Still processing this, but what a pleasure it was to chop it up with a true master for a bit.

An essay I wrote about Akira Kurosawa's final film, Madadayo, as part of a series where writers at @spectrumculture.bsky.social explored the cinema master's rich body of work.

Just read the Kalevala instead. #booksky

Good morning everyone! What better way to end your weekend than with a new book? Swing by the Union Station location and I'll hook you up! 🧡👻📚 @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

It's a dream to be featured on the horror.org website! (Check out charlesjohnston.ca for more info about my novella Sleep Walk. And if you've read it, and feel like writing about it, leave me a review somewhere, anywhere - it helps a lot! ) #books #booktok #bookstagram

WE RECOMMEND: My Father’s Shadow "A work of autofiction, Akinola Davies Jr.'s film is by no means a vacation, and many of the struggles it depicts are ever-present."

Here it is now, it entertains us ! spectrumculture.com/2026/02/16/n...

I love her empathy and how she wasn't afraid to show it.

🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨 All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life. Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too! Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog finally on 4K! Thank you, @criterion.bsky.social.

From a crashing entrance, sage words and sweet sounds, can you be drawn to the new episode from @drimbuspod.bsky.social - Blood ‘n’ Booty #5: Underway and join the Vampirates, where one “likes to keep things trimmed?”💜 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

A box of physical copies of my novella SLEEP WALK have just arrived. Now it feels real! THANK YOU to EVERYONE who bought a copy and helped make it #2 on the @friesenpress.bsky.social bestseller list! (Check out my pinned post or charlesjohnston.ca to order one.)

BARRY LYNDON (I was 4 and on my dad's lap)

A box of physical copies of my novella SLEEP WALK have just arrived. Now it feels real! THANK YOU to EVERYONE who bought a copy and helped make it #2 on the @friesenpress.bsky.social bestseller list! (Check out my pinned post or charlesjohnston.ca to order one.)

Everyone drop your letterboxd in this thread. #filmsky #movies letterboxd.com/VoxIsMyCowboy/

My new novella SLEEP WALK is #2 on the FriesenPress bestseller list! Thank you to EVERYONE who bought a copy. I really appreciate it!!! ❤️ (charlesjohnston.ca for more info.)

We welcome the influx of new subscribers to the Estate of Fright where they will discover true fears, read new and original horror fiction, and get a monthly listing of what’s coming from MANOR and its Residents. Subscription is free. Join us 😱🏠💀 www.manorhq.com/eof

Creatives: It's been a rough day and nothing can fix it. Someone: I like that thing you created. Creatives: [happily sobbing, weeping, wailing even]

Toronto! Please visit the Little Ghosts/ Hopeless Romantic pop-up shop for me, I wish I could goooooooo!

This week my very first book was published and it feels amazing. After 20+ years writing for children's TV, it was great to be able to write something darker for an older audience. (Click on pinned post for info.) #newbooks #booksky #readersky #horror #scary #thriller #murder #mystery #suspense

Our February newsletter is here! You'll find our new releases, and the list of UK-related authors who made it onto the Horror Writers Association's preliminary ballot for this year's Stoker Awards! Congrats, everyone! #UKHorror #NewBooks #BritishHorror #Horror #Books substack.com/home/post/p-...

The day finally arrived - my first novella SLEEP WALK is available! It's about a sleepwalking mechanic who has to investigate himself when his co-workers start to go missing. If interested, it's available at the FriesenPress online bookstore: books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...

Ran demonstrates that, even in the twilight of his career, Kurosawa was still capable of creating some of the greatest cinema to ever touch the silver screen.

Directors keep trying to make the definitive Dracula movie. Could this be the one? My review of Luc Besson's DRACULA for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

The story of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE begins in 2007. Or is it 2023? Maybe 2016? Join me as I follow the time bandits — from Toronto to Berlin to Austin to dimensional planes unknown — behind the funniest Canadian film ever made. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

The day finally arrived - my first novella SLEEP WALK is available! It's about a sleepwalking mechanic who has to investigate himself when his co-workers start to go missing. If interested, it's available at the FriesenPress online bookstore: books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...

We have openings for writers to review music, film and/or books. DM for more info!

An insightful analysis of the film featuring my favorite Nic Cage performance by @hopebillhelps.bsky.social for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

A Poet is a gem. My review for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

Found my @fangoria.bsky.social cover in the wild and only cried a little bit!

That show literally and figuratively kicks so much ass.

In case you have not yet signed this petition....

Here’s my list of the best stories presented on TALES TO TERRIFY @talestoterrify.bsky.social for year 1 (2012). Episode Story Title, Author, Publication Year Narrator, Publication Year

Not even Vincent Price can save this. My review of Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

I'm so so honored to be nominated for a WGA award for my episode of Poker Face! Thank you to everyone involved in the show and the entire writers guild. This is so cool! The WGA Awards are like the Oscars of the film industry!!

If you think you've seen them all - Grease 2, Mac and Me, The Room, any Neil Breen movie - here comes... The Dreamer Cinderella. My review for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

It was a privilege to reminisce about all things Detentionaire in a long form interview with S.B for the Detentionaire community on Reddit. A very sensitive interviewer with lots of insightful questions! www.reddit.com/r/Detentiona...

if you need a moment of zen, or a moment of inspiration, or just a moment of righteous escape, here's Ryan Coogler in the Criterion Closet, explaining why his favorite movies are his favorites youtu.be/V_wzBKheKEE?...

Somebody please get started manufacturing these

World's Gone Wrong, while plenty angry, turns out to be less a protest album and more a mix of reportage and a call for resilience, all written in a style that allows it to be a timeless piece of resistance, born from its moment but not beholden to it.

I find this unbearably beautiful as an expression of the joy that comes from making art together as human beings. This is what the AI dickheads will never understand and never feel.

This movie totally sucks (blood - it's actually pretty good). My review of Night Patrol for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.

At first the premise for The Beast in Me seemed a bit generic to me but wow, what an excellent series! Superbly entertaining.

Empathy isn't a weakness, it's a strength. It's you putting the needs of others before yourself, putting yourself in their shoes, wanting them to have as good as you have it. Princess Diana had empathy. We all need more of that today. www.amazon.com/Princess-Dia...

I like this even better?

This week on The D'Ascenzo Zone Podcast, the guest is Alex Ganetakos. Insightful, inspiring tales from a prolific career writing for television! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo6W...

You can sleep on this one. My review of Sleepwalker for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.