In honor of today’s two year anniversary of So Desensitized, I got to write about my two favorite shows ever - @alexhirsh.bsky.social ‘s Gravity Falls and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks! Happy reading, stay spooky, and happy two years of So Desensitized! buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...

Kids These Days Don’t Appreciate The Town’s Creepy Clown Mascot anymore is out now! The in-depth critical analysis of @adamcesare.bsky.social ‘s Clown in a Cornfield series you didn’t know you needed! buttondown.com/blaisebalas/... #horrorsky #horrorwriting #horrorblog #clowninacornfield

All these "old books are good and new books are bad" takes are really starting to piss me off because I don't know wtf books they're reading, exactly, because I'm finding plenty of wonderful books written in the past decade, but also the past several years. I feel like maybe this is on them.

SO excited for @chucktingle.bsky.social ‘s upcoming release Fabulous Bodies! Does anyone know how an aspiring bookstagrammer buckaroo would go about getting an ARC? (Either for this book specifically or for future reference)

Happy Valentine’s Day from So Desensitized! This post is about horror and romance, and the various ways they fit together! Book recs include @stephenking.bsky.social ‘s Carrie and many more! 💝💗🌹🔪🩸 #horrorblog #horrorwriter #horrorsky buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...

Happy Friday the 13th! To celebrate, here’s a special announcement from So Desensitized! The two year anniversary post will be decided on by YOU my faithful readers, for the next four weeks starting today! Voting on my Instagram story @blaisebalas. #horrorblog #horrorsky #fridaythe13th

👀 2/13/26 #announcement #comingsoon #horrorsky #horrorwriter #horrorblog #fridaythe13th

Late announcement of the memorial post I did for the great Catherine O’Hara on Saturday. I hope she’s met up with friends, wherever she is. buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...

Was gonna write about something else but then Catherine O’Hara died, so here’s a short memorial post for her. Get out there and be strange in her honor. 💚🪲🌹 buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...

A little piece I wrote on David Lynch on what would have been his 80th birthday yesterday. I do like to think he got all the birthday wishes wherever he is. buttondown.com/blaisebalas/... #davidlynch #twinpeaks #horrorwriter

Kids These Days Don’t Do Research in Antarctica Anymore has crash landed and is taking over your inboxes! Check it out here, happy reading, and stay spooky! ❄️📡🦮🔪🩸 buttondown.com/blaisebalas/... #horrorwriter #horrorsky #horrorblog #johncarpenter #thething #eightieshorror #eightiesmovie #bodyhorror

In anticipation of my post about #thething coming out tomorrow, here’s some related book recs! Spread Me by Sarah Gailey: The Thing but its erotic horror in the desert! Final Cut by Charles Burns: Kids making a movie similar to The Thing! #horrorwriter #horrorsky #horrorblog #johncarpenter

New blog post! Just some plans for So Desensitized in the new year, with one new surprise I’m very excited to share with all of you! buttondown.com/blaisebalas/... #horrorsky #horrorblog #horrorwriter #newyear

Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone, and happy Stranger Things finale to all who celebrate! Coming on here to do a quick plug for my #strangerthings post from before s5 aired to celebrate this wonderful show. Check it out! #strangerthings5 #horrorsky #horrorwriting buttondown.com/blaisebalas/...

#HorrorWritersChat I don’t have a lot to promo because all my fiction is stuck in query/submission hell, but I do have a blog! So check out So Desensitized (buttondown.com/blaisebalas/archive/) (esp. the very relevant Stranger Things post) and the rest of the cool stuff on here!

#HorrorWritersChat He knew she wouldn’t be able to come with him. He’d known it the whole time, but he’d hoped anyway. She couldn’t go with him, she was never going to, and he figured he could be alright with that. Even without her home, there would always be enough water in the kettle for her tea.

#HorrorWritersChat Our family motto is ‘Always Bring A Book’ so I think I’d have to say my books. I wouldn’t go without at least one of them.

#HorrorWritersChat I think it would absolutely be my past, but I also think I’m OK with that. Which is kind of how it goes for my characters too.

#HorrorWritersChat Here we go! I’m Blaise Balas, I write a lot of nonfiction on my blog So Desensitized, and a lot of body horror and atmospheric, haunting horror. I think if I were bound to a threshold I’d be forced to haunt my house most likely.

Did a little #johnconstantine art! Recolored and wrote on my favorite comic panel ever, from Hellblazer 50 written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Will Simpson. I love this character and his complexities so much it’s unreal <3 #johnconstantine #comicart #hellblazer #comics

Get in losers, we’re going to read my new blog post about Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 and what it indicates about the current horror climate ✨🎄🔪🩸 buttondown.com/blaisebalas/... #horrorwriter #terrifier3 #horrormovie #arttheclown #christmashorror #theexorcist #horrorblog