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leebaileswriter.bsky.social
Writer, filmmaker, Screenwriter, cat servant, nerd. A UK expat in Sweden. #Horror fan. https://linktr.ee/lee.bailes Published in various horror anthologies and working on a collection of short horror stories for publication in 2025
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Keep getting weird "Kegel exercises for men" adverts from Pinterest. Not sure why, if not just age related? But also, is the end goal to be able to do press-ups without hands? 🤣

Slat shadows creep Across my floor Dust motes dance on air Morning light Is stalking me As I just lie & stare Pull my blanket O’er my head To rise I fear to dare… But feel every Ache & pain— The thinning of my hair Want to curse Time’s #vagaries Tho know it will not care #vss365

Rory had found himself down here by a #vagary of chance. He had expected to take a short cut to the next stage of the quest, but, instead, had found a delightful little side-quest to rescue a sheep. Just that. The main quest could wait until he’d finished this one. It wasn’t going anywhere. #vss365

By some chance, some fluke, some #vagary of fate, Dylan had managed to drift into a little-used space lane. He hadn’t realised how close he was to death. Fuel gone. Life support at minimal. Found by a passing freighter taking a short cut to minimise costs. No-one believed his story. #vss365

#vss365 Gruk was happy in his work, despite the #vagaries of his role. After all, he could have been a butt-scraper gnome, or a booger fairy (the lesser known kind). But he loved working amid the birch trees, sleeping on soft moss and tending to the animals. Even if the warthogs were vicious....

cosmic #vagary comet weaves through starlit haze tail sparks wild, free arcs #vss365 #haiku

Had a horrible chronic pain flare up day yesterday. But I'm up and seeing if I can handle today

Which super awesome film fans stepped up and contributed to the FAIRY DUST film fund? It's Kyle Pallasch, @jasonragosta.bsky.social, Stephanie LeAnne Nelson and Albun Sallansonnet! We've only got 4 DAYS before the end of our campaign. Wh0's next to help us reach £10k? igg.me/at/fairydustmovie

In a distant world, 'gods' slumber to avoid being enslaved by pure evil. Unless a human they’ve chosen awakens them, brings back forbidden knowledge & defeats this evil before a spacetime node collapses, life will end, everywhere. amazon.com/dp/B0CHKJF1B5 #vampires #WritingCommunity #BookSky📚💙 #SFF

MERCY FOR NONE - is s super violent OLD BOY style Netflix gangster romp, with plenty of large numbers of henchmen vs one limping hero. Fun times

A lot of things amazed Rory about the game, among them the fact that they had designed the sky to include the fictional star signs in the narrative. The #starscape above was that detailed. Not to mention the moons, which looked incredible in their passage, waxing and waning over the days. #vss365

Dylan awoke to silence in the cockpit of Magpie. Silence and darkness, the only light coming from the pinpoint dots of the #starscape beyond the canopy. He had survived, somehow. Uncertain where he had turned up, he tried to restart the ship’s systems, only for a shadow to pass overhead. #vss365

#vss364 After the lights of civilisation died and the skies cleared, we could finally appreciate the #starscape everywhere. We admired the meteor trails & winking out remnants of dying stars, huddled around the flames for warmth & shared memories of our lives before. A fragile hope was our lodestar.

The @wrdstories.bsky.social horror anthology, All Roads Lead to Hell, featuring Bram Stoker Award-winners @timwaggoner.bsky.social and @robertottone.bsky.social is available for free as an ebook! All you need to do is sign up for our (also free) newsletter here: bookhip.com/SKJZVRV

Join @michaelshotter.com and @ronaldmcgillvray.bsky.social as we discuss “Sleeping in the Fire” by @johndurginauthor.bsky.social. You can also sample a bit of my audiobook “The Candy Witch,” at the very beginning. Plus, I discuss my visit to Uncle Carmine’s New York. 😀 youtu.be/Qz8GtOET_Fo?...

The numerous puzzles within the caves were not the #enigma of the place, but it’s strange construction. Side-tunnels that weaved and turned and returned back to where they began. Stairs that led nowhere. It certainly confused Rory and, after the fifth wrong turn, considered he may be lost. #vss365

They weren’t an #enigma to solve, or a culture to learn about and understand. They were invaders. That was very clear. Dylan tried to keep Magpie as low-profile as possible, but there were too many. Racing toward the system gate, fire all around. He had to make it. They both did. Had to! #vss365

#vss365 Nothing made sense anymore. I was my own #enigma. Memories came unbidden, yet evaded controlled & in-depth recall. My short term memory was shot. I dug deeper. Determined to uncover my skeletons, to analyse their wounds and learn their stories. Then toss their bones to scry the way forward.

Would have much preferred dreaming of this, instead of swimming with Great White Sharks, with no cage at midnight www.bbc.com/news/article...

After months of waiting, I finally had my meeting with the world famous self-help #guru. "Please tell me, what is the secret to becoming rich and successful?" I asked as I sat down, giddy with anticipation. "That will be $500." "But you haven't answered!" "I just did," he said with a grin. #vss365

It's the last week of Pride Month so to see the month out, I've created my first Itch bundle sale. 50% off, individually or as a bundle. Angel's Mass Shadows of Cathedral Lane Phobetor's Children (please check the content warnings if you go for this one) 🌈📚💙📚👀📢📚😱🩸📚 itch.io/s/155485/pri...

Rory would have to consult with some kind of #guru for magic. Someone who could explain the strange magical properties of the stone he had found and why the cult wanted it so bad. Luckily for the quest, just such a man lived relatively close and Rory need only to find a way into his tower. #vss365

There wa nothing else for it, Dylan had to make a run for it. He couldn’t just sit there as those things continued to multiply. But, unless he suddenly became a navigational #guru, things were going to get pretty shaky. He had to reach the system gate, though, by any means necessary. #vss365

#vss365 I was confused why people came to me, expecting me to help them find themselves. We don't do yoga or philosophy. All I knew was the riddle of steel, how to deliver man into the afterlife with the edge of a blade and teach them how to kill. They always left happy, with renewed purpose. #guru

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Is this some next level trolling? edition.cnn.com/2025/06/21/a... 😂🤣🫠

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These creatures were bad enough for Rory, swarming, moving fast, spitting poison, but according to the rumours about the place, these things were only the latest batch. Something else existed deep within the cavern. Something far older. A #progenitor to these creatures, far more dangerous. #vss365

Dylan knew very well that the Five Systems had never had a previous intelligent species, no #progenitor that passed out of existence long before. No, these things were not native to these worlds. Where they came from, he couldn’t say, but they were here, and they were clearly aggressive. #vss365

#vss365 Children carry the torch of your genetic code long after your passing - even that of the cursed seed. You laid down the rhizomes which have since spread and regenerated from the smallest of fragments. Extending far from the #progenitor roots. Storing our energy. No longer just feeding...

Thank you for the reskeets 🙏🖤

Thank you for the reskeets 🙏🖤

The Earthlings flowed from their houses, condos, mobile homes & other abodes to observe the two parallel neon pink lines spread slowly across the sky. The lines were visible throughout the planet, night & day. A dark hole formed between the lines & alien starships rushed thru firing weapons. #vss365

He straddled the line. An unseen line, but one that held the power to determine his life. It pushed & pressed on him til he thought that he'd go mad. Which way should he cross the liminal space? Each side held an unforseen dilemma that could end or enrich his life. He wavered, noncommital. #vss365

Thank you for the reskeets 🙏🖤