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Kosoko Jackson
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USA TODAY Bestseller • 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner & Fellow • THE MACABRE, EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WITCHCRAFT (@harpervoyagerus, 2025 & 2026) • WME Repped Screenwriter • Film/TV: Mary Pender, WME #scriptsky, 🍉
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A profane secret, 150 years in the making.

A collection of cursed paintings, spanning six continents.

And one prophetic painter at the center of it all.

THE MACABRE is showing exclusive through @HarperVoyagerUS, Summer 2025. We can’t wait for it to sink its teeth in you.
🚨FILM MAKERS IN NY/NJ🚨

I’m a producer (student) with 10 years of budgeting experience in the Ny area & looking for some of my first producing experience.

If you have a film in the next few months and are looking for a hungry producing assistant, I would LOVE to talk & work

#filmsky #scriptsky 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Pitched my film to an executive producer for my film program last week.

She mentioned it was truly original, marketable, timely and just what the horror genre needs and told me to absolutely finish this script.

Today I sent act 1 to my agent.

It’s never too late.

#scriptsky #scriptsky+
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In 12 days directing my first film. With actors and lights and sound and everything.

It’s only 4 minutes. But I’m hosting 20 auditions. Making a shot list. Planning out the colors. The mood. Even original music.

I’m going to be slow & want retakes for coverage. 1/2 #filmsky #scriptsky
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Am I right yall that period pieces cost a lot and if it can be contemporary, it’s best to go that route? #scriptsky #scriptsky+
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've been thinking about this for a while and going back and forth on it, so fuck it, we ball.

I'm looking to work with an Indigenous queer screenwriter to cowrite a screenplay with. the idea isn't set and stone but i'd love for it to have a queer romance. 1/3

#scriptsky #scriptsky+
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you like reading THE MACABRE or think a story about a Black artist who reams up with a HOT agent from the British Museum to find and tame cursed magical paintings is your jam then you should buy the book because a little birdie told me we might be open to a sequel.

www.amazon.com/Macabre-Delu...
The Macabre (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel
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September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I have finished my outline for what I'm calling for fans of SCREAM and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER & i'm VERY excited to hopefully having it for my film agent when we meet in NOV!

writing this here for accountability. and even better? its 95 minutes long [projected] #scriptsky #scriptsky+
a man in a sweater is saying i 'm feeling woozy here .
ALT: a man in a sweater is saying i 'm feeling woozy here .
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September 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is such an odd question but do I know anyone who is or knows a furry and is willing to be interviewed for a documentary exercise for film school?

Must be in nyc. Or nj.
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I can’t wait!
Tomorrow we take Fearmongers to some pretty fantastical places. Join Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) & Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) on a journey through their beautiful books. Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register on Zoom: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x @kosokojackson.bsky.social @rebelsam94.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Does anyone have a good outlining method they love for writing scripts?

SAVE THE CAT is good but not great for me.

I'll pulled some stuff from Dan Harmon’s Story Circle.

But something that works more on beats, turns, events would be great.

#scriptsky #scriptsky+
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So honored the macabre even almost 2 weeks after pub is still finding its audience and still ranking high. I appreciate your support!

If books about horror, art, colonialism and queerness are you thing you should buy THE MACABRE.

www.amazon.com/Macabre-Delu...
September 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just a little something I’m FINALLY trying my hand at.

HALLOW BE THY NAME (QUEER HORROR): A graduate returns to his Catholic alma mater to stop the horrors he was led to believe were imaginary from completing an eighteen-year ritual.

#FirstPageFriday #FunPageFriday #scriptSky #ScriptSky+
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today! I hope to see you!
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We know it's going to be a good time when @kosokojackson.bsky.social is in town, and Friday night was no exception. Thanks to all that came out to support the release of THE MACABRE and to Kosoko's convo partner, Brandon Butts. Get your signed copy of this fantasy horror on our shelves now.
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Are you in New Jersey? Do you want to hear me chat?

This Wednesday, me and @robwhart1 will talk about THE MACABRE! 6:30 at the Barnes and Noble in Paramus!

Hope you see you there!

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank you everyone who made launch week amazing!

There is still time to buy this book! If dark magic, art and cultural commentary is your thing!

And don’t forget, you can also see Rob Hart and I talk about THE MACABRE next Wednesday at Barnes and noble Paramus!

www.amazon.com/Macabre-Delu...
September 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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📰BLACK SKY AUTHORS MAG📰

📚BOOK REC📚

Spooky season is upon us! And Black Horror has a new darling!

The Macabre by @kosokojackson.bsky.social

And what better way to enjoy this season than a richly developed dark fantasy?

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#BlackSky
#BookSky
#BlackSkyAuthors
September 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Only a few more days until @kosokojackson.bsky.social arrives to celebrate the release of THE MACABRE, his adult horror debut. This book is all about haunted paintings, and the book itself is a work of art.
September 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wow launch day was a fairytale!

Thabk you all who stopped by Word Bookstore!

We are just getting started and don’t forget I’ll be at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social this Friday!

Also but the book if you haven’t! You’ll love it I promise. It’s exceptional and pretty.

www.amazon.com/Macabre-Delu...
September 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“A picture is worth a thousand nightmares.”

Happy pub day to THE MACABRE! This is my love letter to art, to those who came before us, those who come after us, and those who are ground to a pulp by machines who care nothing for you.

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
September 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 RADIO INTERVIEW ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

Tomorrow, 1 PM ET (10 AM PT), tune into The Tavis Smiley Show (KLBA) for an hour long interview with THE Tavis Smiley himself about writing, The Macabre and more!

I hope you'll give it a listen and preorder the book if you haven't!

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September 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In case you weren’t certain.
September 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Kosoko Jackson says the sweetest things… Check out his interview at The Nerd Daily here: bit.ly/3K8u8ZG @kosokojackson.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
48 hours! Can you believe?

I remember reading Charlie Holmberg’s THE PAPER MAGICIAN when starting out and loving it. Having this blurb means the world to me!

I hope you’ll consider preordering the book! While supplies last you can get the special edition!

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
September 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
THE MACABRE comes out in 3 days!

I'm so stoked to have this book out AND to share this pull quote from my dear friend @robwhart1. Seeing his books flourish, and how he mentors and to get this quote from him? A DREAM.

Don't forget to preorder!

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM