A great essay on my use of failure and self-improvement as themes in both my books and movies. Thanks for the amazing, thoughtful write up, T.J.

Brought to us in the 1985-1986 television season by producer Brian Glazer (APOLLO 13, A BEAUTIFUL MIND) and creator Kenneth Johnson (V, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE BIONIC WOMAN) came SHADOW CHASERS... 1/2

Finished the audiobook of THE TOWN by Bentley Little and that may be the most bonkers story of his – and that’s saying a lot because I’ve read a lot of his bonker stories. If you dig madness, then this is in your wheelhouse. But beware: this one is worthy of a LONG list of trigger warnings. Whew!

“The path to full enlightenment in a Cargill story always goes through failure.” Fright Tomes: How to Fail Better with C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social By T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

I recommend the entirety of the late '80s/early '90s horror anthology series MONSTERS, but if you just had to watch one episode for Halloween, I'd go with "The Match Game". 🔥 My words about this episode.

Graveyard Games, a Halloween themed game show that I host, is airing RIGHT NOW on YouTube see it right here: youtu.be/d5rN7kpH7v0?...

Who else is watching Graveyard Games? I’m digging it. Six feet under and all. youtu.be/d5rN7kpH7v0?...

Dedication post to PBS alumni storytellers John Robbins, Paul Lally, and Rae Owings. It was their shows on the tube television mounted on the rolling AV cart in the grade school library that sparked my love for stories in all mediums. 1/2

Definitely kiddie fare in execution but the perfect gateway for future horror book nerds like myself. And those Stephen Gammell illustrations are legendary!

“Discovering purpose in the face of purposelessness or even simple human failure is a central theme…” New 🩸 on the membrane from T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social Tomorrow! 10/10/25 6:00AMET manorvellum.com

Currently playing out of the speakers. 🔊🎃🥜

Can't remember if I shared this before but we have custom bookmarks with book reccs on them and here is mine :D

I read Joseph Payne Brennan’s collection of horror stories SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT (1963) and realized he often employed ironic twist (or would that be twisted?) endings to his stories. One of those stories had what I considered a comical ending... 1/2

We wish a very happy birthday to MANOR Resident Tina Kakadelis! 🎂🥳🎉🎈 @tinakakadelis.com was the featured writer for Estate of Fright 71: Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life 🏚️📨😱 www.manorhq.com/eof

Q: Why do you mostly post about things you like? A: I’m not a reviewer. I’m a recommender. 1/2

Scream Factory’s new BLACK SUNDAY (1960) 4K UHD Collector’s Edition Blu-ray features commentary from MANOR @manorhq.com Resident Brian Keiper @brianwaves42.bsky.social and is now widely available for purchase at participating retailers. 1/2

Once again releasing into the wild the fact that if you invite me to talk on a podcast about almost anything I will show up and show out. Not math, but otherwise.

Watching FRANKENSTEIN and eating an apple cider donut. I am feeling the season in my bones.

New Late! All about October - I read a buncha Ray Bradbury, share some love for Chicago, + more; plus songs by Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Tricky, girl in red, Billie Holiday, Clutch, Broken Bells, + more. Welcome to October Country, Boppers Free/Ad-free/No Ai www.mixcloud.com/KOPN/late-wt...

Got my tix.

What a stud.

It’s officially Ray Bradbury season. Go read his collection of stories THE OCTOBER COUNTRY and, of course, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Here is the legend, sometime in the late 80s, inside his office, which I like to describe as a Bernie Wrightson masterpiece of art.

Estate of Fright 78: Reality Isn’t What It Used to Be (October 2025) Delivered today 🏚️😱 Featuring Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social in Estate of Fright and this month’s calendar of MANOR releases.

Never read a Gemma Files story. Read six Gemma Files stories. Will read more @gemmafiles.bsky.social stories. Courtesy of Dark Moon Books' EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #7: A PRIMER TO GEMMA FILES (2025) from editor and MANOR Resident @ericjguignard.bsky.social, 2 stories I highly recommend within:

“These days, I feel like I have to keep reminding myself: I am not insane.” Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social is in Estate of Fright. 😱 Tomorrow! 10/3/25 @ 6:00AMET 🏚️ Free subscription www.manorhq.com/eof 🎨John Jude Palencar

Reading. With original artwork too. I mean, it’s only right.

To honor the hallowed Halloween season, Letterboxd staff and contributors recommend 24 underseen horror films, spanning from ’60s noir witches to ’70s psychedelic vampires to ’80s against-type Colin Firth. Read about each pick on Journal: boxd.it/2Ko

New 🩸 on the membrane next week. By T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social Drops at 6:00AMET on Friday, October 10, 2025. 📜 manorvellum.com

Let the danse macabre begin.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! October is here but let us look back briefly at the🩸 that dropped on the membrane in September. 1/3

It's October!

Been working on something. Should I say what it--BLURT--it’s MANOR’s first-ever book and audiobook. 😶👀

“…running from death is not purpose. It's fear. It's paranoia. It's a rejection of what it means to be human.” Running from Death: FINAL DESTINATION and Mortality By Sydney Bollinger @sydboll.bsky.social Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

SURPRISE! I contributed a commentary and essays for this upcoming Umbrella release of TOURIST TRAP.

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Speaking of present tense and fast reading… I can’t recommend this one enough. Easily one of the best of the year. Here’s a great review from @gnofhorror.com that does it more justice than I could on social media (I read it on the author’s FB page and 100% agree). gnofhorror.com/alma-katsus-...

Fellow book nerds: does present tense help reading go faster for you or is that just me?

“The human understanding of fate is complicated by the existence of free will.” New 🩸 on the membrane from Sydney Bollinger @sydboll.bsky.social Tomorrow! 9/26/25 6:00AMET manorvellum.com

Watched CLEARCUT (1991) last week (RIP Graham Greene)...

When the driver plays a song I don’t like

Estate of Fright 78 arrives next week. Presented by Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social 😱 Delivers @ 6:00AMET on Friday, October 3, 2025. 🏚️ Free subscription www.manorhq.com/eof

To be fair, it was his one Achilles heel in life.

Here’s some dust-covered horror history in the archives. A round table discussion about horror with guests George Romero, Stephen King, and Tom Savini when they were promoting CREEPSHOW in 1982. youtu.be/S2sCOWt4lsI?...

A print ad for a direct mail subscription to CINEFANTASTIQUE magazine in 1983 featuring John Carpenter’s CHRISTINE (1983) based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. The film has been featured in two different drops on the membrane... 1/3

[Daily News; New York - 3/25/1984]

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Kindness doesn't fix most problems, but it's going to be a motivator that keeps you in the game. Hold it in your heart and don't let it go, you beautiful angel.

This system exists to break kindness, so I'm incredibly proud of you for still having kindness in your heart.