Honored to have been asked by Stoker-winner (and old mate) @pedroiniguez.bsky.social to be his wingman for the launch of his book THE FIB (published by @gloobooks.bsky.social) at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social next month. Join us! #horrorcommunity #kidlit #indiebookstore #horrorbooks #picturebooks

For #FlashbackFriday, that time Ash, Clive, and I went out pitching ourselves for a remake of ROAD TO UTOPIA. No bites. But how's this? ONLY MURDERS IN THE LABYRINTH: Two aging and farcically self-important scholcketeers team up with an ageless hottie to solve Homicides in Hell. Show me the money!

"The Doctor is in!" Check out this superb #DoctorChannard mini-bust by #GarySmart - and then head over to @hellbound_busts on Insta and nab one for yourself. #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #hellraiser #80sHorror

My fellow author @tjtranchell.bsky.social has been kind enough to write about me for #manorvellum's site on #Medium, which both looks back at my contributions to the #hellraiser mythos and gives a very-much-appreciated thumbs-up to my more recent fiction. Many thanks, mate! 🍻 (link in comments)

For #FlashbackFriday, a photo I'd not seen before. From a 2001 @fangoria.bsky.social #weekendofhorrors panel hyping the BOOGEYMEN dvd, it's Clive and I bookending an unholy trinity of Leatherface, Candyman, & Freddie (aka #gunnarhansen, #TonyTodd, & #RobertEnglund). #HorrorMovies #horrorcommunity

The sale on ALL OUR HEARTS ARE GHOSTS is not only being extended through August but - because those sweethearts at @encyclopub.bsky.social didn't want to miss out on the fun - now includes the Kindle edition. Party's over come September, so come exploit us while you can! (link in comments)

The #Hellraiser family congratulates our old pal #Leviathan on getting a new gig in the upcoming season of @startrek.bsky.social's #StrangeNewWorlds! Isn't that great? (lower reference pics are his OG appearances in #Hellbound and the HR comic book) #horrormovies #horrorcommunity #80sHorror

Had the usual excellent time with Ryan & Jose of the @barkercast.bsky.social, this time chatting about WISHMASTER. With the usual sidebars & danglers, of course. (link in comments) #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80sHorror #90sHorror #Hellraiser #Wishmaster

Happy Solstice! I've checked with the Pagan Festivities Committee and have been assured that reading this collection is a viable alternative to burning coppers alive in giant wicker statues or seeking sexual congress with a goat. And right now it's a mere $9.99. (link in comments) #horrorcommunity

The headshrinkers at @horrormakesushappy.com put me on the couch to discuss #FamousMonstersOfFilmland magazine, the #PanBookOfHorrorStories, a very particular episode of #DickVanDyke, and various other malign influences... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #hellraiser #wishmaster #horrorfiction

Adventures in proofreading # 347

Had a great time at #ShockAGoGo 's HELLBOUND screening. Many thanks to Miles Flanagan for a fun Q&A, to Eric & his festival team, and to those next generation Monster Kids who came out to see a movie made before most of them were born ❤️👻 #horrormovies #80sHorror #Hellraiser #HorrorCommunity

Had a fantastic discussion about Cocteau's ORPHEE with @franckboulegue.bsky.social & Marisa for their #afterimages podcast. (Link in comments, and please check out their entire channel) #fantastique #frenchcinema #fantasymovies #JeanCocteau #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #cultcinema

The late great Phantom of the Movies called HELLBOUND "The best over the top terrorfest of 1988", and who are you to argue with him? It's back on the big screen next weekend courtesy of #ShockAGoGo. Come say hi to me & Tony Randel. #horrormovies #80sHorror #Hellraiser #Cenobite #horrorcommunity

Hey, #Hellraiser fans: Get the #pangram in today's #NYT #SpellingBee wrong...

Farewell to the legendary #DarkDelicacies. 31 years as The Home of Horror. Sue & @darkdel.bsky.social -- we all love you and appreciate everything you did for the #horrorcommunity. #MariaAlexander @davidjschow.bsky.social #DanaMiddleton @rcmatheson.bsky.social #HarryManfredini 1/2

If you fancy seeing HELLBOUND on the big screen, you can join #TonyRandel & me at LA's venerable Music Hall Theatre this June, courtesy of @lumierecinemala.bsky.social's #ShockAGoGo. (link in comments) #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80shorror #hellraiser

It's #WomenInHorrorMonth, so time for my annual Thank You to the brilliant women I was lucky enough to work with in #80sHorror & #90sHorror. ❤️❤️❤️💐💐💐 #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #hellraiser #wishmaster @ashleylaurence.bsky.social @4terryfarrell.bsky.social

Two pots of tea & a spotted dick* for Steve Woodworth's birthday last week in a pic by his better half, Kelly Dunn. All 3 of us will be among the 40+ authors signing at the #LosAngelesVintagePaperbackShow in 12 days time. Massive dealers' room full of treasures, too! *look it up, you fuckin' perv.

BLOODLINE turns 29! (theatrical release March 8th 1996). Happy Anniversary @dougbradley.bsky.social & all you un-taggables. #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #hellraiser (tacky reminder that the version you *should* have seen is still available via @encyclopub.bsky.social. Link in replies.)

Those gluttons-for-punishment at the @barkercast.bsky.social had me back, this time to discuss BLOODLINE, as part of their ongoing look at the #quartetoftorment boxset. (link in replies) #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80sHorror #90sHorror #Hellraiser #Wishmaster #horrorpodcast #screenwriting

Great time at @darkdel.bsky.social yesterday signing #videotapesfromhell with fellow contributors @davidjschow.bsky.social, C Courtney Joyner, @mickgarris.bsky.social, RC Matheson, Brinke Stevens, Adam Simon, & @lisamorton.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came! #horrorcommunity #horrormovies

Big trend right now to help sell books to Zoomers is collectible “sprayed edges”. Nothing against them, but I liked them better when they served their original function: to disguise discoloration on 60s paperbacks in order to keep ‘em on newsstands longer.

The latest YouTube video from #MarvelousVideos is a mini-doc about my dear old alter-ego, Barbie. If you're gonna watch one bio-pic this year, you should ... well, yeah, you should watch A Complete Unknown, but once you're done you can come back and watch this 😉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT2r...

Sorry to be hyping the same event two posts in a row, but Adam Simon & Brinke Stevens joining our VT FROM HELL party at @darkdel.bsky.social merits a new flyer. (Also, it's likely the books'll be pre-signed by Joe Dante, so get those pre-orders in!) #horrormovies #80shorror #90shorror #cultmovies

After a delay which was neither #StephenJones's nor #DarkDelicacies' fault, physical copies of VIDEOTAPES FROM HELL have finally arrived at the store. So come say Hi to @mickgarris.bsky.social, @rcmatheson.bsky.social, #CCourtneyJoyner, @lisamorton.bsky.social, & me on Sunday Feb 16th @ 3pm!

Another sad loss for our #hellraiser family - Angus MacInnes died on Dec 23. Known to millions as 'Gold Leader' from #starwars, he was also our Detective Ronson from HELLBOUND. Sincere condolences to his family, loved ones, friends, and fans. 1947-2024. RIP. #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80shorror

DARKNESS BECKONS from editor #MarkMorris (which contains my story "He Wasn't There Again Today") is currently Number One in #Horror Anthologies on Amazon. And it's only 99c/99p on #kindle. I don't know how long this sale price will hold, so if you fancy one you probably shouldn't dawdle.

What’s with this fake ‘visible sprocket hole’ shit that keeps cropping up everywhere? Like the graininess and AI scratches aren’t enough to tell Zoomers they’re seeing something from before the fall of Rome?

Heads-up for the next #LosAngelesVintagePaperbackShow, March 25th 2025. 50 authors - Horror, SF, Fantasy, Crime - on hand, along with dealers' tables packed with treasures. See you there! #Horrorfiction #sciencefiction #crimefiction #noir #pulpfiction #paperbacksfromhell #bookcollector

Many thanks to editors Trevor Kennedy, Marc Falvo, Peter Coleborn, & Angus Mackenzie, all of whom reprinted stories of mine in '24. Available for Xmas shopping! (As are Mark Morris's DARKNESS BECKONS, featuring my most recent story, and my collection ALL OUR HEARTS ARE GHOSTS.) #Horrorfiction

Many thanks to José of the #CliveBarkerPodcast, who bought this #polaroid from #nightbreed at auction recently and kindly sent it to me as thanks for me shooting my mouth off on various episodes of the show. (L-R: @craigspector.bsky.social, me, #JohnSkipp) #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80shorror

Heartbroken to learn we’ve just lost the great #TonyTodd. This photo’s nearly thirty years old, but feels like yesterday. (L-R: #RobertEnglund #KaneHodder #RobertKurtzman #AndrewDivoff me, Tony.) RIP, King. #HorrorCommunity #HorrorMovies #wishmaster #candyman

Great time at #VillageBooks last Saturday for #DarkNorth. Mon chapeau à @katemaru.bsky.social & @ghostberg.bsky.social. Many thanks to the lovely Sydney for hosting us so well, & to #MarkTwain for making a surprise appearance and offering advice. #horrorcommunity #horrorfiction #ghoststories

More #halloween fun tomorrow: The fabulous #RebekahMcKendry introduces a screening of #Hellraiser III at the #RobertZemeckis Center at #USC, followed by a Q&A with yer 'umble servant and #GaryJTunnicliffe. Open to the public, and free! cinema.usc.edu/events/event... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies

Last call for your haunted northwest adventure! Village Books this Saturday. @ghostberg.bsky.social, @katemaru.bsky.social, & I have just had our costume fittings. They're great and everything, but I hope we can read through those masks. #horrorfiction #ghoststories #AuthorReadings #indiebookstore

All eps of #TheKillCount are fantastic, but it's a special thrill when they cover stuff you had a hand in. They did #hellraiser 2, 3, & 4 a while back, and now it's #wishmaster. Many thanks to James & the team! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUr0... #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80shorror #90shorror

Infuriatingly, the @nytimes.com Spelling Bee appears to be unfamiliar with the great stone slab honoring Eve Hewson's dad.

SPOOK CITY arrived, and looks great! Many thanks, @encyclopub.bsky.social, editor #AngusMackenzie, & old pal and #hellraiser legend Doug Bradley (for the intro). @ramseycampbell.bsky.social and #CliveBarker — mon chapeau. #HorrorCommunity #HorrorFiction #GhostStories

Bugger. Forgot to post the annual #SpookySeason switch-up picture yesterday. #Halloween #HorrorCommunity #Hellraiser

A little #SpookySeason reminder that @katemaru.bsky.social, @ghostberg.bsky.social, & I will be kicking off #DarkNorth in just a few weeks. Be great to see you! #Halloween #AuthorReadings #HorrorFiction #GhostStories

Happy 27th Anniversary to my fellow WISHMASTER alums. USA theatrical release September 19th, 1997. #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #Wishmaster #90sHorror #BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor

A mere 15 years after the hardcover, SPOOK CITY - a collection of Liverpool-set stories by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social, #CliveBarker, and me - finally has a paperback! Intro by fellow scouser #DougBradley. From @encyclopub.bsky.social on Oct. 1st. #HorrorCommunity #horrorfiction #Hellraiser

Bluesky now has over 10 million users. I was #341,455.

Happy 32nd Anniversary to my fellow HELL ON EARTH alumni. Released in US theaters 9/11/1992. #horrormovies #horrorcommunity #hellraiser #80sHorror

2024 is the 50th anniversary of my meeting #CliveBarker, #DougBradley, #PhilRimmer, #LynneDarnell, & #JulieBlake. For the next 5 years we were #thedogcompany, playing to tiny audiences, little critical attention, and less money. Wouldn't change a moment. #horrorcommunity #80shorror #horrormovies

Back in 1998-ish, I did a joint signing with #GregKihn, first-time novelist but already famous as a rocker. He was great company & we spent most of the three hours talking about Boris Karloff and Telecasters. RIP 💖🎸👻 #horrorcommunity #horrorfiction #rocknroll #writerswhorock #80smusic #ghoststories

Award-winning indie publisher #TheAlchemyPress releases WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE ALCHEMY next month for its 25th anniversary. Honored to be in there with my "The Return of Boy Justice" (from THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF PULP HEROES, ed. @saladoth.bsky.social). #horrorcommunity #horrorfiction #weirdtales

Hanging with @kaseylansdale.bsky.social & her legendary dad, along with #KerrySpeedyTomatoFeetz, #DaveSchow, & #TerrillLeeLankford. This year’s episode of ‘Schow & Scouser in Sunglasses’ was much enhanced by the addition of glamorous new cast-member Kasey L. #horrorcommunity #crimefiction #neonoir

After their very kind retro-review of WISHMASTER on their YouTube channel, the lads from #OneGoodScare tracked me down for a natter. The episode goes up on Tuesday, and I'll come back to add a link in the comments once it's breaking the internet. #horrorcommunity #horrormovies #80shorror #90shorror