Pic 1: The view from the counter. Pic 2: Same view zoomed in. @urbancik.bsky.social is always watching.

Poetry. Not speculative poetry. Love poetry. It follows an emotional journey through the light, easy beginnings of love, increasing in intensity, right through the heartbreaking end. Paperback is out on Tuesday! Kindle version available now!

For a limited time signed and personalized books are once again available from Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley MA! Orders open through October 31st. Books ship in November. More info here: www.odysseybks.com/morgenstern

My review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "LA CASA DEL DIABLO is a fun, quirky read with intriguing characters & a chef's kiss ending!"

Current reading: LA CASA DEL DIABLO by @urbancik.bsky.social

What kinds of things influenced my memoir? Not other memoirs. I haven’t read enough. It started with an off-hand comment: I should edit an anthology of stories about me. 1/

Go nab this! Was both an honor and an absolute blast to be a part of this!

My memoir is available for Kindle pre-order! All editions come out September 16! John Urbancik: writer, photographer, adventurer, and sometimes a myth, if only in his own mind. There are stories about him that are true. Most are imagined. But even those have a hint of truth within. a.co/d/2pjAPNu

"When are you going to bring back The Horror Show with Brian Keene?" I did it 8 weeks ago. It's called Keeneversations. Guests have included @laurelhightower.bsky.social, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @aarondries.bsky.social, @urbancik.bsky.social, and Mr Midnight. www.patreon.com/collection/1...

Coming in September! A rather unorthodox memoir. Stories about the things that made me the writer and the man I am today. But as I’ve been told knowing me can be a surreal experience. But even if some of the stories aren’t true, they are al lhonest. I had to enlist some help.

My next book comes out in September. (If you need a review copy, let me know.) It’s a rather unorthodox memoir. I had help. It comes out on 9/16. My birthday. (That’s relevant.) Cover reveal on 7:/16? Random pic I took years ago of a coin I possess — is it related? 😮

A Behind the Scenes essay about my first published novel and the novel I'm working on today -- and I made this one free for everyone. Please give it a read. www.patreon.com/posts/behind...

Have you played? Did you win? When I put this together, I didn’t realize the average book of this type had some 30 endings. So there are 130ish. Werewolves, vampires, ghosts, zombies, demons, swamp witches, alligators, aliens, sexy nurses, an old man on a front porch. Which doom will you choose?

On this week's episode of KEENEVERSATIONS, Brian and and author, poet, and photographer @urbancik.bsky.social discuss wanderlust, grief, and if there is any difference between running away from or toward something. www.patreon.com/posts/130688...

Me. Coming soon.

Happy 22nd bday to my nephew DB. Here we are pre-pandemic at the Frazetta Museum with @urbancik.bsky.social @marysangiovanni.bsky.social Mike Lombardo @kozeniewski.bsky.social and @wesleysouthard.bsky.social ❤️

Couldn’t make it to AuthorCon this weekend? Me neither! Come visit me at the bookstore Saturday and Sunday. Vortex Books & Comics, Columbia PA

Old men’s night out (with @urbancik.bsky.social and two of my high school buds)

I just uploaded my first unboxing video to my Patreon. What am I unboxing? It’s a secret…

I intend to play some jazz on vinyl. I will pour myself a glass of bourbon. I will sit at my desk with a fountain pen and write love letters.

Only two left!!!

Beautiful new autographed collector's editions by myself, @urbancik.bsky.social, @garzaslaughter.bsky.social, @ronaldkelly.bsky.social, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, Edward Lee, @rossjefferyauthor.bsky.social and many more via @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social! thunderstormbooks.com/thunderstorm/

Current reading: CHOOSE YOUR DOOM by @urbancik.bsky.social (This is officially my first work by John Urbancik, and I'm very much looking forward to it.)

Proof of Life

I was in New York City this past weekend. Saw my favorite painting. One guess which it is.

Happy to announce the new annex will be open in time for tomorrow's signing. However, getting it to that stage has WIPED OUT the store's bank account. We're only $1,700 away from goal. If you can donate $5, $10, or $20 today, it'll alleviate my current panic attack. www.gofundme.com/f/vortex-boo...

TONIGHT 5pm to 7pm. Book release party for @urbancik.bsky.social’s new dark fantasy novel, The Secret History of the Palace Theater. Stop in after work. We’ll be serving light fare, and John will be on hand to sign copies of the new book as well as his other books.

Last call for signed and personalized copies of @urbancik.bsky.social's new novel! Online pre-orders end at midnight tonight. If you're local, stop in tomorrow night (Wednesday 6/26) from 5pm to 7pm and get your copy signed in person! vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com

Release Day!

I am so excited about my upcoming book. The Secret History of the Palace Theater is the result of seven years of love and agony. Don't take my word for it. Rick Hipson in July's Rue Morgue says nice things, and so does Karen E. Taylor, author of the Vampire Legacy series!

The Secret History of the Palace Theater Release in 5 days! I’m so excited. This is probably one of the best things I’ve ever written. Magic. Myth. Cosmic terror. Pre-order signed! …texbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com/product/pre-or… Or come by next Wednesday for the release party!

I saw Lady Death in a black and white sundress today as she crossed a street in Columbia, Pennsylvania with a scythe in hand. @marysangiovanni.bsky.social is my witness. Lady Death walked in the opposite direction of the hearse.

Writers! We've got an AWESOME opportunity for you! A one on one private writing workshop with novelist and filmmaker SAMANTHA KOLESNIK, via Google Meet or Zoom, during which she'll help you with one of your short stories! Slots are limited to 6 and will go fast! www.indiegogo.com/projects/dea...

Come hang out with me and @marysangiovanni.bsky.social at Vortex Books & Comics in York, PA all day today and tomorrow! We’re not doing a signing or event or anything like that, but I bet we’d both sign things if you asked…

It's been -- a very long time -- but my first newsletter in ages comes out tonight. There's still time to sign up if you want to see what spurred me to start it up again! darkfluidity.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

The signing at Vortex Books yesterday was fantastic. Thanks @jessica_eppley & @Matt_Wildasin for joining me, & @marysangiovanni and @BrianKeene for having us. After a fantastic day and lots of books sold, now I get to look to what’s next. What’s next, you ask? A secret…

Today, I sign books. Bring books to the bookstore. Buy books at the bookstore. Whatever you want. It’s my first local signing event. On Free Comic Book Day. May the Fourth be With You Day. 1/6

I was there.

Tonight: Monthly Writers Group 6pm to 8pm (tonight's topic: crowdfunding) Tomorrow: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 10am to 7pm (free comics, plus 20% off ALL back issues & Manga). Plus @urbancik.bsky.social, Jessica Eppley, & @mattwildasin.bsky.social signing 2pm to 4pm. Sunday: Magic the Gathering 12 to 4pm

If you’re at Scares That Care’s AuthorCon III this weekend check out 2 new releases from @urbancik.bsky.social (I got a peek & they’re fantastic!) which you can get this weekend before their officially release later this year. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PALACE THEATER (June) CLOCKWORK RAVENS (August)

@briankeene.bsky.social’s first novel, The Rising, came out in 2003. One character makes a cameo in my novella Beneath Midnight. Here’s a secret: John of Many Colors is me. (My first chapbook was A Game of Colors.) When he appears on a Midnight subway platform—is it a Brian Keene character—or me?

Amazon has my first poetry book on sale for under $7! Now might be the time… John The Revelator a.co/d/14jPG8s

Some bookstores have a cat. Vortex has a @urbancik.bsky.social. You can find him haunting our shelves all day on Sundays and sometimes on Wednesday evenings.

Winter Cthulhu!

My 2nd novel, originally a limited edition in 2006, has never been in print since. Until now. I have many feelings about this. I still love the story and the characters. The settings are ripped out of my life from over 20 years ago. But it’s rough, an early version of me. I hope you enjoy.

Proofreading the upcoming re-release of a novel, with a new cover, and thinking this is good, this was good, I’m very much enjoying this and I should maybe do that sequel I’d been thinking about. What do you think?

It seems Hugo Award noms are open so I am once again doing some shouting about things I’m eligible for 🫣 Novella: LINGHUN Novellette: I AM AI Short Story: “We Are a Little Hotel” *Last year eligibility for Astounding Award for Best New Writer 🫶🏼 *DM for review copies! 🤍

I wanted to write a vampire story that was something else underneath — so it’s a House on the Borderlands story. Werewolf story? Yes, but also something else! Witch? No, it’s a time loop story! Three “stories” that tie tightly together. The Precipice a.co/d/9UK6yZZ

For those of you who missed it: The Precipice released yesterday in paperback and Kindle! Vampires! Werewolves! Witches! Underneath the surface, it’s so much more… The Precipice a.co/d/9UK6yZZ

First time in paperback! The City of Night — a mix of dark fantasy and crime noir, an eclectic mix of characters, and a city that swallows you whole. Once Upon a Time in Midnight a.co/d/gUL01PG