Some very good writing news today. Details soon.

V. Castro and Gabino Iglesias in conversation at B&N.

At Barnes and Noble, @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and @gabino.bsky.social in conversation.

The Nightwalker

Finishing Touches

Rapture

Secret Strangers

Very sad to hear of Thomas Tessier’s passing. He was one of the genre’s true greats, carving out a body of work by turns insightful and terrifying. His voice was erudite, his vision clear and disturbing.

The Killer (1989, d. John Woo)

Still one of the greatest action movies ever made.

I wish we had boring days again.

Edited one story, submitted another. Fingers crossed.

Trish, you’re its target audience. Don’t get me wrong, any lunatic nonsense I’m dead against. But this is as hilarious as can be.

Moonwalkers (2015)

One of the funniest movies ever. I won’t be taking questions.

‘Backrooms’ and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic A new spin on an old genre replaces flesh-and-blood monsters with the mundanity of modern bureaucracy.

‘Bsckrooms’ and the Rise of the Institutional Gothic thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/backrooms-an...

The Horror Tree interviews Ramsey Campbell. If you’ve never read the master’s work, you might find Incarnate a good starting point. horrortree.com/an-interview...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Zeppo (S3E13)

Tonight’s episode: The Zeppo.

With the number of rejections I’ve collected from divers markets over the past week, it’s a challenge to not take it personally.

Bright Segments: The Complete Short Fiction of James Sallis

Man, Sallis could write.

The Future of Horror Movies Is on YouTube Many of the strangest, most striking horror films, from “The Night of the Living Dead” to “The Blair Witch Project,” come from first-timers working on shoestring budgets—but these days Hollywood is lo...

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Oh, absolutely agree on all counts.

I used to say Stanley Kubrick was my favorite director. I had reasons. Take a look at his filmography and you’ll understand why I stood by that. And then I started thinking and realizing that John Carpenter more resembled the inside of my brain.

They Live

THEY LIVE is one of the greatest documentaries ever made. I won’t be taking questions.

All the cops in the donut shops say…

Beavis and Butthead Do America is one of the funniest movies ever made. I won’t be taking questions.

Note to self: Read more Don Winslow.

Self portrait in orange.

Two years ago today I was wheeled into the operating room to undergo bypass surgery, after repeated angina and avoiding a widowmaker heart attack by mere weeks.

To my own amazement, I’m still here.

Finished a story for the first time in far too long.

02/07/2026 BLACK HISTORY MONTH: P.M. Raymond Uncomfortably Dark honors Black Authors during Black History Month.

02/07/2026 BLACK HISTORY MONTH: P.M. Raymond www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/02-07-2...

THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘BLACULA’ L. Marie Wood looks into Blacula as horror with its eye firmly on the real world; examining police violence, queerness, segregation, and cultural tension through Prince Mamuwalde’s tragedy.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘BLACULA’ nighttidemag.com/2026/02/05/m...

The Seatbelts - Gotta' Knock A Little Harder (Badlands) YouTube video by Lonely gynoid number 2046

“Break down the door.”

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Enjoy! It’s among my favorite novels in any genre.

Seven (More) Favorite Horror Books

Fever Dream by S. Schweblin
Unboxed by B. Morgan
Crypt of the Moon Spider by N. Ballingrud
Killer on the Road by S. G. Jones
Incidents Around the House by J. Malerman
Corpsemouth by @mrgaunt.bsky.social
Experimental Film by @gemmafiles.bsky.social

Seven Favorite Horror Books

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
Keeper of the Children by William H. Hallahan
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Carrie by Stephen King
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite (Billy Martin)

Blade Runner Live.

Tonight.

One Battle After Another

Reds

Last night’s movie vs. tonight’s movie.

I see a pattern.