“This stick of wood? This fugitive from a fireplace?” LOL one of the best lines. #twilightzone

Said it many times and I’ll say it again—“Five Characters in Search of an Exit” gotta be one of the most surreal, trippiest, & artistic of the zones—also an absolute favorite. #twilightzonemarathon

top 5 of the zones. #twilightzonemarathon

Uh oh. #twilightzonemarathon

Top tier zone right here. #twilightzonemarathon

Weighing folk before they got on the ship was diabolical. #twilightzonemarathon

Let him cook… #twilightzonemarathon

Say that ish again cuz obviously folk wasn’t listening. Rod Serling had bars for the ages. #twilightzonemarathon

Disinformation campaign, 1960 #twilightzonemarathon

Charlie— “F*ck them kids.” #twilightzonemarathon

In memoriam. Pete Van Horn, who went to walk over to the other block—and didn’t come back till like 4 whole hrs later. How Pete? How?

Charlie — “Make Maple Street Great Again.” #twilightzonemarathon

“You scared frightened rabbits you! What you’re starting here is… Let me tell you…let me tell you!” Les so mad he can’t even form full sentences. #twilightzonemarathon

Here we go! #twilightzonemarathon

Me planning my 2026 reading goals. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan Hollis—loved brandy and Perry Como. Became a Jack in the Box man. A real one. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan bout to risk it all over some brandy and Perry Como. #twilightzonemarathon

Dan Hollis drunk off his a— off a sip of brandy. Make it make sense Dan. #twilightzonemarathon

Bill the grocer don’t want no part of this Anthony slander. #twilightzonemarathon

uh oh. #twilightzonemarathon

still going…

still at it

Good morning—and you’re welcome.

it’s bout that time.

Had a great time last week at at Sui Generis in Madrid. Got to share the stage w/ writers like @gabino.bsky.social & @fondalee.bsky.social, meet w/my Spanish publishers @duermevelaed.bsky.social, speak w/ students at SLU Madrid & wax poetic bout all things fantastic. Also ate my weight in cured ham.

facts

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina celebrates the Gullah Geechee people. But after several years of traffic complaints, the parade has been scaled back. Black residents say a new route makes it feel as if their legacy is vanishing.

“The fifth Negro tooth belonging to George Washington came by unexplained means from a conjure man… He had been one of the tens of thousands of slaves during the war who answered the call put out by the Earl of Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia in November 1775”

WANT!

“She tasked the Universal Association of Ethiopian Women, her organizing home which until then had largely been advocating for Black men on death row, with researching historical claims to reparations for Black Americans.”

What a night. From VA to NJ to PA to NYC. You love to see it. Good job everybody. Good trouble.

“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.”

“Ezra Douthglesias” is WILD… I have to go lay down now.

Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, @rfkuang.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQ...

Happy Halloween

On Nazi tattoos and the progressive search for a “great white hope” “Now, I know for a fact that the working class in this country looks more like a Latino woman who cleans houses than it looks like Platner, a former defense contractor turned oyster farmer with some leftist political beliefs.”

Congratulations to Guelph MFA alum @teresempierre.bsky.social on the release of #ASTHEEARTHDREAMS (House of Anansi), out now! Edited by Terese Mason Pierre, this groundbreaking anthology of speculative fiction uplifts the spectacular imaginings, reflections, and hopes of Black writers in Canada.

Updating my LEGO White House

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good work, good trouble today. | We Owe Allegiance to No Crown, by Philadelphian artist John Archibald Woodside. c. 1814 | courtesy, National Portrait Gallery #nokings

Sh*t, Damn, M——“

what a wonderful time proving love and talking horror at the TWISTED SPINE BOOKS event in brooklyn last night. thank you to my author buds @claymcleod.bsky.social @natcassidy.bsky.social @pfracassi.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social HECK YEAH

“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes. “Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Paperback Book Release Day sir!” RING SHOUT paperback w/foreword by author| Tor Nightfire | 10•14•25 Out Today! #Bookrelease #horror “Adam in the garden…”

Congrats to all the IGNYTE award nominees and winners—go out and buy their amazing stuff!

fun fact—in The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, ants & yogurt are a rare delicacy.

yup. I’m not sticking around to figure out what that spooky sh*t is. your first warning is that I’m already gone. #nope

Here is the Goodreads article number 2! www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30... @sgj.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @spookypurcell.bsky.social @daviddemchuk.com @tananarivedue.bsky.social

Whoa! Check out all the horror writers! Definitely the funniest talk I've been to. From tonight's BN Union Square Terror & Tales Panel. Featuring: @natcassidy.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social & Maddie Martinez.