That Burnt Writer
@thatburntwriter.bsky.social
Katie & Seren live in my head along with #GrumpySwearyFairy, #TarlaTheBlack, #RandomHorrorBits, others.
Horror Writer. Beta reader. Metal Musician.
Not on TikTok.
Horror Writer. Beta reader. Metal Musician.
Not on TikTok.
Saw this elsewhere as a screenshot and it made me laugh, and think of my #SciFanSat friends... for some reason, I particularly thought you, @thesurrealari.bsky.social and @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social 😉🤔🤣🤣
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Saw this elsewhere as a screenshot and it made me laugh, and think of my #SciFanSat friends... for some reason, I particularly thought you, @thesurrealari.bsky.social and @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social 😉🤔🤣🤣
The newest edition of #SciFanSat (@scifansat.bsky.social) was out yesterday, and I'm proud to have two pieces in there; a Flash fiction revisiting some old friends, and a poem for my youngest called, appropriately enough, Daughter.
Thanks as always to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SFS crew.💖
Thanks as always to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SFS crew.💖
October 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The newest edition of #SciFanSat (@scifansat.bsky.social) was out yesterday, and I'm proud to have two pieces in there; a Flash fiction revisiting some old friends, and a poem for my youngest called, appropriately enough, Daughter.
Thanks as always to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SFS crew.💖
Thanks as always to @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and the SFS crew.💖
I'm over the moon that #SciFanSat accepted my submission this month "Error: Critical Quantum Creation Failure"; it's an unsettling piece of sci-fi... you've been warned!😉
Can't wait to read all the other incredible authors in this month's issue.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team.💖
Can't wait to read all the other incredible authors in this month's issue.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team.💖
September 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm over the moon that #SciFanSat accepted my submission this month "Error: Critical Quantum Creation Failure"; it's an unsettling piece of sci-fi... you've been warned!😉
Can't wait to read all the other incredible authors in this month's issue.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team.💖
Can't wait to read all the other incredible authors in this month's issue.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team.💖
From my inbox.
...and people are complaining that Download this year wasn't "metal enough".🤣🤣🤣
...and people are complaining that Download this year wasn't "metal enough".🤣🤣🤣
June 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From my inbox.
...and people are complaining that Download this year wasn't "metal enough".🤣🤣🤣
...and people are complaining that Download this year wasn't "metal enough".🤣🤣🤣
Now available in paperback... with a story co-authored by me under the pen name Tabitha Ritter.
A fabulous cause, incredible writers, and unforgettable stories - what are you waiting for? 👀📚📖
books2read.com/u/470REa
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A fabulous cause, incredible writers, and unforgettable stories - what are you waiting for? 👀📚📖
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Now available in paperback... with a story co-authored by me under the pen name Tabitha Ritter.
A fabulous cause, incredible writers, and unforgettable stories - what are you waiting for? 👀📚📖
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
A fabulous cause, incredible writers, and unforgettable stories - what are you waiting for? 👀📚📖
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
Continuing my occasional list of vulgar/slang words that the NYT Games page fails to recognise and yet I have in regular use.
This one is recognised by the OED...😁
This one is recognised by the OED...😁
April 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Continuing my occasional list of vulgar/slang words that the NYT Games page fails to recognise and yet I have in regular use.
This one is recognised by the OED...😁
This one is recognised by the OED...😁
I've co-authored a military sci-fi story in this anthology - now available for purchase!
It's benefitting Women's March, an incredible cause well worth supporting, and the other authors and stories in here are *awesome*.👀
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
It's benefitting Women's March, an incredible cause well worth supporting, and the other authors and stories in here are *awesome*.👀
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
March 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I've co-authored a military sci-fi story in this anthology - now available for purchase!
It's benefitting Women's March, an incredible cause well worth supporting, and the other authors and stories in here are *awesome*.👀
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
It's benefitting Women's March, an incredible cause well worth supporting, and the other authors and stories in here are *awesome*.👀
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
Original artwork by the fabulous K.B. Thorne for "Hunting for Tara" in the upcoming "Born of Defiance" anthology, using a quote from the story.
Image used with permission - it looks incredible and captures Reyna's attitude perfectly. 🔥🔥🔥
Pre-orders here:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
Image used with permission - it looks incredible and captures Reyna's attitude perfectly. 🔥🔥🔥
Pre-orders here:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
February 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Original artwork by the fabulous K.B. Thorne for "Hunting for Tara" in the upcoming "Born of Defiance" anthology, using a quote from the story.
Image used with permission - it looks incredible and captures Reyna's attitude perfectly. 🔥🔥🔥
Pre-orders here:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
Image used with permission - it looks incredible and captures Reyna's attitude perfectly. 🔥🔥🔥
Pre-orders here:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
My latest, 'Captain Reynolds of The Apocalypse' is free to read in this month's #SciFanSat magazine at www.scifansat.com, which has now been revamped and looks just incredible.
Massive thanks to Jason and all at Blue Boar for including my piece; and such wonderful other authors in here as well!
Massive thanks to Jason and all at Blue Boar for including my piece; and such wonderful other authors in here as well!
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My latest, 'Captain Reynolds of The Apocalypse' is free to read in this month's #SciFanSat magazine at www.scifansat.com, which has now been revamped and looks just incredible.
Massive thanks to Jason and all at Blue Boar for including my piece; and such wonderful other authors in here as well!
Massive thanks to Jason and all at Blue Boar for including my piece; and such wonderful other authors in here as well!
Beyond honored to be asked to contribute to this anthology, along with old friends and new.
I've co-authored a story called "Hunting for Tara", set in the same universe as the #SciFanSat story I wrote last month, "On The Origin of Species"...
Pre-orders:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
I've co-authored a story called "Hunting for Tara", set in the same universe as the #SciFanSat story I wrote last month, "On The Origin of Species"...
Pre-orders:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
February 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Beyond honored to be asked to contribute to this anthology, along with old friends and new.
I've co-authored a story called "Hunting for Tara", set in the same universe as the #SciFanSat story I wrote last month, "On The Origin of Species"...
Pre-orders:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
I've co-authored a story called "Hunting for Tara", set in the same universe as the #SciFanSat story I wrote last month, "On The Origin of Species"...
Pre-orders:
books2read.com/u/470REa
a.co/d/69CqsAy
I know it's a bit late, but read my latest sci-fi piece "On the origin of species" in #SciFanSat this month. Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
The other writers in here are incredible, and best of all it's free!
Get it now at www.scifansat.com
The other writers in here are incredible, and best of all it's free!
Get it now at www.scifansat.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know it's a bit late, but read my latest sci-fi piece "On the origin of species" in #SciFanSat this month. Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
The other writers in here are incredible, and best of all it's free!
Get it now at www.scifansat.com
The other writers in here are incredible, and best of all it's free!
Get it now at www.scifansat.com
#vssHorror #vss365
I came to the remote research facility to be away from the mass of people in the city, but my fellow scientists? They irritated me too, so I... well, let's just say I didn't starve when the supply plane couldn't land.
So whose is that #silhouette outside my door holding a knife?
I came to the remote research facility to be away from the mass of people in the city, but my fellow scientists? They irritated me too, so I... well, let's just say I didn't starve when the supply plane couldn't land.
So whose is that #silhouette outside my door holding a knife?
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM
#vssHorror #vss365
I came to the remote research facility to be away from the mass of people in the city, but my fellow scientists? They irritated me too, so I... well, let's just say I didn't starve when the supply plane couldn't land.
So whose is that #silhouette outside my door holding a knife?
I came to the remote research facility to be away from the mass of people in the city, but my fellow scientists? They irritated me too, so I... well, let's just say I didn't starve when the supply plane couldn't land.
So whose is that #silhouette outside my door holding a knife?
#vssHorror
Lo, was he cast out, wings in tatters, soul charred beyond recognition. And even Lucifer turned away The Beast from his fiery abode, so wicked were he.
Yea, on the bones of the living damned he carved "My time is nigh, I am legion", and God was afeared lest he return.
Apocrypha 24:7
Lo, was he cast out, wings in tatters, soul charred beyond recognition. And even Lucifer turned away The Beast from his fiery abode, so wicked were he.
Yea, on the bones of the living damned he carved "My time is nigh, I am legion", and God was afeared lest he return.
Apocrypha 24:7
December 6, 2024 at 4:24 PM
#vssHorror
Lo, was he cast out, wings in tatters, soul charred beyond recognition. And even Lucifer turned away The Beast from his fiery abode, so wicked were he.
Yea, on the bones of the living damned he carved "My time is nigh, I am legion", and God was afeared lest he return.
Apocrypha 24:7
Lo, was he cast out, wings in tatters, soul charred beyond recognition. And even Lucifer turned away The Beast from his fiery abode, so wicked were he.
Yea, on the bones of the living damned he carved "My time is nigh, I am legion", and God was afeared lest he return.
Apocrypha 24:7
#vssHorror
I've done loads of these photos, so just relax, act natural... smile. Why aren't you smiling?
I'll just put the camera down and help you - you have to appear happy in your memento mori portraits, after all.
I'll just scrape the rust off the scalpel, and then you'll look... rapturous.
I've done loads of these photos, so just relax, act natural... smile. Why aren't you smiling?
I'll just put the camera down and help you - you have to appear happy in your memento mori portraits, after all.
I'll just scrape the rust off the scalpel, and then you'll look... rapturous.
November 26, 2024 at 10:17 PM
#vssHorror
I've done loads of these photos, so just relax, act natural... smile. Why aren't you smiling?
I'll just put the camera down and help you - you have to appear happy in your memento mori portraits, after all.
I'll just scrape the rust off the scalpel, and then you'll look... rapturous.
I've done loads of these photos, so just relax, act natural... smile. Why aren't you smiling?
I'll just put the camera down and help you - you have to appear happy in your memento mori portraits, after all.
I'll just scrape the rust off the scalpel, and then you'll look... rapturous.
#vssHorror
"Wonderful makeup," you gush, "so realistic! How did you manage to...?"
You draw closer, peering at my eye socket before realisation dawns.
"Oh..." you stutter, backing away... but now you're within my reach.
The bacteria in my face isn't the only thing that'll be flesh-eating tonight.
"Wonderful makeup," you gush, "so realistic! How did you manage to...?"
You draw closer, peering at my eye socket before realisation dawns.
"Oh..." you stutter, backing away... but now you're within my reach.
The bacteria in my face isn't the only thing that'll be flesh-eating tonight.
November 20, 2024 at 10:06 PM
#vssHorror
"Wonderful makeup," you gush, "so realistic! How did you manage to...?"
You draw closer, peering at my eye socket before realisation dawns.
"Oh..." you stutter, backing away... but now you're within my reach.
The bacteria in my face isn't the only thing that'll be flesh-eating tonight.
"Wonderful makeup," you gush, "so realistic! How did you manage to...?"
You draw closer, peering at my eye socket before realisation dawns.
"Oh..." you stutter, backing away... but now you're within my reach.
The bacteria in my face isn't the only thing that'll be flesh-eating tonight.
#vssHorror
It doesn't matter, you said, what's behind the mask. I should take it off; you love the man, not the scars... and yet your eyes betrayed the truth when you first saw my face.
So, I shall never remove this again and you, my princess? You shall never tell another lie.
/📸:TymothyLongoria
It doesn't matter, you said, what's behind the mask. I should take it off; you love the man, not the scars... and yet your eyes betrayed the truth when you first saw my face.
So, I shall never remove this again and you, my princess? You shall never tell another lie.
/📸:TymothyLongoria
November 17, 2024 at 9:36 PM
#vssHorror
It doesn't matter, you said, what's behind the mask. I should take it off; you love the man, not the scars... and yet your eyes betrayed the truth when you first saw my face.
So, I shall never remove this again and you, my princess? You shall never tell another lie.
/📸:TymothyLongoria
It doesn't matter, you said, what's behind the mask. I should take it off; you love the man, not the scars... and yet your eyes betrayed the truth when you first saw my face.
So, I shall never remove this again and you, my princess? You shall never tell another lie.
/📸:TymothyLongoria
#vssHorror
Traditional wisdom says that the soul escapes via the mouth... but after the lining of your throat's sloughed off, spores will stream from your empty eye sockets, hunting the next host.
It's adaptive, intelligent, and highly contagious... and we're no longer at the top of the food chain.
Traditional wisdom says that the soul escapes via the mouth... but after the lining of your throat's sloughed off, spores will stream from your empty eye sockets, hunting the next host.
It's adaptive, intelligent, and highly contagious... and we're no longer at the top of the food chain.
November 14, 2024 at 8:32 PM
#vssHorror
Traditional wisdom says that the soul escapes via the mouth... but after the lining of your throat's sloughed off, spores will stream from your empty eye sockets, hunting the next host.
It's adaptive, intelligent, and highly contagious... and we're no longer at the top of the food chain.
Traditional wisdom says that the soul escapes via the mouth... but after the lining of your throat's sloughed off, spores will stream from your empty eye sockets, hunting the next host.
It's adaptive, intelligent, and highly contagious... and we're no longer at the top of the food chain.
#vssHorror
For two nights, he's visited my dreams, bringing the stench of death and the judgment of ancestors.
For two nights, I've begged and pleaded; all to no avail, his countenance changes not.
For the last two mornings, I've woken in a pool of my own blood.
Hush now, child, for he is near.
For two nights, he's visited my dreams, bringing the stench of death and the judgment of ancestors.
For two nights, I've begged and pleaded; all to no avail, his countenance changes not.
For the last two mornings, I've woken in a pool of my own blood.
Hush now, child, for he is near.
November 8, 2024 at 3:02 PM
#vssHorror
For two nights, he's visited my dreams, bringing the stench of death and the judgment of ancestors.
For two nights, I've begged and pleaded; all to no avail, his countenance changes not.
For the last two mornings, I've woken in a pool of my own blood.
Hush now, child, for he is near.
For two nights, he's visited my dreams, bringing the stench of death and the judgment of ancestors.
For two nights, I've begged and pleaded; all to no avail, his countenance changes not.
For the last two mornings, I've woken in a pool of my own blood.
Hush now, child, for he is near.
#vssHorror
This is how you leave me, dying in an alley, desperate for your touch, your love? Think again.
My scars still bleed at the betrayal, but the blood magic mutated me, feeds me.
Close the curtains to feel safe if you like, honey... I'll still be waiting outside for you.
/Image:TheUnclean
This is how you leave me, dying in an alley, desperate for your touch, your love? Think again.
My scars still bleed at the betrayal, but the blood magic mutated me, feeds me.
Close the curtains to feel safe if you like, honey... I'll still be waiting outside for you.
/Image:TheUnclean
November 4, 2024 at 10:21 PM
#vssHorror
This is how you leave me, dying in an alley, desperate for your touch, your love? Think again.
My scars still bleed at the betrayal, but the blood magic mutated me, feeds me.
Close the curtains to feel safe if you like, honey... I'll still be waiting outside for you.
/Image:TheUnclean
This is how you leave me, dying in an alley, desperate for your touch, your love? Think again.
My scars still bleed at the betrayal, but the blood magic mutated me, feeds me.
Close the curtains to feel safe if you like, honey... I'll still be waiting outside for you.
/Image:TheUnclean
#vsshorror
I never thought that this might have a face, a physical form. There's no way out, my end is in sight.
I have loved some of you, loathed others, all with a burning passion that has now dripped away like candlewax.
His cloak will enshroud me soon, and I shall be gone.
I never thought that this might have a face, a physical form. There's no way out, my end is in sight.
I have loved some of you, loathed others, all with a burning passion that has now dripped away like candlewax.
His cloak will enshroud me soon, and I shall be gone.
November 1, 2024 at 9:35 PM
#vsshorror
I never thought that this might have a face, a physical form. There's no way out, my end is in sight.
I have loved some of you, loathed others, all with a burning passion that has now dripped away like candlewax.
His cloak will enshroud me soon, and I shall be gone.
I never thought that this might have a face, a physical form. There's no way out, my end is in sight.
I have loved some of you, loathed others, all with a burning passion that has now dripped away like candlewax.
His cloak will enshroud me soon, and I shall be gone.
#vssHalloween
Wanna come to a #doll's tea party? My Anabelle *loves* them. She helps out, that's why she's holding that little knife.
Why yes, the blade *does* look sharp. No, there's not anyone else coming.
You're right, the door *is* locked.
Anabelle's hungry.
We both are.
Wanna come to a #doll's tea party? My Anabelle *loves* them. She helps out, that's why she's holding that little knife.
Why yes, the blade *does* look sharp. No, there's not anyone else coming.
You're right, the door *is* locked.
Anabelle's hungry.
We both are.
November 1, 2024 at 11:49 AM
#vssHalloween
Wanna come to a #doll's tea party? My Anabelle *loves* them. She helps out, that's why she's holding that little knife.
Why yes, the blade *does* look sharp. No, there's not anyone else coming.
You're right, the door *is* locked.
Anabelle's hungry.
We both are.
Wanna come to a #doll's tea party? My Anabelle *loves* them. She helps out, that's why she's holding that little knife.
Why yes, the blade *does* look sharp. No, there's not anyone else coming.
You're right, the door *is* locked.
Anabelle's hungry.
We both are.
#vssHorror
Don't blame me.
You chose to read the grimoire. Ignored my warnings. I told you it'd be an addictive read, that you wouldn't be able to put it down...that The Devil lived in the words.
Well, those words are now in your head. So is he.
Ah, why be modest?
So am *I*.
Image: TheUnclean
Don't blame me.
You chose to read the grimoire. Ignored my warnings. I told you it'd be an addictive read, that you wouldn't be able to put it down...that The Devil lived in the words.
Well, those words are now in your head. So is he.
Ah, why be modest?
So am *I*.
Image: TheUnclean
October 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
#vssHorror
Don't blame me.
You chose to read the grimoire. Ignored my warnings. I told you it'd be an addictive read, that you wouldn't be able to put it down...that The Devil lived in the words.
Well, those words are now in your head. So is he.
Ah, why be modest?
So am *I*.
Image: TheUnclean
Don't blame me.
You chose to read the grimoire. Ignored my warnings. I told you it'd be an addictive read, that you wouldn't be able to put it down...that The Devil lived in the words.
Well, those words are now in your head. So is he.
Ah, why be modest?
So am *I*.
Image: TheUnclean
#vssHorror
You'd call her calcified, were it not for the fact that it's pure evil which has frozen her.
No leaves grow on trees here, no wildlife lives on the banks of the river where blood runs red.
Touch her not, child, lest she crumble away to dust, and you take her place.
/Image: TheUnclean
You'd call her calcified, were it not for the fact that it's pure evil which has frozen her.
No leaves grow on trees here, no wildlife lives on the banks of the river where blood runs red.
Touch her not, child, lest she crumble away to dust, and you take her place.
/Image: TheUnclean
October 28, 2024 at 11:19 AM
#vssHorror
You'd call her calcified, were it not for the fact that it's pure evil which has frozen her.
No leaves grow on trees here, no wildlife lives on the banks of the river where blood runs red.
Touch her not, child, lest she crumble away to dust, and you take her place.
/Image: TheUnclean
You'd call her calcified, were it not for the fact that it's pure evil which has frozen her.
No leaves grow on trees here, no wildlife lives on the banks of the river where blood runs red.
Touch her not, child, lest she crumble away to dust, and you take her place.
/Image: TheUnclean
Read my latest sci-fi horror piece "The Cassandra Protocol" along with other fantastic authors' work in #SciFanSat - free to read/download at scifansat.com.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
👽🛸🛸🛸
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
👽🛸🛸🛸
October 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Read my latest sci-fi horror piece "The Cassandra Protocol" along with other fantastic authors' work in #SciFanSat - free to read/download at scifansat.com.
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
👽🛸🛸🛸
Thank you @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social and team!💖
👽🛸🛸🛸