does that actually work? Is "If I condescend to you will you shut up?" a strategy people actually take with success? Because it looks fucking stupid.
Does that actually work? Is "If I condescend to you will you shut up?" a strategy people actually take with success? Because it looks fucking stupid.
People don't understand my tolerance levels with dumb things in books, so understand: I read books with titles like "Clusterfuck" or literally titled "Zombies And Shit" cover to cover. I have seen the face of what dwells in the Pit and have every right to mock people for quailing at major pub books.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
People don't understand my tolerance levels with dumb things in books, so understand: I read books with titles like "Clusterfuck" or literally titled "Zombies And Shit" cover to cover. I have seen the face of what dwells in the Pit and have every right to mock people for quailing at major pub books.
I know it's self-centered and immature, but I worry when all the dust settles the numinous will be dead and me along with it.
Well, more dead. Ain't like there's a lot of either thing to go around.
Well, more dead. Ain't like there's a lot of either thing to go around.
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I know it's self-centered and immature, but I worry when all the dust settles the numinous will be dead and me along with it.
Well, more dead. Ain't like there's a lot of either thing to go around.
Well, more dead. Ain't like there's a lot of either thing to go around.
The Venn diagram between "narc wound" and "long-held grudge" is only barely not a circle by the most technical of definitions
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The Venn diagram between "narc wound" and "long-held grudge" is only barely not a circle by the most technical of definitions
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#booksky My favourite books I read in 2025:
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro
Continued⬇️
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro
Continued⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
#booksky My favourite books I read in 2025:
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro
Continued⬇️
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro
Continued⬇️
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Who likes audiobooks? Adventure horror? Dark academia?
My award-winning novel, Shadow of the Hidden is currently half price over Barnes and Noble's Nook #Audiobook store.
Grab it for $2.99 until the end of January!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-of-...
Beware the curse!
#HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱
My award-winning novel, Shadow of the Hidden is currently half price over Barnes and Noble's Nook #Audiobook store.
Grab it for $2.99 until the end of January!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-of-...
Beware the curse!
#HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱
Shadow of the Hidden: A novel of adventure horror
“Shadow of the Hiddentakes the reader on a whirlwind and heartrending adventure through Turkey and North Africa, embracing culture, cuisine and curses along the way. A trip of a read! I loved it!”- Ca...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Who likes audiobooks? Adventure horror? Dark academia?
My award-winning novel, Shadow of the Hidden is currently half price over Barnes and Noble's Nook #Audiobook store.
Grab it for $2.99 until the end of January!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-of-...
Beware the curse!
#HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱
My award-winning novel, Shadow of the Hidden is currently half price over Barnes and Noble's Nook #Audiobook store.
Grab it for $2.99 until the end of January!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-of-...
Beware the curse!
#HorrorBooks #BookSky 📚😱
Here's hoping 2026 is the year I finally do something about switch-flipping in art.
I know it's hard, people, but you gotta do more than just go "you're this so you'll respond when I put this in my art and like me more," or use the right buzzwords, you actually have to
y'know
do work
I know it's hard, people, but you gotta do more than just go "you're this so you'll respond when I put this in my art and like me more," or use the right buzzwords, you actually have to
y'know
do work
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Here's hoping 2026 is the year I finally do something about switch-flipping in art.
I know it's hard, people, but you gotta do more than just go "you're this so you'll respond when I put this in my art and like me more," or use the right buzzwords, you actually have to
y'know
do work
I know it's hard, people, but you gotta do more than just go "you're this so you'll respond when I put this in my art and like me more," or use the right buzzwords, you actually have to
y'know
do work
If your timeline for cyberpunk starts with the 1980s, you're thirty years too late and an embarrassment to us all.
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If your timeline for cyberpunk starts with the 1980s, you're thirty years too late and an embarrassment to us all.
oh sweet i love my life with the thrill kill kult
Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
oh sweet i love my life with the thrill kill kult
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Never been stalked by a spambot before. Weird sensation.
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Never been stalked by a spambot before. Weird sensation.
My job is to wait like a trapdoor spider until someone says a lot about weird fiction, horror, or cyberpunk and then emerge, shrieking, to challenge all their assumptions while not directly mentioning them because if the culture changes around them, they lose forever.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
My job is to wait like a trapdoor spider until someone says a lot about weird fiction, horror, or cyberpunk and then emerge, shrieking, to challenge all their assumptions while not directly mentioning them because if the culture changes around them, they lose forever.