Bryan Smith
@bryansmith.bsky.social
Horror writer. Author of DEPRAVED, 68 KILL, etc. Story "Every Dog Has Its Day" in THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING'S THE STAND. New novel MONSTROUS forthcoming from Flame Tree Press.
https://www.bryansmithauthor.com/
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Bryan Smith
@bryansmith.bsky.social
· Sep 6
By now new followers who came here after reading my story in IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD may know I'm mostly known for my work in the splatter/extreme genre. If you're looking for something more like "Every Dog Has Its Day", the novel of mine you're gonna want to look into is SLOWLY WE ROT.
Watching on Peacock.
January 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Watching on Peacock.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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If what you’re doing at midnight on New Year’s Eve determines the course of your next year, I’m going to be doing a lot of drinking Glenfiddich on my own in the dark while reading a good book. Fucking brilliant.
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
If what you’re doing at midnight on New Year’s Eve determines the course of your next year, I’m going to be doing a lot of drinking Glenfiddich on my own in the dark while reading a good book. Fucking brilliant.
Well, shit, I guess I'll be drinking Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout all year. There are worse fates.
I’ve heard that some believe that whatever you’re doing on New Year’s Eve you’ll be doing for the rest of the year. So that’s me booked for a year of screaming at the top of my lungs, “Fuck You 2025 and all y’all assholes who starred in it.”
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Well, shit, I guess I'll be drinking Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout all year. There are worse fates.
The Netflix servers are going to crash about ten minutes from now, aren’t they?
January 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The Netflix servers are going to crash about ten minutes from now, aren’t they?
As someone who considers himself a very jaded reader, I just want to note that @natcassidy.bsky.social's When the Wolf Comes Home (which I haven't yet finished) features the first character death in a while that made me go, "Oh, goddamn you." Anyway, great book so far.
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
As someone who considers himself a very jaded reader, I just want to note that @natcassidy.bsky.social's When the Wolf Comes Home (which I haven't yet finished) features the first character death in a while that made me go, "Oh, goddamn you." Anyway, great book so far.
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Watching on Hulu.
December 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Watching on Hulu.
A View to a Shrug.
Make a Bond film casual:
From Russia With Like
From Russia With Like
Make a Bond film casual:
Sandraker
Sandraker
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A View to a Shrug.
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
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I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
Opinion | Martin Scorsese: ‘Rob Reiner Was My Friend’
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.
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Here’s the last of three Christmas-themed pieces from the Fango newsletter that I repurposed for the site this week. Thanks to @crazysexyghoul.bsky.social for encouraging me to republish them.
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Surviving Christmas
Christmas is a tough time for a lot of people. Let us use horror movies to get through it if we want!
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December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Here’s the last of three Christmas-themed pieces from the Fango newsletter that I repurposed for the site this week. Thanks to @crazysexyghoul.bsky.social for encouraging me to republish them.
www.fangoria.com/surviving-ch...
www.fangoria.com/surviving-ch...
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As has been discussed elsewhere, Pluribus is the best thing that artistically and metaphorically describes the AI discourse, without that being an impact font THUMBNAIL spoonfeeder.
It even unpacks this theme in ways that some people who don't understand nor like the show *complain* about it.
It even unpacks this theme in ways that some people who don't understand nor like the show *complain* about it.
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As has been discussed elsewhere, Pluribus is the best thing that artistically and metaphorically describes the AI discourse, without that being an impact font THUMBNAIL spoonfeeder.
It even unpacks this theme in ways that some people who don't understand nor like the show *complain* about it.
It even unpacks this theme in ways that some people who don't understand nor like the show *complain* about it.
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Once again: fuck everyone who voted to put this deranged narcissist back in office. If you don’t lose your shirt in his economy I hope you get ass boils
The president is apparently celebrating Festivus and the airing of the grievance is about 45 minutes too late.
December 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Once again: fuck everyone who voted to put this deranged narcissist back in office. If you don’t lose your shirt in his economy I hope you get ass boils
I find a whole lot of this extremely relatable, as I suspect quite a few other people will.
Christmastime is a lot of things to a lot of people, and some traditions make more sense to me than others. Reflecting and taking inventory of the past 12 months? Well, it’s the end of the year, the winter solstice; that certainly makes sense. Embracing the spirit of giving, and helping those in…
A Fango Christmas Ghost Story
Christmastime is a lot of things to a lot of people, and some traditions make more sense to me than others. Reflecting and taking inventory of the past 12 months? Well, it’s the end of the year, the winter solstice; that certainly makes sense. Embracing the spirit of giving, and helping those in need? That’s...
dlvr.it
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I find a whole lot of this extremely relatable, as I suspect quite a few other people will.
Have to admit, I have had similar thoughts when the first two issues arrived here, wondering if the postman thinks it's a survivalist or even a doomsday cult thing. Also wondered what neighbors might make of it if it ever got misdelivered to them.
Today's mail brought the latest issue of The End Times, the serialized novel from @benjaminpercy.bsky.social and @stephenking.bsky.social, published by @badhandbooks.bsky.social, and I find myself wondering what my local post office makes of it. Do they think I subscribe to a survivalist newspaper?
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Have to admit, I have had similar thoughts when the first two issues arrived here, wondering if the postman thinks it's a survivalist or even a doomsday cult thing. Also wondered what neighbors might make of it if it ever got misdelivered to them.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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My new favorite shirt.
December 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
My new favorite shirt.
My personal top three horror movies of the year are Weapons, Sinners, and The Ugly Stepsister. I'd actually have a hard time making a number one pick between those three. If pressed, it'd probably come down to a tossup between Weapons and Stepsister. Honorable mention to The Monkey.
FYI: In a year overflowing with incredible horror, it's hard to narrow it down! But in the end, we managed. Here are Fango's top picks for the best horror movies of 2025. Did yours make the list?
The 25 Best Horror Movies Of 2025: Vampires, Witches, And Zombies Ruled The Screen
In a year overflowing with incredible horror, it's hard to narrow it down! But in the end, we managed. Here are Fango's top picks for the best horror movies of 2025. Did yours make the list?
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My personal top three horror movies of the year are Weapons, Sinners, and The Ugly Stepsister. I'd actually have a hard time making a number one pick between those three. If pressed, it'd probably come down to a tossup between Weapons and Stepsister. Honorable mention to The Monkey.
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In short, using AI in your writing is among the dumbest things you can do as a writer as it exposes you to potential legal action while affording you zero legal protections. AI is a nightmare box for idiots. Don't fall into the trap of shortcutting your writing career.
December 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In short, using AI in your writing is among the dumbest things you can do as a writer as it exposes you to potential legal action while affording you zero legal protections. AI is a nightmare box for idiots. Don't fall into the trap of shortcutting your writing career.
After watching the latest episode of Pluribus, I was upset to find that next week's episode is the season finale. I am irrationally bothered by streaming shows with an odd number of episodes, 9 instead of 8 or 10 or whatever. But mainly I'm just not ready for the season to end yet.
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
After watching the latest episode of Pluribus, I was upset to find that next week's episode is the season finale. I am irrationally bothered by streaming shows with an odd number of episodes, 9 instead of 8 or 10 or whatever. But mainly I'm just not ready for the season to end yet.
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Next: Every Dog Has His Day by Bryan Smith. This one feels very like the opening bits of The Stand with Frannie and Harold. It’s all about the loss of any purpose, finding yourself suddenly in an alien world, and trying to find one anyway. I dug it.
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Next: Every Dog Has His Day by Bryan Smith. This one feels very like the opening bits of The Stand with Frannie and Harold. It’s all about the loss of any purpose, finding yourself suddenly in an alien world, and trying to find one anyway. I dug it.
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Love it or hate it the Zune is here to stay, google+ is here to stay, the Blackberry is here to stay, the Sinclair C5 is here to stay, the NEC PC Engine is here to stay, Enron is here to stay, Theranos is here to stay, Worldcom is here to stay etc etc etc.
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Love it or hate it the Zune is here to stay, google+ is here to stay, the Blackberry is here to stay, the Sinclair C5 is here to stay, the NEC PC Engine is here to stay, Enron is here to stay, Theranos is here to stay, Worldcom is here to stay etc etc etc.