Muses are something you invite in and talk to...not something you wait for

argh why can't I turn off copilot in my university's version of MS Word this is so annoying

living in the future is wild

Had a double movie mini marathon last night with @victoriadovensky.bsky.social and @thorinhobbes.bsky.social after getting back from the library fundraiser in Ohio, where we watched Heavy Trip and Heavier Trip...really awesome hilarious films for any metal head out there, loved both of them

I AM HORROR

#HorrorWatch ARE YOU READY? It is time! Time to watch Doctor Jessup (no relation!) devolve into madness! PRESS PLAY

THE GOAT BEAST SAYS ONLY ONE MORE HOUR UNTIL #HorrorWatch ARE YOU READY? OBEY THE GOAT BEAST!

ONLY TWO MORE HOURS UNTIL #HorrorWatch! WHAT CRAWLS IN THE INFINITE DARK, SEARCHING FOR LIFE?

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! Join us for the greatest night of the week, #HorrorWatch! Oh what fun we shall have, my bouncing baby gargoyles, as we watch Altered States! SEE a man get into a tank and trip balls! WATCH as he sees a weird jesus goat thingy! WITNESS him turn into a neanderthal and MURDER

Saw some stuff from @alandistro.bsky.social yesterday and talked to my agent. Lots of fuckery going around and too many predatory “agents” out there. Guess it’s time to write about it. Won’t change the world, but one less author that falls for their bullshit is a win.

Sam Altman has crazy eyes

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Join us at 9PM EST for the greatest night of the week, #HorrorWatch! What's on the docket tomorrow night? Why the classic mad dash of de-evolution, ALTERED STATES! I won't be here, but will be with you in spirit! Since I have another book event in Ohio tomorrow.

doot doot doo. I can do multiplayer with gamepads connected and it works, but I'm on my work computer far away from my gamepads. Anyway, closer and closer it crawls... this is my goth gauntlet game, Raising Hell! And yes, I'm still working on my Hammer horror inspired Curse the Blood of Dracula!

Fuck the AI propogranda in the New Yorker

It's a reading the classics kind of morning

Ah fuck it, i like this pic

Halloween is over - but it doesn't have to be! Extremely limited quantities of the STARLIGHT THEATER HALLOWEEN DOUBLE-FEATURE zine that I did with artist @patricbates.bsky.social are still available to keep the spooky season undead! www.etsy.com/listing/4376...

Walked a little over three miles before work, and sent out a flash story to a magazine. it's one I like, but very different from my usual horror. More like a fairy tale

I'll be here Saturday! If you live in the Northeast Ohio area, stop on by and support a local library!

things we will never see good versions of in our lifetimes: 1. a fantastic four movie 2. an x-men movie 3. a mech-suit anime tv series as good as its hype

Having Danny do Tony's creepy voice with his finger was inspired for the movie version of the Shining

I remember reading the Shining as a kid, and after reading it writing my own haunted house novel. I borrowed so many scenes and lines (esp needing to "chastise" his family), as you do when you're a young budding writer I think I added zombies to it, too

both the movie and the book The Shining are at its root about the evils of toxic masculinity Honestly, I think Christine is the same

Okay, I think Stephen King is wrong when he says Nicholson looks crazy from the get go. The Jack Torrence he plays at the start of the movie is completely different from when he starts unwinding

the Shining the book is a great book, don't get me wrong but I kind of want to write something that makes readers feel how the movie makes me feel

the sound design for the Shining was so far ahead of it's time. Movies just didn't sound (or look like this) back then. Esp horror movies

yes, I've seen and read both before, lol. Since the 80's, read and reread and watched and rewatched. But never saw and read back to back, so it's interesting just how much was kept the same. I was kind of shocked. Word for word, some scenes

Watching the Shining for my horror book club...so good. We read the book and are comparing them...I have a lot of opinions, lol since I love both in different ways

my work is forcing us to watch all these security videos for tech...and they were all made during the pandemic, and it's so weird just how we all went insane for a little bit

why do I love this so much yum

my pop culture hot take: I never liked the 90's Mummy films I grew up on Karloff et al and wanted something more horror in the remakes

yeah this goth gauntlet will have no saves. It will be like the old school arcage games. Quality of Life improvements are for cowards!

actually that really looks creepy as all get out

toying around with a goth gauntlet game idea...will be using stock art I got at some point to cut down on dev time. This will be a fun, small thing, completely unrelated to the hammer horror inspired beast that is Curse the Blood of Frankenstein

Looks like this Saturday's movie for #HorrorWatch is going to be Altered States! Starring one Doctor Jessup, totally unrelated to me, I swear. Another Ken Russell movie! The White Worm and Gothic were something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=67lY...

Exactly. Excellent advice

went to the Spirit Halloween half off sale and grabbed some retractable vampire fangs for my next three book signings for my vampire book, Cancer Eats the Heart

trying to buy my son some game programming books & egad the number of AI generated books on these subjects on amazon are disgusting. Have to look for ones not published this year, not from "independent publisher" w 0 reviews. I doubt there were 87 books on Pygame coding done in the last few months

Just 3 days left to get the GIANT TRILOGIES BUNDLE! storybundle.com/trilogies

Want a signed copy of Cancer Eats the Heart, Skinless Man Counts to Five, or Suicide Music? DM me here or send me an email at [email protected]. $20 for a signed copy, includes shipping. I'll give you the paypal for payment when you message, since stock is limited.

the audiobook for Cancer Eats the Heart is a big chonky 1.6gb of raw emotional terror

Oh my moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our second in this November of SCIFI Horror?

Oh my darling moaning medusas of #HorrorWatch! What shall we chose for our second in this November of SCIFI Horror? 1️⃣ Altared States 2️⃣ Moon 3️⃣ Galaxy of Terror 4️⃣ Under the Skin 📊 Show results

Hey Geneva, Ohio folks! This weekend I'm going to be at the local Books & Brews benefit for the Geneva Public Library, hanging out with other cool local writers. Come and join us, it's $40 a ticket which gets you dinner and drinks, and also supports your local library.

Check out my latest podcast appearance, with my Hope in Horror column for @itgodp.bsky.social! This is probably my best one yet, because it's about zombies. Oh my, I love a good zombie, don't you? pauljessup.com/blog/hope-in...

Glass House is over 2 years old, and probably selling even more these days than when it was first published in October 2023. That is a rarity, esp in the small press. www.amazon.com/Glass-House-...

And the audiobook for Cancer Eats the Heart is pretty much done. Editing while narrating (punch and roll editing) makes everything so much easier when you have to do the edit pass. RAWR. Finishing stuff rules.

helping my son with his Python programming homework, he's making a text adventure game and debugging is fun, lol. I'm teaching him some techniques I've learned over the years to make it easier and not as much hair pulling out

and the final edits suggested from @darinbradley.bsky.social for my October 2026 novel, Rustbelt Gothic are done and sent off to @underlandpress.bsky.social this is a fast, terrifying, & creepy little creature feature gorefest, involving time loops spiders & a main character obsessed with horror