Point Pleasant: November 15, 1966

Did I make it into @reactorsff.bsky.social's Reading the Weird? Well, not directly. But my mention in @johnlangan.bsky.social's "Errata" did.

@michaelwhelan.bsky.social Nifft the Lean is one of my favorite Sword & Sorcery books of all time, as is the amazing cover. Could you talk a bit about how this cover came to be? Did the brief describe this scene specifically, or were you provided a manuscript to make your own choices? Thanks!

Book of the New Sun prints up for pre-order at greenheron.bigcartel.com for US customers and www.inprnt.com/gallery/jess... For INTL customers All relevant info in the links. Thanks!

NEXT WEEK! I'll be part of a roundtable discussion and book signing with four other local indie horror writers 👻😈💀

José Guadalupe Posada #illustration #woodcut #printmaking #1900s #JoséGuadalupePosada

Interview with me! 😃 In which I ramble about the long-ass process of writing the City of the Watcher trilogy, among other things.

Beyond the simple moral imperative to feed people with no strings attached, I think it's important to consider the beautiful, transformative things that happen when people no longer have to spend all their energy fighting for their basic needs. Life becomes so much better for everyone in every way!

Want to encourage everyone to consider registering for Robert’s performance of ‘Count Magnus’. Whether you view it tonight, or any time after, you’ll be glad you did.

Did a little ink study from one of my favorite scenes in the classic Danish film ‘Haxan’.

Tonight - live to your living room

Tonight’s evening walk listen. Should be great.

Sorry, here’s the start of the thread!

This is turning into a fantastic thread about Peter Straub, M John Harrison, Machen, and weird fiction. Thanks @basicchunnel.bsky.social for such illuminating insights!

Totally agreed

Now streaming on YouTube! Follow @etchfilm.bsky.social for more information.

I’ve got a new story coming to godless soon. “AIN SOPH AUR” Here’s a blurb about it from BR Yeager… "Shelton expertly hauls the weirdness of Ashton Smith and Hodgson into the 21st century accelerationist security state. Suspect everything. Fear everything." Soon…

This trilogy connects with the plot of the Weird Luck webcomic, in strange oblique ways that will be referenced in the next chapter of the comic's main storyline (coming in January). Most notably, the 3rd book of the trilogy includes the last known sighting of Max before his appearance in the comic.

I spent several formative months studying alongside artist Ted Seth Jacobs, who painted this cover, and designed the creatures for the film. ‘Communion’ terrified me when I first read it the mid-90’s. Absolutely iconic painting

We are delighted to share all three books in the Weird Luck trilogy by Andrew M. Reichart. Two are ready and Cannibal King is on the way. We'll ship these three together in November. autonomous-press.myshopify.com/collections/...

#nowplaying Drone du jour.

William Blake, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1825 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1076758

For some reason, I’ve never given Ghost much of a listen. Maybe it’s their new album, hearing Mary on Cross in tons of different memes, or the cool fall weather, but lately, I’ve become pretty obsessed. Always been a sucker for melody, and they’ve got some great ones.

"i don't think anyone has lived there in years..."

So I'd like to not have any books left by Halloween. Starting tomorrow I'll be selling any three of my books for $40 + shipping. If you ever wanted to get some of stuff for a sale price, this would be it! Comment here or DM me over on Instagram (same handle).

Now this is a review! :) theblogwithoutaface.com/2025/10/17/l...

Available for preorder now, shipping next month!

Have yet to read this third volume, but @andrewmreichart.bsky.social is writing some of my favorite independent fantasy today. Should appeal to those who love Leiber, Vance, Dulaney, Zelazny etc.

Time to firm up your plans for Hallowe'en. Make sure they leave room for "Count Magnus" by M R James. A solo performance will be livestreamed at 8pm (UK), which will also be available to watch any time thereafter. Simply register and pay-what-you-can here halloweenmagnus.eventbrite.co.uk

ahoy, friends and enemies! pls consider signing up for the WEIRD PROVIDENCE newsletter which will feature reviews, interview, news, amd, well, weirdness! weirdprovidence.com/pages/newsle...

Dear authors, never apologize for telling us about your new books. People are hungry to support real art, made with the human brain, and the human heart, and typed by human hands. Please scream your work from the rooftops. You are so necessary and you deserve your flowers.

None of us could get a glimpse But all of us did want it At night, above our sleeping heads Our sleeping dreams were haunted

We're so back

Profane Illuminations II: @megapolisomancy.bsky.social on weirdness and open-ness in Langan's LOST IN THE DARK (@wordhorde.bsky.social), Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE (@stelliform.press), and Catling's A MYSTERY OF A REMNANT (@swanriverpress.bsky.social)

A glimpse at a piece from a new body of work. A rush from further out

A free book. Because we were moved to make it. A confederacy of weirdos. An homage to Ligotti. An encrimsoning.

In my interview with Nathan Ballingrud & @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, we talk about horror as a genre of both grief and transcendence. Michael: "Horror welcomes broken people into it." Nathan: "It always seemed to be a somewhat more fundamentally honest kind of literature." youtu.be/xMdZpBlrYww?...

i need everyone to watch this performance of "gigi's hands" by david simmons, a reading which can only be described as the mythical egress point between unknown reaches of manic hilarity and a sort of existential disgust that challenges dimension. you can hear me laugh so hard i cried & saw god.

2 new horror collections out today from @wordhorde.bsky.social: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: THE HOLLOW EARTH STORY CYCLE by @orringrey.com and LOST IN THE DARK AND OTHER EXCURSIONS by @johnlangan.bsky.social weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...

Tech exists solely for the purpose of creating junk in massive amounts: junk that resists repurposing or recycling, that has no use beyond the gamified gratification neo-humans (because we're barely human) have come to expect. Mounds of junk. Mountains of junk. Junk that begets junk. We choke on it.

🎃 HAPPY WEDNESDAY! 🎃 Halfway there... youtu.be/hIHUv2ooG38

Screen shot from Prehistoric Planet insta. Have rarely been in such agreement with anything.

Listened to this fantastic episode again on my drive home from @voidcon.bsky.social and found it extremely relavent to the ‘Horror As A Place’ panel. Highly recommended. #psychogeography podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Spent the weekend hanging out with folks in the void, and it was amazing. Thank you to the Void Collective who put it together, and all the awesome people I connected with in Gettysburg, for such an awesome and memorable time. Can’t wait for next year

In Shrewsbury tomorrow night, 12 Oct, a solo performance of two great ghost stories by M R James - "Casting the Runes" & "The Residence at Whtiminster". Tickets here www.theatresevern.co.uk/shows/whatso...

Did I love “Andy Kaufman Creeping Through The Trees”? No, it unsettled me like nothing else I had ever read, so much so that I had to paint a picture of Andy as Tony Clifton to exorcise it from my system. Never finished it, but Julie Vellum was alongside with him in the basement covered in fungus

Mysterium Tremendum and the title story are my favorites until I reread “The Broadsword” and “—30—“ which then become my favorites 😵‍💫

October awakenings. Detail from an illustration done a few years ago.

It's October! Hurrah! I've specially curated 5 of our spookier titles, and discounted the eBooks to just $2. Grab a couple, or all 5 for $10. It's your choice. @seanbirnie.bsky.social @acwise.bsky.social @stevetoase.bsky.social undertowpublications.com/ebooks