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.

Just what i wanted to hear

Reading FIEND by Alma Katsu @almakatsu.bsky.social (2025) Already getting pulled in by just a few pages… 📖

More Dolly Partons and Fred Rogers in the world please and thank you.

I sold out of zines at Denver Zine Fest on Sunday, but worry not I already made more WITH MY HANDS. Because I believe in queer thought, I believe in thoughtful critical analysis, and I believe in YOU. And somewhat I believe in Vampire.

5. Sam For sure. 🎃

Excited to reveal I landed the newsstand cover story for the October issue of Fangoria! I delve into all things Predator with director Dan Trachtenberg, ahead of November’s release of Predator: Badlands! #PREDATORBADLANDS

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New 🩸 on the membrane next week. By Sydney Bollinger @sydboll.bsky.social Drops at 6:00AMET on Friday 9/26/25 📜 manorvellum.com

It’s not November but posting things you’re thankful for should be timeless anyway. I have two today. 1. One of my biggest joys as editor of Manor Vellum and Estate of Fright @manorhq.com is getting to work with all the wonderful writers who come through MANOR’s doors. manorvellum.medium.com 1/5

It’s known as the Poopinplatz 😆 It was a mutated version of a character played by the comedian legend Phyllis Diller in the horror/semi-comedy film THE BONEYARD (1991). Here’s a behind the scenes photo of Diller and friend on set.

I was introduced to this glorious creature when watching a movie the other day. Can you guess the movie? Psst: it also doubles as a Thanksgiving horror film that flies under most horror fan’s radars.

Reading: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social (2025) Three quarters through and it is dark, grimy, sexually violent, & oppressive even as it ramps up as a page-turner. Full of body horror and Appalachian nightmares that make the most stoic of us cry out.

From Pat Brennan @horrordad.bsky.social Voices from The Twilight Zone: Nothing in the Dark 🩸📜 manorvellum.medium.com/voices-from-...

14-year old PTA playing a game of hoops with his old man Ernie Anderson aka Ghoulardi (and the voice of ABC network television) in the 1980s. www.threads.com/@rockcapuano...

Wrote about Abigail and the tragedy of the child vampire

When Ed Harris met Aunt Gladys. IYKYK

Having recently completed my double feature watch of THE SHINING and DOCTOR SLEEP, I was reminded of these Saul Bass designs for the former’s film poster. Kubrick’s responses are written on each presented here. Bass made somewhere around 300 (!) before Kubrick settled on the one we know today. 1/2

“A speck of light drifting through an endless void representative of the solitary eternity that she has been cursed with.” Misunderstood Monsters: ABIGAIL and a Tiny Dancer’s Wish to Be Held By Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

One of the most grotesque episodes of the series. Which means it’s a good one haha 🍽🍔🌭🌮🌯🥙🍪🍕🍰🍪🍖🍗🥓🧆🥞🧇🍩🧁🍨🥧🍽 🤢

This was my introduction to THE DARK TOWER by Stephen King. In the form of a 4-audiocassette tape set – the format where “Books on Tape” came from. It was produced by New Audio Library in 1988. 1/4

Sep 11th - #TheDude writes this date on a check. Upon returning home, he was accosted by Treehorn's thugs. One of them peed on his rug. 📽️📅 The Big Lebowski (1998)

“Within the crypt of heartbreaking monster stories, few are more tragic than that of the child vampire.” New 🩸 on the membrane from Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social Tomorrow! 9/12/25 6:00AMET manorvellum.com

Need some advice. Looking for a blog+newsletter subscription service and it's come down to these two. Which one should I go with? beehiiv /OR/ buttondown

If you're of a certain age, then you know how iconic this catchphrase was at one time. School kids were saying it on the playground. Flo from ALICE belongs right up there with Jimmie Walker's "Dyn-o-mite!" and Fonzie's "Ayyyy" -- all side characters that became stars. 1/2

It all began 32 years ago today.

ATTN: Writers who revel in the darkness.

Fact check: True

Some say the season has “officially” begun, but for many of us… youtu.be/mXtKicX5eDo?...