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[delgrosso]

So, um, one thing I am terrible at is self-promotion. But I've launched a new (free for now) Patreon where 'm going to post some of my miscellaneous microfiction and short stories and also some pieces about writing in general and more specifically what it means to be a horror or horror-adjacent writer in These Times™.

I would really appreciate it if you follow along. 🫣

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[delgrosso]

Nothing says “fun little story drop” like old ghosts, wartime guilt, and a question no one wants answered.

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Drafts & Dread — Horror-adjacent short fiction and notes about the writing life

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[earhartsease]

always cursed to see the word unstable and pronounce it to rhyme with constable - because of the english town named Dunstable which rhymes with constable, and literally nothing to do with constables, it's just the only way we can explain it to a website where almost nobody has heard of Dunstable

we've always longed to send a letter into one of the local newspapers there and sign it -

- Unstable of Dunstable

[fenmere]

Oh. That's like how, whenever we ride down Baseline Street here, we and our girlfriend say the name out loud and pronounce it like Vaseline.

Though, because we're US Americans, it's sort of a Beavis and Butthead moment. "Huh-huh... we're on Baseline. Uh.... huh-huh." "Heh-HEH-heheheheh. nnngh... you said 'Baseline'... heheheh... I like to say other words like that, too. Like... like.... Couch Street. .... Couch. heheheh."

(Here, in Oregon, "couch" rhymes with "hooch" for some reason, when it's the street name)

[tinierpurplefishes]

i say "unstable" like that sometimes too. Also "antelope" said like "Penelope"

[fenmere]

So, we say "Penelope" like "antelope", which means we were confused there for a moment.

[earhartsease]

oh also we say squirrel like Tyrell (from Blade Runner, which started it all)

[delgrosso]

I think “Yosemite” and “Vegemite” should be pronounced in a similar manner.

[delgrosso]

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A new Pocket Haunting is free to read on my Patreon "Drafts & Dread." I hope you enjoy it.

[delgrosso]

Reblogging for today’s crowd.

[ Also you should prolly go subscribe now while it’s still free because a paid tier is coming next week. ]

[delgrosso]

Client Care | Drafts & Dread

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A new Pocket Haunting is free to read on my Patreon "Drafts & Dread." I hope you enjoy it.

[vintage-every-day]

Sal Mineo rose to fame through his troubled teen roles in films like 𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆, but his career ended abruptly with his murder in 1976.

[delgrosso]

I mean, I think a lot more than just his career "ended abruptly with his murder"...

[tastefullyoffensive]

Older Generations Share Discontinued Snacks They Still Crave To This Day

[delgrosso]

Affordable housing? A reliable social safety net? Funded public television? Livable wages? Life before influencer culture? Products without AI jammed into them?

Yeah, I do crave some things that don’t exist anymore.

[delgrosso]

I don't think hell exists, but if it did I bet it'd just be Owen Wilson and Jennifer Coolidge saying "wow" back and forth at each other for eternity.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Hang on I just saw a random dimension20 clip that implied that in the USA people don't play Pass the Parcel? I'm misunderstanding right? YOU GUYS PLAY PASS THE PARCEL RIGHT??

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I feel certain I've seen it referenced in American media but actually thinking about it I can only think of British and Australian examples.

[earhartsease]

US people don't use the word "parcel", so they'd have to call it "pass the package"

[delgrosso]

And in the US, "pass the package" is a WHOLE different game, whoa..

[lierabee]

awawa

[delgrosso]

Just another day at the baby robot daycare center

[earhartsease]

it would be much harder to take the cartoons seriously if they were made by Walter Disney

[delgrosso]

I mean, growing up we played board games from a guy named Milton Bradley, so…

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Road trip book but the protagonist is a snail

[delgrosso]

Actually this is an amazing whimsical story idea. Two friends embark on an adventure/quest that takes them a very long time and through many stories (a la The Hobbit/LOTR), at it's not until the very end of their adventure we learn that they are in fact snails and have only traveled like 5 feet through a backyard garden.

[delgrosso]

AuDHD masking is weird for me because people think it means “pretending to be normal,” when really it means every fucking day I have to create a dozen more palatable versions of myself for editors, clients, potential clients, casual acquaintances, checkout clerks, neighbors, baristas, and my neighbor’s dog who is very judgmental.

And the thing is, I have to face the fact I’ve been sanding myself down so long I’m not entirely sure where the original shape went.

[idlesuperstar]

Going through The Davey A Archives™ and remembering what an ABSOLUTE GIFT Zoo Quest in Colour was when it got released a decade ago.

[boxcarwild]

Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough,

[delgrosso]

ok not to be super queer on main but holy shit Baby David Attenborough could GET IT

[delgrosso]

So, um, one thing I am terrible at is self-promotion. But I've launched a new (free for now) Patreon where 'm going to post some of my miscellaneous microfiction and short stories and also some pieces about writing in general and more specifically what it means to be a horror or horror-adjacent writer in These Times™.

I would really appreciate it if you follow along. 🫣

Patreon

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

[delgrosso]

reblobbing for the morning crew

[delgrosso]

Me when I see a lil guy

[delgrosso]

here we are.