Cole Haddon
@colehaddon.bsky.social
Novelist, screenwriter, art fanatic. Created "DRACULA" for NBC/Sky, wrote PSALMS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, and more.
Listen to the 5AM STORYTALK PODCAST: https://pod.link/1807437928
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Listen to the 5AM STORYTALK PODCAST: https://pod.link/1807437928
Read the 5AM STORYTALK NEWSLETTER: https://colehaddon.substack.com/
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Writer-director JUSTIN SIMIEN (Dear White People) is the first guest of 5AM StoryTalk’s third season for good reason – we get into everything from Hollywood and fascism to Black cinematic history and his own creative struggles. You don’t want to miss this ep!
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“I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.” — Billy Wilder
February 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
“I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.” — Billy Wilder
Reposted by Cole Haddon
Writer-director JUSTIN SIMIEN (Dear White People) is the first guest of 5AM StoryTalk’s third season for good reason – we get into everything from Hollywood and fascism to Black cinematic history and his own creative struggles. You don’t want to miss this ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
February 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Writer-director JUSTIN SIMIEN (Dear White People) is the first guest of 5AM StoryTalk’s third season for good reason – we get into everything from Hollywood and fascism to Black cinematic history and his own creative struggles. You don’t want to miss this ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Watching the collapse of America like:
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Watching the collapse of America like:
Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Marlene Dietrich at the premiere of A STAR IS BORN, 1954.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Humphrey Bogart, Elia Kazan, and Marlene Dietrich at the premiere of A STAR IS BORN, 1954.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
“We read books to find out who we are.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
“We read books to find out who we are.” — Ursula K. Le Guin
Gorgeous independent poster for BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992).
Art by Christopher Shy.
Art by Christopher Shy.
February 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Gorgeous independent poster for BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992).
Art by Christopher Shy.
Art by Christopher Shy.
Writer-director JUSTIN SIMIEN (Dear White People) is the first guest of 5AM StoryTalk’s third season for good reason – we get into everything from Hollywood and fascism to Black cinematic history and his own creative struggles. You don’t want to miss this ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
February 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Writer-director JUSTIN SIMIEN (Dear White People) is the first guest of 5AM StoryTalk’s third season for good reason – we get into everything from Hollywood and fascism to Black cinematic history and his own creative struggles. You don’t want to miss this ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Halle Berry, 1998.
Photograph by Michael Comte.
Photograph by Michael Comte.
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Halle Berry, 1998.
Photograph by Michael Comte.
Photograph by Michael Comte.
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” — Kurt Vonnegut
February 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Where I’m writing today: Farmers Arms Daylesford Hotel. Spectacularly decorated pub, I will say. I’m looking forward to coming back to try the food here.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia
February 12, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Where I’m writing today: Farmers Arms Daylesford Hotel. Spectacularly decorated pub, I will say. I’m looking forward to coming back to try the food here.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia
FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1942.
Photograph by Jack Delano (Ukranian-American).
Photograph by Jack Delano (Ukranian-American).
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
FSA borrower who is a member of a sugar cooperative, vicinity of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1942.
Photograph by Jack Delano (Ukranian-American).
Photograph by Jack Delano (Ukranian-American).
'Woodworking' author and 'Yellowjackets' screenwriter @emilystjams.bsky.social discusses a recent trip "home" to Sioux Falls for the first time in years...and the metaphor for America she found there.
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's chat with her here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's chat with her here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What America Is Now: Going Home to Sioux Falls | Author Emily St. James #usculture #culturepodcast
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February 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
'Woodworking' author and 'Yellowjackets' screenwriter @emilystjams.bsky.social discusses a recent trip "home" to Sioux Falls for the first time in years...and the metaphor for America she found there.
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's chat with her here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's chat with her here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Nina Simone performing at Ronnie Scott's in London, 1984.
Photograph by David Corio.
Photograph by David Corio.
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Nina Simone performing at Ronnie Scott's in London, 1984.
Photograph by David Corio.
Photograph by David Corio.
“A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, ‘Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.’” — Quentin Tarantino
February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
“A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, ‘Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.’” — Quentin Tarantino
My wife, who’s on the other side of our house, on the other side of two doors, just texted me to ask me what I’m laughing so hard at.
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 AM
My wife, who’s on the other side of our house, on the other side of two doors, just texted me to ask me what I’m laughing so hard at.
From the making of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992): Michael Mann directing Steven Waddington and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
From the making of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992): Michael Mann directing Steven Waddington and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
The 5AM StoryTalk Podcast is back! Its third season kicks off with a new ep of its plog 5AM RealTalk, in which I - veteran screenwriter and novelist - dig into my creative struggles, what's going on in pop culture, and the (horrific) state of our world.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
February 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The 5AM StoryTalk Podcast is back! Its third season kicks off with a new ep of its plog 5AM RealTalk, in which I - veteran screenwriter and novelist - dig into my creative struggles, what's going on in pop culture, and the (horrific) state of our world.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
James Baldwin and Medger Evers, 1963. Later in the same year, on June 12th, Evers was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith Jr. De La Beckwith wasn’t convicted until 1994 and would die in prison.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
James Baldwin and Medger Evers, 1963. Later in the same year, on June 12th, Evers was assassinated by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith Jr. De La Beckwith wasn’t convicted until 1994 and would die in prison.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.” — Barbara Kingsolver
February 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.” — Barbara Kingsolver
Where I'm writing today: Lake Daylesford. I'm trying to work more in nature these days, though the weather hasn't wanted to cooperate.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia.
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Where I'm writing today: Lake Daylesford. I'm trying to work more in nature these days, though the weather hasn't wanted to cooperate.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia.
Location: Daylesford, Victoria - Australia.
Bloody good independent poster for DRIVE (2011).
Art by Will Rochfort.
Art by Will Rochfort.
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Bloody good independent poster for DRIVE (2011).
Art by Will Rochfort.
Art by Will Rochfort.
I asked my friend DR. KEVIN HAND — planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and director of the NASA JPL’s Ocean Worlds Lab — whether art has a role in explaining our universe. This is his answer.
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's conversation with Kevin here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's conversation with Kevin here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
NASA's Kevin Hand: Science Isn't Here to Tell Us Why #scienceexplained #scienceeducation
YouTube video by 5AM StoryTalk with Cole Haddon
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February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I asked my friend DR. KEVIN HAND — planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and director of the NASA JPL’s Ocean Worlds Lab — whether art has a role in explaining our universe. This is his answer.
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's conversation with Kevin here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Listen to the rest of 5AM StoryTalk's conversation with Kevin here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Rutger Hauer on the set of THE NIGHTHAWKS in New York, 1980.
Photograph by Bob Willoughby.
Photograph by Bob Willoughby.
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Rutger Hauer on the set of THE NIGHTHAWKS in New York, 1980.
Photograph by Bob Willoughby.
Photograph by Bob Willoughby.
"Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.” — Ray Bradbury
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
"Many people hear voices when no-one is there. Some are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.” — Ray Bradbury
Farewell to servicemen, Pennsylvania Station, New York City, 1943.
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German-American).
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German-American).
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Farewell to servicemen, Pennsylvania Station, New York City, 1943.
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German-American).
Alfred Eisenstaedt (German-American).