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Midnight Pals: Cosmic Dyke Patrol

Lor Gislason: bloop bloop time for goop Stephen King: actually lor, you're supposed to say 'submitted for the approval of the midnight society' Mary Shelley: naw let them say their own thing Shelley: i kinda like it King: goshdarn it mary King: you know if we let lor do it, everyone's gonna want to do it Koontz: i think if you tell a goop story, you should get it say it King: goshdarnit!

Gislason: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the cosmic dyke patrol Patricia Highsmith: yes Highmith: haha YES!

Gislason: this is the story that asks the question Gislason: what if the ghostbusters were ladies King: actually i think that question's been asked Gislason: yeah but also what if they were dykes King: actually King: well actually i don't know if that's been asked

Gislason: it's about these a pair of dykes who fight paranormal creatures from parallel dimensions Gislason: they also take a baby dyke under their wing to teach them the ropes of fighting paranormal creatures from parallel dimensions Gislason: there's also a goop King: of course there is

Gislason: the cosmic dyke patrol also has its own paranormal mascot Koontz: like slimer? Gislason: Gislason: bloop bloop actually yeah

Gislason: now imagine that slimer was actually a bird creature Gislason: but the process of coming into our dimension turned him into a goop King: i can't imagine that Gislason: really? i find it quite easy to imagine

Gislason: there's something strange in your neighborhood Gislason: who you gonna call? Gislason: bloop bloop COSMIC DYKE PATROL King: oh there's a song? Shelley: lighten up steve it's a bop King: well it's just that last time there was that whole goop troop song King: are we gonna get a new song on every lor visit? Gislason: bloop bloop be-doop yes

Gislason: there's an invisible lesbian Gislason: sleeping in your bed Gislason: who ya gonna call? Gislason: COSMIC DYKE PATROL Koontz: i Koontz: i don't think i'm allowed to say that word

Gislason: bloo bloo bloo bloo bloop bloop bloop-pa bloop goop Gislason: i ain't afraid of no dyke Gislason: bloo bloo bloo bloo bloop bloop bloop-pa bloop goop Gislason: i hear she likes the girls

Highsmith: let me tell you Highsmith: if there was a lesbian ghost in my bed Highsmith: there would not be a problem Highsmith: if you know what i mean Highsmith: there ain't nothin' like a dame!

Highsmith: ain't no problem with this ghost in my bed Charles Dickens: excuse me i heard there was a lesbian ghost here? Dickens: have no fear Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in unison: GHOST CLUB IS HERE! Highsmith: actually your services won't be necessary

Gislason: cosmic dyke patrol lives with their aunt, who is slowly turning into a tree for paranormal reasons Gislason: look around you Gislason: there are many things to see Gislason: some you'd say, could never beeee…

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Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

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The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Bound In Flesh by Lor Gislason

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Cosmic Dyke Patrol by Lor Gislason

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When Stevie starts seeing floating orbs, they call a spiritual pest control company for guidance. Harriett and Marcy—two queer, punk lesbians—welcome Stevie into a world of otherworldly creatures, tree people, and something called the bone spider. Equal parts slice-of-life, queer romance and body horror, Cosmic Dyke Patrol is a story about how everyone is worthy of love, no matter how weird.

Mod opinion: I've read and really enjoyed this story, a touching sci-fi story about grief, goop and aliens.

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Midnight Pals: Bones

John Langan: you're telling me EVERYONE has a skeleton inside? Poe: that's right Langan: Langan: i don't get it David Niall Wilson: edgar, let me try Wilson: i think i can explain it

Langan: so you're sayin that everyone has a skeleton inside? Wilson: that's right Langan: okay but like Langan: i mean Langan: i mean not everyone everyone Langan: i mean you don't have a skeleton right? Wilson: everyone, john Wilson: even me

Langan: Langan: okay but like Langan: not edgar, right? Wilson: no edgar also has a skeleton Langan: Langan: okay but not steve, right? Wilson: everyone, john

Langan: but not mary right? Mary Shelley: why would you think that Shelley: i'm so goth I've got EXTRA bones Wilson: don't say that Wilson: you're going to confuse him

Langan: ok Langan: but not dean, right? Wilson: yes, even dean Langan: ok but not howard right? Wilson: EVERYONE

Langan: ok but not lor right? Lor Gislason: bloop bloop i'm a goop Wilson: Wilson: ummm Wilson: lor might be an outlier

Wilson: i mean, lor might have bones Langan: i can clearly see right through lor's transluscent goo that they do not have bones Langan: why were you lying to me Langan: now i don't know what to believe

Wilson: well, the fact remains Wilson: MOST people have bones Langan: Langan: this is heavy, man Langan: i need to be alone for a while King: john Poe: no no let him go Poe: he's got some thinking to do Poe: let him process

Langan: it's so weird to think there's bones inside me Langan: i don't know how to feel about that Langan: if only there was a way to get rid of them! Max Booth III: funny you should ask that

Booth: you don't want your bones? Booth: well, fiddle dee dee Booth: if you don't your bones, young man, you should give them to me! Langan: who are you? Booth: who am I? WHO AM I??

Booth: Allow me to introduce myself! Booth: They call me Mr. Bones! Booth: You don't need those 24 ribs Booth: so how bout you give me a loan? Booth: see, collecting bones is my game! Booth: femurs and ribs and clavicles! Booth: why, to me they're all the same!

Booth: I've heard you've been complaining! Booth: There's no need to cry or whine! Booth: i'll take your long bones and your sesamoids Booth: why, I've found you just in time!

Booth: I want those bones, every one Booth: I'll drain your marrow, oo, that sounds fun! Booth: at snatching bones, i just won't be outdone Booth: Be smaaaaaart- Booth: Don't mess with the Professor! Booth: i mean the mister Booth: fuck Booth: fuck shit fuck Booth: i messed up the song Langan: no you were doing good

Joyce Carol Oates: this isn't fuckin funny Oates: none of this is funny Oates: skeletons are no laughing matter

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Midnight Pals: The White Powder that Makes you into a goo

Arthur Machen: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the white powder Machen: it's about this white powder that turns you into a big blob of goo Barker: haha oh man i hate when that happens Barker: hahaha- oh Barker: oh shit i'm sorry Lor Gislason: bloop bloop i'm sitting right here

Machen: so there's this law student who's studying way too hard and he's just exhausted Machen: so he gets this white power that's supposed to give him more energy Barker: sound familiar steve? Stephen King: i don't really like to talk about that

Machen: the doctor prescribes this white powder that gives you energy Machen: but the chemist messes up Machen: and gives him the white powder that turns you into goo

King: so instead of getting the white powder that gives you energy he gets the white powder that turns you into goo? King: that seems like a pretty major mistake Machen: yeah its not ideal

Machen: now there's a thing about this white powder that turns you into goo Barker: oh yeah? is there? Barker: if you could describe the white powder that turns you into goo in a single word Barker: what would that word be? Machen: hmm well let me think Barker: c'mon just say it Barker: you know you want to

Machen: i guess if i had to describe the white powder that turns you into goo with just a single word Barker: oh god he's going to say it Machen: i think that word would be Barker: here we go Machen: queer Barker: ah ha ha! he said it! Barker: the absolute madman!

Machen: it's just a very queer sort of powder Barker: ahahaha he said it! Machen: i don't see what's so funny Machen: i'm just accurately describing the powder King: it's nothing Arthur, just ignore him King: finish your story

Machen: so they take the white powder and analyze it Machen: and it turns out Machen: that it was actually not medicine at all Machen: they accidentally gave the guy the vinum sabbati that they use for satanic mass Machen: it's a real whoopsie doodle

King: so he was actually taking vinum sabbati instead? that explains it Barker: does it steve? does it explain it? King: oh yeah everyone knows that vinum sabbati separates your spiritual higher self from your corporeal sludge Barker: King: it's like that star trek tng episode Barker: what Poe: oh yeah, skin of evil King: that's the one

Koontz: so vinum sabbati turns you into a goo? King: that's right Koontz: is that what happened to lor King: dean! you can't just say that! King: it's very rude Gislason: bloop bloop yeah no that's what happened

Barker: i think if there's one lesson to be learned here Barker: its that, given the chance Barker: i would definitely take the white powder that turns you into a goo Barker: i think i speak for everyone here

Poe: oh i don't know about that clive Koontz: i wanna be a goo too! Poe: you don't know what we're talking about dean

Fitz James O'Brien: so i hear you're in the market for the white powder that turns you into a goo O'Brien: i can get you some of the white powder that turns you into a goo O'Brien: if you're cool Barker: oh yeah yeah we're cool King: do you have any other kinds of white powder

Poe: steve King: i mean no no you're right that's all behind me King: stay strong steve stay strong!

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Midnight Pals: Body Horror

David Cronenberg: body horror is the art of possibility. the body is the canvas. to change the body is to change reality, to unmake & remake the world. Junji Ito: what if your head was a balloon lol

Junji Ito: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the fashion model Junji Ito: so this film crew hires an actress with a really striking look Poe: what's the look? Ito: oh she's like an obvious monster Ito: like 100% she's definitely a monster

Ito: anyway everyone is all "wow what a striking look" Barker: you know Barker: there's a problem with all these monster women you draw Ito: what? Barker: you're not horny enough

Ito: they're not supposed to be horny Barker: no i mean YOU are not horny Ito: Poe: clive leave him alone Barker: hey i'm not throwing shade Poe: no it really sounds like you are

Ito: how can you say that? Ito: look at these  bishōjo heroines! Barker: don't get me wrong, junji Barker: you got some real cute little straight couples in your comics Barker: but they should fuck

Barker: is the problem that this body horror is too straight Barker: is that it? Ito: what Barker: i mean more power to you Barker: i think it's great what you're doing Ito: Barker: you know despite your handicap Ito: Barker: of being straight

Barker: it's just so cool how you're showing that straight people can do body horror too Ito: Barker: real inspiring! Ito: Poe: that's enough clive Barker: no shut up edgar i'm having fun

Barker: i'm just saying its unusual to see a cishet in this field Barker: i mean Barker: anyone here who's written body horror that is NOT some kinda trans allegory, raise your hand Eve Harms: Lor Gislason: Franz Kafka: [raises hand] Barker: uh uh uh uh franz Barker: not so fast!

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Bound In Flesh by Lor Gislason

BOUND IN FLESH: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror brings together 13 trans and non-binary writers, using horror to both explore the darkest depths of the genre and the boundaries of flesh. A disgusting good time for all! Edited by Lor Gislason. Featuring fiction by LC von Hessen, Theo Hendrie, Derek Des Agnes, Winter Holmes, gaast, Charles-Elizabeth Boyles, Hailey Piper, Joe Koch, Layne Van Rensburg, Bitter Karella, Amanda M. Blake, Lillian Boyd, and Taliesin Neith.