Hellaciously good Appalachian noir by Wes Browne.
I write horror and crime fiction, live in Brooklyn and love cooking and martial arts. My wife is the actress Linda Jones and our dog is half pit, half Dutch shepherd and all clown. Though I may wince, you really can choose any pizza toppings you like.
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Hellaciously good Appalachian noir by Wes Browne.
I have a story out in the latest edition of Rock and Hard Place Magazine. It's called "Heist at The Picker's Paradise," and its about a couple who rope their dog into a heist at a flea market. Things go sidewise, wouldn't you know it? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPMJ5KJS
Whoever that guy was who forged Trump’s name on the Epstein card in 1995 and patiently waited 30 years for a leak was a next-level strategist. It’s almost unbelievable.
Hey, @nytimes.com, you fucking hacks. I think we MAY have some "clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book." You fucking sell-out hacks.
Protesters chanted that President Donald Trump is the “Hitler of our time” while he dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab on Tuesday, a rare journey outside the White House to a D.C. restaurant. https://wapo.st/3V6st9v
I’m going to dive into it today 😎
Finished this a few days ago. Hard to believe I’ve been reading hisownself for over 30 years now, and Joe’s work is still as fresh and enjoyable as ever. Highly recommended!
TONIGHT! Join us with Fran Wilde & Shiva Kumar for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, tonight, 7pm, at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @franwilde.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
This is fantastic! Thank you!!
This one is such fun to read aloud! (Be sure to pronounce "Don Juan" in the Bryonesque way.)
Heh—the story of King’s early publishing harkens back to a strange and interesting time.
You dove right into the deep end!
I borrowed it from an older kid up the street 😁
Picked up in Chinatown, devoured in Brooklyn.
My introduction to King at age 11.
September 9th is an embarrassment of riches in horror. Treat yourself to some new books from Katherine Silva, Rachel Harrison, Clay McLeod Chapman, Neil Sharpson, Keith Rosson, and Eric LaRocca!
Today’s the day! Welcome to the world of Burnt Sparrow… 🪶🖤 Now available everywhere books are sold! Here’s an essay I wrote for Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/eric-la...
Congrats!!!
Recorded our 1st AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION interview today for the @murdercoaster.bsky.social podcast! Loved discussing gothic themes & chapters with @andreajanes.bsky.social, guided by the great duo @christaqua.bsky.social & Matthew Brockmeyer. AMG unfurls 9/30!
Holy shit…You can’t make this up: a plane is circling Soldier Field before the Bears home opener with a banner that reads— “HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.” Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.
Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California. Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
You might choose the bear, but sometimes the bear chooses you 🐻 My NEW dark fantasy "Leave No Trace" ("a killer story!") and features: forest magic 🔮🌲 portals 🚪 a human/fae war 🥊 & ... pop musicians? 🎸 📚👀 Out Sept. 23! 📚👀 Info and links to pre-order here! randeedawn.com/books/leave-...
Calories and caffeine!
My new book, "Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies" is now available for pre-order!! It comes out in May. You'll love reading it, I believe! Use code E25TAUSG and it'll be about $21 + shipping. www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
Slightly diminish a book. We Have Always Lived in the Cupboard
The Hard Six—a former runaway and sex worker hunts child traffickers in NYC.
This Wednesday at our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, join us with Fran Wilde & Shiva Kumar, 7pm at the KGB Bar NYC. Come one, come all! @franwilde.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
“My neighbors smile when they burn.” Chattering Spines, by Mike Wyant Jr Narrator: Dave Robison Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Chelsea Davis This is a PseudoPod original C/W immolation, guns, animal harm pseudopod.org/2025/09/05/p...
Coming at you live and in charge, @kevharrison.bsky.social curates the 5 ... count them ... 5 ... must-read horror articles online, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
I’ll try that if it happens again. Weirdly it decided L had gone to MS when we went to the NOLA airport.
I spent half a week at Bouchercon in New Orleans, but BlueSky insisted I was in Mississippi and wouldn’t give me access. My wife, staying in the same hotel room, mere feet away, had total access.
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
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See you in October!
Excited to share the dates for my upcoming US tour to promote THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE. For more details on each event, or to preorder a signed copy of the novel, please visit my tour page: pfracassi.com/blog/the-aut... @torbooks.bsky.social
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
Hears their concerns…unless they are progressive dems.
*NEW BLOG POST* Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #WWWWednesday post. Find out what I've recently finished reading, what I'm currently reading and what I plan to read next! Check out my post here... ➡️ buff.ly/g3vpP62 #BookSky #skybrarians #books #bookish #book
This is TONIGHT! Join us!
Cuomo is now running as an independent.
Jeebus
My #RecentRead* #IWasATeenageSlasher by @sgj.bsky.social *books I’ve really liked/loved
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/r...
Guess what? Margaret Weis currently has a limited number of hardcover copies of Dragons of Fate and Dragons of Eternity available on her website. They're on sale: $15 each and come with a signed bookplate. If you've been looking for hardcover Dragonlance, now's your chance! margaretweis.com
I called this part a while back: “But many clients don’t appreciate the work that goes into revamping a poorly written AI article, she said, noting that companies often offer less pay for these gigs based on the assumption that they’re less demanding.”
The Lost Nazi Gold Train by Armand Rosamilia amzn.to/4e7v2ki
See you there!
Wow—is that a headline or straight up propaganda?
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
Join us and @danielkraus.com to discuss ANGEL DOWN in six days on September 8 at 7PM EST. RSVP below: bookclubs.com/novel-nightm...
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
GHOULISH TALES ISSUE 4: fiction from (at time of acceptance) never-before published writers. Stories from Madelyn Lunnen, Melissa Nowark, Harrison Stypula, Miguel Villa, M.E. Wilczek, & M.M. Williams. Mindy Rose joins as our new assistant editor. Art by Betty Rocksteady. ghoulish.rip/product/ghou...
Talking Scared is back to basics - one guest, one book, many questions. We hear @kaileepedersen.bsky.social , about her rural noir, SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS. One of my favourite books of 2024 - now it’s out in paperback there’s another chance to enjoy its operatic Gothic drama. All podcast platforms
Statements like this sound like Jeffries lives in a reality outside our own.
Thank you so very much @electricliterature.com for including Lotería ❤️💀🌼 "Cynthia Pelayo uses these nostalgic images as doorways into short stories that blend folklore and superstition, packed with horror and surprise." electricliterature.com/8-folklore-i...
A good post on the growing menace of AI-generated PR scam solicitations (I wrote about this type of scam a couple of weeks ago). Included are helpful practical tips on identifying these scams and protecting yourself todnewman.com?p=1656
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
These guys simultaneously hilarious and a sickness.
An excellent and oft forgotten film.
A new anthology from @datlow.bsky.social published by Simon & Schuster / @sagapressbooks.bsky.social is out today!! Features my short story “We Take Off Our Skin in the Dark” as well as other gems by Clay McLeod Chapman, SGJ, Brian Evenson, Priya Sharma, etc www.simonandschuster.com/books/Night-...
> 'I don't believe in insulin': 80-year-old grandma dies after granddaughter swaps diabetes medication for supplements and 'prayers,' gets slap on wrist from judge lawandcrime.com/crime/i-dont... #religion #crime #Christian (c)
Agreed—this is a travesty and it terrifies me that judges like this exist.
A coalition of labor and advocacy groups organized over 1,000 events across more than 900 cities on Labor Day, aiming to denounce what they view as the outsized influence of corporate America and billionaires on the second Trump administration.
Most of the episodes weren’t great, but the cheesy horror fun factor was high. I loved it for a quick fix when I didn’t want to commit to a movie.
Always
Labor Day? Who needs it when @kevharrison.bsky.social has you covered with the 5 must-read horror articles online, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
I may have been grading papers all day, but #MustRead horror cannot be stopped! This week: @dreadcentral.bsky.social explain why we need more fantasy in our horror, @horrortree.com find out how to write timely stories with timeless horror impact from @claymcleod.bsky.social ... 1/2
YEAAAAAAA!!! Come get some!
The Captive by Kit Burgoyne "It proves that the most effective social commentary often comes dressed in genre clothing, and that the most compelling conflicts are those where there are no easy answers" gnofhorror.com/kit-burgoyne... @dancarpenter.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social 💙📚🩸
Good conversation with my old friend Chris Hardwick about the DCU, Peacemaker, Superman, and life. Link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Hey, here’s a book I liked. You might like it too. #BookSky #TuesdayRecs
“Veil is a frenetic, breakneck horror/science fiction novel that does not relent from its opening chapter. It is a novel from a writer who is at the height of his storytelling powers and a novel that should find a large audience.” A fabulous new review from Rob Bedford and SFFWorld!
Many authors have searched The Atlantic's LibGen database of pirated titles to see if they are listed there. However, I've uncovered that authors of short fiction aren't always discoverable there. Here's how I discovered more of my short fiction in the list. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Night and Day, a horror anthology edited by Ellen Datlow for Simon & Schuster drops today. My story, "One Day," is in there. Follow this link for the full TOC. www.simonandschuster.com/.../Saga.../...
You know what, fair play to Scooby Doo villains. They walk into a room dressed as a ghost, see a talking dog on its hind legs making the world’s biggest sandwich and somehow manage to stay in character.
In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...
He looks in the mirror and sees “master race?”
“I keep seeing these memes where Indians are bragging about taking our tech jobs,” said Ely, 36. “So I said, ‘Oh yeah? Well I’m going to work with these guys that are going to arrest you, slam your face on the pavement and send you home.’” wapo.st/3VrzEJg
Some insiders have theorized that the White House installed Fugate to oversee a pivot away from traditional counterterrorism and to steer resources toward MAGA-friendly sheriffs and border security projects before eventually shuttering operations. (Published June)
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
This month’s column is up at @nytimes.com! This time around, I talk about Ana Paula Maia’s On Earth as It Is Beneath, Tim Lebbon’s Secret Lives of the Dead, Lindsay King-Miller’s This Is My Body, and John Langan’s Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions. Free link! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/b...
It was either baby sitting for a few bucks an hour or bag boy/cart fetcher for 3 bucks and change per hour in Amherst, NH. Money went to SFF books and pizza or the arcade.
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
On this month's installment of The Dark Seance, well... we warned you.
Musk now supporting the deportation of anyone who isn’t white. *Do not* use the term “remigration”. It’s an attempt to normalise Nazi hate.
With children already loaded onto planes, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of Guatemalan minors and demanded assurances that they would remain in shelters until a more permanent ruling. nyti.ms/4oSpm2q
WOW. I just read "Wrong Fucking Place, Wrong Fucking Time" by @crobertcargill.bsky.social in The End of the World As We Know It and had to write about it. If you love horror movies, you'll love this one: roland19.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/e... @briankeene.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social #books
“A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the European Commission president’s plane to land using paper maps.”
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Langoliers!
Pritzker out here giving a master class in countering the right wing propaganda machine’s efforts to justify further federal invasions and occupations of American cities: he’s effectively reframing the discussion (beyond debates re: crime rates) to one of rising authoritarianism & federal overreach.
Exclusive: In the first weeks of the current Trump administration, Justice Department officials gave a select group of top senior career attorneys a choice: They could either quit or go to a newly created Sanctuary Cities Enforcement working group. https://wapo.st/4mZZ2BC
