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
a wise choice!! :D
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
a wise choice!! :D
Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Musk: joyce carol oates? she a very meana lady!
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: she usa too many semicolons!
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FINISH HIM
Oates: i hear you have a cool daughter
Oates: a normal dad would be very proud
Mortal Kombat Announcer: FATALITY
Musk: so what you think now? i'ma pretty smart, eh?
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Musk: so what you think now? i'ma pretty smart, eh?
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Poe:
Mary Shelley: finish him, joyce
Musk: now waita you a minute
Joyce Carol Oates: [unsheathing katana]
3) Become a Financial "Bat Man": Making the Leap from the Weary Gelding of Public Service to the Rampant Stallion of Private Enterprise using the Proven Entreprenurial Strategies of the Dark Knight
2) Rich Dad, Richer Dad
1) Pro-Racist Baby: How to Raise a Pro-Racist Baby
2) Rich Dad, Richer Dad
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November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
3) Become a Financial "Bat Man": Making the Leap from the Weary Gelding of Public Service to the Rampant Stallion of Private Enterprise using the Proven Entreprenurial Strategies of the Dark Knight
2) Rich Dad, Richer Dad
1) Pro-Racist Baby: How to Raise a Pro-Racist Baby
2) Rich Dad, Richer Dad
1) Pro-Racist Baby: How to Raise a Pro-Racist Baby
6) Dividentify Your Life: How Wall Street Invested Big in Money and You Can Too
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4) The Visigothic CEO: What Alaric I Can Teach Us about Business
5) The Tao of Wow: How the New Science of Thinkology Can Put Enlightenment in Your Pocket
4) The Visigothic CEO: What Alaric I Can Teach Us about Business
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
6) Dividentify Your Life: How Wall Street Invested Big in Money and You Can Too
5) The Tao of Wow: How the New Science of Thinkology Can Put Enlightenment in Your Pocket
4) The Visigothic CEO: What Alaric I Can Teach Us about Business
5) The Tao of Wow: How the New Science of Thinkology Can Put Enlightenment in Your Pocket
4) The Visigothic CEO: What Alaric I Can Teach Us about Business
Elon Musk: da nine books that everyone should read are
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Elon Musk: da nine books that everyone should read are
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
9) Brainology: The Secret Science of Ensmartification
8) Numbers: What Numerals Get Wrong about Integers
7) Future Time Now: How Silicon Valley Makes Yesterday's Present into Tomorrow's Past
Musk: you wanta know the 9 books datta i, elon musk, thinka everyone should read?
King: elon, i really don't care
Barker: hold on there, steve
Barker: i'll bite
Barker: tell us, elon, what ARE the nine books that everyone should read
King: elon, i really don't care
Barker: hold on there, steve
Barker: i'll bite
Barker: tell us, elon, what ARE the nine books that everyone should read
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Musk: you wanta know the 9 books datta i, elon musk, thinka everyone should read?
King: elon, i really don't care
Barker: hold on there, steve
Barker: i'll bite
Barker: tell us, elon, what ARE the nine books that everyone should read
King: elon, i really don't care
Barker: hold on there, steve
Barker: i'll bite
Barker: tell us, elon, what ARE the nine books that everyone should read
Musk: anyway dissa prove dat i read books
Musk: now i off to prove dat i have many othera interests
Musk: anna i not talking about racism
Musk: although i do find it very interesting
Musk: now i off to prove dat i have many othera interests
Musk: anna i not talking about racism
Musk: although i do find it very interesting
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Musk: anyway dissa prove dat i read books
Musk: now i off to prove dat i have many othera interests
Musk: anna i not talking about racism
Musk: although i do find it very interesting
Musk: now i off to prove dat i have many othera interests
Musk: anna i not talking about racism
Musk: although i do find it very interesting
Musk: i reada da frankenstein
Mary Shelley: motherfucker
Shelley: you better not get this one wrong
Shelley: i literally could not spell it out any more obviously
Mus: itsa about how meddling in da domain ova god is good!
Shelley: MOTHER
Shelley: FUCKER
Mary Shelley: motherfucker
Shelley: you better not get this one wrong
Shelley: i literally could not spell it out any more obviously
Mus: itsa about how meddling in da domain ova god is good!
Shelley: MOTHER
Shelley: FUCKER
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Musk: i reada da frankenstein
Mary Shelley: motherfucker
Shelley: you better not get this one wrong
Shelley: i literally could not spell it out any more obviously
Mus: itsa about how meddling in da domain ova god is good!
Shelley: MOTHER
Shelley: FUCKER
Mary Shelley: motherfucker
Shelley: you better not get this one wrong
Shelley: i literally could not spell it out any more obviously
Mus: itsa about how meddling in da domain ova god is good!
Shelley: MOTHER
Shelley: FUCKER
Musk: i reada da dracula
Musk: i lika how da alpha dracula drinka da blood of da betas to stay young
Musk: dat giva me ideas
Peter Thiel: way ahead of you, elon
Musk: i lika how da alpha dracula drinka da blood of da betas to stay young
Musk: dat giva me ideas
Peter Thiel: way ahead of you, elon
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Musk: i reada da dracula
Musk: i lika how da alpha dracula drinka da blood of da betas to stay young
Musk: dat giva me ideas
Peter Thiel: way ahead of you, elon
Musk: i lika how da alpha dracula drinka da blood of da betas to stay young
Musk: dat giva me ideas
Peter Thiel: way ahead of you, elon
Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Musk: i reada da Watchers
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: it about a government experiment to maka a evil monkey
Musk: it giva me great idea for da next neurolink project
Koontz: No elon! you weren't supposed to be inspired to make an evil monkey!
Koontz: you were supposed to be inspired to make a smart dog!
Musk: here my reviews
Musk: i reada da Stand
Musk: it about a real maker who do genetic engineering anna make a real alpha virus
Musk: i miss what happen after that, but ima pretty sure it alla good
Musk: i reada da Stand
Musk: it about a real maker who do genetic engineering anna make a real alpha virus
Musk: i miss what happen after that, but ima pretty sure it alla good
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Musk: here my reviews
Musk: i reada da Stand
Musk: it about a real maker who do genetic engineering anna make a real alpha virus
Musk: i miss what happen after that, but ima pretty sure it alla good
Musk: i reada da Stand
Musk: it about a real maker who do genetic engineering anna make a real alpha virus
Musk: i miss what happen after that, but ima pretty sure it alla good
Musk: eyyyy welcome to elon musk book review
Musk: where da number one alpha read all da alpha books
Musk: [holding up copy of Illiad] dis da oddysey
King:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Poe:
Musk: where da number one alpha read all da alpha books
Musk: [holding up copy of Illiad] dis da oddysey
King:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Poe:
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Musk: eyyyy welcome to elon musk book review
Musk: where da number one alpha read all da alpha books
Musk: [holding up copy of Illiad] dis da oddysey
King:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Poe:
Musk: where da number one alpha read all da alpha books
Musk: [holding up copy of Illiad] dis da oddysey
King:
Koontz:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Poe:
Musk: joyce carol oates, mama mia, she say it gotta no culture! i no reada da books!
Musk: whatsamattaforyou, i show her!
Musk: i reada alla you books!
King: all of our books?
Musk: si!
King: that's a lot of books
Musk: stephano king, you forget
Musk: i da smartest man in da world
King:
Musk: whatsamattaforyou, i show her!
Musk: i reada alla you books!
King: all of our books?
Musk: si!
King: that's a lot of books
Musk: stephano king, you forget
Musk: i da smartest man in da world
King:
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Musk: joyce carol oates, mama mia, she say it gotta no culture! i no reada da books!
Musk: whatsamattaforyou, i show her!
Musk: i reada alla you books!
King: all of our books?
Musk: si!
King: that's a lot of books
Musk: stephano king, you forget
Musk: i da smartest man in da world
King:
Musk: whatsamattaforyou, i show her!
Musk: i reada alla you books!
King: all of our books?
Musk: si!
King: that's a lot of books
Musk: stephano king, you forget
Musk: i da smartest man in da world
King:
King: elon why are you here? shouldn't you be back at tesla?
King: you know, running things?
King: earning that trillion dollar bonus?
Musk: eyyy i can't go back to tesla
Musk: itsa bad scene
King: why? what's wrong?
Mus: i thinka joyce carol oates is inna da vents
King: you know, running things?
King: earning that trillion dollar bonus?
Musk: eyyy i can't go back to tesla
Musk: itsa bad scene
King: why? what's wrong?
Mus: i thinka joyce carol oates is inna da vents
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
King: elon why are you here? shouldn't you be back at tesla?
King: you know, running things?
King: earning that trillion dollar bonus?
Musk: eyyy i can't go back to tesla
Musk: itsa bad scene
King: why? what's wrong?
Mus: i thinka joyce carol oates is inna da vents
King: you know, running things?
King: earning that trillion dollar bonus?
Musk: eyyy i can't go back to tesla
Musk: itsa bad scene
King: why? what's wrong?
Mus: i thinka joyce carol oates is inna da vents
Musk: i have seen films
Musk: ask me about any film if you don'ta believe me!
King: um ok, how about star wars?
Musk: DARTH VADER
King:
Musk: i'ma cool right?
Musk: you tella joyce carol oates i'ma cool ey?
Musk: ask me about any film if you don'ta believe me!
King: um ok, how about star wars?
Musk: DARTH VADER
King:
Musk: i'ma cool right?
Musk: you tella joyce carol oates i'ma cool ey?
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Musk: i have seen films
Musk: ask me about any film if you don'ta believe me!
King: um ok, how about star wars?
Musk: DARTH VADER
King:
Musk: i'ma cool right?
Musk: you tella joyce carol oates i'ma cool ey?
Musk: ask me about any film if you don'ta believe me!
King: um ok, how about star wars?
Musk: DARTH VADER
King:
Musk: i'ma cool right?
Musk: you tella joyce carol oates i'ma cool ey?
King: well, actually, my boy joe just came out with
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] ha ha yes! i enjoy film!
King:
King: uh right
King: so my boy joe has this movie that
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] i like to go the film house!
Musk: like a normal person!
King:
King: ok so
Musk: film
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] ha ha yes! i enjoy film!
King:
King: uh right
King: so my boy joe has this movie that
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] i like to go the film house!
Musk: like a normal person!
King:
King: ok so
Musk: film
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
King: well, actually, my boy joe just came out with
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] ha ha yes! i enjoy film!
King:
King: uh right
King: so my boy joe has this movie that
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] i like to go the film house!
Musk: like a normal person!
King:
King: ok so
Musk: film
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] ha ha yes! i enjoy film!
King:
King: uh right
King: so my boy joe has this movie that
Musk: [conspicuously loud laugh] i like to go the film house!
Musk: like a normal person!
King:
King: ok so
Musk: film
Musk: i love to talka about normal topics like a normal person!
King:
Poe:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Barker:
Musk: what we all talking about now fellow normal people?
Musk: have you seena any good kino film lately
King: you mean movies?
Musk: yes yes i mean movies
Musk: of course movies
King:
Poe:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Barker:
Musk: what we all talking about now fellow normal people?
Musk: have you seena any good kino film lately
King: you mean movies?
Musk: yes yes i mean movies
Musk: of course movies
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Musk: i love to talka about normal topics like a normal person!
King:
Poe:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Barker:
Musk: what we all talking about now fellow normal people?
Musk: have you seena any good kino film lately
King: you mean movies?
Musk: yes yes i mean movies
Musk: of course movies
King:
Poe:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Barker:
Musk: what we all talking about now fellow normal people?
Musk: have you seena any good kino film lately
King: you mean movies?
Musk: yes yes i mean movies
Musk: of course movies
Stephen King: so anyway then i said to him, you’ve got people jumping out of them, and you’ve got water dropping out of them, you got-
Elon Musk: [rising out of bushes with conspicuously loud, rooster-like laugh] datsa right, fellow normal people!
Musk: i too amma normal person
Elon Musk: [rising out of bushes with conspicuously loud, rooster-like laugh] datsa right, fellow normal people!
Musk: i too amma normal person
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Stephen King: so anyway then i said to him, you’ve got people jumping out of them, and you’ve got water dropping out of them, you got-
Elon Musk: [rising out of bushes with conspicuously loud, rooster-like laugh] datsa right, fellow normal people!
Musk: i too amma normal person
Elon Musk: [rising out of bushes with conspicuously loud, rooster-like laugh] datsa right, fellow normal people!
Musk: i too amma normal person
Musk: i show you, joyce carol oates!!
Musk: i show you i canna post real good!
Musk: I'ma make a real good post!!!
Musk:
Musk:
Musk:
Oates: why aren't you posting elon
Musk: i post when i good anna ready, paisan!!!
Musk: i show you i canna post real good!
Musk: I'ma make a real good post!!!
Musk:
Musk:
Musk:
Oates: why aren't you posting elon
Musk: i post when i good anna ready, paisan!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Musk: i show you, joyce carol oates!!
Musk: i show you i canna post real good!
Musk: I'ma make a real good post!!!
Musk:
Musk:
Musk:
Oates: why aren't you posting elon
Musk: i post when i good anna ready, paisan!!!
Musk: i show you i canna post real good!
Musk: I'ma make a real good post!!!
Musk:
Musk:
Musk:
Oates: why aren't you posting elon
Musk: i post when i good anna ready, paisan!!!