just spent over a month’s rent on basic household essentials so you bet your butt I’m sharing this again lol

She's right

Please speak up. Record your objection. This is crucially important.

NEW EPISODE CJ Leede (@ceejthemoment.bsky.social) joins the show this week! We talk about her new novel HEADLIGHTS and dive into the book that directly inspired it, Stephen King's THE SHINING! LISTEN NOW:

In man or fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority.

And you can read all 22 installments of Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author for the low, low price of FREE whenever ya like, over at @shortwavebooks.bsky.social Magazine: shortwavepublishing.com/magazine-sec...

An independent U.N. commission said that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted children in Gaza, amounting to genocide. The commission said it found a pattern of behavior that reflected a strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians.

Molly is awesome and you should throw a few gold pieces at this worthy endeavor.

federal law lets border agents treat green card holders returning from trips abroad like newcomers to this country only "seeking admission" if they've "committed a crime involving moral turpitude" how do agents know when someone has committed such a crime? WELL 🥴 ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/blanc...

And YFAFA is going out (for now) with an absolute banger. Join me as I chat with @robertottone.bsky.social about his favorite author... @johnlangan.bsky.social. Believe me this column has been one of my favorite things I've done professionally. And this one's no exception!

Buying your ticket in advance would be extremely helpful! @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social is a great shop and could use the support, as, obviously, could I.

ONE WEEK. There may be door prizes. There will definitely be @johnlangan.bsky.social (not a door prize). www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-par...

love to learn what rights the Guardian Council has deleted by decree this week

Troubled U.S. Marshal Virgil Bone is sent to a remote island community to retrieve the corpse of a fugitive, only to be trapped by severe Atlantic storms. That very night, the Isle’s only constable is brutally murdered, and Bone is asked to investigate.

"The only techniques I had were almost exactly opposite to what I needed. They were the techniques of genre fiction: making a narrative, making a synopsis, following the synopsis, making the causalities plain, following the causalities. And none of that would do." www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

"The tiny writ­ing reads: 'John Lan­gan hal­ted here 7th August 1726.' It was awar­ded the title of the coun­try's old­est piece of graf­fiti." Isn't that funny? I mean, there's no way it's referring to *our* @johnlangan.bsky.social, right? Right? 😳 www.pressreader.com/ireland/iris...

the room seeming almost supernaturally quiet after these orgies, I began to congratulate myself

One month until UNNAMED BONES is a thing in the world so I'm sharing these blurbs from some brilliant and generous authors. Thank you @johnlangan.bsky.social @adamcesare.bsky.social @paultremblay.bsky.social @annfrairv.bsky.social and @robertottone.bsky.social for your time and your kind words. 🖤

#Juneteenth #BlackLiberation Artist: @slyngstad.bsky.social

"These are Black archives, not simply archives of blackness." From the LARB archives: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/black-archives-not-archives-of-blackness-on-laura-heltons-scattered-and-fugitive-things/

I simply do not understand how moving humanity to a planet that at a minimum doesn’t sustain any complex lifeforms would be an easier or better alternative than bringing the temperature back down slightly on ours

Six award-winning Horror novels from @stephengrahamjones.com for $20 where 50% of your purchase goes to fight book bans?! Yes, please and thank you. 💙📚🩸 (H/t to @raforall.bsky.social for posting about this) It's only for a limited time- get on this:

7 The Fisherman, by…oh…what’s the fellow’s name…tip of my tongue…why, it’s @johnlangan.bsky.social! (@undertow.bsky.social, 2020, first hardcover edition)

CALL FOR COVER ARTISTS Myself and @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social are seeking a cover artist. Professional payment. Anyone welcome to submit. Details here: www.briankeene.com/news/call-fo...

Oh shit! I almost missed it, but it's still Thursday here!

@natcassidy.bsky.social @nickygee.bsky.social @nicholaskaufmann.bsky.social @briankeene.bsky.social @johnlangan.bsky.social @victorlavalle.bsky.social @tanyapell.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/christophe...

“We believe it is right that the strong should help the weak to defend their freedom.” - President Lyndon B. Johnson He was a lifelong member of the Democratic Party, a Congressman, Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President under JFK, and then became the 36th President of the United States.

Happy Obama Appreciation Day! #ObamaDay #ObamaAppreciationDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKHQ...

Good morning! It's #ObamaAppreciationDay Come let us adore you and we do! 💚

♥️🤍💙 ♥️🤍💙 ♥️🤍💙 A true leader who inspired us to be great. #June14 #BarackObama #ObamaAppreciationDay

Remembering when President Obama played with his furry furrend on the south lawn of Our WhiteHouse. Obama never needed to hire anyone to like or be around him. He never needed to stage a carnival for attention. Happy #ObamaAppreciationDay #Pinks #Voices4Victory

Happy #ObamaAppreciationDay from this part of the 🌏!! 💙🎉

Amerzern currently has the hardcovers for the first two CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD sequels super cheap in hardcover (<10 bucks). Please buy them and preorder book 4. Grateful for the first book and what it’s done for my career, but the sequels, to me, creatively, are where it’s at.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —Barack Obama #quote #BarackObama #ObamaAppreciationDay #WeAreThdChangeThatWeSeek #SheShed

AYE WE’RE GONNA HAVE A CEILIDH ON THE COP SLIDE BOYOS

As a person of the trans persuasion, it was wild to see the NYT turn against us as an institutional position. The columnists even spoke in semi-coded language that softened the ugliness beneath. Here Sebastian Junger goes into the NYT’s hypocrisy from his own POV. open.substack.com/pub/sebastia...

I missed this yesterday but that's fine because to me this movie is timeless. The sincerity, effort, & the pure accomplishment of the special effects make them 1,000 times more evocative and special to me than any modern big budget blockbuster w CGI. I love it.

Just in case there are any scaffolding enthusiasts not already watching. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm...

Load up on eBooks during our weekend sale. 10% off everything. Titles by @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @alexgrecian.bsky.social @toddkeisling.com @lairdbarron.bsky.social @inkwellmonster.bsky.social @michaelwehunt.bsky.social and more. badhandbooks.com/ebooks

RIP David Hockney. You taught me that eternity is the present moment which is now.

It just keeps getting better! Come celebrate with me and @johnlangan.bsky.social at @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-par...

@johnlangan.bsky.social ★★★★★ The first book I’ve read by Mr. John Langan. Just as the story slowly finds its footing, an epic tale suddenly cuts across it, splitting the narrative in two while taking on a unique, mysterious character of its own. I’m especially fond of this kind of structure.

Just Announced. @johnlangan.bsky.social and me in conversation @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social in Concord, NH 7/31/26. Exactly 3 months before Halloween. Both of us fresh off Bram Stoker Award wins! Don't miss it. Details and registration here: gibsonsbookstore.com/event/why-i-...

My sophomore novel comes out at the end of this month! It's queer, political, magical, and the great @johnlangan.bsky.social compared it to Thomas Pynchon. bsky.app/profile/carr...

Keeneversations - Episode 47 Brian, @timwaggoner.bsky.social, @johnlangan.bsky.social, & @michaelcisco.bsky.social come to grips with where they now find themselves, and @texascthulhu.bsky.social gets some foreshadowing for what he can expect twenty years from now. www.briankeene.com/news/john-la...

art by ken currie -- a very special congratulations to Bangin' John Langan, @johnlangan.bsky.social -- on his Stoker win. you should be reading him ... he's certainly reading you ...

Everything @johnlangan.bsky.social does every year should win the thing every year. Unless @lairdbarron.bsky.social did a thing in the same category, in which case it’s Amok Time and good luck with the kal-if-fee, y’all.

Signed up the SGJ books at these two cool joints in Edinburgh, Scotland. And saw some friends as well: @victorlavalle.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @johnlangan.bsky.social

Congrats to all the Stoker Award winners, including @johnlangan.bsky.social and @stephengrahamjones.com. Hope everyone had a good time! See ya next year!