Stephanie Smith 🌙
banner
horrorsteph78.bsky.social
Stephanie Smith 🌙
@horrorsteph78.bsky.social
Writer / Poet
Lives in: Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

💙 Jeopardy! * memory sports * trivia * horror films * Clive Barker * Shakespeare * Star Trek * Monty Python * HSAM 💙
"Maybe it's the way you touch me
With the warmth of the sun
Maybe it's the way you smile
I come all undone
Ooh, babe
Lost in love is what I feel
When I'm with you"
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I hate posting pictures of myself, but this is the first photo taken of us the day we got Sammy, April 22, 2020. Sent the pic to my mom to surprise her. Happiest day of my life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sammy and Kevin, best buddies, goofing off during happier times. 🌞
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I feel like I experienced the worst morning of my 47 years of life. Sammy came to live with us not long after moving into this house & I have never felt such emptiness as getting up today without him there. No Sammy sleeping in a patch of sunlight on the floor. No Sammy on his chair. It's all gone.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Bit mainstream in thought, but it does makes me think of the Behemoth in "The Mist". Sure is a breathtaking photo.
October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Photo taken of Sammy before vet appointment yesterday. Look at that face! It breaks my heart that at this time we were thinking he just maybe had a tooth or gum infection or at worst an abscessed tooth only to find out he has a mass in his abdomen. My whole world is at a standstill. 😿
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thank you. I sure hope so. He's my baby. 🙏
September 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Stats:
September 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Haven't been posting much. My Sammy (🐈) hasn't been well so my mind has only been on him.

I wanted to post my final #LearnedLeague standings. I happily managed to not be relegated (had some lucky defense and had an opponent forfeit near the end). Ended up in an okay 14th place, going 10-10-5.
September 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Maybe it's something about this season. I'm feeling all over the place. 😔
September 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
😔 Another tie. I'm digging that hole deeper and deeper. Decent defense may have helped me in Rundle C, but here in Rundle B, it's just not cutting it. I just..don't...know...things. Feeling so stressed and ill lately, too, I can't seem to focus. Still, I must keep trying. #LearnedLeague
September 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
And thanks to #PARTrivia play, I've learned my Millet. Q2 was an instaget.
August 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I did it! Even with two losses while sitting in 1st, I managed to keep my place, which means a promotion to Rundle B for #LL106. A little nervous about that, but I am happy. See you LLamas in August! 💙 #LearnedLeague
June 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Hope I wasn't the only one thinking this
May 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Let's see how long this lasts, right? 🙃 I got lucky on MD11 going 9(5)-7(5). If I lost, I would have shot way down in the rankings. I've not been doing so well in defense, so I have to watch myself b/c it's been coming down to one little point. #LearnedLeague
May 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My poems, "In the Bowels of a Horse-Shaped Cloud" and "At the Center of Chaos" are featured in the April-May 2025 issue of APHELION! ☄️🔭

#poets #poetry #speculativepoetry #writingcommunity

www.aphelion-webzine.com/sections/poe...
May 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Almost made it into the Horror Film ML championship. Fourth place is a lonely place to be. 😔 #LearnedLeague
May 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
On this day in 2020 Sammy came into our lives. He is my light, my angel, my reason for waking up in the morning. I love him more than anything. 💗🐈😽

#CatsofBlueSky #sheltercats #GriffinPondAnimalShelter
April 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, that's a wrap for #LearnedLeague #LL104, my rookie season. Despite a lousy TCA of 68, I managed to place 7th in my division. Off to Rundle C I go for next season (which isn't until May! Oh no, more #trivia withdrawal!). 🧠
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
While SILENT SPRING often gets mentioned on Jeopardy!, Rachel Carson's THE SEA AROUND US was a question tonight (triple stumper, however). Significant books in my personal library. 🌊🍃

#Jeopardy #environment #deepecology
February 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
My first publication of 2025! My poem, "Vengeance", appears in the latest issue of BLACK PETALS! 🖤

#writingcommunity #darkpoetry #poets #poetry

blackpetalsks.tripod.com/blackpetalsi...
January 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think my Sammy has a similar banana here. 🐱
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We lost one of our truest friends suddenly last night. I am devastated and shocked beyond words. It just doesn't seem real. RIP, Nick. We will miss you so much. 🪄💔
November 27, 2024 at 11:20 PM
March is Women in Horror Month and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank editor Jeani Rector of The Horror Zine for including me in her list! 🖤🦇
thehorrorzine.com
February 29, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Quote with a game that is nostalgic to you.
August 31, 2023 at 6:07 PM