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Lauren Bolger
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Horror writer startled by most sounds. The Barre Incidents and Kill Radio available now thru Malarkey Books.
My website: https://www.laurenbolger.com/
Jewish / Free Palestine
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Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
had a dream my cat was hanging around outside a community college and wouldn’t let me take her home. She looked wild and she’d hiss when I tried to approach her. In the dream it was bc of the food I’d been feeding her. The next day I came back and she was still feisty but let me take her back home
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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“She’s not from here.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Need to throw the internet into the lagoon so I can work on this book
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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The only poetry you really need is inside your heart. The other stuff is available at IWANTMYHAIRSHIRT.com
Hair Shirt, poems by Adrian Sobol — Malarkey
Published April 1, 2025 Get a free sample here HAIR SHIRT, Adrian Sobol’s second full-length poetry collection, continues his particular take on poetry. Filled with trademark black humor and...
IWANTMYHAIRSHIRT.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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New substack went out. I talk about dogsitting my friend Hank and the people who live in the walls of his house. Plus movie and book reviews.

Got 60 subscribers in my first week. Let's double it, shall we? Sign up and have these delivered to your inbox.

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February 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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If you don't mind the direct ask, if you're looking for a tightly-curated online bookshop focusing on indies & top-tier reads, come check us out:
www.eveninghousebooks.com

I'll also be opening up soon for more freelance work, but I need to get my house & mind in order before I push heavy there
Evening House Books
Buffalo's downtown bookstore, a parlor-style cove for deep cut indie literature and bold, diverse, voices.
www.eveninghousebooks.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Roses are #ff0000
Violets are #0000ff
Midwestern Chrome coming soon to a
Vending machine near you.

(Yeah, yeah I'm a day late.)
Boy, the world needs any reason it can right now to get excited for the future. Cheers, Koji (& @drewsof.bsky.social) 🖤☠️
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Pure happiness disguised as the dirtiest look she can muster
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Kill Radio is my debut and is a Supernatural Occult Horror. If you like reading Romance that Sounds Like a Bad Idea, maybe this one’s for you :)
asterismbooks.com/product/kill...
Kill Radio | Asterism Books
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February 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day! If you like Horror with Romance, both my books have it! The Barre Incidents is my newest!
Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
February 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
It’s Eric’s birthday! Buy his books!
Ericmas eve (i'll be 43 tomorrow), but if ya'll haven't bought your sweetheart a present yet, don't worry: you can still purchase my books (TOADSTONES, Malarkey Books 2022, original weird fiction, and NIGHT FEARS: WEIRD TALES IN TRANSLATION, Paradise Editions 2023) over at asterism dot com
February 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day! If you like Horror with Romance, both my books have it! The Barre Incidents is my newest!
Today, The Barre Incidents is officially released upon the world. A Horror book about grieving the “easy” parent (who is undead), falling for your best friend, learning cryptids are real, and banished, embittered gods. Happy born day TBI! You can order here! malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
February 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Watching Verónica. It’s been a while. I love the Centella seance scene
February 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Point/counterpoint!
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If you guys haven’t read Eric’s stuff yet, you are missing out. Just incredible writing and fantastically weird, fun-as-hell stories.
Ericmas eve (i'll be 43 tomorrow), but if ya'll haven't bought your sweetheart a present yet, don't worry: you can still purchase my books (TOADSTONES, Malarkey Books 2022, original weird fiction, and NIGHT FEARS: WEIRD TALES IN TRANSLATION, Paradise Editions 2023) over at asterism dot com
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Ghost has just released a music video for their song that includes cowbell and is about getting it on in a church. It’s an incredible song so I’m not even making fun of it, it’s just a wild combo of things is all. And no I haven’t watched the video yet. I’m at work! Christ!
February 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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New film recommendation is up and it's a two-fer!

www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162658110
#4 FILMREC-FRIGHT NIGHT – Lazy & Entitled
www.lazyandentitled.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Up now on the Ko-Fi for subscribers at all levels: I introduce @klat.bsky.social to the undisputed classic GET OUT.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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"Mostly, folks in O'Brien were oral storytellers. It was very much like Harry Crews said. "Stories was everything and everything was stories."

-interview with @frolicpress.bsky.social

ivygrimes.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Travis D. Johnson
"terrors and wonders," folklore, Frolic Press
ivygrimes.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Kids requested English dubbing to this show I was watching but I left the subtitles on and the difference between the English dubbing/subtitles was giving me heartburn. They were way too different from each other 🥲
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM
The reference book I need for the book I’m writing is missing so I’m just gonna make shit up for now until it materializes
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I was off today and the kids get home in a little over and hour how tf do I make the most of it? Idk but I had my phone blocked all day which was a double break. It was marvelous
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
If I’m trying to pick up a feather or something in Stardew Valley and my inventory is full and I’m holding an egg, a prompt says: “Eat large egg?” and somehow I still keep trying to pick up the feather, and eventually I accidentally eat the large egg instead. Reminiscent of my own inattentive nature
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM