**COVER REVEAL** The Bloody Bucket by Douglas Ford Cover art by Jeff Darwin Releasing on Feb. 10, 2026 Nat’s dream job comes calling when a college needs someone to take charge of an annual haunt. One year before, Nat’s predecessor went inside the haunt—but he never came out.

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! @douglasford.bsky.social joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with a perfect tale for #Halloween2025, "Why I'm Running the #Spookshow Now." Stage blood! Real blood! Are those organs really being ripped out? Is that really an extended reference to #HerschellGordonLewis? horrificscribblings.com

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Can't help but notice Vance chose the couch... 😂

These fucking assholes. The entire Axis of Idiocy that is Fox/Newsmax/Breitbart would have run for their lives the second a Russian tank crossed the border with Ukraine.

The Soviets gave him a code name when they recruited him as an asset: Krasnov. I say we use that name going forward.

The 4K disc of Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf reveals some detail I never noticed before, like how green and nasty Waldemar Daninsky’s werewolf teeth are before they’re dripping with viscera.

When compiling your Valentine’s Day lists of crazy, smutty but also sorta tender horror books, please don’t forget Little Lugosi (A Love Story) by me from Madness Heart Press. #leechesarelove #indiehorrorbooks

Really grateful to all of you who got Let’s Cut Up Dad! into the Godless top ten. Keep supporting retailers who contribute to worthy causes like @godlesshorrors. In the meantime, for those of you who prefer printed and bound volumes, I have one more hardcover that needs a good home.

Stephanie Jensen is right, I think—Who Dies First is probably my best book, and it NEEDS YOUR LOVE! Please buy or borrow it and read it. I’ll be your friend for life, as long as I don’t die first.

New short fiction from me! Probably the most "meta" thing I've ever written, an introduction to a collection of stories that doesn't exist. And it IS a horror story. I hope it's as much fun to read as it was to write. What do you have to lose? It doesn't cost a thing! www.darkharbormagazine.com

“The Widow’s Tower,” one of the stories included in Let’s Cut Up Dad! offers a look at what happens after the conclusion of The Bride of Frankenstein. I always wanted to see more from the Bride, and this story was my attempt to satisfy that itch.

Book birthdays do not get old. My third collection of horror fiction is officially “born” today. Cover by the great Lynne Hansen.

Saddened to hear about the untimely passing of Andrew Pyper. I enjoyed all of his books, but The Residence is a masterwork.

I was found reading The Last Slaughter, and my partner rushed me to open an early gift. "So you don't go buying more Ford before Christmas." I'm so excited! @douglasford.bsky.social

Guess what I have? COPIES of my latest novella I can ship out with an autograph! If you have a Paypal account, gimme a buzz.

One of the revelations found on the second volume of All the Haunts Be Ours—a Spanish film that speaks to our current circumstances in some profoundly unsettling ways.

I will come over to your house too and read passages from Who Dies first, but you have to buy a copy first.

I’ve been learning about Haitian Creole for a novel I’m writing, including how people in that culture respond when asked “How are you?” Rather than “okay” or “fine,” a typical answer is “I’m strong.” Considering what has transpired this past week, I think this should be our go-to answer.

He says, “He read The Trick. It’s good for your soul.”

Coming soon from D&T Publishing!

I’ve always kind of liked Urban Legends: Final Cut, especially with moments like this one.

What I’ll be doing on October 16th with my comrades in the Southwest Florida chapter of the HWA.

Here is an unexpected treasure on Tubi, another great made-for-television chiller from the early 70s. This one, a weird western with folk horror imagery, features Ray Milland.

This Halloween, The Trick would make a dandy treat. Just sayin’.

Look what just dropped on Shudder! Been looking forward to this one.

Meeting tonight with a book club at Phantom History which is discussing my story, “Wasps,” the gothic tale that opens my collection Ape in the Ring. Excited to join the discussion!

Daniel Braum’s The Serpent’s Shadow from Cemetery Dance—splendid, lyrical writing that builds dread slowly and ominously. Highly recommended!

Straub was brilliant, and Ghost Story is justly celebrated as one of his best, but I don’t think this adaptation gets the love it deserves.

I love 70s-era made-for-TV horror movies, especially when this sort of credit appears. The Cat Creature can now be streamed on Tubi!

Not only is Derik Cavignano one of the nicest people you will ever meet, he is one hell of a writer, and Colony of the Lost is a great book. It’s currently a free download through Book Bub. No finer deal than that!

Content Warning: Florida. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/a448...

I like this photo that Tommy B. Smith snapped of me reading from my work at KillerCon this year. For the record, I’ll read anywhere: birthday parties, weddings, funerals….