@CWReeve

Author of weird tales & folk horror, co-host of #WyrdWednesday. Maybe the true horror is the friends we made along the way? 👻

 Nottingham, England
cwreeve.com
Joined August 2018
  • Tweets8.4K
  • Following2.5K
  • Followers2.6K
2KMedia
A drabble from me for Halloween, on the theme of triskaidekaphobia! Written for Rat Bag Lit. I've written to word counts before, but keeping it under 100 was a new one for me. Happy with how this came out 👻 cwreeve.com/2025/10/21/the-h… #horror #drabble #ratbaglit #triskaidekaphobia

The Hate or The Blade

The Hate or The Blade, a short, exactly one hundred word drabble on the theme of Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13), which appeared in the digital literature magazine Rat Bag Lit. I’ve…

cwreeve.com
3
132
This week in #WyrdWednesday we invite you to our Wyrd Masquerade ball. Let's explore lore and history behind masks, costumes and disguises! 🎭
2
22
2
46
1,233
In Palestinian folktale The Golden Pail, a prince undertook a quest after his father said, "prove yourself worthy of the throne through hardships." With djinn horse Ballan, he overcame feats, escaped murder, outwitted evil minister, and learning to be a good ruler. #WyrdWednesday
A photo of a book titled Speak Bird, Speak Again, opened on pages 86 and 87, with the title of the story The Golden Pail on the top right of the page.

ALT A photo of a book titled Speak Bird, Speak Again, opened on pages 86 and 87, with the title of the story The Golden Pail on the top right of the page.

1
4
9
438
Leif Eriksson awareness being promoted on Leif Eriksson Eve. Leif Eriksson Day is October 9th and honors the Vinland voyage, but the norns decreed that I shall promote Varangian Guard awareness tomorrow instead. Just like fate, wyrd goes ever as wyrd must! #WyrdWednesday
1
14
27
815
Bran's Voyage was to find the Otherworld, so moved by a song was he. He sailed west with three companies, meeting Mannanan mac Lir, losing a crewmember to the Isle of Joy, and finally landing on the Isle of Women, where one year is countless decades. #WyrdWednesday 🖼: energy69
Artist energy69's depiction of the Voyage of Bran, showing in very stylized form a galley full of oars and a man hailing a coming chariot on a blue, green, and orange sea, the man within shirtless and looking like Leonidas from 300: he is Manannan macLir, and two other horses run on the other side of the ship, wildly greeting the voyagers. In the far distance, the silver light of Tir na nOg can be seen and a mountain beyond; the sun is setting around Mannanan's head.

ALT Artist energy69's depiction of the Voyage of Bran, showing in very stylized form a galley full of oars and a man hailing a coming chariot on a blue, green, and orange sea, the man within shirtless and looking like Leonidas from 300: he is Manannan macLir, and two other horses run on the other side of the ship, wildly greeting the voyagers. In the far distance, the silver light of Tir na nOg can be seen and a mountain beyond; the sun is setting around Mannanan's head.

6
11
462
#WyrdWednesday: `One day, Cormac, the High King of Ireland, was captivated by a youth dressed in splendid robes and finely costumed. Over his shoulder he carried a nine-belled stick, each bell shaped like a golden apple. 1/3
My Celtic High King from El Druida histórico, dunailline.org, licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

ALT My Celtic High King from El Druida histórico, dunailline.org, licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

1
4
7
223
Thor took a short voyage with Tyr's father Hymir, meant to be a fishing expedition, but the Thunderer knew better. He eschewed gentle seas to fish to the harsh churning waves and used an ox head for bait: he caught Jormungandr the World Serpent, who got away. #WyrdWednesday
An unknown artist's depiction of the final battle between Thor and Jormungandr, showing Thor leaping with a massive, too-long instead of too short handled Mjolnir from a stormy mist into the Midgard Serpent, a massive snake with pointy teeth and a long tongue, with horns all over the serpent's back.

ALT An unknown artist's depiction of the final battle between Thor and Jormungandr, showing Thor leaping with a massive, too-long instead of too short handled Mjolnir from a stormy mist into the Midgard Serpent, a massive snake with pointy teeth and a long tongue, with horns all over the serpent's back.

9
13
429
'by midnight, all sleepless watchers hear and fear a wild south-west storm. That storm roared frenzied, for seven days. It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks ... ' Charlotte Bronte, Villette. @Nick_Holland_ #WyrdWednesday
Turner, A Storm.

ALT Turner, A Storm.

9
14
448
C.W. Reeve retweeted
EssAeEm@EssAeEm8 Oct 2025
Long ago, the goddess Pele traveled across the ocean in her canoe to search for a suitable home where her fire and lava would be safe from the waters of her sister and rival Nāmaka the sea goddess, ultimately settling inside Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. #WyrdWednesday
Photo of the Pacific Ocean at sunset

ALT Photo of the Pacific Ocean at sunset

7
7
380
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish. #WyrdWednesday
1
3
2
229
C.W. Reeve retweeted
Jussi@FinnFolklorist8 Oct 2025
In 2008, a Spanish woman named Lerina Garcia claimed to have woken up in a reality slightly different from the one she remembered. She noticed small but unsettling discrepancies, such as minor changes in her workplace, #WyrdWednesday 🧵
Alt text: A surreal digital artwork showing a woman sitting on a purple bed inside a glowing, cocoon-like cave or portal. She is touching a radiant, swirling light resembling a nebula or galaxy that fills the space before her. The cave’s outer surface appears cracked and dark, contrasting with the vivid cosmic colors within. Outside the cocoon, the background is misty and ethereal, with faint lights and shapes suggesting another world or dimension.

ALT Alt text: A surreal digital artwork showing a woman sitting on a purple bed inside a glowing, cocoon-like cave or portal. She is touching a radiant, swirling light resembling a nebula or galaxy that fills the space before her. The cave’s outer surface appears cracked and dark, contrasting with the vivid cosmic colors within. Outside the cocoon, the background is misty and ethereal, with faint lights and shapes suggesting another world or dimension.

1
4
7
269
"If that machine can do what you say it can do, destroy it, George! Destroy it before it destroys you!" #WyrdWednesday #fantasy #film The Time Machine, 1960 Dir. George Pal
2
16
42
1,533
Casting my eyes upwards, I beheld a spectacle which froze the current of my blood. At a terrific height directly above us, and upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship … MS Found In A Bottle Edgar Allan Poe #WyrdWednesday art: Byam Shaw 1909
1
19
66
721
Jim and Hilda Bloggs' journey through life. They survived The Blitz. An atomic bomb can't be all that different ... can it? As told in Raymond Briggs' WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, first published in 1982. #WyrdWednesday #80s
4
5
232
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise . Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before! #WyrdWednesday
1
2
3
176
A cave in a hill near Haselor was believed to contain an iron chest full of treasure secured by 3 locks and guarded by a cockerel. One intrepid treasure-seeker found his way to the chest only to be ripped apart by the guardian before he could open the 3rd lock. #WyrdWednesday
2
4
1
13
305
"The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men" ~ Captain Nemo #WyrdWednesday #conceptart #film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954 Dir. Richard Fleischer
1
12
54
1,606
The Papar (Old Irish, "father"/"pope") according to early Icelandic sagas were wandering Christian monks who took secluded residence in parts of Iceland before its habitation by the Norsemen of Scandinavia as evidenced by the sagas & recent archaeological findings! #WyrdWednesday
10
1
44
2,712
Wyrdlings! Are you up for a Punch and Judy show this #WyrdWednesday? We want to see your wyrd & wynderful “Dolls, Puppets & Effigies” for this week’s topic and hear your tales of them, from Henson to Healing Poppets!
14
1
23
1,211
Wyrdlings! This Wednesday is National Weather Person's Day (apparently)! So this week's #WyrdWednesday theme is: 'Under the Weather - On Snowstorms, Sea Breezes, and Cyclones!' Bring us tales of meteorological mayhem, atmospheric artwork and talk of typhoons and tornadoes!
18
24
1,061
Load more