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Michelle Heller | Indie Horror Author
@michelleheller.bsky.social
330 followers 130 following 2.4K posts
Just a local cryptid
(She/Her)
Horror Nerd | Movie Fanatic | General Weirdo

Definitely, totally human, don't worry about it

🚫NO GEN AI🚫

https://linktr.ee/Michelle_Heller
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Ooo this seems fun :D

❄️December #promosky ❄️
Michelle • 36 • cis/straight
A local cryptid that writes indie horror novels.

💀Undiagnosed but Something's Spicy
💀Chill gamer
💀Nature lover
💀Movie nerd
💀Music nerd
💀Occasional artist

I don't share photos of myself so here's some doodles 🤣
This is a concept of one of my monsters from The Worst Summer of My Life, called Jawbones. It has a long neck riddles with human mandibles, a head made up of two fused skulls, and a "quadrupedal" body design but it had 8 limbs total - all human parts. On its back are scrawny, poorly formed, nubby limbs. This is a concept of one of my monsters from The Worst Summer of My Life, named Frog Mouth. It is also an 8-limbed creature made from human parts, though its mouth is two fused human torsos split open, oriented sideways. The broken ribs serve as "teeth" and a length of intestine are its "tongue" The signature Fucked Up Deer from my novella SOUR DOE. A white-tailed deer in a head-on angle, slanted to the left, filled to the brim with creepy crawly, insectoid limbs that are tearing themselves out of the "deer suit". A VERY old drawing from my high school days that I still really like. It's a creature with a bare skull for a head, elongated and canine-ish, with hollow dark sockets for eyes. The rest of its skin is black. I remember naming this thing the Hollow Beast and it was a concept for a long, loooong abandoned story.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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This tasted awful. Thanksgiving ruined
A photo of a product labeled "Gourmet Cheese Cloth"
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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My warning label? Hmm.

Probably this
An image of a fish creature wearing a bra and panties in a river. It says, "sorry for acting weird, I am weird and it will happen again"
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The real reason I write so damn slow
A belligerent cat laying in front of my keyboard, preventing me from working without bodily harm. He is a mostly black cat with white whiskers and cute little socks and a complete disregard for my personal space
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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So obscure, there isn't a gif in the search bar lmao

Slugs was filmed on location in my hometown and it's REAL weird to watch because I recognize every single location. There's even a scene in the restaurant I worked at in high school lol.
The movie poster for Slugs, a film about killer slugs invading a small town. A screaming man with half his skull visible (and full of slugs) is in the center.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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BASTARD
A gigantic Cane Toad mid-chomp, closing on my fingers Yes, it hurt :(
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I, too, made this mistake but I did choke laughing at this tidbit in my results
A screenshot of google results summary that says: Missing: cum | Show results with: cum
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A Facebook style reaction slider with the normal emojis, except the selected one is extremely horrified
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This asshole can't just lay down and let me watch some Star Trek. No. He's gotta sit up and get so close to my face with his weird staring that I gotta hit the fisheye mode on my camera
A black cat with a white chest that makes a better door than he does a damn window, blocking my monitor
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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May I offer you a photo of one of my foster kittens in these trying times
An extremely tiny itty bitty kitten
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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My coping mechanism is memes lmao
The board meeting meme format. The CEO is saying "We're losing revenue because of our actions. We need ideas!" Person 1 says, "Ignore it. People will forget eventually" Person 2 says, "Frozen hot chocolate!" Person 3 says, "What if we just stop being terrible?" And then he gets thrown out the window.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Awesome, awesome questions!

I have a new book out bringing me to two entire titles available! Woo!

Check out SOUR DOE. A man, his beloved donkeys, and a REAL fucked up deer.
The cover art for my new novel, Sour Doe. A deer that is splitting open and erupting a bunch of spindly legs screams across the cover.
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Time for a new pinned post! I have TWO WHOLE titles now, look at meee! Please check these out and make sure to tell other people if you liked them. I want to inflict my madness on many, many humans.

#horrorsky #writesky #indiehorror #indieauthor #comedyhorror
A graphic detailing my current titles. It says: "Come along with me and enjoy my nonsense Two ridiculous stories with more to come" Below are the covers for both of my novels: The Worst Summer of My Life and Sour Doe. Worst Summer is described with the tags: "Food service sucks. Especially in the apocalypse" "Evil Dead meets Clerks" Sour Doe is described with the tags: "A man, his donkeys, and a fucked up deer" "Slither meets Field of Dreams" Below THAT are QR codes for my online shops, which are Lulu for physical copies and Itch.io for eBooks.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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The great beast's bowl is empty. He laments.
A massive toad reflecting on the emptiness of his food bowl (it's easier to put his worms and stuff in a dish than it is to feed him with tongs because of how insane he is about food)
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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@joshuafrantic.bsky.social Dude these are COMFY you were right.

Excellent purchase from @rodeopunkparade.com
A picture of my rad new pajama pants covered with horror movie monsters
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This is who runs this account
A very sketchy drawing of a person sitting on the floor smiling vacantly as they listen to music. There is a substantial amount of blood splattered all around them which is totally fine and not suspicious at all
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Mine is a stupid visual gag lol
A lock screen with Mac from always sunny, staring intensely at the viewer A home screen with Charlie from always sunny, staring intensely at the viewer
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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10 movies to get to know my taste

Hoo boy. Only 10?! Here's 11, because I'm a rebel.
A poster collage for the following films: The Devil and the Daylong Brothers Tremors Army of Darkness Dead Alive Drop Dead Fred Swiss Army Man Goon The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent The Frighteners Everything Everywhere All At Once Army of Darkness
October 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The Gravastar K1 Mercury Pro is a sexy, sexy keyboard
A backlit keyboard with a biomechanical design and spider legs A keyboard with biomechanical design and spider legs
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I bought a game on Steam that gives achievements whose icons are just letters of the alphabet and various symbols. My profile is now perfect.
A screenshot of an achievement showcase on Steam. It just says BALLS and is surrounded by stars. I'm a totally, absolutely mature adult
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If you see this post a random picture from your device without explaining it 🤣
A POV shot of a man sitting in a bathtub with shorts and socks on. The tub is full of pickle juice, and sunken pickles. On the edge of the tub are more pickles, and empty jars. There is a lit candle (I like to believe it is pickle scented), and what appears to be a Spock pez dispenser (I like to believe it's full of pickle flavored pez). A single empty pickle jar is floating around. There are two DVD cases also serving as pickle rafts, and a floating container of instant noodles...also containing a pickle. He is probably normal and sane, don't worry.
October 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Why do these dipshits look like Batman villains from Wish?

Got The Puffin, The Questioner, and Two-Bit over here lmao
An article about three fascist activists in the UK - Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin, and Daniel Campbell. Charles is wearing a trilby, enormous 70s dad glasses, and rounding it out with a "don't trust me" moustache. Rhys is wearing a sweater with question marks all over it. Daniel is wearing a MAKE BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN hat and is posing in a way I'm sure he thinks is cool and definitely doesn't make him look like the edgy twerp he really is
October 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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"You have no power here"
A close up shot of a bulldog in a deep hole, looking out almost indignantly
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Today's #promptober brought out the idiot in me. I apologize for the psychic damage. "I'm In The Woods and The Sky Went Dark" was the prompt.

#horrorcomedy
“Where you at, Keith? Over.” “It’s Alpha over the comms, Zero. And I’m up on the ridge. Over.” I rolled my eyes. “We don’t need code names. This isn’t a military operation. Over.” Zero. Almost as stupid as Alpha. Keith was about as alpha as a pile of wet socks, and I didn’t know why I let him drag me out here. He wanted proof, he said. Deep in the towering woods, somewhere in East Bumfuck Nowhere, I began to regret my decisions. This wasn’t worth five grand. Well. Maybe it was. But I would rather have had to be a male escort for a day, or whatever else Keith was up to with his sordid life, than to be out here, in a gorge, watching the clouds threaten rain. It was sunny when we started, but if I didn’t have my watch on, you could have tricked me into thinking it was dusk. “Zero, this is my operation, and I’m ex-military. Over.” I groaned. You never made it out of boot camp, Keith. There was something to be said about not letting self-important idiots get bored. They wound up roping down-on-their luck idiots into wilderness excursions, seeking out animals that didn’t exist. “Fine, fine. I’m down in the gorge, Alpha. Still no signs. Over.” “Copy.” A smug laugh. “That’s because I haven’t set up the calls yet. Just you wait. Over.” Just think about the money, I told myself. That’s two month’s rent covered now, which meant I could keep my paychecks for a glorious eight weeks, which meant maybe I’d get a little bit ahead for a change. Maybe I could lie, milk this for a few more trips, get five more grand. It would be easy. Just tell him I saw something, but lost the trail. While I formulated my plan, and otherworldly howl filled the gorge, blasted from speakers on high. An alleged, genuine sasquatch call. To me, it sounded like a guy getting caught in his zipper. The rain started. I only heard it at first, until it came down hard enough to filter through the dense canopy, darkening the area even more. At this rate, I’d need my flashlight, and man, I didn’t believe in this shit; but it was cause for worry. The animals that did exist were just as dangerous as an 8 foot tall ape. Bears. Wolves. The call played on repeat, every ten seconds or so, and a whole lotta nothing happened. I kept my eyes peeled, leaning against the cool, moist slate that layered to make the walls of this place. “I don’t think we’re in the right spot after all. Over.” No response. Damn storm. I moved to climb my way out to get a better signal, and found myself face to face with a ballsack so massive, the flaccid dong above it may as well have been its jaunty hat. I swept my eyes up the tree trunk of a creature, which stared down at me with what I could only guess was disdain. “Can you hear me now, Zero? Over.” I was six foot one and eye-level with bigfoot’s tacklebox. I raised my radio with a shaking hand. “T-that call wouldn’t be like, a mating call, would it? Over.” “It’s possible. Why? Over.” Bigfoot stooped, a gigantic hand consuming my shoulder, and sniffed me before recoiling with an angry grunt. “Y-you ever think it’s a bad idea to-to catfish a monster, Keith? O-over.” Bigfoot growled. “It’s Alpha, Zero. Over.” He lifted me with no effort. Didn’t even need to use both hands. His mouth stretched open in a threat display, lips peeling back over fangs that would make a mandrill pause. I had a feeling I wouldn’t need to worry about rent either way, anymore.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Name: Michelle
Current read: An unreleased novel 👀
Last show: The Summer Hikaru Died
Last Film: Good Boy (loved it!!)
Fav book this year: Sweet Rena by @martinshannon.bsky.social
Fav watch this year: Heretic, Weapons, Superman

+something spooky!
October 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM