Y'all. This is completely real. Our great clerk/receptionist Lindsey left this review: "Advertised big raw potato. Ordered big raw potato. Received big raw potato. 10/10, no notes."

The debut short story collection from @annieneugebauer.bsky.social will finally be available next week! I reviewed it waaaaay too early for @ruemorguemag.bsky.social ... (Click for explanation) open.substack.com/pub/deepinth...

The "Undertone" trailer is badass, and I can't wait to read this cover story! Plus (ahem) this issue includes my review of the @claymcleod.bsky.social novella "Bodies of Work."

Hey @jasonkpargin.bsky.social, other sharp observers of humanity, I need your minds. People tell me, "Don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing the best you can." I think, "That's just what I'm scared of." Is it true? Are we all doing our best (however defined), despite imagining doing better?

Last year for the On the Line podcast, I interviewed author Robert E. Stahl. Later that day he read from his debut story collection, Show Me Where It Hurts, in Texarkana, where he was born. Robert's one of the brightest new stars on the Texas horror scene. open.substack.com/pub/deepinth...

Psst. Over on Instagram I’m sharing teasers and secrets about each story in my forthcoming collection YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLEED. So far we’ve toured through the purple section. Come follow along, but stay close; the path is winding…

We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.

That feeling when you know folks are waking up and reading a story you wrote that might actually make a difference ... www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2026/fe...

Streets of Minneapolis Irish female duet cover youtu.be/Ci_0PAObc4A?...

Many, many, many people have done coke in a restroom without involving a toilet seat

Loved the Return to Oz episode, @scaresshapedus.bsky.social... Have you seen the trailer for "Gale," the new public domain Oz horror movie?

Another year at the Texarkana Gazette under my belt. 🎂 That makes lucky 13.

No one on Threads got my stupid joke

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

Arguably one movie in two parts

María Corina Machado giving that manchild her Nobel medal made him look so pathetic. While he's all "MY PRESH-USSSSSS!" and sucking it like a pacifier, she couldn't care less about it because she's focused on saving her country.

Instead of Clarence Oddbody, Black 🐐 Phillip intervenes in George Bailey's suicide in "It's a Delicious Life"

Michael Gingold’s Best Horror Films of 2025! https://ow.ly/xzoZ50XNRXm

Momo's verdict on Welcome to Derry: Total snoozefest Mine: Guess what I've been doing all day?

Watching Hammer's "The Mummy" (1959) and thinking about @joerlansdale.bsky.social 's "Bubba Ho-Tep"... There's a mummy accidentally sunk in a creek near a nursing home... 🤔

I really liked this www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/oc...

I'm refocusing my Substack. It's now called Deep in the Dark Heart: Perspectives on Texas Horror. It will help you discover, understand, and appreciate Texas horror in the context of the Lone Star State's history and culture. If that sounds interesting, check it out! deepinthedarkheart.substack.com

John Carpenter's Old Yeller

We are very, very close to 1,000 followers, which would be a great milestone to hit this Halloween season. If you like the show, tell your friends! Let's hit 1K!

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#thefrogisboiled Pass it on

Hypothesis: The emphasis in writing advice on word counts predisposes overwriting. Experiment: Set content goals (describe the house, explain the families, express her emotions) and reach them in as few words as possible. Solving that puzzle means better writing and more fun than typing word storms.

The right today: “Clearly, this violence was caused by the demonizing rhetoric of liberals — those psychotic communists who hate America, hate conservatives, and want to murder babies and destroy the country and your family, ...

It's gotten where pretty much anyone opining about inflammation can be dismissed as full of it. Inflammation is the latest version of stuff like the humor-imbalance hypothesis. It's another vague catch-all explanation for any and every health condition. And the quacks hawk their cures for it.

Staycation self care: Thoroughly cleaned my bedroom/office and rearranged to add an art station. New blinds and rug, too. Get ready for lots of bad sketches of that rooster!

NEW EPISODE: @claymcleod.bsky.social returns to talk about his new story collection ACQUIRED TASTE, and we dig deep into @stephenking.bsky.social's short fiction with SKELETON CREW. Plus, we celebrate our one-year anniversary! LISTEN NOW: redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...

Every time anybody calls any politically charged event or decision "a distraction" from some other thing, a jack in the box should pop up and punch them in the mouth

Amen!

Happy to have contributed a review of Joe Lansdale's story selection "The Essential Horror"... Get your Rue Morgue Halloween issue September 1 -- or better yet, subscribe!

One of my favorite horror podcasts. Check it out!

"The last thing I expected on a roasting hot first day of summer was a zombie movie sequel making me cry." open.substack.com/pub/horrorwi...

DÉJÀ BOO | Longlegs (2024) "Upon a recent second viewing at home, I’m rethinking how much of my initial response had to do with that feeling of being a part of something. Was I a marketing victim in 2024? Had I wanted to like Longlegs more than I actually did?" open.substack.com/pub/horrorwi...

REVIEW | Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow open.substack.com/pub/horrorwi...

Welcome to my house! open.substack.com/pub/horrorwi... My first Substack post. Check it out! (Bonus points if you can identify the quote in the headline/subhead.)

horrorwithak.substack.com?r=2akbs&utm_... Starting a new thing!

Hands up if you're also pondering the Amanda/Mike to Dedra/Syril spectrum

Share your favorite smile from a horror movie

Serious question: Why does anyone enjoy playing Monopoly?

@badhandbooks.bsky.social Could you please check messages through your website re: a review copy request I submitted? (Sorry to pester, but I'm on a tight deadline.) TIA

Some pics from the Gourds reunion shows over the weekend

folks again unless you have no other choice do not get in a helicopter for any goddamn reason