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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Episode 89: Bloodstone - But What If Conan Was an Asshole? — Bad Books for Bad People
Karl Edward Wagner’s 1975 sword and sorcery epic Bloodstone is the first full-length outing for Kane, mighty-thewed protagonist of a series of short stories and novels. Jack and Kate navigate a ...
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In case you missed it, we're flexing our mighty thews and practicing eldritch sorcery in this episode of Bad Books for Bad People as we take on Karl Edward Wagner's Bloodstone! Degenerate frog men, boob armor, and magical doodads! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...
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...
Book 3 of 2026: @nassos.bsky.social's Sour Cherry
Dreamlike and somehow both lush and spare at the same time, Sour Cherry is a lyrical novel about a man bringing ruin everywhere he goes--especially to the women in his orbit. If you like the "literary" side of Gothic fairytales, you'll love this.
Dreamlike and somehow both lush and spare at the same time, Sour Cherry is a lyrical novel about a man bringing ruin everywhere he goes--especially to the women in his orbit. If you like the "literary" side of Gothic fairytales, you'll love this.
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Book 3 of 2026: @nassos.bsky.social's Sour Cherry
Dreamlike and somehow both lush and spare at the same time, Sour Cherry is a lyrical novel about a man bringing ruin everywhere he goes--especially to the women in his orbit. If you like the "literary" side of Gothic fairytales, you'll love this.
Dreamlike and somehow both lush and spare at the same time, Sour Cherry is a lyrical novel about a man bringing ruin everywhere he goes--especially to the women in his orbit. If you like the "literary" side of Gothic fairytales, you'll love this.
Book 2 of 2026: @sgj.bsky.social's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
There was a lot of hype around this one when it came out, but I am here to tell you that it more than lives up to it. Tremendous book, and far stranger than I thought it would be going in. One of the few novels I'd recommend widely.
There was a lot of hype around this one when it came out, but I am here to tell you that it more than lives up to it. Tremendous book, and far stranger than I thought it would be going in. One of the few novels I'd recommend widely.
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Book 2 of 2026: @sgj.bsky.social's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
There was a lot of hype around this one when it came out, but I am here to tell you that it more than lives up to it. Tremendous book, and far stranger than I thought it would be going in. One of the few novels I'd recommend widely.
There was a lot of hype around this one when it came out, but I am here to tell you that it more than lives up to it. Tremendous book, and far stranger than I thought it would be going in. One of the few novels I'd recommend widely.
He talks like a dodgy European neofolk guy
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
He talks like a dodgy European neofolk guy
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 ...
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January 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
All that *and* Super Vixens!
Still sad about the chili cheese burrito?
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Still sad about the chili cheese burrito?
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
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this fun!
December 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this fun!
Doctor Moreau is up to his old tricks
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Doctor Moreau is up to his old tricks
I did so well on some dumb standardized test, after a lifetime of flying under the radar with Bs and Cs, that a teacher confronted me in the hallway, demanding to know how I cheated on the test lol.
December 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I did so well on some dumb standardized test, after a lifetime of flying under the radar with Bs and Cs, that a teacher confronted me in the hallway, demanding to know how I cheated on the test lol.
NOW we're talking, bro. This is the only way forward. Mass appeal is for lame WotC shit or games with dopey names like "Pathfinder"; the future belongs to the sickos
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
NOW we're talking, bro. This is the only way forward. Mass appeal is for lame WotC shit or games with dopey names like "Pathfinder"; the future belongs to the sickos
Tom of Finland's fellas would be holding the setting up with something *else* entirely
December 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Tom of Finland's fellas would be holding the setting up with something *else* entirely
Main takeaway: the cover should be some muscled-up beefcakes hoisting your setting on their iron-shod shoulders
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Main takeaway: the cover should be some muscled-up beefcakes hoisting your setting on their iron-shod shoulders
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
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Crispin Glover held my hand and insisted I tell him everything I know about Beowulf
Two so far, one came out this year
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Two so far, one came out this year
Do you read his Space Gothic novellas?
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Do you read his Space Gothic novellas?
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
I dunno if you play online, but I'll be running out in the new year for sure...
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I dunno if you play online, but I'll be running out in the new year for sure...