Mer Whinery's insanely great weird western horror extravaganza TRADE YER COFFIN FOR A GUN is now available to preorder at a modest discount. Shipping in June! @merwhinery.bsky.social #weirdhorror #weirdwest #weirdwestern

There's some great stuff up for preorder at Jackanapes Press, including a new edition of TRADE YER COFFIN FOR A GUN, an insanely great weird western by @merwhinery.bsky.social

Once again, Snake Plisken is on point.

if the US government logs these trees at the rate / quantity they're proposing, we'll lose one of the last old-growth forests. there's no coming back from that. if you have five minutes to leave a comment pushing back against the BLM, please do; there's a guide to that below.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

just putting this here no reason

This interview with Pete Rawlik is like a bite sized College Course on Lovecraftian Fiction. An absolute must read for fans of Cosmic Horror and the Cthulhu Mythos. www.newpulptales.com/author-inter...

Ahoy, fans of traditional rhyming poetry--also in this issue of Eternal Haunted Summer is an interview with me about my own recent book of weird and arcane rhyming poetry, GHOST CONFESSIONS. Ahoy, @dansauer.bsky.social ! eternalhauntedsummer.com/issues/winte...

A new review for GHOST CONFESSIONS by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social is up at Cemetery Dance Online.

HPLovecraft# film fest offers a host of readings and presentations of the WEIRD FICTION & POETRY FROM HELL variety. Here's an eight minute one of ME performing four rhyming weird poems from my new collection Ghost Confessions. Register & it's free! Many readers! watch.eventive.org/hplfilmfesti...

My presentation about H. P. Lovecraft's English ancestors is part of this--in the "Streaming Extras" section watch.eventive.org/hplfilmfesti..., along with author readings by Nathan Carson, @andrewsfuller.com, Frances Pai and @johnshirley2024.bsky.social! If you sign up, you can watch for free.

#fantasy #horror 40% off sale ending in a few days on books from Jackanapes. They have my poetry books and also the new edit and re-release of my collection of tales, *Really Really Really Really Stories*. Books by pioneers of the Weird. Something for King in Yellow fans, #hpl fans, much more.

I'm sure *nobody* out there is completely sick and tired of promotions (...🙃...), so here's a reminder our 40% OFF SALE is still good through Friday, Dec. 5th. Use Code CYBER40 at checkout. www.jackanapespress.com

Joe Lansdale rocks.

We're running a huge sale at @jackanapespress.bsky.social! It's good for all items in our store, including books by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social, @danielbraum.bsky.social, @adambolivar.bsky.social, @johnrfultz.bsky.social and more. Don't miss out!

Fan of TOMBSTONE? Or Wyatt Earp in general? Wolfpack Publications has just brought out a new edition of my historical western Wyatt in Wichita. It's only on kindle (99 cents!), though used copies of the original paperback are out there.

GHOST CONFESSIONS by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social is now available! Herein you will find explorations of doom and destruction, love and alienation; dark gnosis and environmental collapse; even Lovecraftian horrors and Halloween.

If anyone has read my new alliterative verse collection, would you consider leaving a quick review or at least giving it some stars? My gratitude knows no bounds! www.amazon.com/Told-Firelig...

Halloween is over, but this sale is good through LAAATE tonight (Nov. 1). www.jackanapespress.com

We're having a Halloween sale! 30% off everything with code GHOST at checkout. Includes the upcoming GHOST CONFESSIONS by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social and THE EXILE AND OTHER TALES OF CARCOSA by Galad Elflandsson! www.jackanapespress.com #FridayReads #Halloween #kinginyellow #carcosa #bookdeals

#FridayReads - Halloween Edition!

Great books at a great price!

Announcing GHOST CONFESSIONS, a new collection of poetry by horror, sci-fi & Cyberpunk legend @johnshirley2024.bsky.social! Herein are explorations of doom and destruction, love and alienation; dark gnosis and environmental collapse; even Lovecraftian horrors and Halloween.

Newsletter time! Through Sunday, Oct 26, save 25% on our Halloween items, including books, T-shirts and art prints. The discount will be applied automatically at checkout. #halloween #booksky

Mr. Scratch adjures you to come to the Rose City Book Pub in Portland this Halloween, and be regaled by spooky poetry read by @johnshirley2024.bsky.social and Adam Bolivar, followed by a diabolical marionette show, JACK AND THE GREEN ETTIN, a pagan retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...

Here's my cover for Scott J. Couturier's amazing new collection of dark poetry, NIGHTMUSE. All preorders from the Jackanapes Press site will be signed by me (as cover artist/illustrator), and will include an adhesive bookplate signed by Scott. www.jackanapespress.com/product/nigh... #booksky

One copy left! dimshores.bigcartel.com/product/gasp...

This is an unheard-of price for an academic book. A must for any lover of medievalist poetry. (Plus one of my own poems is in it!) How can you resist...? www.bloomsbury.com/us/speculati...

"Told by Firelight in Timbered Halls" by @adambolivar.bsky.social, published by @jackanapespress.bsky.social in 2025. Bolivar's second collection of verse written in the Old English alliterative style, an ancient form of storytelling poetry in which both Beowulf and The Poetic Edda were composed 1/3

I ventured to Vancouver, WA Yesterday in search of the new Covid vaccine, and had a pleasant lunch with a certain John Shirley. We discussed some upcoming Jackanapes Press projects, Blue Oyster Cult, and other things. Stay tuned... 👽🎃👻😈 #booksky

Here's my cover for A FEW ODD SOULS by John R. Fultz! This is a spectacular, unique take on epic fantasy, and will appeal to lovers of horror and dark fantasy in the vein of Tanith Lee and Clark Ashton Smith. Preorder it now at Jackanapes Press and get bookplate signed by the author.

All copies of THE EXILE ordered from the Jackanapes Press site come signed by me (the illustrator), and include a bookplate signed by the author. While supplies last!

It's here! "Vampires Save the Night: Heroes, Anti-Heroes, and Not-So-Reformed Villains" is now live at all major retailers in print and digital formats! Thank you to the talented contributors who made this anthology possible. :) #booksky #vampire #horror #fantasy #poetry books2read.com/u/4ErNnO

Yesterday's 'featured book' 🟡

More King in Yellow from the awesome folks at @weirdfictionquarterly.com! Just look at that otherworldly cover art by Robert H. Knox... #kinginyellow #carcosa

I'm really proud of this book. Available now! www.jackanapespress.com/product/the-... www.amazon.com/dp/1956702199 #kinginyellow #carcosa #booksky #horror

I'm always all over a King in Yellow theme, for better or worse. 💛

Been reading peter rawlik books this month. This one from @jackanapespress.bsky.social is the best thus far

Such a great album. I can't wait for the next John Shirley/Jerry King project. #prog #progrock

All preordered copies of THE EXILE AND OTHER TALES OF CARCOSA come signed by the illustrator (@dansauer.bsky.social) and will include a bookplate signed by the author (as Michael Summerleigh). You're not ready for how great these stories are. #kinginyellow #carcosa #vintagehorror

All preordered copies of THE EXILE AND OTHER TALES OF CARCOSA come signed by me (the artist) and will include a bookplate signed by the author (as Michael Summerleigh). #kinginyellow #carcosa #vintagehorror

I'll be meeting up with @adambolivar.bsky.social on Sunday to have him sign copies of TOLD BY FIRELIGHT IN TIMBERED HALLS. So if you'd like a signed copy, especially a personalized one, it's a great time to reserve one. www.jackanapespress.com/product/told...

Tonight! I’m excited and honored to join @michaeldylandavis.bsky.social and @johnlangan.bsky.social on Lovecraft e-zine. Here’s the link www.youtube.com/live/dKrCDUG...

News from @jackanapespress.bsky.social!

My poem "Géac of the Lantern" appears in the latest, alliterative-themed issue of ILLUMINATIONS OF THE FANTASTIC. www.illuminationsfantastic.com/forgotten-gr...

Better than most new films I've seen recently, TBH.

All of our copies of this giant and truly weird collection by living legend John Shirley are signed, and we've marked them down to below our normal price for unsigned copies. Grab this amazing book now! #booksky #weirdstories #weirdtales

It won't be long before CREATURES OF LIMINAL SPACE by @danielbraum.bsky.social us unleashed! #booksky