David ‘Obligatory Seasonal Name Change’ Bamford 🎃
@davidbamford.me
He/Him. Glasgow. Queer. Essayist. Work can be found in Bram Stoker-nominated collection DARKEST MARGINS. Eastercon co-chair 2027. Horror, SF/F, queer culture, punk/sludge/hardcore/doom metal, kittens. #ThePhobiaFiles is at davidbamford.me
If you’re at OctoCon, I’ll be on the 5:30 panel ‘When Do We Kill The Horror Franchise (And Make It Stay Dead)?’ Slasher movies! Unnecessary sequels! Come watch us discuss the rights, wrongs, and just plain WTFs of our favourite horror franchises.
October 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If you’re at OctoCon, I’ll be on the 5:30 panel ‘When Do We Kill The Horror Franchise (And Make It Stay Dead)?’ Slasher movies! Unnecessary sequels! Come watch us discuss the rights, wrongs, and just plain WTFs of our favourite horror franchises.
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I think it’s about time we had Richard E Grant as the Doctor (yes, I know about Comic Relief and the Shalka). He could then do a ‘Two Doctors’ story with Paul McGann where they go on holiday by mistake.
Withnail and friend having lunch
ALT: Withnail and friend having lunch
static.klipy.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I think it’s about time we had Richard E Grant as the Doctor (yes, I know about Comic Relief and the Shalka). He could then do a ‘Two Doctors’ story with Paul McGann where they go on holiday by mistake.
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Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
October 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
It should be mandatory for men to listen to, and appreciate, and understand, and be able to answer in-depth questions on the entire back catalogues, themes and meanings of the songs of:
Lingua Ignota
Tori Amos
Punch
Couch Slut
Peaches
before even approaching women.
Lingua Ignota
Tori Amos
Punch
Couch Slut
Peaches
before even approaching women.
September 30, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It should be mandatory for men to listen to, and appreciate, and understand, and be able to answer in-depth questions on the entire back catalogues, themes and meanings of the songs of:
Lingua Ignota
Tori Amos
Punch
Couch Slut
Peaches
before even approaching women.
Lingua Ignota
Tori Amos
Punch
Couch Slut
Peaches
before even approaching women.
My Top 10 for the 2020s (so far):
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Sinners
Barbie
I Saw The TV Glow
Nosferatu
Weapons
Bring Her Back
In A Violent Nature
Talk To Me
Longlegs
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Sinners
Barbie
I Saw The TV Glow
Nosferatu
Weapons
Bring Her Back
In A Violent Nature
Talk To Me
Longlegs
My Top 10 for the 2020s (so far)*:
*assuming I'm not forgetting anything which I most certainly am
*assuming I'm not forgetting anything which I most certainly am
September 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
My Top 10 for the 2020s (so far):
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Sinners
Barbie
I Saw The TV Glow
Nosferatu
Weapons
Bring Her Back
In A Violent Nature
Talk To Me
Longlegs
Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Sinners
Barbie
I Saw The TV Glow
Nosferatu
Weapons
Bring Her Back
In A Violent Nature
Talk To Me
Longlegs
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PictCon, Perth's SF and Fantasy micro-con returns on Saturday 17th October. Join Guest of Honour and GSFWC star Neil Williamson, as well as E.M. Faulds and Ruth EJ Booth for a day of games, workshops, panels and more!
pictcon.com @pictcon.bsky.social
Here's what we'll be up to:
pictcon.com @pictcon.bsky.social
Here's what we'll be up to:
September 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
PictCon, Perth's SF and Fantasy micro-con returns on Saturday 17th October. Join Guest of Honour and GSFWC star Neil Williamson, as well as E.M. Faulds and Ruth EJ Booth for a day of games, workshops, panels and more!
pictcon.com @pictcon.bsky.social
Here's what we'll be up to:
pictcon.com @pictcon.bsky.social
Here's what we'll be up to:
You’ll find me talking all things Cosy Fantasy and also Cosy Horror! What’s everyone’s cosy horror movie? Mine is I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997)
We're officially in the countdown to Fantasycon 2026: just 10 days until we meet in Glasgow! Tickets are still available for both individual days & the whole weekend. Full programme (including the British Fantasy Awards!) & ticket details are on our website: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...
September 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
You’ll find me talking all things Cosy Fantasy and also Cosy Horror! What’s everyone’s cosy horror movie? Mine is I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997)
Today on Bluesky:
- Called out a misogynist for participating in rape advocacy against all women because 47% of them voted for Trump
- STRAIGHT AWAY got accused of virtually ‘raping his freedom of speech’
- Him: ‘Learn To Read!’
- Him: ‘You’re a snowflake!’
Sure dude. I’m the snowflake. Ok.
- Called out a misogynist for participating in rape advocacy against all women because 47% of them voted for Trump
- STRAIGHT AWAY got accused of virtually ‘raping his freedom of speech’
- Him: ‘Learn To Read!’
- Him: ‘You’re a snowflake!’
Sure dude. I’m the snowflake. Ok.
September 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Today on Bluesky:
- Called out a misogynist for participating in rape advocacy against all women because 47% of them voted for Trump
- STRAIGHT AWAY got accused of virtually ‘raping his freedom of speech’
- Him: ‘Learn To Read!’
- Him: ‘You’re a snowflake!’
Sure dude. I’m the snowflake. Ok.
- Called out a misogynist for participating in rape advocacy against all women because 47% of them voted for Trump
- STRAIGHT AWAY got accused of virtually ‘raping his freedom of speech’
- Him: ‘Learn To Read!’
- Him: ‘You’re a snowflake!’
Sure dude. I’m the snowflake. Ok.
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I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison.
My God, men.
Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
My God, men.
Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
“It’s not ALL men.”
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it.
Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
September 28, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison.
My God, men.
Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
My God, men.
Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
Just throwing my hat in the ring re: the ‘Choosin’ Texas’ discourse - the ONLY reason I’ve heard it is because mainstream chart radio is constantly on in my office (not my choice). If that weren’t the case I doubt I would even know what it was. People shouting about ‘living in a bubble’ - yeah. And?
September 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Just throwing my hat in the ring re: the ‘Choosin’ Texas’ discourse - the ONLY reason I’ve heard it is because mainstream chart radio is constantly on in my office (not my choice). If that weren’t the case I doubt I would even know what it was. People shouting about ‘living in a bubble’ - yeah. And?
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It's called Worldcon
Is there a "famous scifi writers coffee klatsch" where you all get together and hang out? Or are you all too busy writing? 😂😂😂
September 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It's called Worldcon
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Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
September 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
Halloween H20
[cautiously admits to never having seen ANOES]
F13 Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
[cautiously admits to never having seen ANOES]
F13 Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
What do you think is the best Halloween sequel?
Nightmare on Elm St. sequel?
Friday the 13th sequel?
Nightmare on Elm St. sequel?
Friday the 13th sequel?
September 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Halloween H20
[cautiously admits to never having seen ANOES]
F13 Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
[cautiously admits to never having seen ANOES]
F13 Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
LIMBO by Playdead - creepy, frustrating fun
September 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM
LIMBO by Playdead - creepy, frustrating fun
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A gentle reminder that science fiction has never been about who we will be in some distant future (or long ago in a galaxy far, far away)— it’s about who we are right here, right now.
September 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
A gentle reminder that science fiction has never been about who we will be in some distant future (or long ago in a galaxy far, far away)— it’s about who we are right here, right now.
Join me at OctoCon next weekend where I will discuss how many horror franchises (but especially this one) should die.
The gory games are set to continue with a genre mainstay at the helm.
The Next SAW Movie Has Found Its Director
The gory games are set to continue with a genre mainstay at the helm.
dlvr.it
September 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Join me at OctoCon next weekend where I will discuss how many horror franchises (but especially this one) should die.
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me: no worries
(galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
(galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
September 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM
me: no worries
(galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
(galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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Discrimination in the UK is when you can't have a pint in the stands at the football.
But banning trans people from everything is not discrimination.
Clear?
But banning trans people from everything is not discrimination.
Clear?
September 24, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Discrimination in the UK is when you can't have a pint in the stands at the football.
But banning trans people from everything is not discrimination.
Clear?
But banning trans people from everything is not discrimination.
Clear?
So happy to have fucked Instagram off for a bit. Holy hell what an absolute cesspit that place is. Rewards/reinforces compulsive behaviour, buries people you actually follow in favour of accounts the algorithm thinks you should like, rampant with AI slop. Grim.
September 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
So happy to have fucked Instagram off for a bit. Holy hell what an absolute cesspit that place is. Rewards/reinforces compulsive behaviour, buries people you actually follow in favour of accounts the algorithm thinks you should like, rampant with AI slop. Grim.
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#Haverin TOC reveal alert! Find out what's in our 40th anniversary anthology, including tales from Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Elaine Gallagher, Gary Gibson, Cameron Johnston, Neil Williamson, and more.
Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below:
#GSFWC40
Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below:
#GSFWC40
GSFWC 40th Anniversary Anthology
Haverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g…
gsfwc.wordpress.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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I am a two-time Eisner nominated comics writer (ETERNITY GIRL, KIM & KIM) looking for a transfem comic artist professional interested in developing a new book with me to take out to publishers.
September 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I am a two-time Eisner nominated comics writer (ETERNITY GIRL, KIM & KIM) looking for a transfem comic artist professional interested in developing a new book with me to take out to publishers.
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Ed Sheeran's tour bus.
September 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Ed Sheeran's tour bus.
May we celebrate Trump’s death the way we celebrated Dolly Parton’s life.
September 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
May we celebrate Trump’s death the way we celebrated Dolly Parton’s life.
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Fear is the Project Killer.
September 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Fear is the Project Killer.
Anyone not currently up on the Horror Writers Association mess, the below article does a really great deep dive on it. Huge props to the writers and those affiliated with HWA who lobbied for fiscal transparency and committee-wide change.
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/hwa-shi...
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/hwa-shi...
The Horror Writers Association’s Never-Ending August 2026 Shitshow — Michael Patrick Hicks
This post was originally supposed to be my monthly wrap-up, but the Horror Writer’s Association decided it was, instead, a good time to come along and tell horror writers everywhere to go fuck themsel...
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
September 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Anyone not currently up on the Horror Writers Association mess, the below article does a really great deep dive on it. Huge props to the writers and those affiliated with HWA who lobbied for fiscal transparency and committee-wide change.
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/hwa-shi...
www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/hwa-shi...