Please sign up so you can read this. It’s… gross and you’ll love it.

Thirty Helens agree: You should buy my books. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1940...

Trying out Substack… open.substack.com/pub/tranchel...

CRY DOWN DARK, my first book, is three weeks away from its tenth anniversary. It would mean a lot to me if you picked up and met Peter Toombs and a slice of doomed Utah. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1940...

I have either heard from every agent I’ve queried or it’s been long enough for me to assume a pass. Unless something happens, I’m going to sit on this probably until June. Other things to write.

Received a short story rejection 45 minutes after submitting it. That’s brutal. Moving on.

Hi, everybody. I don’t post here as often as I should. Thanks for hanging out.

I’m gonna need more of The Muppet Show, please.

@crobertcargill.bsky.social @scottderrickson57.bsky.social I am in my penultimate quarter of an MFA program and my last quarter in screenwriting. One script I have tried to find to read is SINISTER, but I can’t locate it. Help a guy out?

I almost bought a videogame I want to play yesterday. I’ve never been much of a gamer and I’m not good at them when I do play. There other reason I didn’t buy it is because I have six months left of my MFA program. That degree and getting a book deal take priority.

In stock. DM for purchases or requests for out of stock items. CRY DOWN DARK: 16 ASLEEP IN THE NIGHTMARE ROOM: 2 PRIVATE LIVES OF NIGHTMARES: 11 TELL NO MAN: 4 THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK: 14 THE BLACKHAWK CYCLE: 0

So that was the last all-out fiction workshop of my MFA. Tomorrow, I have a screenwriting workshop. Next residency is all graduating stuff.

Screenplay. Done.

It really is that fucking simple, friends.

Two stories looking for homes. “Sing” is a Pacific Northwest folk horror with hints of Lovecraft. “Last Night at the Blue Flamingo” is a monster noir. Casablanca but with monsters.

What I need is a pop-up signing. Me, the books I have in stock, and a place to put a table that draws in readers.

I’m calling it. For now, TJTranchell.net is dead. But I’m a horror writer, which means nothing stays dead. I still have a lot of books in stock. I’ll take orders via direct message for now. Paperbacks are $20 including shipping. The hardcover is $35, including shipping.

In an effort to save the site, I have cut prices on almost everything. Come have a look. www.tjtranchell.net

This is it. The last day to save my webstore. Buy a book, please? The horrors abound! www.tjtranchell.net

Ok, peeps. Box of CRY DOWN DARK in the house. One shipping out right away and 19 to go. Let’s sell them all. tjtranchell.net/shop/p/ise9z...

This is some bullshit because the Teen Vogue political coverage has been among the best recently.

It’s crunch time. I need to sell 15-19 books via my website in the next three days to keep the site alive. Let’s go! www.tjtranchell.net

I don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m short about $200 to renew my website/webstore for another year. It’s been a good run. Still a few days to check it out, though. www.tjtranchell.net

I love this book and you will, too.

Don’t forget, kids… youtu.be/hIHUv2ooG38?...

A Thom Carnell zombie story has more heart in it than any contemporary horror you might read.

If you’ve read CRY DOWN DARK but haven’t left a rating or review, now would be a great time. The next rating will be the 100th and the next review will be the 25th. www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...

On the list of things I wish had been made: A whole season of that show Castle Rock following Jane Levy as Jackie Torrance.

Two days until my birthday and I’m trying to find my website for another year. How about buying a book or two? www.tjtranchell.net

If you are thinking of seeing TRIUMPH OVER EVIL: BATTLE OF THE EXORCISTS, might I offer a book that is not Catholic propaganda? Try a tale of Mormon exorcists instead. TELL NO MAN available directly from me. tjtranchell.net/shop/p/y2z70...

#FridayReads, one week from Halloween and my birthday. Which means you should buy one of my scary books. www.tjtranchell.net

Okay, peeps. I need to sell 20 books via the website by November 6 to keep it alive for another year. Let’s go! www.tjtranchell.net

Random description of one’s age: The Pittsburgh Pirates last won a World Series ten days before I was born.

Meanwhile, at the White House… youtu.be/Eujwxh_r43E?...

Hey, everybody. Looks like this great list is circulating again. Which means I need to restock! www.nytimes.com/article/horr...

Enjoyed BLACK PHONE 2. Couple things stood out: Cargill and Derrickson write spiritual/religious characters better than anyone. They are real people and their faith is just a part of their stories. And how much fun must it be to come up with Gwen’s swearing? Glorious.

Halfway through October. Have you bought a T.J. Tranchell book yet? www.tjtranchell.net

Halloween children’s book! On Halloween night, Hazel crosses a cemetery and makes new friends along the way! Then one winter evening, she trades ghost stories with an unexpected guest… A Cemetery Stroll t.co/WOrEsBThDf A Haunted Holiday a.co/d/78HLN7G

America's disconnect: very little noise to support Letitia James, NOT EVEN CLOSE. The Constituents making the loudest noise, to save Freedom of Speech, but in 2026, we lose most of the Benefits and Triple Insurance Premiums NO NOISE, but silent to Federal Crimes, purging America for the Wealthy.

Halloween is coming and that happens to be my birthday. Snag a book today (so that I can pay the annual renewals for my site). New stock of backordered books on the way! www.tjtranchell.net

Finished a 5,500-word PNW folk horror story today. We’ll see if I can clean it up for some calls that are closing soon.

Halloween is coming and that happens to be my birthday. Snag a book today (so that I can pay the annual renewals for my site). New stock of backordered books on the way! www.tjtranchell.net

No shit, Sherlock.

My first book is nearing its tenth anniversary. I need to order more to put on the site, but the way I fund that is by selling books in stock. So… buy a book? www.tjtranchell.net

This feels timely. youtu.be/9x7W0Sjv-Mg?...

I have better things to do on October 14 than recognize a racist Nazi scumbag.

Today, in 1692, Giles Corey was crushed to death beneath stones for not confessing to being a witch. He was 81 years old.

THE LONG WALK is my favorite movie of the year.

Me (wearing BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING shirt)… Movie usher: Great shirt. Seeing THE LONG WALK? Have you read the book? Me: Not only that but a friend of mine wrote this screenplay.