Favorites of November by Mark Samuels: "Vrolyk" "Apartment 205" "The White Hands" "The Appalling Hospitalization of Hildred Castaigne, Futurist" Jason Bowers The Three Imposters, Machen "Orchard Fruit" Joe Pulver "The Imago Sequence" Laird Barron www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

A murmur about a great short story collected in Michael Kelly's The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Vol. 1, @undertow.bsky.social. Among other things, Charlotte Tierney's "A Woman's Place Is in the Haunted Home" reveals things about anxiety that only fiction can. www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/11/a-wo...

Here is a short murmur about a new story that is one of my favorite weirds of the year! "Lustre" by Sebastian Gray from CHM #64 www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/10/lust...

I had no idea that William Peter Blatty's novel THE EXORCIST would be so good. It is my favorite read of the month! Here's the rest: www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

A murmur about Hiron Ennes wonderfully weird upcoming novel THE WORKS OF VERMIN: www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/08/the-... @hironennes.bsky.social

A murmur about Robert W. Chambers' prequel to "The Yellow Sign": the short story "The White Shadow." www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/07/the-...

As I was thinking through the cool monsters in Erdelac's stories about John Conquer, the comparison suddenly struck me: Conquer is Silver John set in Harlem 1976!

Hello?? THE WORKS OF VERMIN is one of Lit Hubs Most Anticipated books of (the rest of) 2025--"Truly on par with Vandermeer and Miéville, an absolute thrill to read." lithub.com/our-33-most-...

Hello worms and bugs and people, apparently the Audible version of LEECH is downpriced to $6.99 on Audible from TODAY, July 1 (Canada day, so you should buy it to punish America), to July 13th!!!! (Also a good day to punish America) www.amazon.com/Audible-Leec...

A short murmur about Nathan Ballingrud's forthcoming Cathedral of the Drowned. www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/06/cath...

A short murmur about another wonderful @brianevenson.bsky.social story! www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/05/it-d...

A new magazine of Sword & Sorcery and Dark Fantasy is always good! I've pledged, perhaps you as well? www.kickstarter.com/projects/crt...

What a great way to start the con! The players and I had a great time. Some Corrupted were killed and one angry wild pig. Some fumbles were rolled! Some criticals were rolled, one from a fumble against another hero! I am so happy right now. Maybe Tomas will find his tavern by the end of the con.

Favorite reads of March: "The Happy Children" Arthur Machen P͟r͟o͟v͟i͟d͟e͟n͟c͟e͟ Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows "The Burrow" Franz Kafka "The Death of Odjigh" Marcel Schwob Complete March reading list here: www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

The I.C.B.M.'s - Conflict Personality [Tallahassee, FL / Garage Rock / New Wave / 1983] https://redd.it/hgjfbd https://youtu.be/fGBnovrR7LM

A Weird Murmur reading of Robert E Howard's "The Man on the Ground." open.spotify.com/episode/4ZTg...

If you like Lovecraft's "The Festival," you'll probably like Arthur Machen's "The Happy Children." Here's a murmur about this creepy short story: www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/03/the-...

Delphi Classics just released a bunch of Seabury Quinn. www.delphiclassics.com/shop/seabury...

Marcel Schwob meets Ligotti and Zapffe in the latest murmur about "The Death of Odjigh" from The King in the Golden Mask. www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/03/the-...

Some reading highlights for Jan and Feb: Bellow of the Steamship Cow by Aaron Dries Loyalty by Matthew Bartlett Window by Bob Leman Beowulf, Seamus Heaney translation Spettrini by Matthew Bartlett Walking Aunt Daid by Zenna Henderson Complete List: www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

Here's the crowdfunder for Cosmic Dark, my game of weird space horror. It'll launch shortly. Please sign up. And I really appreciate it if you share this post! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

Preorders are open! Should ship in March of 2025.

Another murmur: two more stories from the James Chambers edited collection Where the Silent Ones Watch. Meghan Arcuri's and Adrian Ludens' story each look to Mary, the sister of the Recluse from Hodgson's The House on the Borderland. @mothman13.bsky.social www.weirdmurmur.com/2025/02/goin...

NORTHERN NIGHTS made the Locus 'New & Notable' list. Today's the last day you can grab the eBook for just $2! (And all our in-print titles.) Even if you just buy this it is a great help. Thank you. The best $2 you'll spend today. undertowpublications.com/ebooks

Excited to see that @hironennes.bsky.social Hiron Ennes' new short story in @undertow.bsky.social Undertow's Northern Nights returns to the setting of Leech! I can't get enough of their work. Is there more published Ennes fiction other than Leech, "Our Best Selves," and "The Breath of Kannask"?

Here I read an amazing King in Yellow story from 1999 by @michaelcisco.bsky.social, which is now one of my favorite King in Yellow stories. If you love this tale as much as I do, please support the author at michaelcisco <dot> com and grab "Secret Hours" (2007) which it's from. youtu.be/yXiMB8FdyVU

A murmur about Michael Cisco's short story set in Hodgson's Night Land. This story works for both for The Night Land experienced and those who have not yet been called to the Redoubt. www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/12/nigh...

A murmur about a Jack Vance novella that turns David Hume on his head! "The Miracle Workers" (1958) www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/11/the-...

I watched four movies in September and liked them all:

September's favorites include: In a Cavern, In a Canyon, Laird Barron The Broadsword, Laird Barron The Dragon Masters, Jack Vance Kaleidoscope, Ray Bradbury The Strange Design of Master Rignolo, Thomas Ligotti www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

Film rec: Psychomania (1973). This one mashes together several disparate horror threads in a bold way that doesn't result in a mess. Tying the freedom of youth to the freedom of death was interesting. There's also some stuff here about how knowing we will eventually die re-enforces good behavior.

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells meets Thomas Ligotti in my lastest weird murmur: www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/09/the-...

Some of the Danielle Draik I picked up at NecronomiCon! A super-cool demonic entity... @artofddraik.bsky.social

Being left behind isn't always a bad thing. Here's a short murmur about Robert Aickman's "The Fully-Conducted Tour." www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/07/the-...

A murmur about Haruki Murakami's short story "Birthday Girl." www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/07/birt...

I love it with the simplicity of a story belies rich depths of insight just below the surface. I enjoyed this one written by Chi Hui. Here's a murmur about "The Woman Carrying a Corpse." www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/07/the-...

My two favorite stories read in June: "The Beast You Are" by Paul Tremblay "Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur De Feu" by Tannith Lee See my June reading list here: www.weirdmurmur.com/p/reading-di...

Here's a short murmur about the horror of indifference in Jerome K Jerome's "The Dancing Partner" (1893). www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/06/the-...

Cool stuff in some early Jack Vance. A murmur about "Noise" and Bishop Berkeley. www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/05/nois...

Issue 7 of Weird Horror mag was published last Fall. Thus far 2 stories have been selected for reprint in 'Best Of' anthologies. So I've marked the print issue down to just $12, including shipping. Reminder that we no longer ship books to the E.U. Sorry. undertowpublications.com/shop/weird-h...

Transhuman solution to the threat of cosmicism? A murmur about Micheal Shea's short story "Polyphemus." www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/04/poly...

After @sdorward.bsky.social mentioned the Barlow/Lovecraft collaboration "The Night Ocean" on the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, I had to revisit it. Here's a short and hasty murmur about a rich bit of cosmicism. www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/03/the-...

The world under the waves is filled with weird horrors, both in fiction and in life. How might we incorporate this into our games? blasphemoustomes.com/2024/03/26/t...

My story Aster is in the brand new issue of Weird Horror! 🖤

Here's a new murmur about The King in Yellow and "Haïta the Shepherd." In it, I try to tie the epigraph from "In the Court of the Dragon" back to Ambrose Bierce. www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/02/hait...

A murmur about Adam "Bucho" Rodenberger's short story "Into Dust" from his wonderfully strange new book Under the Black Rainbow. www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/01/into...

If anyone can turn the weather into Cosmic Horror, it is Algernon Blackwood. Here's a short murmur about "The Falling Glass." www.weirdmurmur.com/2024/01/the-...

Good morning

Monster stories can be a lot of fun. A murmur about Stephen Graham Jones' story "Children of the Night" from __Screams from the Dark__ ed. Ellen Datlow: www.weirdmurmur.com/2023/11/chil...