Daniel Kraus
@danielkraus.com
NYT bestselling writer (books, TV, film). Whalefall, Creepshow, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Rotters, The Autumnal, 20+ more, visit the site or just trust me.
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This is just straight up bonkers. ANGEL DOWN is a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025.
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I forgot to post my beautiful Christmas gift from my children yesterday! It’s the @sstpublications.bsky.social edition of my favorite book Whalefall by @danielkraus.com with illustrations by Vincent Sammy, it is absolutely gorgeous!!! #books
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I forgot to post my beautiful Christmas gift from my children yesterday! It’s the @sstpublications.bsky.social edition of my favorite book Whalefall by @danielkraus.com with illustrations by Vincent Sammy, it is absolutely gorgeous!!! #books
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My favorite books of 2025
Nicholas Binge’s ‘Dissolution’ leads my picks for the past year. (If you like books about time travel, you’re gonna love this list.)
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December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My favorite books of 2025 www.theomnicosm.com/my-favorite-...
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Whalefall has to be one of the saddest and most beautiful words I’ve ever read or heard
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Whalefall has to be one of the saddest and most beautiful words I’ve ever read or heard
I’ve been doing this for years. Feels good on the eyes.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
After switching her phone to black and white, Julia Angwin writes, “an invisible cord had been severed. I would leave my phone in my room when I walked from my home office to the kitchen. I would forget to check it for hours instead of minutes.”
After switching her phone to black and white, Julia Angwin writes, “an invisible cord had been severed. I would leave my phone in my room when I walked from my home office to the kitchen. I would forget to check it for hours instead of minutes.”
Opinion | Let Your Phone Go Gray
Julia Angwin turns her iPhone screen to gray and learns a lot about her relationship with her phone.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I’ve been doing this for years. Feels good on the eyes.
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Listening to @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN with Tucker on our drive to NC and I love this book so much more each time I read it, it’s an absolute masterpiece
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Listening to @danielkraus.com ANGEL DOWN with Tucker on our drive to NC and I love this book so much more each time I read it, it’s an absolute masterpiece
I'm working today. Why? Yes, part of it is that I'm obsessed, and part of it is that I don't celebrate holidays much.
But part of it solidarity with everyone who *has* to work today -- as I did, for many years, at hourly-wage jobs. I'm there with you in spirit, my friends. Let's do this!
But part of it solidarity with everyone who *has* to work today -- as I did, for many years, at hourly-wage jobs. I'm there with you in spirit, my friends. Let's do this!
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm working today. Why? Yes, part of it is that I'm obsessed, and part of it is that I don't celebrate holidays much.
But part of it solidarity with everyone who *has* to work today -- as I did, for many years, at hourly-wage jobs. I'm there with you in spirit, my friends. Let's do this!
But part of it solidarity with everyone who *has* to work today -- as I did, for many years, at hourly-wage jobs. I'm there with you in spirit, my friends. Let's do this!
A reminder that I have written a holiday tale that explains the grisly origins of Christmas stockings! With the incredible Wayshak!
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A reminder that I have written a holiday tale that explains the grisly origins of Christmas stockings! With the incredible Wayshak!
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ANGEL DOWN is so effing good. The prose, the metaphors, striking.
Yes, it's my Christmas week read. You know, angels and all. Thematic. Something like that.
1917-style one-shot movie when? 💙📚
Yes, it's my Christmas week read. You know, angels and all. Thematic. Something like that.
1917-style one-shot movie when? 💙📚
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
ANGEL DOWN is so effing good. The prose, the metaphors, striking.
Yes, it's my Christmas week read. You know, angels and all. Thematic. Something like that.
1917-style one-shot movie when? 💙📚
Yes, it's my Christmas week read. You know, angels and all. Thematic. Something like that.
1917-style one-shot movie when? 💙📚
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My thoughts on Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus
#Horror #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy #WorldWarI #Thriller #AngelDown #NetGalley #booksreview #booksreview #booksky
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#Horror #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy #WorldWarI #Thriller #AngelDown #NetGalley #booksreview #booksreview #booksky
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Maria Beltrami's review of Angel Down
5/5: A novel that, in some ways, due to the horrors it describes and how it describes them, bears a certain resemblance to All Quiet on the Western Front. What is the creature that the group of army r...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My thoughts on Angel Down, by Daniel Kraus
#Horror #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy #WorldWarI #Thriller #AngelDown #NetGalley #booksreview #booksreview #booksky
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#Horror #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy #WorldWarI #Thriller #AngelDown #NetGalley #booksreview #booksreview #booksky
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Breaking my week off social media to recommend this book. As I told @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social , it has roller coaster pacing and an excellent abuse of punctuation.
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Breaking my week off social media to recommend this book. As I told @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social , it has roller coaster pacing and an excellent abuse of punctuation.
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It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I've started listening to ANGEL DOWN and on audio you can't even tell it's only one sentence. It's just this frantic back and forth and it feels so authentic. What a book. 💙📚
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I've started listening to ANGEL DOWN and on audio you can't even tell it's only one sentence. It's just this frantic back and forth and it feels so authentic. What a book. 💙📚
Best episode yet. I went and followed @kristenklopez.bsky.social everywhere!
We’re back, friends! And @kristenklopez.bsky.social is here with us, dropping some knowledge.
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Best episode yet. I went and followed @kristenklopez.bsky.social everywhere!
THIS BOOK WILL MELT YOUR MIND 🪐😱🩸
December 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
THIS BOOK WILL MELT YOUR MIND 🪐😱🩸
MODERN CLASSIC
Re-reading @daviddemchuk.com's RED X for a fun reason I can tell you about soon, and man this thing is a heater. A mosaic of pain and anxiety and loss, sprawling but tight, mysterious but immediate and frightening. Banger.
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
MODERN CLASSIC
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Very cool close to the year to have our truly Indie flick mentioned by The NY Times! 🙏
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December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Very cool close to the year to have our truly Indie flick mentioned by The NY Times! 🙏
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Still looking for the perfect gift for the horror reader in your life? Drop by threadsofdread.com to pick up a Jade Daniels tee, Weasel Plume hoodie, or KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES tee for your @sgj.bsky.social fan, or a 43rd Butcher Birds tee celebrating @danielkraus.com's ANGEL DOWN!
December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Still looking for the perfect gift for the horror reader in your life? Drop by threadsofdread.com to pick up a Jade Daniels tee, Weasel Plume hoodie, or KILLER ON THE ROAD / THE BABYSITTER LIVES tee for your @sgj.bsky.social fan, or a 43rd Butcher Birds tee celebrating @danielkraus.com's ANGEL DOWN!
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Come to celebrate new books from Rowan Beaird, Sarah Bruni, @danielkraus.com, Lisa Low, @adrianmatejka.bsky.social, Naeem Murr, Meredith Nnoka. RSVP at the form in the link below and we can’t wait to see you in January!!!
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December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Come to celebrate new books from Rowan Beaird, Sarah Bruni, @danielkraus.com, Lisa Low, @adrianmatejka.bsky.social, Naeem Murr, Meredith Nnoka. RSVP at the form in the link below and we can’t wait to see you in January!!!
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Best books I read this year:
- The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
- At Swim Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien
- The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
- At Swim Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Best books I read this year:
- The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
- At Swim Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien
- The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
- At Swim Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien
Rotters
its been four months since daniel kraus last mentioned rotters in passing
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Rotters
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I’ve read 45 books this year (so far) but kept seeing everyone’s fun lil Best of 2025 lists and didn’t want to be left out so here are 10 books that I read this year that I adored & 3 I did not care for 🩷 #booksky
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I’ve read 45 books this year (so far) but kept seeing everyone’s fun lil Best of 2025 lists and didn’t want to be left out so here are 10 books that I read this year that I adored & 3 I did not care for 🩷 #booksky
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Becky Spratford is the unassuming champion behind the rise in horror lit. “To me, Becky is the spark plug, lynchpin, head coach and fairy godmother of horror,” says author Daniel Kraus.
Chicagoan of the Year in Books: If you’re into horror, thank the librarian Becky Spratford
She’s the unassuming champion behind the rise in horror lit. “To me, Becky is the spark plug, lynchpin, head coach and fairy godmother of horror,” says author Daniel Kraus.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Becky Spratford is the unassuming champion behind the rise in horror lit. “To me, Becky is the spark plug, lynchpin, head coach and fairy godmother of horror,” says author Daniel Kraus.
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Honestly, between the Make-a-Wish bullshit for a dying oligarch, the announcement of the 2026 Hunger Games, the Mar-A-Lago Marla Maples story, and now the cruel, vicious attack on trans kids, I just... I just can't. That's just one day. So disgusted with everyone facilitating this ridiculous evil.
December 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Honestly, between the Make-a-Wish bullshit for a dying oligarch, the announcement of the 2026 Hunger Games, the Mar-A-Lago Marla Maples story, and now the cruel, vicious attack on trans kids, I just... I just can't. That's just one day. So disgusted with everyone facilitating this ridiculous evil.