Tim Lees
@timlees.bsky.social
Novelist, short story writer. Brit in Chicago. Door-opener and treat-supplier to a small dog. Married to a wonderful woman.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
I wrote this. #mentalhealth #mentalillness #hospital #schizophrenia
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Things I Learned in the Asylum
by Tim Lees
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Rewatching HBO's "Chernobyl", a great series, more relevant than ever. The first two episodes demonstrate very clearly why politics should never override science.
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Rewatching HBO's "Chernobyl", a great series, more relevant than ever. The first two episodes demonstrate very clearly why politics should never override science.
Amazing performance from David Byrne and co. at the Auditorium, Chicago, last night. And rapturous response from the audience. Growing old gloriously...
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Amazing performance from David Byrne and co. at the Auditorium, Chicago, last night. And rapturous response from the audience. Growing old gloriously...
Anyone need frightening?
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Frankenstein's Prescription
First appearance in paperback. "A philosophically insightful and literary tale of terror" — Publishers Weekly Banished to an isolat...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Anyone need frightening?
brooliganpress.blogspot.com/2018/05/fran...
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I don't often do Lovecraft pastiches, but I have a piece in here: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
Epeolatry Book Review: Cold War Cthulhu, ed. Darrell Schweitzer - The Horror Tree
Book Review: Cold War Cthulhu, edited by Darrell Schweitzer. Cold War Cthulhu was published by PS Publishing on May 1st, 2025!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I don't often do Lovecraft pastiches, but I have a piece in here: horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...
That thing where you've been out of the house a whole two hours and when you come back your dog celebrates like you've just survived World War One.
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That thing where you've been out of the house a whole two hours and when you come back your dog celebrates like you've just survived World War One.
Wife: "I'm not in the mood for the exorcist tonight."
Me: "Should we reschedule then?"
Turns out she meant the film.
Me: "Should we reschedule then?"
Turns out she meant the film.
October 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Wife: "I'm not in the mood for the exorcist tonight."
Me: "Should we reschedule then?"
Turns out she meant the film.
Me: "Should we reschedule then?"
Turns out she meant the film.
Includes me on my home town, Manchester -- like you've never seen it before...
Reviewers, booksellers, librarians! Spring in the City is now available on NetGalley and Edelweiss.
Discover what else grows in city streets each spring in this dark fantasy anthology:
EW: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCEW
NG: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCNG
UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCUK
#BookSky #TBR
Discover what else grows in city streets each spring in this dark fantasy anthology:
EW: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCEW
NG: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCNG
UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/SITCUK
#BookSky #TBR
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Includes me on my home town, Manchester -- like you've never seen it before...
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The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.
October 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.
Trans people in horror movies. Excellent article here from Kit Whitfield. gnofhorror.com/the-trans-ki...
The Trans Killer Trope: A Harmful Legacy In Horror And The Films Fighting Back - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website
The Trans Killer Trope: A Harmful Legacy in Horror and the Films Fighting Back
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October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trans people in horror movies. Excellent article here from Kit Whitfield. gnofhorror.com/the-trans-ki...
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Thanks to the Trump administration, manatees' plight could get worse. If what it means to "harm" an endangered or threatened species is narrowed, it will become much easier for polluters and others to destroy their habitat.
Boaters are now barely longer regulated . Boat speeders kill manatees too
Boaters are now barely longer regulated . Boat speeders kill manatees too
Manatee deaths rise in Florida; Brevard and Volusia counties lead in numbers
Manatee deaths in Florida are increasing, with Brevard and Volusia counties seeing the highest numbers in the state.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to the Trump administration, manatees' plight could get worse. If what it means to "harm" an endangered or threatened species is narrowed, it will become much easier for polluters and others to destroy their habitat.
Boaters are now barely longer regulated . Boat speeders kill manatees too
Boaters are now barely longer regulated . Boat speeders kill manatees too
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In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.
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I'm in Cambridge at Pandemonium! See everyone soon!
October 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm in Cambridge at Pandemonium! See everyone soon!
New Orleans. timlees.wordpress.com/new-orleans-...
New Orleans Underfoot
Don’t look down. And then there’s this guy…
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October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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This is blame I'm happy to accept. Authors, check to see if you're eligible to receive compensation in the Anthropic Settlement and if you are, file that claim.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is blame I'm happy to accept. Authors, check to see if you're eligible to receive compensation in the Anthropic Settlement and if you are, file that claim.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
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Watched 28 Years Later last night. Was a bit unsettled by the ninja zombie-killers at the end, partly because they all looked like Jimmy Saville. Now there's a real horror story.
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Watched 28 Years Later last night. Was a bit unsettled by the ninja zombie-killers at the end, partly because they all looked like Jimmy Saville. Now there's a real horror story.
Does MAGA know that Amelia Earhart was a champion of women's rights, and something of a gay icon?
September 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Does MAGA know that Amelia Earhart was a champion of women's rights, and something of a gay icon?
Damn. Missed the Rapture again. Still, there'll be another one along in a minute.
September 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Damn. Missed the Rapture again. Still, there'll be another one along in a minute.
“Pizza? Did somebody say pizza?”
September 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Pizza? Did somebody say pizza?”
In Shakespeare, the licensed fool was the one guy allowed to speak truth to power. We have officially entered the King Lear phase of government.
September 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In Shakespeare, the licensed fool was the one guy allowed to speak truth to power. We have officially entered the King Lear phase of government.
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Take that Hulu, Disney, Target, Walmart Money - donate to @PBS, and shop your mom and pop bookstores 🌈🎀🎶
September 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Take that Hulu, Disney, Target, Walmart Money - donate to @PBS, and shop your mom and pop bookstores 🌈🎀🎶
Our dog is like one of those sharks that can smell blood from twenty miles away, except with him, it's pizza.
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our dog is like one of those sharks that can smell blood from twenty miles away, except with him, it's pizza.