Bigfoot Haiku #67 Bigfoot roamed the aisles distraught, moaning the closure of his local Sears. #poem #poetry #haiku #bigfoot #writing #booksky

A sinister disembodied head floating in the library? Just one of the spirits our heroes face in I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter. "This book was a whole lot of creepy fun!" - Amazon review. amzn.to/1gwPt3U #halloween #spookyseason #booksky #ghosts #supernatural #paranormal #ya #fiction #humor #kindle

“All art is a message, we want to communicate something but maybe not an entirely graspable something, maybe there’s a kind of sense only non-sense can convey.” – Garth Greenwell, Small Rain. #quote #quotes #booksky #fiction #novel #garthgreenwell

Royalty Haiku By the vapid king With an endless rant of gripes The grim princess screamed. #poem #poetry #haiku #king #princess #writing

Mad Vampire Haiku Twisting his pancake A mad vampire drew the wrath of a grim trucker. #vampire #spooky #halloween #haiku #poetry #poem #writing #humor

Amazon review: “Once I picked up I WAS A TEENAGE GHOST HUNTER…I couldn’t put it down and read it over two enjoyable afternoons. As with the best young adult fiction, this book is just as enjoyable for adults.” amzn.to/1gwPt3U #booksky #halloween #spooky #kindle #fiction #books

Dosie stood and sauntered over to her windows, gazing out soulfully at the mock chicken processing plant. “Lim and I lived in different worlds. Me in the world of fashion, him in the world of long-form non-narrative experimental video.” #mystery #parody #kindle #fiction #booksky bit.ly/43FRVGC

5 out of 5 stars to The Inside Story by Martin Amis. In this intense and wide-ranging autobiographical novel, Amis relates tales of his friendships with fellow writers Christopher Hitchens, Saul Bellow and Philip Larkin. Recommended! #booksky #fiction #martinamis #books #autobiography

Tonight at 8pm ET, we will be finishing "Paradise Lost" This has been a fun read. Dense, but interesting to see this perspective, and the source of so many inspirations across varied media. www.youtube.com/live/ZY9AFrs... #JohnMilton #ParadiseLost #booksky #vsky #vtubers

Absolutely love this book. Made me ugly cry several times.

Kirkus Reviews magazine picked my fun 1930s "The Cold Kid Case: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery" for the 8/1/2025 issue. They select under 25% of indie books for the magazine. Wow! Magazine - pg 162: issuu.com/kirkus-revie... Review: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #kirkusreviews #cozymystery

Pasta Poetry No. 2 Muttering in thick whispers Secreted in the dank alley The lurking gnocchi plotted their Incursion into Lester’s cellar As he obliviously hunched Damp as moist cheese Sewing on another doll head. #poetry #poem #parody #surreal #writing #humor

The detectives interrogate suspect Bertholdt Tunsten: “Come now, detectives, you already interrogated me on Rustine’s loggia. Must you now invade my little vacation hideaway?” “I hate to break it to you, Tunsten, but murder doesn’t take a vacation,” said Rochelle. bit.ly/43FRVGC #booksky

I did it guise! It took me two months, but I finally made it through Joyce’s Ulysses (My head hurts). Now onto all the study guides and encyclopedias of annotations to help deepen my understanding of the work. w00t! #BookSky #LiteraryModernism #JamesJoyce #Ulysses #PoldyBloom

I really enjoyed this book, too. I just happened upon Circe, and enjoyed it so much I immediately picked up this one. So glad I did!

5 out of 5 stars to The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. I can’t say enough good things about this novel. Miller makes the characters and events from Achilles’ story more lively and vivid than I would have thought possible. So recommended! #booksky #fiction #novels #songofachilles #myth

Get ready for spooky season with I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter! Amazon review: “This novel has everything: suspense, adventure, humor, horror, all mixed together perfectly. It goes from moments of tension to hilarious dialogues…” bit.ly/45GbWPI #paranormal #booksky #kindle #fiction #ya #occult

It's a strange killing at the Volcano Lounge in my mystery comedy Murder in Murk City: “I don’t care how many suckers you’ve lured into your shady eruption racket, Muggett. Not even the smell of burning magma can cover the stench of this killing.” bit.ly/43FRVGC #kindle #kindleunlimited #booksky

4 out of 5 stars to The Slowworm’s Song by Andrew Miller. Meditative novel narrated from the point of view of a recovering alcoholic coming to terms with trauma suffered as a soldier in Belfast during The Troubles. Recommended! #fiction #booksky #litfic #novels #books

Here are a few thoughts on The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, 1948, a darkly funny look at the business of funerals in California from the perspective of some expat Brits 💙📚 #BookSky #BookReview #Braille https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/536377cb-bfa6-4a16-8e52-a819fd1c995b

It's Friday and time for your daily #writerslift and to promote yourself! Post your links, websites, books, art, audiobooks, pages,#WhateverItTakes! #ShamelessSelfpromoFriday BUY A BOOK! Weekly pinned tweet promo spots a top 5 profiles open on x, DM for details :)

Alstrop looked the part of the typical insect-obsessive: he was tall and thin, with ink-black hair and tiny goatee, and wore a tattered T-shirt with the bright yellow slogan ‘Moron Repellent’. bit.ly/43FRVGC #parody #booksky #mystery #crimefiction #novels #kindle #fiction #humor

The detectives interrogate the Volcano Lounge’s exotic dancers: “Those girls look about as Polynesian as an orthopedic nurse from Bangor, Maine.” bit.ly/43FRVGC #booksky #mystery #fiction #kindle #kindleunlimited #parody #humor #comedy #novel #murdermystery

4 out of 5 stars to The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates. Oates blends history with the supernatural in this account of strange goings-on in Princeton in the early 1900s. Historical characters include Woodrow Wilson, Upton Sinclair and a very drunk Jack London! Recommended! #booksky #fiction #horror

Oh no, Bluesky broke me in terms of humor... I couldn't help laughing, then showing my boyfriend.. I'm rolling around in Alfredo and rose sauce... :P

Pasta Poetry No. 1 Pasta in the driveway from last night’s harangue - She rolls in marinara under lowering clouds plucking olive shards from stews of mushroom - Leaving yesterday’s fennel on a sleeping dog. #poetry #parody #pasta #writing #humor #booksky

5 star review! “Overall, the story was very atmospheric; familiar and nostalgic without feeling outdated. Basically, I Was a Teenage Ghost Hunter presented a fresh way to approach everyone's favorite spooky tropes.” #booksky #paranormal #fiction #novel #books #ghost #occult amzn.to/1gwPt3U

Rustine Caprino met the detectives at the gallery entrance in a painfully elegant chartreuse one-piece dress. She had the precise and professional air of a woman who’d spent a lot of time being very clean. bit.ly/43FRVGC #fiction #booksky #novel #parody #humor #kindle #kindleunlimited

4 out of 5 stars to The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich. This was the first novel by Erdrich I’ve read and I'll definitely read more of her work. The novel is filled with memorable characters, strange incidents and quirky touches of humor. #booksky #erdrich #fiction #review

100% agree with Lolita! In fact, in that same vein, I just finished “Fox” by Oates and that one was 🤯 as well. I haven’t read your other picks so those are going on my TBR! 🙏 😊

#Litfic readers, what book(s) rewired your brain? 🧠💥 Mine: 1. Waiting for Godot 2. To the Lighthouse 3. Pale Fire Drop any books that made you question what fiction is or can be! #booksky #literaturesky #books #bookmemes #readinglife #mememonday

Check out my free short story The First Cocktail Waitress in Space tinyurl.com/ya9tpebb #scifi #parody #humor #comedy #fiction

5 out of 5 to Ancient Light by John Banville. It’s a kind of reverse Lolita as a married older woman carries on an affair with our narrator, a teenage boy. As usual with Banville, the prose writing is incredible. Highly recommended! #fiction #booksky #bookreview #banville

TGIF! ✨ What are you reading this weekend? 📚 I’m diving deeper into Calvino’s oeuvre with Invisible Cities. So far it’s very dreamlike 🌁 #WeekendReads #LitFic #books #booklover #Booksky #CurrentlyReading #literaturesky

From Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil #booksky 💙📚 #philosophy

New poem on my Substack: The Lizards of July (No. 2) Dangling in someone else’s bitter mind The sluggish lizard splayed its limbs askew… bit.ly/44MrtvB #writing #poetry #poem #surreal #humor #summer #substack

Falling in love with this book all over again. It is a gorgeous day here in NYS to read outside. 🩸📚💙

Only two days left to get my mystery comedy Murder in Murk City for free! “Detective Rochelle Hispin walked through the gloom, emerging in all her glory like an orange female lighthouse appearing in on a befogged seacoast.” bit.ly/43FRVGC #mystery #comedy #kindle #fiction #booksky #parody

Remembering the birthday of Franz Kafka, I am showing my obsessions no mercy. I #amwriting not #compromising 📚💙 More: Franz Kafka, German-language #writer and #novelist - www.kafka-online.info/franz-kafka-... and www.kafka.org/index.php?bi... #FranzKafka #author #poet #quotes

The detectives meet Pearl Reesewell: She had the stern, commanding manner of a woman who’d never been a waitress at an all-night pancake joint. Murder in Murk City: Free this week! bit.ly/43FRVGC #kindle #freebook #humor #parody #murdermystery #novel #booksky

Shocking crime bargain! My new mystery comedy Murder in Murk City is free to download, this week only! bit.ly/43FRVGC #freebook #booksky #kindle #kindleunlimited #parody #writing #comedy #humor

The Lizards of July (No. 1) For days the lizard chided his recruits Lolling his tongue about in dry disdain... Continued on my Substack: briankhenry.substack.com #poetry #poem #surreal #humor #lizard #parody

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For June, let’s celebrate our favorite LGBT/queer/gender-creative/sexual minority characters! #booksky #pridemonth #bookchallenge

My next book was a short story collection, for the summer reading program. I read "the lost stories" collection, A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett. These were all under pen names, in newspapers, & often serialized. There's a foreword by Neil Gaiman & an introduction by Colin Smythe. 💙📚 📚🪐

Check out my free story The Raven Tattoo: bit.ly/4esjarY “She’d wanted a raven tattoo for weeks, since hearing that song about a sobbing raven at that club where she drank vodka tonics.” #fiction #booksky #satire #surreal #paranormal #humor #occult #writing

“None of the so-called experts thought there was a market for meat-flavored ice, but Hartley knew better. He took a crazy, frozen carnivorous dream and turned it into a thriving business enterprise with three self-service stores and two vending machines in the greater Murk City area.” bit.ly/43FRVGC

7 out of 10 starts to Sinners. A very original film with a lot of fresh aspects, but the mix of historical drama and horror film didn’t finally come together to make a cohesive movie. There are some great moments and performances but it felt like it took place in two different worlds. #sinners

2018 #48 The history of a novel, perhaps the most controversial of all novels and for many, the greatest novel of the twentieth century. Explores the trials and tribulations of both the book and it's author and does it in fine style. Excellent. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💙📚 #booksky #books