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Posts by The King of Pain, John F.D. Taff

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All The Stars Die: Cosmic Horror Novellas Modern horror's King of Pain, the World Fantasy Award-a…

My book is out and could use some readers. ALL THE STARS DIE. Six cosmic horror novellas. "Beautifully written stories that evoke a kind of pleasant, comforting nihilism. Existential dread meets bucolic nostalgia."

Give it a read and let me know what you think.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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In a run-off, I never believed I'd have the Catholic Church over Trump, but since this is the worst timeline, here we are.

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2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Congratulations to all of the Locus Awards top ten finalists! These results are from the February 1 to April 1 voting by readers on an open public ballot. The Locus Awards winners will be announced…

Well I am very surprised. WHY I LOVE HORROR is a finalist for a Locus Award. For this book to be embraced by the Horror community made me so happy, but to see it crossing into the larger "speculative" space is beyond what I thought possible.

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Hey, thanks for this! Glad you're enjoying ALL THE STARS DIE.

I love your "existential dread meets bucolic nostalgia." That's a perfect description.

And yay! Guster!

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We coulda had taco trucks everywhere.

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of all the things that never happened this never happened the most

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Thanks, Stephanie!

And you're right about Cindy!

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You absolutely cannot separate the artist and the art without contributing to the persecution of trans people. Boycott everything Potter.

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It’s release day! YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BLED is out in the world now, yours if you’ll have it. Get it wherever you get your books. 💜🌙🩸 @badhandbooks.bsky.social

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Happy launch day to @toddkeisling.com, whose novel, DEVIL'S CREEK, and collection, COLD, BLACK & INFINITE, are back from the abyss! Get them wherever books are sold.

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Jesus. F*cking. Christ.

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Speaker Johnson threatens us with a good time

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Hey friends, readers, spooky folks. If you’ve read The Denizens and have a chance to leave a review on the ‘Zon, it would be greatly appreciated. Frustratingly, those things do help. All the 🖤.

Photo: Erica Robyn

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Perhaps not the worst human evar, but he's right up there.

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Worst. President. Evar.

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No Gods for Drowning Amazon.com: No Gods for Drowning eBook : Piper, Hailey: Books

Paperback and eBook versions of NO GODS FOR DROWNING by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social are available for pre-order. The wait is almost over...this title drops March 3. That's just over one week!

Get it:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Still a great book with great authors and great stories... now at a great price!

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@knecessary.bsky.social

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Yes, order this collection! Uhh....please? Pretty please with sugar on top?

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I am also the King of Sucker Punches!"

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Oh, and FUCK ICE!!!

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All the Stars Die: Cosmic Horror Novellas Amazon.com: All the Stars Die: Cosmic Horror Novellas eBook : Taff, John F.D.: Books

Here's a great review of ALL THE STARS DIE from the fine folks @horrordna.bsky.social

You might enjoy it, too!

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url=www.horrordna.com/books/all-the-stars-die-...

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Well, thanks, Toby. I'm blushing, but I'm also glad you enjoyed ALL THE STARS DIE!

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Thanks, man! I think you're gonna like it.

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Well it's evolving news, Michael. But yeah, this'll probably add another 200- 250 pages to the original text. As @badhandbooks.bsky.social quietly sweats as I write...

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Oh wow! Feels like this second chunk that’s being written now is fresh news? Or did I somehow forget this entirely? This is fantastic news, John!

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This is true. Two new chunks are being added, one previously published with limited distribution and another I'm writing now.

In the end, this Final Edition of The Fearing will be about half again the size of the original edition.

Order it today!

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Thanks! I hope we have another happy reader!

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You might try THE END IN ALL BEGINNINGS, my Stoker Award nominated collection or ALL THE STARS DIE, my cosmic horror collection.

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It absolutely does, and it's to DARK STARS what Stephen King's "The Mist" is to DARK FORCES.

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