Patrick Barb
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com
Treasurer, Horror Writers Association
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
Treasurer, Horror Writers Association
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
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Patrick Barb
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Because my old pinned post seems to have gone missing
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Patrick Barb: author of weird, dark, horrifying tales. Most recently my debut sci-fi/horror novel ABDUCTED.
I’m an occasional editor. And I write the monthly YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR column.
‘Sup?
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Patrick Barb: author of weird, dark, horrifying tales. Most recently my debut sci-fi/horror novel ABDUCTED.
I’m an occasional editor. And I write the monthly YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR column.
‘Sup?
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If you’re a NMH fan, this is fun, essential reading.
#buymybooks spend that Christmas or Hanukkah money & pick up AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. A weird fiction anthology I conceived, edited, & published, brought to life by some of the best writers in the biz. Each story inspired by an NMH song.
And One Day We Will Die Order — PATRICK BARB
patrickbarb.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If you’re a NMH fan, this is fun, essential reading.
#buymybooks spend that Christmas or Hanukkah money & pick up AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. A weird fiction anthology I conceived, edited, & published, brought to life by some of the best writers in the biz. Each story inspired by an NMH song.
And One Day We Will Die Order — PATRICK BARB
patrickbarb.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#buymybooks spend that Christmas or Hanukkah money & pick up AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. A weird fiction anthology I conceived, edited, & published, brought to life by some of the best writers in the biz. Each story inspired by an NMH song.
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Man, the economic vibes are putrid
December 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Man, the economic vibes are putrid
My Christmas gift to me (aka what Santa left in my stocking): Secret Windows by Stephen King. Been looking for this one for a while & was thinking maybe it didn’t actually exist.
But ‘tis the season of miracles! They had it at Other Skies in West Saint Paul.
But ‘tis the season of miracles! They had it at Other Skies in West Saint Paul.
December 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My Christmas gift to me (aka what Santa left in my stocking): Secret Windows by Stephen King. Been looking for this one for a while & was thinking maybe it didn’t actually exist.
But ‘tis the season of miracles! They had it at Other Skies in West Saint Paul.
But ‘tis the season of miracles! They had it at Other Skies in West Saint Paul.
I guess those Three Spirits visited Scrooge and then were like “Well, that’s the last bad rich person we’ll ever have to worry about.”
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I guess those Three Spirits visited Scrooge and then were like “Well, that’s the last bad rich person we’ll ever have to worry about.”
#buymybooks More from 2025…NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER. It’s The Craft vs. The Crucible in 1999 with Y2K looming.
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Night of the Witch-Hunter - Killer VHS Series #6 (Paperback)
Release Date: March 18, 2025 Paperback Edition Comes in a cardboard "video rental" shipping box 192 Pages 5.5" x 8.25" Full color cover “The modern day Goosebumps for adults.”—Horror Obsessive t’s 199...
shop.shortwavepublishing.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
#buymybooks More from 2025…NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER. It’s The Craft vs. The Crucible in 1999 with Y2K looming.
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
Getting to have this novella out through @shortwavebooks.bsky.social’s KILLER VHS line was a highlight & door opener for the year for me!
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Everything I’ve read in 2025.
@gabino.bsky.social @pedroiniguez.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
@gabino.bsky.social @pedroiniguez.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Everything I’ve read in 2025.
@gabino.bsky.social @pedroiniguez.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
@gabino.bsky.social @pedroiniguez.bsky.social @patrickbarb.bsky.social @stephenking.bsky.social
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Because Bari Weiss is an opportunistic political maneuverer, it probably doesn't get said clearly enough that she is also an astounding clod, in wildly over her head. The fact that she seems to have spiked this story without realizing this would happen tells you all you need to know about her.
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Because Bari Weiss is an opportunistic political maneuverer, it probably doesn't get said clearly enough that she is also an astounding clod, in wildly over her head. The fact that she seems to have spiked this story without realizing this would happen tells you all you need to know about her.
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I guess I'm boosting stuff what caught my fickle fancy? The first sentence of THE NUT HOUSE plunged right through my eyeballs to grab me by the heart, and by the end of the first page, I was Ride-or-Die for Asher Black. Thank Weott the tale lived up to that opening, so: Webberly's Essential Reading.
#buymybooks THE NUT HOUSE. My massive review (5 books from one person feels plenty massive to me) continues. Originally serialized in CHM. Released as illustrated novella from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social with bonus prequel novelette THE ACORN RUN. Two books in one, what a bargain!
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I guess I'm boosting stuff what caught my fickle fancy? The first sentence of THE NUT HOUSE plunged right through my eyeballs to grab me by the heart, and by the end of the first page, I was Ride-or-Die for Asher Black. Thank Weott the tale lived up to that opening, so: Webberly's Essential Reading.
#buymybooks 2025 has been a big year for me. Some good, some bad. This is definitely in the good pile. ABDUCTED, my debut sci-fi/horror novel, dropped in August from Dark Matter Ink. It’s X-Files meets Gone Girl with a little Fargo & Mœbius thrown in for good measure. Available now!
Abducted
“Abducted is multifaceted, surreal, and weird in the best way. With hints of an absurdist tone, it explores the desperation of human nature and the way we convince our minds of both dangerous truths a...
darkmattermagazine.shop
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#buymybooks 2025 has been a big year for me. Some good, some bad. This is definitely in the good pile. ABDUCTED, my debut sci-fi/horror novel, dropped in August from Dark Matter Ink. It’s X-Files meets Gone Girl with a little Fargo & Mœbius thrown in for good measure. Available now!
Fuck, this Rob Reiner news, man.
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Fuck, this Rob Reiner news, man.
#buymybooks THE NUT HOUSE. My massive review (5 books from one person feels plenty massive to me) continues. Originally serialized in CHM. Released as illustrated novella from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social with bonus prequel novelette THE ACORN RUN. Two books in one, what a bargain!
December 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#buymybooks THE NUT HOUSE. My massive review (5 books from one person feels plenty massive to me) continues. Originally serialized in CHM. Released as illustrated novella from @undertakerbooks.bsky.social with bonus prequel novelette THE ACORN RUN. Two books in one, what a bargain!
#ShudderFridayNightMovie catch-up: Abraham’s Boys. Based on the Joe Hill story from one of my favorite collections. Not a home run by any means but Titus Welliver was an enjoyable presence as always.
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#ShudderFridayNightMovie catch-up: Abraham’s Boys. Based on the Joe Hill story from one of my favorite collections. Not a home run by any means but Titus Welliver was an enjoyable presence as always.
#buymybooks Wow! Thrilled to have my action/horror novella THE BIG ONE on the BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2025…w/ Patrick Barb’s Name on the Cover list (which I have once again swept. Better luck next year, Mr. King!).
Come for the tentacles & explosions. Stay for the exploding tentacles.
Come for the tentacles & explosions. Stay for the exploding tentacles.
The Big One | Anuci Press
"A propulsive, claustrophobic, full-throttle tear through the wreckage of a near-future San Francisco. Patrick Barb has a gift for visceral horror, relentless pacing, and the kind of whip-fast twists ...
www.anuci-press.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#buymybooks Wow! Thrilled to have my action/horror novella THE BIG ONE on the BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2025…w/ Patrick Barb’s Name on the Cover list (which I have once again swept. Better luck next year, Mr. King!).
Come for the tentacles & explosions. Stay for the exploding tentacles.
Come for the tentacles & explosions. Stay for the exploding tentacles.
#ShudderFridayNightMovie catch-up: GOOD BOY aka OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT PUPPY FACE, LOOOOK AT IT. Oh also there’s a ghost/demon/curse: THE MOVIE.
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#ShudderFridayNightMovie catch-up: GOOD BOY aka OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT PUPPY FACE, LOOOOK AT IT. Oh also there’s a ghost/demon/curse: THE MOVIE.
This might be one of my favorite gore lines I've ever written:
"producing an organic fireworks display with chunks of red, white, and goo..."
#horrorwriting
"producing an organic fireworks display with chunks of red, white, and goo..."
#horrorwriting
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This might be one of my favorite gore lines I've ever written:
"producing an organic fireworks display with chunks of red, white, and goo..."
#horrorwriting
"producing an organic fireworks display with chunks of red, white, and goo..."
#horrorwriting
#buymybooks Go back to where it all started (if by it you mean “books with my name on the front cover”) and pick up GARGANTUANA’S GHOST. A ghost story. A giant ape story. A ghost of a giant ape story. A story of found family. And my love letter to NYC.
Gargantuana's Ghost|Paperback
Living in a society conditioned to fear him, young Antoine Santiago rides the New York subway and communes with the dead. With a love of history inherited from his late father, the city's storied past...
www.barnesandnoble.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#buymybooks Go back to where it all started (if by it you mean “books with my name on the front cover”) and pick up GARGANTUANA’S GHOST. A ghost story. A giant ape story. A ghost of a giant ape story. A story of found family. And my love letter to NYC.
When the AI Image Generator tries to “write” Hoobastank
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When the AI Image Generator tries to “write” Hoobastank
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#buymybooks Did you know I wrote a novella riffing on the Dracula/Renfield relationship, but set in the world of hardcore indie death-match pro wrestling?
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
Turn: Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien: 9798848846515: Amazon.com: Books
Turn [Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Turn
a.co
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#buymybooks Did you know I wrote a novella riffing on the Dracula/Renfield relationship, but set in the world of hardcore indie death-match pro wrestling?
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
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TURN was one of my summer beach reads this year and it was a blast! Check it out, peoples.
#buymybooks Did you know I wrote a novella riffing on the Dracula/Renfield relationship, but set in the world of hardcore indie death-match pro wrestling?
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
Turn: Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien: 9798848846515: Amazon.com: Books
Turn [Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Turn
a.co
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TURN was one of my summer beach reads this year and it was a blast! Check it out, peoples.
#buymybooks Did you know I wrote a novella riffing on the Dracula/Renfield relationship, but set in the world of hardcore indie death-match pro wrestling?
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
Turn: Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien: 9798848846515: Amazon.com: Books
Turn [Barb, Patrick, Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Turn
a.co
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#buymybooks Did you know I wrote a novella riffing on the Dracula/Renfield relationship, but set in the world of hardcore indie death-match pro wrestling?
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
It’s called TURN (see what I did there?) and it’s available now on the ‘zon or direct from me.
Add this spandex gothic horror to your TBR.
Reposted by Patrick Barb
2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
Those We Left Behind by @bapplegate.bsky.social
Night of the Witch-Hunter by @patrickbarb.bsky.social
Nocturnal Creatures by @robertottone.bsky.social
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
Those We Left Behind by @bapplegate.bsky.social
Night of the Witch-Hunter by @patrickbarb.bsky.social
Nocturnal Creatures by @robertottone.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
2025 Book Wrap-Up 💙📚
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
Those We Left Behind by @bapplegate.bsky.social
Night of the Witch-Hunter by @patrickbarb.bsky.social
Nocturnal Creatures by @robertottone.bsky.social
Each day for the rest of December, I want to post a few books I enjoyed this year by new-to-me authors.
Today's list:
Those We Left Behind by @bapplegate.bsky.social
Night of the Witch-Hunter by @patrickbarb.bsky.social
Nocturnal Creatures by @robertottone.bsky.social
A kangaroo court made up of ACTUAL kangaroos is a more legitimate court than these Supreme Dickwads.
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A kangaroo court made up of ACTUAL kangaroos is a more legitimate court than these Supreme Dickwads.
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I’ve got signed copies too. Not in the States? DM me about shipping.
Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare - Patrick Barb's Ko-fi Shop
When you see everything your children do, what are you still missing?
And what will it cost you?
In a near-future United States, surveillance technol...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’ve got signed copies too. Not in the States? DM me about shipping.