For his first collection of short stories, "Midnight Somewhere," #horror writer Johnny Compton looked to his idols. And no, I don't mean Satan, Cthulhu, Hades, or Snoopy. To find out who I mean, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖😬

Started reading Collin Armstrong's "Polybius." amzn.to/4nVIrzW 📖🕹️🪙 Only 36 pages in, but I've got a good feeling' about this one. And a bad feeling. And a #StrangerThings-y feeling... #books #reading #horror #ComingOfAge #VideoGames #BookSky

Read T.R. Napper's Ghost Of The Neon God" tonight. amzn.to/48nlqAD 📖👻 Gave me serious #Cyberpunk2077 meets #ThelmaAndLouise vibes. In a good way. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Cyberpunk @trnapper.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading the #poetry collection "New-Generation African Poets (Kumi Na Moja)." amzn.to/3Kie4VZ 📖🌍 Always excited for this annual compilation; doubly so after reading the first chapbook (alphabetically speaking): Abdulkareem Abdulkareem's "Loss Is A Door." #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: The Twilight Magus." amzn.to/3J2ewq8 📖🩸🌛 An interesting and exciting (and somewhat unexpected) end to this #CosmicHorror #SupernaturalAdventure saga. #Books #Reading #ArkhamHorror @timpratt.org @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Rich Larson's "Changelog: Collected Fiction." amzn.to/4rdEfgV 📖🤖🚀 Ripped my way through the first three. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #ShortStory #ShortStories #BookSky

Tell me you have a tiny dick without telling me you have a tiny dick: "National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people. Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth" www.sfgate.com/national-par... 🤏🍆

Looking for something good to watch this weekend on TV? Or just curious how I spend my nights when I'm not reading or gaming? Then check out in the new episode of "RPad TV 3000" in which I, Carlos, and Raymond talk about the best TV shows of 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0khO... 📺📺📺

Started reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: The Twilight Magus." amzn.to/3J2ewq8 📖⭐️ Revenge is a dish best served with the dark arts... #Books #Reading #SupernaturalAdventure #CosmicHorror #ArkhamHorror @timpratt.org @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: Herald Of Ruin." amzn.to/3LC9b7f 📖⭐️ A nicely disturbing #SupernaturalAdventure / tale of #CosmicHorror that I did not see going the way it did. And now, the last book. #Books #Reading #ArkhamHorror @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

In my new interview with author Ann Charles about her adventurous mystery novel "Chewed Up By The Jungle," she not only talks about what inspired and influenced this story, but also how her hero is different from other academic explorers. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🔎

Though it shares a lot with "Dead Space" and "Cronos: The New Dawn," you'll enjoy the first-person #SciFi #horror-ish game if you don't go in expecting a fight. Here's the link to my review. paulsemel.com/routine-revi... 🎮🤖⚡️🪫

Started reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: Herald Of Ruin." amzn.to/3LC9b7f 📖⭐️ Oooh, I like where this one is going... #Books #Reading #SupernaturalAdventure #CosmicHorror #ArkhamHorror @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: The Ravening Deep." amzn.to/4bHnsKe 📖⭐️ A very entertaining and vivid bit of #CosmicHorror. On to book 2. #Books #Reading #SupernaturalAdventure #ArkhamHorror @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Kyle Dargan's "The Listening: Poems." amzn.to/40aCh5g 📖👂 I prefer his later work, but this was still super good. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

With "This Brutal Moon," author Bethany Jacobs is concluding her #SciFi #SpaceOpera series "The Kindom Trilogy." In this exclusive interview, we discuss what inspired and influenced this story, both on its own and as the conclusion of a saga. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀

Started reading Tim Pratt's "Arkham Horror: The Ravening Deep." amzn.to/4bHnsKe 📖⭐️ Excited to finall start this #SupernaturalAdventure / #CosmicHorror series. #Books #Reading #ArkhamHorror @aconytebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Kyle Dargan's "The Listening: Poems." amzn.to/40aCh5g 📖👂 Finally getting around to his first collection. Really wish he hadn't stopped writing #poetry. #books #reading #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading Jeremy Robinson's "Artifact." amzn.to/4nHKLdu 📖🐪👀👀👀 Really dug this disturbing, #SciFi action-movie-esque #Horror #Thriller. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Fady Joudah's "Alight: Poems." amzn.to/4exruYM 📖🖊️ Ultimately, this was not as good as the other two books of his I've read, but it was still really good. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading the #ShortStory anthology "Amplitudes: Stories Of Queer And Trans Futurity." amzn.to/40US7RU 📖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👽🤖 This was rather impressive, with Aysha U. Farrah's "Sugar, Shadows" being one of many highlights. #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStories @erewhonbooks.bsky.social

In my new interview with #manga artist and author Atsushi Kaneko, we discuss #SearchAndDestroy Vol. 3, the final book in his #cyberpunk #SciFi reimagining of Osamu Tezuka's "Dororo." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖⚔️👹

Started reading Jeremy Robinson's "Artifact." amzn.to/4nHKLdu 📖🐪👀👀👀 So a multi-eyed camel walks down the street in a small Alaska town late at night... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Horror #Thriller @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Adam Christopher's "Star Wars: Master Of Evil." amzn.to/3WZEHl5 📖⚔️ An excellent tale of Vader and the power and mystery of The Dark Side. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWars #BookSky

Started reading Fady Joudah's "Alight: Poems." amzn.to/4exruYM 📖🖊️ Good so far, as good as the other two of his I've read. #books #reading #poems #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

As annoying as tinnitus may be, it would be way worse if one of its side effects had "far reaching implications for humanity's future." Like in A.G. Riddle's #SciFi thriller/mystery/speculative fiction novel "Labyrinth," which we talk about in this Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖👂🔢

Finished reading brittny ray crowell's "Cord Swell: Poems." amzn.to/4o9QJDW 📖🖊️ So, about half were really good, while half were structurally too clever...by half. Still, I'd read her next one. #Books #Reading #Poems #Poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started replaying #StarWarsOutlaws. Not sure why it didn't do better. Sure, it starts slow, but a lot of games do, and this one got really good. Here's hoping we get to spend more time with Kay and Nix. #StarWars #VideoGames @ubisoft.com

Is the first-person #SurvivalHorror game #TotalChaos really frightening or really frustrating? Yes. To find out why, check out my review. paulsemel.com/total-chaos-... 🎮💀🔫

Started reading Adam Christopher's "Star Wars: Master Of Evil." amzn.to/3WZEHl5 📖⚔️ Ah, always a pleasure to read about our Lord and savior... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWars #BookSky

Read John Scalzi's "Constituent Service" tonight. amzn.to/3LA3t99 📖👽 I don't know if bureaucratic #ScienceFiction is a recognized genre, but if it is, then this is the weirdest, cleverest, and most entertaining #BureaSciFi novella I've ever read. #SciFi @subpress.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Books Of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition." amzn.to/43C7ccz 📖🌊 And with the reading of the last two #ShortStories, I have finally finished this epic and excellent #fantasy series (and this all-encompassing book). Such a treasure.

Finished reading Patti Smith's "Bread Of Angels." amzn.to/48eRUge 📖🍞👼 Though I liked "Just Kids" more, this #memoir was equally poetic and relevatory. Need to make sure I haven't missed any of her books. #books #reading #BookSky

Started reading brittny ray crowell's "Cord Swell: Poems." amzn.to/4o9QJDW 📖🖊️ Some in the first 19 pages were overly clever where the structure and typography were concerned, but the rest were interesting. #Books #Reading #Poems #Poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

Tis the season...for stories of Krampus. Like Bernie Mojzes' "Once Upon A Wintry Krampusnacht Eve." In my new interview with Mojzes, he explains what inspired and influenced this #fantasy #horror #FairyTale novella. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🎄

Finished reading Matthew Zapruder's "Come On All You Ghosts: Poems." amzn.to/3ZY3BDq 📖👻👻👻 Dug most of these #poems, but the highlight was the titular epic one at the end. #Books #reading #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

In his new #SciFi adventure novel "God's Junk Drawer," author Peter Clines takes us somewhere full of things with no homes. And no, I don't mean 5 loose pennies. To learn what, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🦕👽🤖

Started reading Patti Smith's "Bread Of Angels." amzn.to/48eRUge 📖🍞👼 I'm admittedly more into it for her adulthood, but so far all the stuff about her childhood has been interesting, too. #books #reading #memoir #BookSky

In my new interview with author Jocie McKade about her sci-fi-ish cozy mystery novel "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie," she explains how it was inspired, in part, by seeing a robot be bullied. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐶🤖

Finished reading Rascal Hartley's "Dear Stupid Penpal." amzn.to/3LJxK58 📖🚀 Not entirely what I was expecting, but in a good way. More emotional; less #SciFi-y. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social #BookSky

In my new interview with author Jamieson Wolf about his #dystopian #fantasy novel "Minotaur," he says that, along with the original Greek myth, it's also influenced by a more recent story about people living in a confined space in terrible conditions. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐂

Started reading Rascal Hartley's "Dear Stupid Penpal." amzn.to/3LJxK58 📖🚀 Really interesting so far, but I feel like it's about to take a serious left turn... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CosmicHorror @rascalhartley.bsky.social @tenebrouspress.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Matthew Zapruder's "Come On All You Ghosts: Poems." amzn.to/3ZY3BDq 📖👻👻👻 Appreciate how his #poems seem to be scatterbrain (emphasis on the words "seem to be"). #Books #reading #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

While it could've been one of the greats, or at least one of the more interesting ones, technical issues and bad co-op-centric design choices undermine the campaign in #CallOfDutyBlackOps. Here's the link to my review of #BlackOps7 as a single-player #VideoGame. paulsemel.com/call-of-duty... 🎮🔫🤖

Finished reading Patrick Chiles' “Interstellar Medic: The Long Way Home.” amzn.to/4kAn8Sd 📖😷🩺👽 Interesting companion to the first book; just as entertaining, though more #HardSciFi, less #MediSciFi. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Erotic Poems: A Seductive Selection." amzn.to/4nWBX2S 📖🍑🍆 Eh. With one exception (Zbigniew Herbert's "Rosy Ear"), everything was either uninteresting or by someone I already knew. #Books #reading #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading Patrick Chiles' “Interstellar Medic: The Long Way Home.” amzn.to/4kAn8Sd 📖😷🩺👽 Seems like this is going to be as entertaining as the first one. Good. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MediSciFi @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Patrick Chiles' “Interstellar Medic: The Long Run.” amzn.to/3P2TsA7 📖😷🩺👽 A very entertaining, uh, is #MedicalSciFi a genre? I'm calling it: #MediSciFi. Now for book 2. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading the #poetry anthology "Erotic Poems: A Seductive Selection." amzn.to/4nWBX2S 📖🍑🍆 Or, as Big Black would call it, "Poems About Fucking." #Books #reading #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

My review of #CallOfDutyBlackOps7 as a single-player experience will come Monday, but if you're planning on buying #BlackOps7 for the campaign, especially to play solo, trust me, you might want to wait. #CallOfDuty #VideoGames 🎮🔫🤖