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David Kane

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(he/him) author of DRIPPY TRIPPY DOOM and other weird writings. Performer of absurdist theatre. https://linktr.ee/davidthekane BLM • ACAB • trans rights = human rights • end the genocide in Palestine

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Consider purchasing my short story collection. Psychedelic horror and science fiction. Dig in!

Drippy Trippy Doom

“I’m not sure if David Kane is an occult conspiracy theorist afflicted with logomania, a brash new writer who’s not afraid to take risks, or a hallucinatory remnant of my having read too …

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 21d

"Is the mind behind reality your own consciousness, that hermit sea trapped behind the rocky shore of your skull? Or is this mind not even your own?"

TODAY!! a book review you're not gonna want to miss

Sutter Cane’s In the Mouth of Madness by @davidkane.bsky.social

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Sutter Cane's In the Mouth of Madness - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The mind behind reality is insane. That’s the seed from which sprouts the fleshy jungle of Sutter Cane’s masterwork, In The Mouth of Madness, the culmination of his horror career.

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · 21d

Huge thanks to @psychopomp.com for giving me a platform to spread the Good Word 🖤

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · 21d

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My review of Sutter Cane’s In The Mouth of Madness is live!

You can pick up a copy from:
@echohorror.com

Sutter Cane's In the Mouth of Madness - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

The mind behind reality is insane. That’s the seed from which sprouts the fleshy jungle of Sutter Cane’s masterwork, In The Mouth of Madness, the culmination of his horror career.

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Ori-Warui -Wishlist KNUCKLE JET @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 27d

this is good

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Oct 2

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@scareymulligan.bsky.social wrote a great personal essay about a REAL stabbing their mom did on a guy.

Test the Meddle: a mother-daughter interview and short story

…there was a smudge of blue: my mom’s copy of Pink Floyd’s Meddle. I held it aloft and she lit up: “I used to listen to that all the time in my first apartment!” For this piece, I called her up to tal...

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Sep 6

More info on the book for the deadly curious: doompunkdispatch.com/drippy-tripp...

Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy so far; I hope tiny space crabs are already hatching in the pink flesh of your eyeballs 🦀👁️💝

Drippy Trippy Doom

“I’m not sure if David Kane is an occult conspiracy theorist afflicted with logomania, a brash new writer who’s not afraid to take risks, or a hallucinatory remnant of my having read too …

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Sep 6

📕 BOOK BLAST 🚀

If you want a copy of my collection of strange tales 🔥SIGNED BY ME🔥 just send a DM with a mailing address.

This offer is *pay what you can*: $10-15 or nothing at all if you promise to share with your weird gross friends!

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Sep 3

My horror fiction collection is available in print and ebook formats! Please support your local bookstore or library by ordering a copy!

Drippy Trippy Doom

“I’m not sure if David Kane is an occult conspiracy theorist afflicted with logomania, a brash new writer who’s not afraid to take risks, or a hallucinatory remnant of my having read too …

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Sep 3

My book was mentioned in this post by the inimitable @scareymulligan.bsky.social !

Subscribe to their Beehiiv for more terrific combinations of words like “the Kennedy’s genetic sprawl”
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It's A New Month, Baby!!!!!!!

I like tv, I like music, I like being alive

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speedoru.bsky.social @speedoru.bsky.social · Jun 6

PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER episode 3 "Toothless Aggression" is OUT NOW!!! ⚠️

link in the replies! ⬇️

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 22

Primordial ooze is all the same in the cosmic sewer!

David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 22

Your style is perfect for it! You capture CAS’s Weird Fantasy atmosphere really well

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Jenny Exuma @jennyllello.bsky.social · Jun 4

PineappleEmporer's thread in r/Buddism: Can fully enlightened beings have girlfriends and stuff?

locked and deleted after presumably 12,386 pages of heated debate

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 22

I spy Abhoth and Tsathoggua! Great job!

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · Aug 22

Leland Stewart's new short film GOBBLE brings practical effects back to the forefront, with the tale of a goblin who just wants to enjoy his dinner.

Leland Stewart Brings Practical Effects Back To The Forefront With GOBBLE

Leland Stewart's new short film GOBBLE brings practical effects back to the forefront, with the tale of a goblin who just wants to enjoy his dinner.

dlvr.it

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · Aug 22

A brilliant author just told me Invaginies is "a pinnacle of weird horror" & "you write prose that i wanna eat and then the content of what i am reading i am like, 'MAYBE THIS PROSE IS TOO DELICIOUS AND NOW I REGRET'
but i gotta keep going"🤩

Maybe you also want a bite?
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Invaginies

Check out Invaginies - <p><b>The Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author returns with a new collection of literary horror and weird fiction that glitters with startling prose and tortured souls. </b></...

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very happy you feel safe and supported!

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · Aug 22

Don't be a fucking loser

A colorful graphic with the text: I don't use AI. I'm not a fucking loser.

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 22

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 21

Speaking of, your art is REALLY rad. Love the sculpture and constructions, keep it up!

David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 21

Dark Seed! Hell yeah! Yeah the doom & gloom is certainly mesmerizing.

David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 21

All the images in the article are screenshots I took while playing Scorn. The whole game is basically a museum tour of H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński inspired environments. Worth a play or a watch-through!

David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 21

#horror #horrorgame #cosmichorror

David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 21

I wrote about the deeply weird world of Scorn.

The War of Body and Mind

dissecting "Scorn"

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David Kane @davidkane.bsky.social · Aug 19

Giving some love to Seegson Synthetics 🤖