Stand by Me turns 40 this year. In remembrance of the recently departed Rob Reiner, I revisited the film & Stephen King's novella, The Body. Read my article, "Tender and Brutal: Remembering Stand by Me" (In Review Online). inreviewonline.com/2026/03/12/t... @stephenking.bsky.social

Out in August! 💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho... #horror #bodyhorror

Little Ghosts Book Club is reading GREEN FUSE BURNING @tiffmorris.bsky.social After the death of her father, Rita’s artist residency in a cabin near where he grew up becomes more haunting than she could have imagined. Join us Friday March 20th 6-8pm for snacks and chats about this great novella.👻

Just re-read Daphne du Maurier's "The Lordly Ones" for the horror-writing workshop I'm teaching. Folkloric gothic masterpiece. So oppressively sad. The Breaking Point is one of *the* great dark literature collections.

Now listening to the Sleazoids episode discussing Pet Sematary and Dreamcatcher. very cool to hear @mikethorn.bsky.social on as a guest.

My first book is coming! Seven tales. Some of them have been in my brain for decades. They will finally be set loose to enter yours on April 21, 2026. Cover illustration by James Hutton. Available where books are sold. ISBN: 979-8-9944387-4-9 #WeirdFiction #CoverReveal #IndiePress #HorrorAuthor

A curated list of 55 books spanning the 12th to 21st centuries. Including works by @jolietoomajan.bsky.social @suzyeynon.bsky.social @okokno.bsky.social @ivygrimes.bsky.social Buying from @bookshop.org supports independent bookstores! #WomenInHorror #WomensHistoryMonth bookshop.org/lists/women-...

Miriam got Pluto a new piece of furniture so he can hang out with me while I'm writing 🐈‍⬛🖤🐈‍⬛ @miriamricher.bsky.social

Eliza and @candacenola.bsky.social are too kind. Thanks ladies.

There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk, 1956)

ICYMI: the latest issue of Nightmare Magazine features my essay on writing-centred horror literature (epistolary devices, writer characters, meta-narratives, etc.) Includes discussions of Oates, Kiernan, Straub, Shelley, and others. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/p...

Also, in case you missed our @craftworkpod.bsky.social interview with the brilliant and erudite Hajer Mirwali... We discussed cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and a whole lot more. open.spotify.com/episode/4AUu...

New episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @mikethorn.bsky.social and I chatted with @danielbraum.bsky.social about exploring the ecology of the supernatural, finding inspiration in liminal spaces, cultivating a sense of awe, and so much more.

Great novel.

My page has finally been approved! 🖤 Happy to launch my Patreon *Telathiel's Horrible Horrors and Strange Sci-Fi* where you can read my short stories for free! 🖤 I would love a free follow, and any likes or comments on the first story I've put up! ✒️✨ www.patreon.com/cw/Telathiel

Read my first essay for @nightmare-magazine.com, "Plumbing the Depths: Haunted Writers and Hauntings Writings," which examines @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social's The Red Tree & @joycecaroloates.bsky.social's Jack of Spades as exemplars of 21st-century writer-centred horror. tinyurl.com/ym4xzvbp

BOOK #47, 2025 SHELTER FOR THE DAMNED, Mike Thorn (2021) Unsettling haunted house riff. Three teenaged boys stumble across a shack that exerts a strange pull. Thorn (great horror author name) brings a perceptive empathy to his adolescents while delivering a propulsive frightmare. #booksky #books ❤️📚

Cassidy McFadzean’s Crying Dress captures seasons as an artistic expression occupying our internal state. Reviewer Margaryta Golovchenko reflects on the seasons presented in individual sections as the “self that never stops growing, despite the weather.” Read the full review here: buff.ly/nZKdJUc

Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, 1942)

Listen to our latest episode! In this interview, we chat with Daniel Braum (@danielbraum.bsky.social) about exploring the ecology of the supernatural, finding inspiration in liminal spaces, cultivating a sense of awe, and so much more. tinyurl.com/CWS1E27

On brackishness and etc

We loved Rebecca Gransden's take on Kathe Koja's DARK MATTER! If you are looking for an immersive book experience, check this out! https://smpl.is/ahh88 #DarkFactory #DarkPark #DarkMatter #immersivestory #immersiveAF #kathekoja

Profane Illuminations III: More of my thoughts on weird fiction collections! Sophia J. Unsworth’s The Silent House and Other Strange Stories! Corey Farrenkopf’s Haunted Ecologies! Ysabelle Cheung’s Patchwork Dolls! We've got fragments and grief, italics, recordings, birds, liminal houses...

Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)

About a Place in the Kinki Region (Kôji Shiraishi, 2025)

The greatest documentary filmmaker, period.

Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg, 1980)

On Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other sites, here's Paul Giamatti reading my story "Blanca." Something about fear and terror loose in the land again.... open.spotify.com/episode/6UcQ...

Highly recommended!

An amazing milestone!

My debut novel turns 5 this month! Nice words from writers I admire: “A full-bore, vicious death metal roar through suburbia towards hell.” — @gemmafiles.bsky.social “Superbly written.” — @laurelhightower.bsky.social "[A] coming-of-age story with teeth and claws.” — @spmiskowski.bsky.social

Day 29! I read Cholorphilia by @mikethorn.bsky.social and @miriamricher.bsky.social published in @augursociety.bsky.social They say the grass is always greener... read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/s...

We could listen to Mike, Miriam, and Hajer talk poetry all day! 🤩

Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Braided Essays, Collective Solitude, & the Objective Correlative w/ Kasia Van Schaik! tinyurl.com/mr3jacnp

New @craftworkpod.bsky.social! @miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions (@talonbooks.bsky.social, 2025). We discussed the influence of Mona Hatoum and Mahmoud Darwish, timed writing, the voice of the body & mind, and much more. tinyurl.com/bdnm5bsa

Listen to our latest episode! In this interview, we chat with Hajer Mirwali about cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and so much more. @talonbooks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdnm5bsa

I highly recommend Hajer Mirwali's excellent poetry collection, Revolutions, which has stuck with me since I finished it last week. talonbooks.bsky.social

It's publication day! My book is now officially out and available to buy! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce... #GothicCelebrity

Today is Kathe Koja’s birthday!!! This is also a reminder that Kathe is one of the greatest living authors of horror/dark fiction and she had the most explosive, remarkable debut since Barker’s Books of Blood. They don’t crash land on the horror scene like they used to. Love you, Kathe! ❤️

The Cipher gets a lot of (deserved!) praise, but also "Angels in Love" has lived rent-free in my head for over 30 years now. Many happy returns, Kathe Koja!

Happiest birthday to the visionary @kkoja.bsky.social , my favorite living writer & a major creative influence. She's also one of the realest and most gracious people I've encountered in this world of fiction.

Happy birthday to the great @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, a true master of dark literature. Interviewing him was one of my personal highlights of 2025. Listen here: tinyurl.com/56eb5arb

This Property Is Condemned (Sydney Pollack, 1966)

This is the energy I'm bringing into 2026

25 favorite first viewings of 2025 (chronologically organized, one per director).

Senso (Luchino Visconti, 1954)

Tysm, @kkoja.bsky.social! Start 2026 right. Read Dark Matter. @meerkatpress.bsky.social

Thanks very much to Mike Thorn, and happy holidays!

25 favorite first-time reads of 2025 (chronologically organized, one per author). feat. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social, @subpress.bsky.social, @fparker.bsky.social, @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, @spmiskowski.bsky.social