Bitter Karella

Midnight Pals: Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein

Sir Kenneth Branagh: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of Sir Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Branagh: it's the Frankenstein film most to the...

Event: Gays in Space! Bitter Karella in conversation with Charlie Jane Anders

You heard right! On Oct. 25, I'll be at A Seat at the Table books in Elk Grove, CA at 4:00 om to have a conversation with the one and only Charlie Jane Anders about her new book Lessons in Magic a...

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Midnight Pals: Dinosaurs

Dean Koontz: you know what you guys?
King: now dean you know you've got to say the words
Poe: oh it's dean, steve
Poe: let him have this
King: saying the words is part of the fun, e...

Guess who got mentioned in the Washington Post? (Me, it was me)

Someone mentioned that I come across as warm in videos, so maybe I'll try making some video announcements instead of just typing them. Hopefully people don't get sick of my stupid voice lm...

Midnight Pals: Desert Island Game

Cat Voleur: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the story of the end of the world
Voleur: what if the world ended and you were stuck on a tropical island with your in...

Midnight Pals: 5 Nights at Freddys 2

Scott Cawthon: i have big news about the new five nights at freddys movie!!!
King: there's a new five nights at freddys movie?
Cawthon: yeah! the kids will love it!
Cawthon: no way has ...

Midnight Pals: Fairies

Jennifer McMahon: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the girl who gets kidnapped by fairies
Arthur Conan Doyle: ah yes yes yes
Doyle: as the residen...

Midnight Pals: Monster

Ryan Murphy: hey horror fans it's me ryan murphy
Ian Brennan: and I'm ryan murphy
Murphy: and together we're
Murphy: no wait I'M ryan murphy
Brennan: no no you're ian brennan
Murphy:...

Midnight Pals: Lovecraft Tea

Muriel Eddy: hello dear readers
Eddy: are you ready for some delicious gossip about your good friend hp lovecraft?
Eddy: remember you heard it hear first
Eddy: off the record, on the QT, a...

Midnight Pals: Who Killed Elon

M. Lopes da Silva: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of what if elon musk got killed
Aubrey Wood: ah yes what if melon husk got unalived, hypothetically, i...

Midnight Pals: Haar

David Sodergren: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the haar
Koontz: what's haar?
Sodergren: it's like fog
Sodergren: but more Scottish 2025-10-07 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Midnight Pals: Revenge

King: so what did we miss?
Poe: well apparently the first amendment doesn't exist anymore
King: what?! but that's my favorite amendment!
Poe: wait i'm getting word that maybe it does
Ki...

Midnight Pals: We're back

King: boy that sure was a long and relaxing break but it's sure nice to get back to the campfire
King: [dusting cobwebs off campfire] sure hope nothing crazy happened while we were gone
JK Ro...

Midnight Pals: Horror Zine

Edward Lee: hey broooo
Lee: it's time for a bros night out!
Lovecraft: oh no
Lee: we're gonna have so much fun, bro!
Lee: Jordan won't even remember his ex
Jordan Shiveley: ...

Midnight Pals: Garlic

Jennifer Armentrout: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the scone of stone and bone
King: what's that smell?
Armentrout: oh you mean that garlic sme...

Midnight Pals: Serious times

HP Lovecraft: before we begin tonight, i'd like to observe a moment of silence for the victim of gun violence
Barker: you mean victims?
Lovecraft:
Lovecraft: no
Lovecraft: just the one<...

Midnight Pals: iygyfebwc

JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i've just dissscovered a chilling transss conssspiracy
Barker: is this the one to allow slighter taller than average women to be department store clerks ...

Midnight Pals: Court Testimony

[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i want you all to give a warm welcome to graham linehan
Rowling: i've decided that it's high time we welcome him...

Midnight Pals: Linehan Arrested

[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: tonight i want to talk about the ssscourge of ssslightly taller than average department sstore clerksss
Rowling:...

MOONFLOW IS LIVE!!

check it out, my psychedelic trans splatterpunk horror novel moonflow debuts today! :D Here's a little taste of some of the mushrooms readers get to meet! :D 2025-09-02 18:45:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Midnight Pals: Mambo Macabre

Tabitha King: did listening to lou bega’s mambo no 5 incessantly on loop for hours help inspire you to write?
Stephen King: it did!
Stephen King: but why wound readers’ brain with words?!...

Midnight Pals: Tunes for Writing

Stephen King: alright, time to get to work
King: gotta get some writing done
King: and that means
King: i gotta put on
King: SOME TUNES
[King rolls a fedora down his arm & p...

Midnight Pals: MOONFLOW IS COMING

Bitter Karella: well well well
Karella: guess who's got her debut horror book coming out next week
King:
Poe:
Lovecraft:
Barker:
Koontz:
Karella: c'mon guess
King: <...

Midnight Pals: The Rude Question

Edgar Allan Poe: ok guys so kind of a thing tonight
Poe: GRR Martin is coming over to talk
Poe: and i need you all to NOT ask him about finishing game of thrones
Poe: i'm looking at you...

Midnight Pals: Worldcon Drama

[at space coven]
Hugo Gernsback: I've had enough of this!
Gernsback: for too long, my precious hugos have been besmirched by scandal and controversy!
Gernsback: but no more!
Gernsback: ...

Midnight Pals: Withered Hill

David Barnett: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of withered hill
Barnett: its about this woman who gets trapped in this weirdly horny british village
B...

Midnight Pals: Polari Prize

[mysterious circle of robed figures]
John Boyne: dark lord! dark lord, help me!
JK Rowling: whatsss wrong?
Boyne: i'm being bullied!
Boyne: me! john boyne!
Boyne: author of the boy i...

Midnight Pals: Flesh for Frankenstein

Paul Morrissey: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of andy warhol's frankenstein
Barker: uh huh
Barker: was andy warhol involved?
Morrissey: why ar...

Midnight Pals: Andy Warhol's Dracula

Paul Morrissey: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of andy warhol's dracula
King: wow! andy warhol made a dracula movie?!
Morrissey:
Morrissey: yee...

Midnight Pals: Gollum

JRR Tolkien: exciting news everyone! there's a new lord of the rings movie!
Tolkien: finally, it's going to answer that big question on everyone's minds
Tolkien: what was gollum doing?
...