Currently Watching: Gothic (1986)

🦇Happy World Goth Day!🦇 Featured Book: THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH: THE CLASSIC HISTORY OF WESTERN ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH OVER THE LAST THOUSAND YEARS by Philippe Ariès originally published in 1981. Goth on, y’all, and much spooky love to my fellow corporate goths keeping it grim in the workplace.

Bells, Books, and Candles

📖🌵☕️Weekend☕️🌵📖

“He’s not God’s cat. He’s my cat. Let God get his own if he wants one.” - Stephen King, PET SEMATARY I’m with you 100% Ellie Creed.

Halfway to Halloween, you say? Please. Every day is Halloween.

"Sumer is icumen in"! Happy May Day and the conclusion of #FolkHorrorWeek!

Happy Folk Horror Week!

Remembering my whimsy. Corporate goths can still have brass unicorns in their offices, right? Whatever. I love it.

Love this for MOLLIE BRUMLEY'S CIVIL WAR! @oupress.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com!

Happy #FolkHorrorWeek Eve to all revelers! #folkhorror #folkhorrorrevival #folkhorrorbooks #folkhorroraesthetic

Currently Watching: Fréwaka (2025)

Happy International Bat Appreciation Day! Did you know that bats are vital to our world’s ecosystems and economy, but nearly 200 species are threatened with extinction?! Follow @batcon.org to learn more about how you can help the dark sky puppies in your area!

“It seems so odd to me now, how one can be so unsettled by the improbable. When we know that our entire existence is founded on freak occurrences and improbable coincidences.” - Solvej Balle, ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME I

Out Now! "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape" by Thomas Michael Swensen juxtaposes different types of cultural production to explore how Native America and punk coexist, inform each other, and together articulate their own politics. www.oupress.com/978080619664...

What's playing at our office today? The playlist for Swensen's "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape"! Tune in here ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3l9...

Me seeing the latest @barnesandnoble.com email.

Welp, here we go. Been expecting this to happen soon.

Current Read: “Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World” by John Blair and published by @princetonupress.bsky.social.

Currently Watching: The Last Sacrifice (2024)

Let’s go #OLA2026! @oupress.bsky.social is ready for you! Can’t join us in person? You can still shop our booth. Use promo code 18OLA26 at oupress.com and get 40% off your order!

Spring is near and I want to fill our home with flowers.

‘Tis the season. Tornadic clouds to the north of us. Scroll to the end to see a plane that said “absolutely not” and zoomed way around those clouds. And it’s officially time for a Twister (1996) watch party!

It’s been an insanely busy week, but check out my reading chair in my new office! I’ll post more pics later of my new digs, but for now, please enjoy this cozy space. And I’m really thrilled with this print called “The Winged Cat” by Malene T. Laugesen. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it.

Come on @shudder.com. With this new design rollout did ShudderTV really need a logo in the lower right hand corner of the screen while streaming? It’s getting old pretty quick.

Up first - Messiah of Evil -Keith/ @livingdadkeith.bsky.social #MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social

I really don’t have the words. @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social and @themutantfam.bsky.social have been such a highlight of my horror-filled life. I’m so sad to see this dark ride come to an end but I’m so thankful for all the freaks I met along the way. Much love, y’all

I'm always proud of our books, but this kind of announcement and recognition really brings it home!

Caturday Things

🖤Pulp Power🖤 A witchy paperback find from Recycled Books in Denton, TX.

The most beautiful words to accompany a draft blurb from a blurbist: "Please edit as needed."

We're Hiring! OUP is looking for our next acquisitions coordinator to support our acquisitions editors and authors. Sound like something you would be interested in? Apply today! This is a great position to get into the world of academic publishing. ➡️ ou.taleo.net/careersectio...

The Mid-Century Does Anagogic Light. My home church is so beautiful to me. An example of the American School of Design meets MCM. Cracks and all, I love these windows.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Sugar Bones 🖤

This was everything I hoped it would be and more.

Seeing the same people fall for the latest ChatGPT trend that used to post “I do not authorize Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, or Meta to use my information, posts, photos, or messages under any circumstances, repost this message and they won't have your permission." is a new kind of dystopia.

Untouchable. Kehinde Wiley, President Barack Obama, 2018. Amy Sherald, First Lady Michelle Obama, 2018.

Mass Market Horror Paperback Acquired: The 1979 Paul Monette novelization of Herzog’s Nosferatu. The cover! The sprayed edges! The photo gallery insert of film stills! So swoons my lil’ black heart.

Yea, I’m watching the documentary about the First Lady this weekend, duh.

"No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we — all of America — stand up and speak out."

We stand with Minnesota 🕯️💙

Believe your eyes, not their lies.

Just sitting here thinking how we went from “Nasty Woman” to “F*ing B*tch” in less than a decade. Hating women seems to never go out of style.

Let your heart break so your spirit doesn’t {Good Grief by Andrea Gibson}

Oh, good. Let's continue to limit expertise in visual literacy :gestures around: in this economy?! www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Beheaded, doused in vinegar, staked in the heart—all historical attempts to keep corpses from returning. How did we come to fear the dead? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/1EvjJD

Epiphany marks the end of Christmas/Yule in our house but we’re still deep in our wintering and surrounded by the bounty of this bare season.

The vibe for 2026 courtesy of our resident fiends at @thefloatingbookshop.com!

On the ninth day of Christmas we celebrate the first books bought in 2026! But which one to read first?