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
Waterstones is having a mega deal on some cool books available to pre-order, including Moonflow! Seems like a good idea to me! 🤔
Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off the gooiest, goopiest psychedelic trans slatterpunk gorefest of the summer!
Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off the gooiest, goopiest psychedelic trans slatterpunk gorefest of the summer!
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Waterstones is having a mega deal on some cool books available to pre-order, including Moonflow! Seems like a good idea to me! 🤔
Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off the gooiest, goopiest psychedelic trans slatterpunk gorefest of the summer!
Use the code SUMMER25 at checkout to get 25% off the gooiest, goopiest psychedelic trans slatterpunk gorefest of the summer!
HEY, SACRAMENTO PEEPS!!! our very own bitter karella will be doing a reading and Q&A at Bloodstone Books to celebrate the release of her debut trans splatterpunk novel MOONFLOW on Sept. 4!! you should consider going unless you want to be uncool bloodstonebookshop.com/products/moo...
July 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
HEY, SACRAMENTO PEEPS!!! our very own bitter karella will be doing a reading and Q&A at Bloodstone Books to celebrate the release of her debut trans splatterpunk novel MOONFLOW on Sept. 4!! you should consider going unless you want to be uncool bloodstonebookshop.com/products/moo...
Come to bloodstone books in Sacramento today if you want an ass kicking!
June 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Come to bloodstone books in Sacramento today if you want an ass kicking!
(Okay, maybe I'm being gauche because I'm in the same issue of Split Scream, BUTTTT Lyndsey Croal's The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes has indeed been nominated for a Shirley Jackson award! You should check it out! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal)
June 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
(Okay, maybe I'm being gauche because I'm in the same issue of Split Scream, BUTTTT Lyndsey Croal's The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes has indeed been nominated for a Shirley Jackson award! You should check it out! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal)
Big ups to everyone who showed up at Babscon 2025 to see our live MLP-themed Midnight Pals reading! Check out this awesome & relevant pic of the ponified pals by @therealakineko.bsky.social !
April 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Big ups to everyone who showed up at Babscon 2025 to see our live MLP-themed Midnight Pals reading! Check out this awesome & relevant pic of the ponified pals by @therealakineko.bsky.social !
the next bit is kind of a blur but it was probably something like this
March 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the next bit is kind of a blur but it was probably something like this
Karella: oh my god! it's the twins from the shining!
Karella: how can this be???
Karella: i'm at the doubletree Hilton in Williamsburg Virgina, not the overlook hotel!
Karella: oh never mind it's actually just Jamie Flanagan & Rebecca Cuthbert
Karella: but i was worried there for a minute
Karella: how can this be???
Karella: i'm at the doubletree Hilton in Williamsburg Virgina, not the overlook hotel!
Karella: oh never mind it's actually just Jamie Flanagan & Rebecca Cuthbert
Karella: but i was worried there for a minute
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Karella: oh my god! it's the twins from the shining!
Karella: how can this be???
Karella: i'm at the doubletree Hilton in Williamsburg Virgina, not the overlook hotel!
Karella: oh never mind it's actually just Jamie Flanagan & Rebecca Cuthbert
Karella: but i was worried there for a minute
Karella: how can this be???
Karella: i'm at the doubletree Hilton in Williamsburg Virgina, not the overlook hotel!
Karella: oh never mind it's actually just Jamie Flanagan & Rebecca Cuthbert
Karella: but i was worried there for a minute
Our own Bitter Karella will be at STC Authorcon all weekend -- you'll know if you see me, I make it my business to be seen! XD
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Our own Bitter Karella will be at STC Authorcon all weekend -- you'll know if you see me, I make it my business to be seen! XD
Live Midnight Pals at STC Authorcon was a blast! And look - I got a script signed by the stars! @briankeene.bsky.social , @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @kozeniewski.bsky.social, @texascthulhu.bsky.social and @toddkeisling.com !! 🤩
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Live Midnight Pals at STC Authorcon was a blast! And look - I got a script signed by the stars! @briankeene.bsky.social , @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @kozeniewski.bsky.social, @texascthulhu.bsky.social and @toddkeisling.com !! 🤩
For the love of God, montresor!
February 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For the love of God, montresor!
Nightbreed (1990)
November 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Nightbreed (1990)
Reminder! Friends of the Ashland public Library is having a big auction Oct 15-22 with AMAZING swag from over 80 awesome horror writers, including our own Bitter Karella, so check it out!
October 8, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Reminder! Friends of the Ashland public Library is having a big auction Oct 15-22 with AMAZING swag from over 80 awesome horror writers, including our own Bitter Karella, so check it out!
Come to the authorcon dealers room in the next 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking!
October 4, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Come to the authorcon dealers room in the next 15 minutes if you want an ass kicking!
Save the date: The Friends of the Ashland Library are having a huge online auction at Oct 15, 8:00 pm EST with contributions from over 80 extremely cool horror authors - including our own Bitter Karella! friendsoftheapl.org/hsba-2024/
September 9, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Save the date: The Friends of the Ashland Library are having a huge online auction at Oct 15, 8:00 pm EST with contributions from over 80 extremely cool horror authors - including our own Bitter Karella! friendsoftheapl.org/hsba-2024/
Having trouble understanding this joke? Why, it's about this:
August 13, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Having trouble understanding this joke? Why, it's about this:
"A Brief History of the Santa Carcossa Archipelago," Bitter Karella (2023)
June 17, 2024 at 9:49 PM
"A Brief History of the Santa Carcossa Archipelago," Bitter Karella (2023)
Schoenbrun: what i am saying is
Schoenbrun: there is still time to be your own true authentic self
Kafka:
Schoenbrun: there is still time to be your own true authentic self
Kafka:
June 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Schoenbrun: what i am saying is
Schoenbrun: there is still time to be your own true authentic self
Kafka:
Schoenbrun: there is still time to be your own true authentic self
Kafka:
[later]
Rowling: hello fellow sssinai award recipients
Rowling: how goesss it?
Ted Cruz:
June 10, 2024 at 8:15 PM
[later]
Rowling: hello fellow sssinai award recipients
Rowling: how goesss it?
Ted Cruz:
Our own Bitter Karella will be at Stokercon! We'll be at the Sensitivity Reads: Writing Outside Your Identity panel on Friday, May 31 at 11:00 am in Salon C and an author reading on Saturday, June 1, 4:00 pm in Salon H! And tabling with Gentlemonster in the dealer's room!
May 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Our own Bitter Karella will be at Stokercon! We'll be at the Sensitivity Reads: Writing Outside Your Identity panel on Friday, May 31 at 11:00 am in Salon C and an author reading on Saturday, June 1, 4:00 pm in Salon H! And tabling with Gentlemonster in the dealer's room!
in the longmore story, they used a strip of flesh from the penis head to make a clit and the scrotum to make the labia and i gave it the benefit of the doubt cuz
May 21, 2024 at 4:10 PM
in the longmore story, they used a strip of flesh from the penis head to make a clit and the scrotum to make the labia and i gave it the benefit of the doubt cuz
Just look for the goblin hag! He makes it his business to be easy to spot :)
May 16, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Just look for the goblin hag! He makes it his business to be easy to spot :)
Just a reminder, our own Bitter Karella will be tabling at Stokercon this month, so if you're there you should drop by and say hi! She's on a panel re sensitivity readers and also doing a reading!
May 16, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Just a reminder, our own Bitter Karella will be tabling at Stokercon this month, so if you're there you should drop by and say hi! She's on a panel re sensitivity readers and also doing a reading!
Check it out! Our own @bitterkarella.bsky.social will be half of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social's SPLIT SCREAM V5 this July with the gothic western "The Ballad of Horse Girl!" -- the other half will be @lyndseycroal.bsky.social 's "The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes!"
April 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Check it out! Our own @bitterkarella.bsky.social will be half of @tenebrouspress.bsky.social's SPLIT SCREAM V5 this July with the gothic western "The Ballad of Horse Girl!" -- the other half will be @lyndseycroal.bsky.social 's "The Girl with Barnacles for Eyes!"