Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.
"I could smell the onions and the mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"I could smell the onions and the mustard."
I should probably be smart and drop the cover here too because oooh pretty
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I should probably be smart and drop the cover here too because oooh pretty
This is still just under five bucks for your favorite digital reading device, and I don't know why, but if I had to guess, it will stop being this price after today. So if you want creepy family dynamics and alternate reality horrors and maybe-haunted-house funtimes, THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS awaits.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is still just under five bucks for your favorite digital reading device, and I don't know why, but if I had to guess, it will stop being this price after today. So if you want creepy family dynamics and alternate reality horrors and maybe-haunted-house funtimes, THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS awaits.
(Also, as an update:)
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
(Also, as an update:)
My assumption is he means this test, which he treats as “they test to see how big my brain is” but that is instead used to test cognitive decline and even to look for damage post-stroke, correct?
![Text of a cognitive test —
MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT (MOCA)
Version 7.1 Original Version
VISUOSPATIAL / EXECUTIVE
End
Begin
B
NAME:
Education:
Sex:
Date of bith:
Copy cube
Draw CLOCK (Ten past eleven)
(3 points)
POINTS
[ ]
Contour
[ ]
Numbers
[ ]
Hands
NAMING
[]
[]
/3
MEMORY
Read list of words, subject must
repeat them. Do 2 trials, even if 1st trial is successful.
Do a recall after 5 minutes.
FACE
VELVET
CHURCH
DAISY
RED
1st trial
2nd trial
ATTENTION
Read list of digits (1 digit/ sec.).
Subject has to repeat them in the forward order
Subject has to repeat them in the backward order
(]21854
(J742
Read list of letters. The subject must tap with his hand at each letter A. No points if ≥ 2 errors
[ ] FBACMNAAJKLBAFAKDEA A AJAMOFA AB
Serial 7 subtraction starting at 100
[ ] 93
[] 86
[ ] 79
[] 72
[ ] 65
4 or 5 correct subtractions: 3 pts, 2 or 3 correct: 2 pts, 1 correct: 1 pt, 0 correct: 0 pt
LANGUAGE
Repeat: he Cat always hid underere couchel tendogs were in the room. ( 1
Fluency / Name maximum number of words in one minute that begin with the letter F
(N ≥ 11 words)
ABSTRACTION
DELAYED RECALL
Similarity between e.g. banana - orange = fruit
[ ] train - bicycle [ ] watch - ruler
Has to recall words
WITH NO CUE
FACE
VELVET
［］
CHURCH DAISY
RED
[]1
[ ]
11
Points for
UNCUED recall only
Optional
Category cue
Multiple choice cue
[ ] Date
[ ] Month
( ] Day
[ ] City
No points
/2
/1
/3
/2
_/1
_/2
/5
ORIENTATION
© Z.Nasreddine MD
Administered by:
( ] Year
www.mocatest.org
Normal 226 / 30
[ ] Place
TOTAL
_/6
_/30
Add 1 point if ≤ 12 yr edu](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evum3ztvjvpmuc72fd5lhvjd/bafkreiflgwyveshtb6q2zp3afecco544bf6kim4vaspwv46dpbmhobsbjq@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My assumption is he means this test, which he treats as “they test to see how big my brain is” but that is instead used to test cognitive decline and even to look for damage post-stroke, correct?
I do not know why THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS ebook is on sale at all of your chosen electromagic bookmonger sites, but it is. So if you want a haunted house, a mysterious boulder field, a nightmare coal mine, a family under siege, and a disappearing serial killer — well, this might be the book for you.
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I do not know why THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS ebook is on sale at all of your chosen electromagic bookmonger sites, but it is. So if you want a haunted house, a mysterious boulder field, a nightmare coal mine, a family under siege, and a disappearing serial killer — well, this might be the book for you.
I demand you look at this bird.
(Photo by me)
(Photo by me)
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I demand you look at this bird.
(Photo by me)
(Photo by me)
I went flognarde for the first go!
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I went flognarde for the first go!
I just got some yesterday!
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I just got some yesterday!
WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE IS YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HER I GAVE YOU ALL THE CLUES
October 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE IS YOU COULD HAVE SAVED HER I GAVE YOU ALL THE CLUES
I do not know why STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere two ducats and ninety-nine chits at your favorite online electromagic bookseller, but it is if you’re so inclined to grab it on digital for cheapy.
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I do not know why STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere two ducats and ninety-nine chits at your favorite online electromagic bookseller, but it is if you’re so inclined to grab it on digital for cheapy.
This bit in the article gives me life, I tell you what. When I created Vanth, Olyphant was top of mind for me so to have had him play the role was so wild I still assume I’m hallucinating it.
(Of course then I remember I don’t get anything for it, not even a thank you, so reality again intrudes.)
(Of course then I remember I don’t get anything for it, not even a thank you, so reality again intrudes.)
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This bit in the article gives me life, I tell you what. When I created Vanth, Olyphant was top of mind for me so to have had him play the role was so wild I still assume I’m hallucinating it.
(Of course then I remember I don’t get anything for it, not even a thank you, so reality again intrudes.)
(Of course then I remember I don’t get anything for it, not even a thank you, so reality again intrudes.)
ohhh haha the Ruby Slipper is more this Red Delicious, or maybe an Arkansas Black
September 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ohhh haha the Ruby Slipper is more this Red Delicious, or maybe an Arkansas Black
September 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I regret to inform you that I am very much Back On My Bullshit
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I regret to inform you that I am very much Back On My Bullshit
WELL HELLO. In the coming weeks I get to chat with both @marthawells.com and @tkingfisher.com at their book launch events (one in Allentown, the other in Doylestown) and I'm pretty darn excited about it:
September 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
WELL HELLO. In the coming weeks I get to chat with both @marthawells.com and @tkingfisher.com at their book launch events (one in Allentown, the other in Doylestown) and I'm pretty darn excited about it:
shit maybe Ted Cruz was a red herring
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
shit maybe Ted Cruz was a red herring
Okay, I warned you yesterday but SPIDER POST SPIDER POST SPIDER POST. Look. Spiders are great! They're our friends. They do good work out there and in our houses. I love spiders and how can you not love THIS spider, who is both a work of art *and* wildly successful at this game of hide-and-seek?
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Okay, I warned you yesterday but SPIDER POST SPIDER POST SPIDER POST. Look. Spiders are great! They're our friends. They do good work out there and in our houses. I love spiders and how can you not love THIS spider, who is both a work of art *and* wildly successful at this game of hide-and-seek?
this is the only Rapture I recognize
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
this is the only Rapture I recognize