John Claude Smith
@jcsmith0919.bsky.social
Writer of Weird Horror and other oddities. Latest book is Autumn in the Abyss Redux. More on the way. Yes, this is me.
Tuesday morning thoughts, courtesy of Robert Crumb…
This, before I’ve stumbled out of bed and crawled over to the laptop to open a story file.
😵💫
✍️
This, before I’ve stumbled out of bed and crawled over to the laptop to open a story file.
😵💫
✍️
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tuesday morning thoughts, courtesy of Robert Crumb…
This, before I’ve stumbled out of bed and crawled over to the laptop to open a story file.
😵💫
✍️
This, before I’ve stumbled out of bed and crawled over to the laptop to open a story file.
😵💫
✍️
Taking a break from the other books I'm reading, as well as just taking a damn break from Everything with one of my all-time favorite collections.
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Taking a break from the other books I'm reading, as well as just taking a damn break from Everything with one of my all-time favorite collections.
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
Yeah, what? Why am I so wide awake at this ungodly hour?
Might get up and read. Write. Whisper to the shadows. Hang glide on the moon..
😅
😉
Might get up and read. Write. Whisper to the shadows. Hang glide on the moon..
😅
😉
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Yeah, what? Why am I so wide awake at this ungodly hour?
Might get up and read. Write. Whisper to the shadows. Hang glide on the moon..
😅
😉
Might get up and read. Write. Whisper to the shadows. Hang glide on the moon..
😅
😉
Lazy Sunday plans:
Chillin’ Godzilla mode
And some writing.
Art courtesy of Chet Phillips.
Enjoy your day.
Chillin’ Godzilla mode
And some writing.
Art courtesy of Chet Phillips.
Enjoy your day.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Lazy Sunday plans:
Chillin’ Godzilla mode
And some writing.
Art courtesy of Chet Phillips.
Enjoy your day.
Chillin’ Godzilla mode
And some writing.
Art courtesy of Chet Phillips.
Enjoy your day.
Excellent movie!! Everything works, the acting is stellar, and PTA is at the top of his game.
Well worth your attention.
Well worth your attention.
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Excellent movie!! Everything works, the acting is stellar, and PTA is at the top of his game.
Well worth your attention.
Well worth your attention.
Me, writing.
Yes, that is how I am usually dressed…
Yes, that is how I am usually dressed…
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Me, writing.
Yes, that is how I am usually dressed…
Yes, that is how I am usually dressed…
Only Madness…
That seems about right.
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Broken sleep. I blame the full moon.
Up shortly to deal with a workout and Words.
Good morning.
That seems about right.
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Broken sleep. I blame the full moon.
Up shortly to deal with a workout and Words.
Good morning.
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Only Madness…
That seems about right.
😵💫
Broken sleep. I blame the full moon.
Up shortly to deal with a workout and Words.
Good morning.
That seems about right.
😵💫
Broken sleep. I blame the full moon.
Up shortly to deal with a workout and Words.
Good morning.
Good morning.
H-How are you?
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Yeah, this art by Nicolas Bruno seems about right. But I’ll be working out snd writing shortly. Perhaps that’s my distraction from the world. Perhaps it just keeps me sane. Either works for me.
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H-How are you?
😵💫
Yeah, this art by Nicolas Bruno seems about right. But I’ll be working out snd writing shortly. Perhaps that’s my distraction from the world. Perhaps it just keeps me sane. Either works for me.
✍️
October 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning.
H-How are you?
😵💫
Yeah, this art by Nicolas Bruno seems about right. But I’ll be working out snd writing shortly. Perhaps that’s my distraction from the world. Perhaps it just keeps me sane. Either works for me.
✍️
H-How are you?
😵💫
Yeah, this art by Nicolas Bruno seems about right. But I’ll be working out snd writing shortly. Perhaps that’s my distraction from the world. Perhaps it just keeps me sane. Either works for me.
✍️
The incomparable creative force known as Clive Barker is 73 today.
October 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The incomparable creative force known as Clive Barker is 73 today.
Good morning from us. Oink oink.
I got nine hours sleep. I needed it. Thinking about reading before I get out of bed to face the day. Writing? Sure, that too. When…I get out of bed.
😉✍️
Art courtedy of David Michael Bowers.
I got nine hours sleep. I needed it. Thinking about reading before I get out of bed to face the day. Writing? Sure, that too. When…I get out of bed.
😉✍️
Art courtedy of David Michael Bowers.
October 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good morning from us. Oink oink.
I got nine hours sleep. I needed it. Thinking about reading before I get out of bed to face the day. Writing? Sure, that too. When…I get out of bed.
😉✍️
Art courtedy of David Michael Bowers.
I got nine hours sleep. I needed it. Thinking about reading before I get out of bed to face the day. Writing? Sure, that too. When…I get out of bed.
😉✍️
Art courtedy of David Michael Bowers.
A great mail delivery day! I received my The King in Yellow issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly, featuring my story, “Physical Graffiti,” alongside many more fabulous tales.
Check it out!
Check it out!
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A great mail delivery day! I received my The King in Yellow issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly, featuring my story, “Physical Graffiti,” alongside many more fabulous tales.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Middle of the night, catching up on jet lag, wide awake after some good sleep…so thought I would catch up with some John Shirley short fiction.
Excellent collection.
This is the signed, slipcase version.
😁📖
Excellent collection.
This is the signed, slipcase version.
😁📖
September 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Middle of the night, catching up on jet lag, wide awake after some good sleep…so thought I would catch up with some John Shirley short fiction.
Excellent collection.
This is the signed, slipcase version.
😁📖
Excellent collection.
This is the signed, slipcase version.
😁📖
It definitely is!
Running around today. Back to the states tomorrow. Letting the novella sit for a few days/week before giving it a final run-through.
Onward.
Art courtesy of R Crumb.
Running around today. Back to the states tomorrow. Letting the novella sit for a few days/week before giving it a final run-through.
Onward.
Art courtesy of R Crumb.
September 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It definitely is!
Running around today. Back to the states tomorrow. Letting the novella sit for a few days/week before giving it a final run-through.
Onward.
Art courtesy of R Crumb.
Running around today. Back to the states tomorrow. Letting the novella sit for a few days/week before giving it a final run-through.
Onward.
Art courtesy of R Crumb.
Perhaps…
This quote is from Borges’s “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” an absolute masterpiece.
As for me? Writing/editing will happen in 3, 2, 1…
This quote is from Borges’s “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” an absolute masterpiece.
As for me? Writing/editing will happen in 3, 2, 1…
September 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Perhaps…
This quote is from Borges’s “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” an absolute masterpiece.
As for me? Writing/editing will happen in 3, 2, 1…
This quote is from Borges’s “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius,” an absolute masterpiece.
As for me? Writing/editing will happen in 3, 2, 1…
Me, this morning.
Running around earlier, more later. These are the calm moments in-between.
More novella edits tomorrow.
Art by R. Crumb, of course.
Running around earlier, more later. These are the calm moments in-between.
More novella edits tomorrow.
Art by R. Crumb, of course.
September 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Me, this morning.
Running around earlier, more later. These are the calm moments in-between.
More novella edits tomorrow.
Art by R. Crumb, of course.
Running around earlier, more later. These are the calm moments in-between.
More novella edits tomorrow.
Art by R. Crumb, of course.
Monday mood? Actually, this cracked me up.
Reading before novella revisions.
That’s where I am.
Art courtedy of R. Crumb.
Reading before novella revisions.
That’s where I am.
Art courtedy of R. Crumb.
September 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Monday mood? Actually, this cracked me up.
Reading before novella revisions.
That’s where I am.
Art courtedy of R. Crumb.
Reading before novella revisions.
That’s where I am.
Art courtedy of R. Crumb.
The changes in the new season of The Simpson are definitely a sign of these dark times…
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Anyway. Up early. Should read before getting to done writing.
Art courtesy of Maxime Taccardi.
😳😵💫
Anyway. Up early. Should read before getting to done writing.
Art courtesy of Maxime Taccardi.
August 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The changes in the new season of The Simpson are definitely a sign of these dark times…
😳😵💫
Anyway. Up early. Should read before getting to done writing.
Art courtesy of Maxime Taccardi.
😳😵💫
Anyway. Up early. Should read before getting to done writing.
Art courtesy of Maxime Taccardi.
The new issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly is coming along. Here's the excellent Kinbg in Yellow cover art by Robert H. Knox.
We're almost there.
Contains my tale, "Physical Graffiti."
:-D
We're almost there.
Contains my tale, "Physical Graffiti."
:-D
August 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The new issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly is coming along. Here's the excellent Kinbg in Yellow cover art by Robert H. Knox.
We're almost there.
Contains my tale, "Physical Graffiti."
:-D
We're almost there.
Contains my tale, "Physical Graffiti."
:-D
The sudden realization I need to read some Clive Barker Right Now.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The sudden realization I need to read some Clive Barker Right Now.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
Woke up from strange dreams awhile ago. Not of being Kafka, though…
Words later. The novella is 2-3 chapters away from first draft completion.
Yay!
Words later. The novella is 2-3 chapters away from first draft completion.
Yay!
July 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Woke up from strange dreams awhile ago. Not of being Kafka, though…
Words later. The novella is 2-3 chapters away from first draft completion.
Yay!
Words later. The novella is 2-3 chapters away from first draft completion.
Yay!
Ian Curtis of Joy Division would have been 69 today.
Incredible lyrics, fine voice, and the dark post-punk music was the perfect accompaniment.
It was love at first listen.
Incredible lyrics, fine voice, and the dark post-punk music was the perfect accompaniment.
It was love at first listen.
July 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ian Curtis of Joy Division would have been 69 today.
Incredible lyrics, fine voice, and the dark post-punk music was the perfect accompaniment.
It was love at first listen.
Incredible lyrics, fine voice, and the dark post-punk music was the perfect accompaniment.
It was love at first listen.
The full moon at morning, as we were out way too early for a walk.
Words? I’ll get to novella edits eventually.
😉✍️😅
Words? I’ll get to novella edits eventually.
😉✍️😅
July 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The full moon at morning, as we were out way too early for a walk.
Words? I’ll get to novella edits eventually.
😉✍️😅
Words? I’ll get to novella edits eventually.
😉✍️😅
Back off, man! I'm barely awake over here.
O.o
About to open a file and get to work on the novella WIP, but my inclination is to crawl back in bed.
You know how that goes.
This lovely creature comes courtesy of the original Outer Limits series episode, The Architects of Fear.
O.o
About to open a file and get to work on the novella WIP, but my inclination is to crawl back in bed.
You know how that goes.
This lovely creature comes courtesy of the original Outer Limits series episode, The Architects of Fear.
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Back off, man! I'm barely awake over here.
O.o
About to open a file and get to work on the novella WIP, but my inclination is to crawl back in bed.
You know how that goes.
This lovely creature comes courtesy of the original Outer Limits series episode, The Architects of Fear.
O.o
About to open a file and get to work on the novella WIP, but my inclination is to crawl back in bed.
You know how that goes.
This lovely creature comes courtesy of the original Outer Limits series episode, The Architects of Fear.
Up early. Errands to deal with, though I will have a notepad with me to scribble words.
This art…seems appropriate for the world Right Now.
It comes courtesy of Christopher Potka.
This art…seems appropriate for the world Right Now.
It comes courtesy of Christopher Potka.
July 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Up early. Errands to deal with, though I will have a notepad with me to scribble words.
This art…seems appropriate for the world Right Now.
It comes courtesy of Christopher Potka.
This art…seems appropriate for the world Right Now.
It comes courtesy of Christopher Potka.
Let’s see if I am awake enough to make this post without typos… (deleted the previous one)
I’ve always liked this quote from Burroughs.
Staying cool is on our agenda. Writing and reading will happen.
Later, we’ve got a concert. Yay!
I’ve always liked this quote from Burroughs.
Staying cool is on our agenda. Writing and reading will happen.
Later, we’ve got a concert. Yay!
July 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Let’s see if I am awake enough to make this post without typos… (deleted the previous one)
I’ve always liked this quote from Burroughs.
Staying cool is on our agenda. Writing and reading will happen.
Later, we’ve got a concert. Yay!
I’ve always liked this quote from Burroughs.
Staying cool is on our agenda. Writing and reading will happen.
Later, we’ve got a concert. Yay!