Tom Coombe
@calmtomb.bsky.social
Horror writer, occasionally funny
…um, Jack Frost nipping at your nose?
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
…um, Jack Frost nipping at your nose?
Much about the world is awful but a bright spot in the last year has been this little demon living with us.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Much about the world is awful but a bright spot in the last year has been this little demon living with us.
My immediate answer everytime this topic comes up.
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My immediate answer everytime this topic comes up.
I cannot help but read this to the beat of the narration from “I’m Losing My Edge” by LCD Soundsystem.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I cannot help but read this to the beat of the narration from “I’m Losing My Edge” by LCD Soundsystem.
Really casts the opening lines in a new light.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Really casts the opening lines in a new light.
I hate this so goddamned much. This whole insular media world. I see all the time with my job, Bloomberg News/Financial Times house style that giving off the same sort of vibe as a mob guy saying "a friend of ours."
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I hate this so goddamned much. This whole insular media world. I see all the time with my job, Bloomberg News/Financial Times house style that giving off the same sort of vibe as a mob guy saying "a friend of ours."
2027: an acid-scarred Trump uses the equally scarred coin to determine all policy decisions.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
2027: an acid-scarred Trump uses the equally scarred coin to determine all policy decisions.
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Employees must smile if less than 10 feet from a customer."
I like to think this implies Eli Roth has only seen “The Straight Story.”
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I like to think this implies Eli Roth has only seen “The Straight Story.”
Post you from a different era.
Mid-to-late 90s, with dog
Mid-to-late 90s, with dog
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Post you from a different era.
Mid-to-late 90s, with dog
Mid-to-late 90s, with dog
And by “only,” I mean “which 31 states?”
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And by “only,” I mean “which 31 states?”
What I think of whenever I hear the name "Dick Cheney." Glad this didn't come to pass.
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What I think of whenever I hear the name "Dick Cheney." Glad this didn't come to pass.
Paul Sorvino’s face in Goodfellas after he says “What am I supposed to do, shoot him?” and the nightclub owner says “That wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Paul Sorvino’s face in Goodfellas after he says “What am I supposed to do, shoot him?” and the nightclub owner says “That wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
After 15 of these in two days.
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
After 15 of these in two days.
One of my favorite running gags from the earlier days of The Simpsons: Bart envisioning some depressing/horrific future for himself and responding with an impressed "Cool."
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
One of my favorite running gags from the earlier days of The Simpsons: Bart envisioning some depressing/horrific future for himself and responding with an impressed "Cool."
Happy National Cat Day from this hellion who definitely did not wake me up at 3 AM for arcane reasons.
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy National Cat Day from this hellion who definitely did not wake me up at 3 AM for arcane reasons.
Just in time for Halloween. Thank you, @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social.
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Just in time for Halloween. Thank you, @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social.
I don’t want to pick on a stranger but what a miserable way to watch movies.
October 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I don’t want to pick on a stranger but what a miserable way to watch movies.
Sure it’s ungodly, the type of thing that happens more than once in Stephen King’s IT, but there’s a ridiculous amount of money to be had before the wheels fall off.
October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sure it’s ungodly, the type of thing that happens more than once in Stephen King’s IT, but there’s a ridiculous amount of money to be had before the wheels fall off.
What's it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What's it like inside your head?
“Honey, when you’re at the store, try to pick up some orange milk.”
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Honey, when you’re at the store, try to pick up some orange milk.”
Define “perfect ending”
October 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Define “perfect ending”
“Uncle” Jeff Kane from Veep steals every scene he’s in and (of all the show’s reprehensible characters, the one I would want to encounter the least. It’s like he traveled from the Black Lodge to do guest spots on the show.
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Uncle” Jeff Kane from Veep steals every scene he’s in and (of all the show’s reprehensible characters, the one I would want to encounter the least. It’s like he traveled from the Black Lodge to do guest spots on the show.
Cameo appearance from the breakout star of Alien: Earth
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Cameo appearance from the breakout star of Alien: Earth