Wyrd Wednesday
@wyrdwednesday.bsky.social
Here's to spread the Wyrd - join us for a different theme every Wednesday!
Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
Wyrdlings! With the birthday of certain royal personages upcoming, we give you:
“Once and Future Kings & Queens – from Drag to Domesday Book”
for our #WyrdWednesday topic! Indulge the court of the wyrd & wynderful with your tales of monstrous apes, overlarge beds & legendary leaders! 👑
“Once and Future Kings & Queens – from Drag to Domesday Book”
for our #WyrdWednesday topic! Indulge the court of the wyrd & wynderful with your tales of monstrous apes, overlarge beds & legendary leaders! 👑
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Wyrdlings! With the birthday of certain royal personages upcoming, we give you:
“Once and Future Kings & Queens – from Drag to Domesday Book”
for our #WyrdWednesday topic! Indulge the court of the wyrd & wynderful with your tales of monstrous apes, overlarge beds & legendary leaders! 👑
“Once and Future Kings & Queens – from Drag to Domesday Book”
for our #WyrdWednesday topic! Indulge the court of the wyrd & wynderful with your tales of monstrous apes, overlarge beds & legendary leaders! 👑
Penny for the guy, you Wydlings?
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Penny for the guy, you Wydlings?
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:
“Burn, Baby, Burn!”
As this week’s topic.
Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!
Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular!
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular!
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙♀️🧟♂️👿
Wyrdlings!
We have a special announcement today. Our dear friend @signemaene.com has collaborated with Wyrd Mother
@prairiebones.bsky.social and launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest book of short stories! Link posted below⬇️
Our topic for tomorrow's #WyrdWednesday will be:
🖤WITCHES🖤
We have a special announcement today. Our dear friend @signemaene.com has collaborated with Wyrd Mother
@prairiebones.bsky.social and launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest book of short stories! Link posted below⬇️
Our topic for tomorrow's #WyrdWednesday will be:
🖤WITCHES🖤
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wyrdlings!
We have a special announcement today. Our dear friend @signemaene.com has collaborated with Wyrd Mother
@prairiebones.bsky.social and launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest book of short stories! Link posted below⬇️
Our topic for tomorrow's #WyrdWednesday will be:
🖤WITCHES🖤
We have a special announcement today. Our dear friend @signemaene.com has collaborated with Wyrd Mother
@prairiebones.bsky.social and launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest book of short stories! Link posted below⬇️
Our topic for tomorrow's #WyrdWednesday will be:
🖤WITCHES🖤
Wyrdlings!
This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:
'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'
We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!
This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:
'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'
We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wyrdlings!
This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:
'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'
We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!
This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:
'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'
We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!
Wyrdlings!
This week marks the 57th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” premiering and since it’s the season, we give you:
“Walking after Midnight – Shambling, Shuffling, Lumbering Undead!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s take a walk on the dead side! 🧟
This week marks the 57th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” premiering and since it’s the season, we give you:
“Walking after Midnight – Shambling, Shuffling, Lumbering Undead!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s take a walk on the dead side! 🧟
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wyrdlings!
This week marks the 57th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” premiering and since it’s the season, we give you:
“Walking after Midnight – Shambling, Shuffling, Lumbering Undead!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s take a walk on the dead side! 🧟
This week marks the 57th anniversary of Oscar Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” premiering and since it’s the season, we give you:
“Walking after Midnight – Shambling, Shuffling, Lumbering Undead!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s take a walk on the dead side! 🧟
Wyrdlings!
To celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday this week, we give you:
“Storytelling Special: Whimsy cabarets, Weird Worlds and Wonderful Labyrinths”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s make the storyteller proud!
To celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday this week, we give you:
“Storytelling Special: Whimsy cabarets, Weird Worlds and Wonderful Labyrinths”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s make the storyteller proud!
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wyrdlings!
To celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday this week, we give you:
“Storytelling Special: Whimsy cabarets, Weird Worlds and Wonderful Labyrinths”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s make the storyteller proud!
To celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday this week, we give you:
“Storytelling Special: Whimsy cabarets, Weird Worlds and Wonderful Labyrinths”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic – let’s make the storyteller proud!
🎶 Provide yourself with the Great of Magic,
Seth who dwells in Ombos,
Lord of Upper Egypt.
Nothing is lost to you, nothing has ceased for you.
Behold, you are more ba and more powerful than the gods of Upper Egypt
... their chanting gave them away, we suppose?
Seth who dwells in Ombos,
Lord of Upper Egypt.
Nothing is lost to you, nothing has ceased for you.
Behold, you are more ba and more powerful than the gods of Upper Egypt
... their chanting gave them away, we suppose?
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🎶 Provide yourself with the Great of Magic,
Seth who dwells in Ombos,
Lord of Upper Egypt.
Nothing is lost to you, nothing has ceased for you.
Behold, you are more ba and more powerful than the gods of Upper Egypt
... their chanting gave them away, we suppose?
Seth who dwells in Ombos,
Lord of Upper Egypt.
Nothing is lost to you, nothing has ceased for you.
Behold, you are more ba and more powerful than the gods of Upper Egypt
... their chanting gave them away, we suppose?
Wyrdlings!
The news of a cete of badgers vandalising nuns’ graves in Hastings made us Mothers of #WyrdWednesday come up with
"Rise and shine - Calling Forth the Dead and other Unusual Exhumations"
As this week’s topic.
Bring out your dead!
The news of a cete of badgers vandalising nuns’ graves in Hastings made us Mothers of #WyrdWednesday come up with
"Rise and shine - Calling Forth the Dead and other Unusual Exhumations"
As this week’s topic.
Bring out your dead!
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wyrdlings!
The news of a cete of badgers vandalising nuns’ graves in Hastings made us Mothers of #WyrdWednesday come up with
"Rise and shine - Calling Forth the Dead and other Unusual Exhumations"
As this week’s topic.
Bring out your dead!
The news of a cete of badgers vandalising nuns’ graves in Hastings made us Mothers of #WyrdWednesday come up with
"Rise and shine - Calling Forth the Dead and other Unusual Exhumations"
As this week’s topic.
Bring out your dead!
Wyrdlings!
It’s Joseph Wright of Derby’s birthday who famously had a soft spot for depicting the spirit of the Industrial Revolution with showing us rather odd experiments....
So we give you:
'It's for Wyrd Science - Strange Inventors and Inventions!'
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic 👨🔬
It’s Joseph Wright of Derby’s birthday who famously had a soft spot for depicting the spirit of the Industrial Revolution with showing us rather odd experiments....
So we give you:
'It's for Wyrd Science - Strange Inventors and Inventions!'
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic 👨🔬
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wyrdlings!
It’s Joseph Wright of Derby’s birthday who famously had a soft spot for depicting the spirit of the Industrial Revolution with showing us rather odd experiments....
So we give you:
'It's for Wyrd Science - Strange Inventors and Inventions!'
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic 👨🔬
It’s Joseph Wright of Derby’s birthday who famously had a soft spot for depicting the spirit of the Industrial Revolution with showing us rather odd experiments....
So we give you:
'It's for Wyrd Science - Strange Inventors and Inventions!'
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic 👨🔬
Wyrdlings!
Faster, Higher, Stronger – but make it wyrd!
The Guinness Book of Records was published 70 years ago for the 1st time; hence we give you:
“The World Strangest Records!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic! Come, tell us what should be in the book… or maybe already is...
Faster, Higher, Stronger – but make it wyrd!
The Guinness Book of Records was published 70 years ago for the 1st time; hence we give you:
“The World Strangest Records!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic! Come, tell us what should be in the book… or maybe already is...
August 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Wyrdlings!
Faster, Higher, Stronger – but make it wyrd!
The Guinness Book of Records was published 70 years ago for the 1st time; hence we give you:
“The World Strangest Records!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic! Come, tell us what should be in the book… or maybe already is...
Faster, Higher, Stronger – but make it wyrd!
The Guinness Book of Records was published 70 years ago for the 1st time; hence we give you:
“The World Strangest Records!”
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic! Come, tell us what should be in the book… or maybe already is...
Wyrdlings!
Weird fiction icon H.P. Lovecraft turns 135 this #WyrdWednesday and thus, we give you:
“Cyclopean Configurations, Terrible Tentacles & Abhorrent Adjectives”
as this week’s Cosmic Horror topic!
Come, creep and… Cthulhu ftaghn!
Weird fiction icon H.P. Lovecraft turns 135 this #WyrdWednesday and thus, we give you:
“Cyclopean Configurations, Terrible Tentacles & Abhorrent Adjectives”
as this week’s Cosmic Horror topic!
Come, creep and… Cthulhu ftaghn!
August 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wyrdlings!
Weird fiction icon H.P. Lovecraft turns 135 this #WyrdWednesday and thus, we give you:
“Cyclopean Configurations, Terrible Tentacles & Abhorrent Adjectives”
as this week’s Cosmic Horror topic!
Come, creep and… Cthulhu ftaghn!
Weird fiction icon H.P. Lovecraft turns 135 this #WyrdWednesday and thus, we give you:
“Cyclopean Configurations, Terrible Tentacles & Abhorrent Adjectives”
as this week’s Cosmic Horror topic!
Come, creep and… Cthulhu ftaghn!
Wyrdlings!
For Mr Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday this week, we are inspired by some wynderful portrayals from Ms Danvers to Norman Bates & John "The Cat" Robie, and we give you:
“Stealing the Hero's Show: Fascinating Villains and Likeable Rogues"
as our #WyrdWednesday topic! Come & Share!
For Mr Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday this week, we are inspired by some wynderful portrayals from Ms Danvers to Norman Bates & John "The Cat" Robie, and we give you:
“Stealing the Hero's Show: Fascinating Villains and Likeable Rogues"
as our #WyrdWednesday topic! Come & Share!
August 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Wyrdlings!
For Mr Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday this week, we are inspired by some wynderful portrayals from Ms Danvers to Norman Bates & John "The Cat" Robie, and we give you:
“Stealing the Hero's Show: Fascinating Villains and Likeable Rogues"
as our #WyrdWednesday topic! Come & Share!
For Mr Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday this week, we are inspired by some wynderful portrayals from Ms Danvers to Norman Bates & John "The Cat" Robie, and we give you:
“Stealing the Hero's Show: Fascinating Villains and Likeable Rogues"
as our #WyrdWednesday topic! Come & Share!
Wyrdlings,
As if the real world outside wasn’t dark enough already, for Aldous Huxley’s birthday this week, we add a little extra unease with:
“Dystopias!”
as our topic.
Share your brave new worlds, hunger games and fallouts with us on #WyrdWednesday
As if the real world outside wasn’t dark enough already, for Aldous Huxley’s birthday this week, we add a little extra unease with:
“Dystopias!”
as our topic.
Share your brave new worlds, hunger games and fallouts with us on #WyrdWednesday
July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wyrdlings,
As if the real world outside wasn’t dark enough already, for Aldous Huxley’s birthday this week, we add a little extra unease with:
“Dystopias!”
as our topic.
Share your brave new worlds, hunger games and fallouts with us on #WyrdWednesday
As if the real world outside wasn’t dark enough already, for Aldous Huxley’s birthday this week, we add a little extra unease with:
“Dystopias!”
as our topic.
Share your brave new worlds, hunger games and fallouts with us on #WyrdWednesday
Wyrdlings,
Welcome to the #wyrdwednesday drive-in cinema, featuring:
“All Media Things Wyrd & Wynderful!”
as this week’s topic!
Tell us about your favourite strange movies, the odd music on your old-fashioned mix tapes & the unsettling pieces of visual art you simply adore!
Welcome to the #wyrdwednesday drive-in cinema, featuring:
“All Media Things Wyrd & Wynderful!”
as this week’s topic!
Tell us about your favourite strange movies, the odd music on your old-fashioned mix tapes & the unsettling pieces of visual art you simply adore!
July 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wyrdlings,
Welcome to the #wyrdwednesday drive-in cinema, featuring:
“All Media Things Wyrd & Wynderful!”
as this week’s topic!
Tell us about your favourite strange movies, the odd music on your old-fashioned mix tapes & the unsettling pieces of visual art you simply adore!
Welcome to the #wyrdwednesday drive-in cinema, featuring:
“All Media Things Wyrd & Wynderful!”
as this week’s topic!
Tell us about your favourite strange movies, the odd music on your old-fashioned mix tapes & the unsettling pieces of visual art you simply adore!
Wyrdlings! To celebrate the birthday of Desmond Dekker, born in St Andrew Parish, Jamaica, in 1941, for this week's #WyrdWednesday we shall celebrate the Caribbean with:
"Sun, Soucouyants, and Sea Robber Stories!"
Bring us tales & artwork, history & folklore, from Papa Bois to pirates!
"Sun, Soucouyants, and Sea Robber Stories!"
Bring us tales & artwork, history & folklore, from Papa Bois to pirates!
July 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wyrdlings! To celebrate the birthday of Desmond Dekker, born in St Andrew Parish, Jamaica, in 1941, for this week's #WyrdWednesday we shall celebrate the Caribbean with:
"Sun, Soucouyants, and Sea Robber Stories!"
Bring us tales & artwork, history & folklore, from Papa Bois to pirates!
"Sun, Soucouyants, and Sea Robber Stories!"
Bring us tales & artwork, history & folklore, from Papa Bois to pirates!
Wyrdlings!
For Mervyn Peake’s b-day this week we’ll have
“Curious Cases of Arcane Architecture & Bizarre Buildings”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic.
Dazzle us with tales of fairy tale castles, the non-Euclidean angles of antediluvian temples, your villages visible only once every 100 years!
For Mervyn Peake’s b-day this week we’ll have
“Curious Cases of Arcane Architecture & Bizarre Buildings”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic.
Dazzle us with tales of fairy tale castles, the non-Euclidean angles of antediluvian temples, your villages visible only once every 100 years!
July 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wyrdlings!
For Mervyn Peake’s b-day this week we’ll have
“Curious Cases of Arcane Architecture & Bizarre Buildings”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic.
Dazzle us with tales of fairy tale castles, the non-Euclidean angles of antediluvian temples, your villages visible only once every 100 years!
For Mervyn Peake’s b-day this week we’ll have
“Curious Cases of Arcane Architecture & Bizarre Buildings”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic.
Dazzle us with tales of fairy tale castles, the non-Euclidean angles of antediluvian temples, your villages visible only once every 100 years!
Let the sunshine in, you Wyrdlings!
… not that you have much of a choice, in the scorching heat of July’s first week. So we do a bit of sympathetic magic and give you
“Sun, Sweat and Solar Deities”
as this week’s topic! Let’s hear your tales of heat this #wyrdwednesday!
… not that you have much of a choice, in the scorching heat of July’s first week. So we do a bit of sympathetic magic and give you
“Sun, Sweat and Solar Deities”
as this week’s topic! Let’s hear your tales of heat this #wyrdwednesday!
June 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Let the sunshine in, you Wyrdlings!
… not that you have much of a choice, in the scorching heat of July’s first week. So we do a bit of sympathetic magic and give you
“Sun, Sweat and Solar Deities”
as this week’s topic! Let’s hear your tales of heat this #wyrdwednesday!
… not that you have much of a choice, in the scorching heat of July’s first week. So we do a bit of sympathetic magic and give you
“Sun, Sweat and Solar Deities”
as this week’s topic! Let’s hear your tales of heat this #wyrdwednesday!
Wyrdlings!
This week we’ll take you to the side with cookies:
“From Transylvania to Gotham – Dark Pop Culture Icons”
Let’s see your posts about your favourite mad scientists, demon lovers, Sith lords and vampire queens this #WyrdWednesday 🧛👹👩🔬
This week we’ll take you to the side with cookies:
“From Transylvania to Gotham – Dark Pop Culture Icons”
Let’s see your posts about your favourite mad scientists, demon lovers, Sith lords and vampire queens this #WyrdWednesday 🧛👹👩🔬
June 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wyrdlings!
This week we’ll take you to the side with cookies:
“From Transylvania to Gotham – Dark Pop Culture Icons”
Let’s see your posts about your favourite mad scientists, demon lovers, Sith lords and vampire queens this #WyrdWednesday 🧛👹👩🔬
This week we’ll take you to the side with cookies:
“From Transylvania to Gotham – Dark Pop Culture Icons”
Let’s see your posts about your favourite mad scientists, demon lovers, Sith lords and vampire queens this #WyrdWednesday 🧛👹👩🔬
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wyrdlings! With National Cheese Day ripe this week, we give you:
"Welsh Rabbits, Whoopie Pie & Wiener Schnitzel – of wynderful Food & wyrd Foodie customs"
as #WyrdWednesday topic!
Bring your peculiar cravings, ominous cookbooks & stories of nutty gourmands!
Use the hashtag to appear in the feed!
"Welsh Rabbits, Whoopie Pie & Wiener Schnitzel – of wynderful Food & wyrd Foodie customs"
as #WyrdWednesday topic!
Bring your peculiar cravings, ominous cookbooks & stories of nutty gourmands!
Use the hashtag to appear in the feed!
June 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wyrdlings! With National Cheese Day ripe this week, we give you:
"Welsh Rabbits, Whoopie Pie & Wiener Schnitzel – of wynderful Food & wyrd Foodie customs"
as #WyrdWednesday topic!
Bring your peculiar cravings, ominous cookbooks & stories of nutty gourmands!
Use the hashtag to appear in the feed!
"Welsh Rabbits, Whoopie Pie & Wiener Schnitzel – of wynderful Food & wyrd Foodie customs"
as #WyrdWednesday topic!
Bring your peculiar cravings, ominous cookbooks & stories of nutty gourmands!
Use the hashtag to appear in the feed!
