Kate Lake
@liquidquiddity.bsky.social
Speculative fiction writer. M.A. Audiobook fiend. Mostly harmless.
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New post up! See what I've been up to and my thoughts on the importance of reading non-fiction!
hvpatterson.substack.com/p/ho-ho-horr...
hvpatterson.substack.com/p/ho-ho-horr...
Ho-Ho-Horror
In the Bleak Midwinter
hvpatterson.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New post up! See what I've been up to and my thoughts on the importance of reading non-fiction!
hvpatterson.substack.com/p/ho-ho-horr...
hvpatterson.substack.com/p/ho-ho-horr...
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Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Out today! Just in time for Halloween! Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror from Chthonic Matter. Includes "Our Lady of the Grain". See link below:
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
chthonicmatter.wordpress.com/come-october...
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Welcome to The Midnight Labyrinth, an anthology of strange stories curated by an immortal archivist.
From surreal hotel hallways to forbidden libraries, from twisted time loops to forgotten towns, each tale peels back another layer of the Labyrinth’s dark mysteries.
gpress.link/TML
From surreal hotel hallways to forbidden libraries, from twisted time loops to forgotten towns, each tale peels back another layer of the Labyrinth’s dark mysteries.
gpress.link/TML
May 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Welcome to The Midnight Labyrinth, an anthology of strange stories curated by an immortal archivist.
From surreal hotel hallways to forbidden libraries, from twisted time loops to forgotten towns, each tale peels back another layer of the Labyrinth’s dark mysteries.
gpress.link/TML
From surreal hotel hallways to forbidden libraries, from twisted time loops to forgotten towns, each tale peels back another layer of the Labyrinth’s dark mysteries.
gpress.link/TML
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Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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"Hare Moon" gets a nice mention in this!
Thank you for this great review: www.thegothiclibrary.com/review-of-th...
Review of The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen - The Gothic Library
Well, we’re nearly halfway through 2025, but I’ve just finished reading Ellen Datlow’s 2024 collection of the best horror short stories published in 2023, or in other words: The Best Horror of the Yea...
www.thegothiclibrary.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Hare Moon" gets a nice mention in this!
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It's #NationalMermaidDay! We've got mermaids, selkies, and a whole lot more water-based horror in Fish Gather to Listen!
March 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's #NationalMermaidDay! We've got mermaids, selkies, and a whole lot more water-based horror in Fish Gather to Listen!
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i think that AI art is a GREAT example of the current aesthetics of fascism. What is the aggregate cultural perception of beauty with all the edges sanded down, with no deeper meaning, no point of view? The fact that it exploits laborers and destroys the environment is fascism bonus points
March 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i think that AI art is a GREAT example of the current aesthetics of fascism. What is the aggregate cultural perception of beauty with all the edges sanded down, with no deeper meaning, no point of view? The fact that it exploits laborers and destroys the environment is fascism bonus points
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Out now!! Includes my story, "Practical Applications of Fungal Bioremediation"!
BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror. 22 stories thread the dark, lonely forests of the taiga biome with odysseys of grief and self-reflection to skirt the boundaries of life and death.
War-ravaged trees, hypnotic glades, and desolate mountains await you. Get lost in them.
War-ravaged trees, hypnotic glades, and desolate mountains await you. Get lost in them.
Available now at your favorite digital store!
BOREAL: An Anthology of Taiga Horror by Katherine Silva, E.M. Roy, Akis Linardos, Ally Wilkes, Jon Gauthier, LB Waltz, H.V. Patterson, J.R. Santos, Neil Williamson, Marisca Pichette
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February 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Out now!! Includes my story, "Practical Applications of Fungal Bioremediation"!
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Women want to tear you up you POS....
Walk down any street USA without security, and see how Women want to help you with your sexual aggressive problem towards Women!
Everyday more and more Women want to take a piece of your hide!
Walk down any street USA without security, and see how Women want to help you with your sexual aggressive problem towards Women!
Everyday more and more Women want to take a piece of your hide!
February 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Women want to tear you up you POS....
Walk down any street USA without security, and see how Women want to help you with your sexual aggressive problem towards Women!
Everyday more and more Women want to take a piece of your hide!
Walk down any street USA without security, and see how Women want to help you with your sexual aggressive problem towards Women!
Everyday more and more Women want to take a piece of your hide!
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The time for art that screams is always, but especially now.
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The time for art that screams is always, but especially now.
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Let's have a little romance and supervillainy, shall we?
@hvpatterson.bsky.social's "Seducing the Supervillain" is perfect for today:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/seduci...
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@hvpatterson.bsky.social's "Seducing the Supervillain" is perfect for today:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/seduci...
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Seducing the Supervillain - Small Wonders
I thought his villainy would stick to my skin / or slip through, enter my cells like a virus / and transform me into someone else.
smallwondersmag.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Let's have a little romance and supervillainy, shall we?
@hvpatterson.bsky.social's "Seducing the Supervillain" is perfect for today:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/seduci...
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@hvpatterson.bsky.social's "Seducing the Supervillain" is perfect for today:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/seduci...
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“We will need writers who can remember freedom.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
February 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“We will need writers who can remember freedom.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
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You never
ever
ever
have to
be nice
to someone
who doesn't think
you're people.
Ever.
Never.
ever
ever
have to
be nice
to someone
who doesn't think
you're people.
Ever.
Never.
February 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You never
ever
ever
have to
be nice
to someone
who doesn't think
you're people.
Ever.
Never.
ever
ever
have to
be nice
to someone
who doesn't think
you're people.
Ever.
Never.
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“I like your cape, your gloves, /
the way your death ray vaporized that asshole.”
It turns out "Seducing the Supervillain" isn't that hard - but it might be a good idea to question why, as today’s poem by HV Patterson makes clear. smallwondersmag.com/pieces/seduc...
the way your death ray vaporized that asshole.”
It turns out "Seducing the Supervillain" isn't that hard - but it might be a good idea to question why, as today’s poem by HV Patterson makes clear. smallwondersmag.com/pieces/seduc...
Seducing the Supervillain - Small Wonders
I thought his villainy would stick to my skin / or slip through, enter my cells like a virus / and transform me into someone else.
smallwondersmag.com
September 6, 2023 at 4:12 PM
“I like your cape, your gloves, /
the way your death ray vaporized that asshole.”
It turns out "Seducing the Supervillain" isn't that hard - but it might be a good idea to question why, as today’s poem by HV Patterson makes clear. smallwondersmag.com/pieces/seduc...
the way your death ray vaporized that asshole.”
It turns out "Seducing the Supervillain" isn't that hard - but it might be a good idea to question why, as today’s poem by HV Patterson makes clear. smallwondersmag.com/pieces/seduc...
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Strange Wilds Press has always been about showing love for wildlife through horror literature. My heart breaks for those enduring the devastating fires in California. I've pledged I will donate 20% of the total of any BOREAL paperback orders through our shop to aid those affected by the wildfires. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Strange Wilds Press has always been about showing love for wildlife through horror literature. My heart breaks for those enduring the devastating fires in California. I've pledged I will donate 20% of the total of any BOREAL paperback orders through our shop to aid those affected by the wildfires. 🧵
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There Is a Cybertruck Fire That Never Goes Out
January 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There Is a Cybertruck Fire That Never Goes Out
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There are 261 working days in 2025. If you write just 1 page a day, that’s just 250-300 wds a day, you can write 2 1/2 scripts or one novel by New Years Eve.
If you write just 2 pages a working day (600wds/day) you can write 5 scripts, 2 novels or one 150,000 word magnum opus.
Just. Keep. Writing.
If you write just 2 pages a working day (600wds/day) you can write 5 scripts, 2 novels or one 150,000 word magnum opus.
Just. Keep. Writing.
January 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
There are 261 working days in 2025. If you write just 1 page a day, that’s just 250-300 wds a day, you can write 2 1/2 scripts or one novel by New Years Eve.
If you write just 2 pages a working day (600wds/day) you can write 5 scripts, 2 novels or one 150,000 word magnum opus.
Just. Keep. Writing.
If you write just 2 pages a working day (600wds/day) you can write 5 scripts, 2 novels or one 150,000 word magnum opus.
Just. Keep. Writing.
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Vodka, masks and lipstick traces
November 23, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Vodka, masks and lipstick traces
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If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 PM
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life