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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈
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I write queer horror & sci fi. Gay, Appalachian native, infosec professional, 2020 Manly Wade Wellman winner, co-host of Arcane Carolinas. He/him. michaelgwilliamsbooks.com #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #SFWA #HWA #LGBTQ
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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · Apr 29
Do you love signed paperback first editions of weird, queer horror? Well, you're in luck! Mine is available right now:

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#writingcommunity

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Children of Solitude – Paperback
Reginald Voth's mother is (finally) dead. When he returns to the ancestral Appalachian homestead where she raised him, he finds it haunted (or worse) and hi
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qospress.bsky.social
#Booksky It’s the weekend and we have another book table! Look for us at TC Pride’s Queer Writes Book Fair tomorrow 11/16 11-2 at the Machine Shop in Minneapolis!
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November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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marywyrd.bsky.social
Heading into the weekend and not sure what to read?

Check out the works of MG Mason
aka @chaoticauthor.online

> ghost stories
> gladiator horror
> zombie dystopia
> supernatural crime/mystery in Salmonweird series

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marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 16d
Love horror?
Love supernatural mysteries?
Want to support an indie author?

If that's a yes, check out these books by MG Mason
aka @chaoticauthor.online

Pick up your chosen read from
> Ko-Fi
> Itchio
> Books2Read
> 'Zon

Links at:
mgmasoncreative.com/all-my-books/

#HorrorSky #BookSky #IndieReads
Author promo post - Five horror books and five Supernatural Crime/Mystery books by MG Mason, mixed genre fiction author. mgmasoncreative.com - On the left, five horror books include: three Ghost stories: The Residents of James Hotel; Angel's Mass; The Small Bronze Carriage on the Mantelpiece. For Gladiator Horror read Phobetor's Children. For a Zombie dystopia read Dead Lock. On the right are five Supernatural Crime/Mystery from the Salmonweird Universe: Cozy crime comedy - Salmonweird; A Salmonweird Sleighing; Studio Salmonweird. For more spooky tales read Spooky Salmonweird. For a spinoff, read Shadows of Cathedral Lane.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
This is the actual journalism no channel or newspaper is doing right now.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The @newyorker.com discovers Daniel Pullen and his incredible photographs of the Outer Banks. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
Battling the Sea on the Outer Banks
Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home.
www.newyorker.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Substack: Should we be worried about these Nazis?
Everyone: Leave Substack, there are Nazis.
Substack: Well, I guess the Nazis are cool...
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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chaoticauthor.online
Edits for All Quiet on the Terraces is done! Preorder from Amazon now.

Will go on Ko-Fi and D2D on day of release (if not next day, have a busy weekend and start to the week)

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All Quiet on the Terraces: A Ghost Story
Amazon.com: All Quiet on the Terraces: A Ghost Story eBook : Mason, M.G.: Books
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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pmraymond.bsky.social
My Substack. Guest lecturing at Duke University today for author Sara E. Johnson's class inspired me to do something new like...teach my own course at Duke in Spring 2026 - Masters of Dark Fiction: Understanding Horror, Mystery, Crime & Thriller Stories!
pmraymond.substack.com/p/how-guest-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
My queer Appalachian cosmic horror novel CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE is out and available pretty much everywhere!

www.michaelgwilliamsbooks.com/buy-children...

#HorrorWritersChat
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Major shouts out to @samanthabwriter.bsky.social, whose gift for horror short stories knows no bounds! Also to @lucybluewriter.bsky.social whose THE DEVIL MAKES THREE is perfect. I also absolutely love @judithsonnet.bsky.social's deeply emotionally complex LOW BLASPHEMY!

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Q4 - CREDITS

Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.

#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.

Stay around for the outro to share your work.
Question four - Credits - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do. Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, seemingly upside down, trying to get out. But one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Much to our surprise, they have excellent biscuits & sawmill gravy, cornbread made in a cast-iron pan, and a Devil's Food cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting. I grew up in Appalachia, and my characters all eat like they're from there.

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Q3 - INTERMISSION

Time for a refreshment break.

We head over to the concession stand and discover that all the food and drink are themed on your work.

#HorrorWritersChat - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work?
Question Three - Intermission - What refreshments are we enjoying and how are they related to your work? Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, seemingly upside down, trying to get out. But one person on the right has slightly raised their hand.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Oh this is absolutely going to be CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE. I even structured it as eight episodes. The part of Lewis Gwan needs to be played by Joel Kim Booster. For Reginald, the other protagonist, I’m going with Wentworth Miller. (And they definitely kiss.)

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Q2 - COMING SOON

It’s time for the trailers.

And look #HorrorWritersChat - it’s a trailer for your very own horror work, adapted for the screen. Congrats!

Which work is it?

And which actor is playing your main protagonist, antagonist or fave character? Share your dream cast!
Question Two - Trailers - One of your stories has been adapted into a film/movie. Which story is it? Which actor is playing your protagonist, antagonist, or fave character? Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, trying to get out. But one person on the right has slightly raised their hand.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
I’m Michael, I write queer cosmic & supernatural horror. Two movies that my writing nods along with: “I Saw the TV Glow” and 2007’s “Cthulhu” (really a retelling of Shadow Over Innsmouth). The weird intrudes on the life of a loner and on an outcast returning “home.” Perfection.

#HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
#HorrorWritersChat

Q1 - DOUBLE FEATURE

Glad you could join our (virtual) cinema trip!

First, let's introduce ourselves and share the horror subgenres we write in.

Now, what are we watching?

Share the two movies/films that have inspired your writing or that capture the vibes of your work.
Question one - Double Feature - Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write in. Then, share two films/movies that have inspired your horror writing or that capture the vibes of your work. Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - All this text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the figure pressing against the screen, trying to get out. But one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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samanthabwriter.bsky.social
Love @mcmanlypants.bsky.social 's work, especially his Children of Solitude. @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social wrote a story in her Sisters of the Wild Sage collection that haunts me years later. And if you haven't read @lucybluewriter.bsky.social 's The Devil Makes Three yet, you should! #HorrorWritersChat
marywyrd.bsky.social Mary Wyrd (she/her) @marywyrd.bsky.social · 2d
Q4 - CREDITS

Obviously, we’re staying through all of the credits to acknowledge the work of the artists, the musicians, the designers, the directors…etc.

#HorrorWritersChat - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do.

Stay around for the outro to share your work.
Question four - Credits - Shout out some of the horror creatives you admire and share what they do. Quote Post your answer with the hashtag. Don’t forget to like/share other answers and chat in the comments! #HorrorWritersChat - The text is projected on a large cinema screen. The audience hasn’t seemed to notice the red dripping from the top left of the screen or the shadowy figure pressing against the screen, seemingly upside down, trying to get out. But one person on the left has slightly raised their hand.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Just a quick sketch today inspired by the aurora excitement. #art

What a pleasure it is to see people posting about something joyful for a change 🥰
Digital painting that shows the dark silhouette of a howling wolf on the top of a rocky hill against a colorful sky filled with pinks, reds, greens, and yellows from an aurora extravaganza.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
[R's, seeing half a tray of nachos dumped on a sidewalk after a Panthers game]: ZOMG sEnD tHe NaTiOnAl GuArD tO cHaRlOtTe
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. (CHILDREN OF SOLITUDE)

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Chapter One - The Vision October 2021 Reginald Voth's dead mother first appeared to him at the moment of her own demise: a quarter to four on a Tuesday morning as he sat in bed trying to read.
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

(This is the opening to Miserere: An Autumn Tale):
Night shadows deepened when Lucian extinguished the candle beside his bed. The cry beyond his chamber ended too soon for him to determine its source. He listened for the noise to repeat itself. The hearth fire crackled. The blaze saturated the room with heat, but Catarina forbade open windows. His twin was always cold. Sweat crawled through his hair. The seconds ticked into minutes. He remained still. Listening. Wondering if they intended to come for him.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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mimulus.bsky.social
First snow of the season blankets a late aster.
Photograph of a low-growing aster still in flower, dusted with snow in the artificial light outside our front door.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Some of my favorite gaming memories were in a game of Aeon: Trinity. Such an amazing setting! I would have given anything to write tie-in fiction for that world.
theonyxpath.bsky.social Onyx Path Publishing @theonyxpath.bsky.social · 4d
28 years ago today White-Wolf took you to the Stars with Æon 1st Edition! Explore 2nd Edition with Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2... and Trinity Continuum: Æon www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2... in POD & PDF via our partners at @drivethrurpg.com & at your FLGS!
On a black background that fades down into a cityscape, a blue column runs the middle depicting various heroic figures in collage including heroes with guns and body armor, helicopters, and explosions. Text reads Trinity Continuum Core Rulebook On a black background that fades down over an image of the Pillars of Creation, a blue column runs the middle depicting various heroic figures in collage including heroes with strange uniforms and body armor, spaceships, and explosions. Text reads Trinity Continuum Æon Every Age Has its Heroes
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
I hope all my fascist relatives just keep having bad days, honestly.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
It is my pleasure to declare that homophobic county clerk can kiss my *entire* gay ass.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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rdansky.bsky.social
FREE STUFF FREE STUFF FREE STUFF

Email crossroad@crossroadpress.com to get a code for a free download of the audiobook of my modern non-traditional ghost story GHOST OF A MARRIAGE.

Did I mention it's FREE?

Of course I did. But it's FREE!
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
TFW something said to me by my own deceased father pops right out of the mouth of the protagonist's father and I realize, oh, *that's* what *this* book is about. Jeez. Another book my therapist will have to read, I bet. Heh.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
mcmanlypants.bsky.social
Memo to self: OK, but what if this book kind of *is* a mirror image of Children of Solitude, but with a completely different emotional flavor, and instead of just being "Jesus I hate the people who raised me and everything they believe" it's more like "I could be mad or I could fix the future"?
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
A good point as well -- having more kids puts more burden on women, removing them from the work pool and, in the mind of this administration at least, forces them into subservient family service.

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November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM