Happy May the Forest Be With You!

A chilly spring evening. A hot cup of coffee.And Japanese Gothic on eBook.

I just arranged to get Paul Tremblay and Chuck Tingle back on the podcast in July. Hope you agree that's brilliant news.

Thanks Steve.

Can't believe it's been a year already. youtu.be/j4rrZo1kwCM

I caught Paranormal Activity on stage in DC over the weekend, and it was fantastic! Never thought I'd experience a jump scare while watching a play. I highly recommend seeing it, if it comes to a stage near you. youtu.be/A8TQTCvg1Bc?...

NightTide is growing. 🖤 I wrote about why we chose depth over news churn, how the magazine has evolved, and why NightTide is becoming a home for long-form horror criticism, identity, and thought leadership. Proud of this team. Proud of this work. Welcome home. 👻 nighttidemag.com/2026/02/02/h...

This month's bookshop.org book haul.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Merry Christmas everyone! Getting ready to watch one of my favorite Christmas movies.

What do Christmas carols & horror films have in common? More than comfort would suggest. From The Lodge to Hereditary, this Morbid Minds essay looks at how ritual, silence, & inherited roles shape some of horror’s most unsettling family stories. nighttidemag.com/2025/12/14/m...

I was worried that my lime tree wouldn't survive moving into my office for the winter, but it got its first bud under the grow lights.

Thanksgiving leftovers soup. Perfect for a snowy day.

YO! Your next opportunity to see WHITE MEAT: APPETIZER (and some other cool films) has arrived. ticketstripe.com/events/49121... #FilmSky #BlackSky #HorrorSky

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Thanks Gabino! My novella noise ordinance will be available for sale at the Austin Public Library Bookstore on Cesar Chavez for the rest of the year. It’s loaded with body horror & petty, petty revenge.

Thank yooou! One week until my first book is out in the world! ONE WEEK! 🎃 mybook.to/AllsWell

Thank you for doing this, I just made my Sept debut its first bsky post! 🪡Historical textiles 🩼Main char w ADHD; others d/Deaf, autism, PTSD, DeafBlind, blind, facial differences, pain 🪄Magic system is this—except no it's not, you also have cottage magic & the old magic &— corneliaaspen.com

#NewRelease #FREE #KindleUnlimited 🧜‍♂️ The Axolotl Familiar Graphic Novel Part 4 🏴‍☠️ The Pirate and Moon Rabbit Ball is crashed by none other than Captain Hook☠️. Axol, Serina & Zane team up to rescue kidnapped princess Raelyn. 📖 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX8N938K 💫 Part 1 FREE 4 all #Fantasy #Romance #BookSky

Thanks, Gabino! I need more reviews to pick up that traction for my haunted house, slightly scifi, supernatural mystery, IN THE HOUSE OF IN BETWEEN. One house. One hundred years. Five eras. One fateful night. But who’s, and when? #FridayReads

New 90s flavored vampire corporate thriller coming soon! bsky.app/profile/tdcl...

my lesbian standalone for fromsoft fans is $0.99 !!

Thanks Gabino! My short story collection Sins of My Sisters will be released next Monday, but folks can still get the pre-order bundle with bookmarks, stickers, a postcard and... Black rosary beads 😈 www.infestedpublishing.com/category/all...

Happy Friday, Gabino! If you're looking to be entranced by a weird, unexplained artifact on a desolate exoplanet along with a team of salvors, have I got the book for you! linktr.ee/authorlevai

Thanks so much Gabino! With Halloween drawing closer, we'd like to shout out @shoutingstreet.bsky.social's debut horror fantasy novel THE CHANGE. This tale of zombies and rock and roll is available at online book retailers, and also via our own shop page: oddityprodigy.square.site

My new haunted house novel Imposter Syndrome has been out just over a month. Let it haunt you too. books2read.com/u/mYEyoP?fbc...

Thanks, Gabino! FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL DIRECTOR (by me, as Hazel Graves) is just 99c in ebook until the end of the month! It's basically the goth/Barbie house meme...but as a Freaky Friday romcom. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK8L8BHV

Small town horror stories are perfect for spooky season. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0578...

Thanks, Gabino! Honored to be a part of this great lineup of writers in BAMS '25. Available wherever books are sold or online here: bit.ly/4drzg5P

Recommending MG Mason's work for #FridayReads; these are just some of his books and they're all more than worth checking out! Fantastic blends of history, mystery and the supernatural

Thanks, Gabino! We all appreciate you doing this! Just in time for the World Series, I give you my recent creative nonfiction book about baseball in Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales. This week it was included in a CBC Books list of baseball books by Canadian authors. #FridayReads #Booksky

it's final girl season and IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS takes apart and makes a mosaic of the Stephen Graham Jones insrant classic: recommended by Jordan Shiveley, CSE Cooney, and upfromsumdirt, you won't regret this final girl horror poetry. bsky.app/profile/pope...

Thanks, Gabino! A cozy, romantic novella available for pre-order now (out Nov 9)! "... a fun and cozy read!" "... respectful, tender, but passionate--readers will appreciate!" "This is so soft! 😭😭😭😭" "Alright put this shit in my veins." #Touched #FridayReads

For #FridayReads why not check out the ghost stories and Weird stories of Matt Mason! Thanks Gabino!!

Have you ever read a sci-fi detective comedy narrated by a coffee machine robot? What about one that has 154 footnotes, a star from Publishers Weekly, and a "GET IT" verdict from Kirkus Reviews? www.amazon.com/Great-Americ... bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.audible.com/pd/The-Great...

Thanks for another #FridayReads, Gabino! Anyone up for a paranormal mystery set in and under 1880s Halifax, Nova Scotia? Check out the book Craig DiLouie(!) called "a powerful Victorian adventure, rich in detail and set in a fully realized world ... A stunning debut!" LINK: books2read.com/u/490zOw

Thanks! Tales From Cemetery’s out now! Dropped 10/7. A horror short story collection just in time for the spooky season! books2read.com/u/br8AgE My debut crime thriller, Welcome to Cemetery, is on KU too! Dropped 3/4 A little dark. A little spooky books2read.com/u/b5Kn0l

Thankee! Anyone looking for something spooky and appropriately autumnal should check out my dark fantasy faerie mystery. Available wide books2read.com/Into-the-Dar... mcburnell.itch.io/into-the-dar...

I have a collection of horror stories, my best yet! Fully illustrated and the ebook is just $1.99, 30+ tales of terror! Available on Amazon and Bookshop: Amazon bit.ly/4lZImtq Bookshop bit.ly/41USpIQ

“This book kinda wrecked me.” “…completely bananapants…” “I inhaled this.” “…shook me to my core…” “…morbid and twisted…” “…had me reeling.” “…if I were currently in a book club, this would be my entry.” a.co/d/2783VPN www.barnesandnoble.com/w/?ean=97988... Thnx! @gabino.bsky.social 🖤🙏

Thanks, Gabino! 🙏🏼 #Pyres is staying at its current low price of $2.99/£1.99 for just one more week, so I'd love readers to grab it for a bargain price and see what fiery rage against injustice looks like Books2read.com/pyresnovel

thanks, Gabino. I've got a story in this awesome anthology with stories from authors around the world, all set on Halloween. It's called Samhain Screams and is published by Black Beacon Books. Check it out! a.co/d/h3JarMv

Thank you! My first audiobook is up for preorder! “Saddle up for a wild, monster-infested ride through the Old West in KC Grifant’s action-packed debut, Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger—a genre-bending fantasy western w/ vibes of Buffy, The Witcher & Bonnie & Clyde.” scifiwri.com/2025/10/17/n...

Happy #FridayReads! This little lady wants to come home with y'all. Just in time for spooky season: www.rapturepublishing.com/product/mael...

Thanks, Gabino! 🧡 The Haunting of Wounded Birds creeps ever closer. If you love coming-of-age folk horror, old rituals and the power and pain of friendship, this one's for you. Preorder, delivered to you on 11/11/25. mybook.to/woundedbirds

I'd like to give a shout-out to a superb antho that published this week, which I'm three quarters of the way through. This World of Vile Wonder, edited by @coyhall.bsky.social, reads like a true classic!

Thanks Gabino! Several of my books have discounted ebook costs right now, including The Unkillable Frank Lightning and The Legend of Charlie Fish! If you’re looking for a weekend read, check ‘em out: www.amazon.com/Unkillable-F...