The Midnight Society
@midnightpals.bsky.social
King, Lovecraft, Koontz, Poe, Barker & others telling stories round the campfire. Header by David Mumford. Three (3) x Hugo Nominee. Posts by Bitter Karella. www.midnightpals.com
Joe Hill: but if you think THAT'S scary
Hill: wait until you hear about the tale of the black phone 2
Hill: oh hero, named Finn
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: is now in the 80s
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: wait until you hear about the tale of the black phone 2
Hill: oh hero, named Finn
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: is now in the 80s
Hill: like Stranger Things!
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Joe Hill: but if you think THAT'S scary
Hill: wait until you hear about the tale of the black phone 2
Hill: oh hero, named Finn
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: is now in the 80s
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: wait until you hear about the tale of the black phone 2
Hill: oh hero, named Finn
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Hill: is now in the 80s
Hill: like Stranger Things!
Stephen King: okay guys today my boy joe is going to tell a story
King: and we're all gonna give him our full attention okay?
Barker: sure
King: and we're gonna act like it's really great, okay?
King: because it is really great!
King: and we're all gonna give him our full attention okay?
Barker: sure
King: and we're gonna act like it's really great, okay?
King: because it is really great!
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Stephen King: okay guys today my boy joe is going to tell a story
King: and we're all gonna give him our full attention okay?
Barker: sure
King: and we're gonna act like it's really great, okay?
King: because it is really great!
King: and we're all gonna give him our full attention okay?
Barker: sure
King: and we're gonna act like it's really great, okay?
King: because it is really great!
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyy itsa me elon
King: criminy
Musk: you know, joyce carol oates, she says i no read
Musk: but thata not true
Musk: as evidenced by dissa new ad campaign i just start onna twitter to convince everyone that i read
King: criminy
Musk: you know, joyce carol oates, she says i no read
Musk: but thata not true
Musk: as evidenced by dissa new ad campaign i just start onna twitter to convince everyone that i read
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyy itsa me elon
King: criminy
Musk: you know, joyce carol oates, she says i no read
Musk: but thata not true
Musk: as evidenced by dissa new ad campaign i just start onna twitter to convince everyone that i read
King: criminy
Musk: you know, joyce carol oates, she says i no read
Musk: but thata not true
Musk: as evidenced by dissa new ad campaign i just start onna twitter to convince everyone that i read
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Just learned that Moonflow is going to a second printing!!!!!!!!!! You know what that means - there's going to be more opportunity to get your hands on this gross, sexy adventure! Don't pass it up!
My deranged splatterpunk horror book MOONFLOW about a trans shroom dealer getting lost in a haunted forest and running afoul of evil lesbian hippies and their bound fungus god is available for preorder!! Buy it today or look really uncool!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
Moonflow
Annihilation meets Manhunt in three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut horror novel—a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip int...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just learned that Moonflow is going to a second printing!!!!!!!!!! You know what that means - there's going to be more opportunity to get your hands on this gross, sexy adventure! Don't pass it up!
King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the
Elon Musk [rising out of bushes]: eyyyy stephano king
Musk: itsa me, elon!
Barker: hey it's your pal
King: he's not my pal!!
Barker: look everyone it's steve's pal
Poe: that's enough clive
Poe: you're going too far
Elon Musk [rising out of bushes]: eyyyy stephano king
Musk: itsa me, elon!
Barker: hey it's your pal
King: he's not my pal!!
Barker: look everyone it's steve's pal
Poe: that's enough clive
Poe: you're going too far
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the
Elon Musk [rising out of bushes]: eyyyy stephano king
Musk: itsa me, elon!
Barker: hey it's your pal
King: he's not my pal!!
Barker: look everyone it's steve's pal
Poe: that's enough clive
Poe: you're going too far
Elon Musk [rising out of bushes]: eyyyy stephano king
Musk: itsa me, elon!
Barker: hey it's your pal
King: he's not my pal!!
Barker: look everyone it's steve's pal
Poe: that's enough clive
Poe: you're going too far
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Just realized that Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social could be described as a forest feminization story
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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[at Tesla]
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
[at Tesla]
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
Tesla Shareholders: in recognition of your incredible gift for lowering the price of tesla stock, we would like to award you this trillion dollar bonus
Elon Musk: yeah yeah that'sa fine
Tesla Shareholders: what's the matter? you seem distracted
Musk: no i'm fine
Musk: [muttering] oates
Moonflow: still available where ever quality books are sold! You should check it out! 👀 www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
Funniest thing I read/saw all weekend. I picked up MOONFLOW around its publication date and it's next in my reading stack. Looking forward to it.
Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Moonflow: still available where ever quality books are sold! You should check it out! 👀 www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitte...
Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy Stephano king
King: oh criminy
King: this again
King: is there no one who will rid me of this vexing trillionaire
Joyce Carol Oates:
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Anything for the vine.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Anything for the vine.
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Oh dang; for a minute there I got all excited since I'd already done a doll, but then I re-read it. But here's the doll, anyway, just because
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Oh dang; for a minute there I got all excited since I'd already done a doll, but then I re-read it. But here's the doll, anyway, just because
👀👀👀
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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new art challenge dropped: draw jugsaw 👀💦
Benjanun Sriduangkaew [speaking through jugsaw puppet] hello dan simmons
Simmons: what the
Sriduangkaew: let's play a game
Simmons: what the
Sriduangkaew: let's play a game
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
new art challenge dropped: draw jugsaw 👀💦
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Out now on the @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast: "The Tale of the Shadow Over Innsmouth", available on Apple Podcasts, Youtube, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts!
Howard tells an eldritch space squid story, and goes head to head with Mary Shelley in a high-stakes bet.
Howard tells an eldritch space squid story, and goes head to head with Mary Shelley in a high-stakes bet.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Out now on the @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast: "The Tale of the Shadow Over Innsmouth", available on Apple Podcasts, Youtube, Pocket Cast, or wherever you find podcasts!
Howard tells an eldritch space squid story, and goes head to head with Mary Shelley in a high-stakes bet.
Howard tells an eldritch space squid story, and goes head to head with Mary Shelley in a high-stakes bet.
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The @midnightpals.bsky.social are back! This week HP Lovecraft tells “The Tale of the Shadow Over Innsmouth”.
Hear me as folksy inn keeper, Gilman. Gilman is your typical New England local who loves salt water taffy, hospitality and squid Jesus.
#MidnightPals #Podcast #HPLovecraft #SquidJesus
Hear me as folksy inn keeper, Gilman. Gilman is your typical New England local who loves salt water taffy, hospitality and squid Jesus.
#MidnightPals #Podcast #HPLovecraft #SquidJesus
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The @midnightpals.bsky.social are back! This week HP Lovecraft tells “The Tale of the Shadow Over Innsmouth”.
Hear me as folksy inn keeper, Gilman. Gilman is your typical New England local who loves salt water taffy, hospitality and squid Jesus.
#MidnightPals #Podcast #HPLovecraft #SquidJesus
Hear me as folksy inn keeper, Gilman. Gilman is your typical New England local who loves salt water taffy, hospitality and squid Jesus.
#MidnightPals #Podcast #HPLovecraft #SquidJesus
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The choices of how to depict Greg Bear, as well as Swanwick and Zelazny, had me howling! It's so good!
The pride is back, baby! Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: The Podcast is BACK, with a special Halloween treat -- the pals finally get back at those bullies over at Clarion West! midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The Tale of Those Bullies at Clarion West | Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
Those stuck-up snobs at the most privileged literary circle of all, Clarion West, have perpetrated a despicable prank on the Midnight Pals involving a paper bag full of dog poop, a match, and Steve's ...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The choices of how to depict Greg Bear, as well as Swanwick and Zelazny, had me howling! It's so good!
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New @midnightpals.bsky.social is out! It's FINALLY Howard's turn at the campfire, and he's doing... Shadow over Innsmouth?? Ugh. Mary took his thesaurus and made a chilling bet. Listen at midnight-pals.simplecast.com
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Each week, a group of storytellers gathers around a campfire. There's world-weary club MC Edgar Allan Poe, nerd dad Stephen King, violent goth Mary Shelley, squid-obsessed wimp HP Lovecraft, and other...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
New @midnightpals.bsky.social is out! It's FINALLY Howard's turn at the campfire, and he's doing... Shadow over Innsmouth?? Ugh. Mary took his thesaurus and made a chilling bet. Listen at midnight-pals.simplecast.com
Stephen King: hey guys guess what?
King: the blue wave is back!🌊🌊🌊
King: it's curtains for DRUMP!
King: end of the line for mango mussolini!
King: no more orange julius caesar!
King: i haven't been so excited since we finally defeated bu$hitler back in '09!
King: the blue wave is back!🌊🌊🌊
King: it's curtains for DRUMP!
King: end of the line for mango mussolini!
King: no more orange julius caesar!
King: i haven't been so excited since we finally defeated bu$hitler back in '09!
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Stephen King: hey guys guess what?
King: the blue wave is back!🌊🌊🌊
King: it's curtains for DRUMP!
King: end of the line for mango mussolini!
King: no more orange julius caesar!
King: i haven't been so excited since we finally defeated bu$hitler back in '09!
King: the blue wave is back!🌊🌊🌊
King: it's curtains for DRUMP!
King: end of the line for mango mussolini!
King: no more orange julius caesar!
King: i haven't been so excited since we finally defeated bu$hitler back in '09!
Clive Barker: hey steve where's your friend elon
Stephen King: he's not my friend
Barker: yeah sure so where is he?
Barker: haven't seen him allllll day
Barker: wonder what's up with that
Barker: sure hope he's not having a bad time
Barker: ha ha ha ha
Stephen King: he's not my friend
Barker: yeah sure so where is he?
Barker: haven't seen him allllll day
Barker: wonder what's up with that
Barker: sure hope he's not having a bad time
Barker: ha ha ha ha
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Clive Barker: hey steve where's your friend elon
Stephen King: he's not my friend
Barker: yeah sure so where is he?
Barker: haven't seen him allllll day
Barker: wonder what's up with that
Barker: sure hope he's not having a bad time
Barker: ha ha ha ha
Stephen King: he's not my friend
Barker: yeah sure so where is he?
Barker: haven't seen him allllll day
Barker: wonder what's up with that
Barker: sure hope he's not having a bad time
Barker: ha ha ha ha
Brom: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of slewfoot
Brom: it's about this puritan woman who befriends a devil named samson
Barker: why's it called slewfoot, then?
Brom: because
Brom:
Brom: because fuck you, that's why
Brom: it's about this puritan woman who befriends a devil named samson
Barker: why's it called slewfoot, then?
Brom: because
Brom:
Brom: because fuck you, that's why
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Brom: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of slewfoot
Brom: it's about this puritan woman who befriends a devil named samson
Barker: why's it called slewfoot, then?
Brom: because
Brom:
Brom: because fuck you, that's why
Brom: it's about this puritan woman who befriends a devil named samson
Barker: why's it called slewfoot, then?
Brom: because
Brom:
Brom: because fuck you, that's why
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Coming this Thursday night/Friday morning on the @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast, it's HP Lovecraft's turn to tell a story! That means you should prepare for STRANGE GOINGS ON in a SMALL TOWN with a DARK SECRET that is ALMOST CERTAINLY A SQUID
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coming this Thursday night/Friday morning on the @midnightpals.bsky.social podcast, it's HP Lovecraft's turn to tell a story! That means you should prepare for STRANGE GOINGS ON in a SMALL TOWN with a DARK SECRET that is ALMOST CERTAINLY A SQUID
Vivian Moira Valentine: [descending into frame on a black parasol] hello lovelies of the night!
Valentine: I've got a fun flirty little tale for you, as sweet and spooky as a dark chocolate truffle
King: wow! i don't know what this is, but i'm sold!
Valentine: I've got a fun flirty little tale for you, as sweet and spooky as a dark chocolate truffle
King: wow! i don't know what this is, but i'm sold!
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Vivian Moira Valentine: [descending into frame on a black parasol] hello lovelies of the night!
Valentine: I've got a fun flirty little tale for you, as sweet and spooky as a dark chocolate truffle
King: wow! i don't know what this is, but i'm sold!
Valentine: I've got a fun flirty little tale for you, as sweet and spooky as a dark chocolate truffle
King: wow! i don't know what this is, but i'm sold!
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I’m Greg Bear 🧸
The pride is back, baby! Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: The Podcast is BACK, with a special Halloween treat -- the pals finally get back at those bullies over at Clarion West! midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The Tale of Those Bullies at Clarion West | Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals
Those stuck-up snobs at the most privileged literary circle of all, Clarion West, have perpetrated a despicable prank on the Midnight Pals involving a paper bag full of dog poop, a match, and Steve's ...
midnight-pals.simplecast.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’m Greg Bear 🧸
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We are SO back, it's @midnightpals.bsky.social day and today's BRAND NEW episode is a doozy, in it, the Gang get bullied by the folks at Clarion West and decide to get their revenge by... kidnapping Greg Bear, who is not, to our dismay, a real bear.
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We are SO back, it's @midnightpals.bsky.social day and today's BRAND NEW episode is a doozy, in it, the Gang get bullied by the folks at Clarion West and decide to get their revenge by... kidnapping Greg Bear, who is not, to our dismay, a real bear.