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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social

Lowe’s has an (admittedly incredible) 12-FOOT animatronic vampire. It’s $500. I told the Childe no chance. “What if I’m perfect at school every day for the whole year?” Reader, I told them I’d 1000% buy it for them next year if so. Even gave them 3 slip-up days per trimester. …Press X to doubt.

sep 2, 2025, 6:03 pm • 74 0

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E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com

Please tell me it looks like Kurt Barlow from the 70's era movie of the week Salem's Lot!

sep 2, 2025, 7:27 pm • 2 0 • view
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Zevon Price @zevonprice.bsky.social

I wrangled a horse out of my dad when I was little with a similar agreement, lol.

sep 2, 2025, 6:05 pm • 0 0 • view
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social

Well first of all I’d be getting off easy, wow Second, like…$500 for a year’s worth of good behavior is a steal, but I’m not counting on having to pony up ;) So to speak

sep 2, 2025, 6:07 pm • 4 0 • view
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Leonard C Suskin (he/him) @czhorat.bsky.social

All I have to say is this: Kids never forget. When my daughter was 3 her grandmother told her she'd get a trip to Paris when she turned six. That kid remembered for three years, which is FOREVER to a child that age.

sep 2, 2025, 6:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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ThorntonText @cyranic50.bsky.social

That'll be 10 bags of candy by the time Halloween gets here.

sep 2, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com

please please please post pics of it if it happens next year, I want to see

sep 2, 2025, 6:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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Skippy668 @skippy668.bsky.social

*I* want a 12-foot animatronic vampire!

sep 2, 2025, 6:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social

Look, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t really hoping they pull this one off

sep 2, 2025, 6:21 pm • 5 0 • view
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Breck Wilhite @breckwilhite.bsky.social

This one?

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sep 2, 2025, 7:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social

That’s the one!

sep 2, 2025, 7:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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Breck Wilhite @breckwilhite.bsky.social

Look, I have an idea. Buy this one for $170, dress them up like a vampire, and put it on a 6' 6" box. BOOM! 12-foot vampire! www.lowes.com/pd/Haunted-H...

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sep 2, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrea @andreadrea123.bsky.social

Kids will do a lot with good motivation. Definitely need pics if it happens.

sep 2, 2025, 6:06 pm • 0 0 • view