Author Buzz | Night of the Hats | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/night-of-the-hats/ Activity feed for the group, Night of the Hats. Mon, 04 May 2026 03:01:30 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 cf8bdd668ffc7d0d952747c8d506a807 Blog: March Stories Update 2 from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/march-stories-update-2.html Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Five stories I read in 2025.****1. My Ghost by Hugh Behm-Steinberg in Roi Fainéant

At the corner store the ghost wants cigarettes but can’t pay
because he only ha […]

]]> 0 9bce99d614fefc51c383f994aa9a1129 Blog: Monster Of The Week 312: BigWorld from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/monster-of-week-312-bigworld.html Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:29:00 +0000  Monster Of The Week 312 is Bigworld, in awe at the site of this lad, absolute unit, does the world dream itself into being, what then of our petty squabbles, our […]

]]> 0 eb4c8021d4c573098b822bb7c10bf89a Blog: March Stories Update from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/march-stories-update.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 10 stories I read in 2025****1. The Widow Parkhurst by Hugh J O’Donnell in Factor Four

The widow Parkhurst lives alone on her farm, despite the
gossip of the t […]

]]> 0 ab700e940dd42078dd415a72cff279ed Blog: March Film Update 3 from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/march-film-update-3.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 10 more films from 2025. Are we done yet? No, not even close, sorry!****1. One Million AC/DC

Stone age people bring grapes back to their cave. This will
make wine […]

]]> 0 ce64df656e1f106ba7f69947cbd73364 Blog: Chicken Thigh Casserole from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/chicken-thigh-casserole.html Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000  We’re back here again, variations on a theme. This is what my Mum calls a “one pot wonder,” an entire course cooked in one pot (pictured).Three chicken thighsBacon […]

]]> 0 b1e63fe78c8893670a78b96c9c301f3d Blog: March Films Update 2 from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2026/03/march-films-update-2.html Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:11:00 +0000 Ten more films from my 2025 watching**** 1. Dog Man (2025)

Petey, a supervillain cat, terrorises Ohkay City. Police
Officer Knight and his dog Greg pursue him. […]

]]> 0 867117c964fe336a98fabb76fcd48b78 Blog: Monster Of The Week 175 BackEarly from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/06/monster-of-week-175-backearly.html Tue, 06 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0100  Monster of the week 175 is BackEarly, oh so you don’t need me to house sit next week, no it’s fine, I’ll pack up it’s no problem I can do the monster of the week […]

]]> 0 0836f9ba08e66d6b415639042dacc1a2 Blog: Monster Of The Week 174: BackingUp from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/05/monster-of-week-174-backingup.html Tue, 30 May 2023 06:35:00 +0100  Monster Of The Week 174 is BackingUp, beepbeepbeepbeep, simply won’t face up to anything, people are always trying to go behind their back and frankly they get […]

]]> 0 224c828deb2099cdc67792ef690850c4 Blog: Monster Of The Week 169: FungusFae from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/04/monster-of-week-169-fungusfae.html Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0100  Monster Of The Week 169 is FungusFae, I’m sorry you thought they were a lithe and sprightly mushroom fairy but they’re this, it was phErEmOnEs, they still do […]

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]]> 0 293945a75376d4f1d38e6a0017b8a79f Blog: I Watch Movies: Howling III from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-watch-movies-howling-iii.html Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:34:00 +0100  

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]]> 0 7c2e16c469cb611533fa5bf9b9572eb9 Blog: Dog Business from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/dog-business.html Fri, 24 Mar 2023 06:45:00 +0000 12 Months ago subscribers to my Patreon received this tiny piece of fiction in which a normal part of keeping a dog turns into some strange encounters. Now it is […]

]]> 0 1c770f7eae7c4457e1f7ff7ecc3ac245 Blog: I Watch Films: Dead Men Walk from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-dead-men-walk.html Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:47:00 +0000   Dead Men Walk At a funeral the local busybody claims that it’s all bad. She’s ushered out but it turns out the dead man, the brother of the local doctor, was inv […]

]]> 0 81b953854cd0515d6843b4e2a6f0db6a Blog: I Read Stories: The Restaurant At The End Of The World by Sarah Freligh from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-read-stories-restaurant-at-end-of.html Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000   The Restaurant At The End Of The World by Sarah Freligh in Cleaver People come to the restaurant and they’re hungry. They bring luggage and scatter it and the r […]

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]]> 0 d20ae6b7c7cefb409529614081d121ed Blog: I Watch Films: Pulse from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-pulse.html Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000   Pulse An evil pulse of electricity escapes the power station and kills some people in a quiet suburban Californian cul-de-sac. A boy comes to stay with his […]

]]> 0 91f784249e800a495d65260d9ff305d2 Blog: I Watch TV: Batwoman from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-tv-batwoman.html Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:20:00 +0000  Batwoman At the end of the last season of Batwoman various villain implements (Mad-Hatter’s hat, Penguin’s umbrella etc) were taken from their hiding place in the […]

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]]> 0 610da90771dbae5989d35cdf702f9888 Blog: Castle Rackrent from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/castle-rackrent.html Thu, 16 Mar 2023 07:31:00 +0000 Castle RackrentThady Quirk is the steward of Castle Rackrent, which is a castle and estate in 18th century Ireland. He serves 4 sets of heirs, the estate slowly […]

]]> 0 7c11b0cff9a0024a4ebd3b2a1839d4c4 Blog: I Watch FIlms: The Phantom Ship from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-phantom-ship.html Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:56:00 +0000   The Phantom Ship Inspired by the actual Marie Celeste, a ship found abandoned and adrift in the Atlantic in 1872, this film begins in New York. Two ships […]

]]> 0 4ef32b40356c4f04dc6ae1b4428b4e61 Blog: I Watch Films: 976-EVIL from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-976-evil.html Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:57:00 +0000   976-Evil Spike lives with his aunt and his cousin Hoax. Spike’s cool, rides a motorbike and loses his money at the poker game in the projection room of the n […]

]]> 0 7e0f6bd1a62329b6630cea92e3c73097 Blog: I Read Stories: How To Find A Prehistoric Ghost by Paul Thompson from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-read-stories-how-to-find-prehistoric.html Wed, 08 Mar 2023 07:36:00 +0000    How To Find A Prehistoric Ghost by Paul Thompson in Milk Candy Review The narrator meets the ghost of there brother. He asks them how many dead people they […]

]]> 0 ecd8ba60bd6b60cfc2b0239345885ab7 Blog: Monster Of The Week 162: Wick'dThing from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/monster-of-week-162-wickdthing.html Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000  Monster Of The Week 162 is Wick’dThing, does a lot of DIY, draws up the fuel to light the way, nominative determinism is a myth, so it is just a coincidence that […]

]]> 0 5771046dce64cdb207806e5b9390fa29 Blog: I Watch Films: Private Property from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-private-property.html Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:44:00 +0000   Private Property Duke and Boots are drifters and petty criminals who spot a good-looking woman, Ann, and follow her home. They find an empty house overlooking […]

]]> 0 6ee7c1a5fff10a41a9fc7f730c51f925 Blog: I Read Books: Snuff from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-read-books-snuff.html Sun, 05 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000   Snuff Sam Vimes is on holiday, in the countryside. But can a policeman ever really go on holiday? Even out in the shires which is outside his jurisdiction. The […]

]]> 0 a6bcf443347afb0626a261fff280d9ea Blog: I Watch Films: Cry Of The Werewolf from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-cry-of-werewolf.html Sat, 04 Mar 2023 06:49:00 +0000   Cry Of The Werewolf The curator of the Latour museum is murdered. The museum, once the house of Marie Latour, a Romani princess, is also the secret location of […]

]]> 0 8b2afea57f2505a9150c87035e42ea91 Blog: I Read Stories: Earth Dragon Turning by Anya Ow from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-read-stories-earth-dragon-turning-by.html Fri, 03 Mar 2023 06:59:00 +0000 Earth Dragon, Turning by Anya Ow in Uncanny Yeu Ling sells medicinal bak chang, rice, vegetable and medicine balls wrapped in bamboo leaves. The Earth Dragon has […]

]]> 0 056781a45a57739cc87ba5a20c811999 Blog: I Watch Films: A Reflection Of Fear from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-watch-films-reflection-of-fear.html Thu, 02 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000   A Reflection Of Fear In eastern Canada, a 15 year old daughter, her mother and grandmother live in isolation in a large, rambling house. The daughter talks to […]

]]> 0 910bed4da6ae907e7627e70cd858040d Blog: Monster Of The Week 161: ManyWorms from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/monster-of-week-161-manyworms.html Tue, 28 Feb 2023 06:29:00 +0000  Monster Of The Week 161 is ManyWorms, it’s a lot of worms, is it a collective consciousness, a hive mind, each worm contributing to the whole… wait a minute, is […]

]]> 0 fa44d392d728b61aced3b06bedd94f85 Blog: I Read Stories: A Future by Melissa Ostrom from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-stories-future-by-melissa-ostrom.html Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   A Future by Melissa Ostrom in Bodega Beverley offers to show her future if we’ll show her ours. Our parents tell us we shouldn’t look. Beverley’s is huge and p […]

]]> 0 4faafa070970399bff043b4ad30a28ee Blog: I Watch Movies: She from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-movies-she.html Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   She Professor Holly (Peter Cushing), Leo Vincey (John Richardson) and Job (Bernard Cribbens), Holly’s orderly, are discharged from the army in Jerusalem in 1 […]

]]> 0 31488ff174012a24c90eaf3d93faebc4 Blog: I Read Books: An Expensive Place To Die from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-books-expensive-place-to-die.html Sat, 25 Feb 2023 07:51:00 +0000   An Expensive Place To Die A covert British agent in Paris is asked to leak nuclear secrets to a Chinese agent based at the Chinese embassy (official cover)*. […]

]]> 0 4d62ec20bcd84da085da94a837f9c3da Blog: The Mermaid's Tale Floating Bar And Grill from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-mermaids-tale-floating-bar-and-grill.html Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:59:00 +0000  Last year this was a patron reward for subscribers to my Patreon to frown at. Now it’s free to all, and just as puzzling.**** The Mermaid’s Tale Floating Bar A […]

]]> 0 61d29a80625317789b60482445ea5cb5 Blog: I Watch Films: The Batman from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-films-batman.html Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:42:00 +0000   The Batman It’s Halloween in Gotham City and someone’s killed the mayor. He’s left behind a card for the vigilante The Batman, and police lieutenant Jim Gordo […]

]]> 0 068f7fafe82f24045e71aad9abf54016 Blog: I Read Stories: Good Choices by D K Snyder from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-stories-good-choices-by-d-k.html Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:53:00 +0000   Good Choices by D K Snyder in Cease, Cows Jay jumped off his locker in the first grade hallway. The school thinks it might be to do with his condition. There’s a […]

]]> 0 880734e88c3cadbd8e56586b6ca7493d Blog: I Watch Films: One Body Too Many from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-films-one-body-too-many.html Mon, 20 Feb 2023 07:18:00 +0000   One Body Too Many An insurance salesman arrives with an appointment to sell a $200,000 life insurance policy to reclusive millionaire Cyrus J Rutherford. […]

]]> 0 a6ed2e8dab7efdcd784c344a95ceede5 Blog: I Read Books: The Puppet Crown from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-books-puppet-crown.html Sun, 19 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   The Puppet Crown A 1901 Harold McGrath Ruritanian romance, perhaps best remembered for the lost 1915 film that was made based on it. In some 19thcentury […]

]]> 0 9b60317702d1d3b2607ee0724002a0a6 Blog: I Watch Films: The Ghost Of Sierra De Cobre from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-films-ghost-of-sierra-de-cobre.html Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   The Ghost Of Sierra De Cobre Nelson Orion is an architect with a cool house, who moonlights as a paranormal investigator. He’s asked to look into the strange c […]

]]> 0 d1da419e5f27395204173279ad7685a2 Blog: Liner Notes for Six Knives from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/liner-notes-for-six-knives.html Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:20:00 +0000  The liner notes for my story Six Knives**** Six knives, six vignettes. Some of them link directly to other stories in the sequence, some are just fun. Or not, […]

]]> 0 ca75c7c821f8d4165d9ae18946990a97 Blog: I Read Stories: The Guy In 207 by Will Kelly from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-stories-guy-in-207-by-will-kelly.html Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:51:00 +0000   The Guy In 207 by Will Kelly in Wigleaf Some guy in apartment 207 managed to blow himself up. The narrator wonders if things could have been different. If then […]

]]> 0 11e642a6c92d97cfd6b8dfb9b9573fb9 Blog: I Watch Films: Fear No More from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-films-fear-no-more.html Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   Fear No More A secretary gets on a train to San Francisco with documents from her employer, and a commission to buy a kimono from his wife. In her compartment […]

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]]> 0 5f2356f436f55a276c2807b5b5178f2e Blog: I Read Books: Spore from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-read-books-spore.html Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000 Spore Will is a teenager on a camping trip in the Mark Twain National Forest. His parents disappear and he injures himself. Hungry and desperate he eats mushrooms, […]

]]> 0 ded26cbcb84ee6bd0f8661b031044731 Blog: I Watch Films: The Northman from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-watch-films-northman.html Sun, 12 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000   The Northman A Danish king is murdered by his brother, who then marries his brother’s wife. The prince escapes. Some years go by and he’s a Viking warrior on a r […]

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