Two weeks from tomorrow @texascthulhu.bsky.social and myself will be back on the road to sling books once again at the FrightReads Book Festival in Baltimore, Maryland! Come visit us, as well as over a hundred other authors from all genres. All tickets and info at www.frightreads.com

Excited to be coming back to Maryland for the FrightReads Book Festival this September 13-14! This time I managed to drag Wile E. Young out from Oklahoma to join us. See you later this summer!

If anyone missed AuthorCon and would like to snag from signed books, use the code "authorcon15" at checkout to save 15% off your next order! Most books are in-stock and ready to ship worldwide! www.wesleysouthardhorror.com

Today's mail. Both couldn't be more different from each other. "Duckling" is the new 4K from Arrow and an upgrade from their old Blu-ray. "Wayne" was snatched on eBay for $8 and is an upgrade from my ancient DVD

Ready to go at the Ghoulastic Book Fair!

PHILADELPHIA! Come see me tomorrow at the Ghoulastic Book Fair in Media, PA at the Media Community Center. Show runs from 12-5pm and will have nearly 30 authors available to sign books and perform readings. Hope to see you there!

New Author Photo 2025 (photo by my son, edit by Katie Southard)

Next Saturday I'll be selling books at the annual Ghoulastic Book Fair (not to be confused with Chris Enterline's wonderful event) in Media, PA (out near Philly). The event will be held at the Media Community Center and will run from 12-5pm. Hope to see you there!

And now part 2 of my THIS IS HORROR interview is up for streaming!

Sunday morning hide and seek. ❤️❤️❤️

Took an extended social media break this past week, but I'm back with some news. My interview on the THIS IS HORROR podcast dropped this week! I'm super thankful for Michael and Bob for having me on the show! Check it out below:

🚨🚨🚨This coming weekend!🚨🚨🚨 Myself and author @texascthulhu.bsky.social will be heading to my hometown of Evansville, IN to once again take part in Evansville Horror Con! We'll be there both days, with plenty of books on hand, so come by and have a great time.

It's my birthday this week, and what better way to say "WE LOVE YOU, WES!" than to check out some of my books! From now through Friday, use code "birthday15" at checkout and get 15% off your entire purchase. Nearly all of my books are in-stock and ready to ship! www.wesleysouthardhorror.com

January 21st was one hell of a physical media release day!

This Saturday and Sunday is the first The Dark Drafts Festival in Mount Joy, PA! Myself, Stephen Kozeniewski and nearly 40 others will be on-hand with books, booze and all the fun you could ask for! I'll have copies of most of my books, including my brand new one EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD.

I heard there's a post-credits scene in the new Wolf Man film where Dracula shows up and says, "I'm putting together a team...".

🚨🚨🚨SIGNED PAPERBACKS are NOW AVAILABLE at my webstore! 🚨🚨🚨 I currently only have ten (10) copies available for anyone wanting one. Go to wesleysouthardhorror.com

I never realized until now how much the "bag head" scene from DJANGO UNCHAINED felt like it could have been ripped right out of BLAZING SADDLES.

Another book event added for Mid-September... 👀 More info soon.

I am not a werewolf guy in the least, but I am a huge fan of Leigh Wannell and am really looking forward to seeing his WolfMan movie. I'm getting a bit concerned though because I have seen next to zero marketing for this film and it's out in two weeks.

I swear to God, I always feel like such a schmuck loser every time I try to film a TikTok where I'm attempting to talk about a new book of mine. It feels so unnatural and forced and I hate the way I look on camera. I don't know how people do this every day.

I love IN FLAMES. That is all.

Today's mail. Been looking forward to this one for a while now. And I think the cover art they chose for this 4K steelbook is fantastic.

As of right now, I only have three book vending events on my schedule. Obviously that will change and more will be added, but here's where I'll be hanging the first half of the year... January 25th-26th: Dark Drafts Book Festival at Bube's Brewery in Mount Joy, PA (Continued)

New issue of the Beyond The Darkness Newsletter open.substack.com/pub/wesleyso...

I swear to Christ, toddlers would rather just pass out face-down on the floor after being awake for fifteen straight hours than actually lay in bed and fall asleep at a reasonable time every night.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Coming January 29, 2025 from South of Heaven Press Cover art and layout by CV Hunt *Previously published in the DISASTERPIECES anthology*

I was recently gifted a book from a dear friend. This copy of Simon Clark's VAMPYRRHIC RITES was from James A. Moore's personal collection. I could have cried when this was handed to me. Jim was one of my favorite people in the business, taking his personal time so many years ago to talk with me...

Today's mail. I absolutely love this film and excited to own the definitive edition. Hard to believe it's been 25 years now. I still remember seeing it in the theater.

Three years ago today, I was so excited to see Spider-Man: No Way Home in theaters. It was opening night, you know? It was an event film, meant to be seen immediately before all the spoilers hit the internet... ...and then this little munchkin just HAD to be born that night and ruin my good time.

I'm going fucking insane. My three year old forces us to watch A Nightmare Before Christmas and listen to Halloween Kidz Bop MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. I feel like a Guantanamo Bay prisoner in my own home. Send help.

Today's mail. It's been lost in the USPS system for two weeks, but it finally came home.

So stoked to be recording the show this evening! If you have any questions, throw them Michael and Bob's way.

See you in Scranton, Mastodon! By my last count, I think this has to be close to my 30th time seeing my boys live.

I've used Amazon Music for probably 10+ years, and I didn't know they did one of those year end wrap-up things. Yeah, this seems about right. 🤘

When was the last time an American remake of a foreign film was actually better than said foreign film? I've been thinking about this and nothing is coming to mind. (Yes, I know there are probably a few, but it's 7am and I'm tired and drawing a blank.)

I've been waiting 20+ years to finally read this novel. Can't wait!

Korean horror/thriller cinema is better than most things coming out of Hollywood these days. Those folks are on a whole other level of filmmaking and storytelling. I'm always in awe of their creativity.

I am ridiculously proud of this book and would like more people to read it. It's a collection of three long pieces of fiction. CLOSING COSTS and the award-winning ONE FOR THE ROAD were previously published, but the brand new short novel THREESOME is one of my very favorite things I've written.

In this house, we* watch the watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas 100 times a day. *my almost three year old

@briankeene.bsky.social I refuse to believe that Tony Stark never got pinched by his suit. Like, seriously, all the mechanical shit flying onto his body and not once did it accidentally knick some skin? Pull his hair? Graze his testicles? Doesn't seem logical!

🎶This is the cold that never ends... The snot goes on and on, my friends🎶

The Multiverse of Madness

So ready for this!

If you're into streaming, SMILE 2 is now available for free on Paramount+. Go watch the best horror film of 2024 and thank me later.

Only a few more hours to take advantage of my $0.99 e-book sale!

🚨🚨🚨CYBER MONDAY SALE🚨🚨🚨 All of my South of Heaven Press Kindle e-books are on sale today only for just $0.99! This includes CRUEL SUMMER, DISASTERPIECES (with Wile E. Young), THE BETRAYED, TRY AGAIN, THE BETTER TO EAT YOU WITH, SLAVES TO GRAVITY (with Somer Canon) and RESISTING MADNESS.

...and the two Queen's were hung with care...

The award and the book that won it! Speaking of, that book, YOU'RE MINE is on sale for $0.99! Maybe check it out!