Holiday blessings to all. May your 2026 be filled with everything you hoped for.

I got a gift in the mail on this Xmas eve from @badhandbooks.bsky.social . Father Gaetano's Puppet Catechism by @mikemignola.bsky.social and @cgolden.bsky.social with cover and interior illustrations by Mike Mignola, natch. Signed card, too!

Today's mail brought the latest issue of The End Times, the serialized novel from @benjaminpercy.bsky.social and @stephenking.bsky.social, published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social, and I find myself wondering what my local post office makes of it. Do they think I subscribe to a survivalist newspaper?

Finished issue 2 of The End Times today (and the King Universe has begun to creep in, we both laughed), thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social, @benjaminpercy.bsky.social, @stephenking.bsky.social this is great.

On the streets lookin hard Got a fresh credit card I believe in the power Of people with resolve

A note from The Management.

Wow!!! Bloody Disgusting named WE ARE ALWAYS TENDER WITH OUR DEAD one of the Best Horror Books of 2025!!!! 😍❤️🙏 I’m so honored and grateful… bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

This time of year is fucking hard. The holidays are a fertile ground for dark thoughts. Loneliness can drown you, even when you're surrounded by people. Take care of yourself. If you feel like you're drowning in darkness, please talk to someone. Friend, family, stranger. Anyone. You deserve love.

Solstice has come and gone. We're through the darkest part of the darkness, friends. That's got to count for something.

Finished @benjaminpercy.bsky.social’s The End Times issue 2 last night and…wait, Zeb Wells? What a made up name! #comicsky @badhandbooks.bsky.social

LOVE THIS! Thank you for subscribing.

Stephen King rules. Take a LONG WALK with us as we celebrate how the King reigned on both the big and small screen this year.

WOOT

View from the chair, I read in: it’s all teeth

Got the 2nd issue of the paper @badhandbooks.bsky.social I’m in SoCal

This is the way

YAY

I am thoroughly enjoying The End Times. Thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social for publishing this wonderful experiment.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

First 2 issues just showed up in my mailbox. My postal dude now thinks I’m a survivalist but, what the hey, thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Samuel Araya.

It's incredible how GenAI's ability to do this is seen as a given. This view would now be seen as laughably naive in corporate America, but I guess you think you're really cool.

If you are reading this: We are extremely grateful for you.

Behold! The final book in Nathan Ballingrud’s haunting Lunar Gothic trilogy! Gorgeous cover by @arayaart.bsky.social ⭐️ Big thanks to @datlow.bsky.social and Tor Nightfire for bringing us this magnificent trilogy⚡️ Preorder a signed/personalized copy from Malaprops: malaprops.com/book/s978125...

"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you

HOORAY! Thanks for reading.

We have a couple of options: We can send the limited extras we have on hand (as long as they last). When those run out, we can ask our printer to print back issues and re-send with the latest issue next month. Both of those options add to our costs, which is a bummer.

On that note--it might not be a bad idea to call your elected officials and demand that the USPS be properly funded. The current administration's haphazard cuts and poor treatment of federal workers has had an impact, which is becoming more evident every day.

We've received word that USPS didn't bother to unbundle a whole state's copies to distribute them to the right addresses and all papers for that state hit one address. This is the kind of thing we are dealing with on The End Times. We will always work to serve our readers, but we ask your patience.

My debut won't be out till next summer, but if dark fantasy with a "The Dark Crystal" meets "World War Z" vibe sounds like your thing, pre-orders are available now from @badhandbooks.bsky.social. badhandbooks.com/preorders/6y...

Damn it, Phil. Don't go making me feel all warm and fluttery.

As a small town resident and someone who has thrilled to apocalyptic fiction since Kamandi, this exceeded my expectations. The fact that it's delivered to my mailbox just like my actual hometown paper goes a long way. Take a bow, @benjaminpercy.bsky.social & co.

For all the @stephenking.bsky.social fans out there: Claudia Inez Bachman has entered the building. You can still subscribe to The End Times (physically or digitally) here: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th... . For every digital subscription, we're donating $1 to the @aclu.org

"Denver's City Council voted against a resolution to allow Key Lime Air to lease space at Denver International Airport over concerns about the airline’s immigration enforcement flights for ICE in recent months..." coloradonewsline.com/briefs/ice-f...

In a year overflowing with incredible horror, it's hard to narrow it down! But in the end, we managed. Here are Fango's top picks for the best horror movies of 2025. Did yours make the list?

We have some absolutely massive projects on tap. Many are unannounced. The next few years are going to be fun, friends. Thank you for joining us.

Someone said “ore reserves” on a podcast but it sounded like “aura reserves” and my middle aged brain said to itself: That’s what they must do with aura after they farm it.

Thank you for including IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND. “The story takes place in 1914, when Wendy works as a teacher, and children keep disappearing. Wendy remembers Neverland differently from her brothers. In this story, Peter Pan steals children and murders them.” ✨

OMG yes

When Becky Speaks, book lovers should listen.

Our first issues of The End Times by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social (collab w/ @badhandbooks.bsky.social & @stephenking.bsky.social) have arrived! If you live in America you can subscribe to the physical copy - there's also a digital copy available worldwide 🙌 badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...

THE END TIMES digital subscribers: ISSUE TWO IS HITTING YOUR INBOXES TOMORROW.

What's this? What's this? GRIM DEATH and BILL THE ELECTROCUTED CRIMINAL by @mikemignola.bsky.social and @tomsnig.bsky.social AND NIRA by @jsuretteacheson.bsky.social and @tomsnig.bsky.social made The Forces of Geek's Holiday Gift Guide. forcesofgeek.com/the-forces-o...

I am loving The End Times. Issue 2 has so many Chekhov’s guns it may as well be an armory. Dying to see how it all plays out.

I’m not very eloquent, so let me just say if anyone was wondering where I stood, I couldn’t say it better.

Love to see people showing off their copies of THE END TIMES! Many readers who subscribed after we produced Issue 1 are receiving Issues 1 and 2 simultaneously. Things ramp up quickly from here, so if you're on the fence about subscribing...jump in. badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...

Trans folks. We see you. We love you. Wherever fascists try to make you disappear, we will push back. We will fight for you.