New Book Spotlight up on the blog today - a mini-interview with @genni.bsky.social about Novic, out now from Meerkat Press spacecowboybooks.com/new-book-spo...

Eugen Bacon shares "How I Write" at HorrorTree. Join us on the #Novic #BlogTour & celebrate pubweek! https://smpl.is/acdip Giveaway: https://smpl.is/acdin#Novic#BlogTour@Eugen Bacon @Horror Tree

Happy to see BESTIAL MOUTHS by Brenda S. Tolian in @interstellarflight.bsky.social's poetry roundup for 2024: "I never grow tired of seeing women recast as the monster, and if you enjoy seeing tropes flipped, this is a worthwhile read." magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/the-best-spe...

Timothy Snyder, ON TYRANNY (2017), 65:

"The spectacle of overt repression serves as a warning to others. Equally powerful, though, are economic carrots and sticks that have been used to discipline the media."

So cool to see BOTTLING HIS GHOSTS by @pippinacious.bsky.social is in the top 100 for Psychological Horror on Amazon! www.amazon.com/Bottling-Sel...

Proud of @cybergodwrites.bsky.social for penning I WAS A TEENAGE ANTIFASCIST. It’s the kind of work we all need. badhandbooks.com/preorders/i-...

STRANGELOVE COUNTRY via @newpages.bsky.social. www.newpages.com/blog/books/n... Stalking Horse Press (2025)

Congratulations to @almakatsu.bsky.social on the launch of FIEND! We got a chance to attend a signing/reading yesterday and it was so much fun! I'm loving the book so far. Definitely catch her on the book tour and pick up a copy.

Thanks to Ben Lindner for interviewing me on Beyond the Zero Podcast. Out now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Stalking Horse Press (2025)

"Sparkling, bright, challenging, haunting, ever surprising, and immensely gifted.” -- Lance Olsen www.erratumpress.com/the-prodigio... @ericblix.bsky.social

2025 SFRA Awards

As I told my publisher, I think I agree with this ambivalent review of STRANGELOVE COUNTRY in @cineastemagazine.bsky.social except for the last word. dharlanwilson.com/books/strang... Stalking Horse Press (2025)

Born on this day in 1921, Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) was a visionary writer whose prose pushed the limits of science fiction and philosophical inquiry. We're proud to offer a collection of his stories to a new generation of sci-fi readers 📚💙: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254506...

A great write up for Darkness Visible : the Cinema of Jonathan Glazer www.dvdchoices.co.uk?p=2132

[email protected] reviews Michael David-Fox's new book, "Crucibles of Power: Smolensk under Soviet and Nazi Rule": "It depicts the area of occupation as a complex contact zone between institutions, ideas, and people." lareviewofbooks.org/article/microdoses-of-power-on-the-eastern-front

ADVANCE READER COPIES DM us if you are a reviewer and would like a free paperback or ebook of USURPER: ESSAYS ON THE DEATH OF REALITY by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. Coming from GDB and @rdspress.bsky.social in February 2026. rawdogscreaming.com/book/usurper...

USURPER is on @netgalley.bsky.social and currently available for preorder. Advance reader copies will soon be available for reviewers. This is the sequel to my experimental novel OUTRÉ. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... @guidedogbooks.bsky.social (2026) @rdspress.bsky.social (2020)

BOOK DEAL: We've signed E.F. Schraeder's poetry collection THE CASE FOR CRYPTIDS for release in 2026 with Stephanie M. Wytovich editing. For those who want to believe. Something IS out there. rawdogscreaming.com/book-deal-th...

“Plotting Through Music” by Marisca Pichette is the Angry Gable #26! angrygablepress.com/2025/09/08/t...

"'Palestine 1492' presses us to first recognize the profound nature of our collapsing world." @palumboliu.bsky.social considers Linda Quiquivix's "Palestine 1492." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-sound-of-our-world-resurging/

Calling for aid from my fellow Internet horror fans! 💀🖥️ If one of our Kickstarter funding milestones involved a live creepypasta reading with @retreasure.bsky.social and @lesleyconner.bsky.social, which ones would you be most excited for? Both classics and underrated gems are welcome! 📹🕴️🌲

LOL. I've never before been a.k.a.'d as a "Biographer of Vengeance" for my new fiction, in this case for my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders along with my novel Plague Birds, both published by @apexmag.bsky.social. Thanks to @skiffyandfanty.com for having me on their podcast! Check it out.

The WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social full event schedule is at the link below. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...

Check out our writing guidebooks by the award-winning @timwaggoner.bsky.social. rawdogscreaming.com/book/just-ad... @guidedogbooks.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social (2025)

Out now: Norman Spinrad’s WELCOME TO YOUR DREAMTIME. For free review copies, email [email protected]. Up next: Barry Malzberg’s HEROVIT’S WORLD. anti-oedipuspress.com/books/dreamt... Anti-Oedipus Press (2025)

USURPER by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social is now available for preorder from us for a discount! Usurper’s dominant quality may be the darkly playful humor that drives home the thesis of Wilson’s entire oeuvre: Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it. rawdogscreaming.com/book/usurper...

I'm super excited for Fiend and am hoping to make it to the One More Page event in Alexandria. If Alma Katsu is coming to your town, make sure to catch her! She's gracious and entertaining, one of the nicest authors you'll ever chat with.

Every week over on #YouTube we catch you up on the top new titles and #bestsellers coming to the #Locus world! Subscribe to our channel to stay ahead! youtube.com/@locusma...#YouTube

“Wilson’s views are often unique, frequently provocative, and largely discerning, and his unabashed, anti-academic passion is refreshing.” —FILM INTERNATIONAL filmint.nu/strangelove-... Stalking Horse Press (2025)

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! bigother.com/2025/08/26/j...

Nothing says Orwellian like made up quotes from Nineteen Eighty-Four. Don’t be fooled.

In September, advance reader copies of USURPER, the sequel to OUTRÉ, will be available in ebook and paperback formats. Free for reviewers. The book is also available for preorder. dharlanwilson.com/books/usurper @guidedogbooks.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social (2026)

Ease into spooky season with these magical, but not too terrifying, reads. All four are currently on sale for less than $4 each. Purchase from Amazon, GooglePlay, Kobo and other ebook retailers. rawdogscreaming.com/end-of-summe...

Gratitude to artist Bradley Sharp for these beautiful cover designs. OUTRÉ was released in 2020 by @rdspress.bsky.social and the sequel, USURPER, will be published by @guidedogbooks.bsky.social in 2026. Check out some of Brad’s other designwork on Instagram. www.instagram.com/bradsharp_art

REVIEWERS: @dharlanwilson.bsky.social's latest USURPER is now available for download on Netgalley. Usurper’s dominant quality may be the darkly playful humor that drives home the thesis of Wilson’s entire oeuvre: Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Remember William Morgan Sheppard on his birthday with an interview from a few years back: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2016/04/spec...

Here’s some Boris Edrosa art to make your Sunday a little better.

Delighted to publish a marvelous quintet of new poems by Elaine Equi in BIG OTHER today! bigother.com/2025/08/24/f... Cc: @elaineequi.bsky.social and @bigothermag.bsky.social

Here's the press release for USURPER: ESSAYS ON THE DEATH OF REALITY by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. Coming from GDB and @rdspress.bsky.social in February 2026. Advance reader copies will be available in paperback and ebook formats. dharlanwilson.com/books/usurper

“Science fiction enabled Stanley Kubrick to become Kubrickian.” —STRANGELOVE COUNTRY dharlanwilson.com/books/strang...

New review of VELLUM LEAVES & LETTERED SKINS by Colleen Anderson: "This is poetry doing what it’s supposed to do: affecting the reader physically while the words affect them intellectually." www.cemeterydance.com/extras/revie...

David Sandner will be at WorldCon next week! He'll be involved in several events including a reading and panel on Thursday, a signing on Friday and another panel on Saturday. If you're going to be there find him and ask about the Frankenverse.

"It’s about time someone wrote this book!" So cool to see Looking for a Good Book review JUST ADD WRITER by @timwaggoner.bsky.social. "…full of fabulous resources and Tim Waggoner’s got a talent for word-smithing." lookingforagoodbook.com/2025/08/07/j...

@sjacksonawards.bsky.social , @rdspress.bsky.social 💞🙏🏾

“Kinski was renowned as much for his talent as his temper, but for me, there’s no difference. My talent is my temper and vice versa.” —USURPER dharlanwilson.com/books/usurper @guidedogbooks.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social (2026)

Summer Reads E-book Sale! Many of our ebooks are on sale through August 4th, including EYNHALLOW by @timmcgregor.bsky.social. Get it on Apple, Amazon, Kobo, GooglePlay or Barnes&Noble. books2read.com/u/38w5O7

“Please do not take drugs while using this product.” —Norman Spinrad, WELCOME TO YOUR DREAMTIME anti-oedipuspress.com/books/dreamt... Anti-Oedipus Press (2025)

New on FilmInt – Roger Nygard (dir. TREKKIES) interviews Gary D. Rhodes about his new book, WEIRDUMENTARY (Feral House): “We yearn to know the secrets of our mind, whether its power can lead to telekinesis or precognition….” filmint.nu/gary-d-rhode...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share ALL the books! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist! No, seriously, get you some. It’s discounted and I need a new contract. Hah. www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...