So, I'm doing a thing with Franklin Leonard. 😀@franklinleonard.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I come from a family of teachers, my wife is a teacher, and I studied in college to be a high school teacher. I don't share petitions often, but I hope you'll consider signing this one. What is happening to the Department of Education is a f*cking disgrace. civicshout.com/p/stop-the-d...

Hitting e-bookstores one week from today! My story takes place directly after TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT, the earliest (chronologically) of Robert E. Howard's Conan tales. In NAKAMAR, our favorite Cimmerian, still only 18 years old, is hired for a daring theft... but nothing is quite what it seems. 😀 😎

Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.

My official Conan short story hits the interwebs two weeks from today! A total bucket list character for me -- and my last published work for the foreseeable future!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813525...

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

Tomorrow! New Jersey peeps -- I'll be signing copies of TRACER and ALIEN (and more!) at the Barnes & Noble on Route 10 (Morris Plains) from 1pm-4pm. Maybe Sigourney Weaver will show up! NARRATOR: Sigourney Weaver will not be showing up. @blackstonepub.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

My CONAN short story is now available for pre-order! "Larger than most men, but still naive about the world and its complexities, an 18-year-old Conan is offered a job by the palace. A family heirloom has been stolen and they need Conan to retrieve it." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813525...

recent reads I enjoyed: EXIT STRATEGY by Martha Wells THE SECRET ADVERSARY by Agatha Christie CLOWN TOWN by Mick Herron THE WOMAN IN SUITE 11 by Ruth Ware TRACER by Brendan Deneen

My ALIEN novel originally started as ALIEN 3 fan fiction (and the characters in the book mirror Ripley, Hicks, Newt, and Bishop) -- so I made it my mission to get pictures with all four of those amazing actors. It took awhile but this weekend, I got the final one. 😍 @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social

Me and Sigourney and the Alien novel I wrote. 😍😍😍 @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social @blackstonepub.bsky.social @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social

Oh, AI, why are you so dumb?

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

SHADOW LAB VOLUME II – which is edited by @brendandeneen.bsky.social and features my short story THE UNINVITED – is published today by @blackstonepub.bsky.social. www.davidmoody.net/2025/09/30/s...

Thank you, @andibartz.bsky.social. I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Hitting bookstores nationwide one week from today from @blackstonepub.bsky.social! I was lucky enough to edit ten of the best horror authors currently working. These short stories are incredible and a couple of them are already in development as feature films! 😍😈💀

By Crom! I've been waiting to announce this since March! Conan is one of my absolute bucket-list characters. I grew up reading the comics and watching the movie over & over again, which led me to the original tales by Robert E. Howard. My Conan story will be available electronically in late Nov. 😍

The Return of the Native! Not gonna lie -- this is pretty cool to see in one of my hometown papers. 😍 @blackstonepub.bsky.social

I'll be signing copies of TRACER at the Newark International Airport today. In true NY/NJ fashion, if someone bumps into me while I'm making my way to the bookstore, I'll shout, "HEY!!! I'M SIGNIN' HERE!" @blackstonepub.bsky.social

The e-book edition of TRACER is on sale for the next week (via Blackstone and Amazon)!! Only $6! Less than a Tuesday matinee movie! And no commercials or bad Noovie jokes!! 😃 www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo... @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Chatted with Paul Semel about all things TRACER!! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... @blackstonepub.bsky.social

SNOW DAY FOR GROOT came out five years ago today! Of my four "Rocket and Groot" picture books, this one is my favorite. 😍

Not gonna lie. My stomach dropped during the first couple of seconds of this video. 😆

Two older What If...? X-Men issues that I just read for the first time. Enjoyed both! The one on the left was written by @kurtbusiek.bsky.social -- and despite the other one's cover, Phoenix does NOT appear in the vampire issue! 🧐

THE CHRYSALIS came out seven(!) years ago today! A movie version is in development (again) with a legendary horror director and a big horror producer attached. Finger crossed!! "A macabre story that will thrill horror fans" -- Publishers Weekly "A fast-paced, unsettling read" -- Booklist

Happy #pubday to @brendandeneen.bsky.social!!! His new incredible #scifi #dystopian #thriller TRACER is out! 🚀@blackstonepub.bsky.social LINK: tinyurl.com/45cc4hzf

Chatted with my old pal (and phenomenal author) David Moody about all kinds of fun stuff. 😃 www.davidmoody.net/2025/09/02/t... @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Over a decade in the making, TRACER hits bookstores nationwide TODAY! Thank you SO much to anyone who picks it up -- and to everyone who has ever read ANY of my books. It is much appreciated!! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Happy Labor Day! If you're taking today "off" to #write, then check out our guest author post from @brendandeneen.bsky.social w/ great #writingadvice to keep you #focused and #ontrack! @blackstonepub.bsky.social #writingcommunity careerauthors.com/writing-advi...

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Man receives 17 minute ovation after ordering sandwich at local deli

Two days until TRACER! 🤯 In many ways, this is the riskiest, thing I’ve ever written. It’s my first non-franchise book since 2018. In the past seven years, I’ve been able to rely somewhat on the fanbases of ALIEN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, GREEN ARROW, and SPIDER-MAN. But TRACER is all me (gulp) and

Did a mini-photo shoot at the Blackstone Publishing offices yesterday in support of TRACER. Sadly, I look like Milhouse when I don't wear my glasses these days. “But my mom says I'm cool!” @blackstonepub.bsky.social

A book is only as good as its editor -- and I won the jackpot with Dan Ehrenhaft. He pushed me to make TRACER better, and even suggested flashback chapters, which I resisted at first -- but he was TOTALLY right and they made the book SO much better. @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Next Tuesday.... PLASTIC IS THE NEW GOLD @blackstonepub.bsky.social

On the hunt for a previously-published horror author with significant white water rafting experience(!)! Paid gig. Email me at [email protected]

TRACER hits bookstores one week from today! Huge props to Sarah Riedlinger at Blackstone for designing this kick ass cover! And very humbled thanks to Kristin Hannah, Nicholas Smith, Jay Bonansinga, David Moody, Jonathan Maberry, and Chris Kluwe for providing blurbs! Deeply appreciative over here. 😍

Had a great conversation with The Dad Lit Podcast about TRACER, books-to-film, editing, writing IP for franchises, and -- of course, most importantly -- being a dad. 😍 open.spotify.com/episode/6klW... @blackstonepub.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social

A few years ago, I spent a couple of weeks and read all three of these books in a row. It was like a master class in (reverse) adaptation. I highly recommend them, especially if you love their respective movies.

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

Out today! This is the trade edition of my GOTG novel, which came out a couple years ago in hardcover. It's also the "Author's Preferred Edition" -- I was allowed to go back in and make changes that improve the book. Marvel let me tell "my" version of how the Guardians came together as a team. 😍

In high school, I went to the local coffee shop late at night and wrote. I dreamed of someday being a published novelist. In college, I wallpapered my bathroom with rejection letters from publishers. But I've always believed that if you really want something, you can do it. Eventually.

The visceral reaction when I saw BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 when I was 17 was INSANE. People were PISSED when they saw "To Be Continued" at the end, and the entire (packed) theater LOUDLY BOOED the screen.

Hitting bookstores one month from today! Available in both hardcover and trade paperback flavors!! 😍 @blackstonepub.bsky.social

I read a lot of Fantastic Four comics as a kid, and made a point of adding them to Snow Day For Groot! I thoroughly enjoyed the new movie. 😍

Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. We have the right to know how, where and when our works are used - we need the AI Copyright Transparency Act! actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

Ahhh! Hardcover copies have arrived!! Best. Mail. EVER! @blackstonepub.bsky.social

Probably not healthy to be jealous of my own hair from 30 years ago. 😐

Writing an android/synth in the ALIEN universe was some of the most fun I've ever had as an author -- and I am totally here for this movie! www.youtube.com/watch?v=43R9... @20thcenturystudios.bsky.social

Just found out TRACER is getting a starred review in the Aug issue of Booklist! This is SO exciting and gratifying for me, especially since it's the first non-"franchise" book I've had published since 2018. Just frickin ecstatic over here. It hits bookstores Sept 2nd from @blackstonepub.bsky.social!