Every day is a day for riffs, but some riffs fit some days better than others.

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So not only do I have to make more room on my favorite stories shelf but also have to keep the stories-within-stories straight as well - thanks @kellylink.bsky.social for more timeless troublesome fun. (I know this is an older one but it's gold.)

RW Apostle, which is still turns my crank as a nasty bit of folk/cult horror that's kinda poorly written but has Dan the Man and Micheal Sheen and the Grinder in a period piece so who cares, but I'd really like to see more of Lucy Boynton so can the genre gods bring her back thanks.

Tires filled, chains greased, still wearing snow pants but back at it.

How bout a little catharsis? Ring Shout does what Lovecraft Country was trying to do but, well, closer to that ugly core of hate we know too well, the divided realism of 1920s Georgia shot thru w near-epic fantasy and tons sword-swinging action. Does a LOT in a few pages.

wrote about David Lowery's transcendent new film, Mother Mary, in my first piece for @truthdig.com:

Dead internet again.

Dammmmmmnnnn. Yesss, sweaty Stevens is best Stevens, but we're also getting CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, and Evil alumni Aasif Mandvi?! And Hokum comes out like the same week. Nuts.

The novel as artistic process, or living bigger then the page. All Auster books are about how to see the world, but this wild family story really digs into the mechanics of writing it in a way that makes sense to others. Clarity, confidence, grace, as with all his work, and such deep melodrama.

Be dronin

It’s my birthday today and so I’m giving a gift to one of you — a free short story critique! All you have to do is repost this and I’ll pick a random winner. And hey, if you like horror, check out some free links to some stories on my website www.gordonbwhite.com/stories

Bloody thing from @hauntedsink.bsky.social isn't set on random but this is how the horrors pile up, not neatly buttoned but sloppy, bc it's like childhoods end coupled w hairy monsters + the pain of feeling too much for your bestie + headless ghosts chase you + 3 kinds of agony just. won't. stop.

Important to believe women even when they’re accusing other women. CW: graphic description of SA variety.com/2026/music/n...

JUST STOP PLEEZE

Great job as always putting Canadians first, @pattyhajdu.bsky.social

Well, would you look at that: The Butcher’s Daughter comes out in paperback tomorrow! “A wild, high-octane, blood-soaked tale,” said The New York Times. Preorder today while you still can, or pick it up tomorrow at your local shop. Mrs. Lovett looks forward to serving you. 🥧

The law of diminishing returns also applies to calling for a circle pit.

Another day I congratulate myself for skipping Eli Roth's Green Inferno.

This week I noticed 2 different police procedural shows casually throwing out a "I can run that through Copilot" line which in both cases, ultimately led to a criminal's apprehension. Copaganda with a side order of AI-washing. Gross.

The fact the Bandcamp links play within Bluesky is AWESOME. Here, listen to some of my shit... crypticus.bandcamp.com/album/cryptm... #Deathmetal #Bandcamp #Crypticus #BandcampFriday #Riffs

Finally get a glorious version of S6 E01, Let the Punishment Fit the Crime - Catherine O'Hara! Thanks to @daviddemchuk.com for the reminder.

I've been thinking about this series since I finished it, and I felt like I needed to more accurately sing it's praises and make an enthusiastic recommendation for it. www.patreon.com/posts/someth...

Great grimy grim sapphic cannibalistic fantasy from @caitlinstarling.com, sharpening knives on femurs, plating sweet breads, guzzling honeyed wine with some monstrous foes and real-deal rag-tag heroes. A very fun read, grisly bits n all.

Teaser Trailer for THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER just dropped. We got something good coming your way. Tell your friends.

Brutal. Not enuff? Br00tal!! Obvs the near-mideval heavy metal action wins (Bats being stabby, woo) but loving the character remixes, the global conspiracies, the B + C Plots lifting the main story higher, the Purge horror of 1 and the total body horror freak outs in 2 that promise to get worse.

Getting further into this one and I gotta say if you're still holding out for a follow-up to Skeletonwitch's Devouring Radiant Light this'll do ya one better.

Hey @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social Iron Fang is at it again. Decent small Cnd press.

(6 likes/6 mutuals as distraction) 👺Bosch paintings 🔪Final girls 🚵‍♀️Dirt trails 🍔Burgers 🍷Dark red wine 🙈Sleeping the eff in @alexpagliuca.bsky.social @horrorfilms101.bsky.social @deeholloway.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social @xaviergarcia.bsky.social @peterbcounter.com

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Spring cleanin

2 eps into and Something Very Bad is Going to Happen is doing Gothic shenanigans right. Not sure if it can sustain over 8 eps but after Brand New Cherry Flavor we trust in Haley Z Boston.

If you’re looking for a Good Friday watch, a reminder that the Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) has crucifixions, resurrections, and last suppers (for the bad guys).

A SECOND CONVERGE ALBUM THIS YEAR?!?! Goddamn am I eating well.

Oh she's back. So I thunked off Looking Glass but this one ripped into me, Ward totally measuring each sentence to cut deep into Peter Pan myths (incl Michael Jackson), feral kids, wilderness cults, all kinds of very bad things (cw: kids, over and over). Growing up is a demon.

Looking for a way to chip in financially? You can always join my Patreon where, as a bonus, you'll be able to read me rambling about old monster movies every month...

Not an April fools joke: I've opened a US SHOP! All orders ship domestically: - books and riso prints ship from Philly - b/w prints ship from Utah Now you can get my stuff for cheaper than ever. No tariffs! Link in bio (Note: check out the Original of the month tab on the shop menu)

Finally clicked w Hellripper w the latest, Coronach. Wanted to like him but past albums fell victim to the blackened thrash curse of same-same sound, but here he's mixing in a lot of melodic DM (early Arch Enemy? Bodom?), dynamic songwiting w the spitfire guitars. Shit hot, this one does rip hell.

Ladies and gentlemen, witness he bleak irony of an AI apologist being upset about not being credited for his work. 🙃

Dean Potter was a total rock star to me, but even in pre-internet days I always figured the next time I heard about him it was going to be his passing. I'm not digging the rivalry w Honnold this is pushing but Dean's one of the best climbers ever + deserves to be remembered. Eager for this.

Most annoying coworker just salting the earth behind every piece of pop culture that he happens to speak about. There goes any interest I had in that Monarch show.

best mail is @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social author copies 😎

Dang, Mickey, you used to be it. I was hoping for you. Twistiest of mysteries that easily unravels, but it's the descent to hell that's worth a ride, all sweaty sultryness and unhinged murder in grimy NY and N'Orleans, each person or place marking Harry/Johnny's fall. De Niro charms, as expected.

Two women fighting back, two completely different conversations: mistaking Ready or Not 2 and They Will Kill You for the same story exposes how quickly media literacy collapses when Black girl rage takes center stage. @sharai.bsky.social would like a word. 👻 📽️ nighttidemag.com/2026/03/30/s...

OH SHIT! Get an instant education on the beauty of Action Cinema. Fight Scenes are the real Dance Scenes. #FilmSky #Action #MartialArts #Cinema

This better have a damn good soundtrack.

Listening to a lot of Fugazi this week. Probably next week, too.

Another horror movie book to watch out for! 💀 🎬

Appreciate the lastest rejection foregoing any niceties and just leading with "Unfortunately", saving me the trouble of opening the email.