Happy belated birthday!!!

Happy belated Laird!!!

The Spew - Reactor A man is hired to transcribe the words of a mysterious woman who speaks in "spews" during self-induced trances, but he soon discovers an intriguing story coalescing within her seemingly incoherent ram...

A man is hired to transcribe the words of a woman who speaks during self-induced trances, but he soon discovers an intriguing story coalescing within her incoherent rambles...

"The Spew" by @jeffreyford8.bsky.social is now available at Reactor!
Art by Carter Gill
Edited by @datlow.bsky.social

I would read your newsletter

The Naming Song Check out The Naming Song - <p><b>A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro.</b><br><br>“<i>The Naming Song</i> understands the fundamental magic of langu...

1) bookshop.org is offering free shipping today
2) The Naming Song is just out in paperback
3) bookshop.org sells many other excellent books, some with trains, some without
4) I was driving alongside a train for a minute yesterday and it was awesome
5) Thank you

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Big big thanks as always to @sleyhousepresents.bsky.social for this lovely, thoughtful, fun, and funny interview!
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Homeward Books: The home for books without a home Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.

There's a lot of stupid shit happening in the world but we still decided to start a small press. www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...

Purchased—looking forward to it (as always)!

Cover of The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt

Now available in bookstores and libraries everywhere! The October Film Haunt is my debut novel and a love letter to horror films and all of us who carry them in our hearts. And, if I may say so, pretty damned scary.

Sappier stuff after I visit a bookstore.

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❤️

Happy onsale day to the great @danchaon.bsky.social and One of Us!

Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

I... oh my god.
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I believe it!

Rewatching the original series now for the first time in (gulp) 35 years with one of my kids and am absolutely blown away by how good she is, especially (and surprisingly, at least to me) as Maddy!

Where the magic happens—now in Technicolor!

Very sorry for your loss.

Cover art for The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, featuring Odilon redon art of a face in a dark sun ringed by a corona. Pink, ochre, and blue hues.

It's a new day, a new month, and we continue to seek joy.

Announcing the inaugural volume of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, coming November.

Details:

bio.site/bestweirdfic...

So cool. I'm reading The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
right now and this is something right out of that novel.

Ahhhhh!!!! So good!

I love an action-packed outing and a call for a sequel!

That is such a weird and cool book!

45-year mystery behind eerie photo from The Shining is believed to be solved | CBC Radio The Shining is hailed as a spine-tingling horror classic, gripping audiences with its chilling psychological twists. It’s also mired with countless conspiracy theories. Now, one of those theories has ...

After many years, the source photograph for the legendary shot from The Shining has been identified! Fascinating story.

www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Happy birthday Laird (and happy Laird's birthday, Jessica)!

Our second review of the day is for @robertlevy.bsky.social wonderful collection from @wordhorde.bsky.social NO ONE DIES FROM LOVE www.queerbrutes.com/m-o1.html

Fun! (But maybe you mean Thursday?)

This explains so much!

Next Wednesday at our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, join us with guests David D. Levine & Robert Levy, Oct 11th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all!

(Also check out our podcast: “Fantastic Fiction at KGB” at your favorite pod site!)

@datlow.bsky.social

This is tonight! Join Daniel Marcus and me to savor the stories of @robertlevy.bsky.social and @kcgrifant.bsky.social !