Jack Guignol
@jackguignol.bsky.social
Dolorous Exhumation Press | Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque blog | co-host of the Bad Books for Bad People podcast | linktr.ee/Misterguignol
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We're back with our annual Best of the Year episode! Join us to find out what we enjoyed in 2025. We've got monster squads, sleazy tunes, spooky good-time tv, and more! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 90: Best of 2025 — Bad Books for Bad People
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2025 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rules of engagement are simple: the hosts each choose ...
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All that *and* Super Vixens!
My solution: play games with cool people rather than talk about them with randos! It was *always* the answer.
The RPG discourse and takes are extenuating and, frankly, off-putting. I'm at the point where I'm getting more detached from my hobby and more into my day job, because the latter has positive outcomes and is non-toxic.
On the other hand I'm beginning to read papers on Sumer sorcery and that's nice.
On the other hand I'm beginning to read papers on Sumer sorcery and that's nice.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
My solution: play games with cool people rather than talk about them with randos! It was *always* the answer.
There is literally no good reason to repost twenty things in a row here, man.
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
There is literally no good reason to repost twenty things in a row here, man.
Three more otherworld entities served by cults in Krevborna talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/krom...
Krom Krulek, Lilinesh, Malistrad
Three more patron entities with dangerous cults in Krevborna. Krom Krulek, The Crawling King Krom Krulek is a chthonic entity from the Outer...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Three more otherworld entities served by cults in Krevborna talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/krom...
Film 1 of 2026: Eyes of Fire (1983)
Eyes of Fire is an incredibly strange American folk horror. A heretical preacher and his flock abscond from their community to settle their cult deep into the "unknown" frontier, but they encounter a "devil witch" and her clay-smeared minions in the territory.
Eyes of Fire is an incredibly strange American folk horror. A heretical preacher and his flock abscond from their community to settle their cult deep into the "unknown" frontier, but they encounter a "devil witch" and her clay-smeared minions in the territory.
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Film 1 of 2026: Eyes of Fire (1983)
Eyes of Fire is an incredibly strange American folk horror. A heretical preacher and his flock abscond from their community to settle their cult deep into the "unknown" frontier, but they encounter a "devil witch" and her clay-smeared minions in the territory.
Eyes of Fire is an incredibly strange American folk horror. A heretical preacher and his flock abscond from their community to settle their cult deep into the "unknown" frontier, but they encounter a "devil witch" and her clay-smeared minions in the territory.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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my man kellogg spinning in his grave right now
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
my man kellogg spinning in his grave right now
Nobody missed this, right? RIGHT? Anyway, Bad Books for Bad People is back with a best of the year episode talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
Best of 2025
Bad Books for Bad People, Episode 90: Best of 2025 Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2025 and make so...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Nobody missed this, right? RIGHT? Anyway, Bad Books for Bad People is back with a best of the year episode talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
There is a character in my novel that talks like that, and it's supposed to be obvious that he's evil and weird.
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
There is a character in my novel that talks like that, and it's supposed to be obvious that he's evil and weird.
Book 1 of 2026: @joshrountree.bsky.social, The Unkillable Frank Lightning
Killer premise that is absolutely delivered on in the novel: Frankenstein's monster in a Wild West show, hunted by his wife because she wants to end his unnatural existence. I had a TON of fun reading this one!
Killer premise that is absolutely delivered on in the novel: Frankenstein's monster in a Wild West show, hunted by his wife because she wants to end his unnatural existence. I had a TON of fun reading this one!
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Book 1 of 2026: @joshrountree.bsky.social, The Unkillable Frank Lightning
Killer premise that is absolutely delivered on in the novel: Frankenstein's monster in a Wild West show, hunted by his wife because she wants to end his unnatural existence. I had a TON of fun reading this one!
Killer premise that is absolutely delivered on in the novel: Frankenstein's monster in a Wild West show, hunted by his wife because she wants to end his unnatural existence. I had a TON of fun reading this one!
Blogged about stuff I enjoyed in December talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/tota...
Total Skull: December, 2025
All the things that thrilled me in December, 2025: Michael McDowell, Katie Michael McDowell's Katie was my 100th book of the year; I made a...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Blogged about stuff I enjoyed in December talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/01/tota...
All that *and* Super Vixens!
We're back with our annual Best of the Year episode! Join us to find out what we enjoyed in 2025. We've got monster squads, sleazy tunes, spooky good-time tv, and more! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 90: Best of 2025 — Bad Books for Bad People
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2025 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rules of engagement are simple: the hosts each choose ...
badbooksbadpeople.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
All that *and* Super Vixens!
Today is the last day of Barnes & Nobles' 25% off preorders sale. I just did what I did last year: bought a bunch of stuff i'm excited about, so now I'll be getting one or two books a month throughout the year at a discount as they come out. It's like making yourself a subscription box.
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today is the last day of Barnes & Nobles' 25% off preorders sale. I just did what I did last year: bought a bunch of stuff i'm excited about, so now I'll be getting one or two books a month throughout the year at a discount as they come out. It's like making yourself a subscription box.
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I'm unlikely to start and finish another book tomorrow, so I think I can call it: I read 104 books in 2025
December 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm unlikely to start and finish another book tomorrow, so I think I can call it: I read 104 books in 2025
Doctor Moreau is up to his old tricks
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Doctor Moreau is up to his old tricks
Don't look back in anger or at the events of 2025, in general
December 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Don't look back in anger or at the events of 2025, in general
Crispin Glover held my hand and insisted I tell him everything I know about Beowulf
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
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December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Crispin Glover held my hand and insisted I tell him everything I know about Beowulf
I'm going to start a rumor that Jigsaw from the Saw movies is the kid from Home Alone all grown up
December 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'm going to start a rumor that Jigsaw from the Saw movies is the kid from Home Alone all grown up
Ho ho ho, motherfuckers! This year's Christmas tale involves Santa's pooper, a big titty elf, and murderous reindeer! Read at your own risk, don't come crying to me if it ruins your holiday.
Look upon my works, ye Merry, and despair! talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-t...
Look upon my works, ye Merry, and despair! talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-t...
We Three Kings Lay Mangled and Torn
This is my last blogpost of the year, so I figured I may as well go out with what passes for "holiday cheer" around here. I've written a Chr...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ho ho ho, motherfuckers! This year's Christmas tale involves Santa's pooper, a big titty elf, and murderous reindeer! Read at your own risk, don't come crying to me if it ruins your holiday.
Look upon my works, ye Merry, and despair! talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-t...
Look upon my works, ye Merry, and despair! talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2025/12/we-t...
There's also a weird commentary about how if the Catholic family believed in contraception they'd be able to afford to move out of their haunted house lol.
The theological implications are weird: it *feels* like Catholic propaganda, yet is set up to glorify the sanctity of the Warrens above and beyond the Church. Their child is miraculously raised from the dead, they wield spiritual power where priests fail, etc.
Slogging through Conjuring: Last Rites. So far:
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There's also a weird commentary about how if the Catholic family believed in contraception they'd be able to afford to move out of their haunted house lol.
The theological implications are weird: it *feels* like Catholic propaganda, yet is set up to glorify the sanctity of the Warrens above and beyond the Church. Their child is miraculously raised from the dead, they wield spiritual power where priests fail, etc.
Slogging through Conjuring: Last Rites. So far:
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The theological implications are weird: it *feels* like Catholic propaganda, yet is set up to glorify the sanctity of the Warrens above and beyond the Church. Their child is miraculously raised from the dead, they wield spiritual power where priests fail, etc.
Slogging through Conjuring: Last Rites. So far:
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
December 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Slogging through Conjuring: Last Rites. So far:
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors
-Who would buy a broken mirror as a present for a young girl's confirmation?
-Oh no, the demons all have Creepy Smiles(tm)
-Real long cookout/ping-pong sequence
-Why does the bridal place have them try dresses on in an endless hell of funhouse mirrors