Grim Melody Pratt
@timpratt.org
Writer and editor. Loser of Nebula, World Fantasy, Dick, and Stoker Awards (won a Hugo tho). Been published in Best American Short Stories AND Best American Erotica. Genderfluid. Any pronouns
I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
My apartment smells like corn muffins so life is good
October 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
My apartment smells like corn muffins so life is good
Reposted by Grim Melody Pratt
Chapter 2 out now from the world of @arkhamhorror.bsky.social, read this new series from @timpratt.org and make sure to get the upcoming scenerio pack from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social, Traces to Nowhere, this friday!
In anticipation of @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social's upcoming scenario pack Traces to Nowhere, we continue author @timpratt.org new serial, Alike Indignity.
Read or listen to chapter two, “An Out of Body Experience,” below.
www.arkhamhorror.com/news/alike-i...
Read or listen to chapter two, “An Out of Body Experience,” below.
www.arkhamhorror.com/news/alike-i...
Alike Indignity – Chapter Two | ArkhamHorror.com | The Official Arkham Horror Website News
Alike Indignity is a six-part series that mixes family rivalry with dangerous magics. Tied to Fantasy Flight Games’ upcoming scenario pack Traces to Nowhere for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, you can r...
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October 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Chapter 2 out now from the world of @arkhamhorror.bsky.social, read this new series from @timpratt.org and make sure to get the upcoming scenerio pack from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social, Traces to Nowhere, this friday!
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Five days left on the Lightspeed & Nightmare kickstarter, and they still need $10k to meet their funding goal! Love short fiction? Go pick up a subscription and help spread the word!
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LIGHTSPEED & NIGHTMARE: Award-Winning SF, Fantasy, & Horror
We've published nearly 10 million words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction. Help us write the next chapter.
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October 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Five days left on the Lightspeed & Nightmare kickstarter, and they still need $10k to meet their funding goal! Love short fiction? Go pick up a subscription and help spread the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lig...
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What if instead of cosmic beings that erotically tortured people seeking the extremes of hedonism, Pinhead and the Cenobites appeared from their hell dimension to lecture deviants on the importance of safe sex, enthusiastic consent, and personal responsibility. Wouldn’t that be groundbreaking
What if Freddie wasn't a dream-traveling pedophile nightmare monster with knives for fingers, but a nice man who takes his daughter to the movies
hello??? police??????????
October 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
What if instead of cosmic beings that erotically tortured people seeking the extremes of hedonism, Pinhead and the Cenobites appeared from their hell dimension to lecture deviants on the importance of safe sex, enthusiastic consent, and personal responsibility. Wouldn’t that be groundbreaking
So I usually present a pretty rosy view (and honestly in my personal life things are great and in my professional life they are looking up) but to be really real, I have been beating myself up a lot about my level of productivity all year because I am WRITING FULL TIME, I SHOULD DO ALL THE THINGS
October 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
So I usually present a pretty rosy view (and honestly in my personal life things are great and in my professional life they are looking up) but to be really real, I have been beating myself up a lot about my level of productivity all year because I am WRITING FULL TIME, I SHOULD DO ALL THE THINGS
Set aside the day to address editorial comments on a story from one venue and on a novelette for another
the story had like three comments and one was just a typo
the novelette had over twenty comments but most were just telling me how great I am
I love getting all my work done in an hour
the story had like three comments and one was just a typo
the novelette had over twenty comments but most were just telling me how great I am
I love getting all my work done in an hour
October 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Set aside the day to address editorial comments on a story from one venue and on a novelette for another
the story had like three comments and one was just a typo
the novelette had over twenty comments but most were just telling me how great I am
I love getting all my work done in an hour
the story had like three comments and one was just a typo
the novelette had over twenty comments but most were just telling me how great I am
I love getting all my work done in an hour
The proper response to being upset about the way a story is written is to write a story of your own that does it RIGHT, be it direct fanfic (“fix-it fic”) or an original that uses similar materials in different ways
The latter is like a fifth of my fiction!
The latter is like a fifth of my fiction!
I'm not going to get into it on Threads because I'm not a masochist, but sending your editorial notes to an author for a trad pub book that's already published is insane behaviour. The author vetted it, their editor did, a copyeditor, a proofreader...the book is written the way it is for a reason.
October 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The proper response to being upset about the way a story is written is to write a story of your own that does it RIGHT, be it direct fanfic (“fix-it fic”) or an original that uses similar materials in different ways
The latter is like a fifth of my fiction!
The latter is like a fifth of my fiction!
Well, all else aside, at least I’m cute, so that’s something
October 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Well, all else aside, at least I’m cute, so that’s something
4,250 words, and that's a draft of "Captain Graydeon the Phlogistonic Man," a new SF story that turned out better than I'd hoped!
I even resisted my typical impulse to explain every single little thing and allowed some space for implication and inference
I even resisted my typical impulse to explain every single little thing and allowed some space for implication and inference
October 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
4,250 words, and that's a draft of "Captain Graydeon the Phlogistonic Man," a new SF story that turned out better than I'd hoped!
I even resisted my typical impulse to explain every single little thing and allowed some space for implication and inference
I even resisted my typical impulse to explain every single little thing and allowed some space for implication and inference
I had soooo much fun with this one, got to play with some of my favorite Mythos stuff and slip in a little of the ol' class warfare
𝘈𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥.
Ahead of @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social's upcoming scenario pack Traces to Nowhere, meet the scions of the Meiger and Husserl families in Alike Indignity, a new series written by @timpratt.org with narration by Todd Menesses.
www.arkhamhorror.com/news/alike-i...
Ahead of @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social's upcoming scenario pack Traces to Nowhere, meet the scions of the Meiger and Husserl families in Alike Indignity, a new series written by @timpratt.org with narration by Todd Menesses.
www.arkhamhorror.com/news/alike-i...
October 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I had soooo much fun with this one, got to play with some of my favorite Mythos stuff and slip in a little of the ol' class warfare
I made my kid this great wire monkey
October 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I made my kid this great wire monkey
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“how much shit can you deny yourself? cheese, gender, the fuck’s next?”
truly humanity is a rich text
truly humanity is a rich text
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 999: "trans-inclusive radical misogyny" // "women should stay out of kitchens"
October 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“how much shit can you deny yourself? cheese, gender, the fuck’s next?”
truly humanity is a rich text
truly humanity is a rich text
My latest roundup of mini book reviews is up and free to read at my Patreon!
With stuff I liked by Laura Cranehill, Chris Vanjonack, Kristina Forest, Sarah G. Pierce, Solvej Balle, Lisa Jewell, and more
www.patreon.com/timpratt/pos...
With stuff I liked by Laura Cranehill, Chris Vanjonack, Kristina Forest, Sarah G. Pierce, Solvej Balle, Lisa Jewell, and more
www.patreon.com/timpratt/pos...
Booking 9/26 | Tim Melody Pratt
Another month, another... several books read! The standout for me was probably Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill, a feminist postapocaly
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October 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
My latest roundup of mini book reviews is up and free to read at my Patreon!
With stuff I liked by Laura Cranehill, Chris Vanjonack, Kristina Forest, Sarah G. Pierce, Solvej Balle, Lisa Jewell, and more
www.patreon.com/timpratt/pos...
With stuff I liked by Laura Cranehill, Chris Vanjonack, Kristina Forest, Sarah G. Pierce, Solvej Balle, Lisa Jewell, and more
www.patreon.com/timpratt/pos...
Elise is good people, help if you can
this october
instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS
we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay.
no coin fundraiser
only fundraising Elise
🖤🖤
pls join us + spread the word
instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS
we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay.
no coin fundraiser
only fundraising Elise
🖤🖤
pls join us + spread the word
www.gofundme.com
October 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Elise is good people, help if you can
Because I watch it every Xmas
October 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Because I watch it every Xmas
Currently hanging out on my balcony in cutoff shorts and a bikini top because autumn in October is something that happens to people in other places
October 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Currently hanging out on my balcony in cutoff shorts and a bikini top because autumn in October is something that happens to people in other places
Wrote a couple of book reviews. (Actual long ones, not my usual little paragraphs) I still remember how!
Also took some notes for a workshop I’m running in January, vague ideas coalescing into something resembling a plan!
Also took some notes for a workshop I’m running in January, vague ideas coalescing into something resembling a plan!
October 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Wrote a couple of book reviews. (Actual long ones, not my usual little paragraphs) I still remember how!
Also took some notes for a workshop I’m running in January, vague ideas coalescing into something resembling a plan!
Also took some notes for a workshop I’m running in January, vague ideas coalescing into something resembling a plan!
Years ago me and my son watched Fall, a movie about climbers who get trapped atop an abandoned radio tower with horrible results
When he heard there was a Fall 2 movie my kid deadpanned, “Wow, I can’t believe they’d climb up there again after what happened the first time”
We raised him right
When he heard there was a Fall 2 movie my kid deadpanned, “Wow, I can’t believe they’d climb up there again after what happened the first time”
We raised him right
October 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Years ago me and my son watched Fall, a movie about climbers who get trapped atop an abandoned radio tower with horrible results
When he heard there was a Fall 2 movie my kid deadpanned, “Wow, I can’t believe they’d climb up there again after what happened the first time”
We raised him right
When he heard there was a Fall 2 movie my kid deadpanned, “Wow, I can’t believe they’d climb up there again after what happened the first time”
We raised him right
This week’s muffins! Banana chocolate chip walnut
October 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
This week’s muffins! Banana chocolate chip walnut
Day 1: watched the latest season of the Creep Tapes (I know, not a movie, but a movie spinoff and movie length!)
Day 2: Jacob’s Ladder, an old favorite, love the horrific vision of New York and the monster designs
Day 3: Finally watched Exhuma and liked it a lot, modern folk horror
Day 2: Jacob’s Ladder, an old favorite, love the horrific vision of New York and the monster designs
Day 3: Finally watched Exhuma and liked it a lot, modern folk horror
This is kinda unhinged, but what if we all watch 1 horror movie a day for the month of October, and then chat about it here online? Not fight to the death style. Just I saw x,y,z movie and I liked this about it? Or even just tap in, yes, I saw that today and tomorrow I'm going to watch x,y,z. cont
October 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Day 1: watched the latest season of the Creep Tapes (I know, not a movie, but a movie spinoff and movie length!)
Day 2: Jacob’s Ladder, an old favorite, love the horrific vision of New York and the monster designs
Day 3: Finally watched Exhuma and liked it a lot, modern folk horror
Day 2: Jacob’s Ladder, an old favorite, love the horrific vision of New York and the monster designs
Day 3: Finally watched Exhuma and liked it a lot, modern folk horror
Patio at the sushi place last night had the gay lighting on
October 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Patio at the sushi place last night had the gay lighting on
Getting up early DOES have its benefits fine
October 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Getting up early DOES have its benefits fine
Oakland more than SF proper in my experience, at least in terms of density
do you think seattle, sf, or nyc most deserves the title of "tgirl capitol of the united states"
October 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Oakland more than SF proper in my experience, at least in terms of density
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If you approach Grocery Outlet with humility and an open heart it will show you wonders
October 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
If you approach Grocery Outlet with humility and an open heart it will show you wonders