JK Rowling: hello children
Poe: oh Joanne!
Poe: I'm
Poe: I
Poe: I really did not expect to see you again
Rowling: oh really edgar? and why wasss that?
Poe: because of that whole Olympics business
Poe: you know with imane khelif
Poe: all that stuff you did
Poe: we just kinda thought
Poe: you know we all thought
Poe: and I don't just me...
Poe: [stripping to reveal his swimmer's physique] so while i'm telling this story, i'm just gonna swim a few laps here in the potomac
William Hope Hodgson: please feel free!
Hodgson: [muscles bulging as he does crunches] do you mind if i bench press this enormous weight while i listen?
Poe: Not at all!
Lovecraft:
Lovecraft: you know, guys, i consider myself quite manly myself<...
2024-09-19 22:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostLaird Barron: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the story of eldritch forces beyond mortal ken
Lovecraft: oh this is my favorite kind of story!
Barron: of course the protagonist is a big tough manly man's man
Lovecraft: what
Barron: this guy is a real rough and tumble fella
Barron: loves beer and broads and bowling
Barron: shoots guns
Barron...
Hildur Knutsdottir: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the night guest
Knutsdottir: its about a woman who gets a full night's sleep so you would think she would be well rested (she's not)
Knutsdottir: it's almost like something is possessing her while she sleeps (something is)
Knutsdottir: this possession
Knutsdottir: you might think it's...
Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this-
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyy stephano king
Musk: mi amico eyyyy!
King: we're not friends elon
Musk: eyyy! stephano king! why you so obsessed with me?
King:
Musk: ok ok i will give you a child
King: i'm sorry, what
Musk: i will give you a child
Musk: whatsamatta for you?
L Ron Hubbard: hey pal its me your old pal honest ron
Hubbard: and i've got a great deal for you today, friends
Hubbard: this handy dandy little AI can write all your books for you, friends
Hubbard: with just the push of a button!
Hubbard: no more slaving over a hot typewriter!
King: wow! sounds great!
King: this is fully licensed, certified, bonded, endorsed and accre...
Colin Hinckley: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the back lord
Hinckley: what if there was a monster in the woods behind your house
Hinckley: and it wanted to eat... YOUR SON????
Stephen King: no!
King: not my boy joe!
King: anything but that
King: if some eldritch elder god monster tried to eat my precious baby joe, i would f...
2024-09-10 18:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostJohn Wiswell: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the asexual succubus
Wiswell: it's about a succubus who's different from the stereotypical succubus
Wiswell: it makes you think about what if you were an individual in a society
Wiswell: so this succubus, you see, is ace
Barker: oh come the fuck on
Barker: come on!!!
Barker: you c...
Cody Schroeder: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the dog who looked friendly but actually wasn't
Dean Koontz: ha ha
Koontz: good one, you guys!
Koontz: i know you're trying to scare me
Koontz: but that just doesn't happen!
Schroeder: yeah BUT
Schroeder: this dog seems friendly
Schroeder: but in reality
Schroeder: it's ...
Rae Knowles: we've got a real banger of a story for you tonight
April Yates: real banger
Knowles: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, we call this the tale of the disaster lesbians
Yates: real disasters, these two
Yates: possibly the biggest
Knowles: so there's these two lesbians who run a fake seance scam
Edward Lee: bro i don't care about any fake sea...
Stephen King: boy, looks like that bungler elon musk really bungled it again!
King: another rocket exploded! boy!
Elon Musk: [appearing from ushes] eyyy Stephano king
Musk: you thinka you so smart?
Musk: whatsa matta for you??
Musk: i breaka you face!!!
Musk: checka dis out
[Elon posts an AI image, again it is unclear what it is supposed to be]
King: oh yeah uh
Kin...
Robert E Howard: howdy pardnas, it's me Robert "2 Gun Bob" Howard
Lovecraft: 2 gun bob!
King: 2 Gun Bob!
Koontz: it's 2 Gun bob!
Poe: 2 gun bob!
Barker: how many guns was that? i forgot
Poe: it's 2 guns, clive
Poe: you know it's 2 guns
Poe: don't be an instigator
Howard: Gather round, hombres! i got a rootin' tootin' tale of two-fisted thrills!
Howard: it'll rea...
David Fincher: hi i'm david fincher
Fincher: i used to be big in hollywood until the curious case of benjamin button
Fincher: now i have to share an apartment with david cronenberg & david lynch
Fincher: so stay tuned for
Fincher: David, David & David
Fincher: coming this fall
Fincher: [bursting into room, arms flailing] David! David! I've got huge news!...
2024-08-26 21:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostJK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: I'M BACK!
Rowling: [snapping fingers] and I'm on the prowl!
Rowling: revenge would tasste sso ssweet right now!
Julie Bindel, Helen Joyce, Allison Bailey: [in unison] she's back, she's back!
Rowling: and it's time for war!
Rowling: [snapping fingers] I'M BACK!
Rowling: and i won't play nice!
Julie Bindel, Helen Joyce, Alison ...
Anthony Engebretson: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the lumberjack
Stephen King: the lumberjack, eh?
King: does he sleep all night and work all day?
King: hahaha!
King: eh? eh? get it guys?
Barker: we're not doing this steve
King: ohhh
King: i'm a lumberjack and i'm ok
King: i sleep all night and i work all da...
[at JK Rowling's Scottish castle]
JK Rowling: Ha ha! Look at me! I'm possting on the internet!
Rowling: "esstrogen turns normal men into rampaging ape beastss!"
agent: joanne! stop!
agent: you're posting too close to the sun!
Rowling: "Gamer ssockss are AGP!"
Rowling: ha ha no one can ssstop me!
Rowling: I'm JK fuckin' Rowling!
Rowling: I'm a beautiful animal!!...
Stephen King: wow, john, i just heard that you're going to be in the The Thing Expanded documentary!
John Carpenter: [playing Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy on Playstation 2]
King:
Carpenter:
King: i said
Carpenter: i heard you
King: i'm just really excited cuz that's my favorite movie!
Poe: mine too!
Koontz: oh wow! me too!
Barker: everyone loves tha...
David Niall Wilson: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the author who writes reality
Wilson: OR...?
Wilson: does reality write her????
Koontz: whoaaaaa!
Wilson: i know right????
Wilson: so there's this best-selling author
King: oh i love it already!
King: see that's what i like to see, a relatable protagonist
Wils...
Graham Masterton: it may interest you to know
Masterton: that when i'm not writing horror
Masterton: i'm writing sex guides
Barker: oh yeah? how's that work? i thought you were british
Masterton: i
Masterton:
Barker: how you gonna write a sex guide when you're british?
Masterton: you're british
Barker: ah ha ha oh you got me ha ha ha!
Barker: this guy's good
Graham Masterton: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of what if satan ran for president
Masterton: think about it! if satan was president, he could do anything
Barker: i mean, he already can do anything can't he?
Barker: he's satan
Masterton:
Masterton: if satan was president of the US, he could do all sorts of evil things!
Masterto...
CS Humble: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the massacre at yellow hill
Humble: it's about a black vampire hunter
Barker: is it Blade?
Humble: no
Humble: not every black vampire hunter is blade for your information
Humble: this black vampire hunter and his adopted son are riding across the lonesome prairies of texas in sear...
2024-08-16 22:29:41 +0000 UTC View PostJK Rowling: hello children
Clive Barker: whoa jk rowling! you're alive!
Barker: oh thank god we were all really worried
Barker: since you hadn't tweeted in a week
Barker: unless there was some REASON you're suddenly not tweeting
Barker: hahaha
Barker: gee joanne is there some REASON you're not tweeting?
Barker: some INCIDENT which might be, for some reason, restraini...
[at JK Rowling's Scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne it's me your agent
Agent: Lydia
Agent: i haven't appeared in a while so readers might not remember me
Agent: i am a midnight pals totally original character, do not steal
Agent: so how you been doing? working on a new book?
JK Rowling: actually i've been bussssy
agent: oh yeah? with the transphobia?
...
Bitter Karella: hello, fellow esteemed authors!
King: wow it's bitter karella!
Lovecraft: bitter karella!
Koontz: WOW bitter karella!
Poe: OMG it's THE bitter karella!
Barker:
Barker: what the fuck is wrong with you guys
Karella: yes it's me, bitter karella, beloved bon vivant, gadabout and real author
Barker: well, i've never heard of you
Karella: <...
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2024-08-10 19:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostClive Barker: hey guys you hear that Imane Khelif won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics
Poe: ah very cool
Barker: so where's joanne
Barker: is she here tonight
Barker: ha ha
Poe: clive
Barker: cuz i just want to haha talk
Poe: clive don't be an instigator
Barker: hey joanne ha ha so did you hear the news
Barker: imane khelif won
JK Rowling: wh...
Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the people coming to terms with life's melancholy pageant
Stufflebeam: but also
Stufflebeam: there's skeletons
Koontz: s-s-skeletons???
Stufflebeam: that's right
Stufflebeam: spooky scary skeletons
Stufflebeam: Send shivers down your spine
Stufflebeam: Shriekin...
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i am very concerned
Barker: are you still on about the olympics
Rowling: NO
Rowling: well yess
Rowling: but more to the point
Rowling: people need to ssstop talking about my black mold!
Rowling: i want you all to sstop ssaying that my sscottish casstle isss full of black mold
Rowling: or asss we call it in england
...
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i'm VERY concerned about the olympicssss
Clive Barker: oh you found a new interest? that's nice
Stephen King: i didn't know you followed the olympics!
Rowling: I do now that TRANSS WOMEN ARE INVOLVED
Barker: so you didn't find a new interest
King: i don't think any trans women are involved in the olympics actually joanne
Rowl...
Oz Perkins: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the longlegs
Perkins: it's about an FBI agent tracking a serial killer
Thomas Harris: nice
Perkins: no no it's totally different than that
Perkins: not like silence of the lambs at all
Perkins: but here's the twist
Perkins: longlegs is played by nicholas cage with a weird puf...