Stephen King: submitted for the
Elon Musk: [rising from bushes] eyyyyy itsa me, elon muska!
Barker: oh look steve, it's your friend
King: we're not friends
King: we're barely acquaintances!
Musk: eyyy da twitter gotta de bots
Musk: de too many bots!
Musk: de only way i can stoppa de bots
Musk...
Neil Gaiman: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the limitless reaches of the human imagination
Gaiman: for where are we truly free to imagine? in dreams!
Gaiman: for the dreamscape is the playground of the inner child
Gaiman: but what if the concept of dreaming
Gaiman: was ...
Sapphire Lazuli: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, if you would, i call this the tale of the king in yellow
HP Lovecraft: oh! this is my favorite!
Lazuli: ah but
Lazuli: this is the tale of the king in yellow film adaptation
Lazuli: as it were
Lazuli: but perhaps i'm getting ahead o...
Episode one of Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals aka S01E01: The Tale of the Frankenstein is now available for your listening pleasure!! Check it out!
Mary Shelley ...
2023-10-30 22:36:53 +0000 UTC View PostJoe Hill: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society I call this the tale of the really creative guy and his vampire car
King: wow that’s the chip off the old block! I’m proud of you
Barker: oh god not another horror car
Hill: so there’s a type of people called “strong creatives” that have cool...
2023-10-30 18:45:42 +0000 UTC View PostStephen King: you guys, have you read the new JK Rowling book?
King: this cormorant strike is just incredible stuff!
King: it's amazing that she still finds time to write!
King: since she's probably busy with other stuff
King: i really haven't checked
King: not really sure what she's doing when she's not...
2023-10-27 00:36:39 +0000 UTC View PostKing: after witnessing the virgin birth of dracula i sure feel like i got the halloween spirit
Debbie Dadey: [pushing glasses up bridge of nose] actually
Dadey: for your information, sir, there's no proof that was really dracula
Marcia Jones: indubitably my good sir
King: what are you talking about? he perfo...
2023-10-26 18:36:34 +0000 UTC View PostBradbury: you! ape! clown! cenobite! frankenstein! wolf man! italian!
Bradbury: why do you wear those costumes?
King: well, it's halloween, ray, you see-
Bradbury: no YOU do not see
Bradbury: do not see the magic, the mystery, the wonder
Bradbury: of halloween!
Bradbury: the calendar has many days bu...
2023-10-25 19:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post[at Stephen King's halloween party]
Dean Koontz: hey guys! wow! thanks for letting me come to your party!
Barker: oh man you let dean come?
Barker: great, that's just great
Poe: now clive be nice
Barker: edgar he's going to cramp our style
Poe: it'll be fine clive
Koontz: hey whats this bottle fo...
2023-10-24 17:29:54 +0000 UTC View PostRay Bradbury: gone too soon!
Bradbury: the lazy summer afternoons picking dandelions by miller's pond forgotten, buried under an avalanche of adult responsibilities. No time for jump rope or blind man's bluff, there's a new game they play - a game of bills and forms and gray-faced men in suits.
Bradbury: ah! but ton...
2023-10-23 18:22:44 +0000 UTC View PostLaurel Hightower: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the mothman
Hightower: and there's a trucker
Hightower: hmm there's a trucker
Tabitha King: so how does this work
Laurel Hightower: it’s just like old fashioned internet
Hightower: it’s the way that l...
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: you know if labor takess over, they're going to force you to ressspect transss people?
Barker: didn't keir starmer just literally throw them under the bus
Rowling:
Rowling: shut up
Rowling: sstop ruining thiss for me!
Rowling: asss i wass sssaying
Rowling: itss...
Stephen King: listen guys
King: i'm kinda concerned that those bullies over at clarion west might try to pull something
King: so i've hired some security for the campfire
Poe: you what
Poe: steve why would you do that
King: no no trust me on this
King: so i hired the dorsai irregulars as securi...
2023-10-18 16:39:22 +0000 UTC View PostJessica Leonard: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the church that hates witches
Leonard: so this guy's dad was a lawyer but he gave it all up to be a farmer
Leonard: and join a church
Leonard: this guy just really loves church
Leonard: this farmer guy is all "hey i lov...
2023-10-17 15:40:37 +0000 UTC View Post[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: today we continue our quessst to rehabilitate glinner
Rowling: i will not ressst until he isss reintegrated into ssociety
Rowling: and not ssleeping on my couch anymore
Rowling: cuz you know
Rowling: that man isss
Rowling: i mean ...
RA Busby: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the corporate body
Busby: so this guy volunteers for a drug study
Busby: run by a not-at-all shady corporation
Busby: called drugco
Busby: that's just a placeholder name, i'll probably go back and change it
Busby: this guy ...
2023-10-13 17:15:39 +0000 UTC View PostStephen King: hey did you hear that thomas wrote an x files episode?
Barker: what? which one?
King: oh i think
King: i think it was called
King: 'thomas ligotti is from outer space' or something
Barker:
Barker: yeah i don't think it was called that
King: i heard you wrote an x files episode
Thomas L...
Guillermo del Toro: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, I call this the tale of frankenstein del Toro: but this time del T
Guillermo del Toro: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, I call this the tale of frankenstein
del Toro: but this time
del Toro: there's a little twist
de...
Stephen King: happy birthday clive!!!
King: we all got together and-
Clive Barker: my birthday was yesterday
King:
King: what
King: your birthday was yesterday?
Barker: yes
King:
King: oh ha ha ha
King: i get it!
King: he's fucking with us!
King: you're fucking with us right?
King: we...
2023-10-06 16:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostStephen Graham Jones: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the girl who’s obsessed with slashers
Jones: there’s this girl who just constantly talks about slashers
Barker: oh that sounds really annoying
Jones:
Barker: like that sounds SO annoying
Jones: so one day sh...
2023-10-05 17:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostPanos Cosmatos: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the retro 70s sci fi horror pastiche
Cosmatos: just to warn you, it's gonna be pretty slow and boring
Cosmatos: so this might be better if you're high
Fitz James O'Brien: oh yeah way ahead of you man
Cosmatos: ok so imag...
2023-10-04 17:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostJK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i want you to sssay hello to
Rowling: graham lineham
Lineham: [wearing foil hat] free masons run the country
Rowling: he'sss got sssome great ideasss you should hear
Poe: joanne you don't need to bring him here
Poe: like, you really don't
Rowling: he hass thing...
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: tonight I'm going to tell you more about cormorant ssstrike's latessst adventure
King: there's more?
Rowling: there'sss lotss more
Rowling: itsss 961 pagesss
Rowling: do not give me sshit sssteve
Rowling: you of all people
Rowling: in thiss book, cormorant ssst...
2023-10-01 19:03:49 +0000 UTC View Post[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i have a new ssstory for you tonight
Rowling: a new ssstory of cormorant ssstrike
Jesse Singal: wow mommy it's great!
Maya Forstater: the greatest story ever told
Rowling:
Rowling: well i haven't told it yet
Helen Joyce:...
2023-09-30 18:45:09 +0000 UTC View PostDon't forget! It's coming! Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in “Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals”, an upcoming audio adaptation of Bitter Karella’s Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction.
Full episodes start releasing on October 31, 202...
Premee Mohamed: [wearing lab coat and goggles] according to my calculations, this story is about the technology of the near future
King: wow! are you really a scientist?
Mohamed: according to my calculations, yes
King: wow!
King: hey, as a scientist, you’ll love this
King: have you seen margaret Atwood’s w...
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: i have excellent newssss
Rowling: the british people have decided that harry potter hassss the greatesssst opening line of all time
Poe:
King:
Barker:
Lovecraft:
Koontz:
Rowling: jussst a real top opening line
Rowling: a real banger
Barker: oh yeah?...
2023-09-27 20:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostHP Lovecraft: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this the tale of the scary painting
Lovecraft: so this guy makes a painting that's SO scary
Barker: oh yeah? what's so scary about it?
Lovecraft: here i'll
Lovecraft: i'll show you
Lovecraft: [scribbling on paper] here, i'll just dr...
2023-09-26 18:20:34 +0000 UTC View PostHP Lovecraft: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the story of the pickman's model
Lovecraft: what if there was a painting so scary
Lovecraft: like it was so scary
Lovecraft: like SO scary
Lovecraft: so there's this painting that's SO scary you can't look at it
Barker: what ha...
Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of
Elon Musk: [emerging from bushes] eeeey stephano king
Barker: hey look steve it's your best pal!
King:
King: do we have to keep doing this
King: we've had like literally 2 interactions ever
Musk: so stephano king...
2023-09-21 16:54:54 +0000 UTC View Post
