Talk about Horror Joy! Had a blast this weekend @christineharrold.bsky.social. The good people @horrorjoypod.bsky.social should interview her! She’s created one of the best horror gatherings around! @mwmercier.bsky.social Also, talking with @johnlangan.bsky.social makes me want to be smarter.

Got my @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social books edition of KILL YOUR DARLING @claymcleod.bsky.social personalized at Horror Reader Weekend. (It’s a phenomenal book. Haven’t read it? See Clay’s face of disbelief. Seriously, people—read it!)

@danielbraum.bsky.social A pleasure talking with you! Looking forward to reading your stories!

@grindhousepress.bsky.social Did I perform a reading from THE HANDS OF ONAN at Horror Reader Weekend? Damn right. (Thanks @mwmercier.bsky.social for the pics.)

So cool to talk with @pfracassi.bsky.social at Horror Reader Weekend, and to hear him cry like a demonic baby as he read from GOTHIC. (Also, everyone read Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre. It’s awesome, bloody fun!)

This is what it looks like when you get @johnlangan.bsky.social to sign a book for you and then @claymcleod.bsky.social finds out you didn’t pay for it. (Side note: read the first story in Corpsemouth, “Kore,” this morning and it’s pitch-perfect, creepy and unsettling.)

#HorrorReaderWeekend Day One

@johnlangan.bsky.social’s name card told me in an otherworldly voice to hide @claymcleod.bsky.social’s name card. I’m not responsible for its disappearance.

Let’s go! #HorrorReaderWeekend #HorrorCommunity

Let’s go! #HorrorReaderWeekend #HorrorCommunity

Bring on the vengeance. EMPTY DEVILS @sobelobooks.bsky.social sobelobooks.com/shop/p/empty...

Finally wore these again.

Why I love November.

Voted. #Voting2025 #ElectionDay @fieldnotesbrand.bsky.social

📣We're thrilled to share that @fangoria.bsky.social revealed the cover for @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social's ✨IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND💀! https://loom.ly/ITxHI3Y Available to preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/Tq5A37k

Really loving WELCOME TO DERRY. It’s faithful to the spirit of @stephenking.bsky.social ‘s IT. Violent, scary, and all about finding the courage to confront the monster.

As the Halloween weekend concludes, enjoy one more treat…

Been thinking a lot about the advice @pfracassi.bsky.social offered in my "Five Questions" interview with him. "You’ll never have to stop working to create success, so just keep going." #writingadvice

My latest Substack is now live! authordileo.substack.com/p/all-the-be...

For the late-night Halloween crowd.

Honor to be part of this cool article:

So cool to have @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social share my micro-fiction Halloween story! Thank you! Happy Halloween, everyone! cynthiapelayoauthor.substack.com/p/halloween-...

#HappyHalloween Represent.

#HappyHalloween A few years ago, I wrote an essay for the Horror Writers' Association's Halloween Haunts, "Rising from the Dead." It's about my father, and it'll give you an insight into what this holiday was like in my family. Enjoy! horror.org/halloween-ha...

And now, time for one of my favorite X-FILES episodes, “Bad Blood.” #TheXFiles

Damn right I do.

Great conversation with @sgj.bsky.social and @igreggreene.bsky.social for the full Stephen Graham Jones Update! (Side note: Once Buffalo Hunter Hunter is available in PB, I’m adding it to my 11 Honors curriculum.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

My shirt today, because we all float down here.

Those of us who love horror tend to be the nicest, most empathetic people around. It’s the rest of you who think we’re the freaks who are the ones I’m scared of.

Now reading!

I was looking for my @sgj.bsky.social hat from @thatnerdchick.bsky.social and then I saw this. So, did my wife do this, or is maybe the hat haunted? Do I dare disturb the universe and touch it? (Or maybe the mask/hat combo is my costume for Friday?)

@underratedskpod.bsky.social Great episode about WELCOME TO DERRY. I’m with you that the character mirror was maybe too much, but if the ending of the pilot is as grim as I hope, I’m completely hooked. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

@awalrusdarkly.bsky.social Loving these essays on Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN. Really thoughtful. Great work. matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

In these anger-inducing times, I turn to horror’s penchant for poetic justice.

Black cat on my lap, it’s time for a Nightmare.

Also, @stephenking.bsky.social gets the last laugh because the lamp scene is solid horror. @ericvespe.bsky.social @brezwrites.bsky.social youtu.be/5IFGJPDKtZc?...

Loved this conversation about episode 1 of WELCOME TO DERRY. @ericvespe.bsky.social @brezwrites.bsky.social I was enjoying well enough Welcome to Derry and then—BAM!—that ending of the pilot has got me completely hooked. I’m all in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Exactly.

That was fun. Great way to end the episode.

Back to Derry, I go. @stephenking.bsky.social

These guys are the best.

youtu.be/DHI-3s0a6h4?... #WritingTips

A great conversation with a great writer. (Also, the crazed and dangerous WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES is the truest depiction of modern politicized life I’ve ever read.)

Loved this episode @ohdobookoff.bsky.social @joeabercrombie.com @joe-hill.bsky.social Lots of fun, and now I’ve got to read Lonesome Dove. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Watching IT: PART 2 for the first time since I saw it in the theater.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have friends struggling through the shutdown, consider inviting them over for a family dinner this week. Make too much. Insist they take leftovers home. Some folks can't say they need help out loud but will appreciate the kindness.

@claymcleod.bsky.social ‘s stories are the perfect length for the back-and-forth errand-completing tasks I had this morning. (Although the narrators are good, you can not beat Chapman performing his work live.) Also, don’t bring your crying babies to the movies!!!!

As everything goes to hell, I feel better knowing I wrote a book about wannabe Nazis getting what they deserve. @sobelobooks.bsky.social sobelobooks.com/shop/p/empty...

Life goals.

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