Yay! Happy publication day to @bobpastorella.com and @ghoulish.bsky.social ❤️

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1/3 - Here’s something you might not know. Two of my books have been finalists for a Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel including my 2017 grunge noir I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU.

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A brief Sunday post of no consequence.

Alma Katsu and Becky Spratford discuss the current popularity of horror. Loved the parts about diversity opening up the genre. The wider the range of voices, the more interesting and engaging horror becomes. ❤️ @almakatsu.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social

FYI, my Patreon has a complete bibliography of my work. The subscription for that level is free. www.patreon.com/c/lairdbarro...

Lake Mungo rewatch after at least 10 years. Still gave me the yips.

Follow @michaelwehunt.bsky.social and add The October Film Haunt to your pre-Halloween reading list. Treat yourself.

Free for the next few days! www.amazon.com/Try-Not-Die-...

All the horror book news that's fit for print, including new non-fiction curated by Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) and a pre-order by John Hornor Jacobs (@johnhornor.bsky.social).

Another day, another reason to love the Duplass brothers. #Duplass #TransFilmmakers

Just a reminder that if you enjoy a book, please leave a quick review on Amazon or Bookshop dot org, or wherever. Even if it's only a sentence, it really, really helps get the word out to other readers.

A few more days left in the FIEND tour. Tomorrow in Lost River WV w/ @louisbayard.bsky.social & Oct. 1 w/actor & screenwriter @jamieflanagan.com

Sley House Trevor and I go *deep* into the heart of my debut novel, The October Film Haunt, and how it fits into the real world, for better or worse. Online fandom, media, belief, truth, power, faith, all soaked in horror. I loved the invigorating conversation! Listening links below.

TONIGHT! Anticipating a crazy time! @wordbookstores.bsky.social

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Upcoming: I'll have a table at the Idaho Authors' Book Fair, Saturday, October 4. 10 am-2 pm, Boise Library! at Cole & Ustick

I mentioned this book yesterday, but today is its book birthday! One of my favorite books of the year. A great literate thriller, and I was fascinated by the villain. Congrats, @spmiskowski.bsky.social!

IF YOU KNEW ME will be released in ten days, on September 23rd. Available to pre-order in three formats: Kindle, Paperback, and Audiobook. ❤️ @amazonpublishing.bsky.social

IF YOU KNEW ME launched today, and the Goodreads giveaway ended. 100 readers receive a digital copy of the novel. Thanks to all who participated and to everyone who's given the novel a boost! Much appreciated. ❤️

Before the finale here's one last bit o' props to the Eye Midge, the #AlienEarth monster that out-creeps the deadly space roach we know and love. www.salon.com/2025/09/18/t...

“She made me feel that my ideas mattered. She took me seriously.” Marisa Silver examines the legacy of her mother, filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver, frame by frame. lithub.com/understandin...

Friends, I do not know how this works, but if you're a HWA member who enjoyed stories from Weird Horror 10 and / or 11, or @thomasha.bsky.social's collection UNCERTAIN SONS, please consider recommending them.

Happy publication day to @raforall.bsky.social ❤️ and thanks for all you do to support and promote the genre we love.

Celebrating NEW BOOKS today! Full list in the alt text! @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @adamgodfreyauthor.bsky.social @spmiskowski.bsky.social @moniqueasher.bsky.social @teaganoliviawrites.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social

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Thanks to Mother Horror for including IF YOU KNEW ME! ❤️ And happy publication day to all of the authors celebrating today!

Thank you, Michael! This means a lot from a writer I admire very much. Cheers!

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Only about 8 hours left to sign up for a chance to win one of 100 digital copies in the Goodreads giveaway!

Thanks in return to Michael Wehunt! We're a mutual admiration society today. THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT is a wonderful and disturbing novel. Treat yourself.

Fun times talking about the importance of altweeklies with the crew of @racketmn.com @coyotemedia.org and @emmaruthless.bsky.social and @usefulnoise.bsky.social we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.

Back from a weekend visiting the college kid in Nashville and getting ready for release day tomorrow! Click below for details on how to join me on the road. @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @laneheymont.bsky.social raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Tonight! I’ll be on Owlcrate’s app The Nest talking about FIEND, 8 pm ET

"Nobody wants to be around you if you’re just gonna dwell on this well stuff."

Today is the third and final day of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Cthulhucon. I struggle to spell festival, but I am up early for the Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast because Hierophant Cody Goodfellow is the weird I need in these strange times. #hplff

100 U.S. readers will receive the digital edition of IF YOU KNEW ME for free. Only two more days to sign up!

"I was just thinking about that time you pulled me aside at the company holiday party. You told me that introducing a chatbot as 'my wife' to the other colleagues’ families was making everyone uncomfortable. Well, who’s uncomfortable now?"

Congratulations @raforall.bsky.social and thanks for all you do in support of the horror genre! ❤️

@sgj.bsky.social Utah and Utah Humanities couldn’t be more thrilled about this!!!

“It’s tough to find something both chilling and page-turning lately in the horror-thriller realm, but If You Knew Me pulls it off with aplomb. This is easily a strong candidate for a top ten book of the year.” - Dave Simms, Cemetery Dance

Thanks to Dave Simms for this splendid review at Cemetery Dance!

As an aside, I'd just like to say that this is the best $100 bucks I spent this year.

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I love character-driven psychological thrillers. If you love them too, consider adding IF YOU KNEW ME to your TBR list. “...a villain who deserves to be in the Thriller Hall of Fame...” — Michael Wehunt, author of The October Film Haunt #psychologicalthrillers #amazonpublishers #BookTok #netgalley