Newt Leadbetter
@newtleadbetter.bsky.social
"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand" ~ Ernest Hemingway
Short stories, poems, quotes, assistance.
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Short stories, poems, quotes, assistance.
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"Winston's Story" - Flash Fiction
by Newt Leadbetter.
#writerscommunity #flashfiction #chicago #northside #roseland #2000s #brother #microstory #writer #shortstory #shorty #smallfiction
by Newt Leadbetter.
#writerscommunity #flashfiction #chicago #northside #roseland #2000s #brother #microstory #writer #shortstory #shorty #smallfiction
This is one of the reasons I'm glad I left Twitter/X. I found myself in that Transgender/LGBTQ debate on there. The trans people on X and LGBs on there are equally nuts. They make polls and statements that are violent and vile. There's always this sort of thing with them.
#trans #lgb #lgbtq
#trans #lgb #lgbtq
January 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I'm going to begin posting short stories to Substack soon. I was due to publish one in April, but something was wrong with the file. May as well make use of Substack, haha.
December 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm going to begin posting short stories to Substack soon. I was due to publish one in April, but something was wrong with the file. May as well make use of Substack, haha.
December 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Work in progress still in progress haha.
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Work in progress still in progress haha.
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
RIP Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
RIP Rob Reiner.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Made it out to a small one day con today. Came back with one piece of original art, four treasuries, two graphic novels, one magazine, thirty comic books, and no cash left in my wallet.
Feels like a win!
Feels like a win!
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Made it out to a small one day con today. Came back with one piece of original art, four treasuries, two graphic novels, one magazine, thirty comic books, and no cash left in my wallet.
Feels like a win!
Feels like a win!
I honestly prefer this app to X. At least people actually have a conversation here. And about other things, I'm allegedly expected to see in the algorithm or be expected to bite my lip on.
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I honestly prefer this app to X. At least people actually have a conversation here. And about other things, I'm allegedly expected to see in the algorithm or be expected to bite my lip on.
I think what I like most about writing is being able to create my own world. Not just the characters, but the world they're in.
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I think what I like most about writing is being able to create my own world. Not just the characters, but the world they're in.
Woke up at 3 in the morning and began work on putting my manuscript together. I'm going to type it all up throughout the next few weeks, so just files right now. Spent a year and a half working on this.
Already got a rough outline for a sequel, but I'll see how this does when it's done and out.
Already got a rough outline for a sequel, but I'll see how this does when it's done and out.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Woke up at 3 in the morning and began work on putting my manuscript together. I'm going to type it all up throughout the next few weeks, so just files right now. Spent a year and a half working on this.
Already got a rough outline for a sequel, but I'll see how this does when it's done and out.
Already got a rough outline for a sequel, but I'll see how this does when it's done and out.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Airplane! (1980)
(Poster by Nick Charge)
(Poster by Nick Charge)
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Airplane! (1980)
(Poster by Nick Charge)
(Poster by Nick Charge)
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
X/Twitter has become a terrible place. I tried it for a full year and a half again, but I was tired of it lately. I made good friends on there. However, I couldn't take it any longer.
Virtue signaling activists, cross-dressers and that TERF movement became a reason to leave. It was all tiring.
Virtue signaling activists, cross-dressers and that TERF movement became a reason to leave. It was all tiring.
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
X/Twitter has become a terrible place. I tried it for a full year and a half again, but I was tired of it lately. I made good friends on there. However, I couldn't take it any longer.
Virtue signaling activists, cross-dressers and that TERF movement became a reason to leave. It was all tiring.
Virtue signaling activists, cross-dressers and that TERF movement became a reason to leave. It was all tiring.
One my favorite movies ever as a kid.
Any fans of the 1999 animated film the Iron Giant?
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
One my favorite movies ever as a kid.
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“THE MUMMY” (1932) dir. Karl Freund
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron
🎬 Universal Studios
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron
🎬 Universal Studios
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“THE MUMMY” (1932) dir. Karl Freund
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron
🎬 Universal Studios
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron
🎬 Universal Studios
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent." ~ Judge Holden
#bloodmeridian #books #cormacmccarthy
#bloodmeridian #books #cormacmccarthy
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent." ~ Judge Holden
#bloodmeridian #books #cormacmccarthy
#bloodmeridian #books #cormacmccarthy
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Let's talk about my favorite 'remake', The Thing (1982).
Haunting, horrifying, powerful. From cult classic to true modern classic, one of the scariest movies ever made.
Then there is The Thing from Another World (1951), which more closely follows the story 'Who Goes There?'
Who's seen them either?
Haunting, horrifying, powerful. From cult classic to true modern classic, one of the scariest movies ever made.
Then there is The Thing from Another World (1951), which more closely follows the story 'Who Goes There?'
Who's seen them either?
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Let's talk about my favorite 'remake', The Thing (1982).
Haunting, horrifying, powerful. From cult classic to true modern classic, one of the scariest movies ever made.
Then there is The Thing from Another World (1951), which more closely follows the story 'Who Goes There?'
Who's seen them either?
Haunting, horrifying, powerful. From cult classic to true modern classic, one of the scariest movies ever made.
Then there is The Thing from Another World (1951), which more closely follows the story 'Who Goes There?'
Who's seen them either?
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The Thing (1982) is a Thanksgiving movie.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Thing (1982) is a Thanksgiving movie.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.
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@pallettownqueen.bsky.social @ccannonfire.bsky.social @kiajtw98.bsky.social @k31jan.bsky.social what time you guys call this?
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@pallettownqueen.bsky.social @ccannonfire.bsky.social @kiajtw98.bsky.social @k31jan.bsky.social what time you guys call this?