At a bookstore in France that is featuring my books If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙

Happy Halloween Month! Hope it's filled with the good kind of scary and not the current shitty kind. 🎃🦇👻💀

Tonight on Fermented Fiction we debate one of the most 90s-ass trilogies of all time. You've got katanas, sexy vampires, one-man armies taking on corrupt corporate entities bent on ressurecting old gods... what else could you need? How about an appearance from Brian McAuley? Link in the commments

I'm stupid excited for my friend JR's debut novel. We've been part of a small critique group for several years, and I've seen first hand the passion, talent, and hard work he put into making this book a reality. Portraits of Decay is awesome and deserves to be read! Please pre-order and share!

The ones that go in are lean and thin. The ones that come out are fat and stout. Your eyes fall in and your teeth fall out. Your brains come tumbling down your snout. They eat your eyes and they eat your nose. They eat the jelly between your toes...

Uhhhh, just heard that Coffin Moon is already being reprinted. One day after pub. THANK YOU ALL, holy shit. bookshop.org/p/books/coff...

Happy birthday to our author @jrblanes.bsky.social! Why not give him the gift of pre-ordering his debut horror novel Portraits of Decay? links.ruadanbooks.com/pod Painted in occult rituals gone wrong and the Southern Gothic, this book asks: why ruin a painting when you can ruin a soul? #BookSky

I think y’all are gonna just LOVE Tommy the Leg. He ain’t no witch, but things might’ve turned out better for everyone if he had been…

Unpacking... This box makes me happy.

Can't wait to see what you do with a novel. Loved Greener Pastures and The Inconsolables.

I'd love a "Warning: Trigger Warnings on next page" so I could skip them. I understand why they exist, but I don't want to know if the dog dies because either way it kills the tension for me.

Share some of the best eyes in movies

LAIRD BARRON kidney: I just got off the phone with Jessica. If you are interested in donating a kidney to Laird and want to see if you qualify, the quest begins at this link: nkr.donorscreen.org/register/now

New office space in my new house. Same old writing buddy 😁

This move has been rough. Can't wait to be settled and back to writing.

All these posts in my feed today...

Oh boy. I can't wait for this move to be over.

Just finished packing books for our move... Forty-Four boxes. And what's wild is I check stuff out from the Library for the vast majority of my reading.

Power out this morning since five. Something very pleasant about making coffee on my patio with a camping stove. I should this more often.

Been operating at maximum stress level for 3-4 months, and now it's time to start packing for a move in two weeks, but don't have anywhere to move into yet... Cross your fingers and toes for me this weekend. Need some good news.

Love when I start work on a new story and ideas for it start coming to me all throughout the day. One of my favorite parts of being a writer.

Here it is, the official book trailer for my upcoming debut novel, Portraits of Decay, out this October. Pre-order now @ ruadanbooks.com and subscribe to jrblanes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQkj...

Moving to a new town I drove through once about 20 years ago and renting a place based off of Zillow pictures. Not stressed about it at all. 😬

Beer is solid. Branding is on point. Lol.

Hey everybody, I have two books up for Pre-Order from ruadanbooks.com My story "Chicago" about a women protecting her family and neighborhood from a horde of flesh-eating crazies is in the Spring in the City Anthology. Also, my debut novel Portraits of Decay is on sale. Pick them both up today.

Getting ready for our 20th move in the last 12 years. You would think I'd be used to it by now, but it sucks just as much every time.

You can't tell me contemporary literary fiction wouldn't better if tentacle monsters showed up to eat these richly depicted, boring ass characters. "She peeled the grapes the same way her father used to peel grapes before he beat her mother. Peering from the win-HOLY BALLS! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?"

Was feeling proud of my short stories lately, then read some Livia Llewellyn, and now I feel like I'm drawing stick-figures with crayons.

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to bsky

I loved the first two issues. This is definitely a new publication to keep your eye on, and now even better with the addition of @stevetem.bsky.social's story! Excited to read it!

I just finished a draft of a short story, and I'm questioning if I've somehow crossed a line. Like I feel like it needs trigger warnings, only there's nothing specific to warn about. It's just that fucked up... You all are going to love it.

Writing today feels like trying to eat soup with a fork.

I'm super excited to read @johnlangan.bsky.social's new collection, "Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions" coming out August 5th from @wordhorde.bsky.social. I'd pre-order now, but have no idea where I'll be living by then... wordhorde.com/books/lost-i...

Every time I finish writing a story, I think, well, that's it, I'm all out of good ideas. Then I start writing another story and I think, this one—this is my best idea yet. And on and on forever, spiraling deeper into the weird.

Hope you all have a good time at StokerCon this weekend. Wish I could be there!

Hey, check it out! Great book!

Best sandwich ever. It's fried dough filled with vanilla custered and dipped in chocolate glaze. Perfection.

I'm awake because I just had to write down a story idea that came to me when I was on the cusp of sleep. Hope it's as good of an idea tomorrow as it was tonight.

Sleep deprivation is good for creativity, right? Another night with this baby, and I won't be able to tell if I'm dreaming or writing.

One of my all time favorite writers. Just brilliant. It always makes me sad he died so young.

It's release day! GabaGhoul: A Mafia Horror Anthology is out now—featuring a killer lineup of authors... and yours truly. @briankeene.bsky.social, @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social , @joannapary.bsky.social, @jeffstrand.bsky.social, @jgfaherty.bsky.social, and more! a.co/d/dVIKmvn

I have a story in this anthology as well. I'm super excited for its release tomorrow. I've already read the anthology cover to cover and it's full of awesome work!

This is a great debut novel by my friend and critique partner @jrblanes.bsky.social. Check it out! You won't be disappointed. Available for pre-order now!

I reprogrammed my keyboard to have an em dash key—I use it often enough I was annoyed it didn't have one. —————

Just finished a draft of what I think may be my best story yet. Tomorrow's going to suck with the lack of sleep, but worth it. Goodnight all.

@jawmccarthy.bsky.social Great article!

Being a writer is like 90% waiting for a response.

Life is still worth loving, even when the world is on fire. Fuck the bullshit. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to write about monsters.

GabaGhoul, the newest anthology by October Nights Press coming out May 31st. Not only does it have a story by me, it has stories by @briankeene.bsky.social and @jeffstrand.bsky.social. Makes me feel like I'm big time :) Pre-Order now at a.co/d/a0SoAq5. Repost with your work!