Christopher Huang
@misericordius.bsky.social
I write historical mysteries and dabble in interactive fiction. www.ricordius.com
Mostly, I post dad jokes and puns.
Mostly, I post dad jokes and puns.
"Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde" is actually a werewolf story in which Dr Jeckyll, instead of using a magic wolf pelt to turn into a wolf so he can indulge his basest desires, uses a "totally scientific" potion to turn into a different man so he can indulge his basest desires.
He's a wereman.
He's a wereman.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde" is actually a werewolf story in which Dr Jeckyll, instead of using a magic wolf pelt to turn into a wolf so he can indulge his basest desires, uses a "totally scientific" potion to turn into a different man so he can indulge his basest desires.
He's a wereman.
He's a wereman.
While her attributes as described seem to track as feminine, nothing in the song actually says that Jolene is a woman.
Maybe they're a guy named Joe Lane.
Maybe they're a guy named Joe Lane.
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
While her attributes as described seem to track as feminine, nothing in the song actually says that Jolene is a woman.
Maybe they're a guy named Joe Lane.
Maybe they're a guy named Joe Lane.
10 days left on the GoodReads Giveaway for my upcoming book, A PRETENDER'S MURDER! (US/Canada only, unfortunately.)
A Pretender's Murder (Eric Peterkin, #2)
Colonel Russell before the War had four sons; now he ha…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
10 days left on the GoodReads Giveaway for my upcoming book, A PRETENDER'S MURDER! (US/Canada only, unfortunately.)
"My wife and my daughters" can also be written as "the Missus and the Misses".
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"My wife and my daughters" can also be written as "the Missus and the Misses".
#SweeneyTodd headcanon: Judge Turpin never actually assaulted Lucy. Mrs Lovett tried to kill Lucy with poison and threw her out, and ALL of "Poor Thing" was a lie.
October 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
#SweeneyTodd headcanon: Judge Turpin never actually assaulted Lucy. Mrs Lovett tried to kill Lucy with poison and threw her out, and ALL of "Poor Thing" was a lie.
Why was the potato field so noisy?
Because of all the tubers.
Because of all the tubers.
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why was the potato field so noisy?
Because of all the tubers.
Because of all the tubers.
I keep reading "MTG" as "Magic: The Gathering" and wondering what collectible card games have to do with right-wing politics.
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I keep reading "MTG" as "Magic: The Gathering" and wondering what collectible card games have to do with right-wing politics.
I kinda feel like the best thing for the Andrew formerly known as Prince to do right now is to say, "Okay, yes, I was there ... AND SO WAS T----!"
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I kinda feel like the best thing for the Andrew formerly known as Prince to do right now is to say, "Okay, yes, I was there ... AND SO WAS T----!"
"The Netherlands" ... sounds like a cute euphemism for "The Underworld".
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"The Netherlands" ... sounds like a cute euphemism for "The Underworld".
I'm not sure what to make of this, but the Facebook algorithm just gave me an ad for shirts with clerical collars.
October 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I'm not sure what to make of this, but the Facebook algorithm just gave me an ad for shirts with clerical collars.
Probably my favourite Tom B. Wild song (yes, even more than "No More F***s To Give").
Posting for no reason other than I like it and for some UNKNOWN reason it's kind of earworming me today.
Posting for no reason other than I like it and for some UNKNOWN reason it's kind of earworming me today.
Could You Really Not Just Put This In An Email?
YouTube video by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
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September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Probably my favourite Tom B. Wild song (yes, even more than "No More F***s To Give").
Posting for no reason other than I like it and for some UNKNOWN reason it's kind of earworming me today.
Posting for no reason other than I like it and for some UNKNOWN reason it's kind of earworming me today.
You can fold your arms crossly but you can't cross your arms foldedly.
August 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You can fold your arms crossly but you can't cross your arms foldedly.
Causal: doing things for a specific reason.
Casual: doing things for no specific reason.
Casual: doing things for no specific reason.
August 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Causal: doing things for a specific reason.
Casual: doing things for no specific reason.
Casual: doing things for no specific reason.
Way back when the Saxons first got into Britain, they had Wessex for the West Saxons, Essex for the East Saxons, and Sussex for the South Saxons. See the pattern?
Took me a moment to realise why the North Saxons went with "Northumberland" instead ...
Took me a moment to realise why the North Saxons went with "Northumberland" instead ...
July 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Way back when the Saxons first got into Britain, they had Wessex for the West Saxons, Essex for the East Saxons, and Sussex for the South Saxons. See the pattern?
Took me a moment to realise why the North Saxons went with "Northumberland" instead ...
Took me a moment to realise why the North Saxons went with "Northumberland" instead ...
My editor sometimes tells me to "make a meal out of it" but I didn't think he meant it literally ...
I notice people get more attention with food posts than I do talking about things I spent years working on.
Unrelated, this afternoon I ate a wonderful sandwich filled with horror, life, tight prose, and character work on white bread.
And that aftertaste, holy shit.
www.amazon.com/Esoteria-Nea...
Unrelated, this afternoon I ate a wonderful sandwich filled with horror, life, tight prose, and character work on white bread.
And that aftertaste, holy shit.
www.amazon.com/Esoteria-Nea...
July 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My editor sometimes tells me to "make a meal out of it" but I didn't think he meant it literally ...
Reposted by Christopher Huang
100 years later, we still love it... crimereads.com/the-enduring...
The Enduring Appeal of Fiction Set in the 1920s
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by the 1920s. Especially in the United States, the images of the Roaring Twenties loom larger than life: the speakeasies, the gangsters, the flap…
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June 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
100 years later, we still love it... crimereads.com/the-enduring...
Geeks are the hardest sort of characters to write, unless you yourself happen to be the same variety of geek. Because then you have to research up on whatever obscure interest your character's geeking out on, just to make them work.
June 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Geeks are the hardest sort of characters to write, unless you yourself happen to be the same variety of geek. Because then you have to research up on whatever obscure interest your character's geeking out on, just to make them work.
Thanks, @msemilyedwards.bsky.social!
Powered through @misericordius.bsky.social's absolutely excellent second Eric Peterkin mystery, A PRETENDER'S MURDER (thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social). Cannot recommend a pre-order enough. It's comfortably familiar and perfectly researched, presented without gasps but wonderful sleuthing. Loved it.
June 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thanks, @msemilyedwards.bsky.social!
Why is A Pretender's Murder ranking as "science fiction crime & mystery" at Amazon? I mean, I guess historical fiction is technically time travel, but really ...
June 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Why is A Pretender's Murder ranking as "science fiction crime & mystery" at Amazon? I mean, I guess historical fiction is technically time travel, but really ...
If we said "Estimated Arrival Time" instead of "Estimated Time of Arrival", we would eliminate the one word missing from the acronym and it would be delicious.
June 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If we said "Estimated Arrival Time" instead of "Estimated Time of Arrival", we would eliminate the one word missing from the acronym and it would be delicious.
Did you hear about the private cinema at the Tower of London that only screens second-rate Hollywood flicks? It's just there for the "B" features ...
May 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Did you hear about the private cinema at the Tower of London that only screens second-rate Hollywood flicks? It's just there for the "B" features ...
I know this isn't real and that it goes beyond tinfoil hat territory, but ... I keep thinking that some sort of flu virus is being electronically transmitted to me through my earphones.
May 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I know this isn't real and that it goes beyond tinfoil hat territory, but ... I keep thinking that some sort of flu virus is being electronically transmitted to me through my earphones.
From the upcoming book:
"This was what the Working Lads Institute really offered, Eric realised: legitimacy, always preferable because it was easier than the uncertainty of chaos. A single public library probably did more good than a dozen policemen."
"This was what the Working Lads Institute really offered, Eric realised: legitimacy, always preferable because it was easier than the uncertainty of chaos. A single public library probably did more good than a dozen policemen."
May 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
From the upcoming book:
"This was what the Working Lads Institute really offered, Eric realised: legitimacy, always preferable because it was easier than the uncertainty of chaos. A single public library probably did more good than a dozen policemen."
"This was what the Working Lads Institute really offered, Eric realised: legitimacy, always preferable because it was easier than the uncertainty of chaos. A single public library probably did more good than a dozen policemen."
Thought: What would a crossover between "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Twelve Angry Men" look like?
May 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thought: What would a crossover between "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Twelve Angry Men" look like?
Reposted by Christopher Huang
A- #BookReview: A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang @misericordius.bsky.social #Inkshares #EricPeterkin #mystery #HistoricalMystery #HistoricalFiction #WW1
A- #BookReview: A Gentleman’s Murder by Christopher Huang
My Review: I picked this up because I got teased into it by a promo for the second book in the series (A Pretender’s Murder) that described it as “Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz Meet in 1925 London”. Something about that description started calling my name, because wouldn’t that be a marvelous thing? So I picked up this first book and got instantly hooked.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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