The Planchette
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Reviews of independent and translated horror, sci-fi and fantasy literature from all over the world. Editor: @thetranslatrix.bsky.social.
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Ballet Folklorico de Riverside dancers -- always one of the best parts of the celebration
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ballet Folklorico de Riverside dancers -- always one of the best parts of the celebration
Bits and bobs from my altar, which I built with extra care this year because 2025 has been a year of loss. I've let The Planchette fall by the wayside, but I'm dusting myself off and looking forward to writing more in the new year.
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Bits and bobs from my altar, which I built with extra care this year because 2025 has been a year of loss. I've let The Planchette fall by the wayside, but I'm dusting myself off and looking forward to writing more in the new year.
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Nopperabo is a strange supernatural phenomenon from #JapaneseFolklore. This yokai appears just like any normal human, but it is far from ordinary because it has no face. Generally nopperabo aim to scare unsuspecting victims out of their wits. They lurk...
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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#WyrdWednesday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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October 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Nopperabo is a strange supernatural phenomenon from #JapaneseFolklore. This yokai appears just like any normal human, but it is far from ordinary because it has no face. Generally nopperabo aim to scare unsuspecting victims out of their wits. They lurk...
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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#WyrdWednesday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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This sounds like a dream job (if I had any artistic ability). I really miss the elaborate illustrations on magazines and book covers
Is it too late for me to become a mid-century commercial artist who illustrates cheap, pulp paperbacks and lurid magazine covers?
#illustration #art #midcentury
#illustration #art #midcentury
July 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This sounds like a dream job (if I had any artistic ability). I really miss the elaborate illustrations on magazines and book covers
This was maybe the first time I paid any attention to rhythm in language and it's still so satisfying
June 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This was maybe the first time I paid any attention to rhythm in language and it's still so satisfying
Happy summer solstice! Only 94 days left until fall 🍂
June 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Happy summer solstice! Only 94 days left until fall 🍂
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Your Juneteenth watchlist
* Miss Juneteenth
* The Blackening
* Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
* Horror Noire - the @shudder.com anthology film I bet you never saw! Includes my first adaptations: "The Lake" and "Fugue State" (co-starring Tony Todd!!!)
* Miss Juneteenth
* The Blackening
* Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
* Horror Noire - the @shudder.com anthology film I bet you never saw! Includes my first adaptations: "The Lake" and "Fugue State" (co-starring Tony Todd!!!)
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Your Juneteenth watchlist
* Miss Juneteenth
* The Blackening
* Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
* Horror Noire - the @shudder.com anthology film I bet you never saw! Includes my first adaptations: "The Lake" and "Fugue State" (co-starring Tony Todd!!!)
* Miss Juneteenth
* The Blackening
* Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
* Horror Noire - the @shudder.com anthology film I bet you never saw! Includes my first adaptations: "The Lake" and "Fugue State" (co-starring Tony Todd!!!)
Analog horror from @kgcttv on TikTok
June 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Analog horror from @kgcttv on TikTok
Huntington Beach is a mess...a loss for their city council is a win for all of us
This MAGA-led California city council just lost its fight on banned books
Huntington Beach voters support repealing a community board that bans library books.
www.sfgate.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Huntington Beach is a mess...a loss for their city council is a win for all of us
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We need answers about what happened on Alderaan and assurances from the Empire that it won’t happen again.
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We need answers about what happened on Alderaan and assurances from the Empire that it won’t happen again.
Every single word of this
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Every single word of this
This is exactly what I keep thinking -- every historical event that I was taught growing up was a sign or symptom of fascism is happening. The exact same stuff. But for some reason now it's ok.
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is exactly what I keep thinking -- every historical event that I was taught growing up was a sign or symptom of fascism is happening. The exact same stuff. But for some reason now it's ok.
This kind of nonsense is exactly why reading a lot, reading widely and encouraging others to do the same is so much more important than ever now
Well there are haters and then there are haters. Someone does not want me to do US trips and has been sending tips to the FBI for both writing events that I’m a menace to society.
Wow. It was some bully nut job
Wow. It was some bully nut job
Immigration detained me again. Took my passport. Yay. Fuck immigration
June 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This kind of nonsense is exactly why reading a lot, reading widely and encouraging others to do the same is so much more important than ever now
Chang-Yu Ko's eerie ghost story Whisper is one for Asian horror lovers
Whisper
Taiwanese horror by Chang Yu-Ko
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June 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Chang-Yu Ko's eerie ghost story Whisper is one for Asian horror lovers
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I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason
June 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I sure do love KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962), I mention for no particular reason
"All true democracies place a high value on freedom of expression in the arts and humanities, as have all U.S. presidential administrations until now."
Trump Administration’s Interference in Artistic and Literary Expression Is Anti-American and Anti-Democratic - The Authors Guild
“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth,” said President Kennedy in 1963. “A society that recognizes the enduring significance of the arts and the humanities ...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"All true democracies place a high value on freedom of expression in the arts and humanities, as have all U.S. presidential administrations until now."
Saw it today and I was blown away -- scary, substantive, moving, just everything
Sinners is not a horror movie. Sinners is a holy shit movie.
April 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Saw it today and I was blown away -- scary, substantive, moving, just everything
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A summary of Sinners in 18 seconds or less Probably_NotChris:
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A summary of Sinners in 18 seconds or less Probably_NotChris:
A long overdue new post: I was granted my first ARC! Look for Zoë Apostolides' quietly haunting The Homecoming this July:
The Homecoming, Zoë Apostolides
I love spooky, dank old country houses full of secrets, I love well-constructed stories with something to say, and I really love when an author manages to combine the two.
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April 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A long overdue new post: I was granted my first ARC! Look for Zoë Apostolides' quietly haunting The Homecoming this July:
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Absolutely phenomenal Twilight Zone retrospective that's WELL worth checking out!
The Twilight Zone | Anatomy of a Franchise Part 1
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youtu.be/OFQDkVOPAXI
The Twilight Zone | Anatomy of a Franchise Part 1
YouTube video by In Praise of Shadows
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April 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Absolutely phenomenal Twilight Zone retrospective that's WELL worth checking out!
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i'm so stoked for the murderbot show for a number of reasons but chief among them is that it's pretty rare that SFF written by not-men gets optioned and then actually adapted and filmed and released and i want to see this succeed so that there can be more
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
i'm so stoked for the murderbot show for a number of reasons but chief among them is that it's pretty rare that SFF written by not-men gets optioned and then actually adapted and filmed and released and i want to see this succeed so that there can be more
All objectively true facts
Speaking against AI caused my first follower exodus on this platform. Good! Here are a few more things that always help me clean the house: trans folks deserve to be happy, Elon is an asshole, and Ted Cruz eats puppies.
March 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
All objectively true facts
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It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
March 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.