Holy crap! The Unkillable Frank Lightning made the list of best books of 2025 from @bloody-disgusting.com. I’m so grateful to be included here, and thankful to all the folks who helped champion this book. bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

All of these anthologies, edited by Ellen Datlow, are on sale in e-format. Inferno and The Dark are 2.99 and Dark Carnival and Coyote Road are 1.99. I've got stories in these.

She said I love the night The day is OK and the sun can be fun But I live to see those rays slip away I love the night

Now everybody down at McDonnellzzz They down with Ronnell McDonnell And now they hitting the bottle And everybody cool!

It's A Wonderfull Life

There's a quarter moon that's laying up on the ridge And he's making up his mind to rise or to set There's a lot of water flowing under this bridge There's a voice inside me saying "Get your feet wet" Because that's that

Who was the boy? Who was the boy?

Conan HBO series: Three seasons Young, brash Conan Peak ass-kicking weird horror Conan Melancholic King Conan Three different actors. Let the dollar bills rain

Cells.

The limited hardcover of @lairdbarron.bsky.social's NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT is going to be a thing of beauty. @toddkeisling.com and I just wrapped the interior layout. The limited hardcover features all-new art by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social, plus the artwork you'll find in the original paperback.

Help me Jack Pepsi! Help me Jack Pepsi! Help me Jack Pepsi! Help me Jack Pepsi!

ARTWORK REVEAL: @slimyswampghost.bsky.social depicts the ghastly visage of Lord Barrow the Knight Perilous from @lairdbarron.bsky.social's NEW story, "The Glow of a Moldering Star." Find both in the limited hardcover of Not a Speck of Light. Pre-order: badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...

TOMORROW: We will reveal the title of, and illustration for, the bonus original story @lairdbarron.bsky.social is including in the limited-edition hardcover of NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT. Sign up for The Bad Handout (our weekly e-newsletter) to get the news first. badhandbooks.com/contact-bad-...

Received the final (original bonus) story for the limited-edition hardcover of @lairdbarron.bsky.social's NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT. Production continues! We still have a few available for pre-order in the store. Only 500 will be produced. badhandbooks.com/preorders/no...

Hey, man Nice shot

The law don't go around here, lawdog

I was going to qualify this with an "IMO" but no, it's a fact, Jeff Ford is one of the greatest living authors

Once I wanted to be the greatest No wind or waterfall could stall me And then came the rush of the flood Stars at night turned deep to dust

Oh, you wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails Yeah, you tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil

It's time to get your suit on You need to keep your gun drawn We're all expecting you The camera frames the view They're playing your theme song Now you're the new James Bond

The Horse Whisperer in the Darkness

'A Bram Stoker Award winning novel, The Fisherman is a masterpiece of cosmic horror that contains elements of Lovecraft, Moby Dick and the ghost stories of M.R. James.' #JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far buff.ly/C4B49ZM

You wake up and are told "it has always been Frawnk-uhn-stain"

An interpretation of @lairdbarron.bsky.social's phenomenal character, Isaiah Coleridge. Dressed to handle business of course.

NEW EPISODE: @slimyswampghost.bsky.social joins THE BAD SIGNAL to discuss collaborations with @lairdbarron.bsky.social and @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, plus influences and working on the hit horror flick TAROT. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

The lights go down And the clouds are building outside You close the door and turn the key But there's no place to hide

ICYMI! Get a first look at one of King's contributions to THE END TIMES.

Well the two men took to fighting And when they pulled them from the floor Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle With a couple of pieces gone

Patty Lee, turn the lights on please There's something I don't understand Patty Lee, turn the lights on please This party's gotten out of hand

Let's have a black celebration Black celebration Tonight To celebrate the fact That we've seen the back of another black day

Mandy: dryad Black Skulls: draugr/wild hunt Children of the Dawn: Loki disciples Big dude with chainsaw: Frost giant Caruther: Heimdall The Chemist: Norn Red Miller: Thor/Siegfried, somebody along those lines

I'm beyond thrilled that my story, The Dark House, is available for your listening pleasure on the latest episode of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! There's a bunch of cool behind the scenes stuff on @wilwheaton.net's patreon as well. Happy Spooky Season! www.patreon.com/posts/142200...

A case of gone is all she carried When she got on the Jamestown ferry And it's not a hot day in January Like she'd said it'd be If she ever left me

Tonight I’ll be in Nashua with @christaqua.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social @brackenmacleod.bsky.social and @tanyapell.bsky.social . Join us!

I used to do a little But a little wouldn't do it So the little got more and more

@brianevenson.bsky.social has carved (er, hacked?) out a unique space for himself in horror & weird lit, starting with 1994's ALTMANN'S TONGUE up to 2024's GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT. The Brian Evenson subreddit hosts an AMA with Brian tomorrow, 10/28/25, at noon Central! www.reddit.com/r/BrianEvens...

Back stabbin' Yeah! Back stabbin'

In summer 2021, the Laird Barron subreddit had 66 stalwart members. This week we hit 2,000! Readers can't stop talking about @lairdbarron.bsky.social's peerless, once-in-a-generation voice for visceral horror, bareknuckled noir, and bold, bewitching dark fantasy. Join us! reddit.com/r/LairdBarron/

Holden: The ICE agent lies on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Leon: (blank stare)

Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death

Wow, Paul. Thank you

Valentina and I went for a stroll through a cemetery. Some of the gravestones dated back to the 1800's and some were from this year.