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Horror Preview episodes - YouTube
A collection of horror preview episodes - in which Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes join me to share the books we're excited about releasing soon. These epis...
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145 horror book recommendations (so far) from 2024-2025. More to come the future episodes!
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
4 year anniversary of my final round of RCHOP chemo. I was reminded on the drive to work and cried in my car.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
4 year anniversary of my final round of RCHOP chemo. I was reminded on the drive to work and cried in my car.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
@natcassidy.bsky.social i listened to you on She Wore Black and would humbly add these as suggestions for good werewolf reads. There’s even vampires too!
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@natcassidy.bsky.social i listened to you on She Wore Black and would humbly add these as suggestions for good werewolf reads. There’s even vampires too!
Shylo: I think those ladies are playing Mahjong.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Shylo: I think those ladies are playing Mahjong.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
WHYYYYYYYYYY is it easier for me to save one page of something as a PDF in my iPhone’s built-in mail app than it is in @adobe.com Acrobat?
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
WHYYYYYYYYYY is it easier for me to save one page of something as a PDF in my iPhone’s built-in mail app than it is in @adobe.com Acrobat?
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
Thinking I’ll do a rewatch of Justified, but what I’m calling the “Constable Bob Order”, so only the episodes that @pattonoswalt.bsky.social appears in. Maybe I can convince @sgj.bsky.social to podcast about it.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thinking I’ll do a rewatch of Justified, but what I’m calling the “Constable Bob Order”, so only the episodes that @pattonoswalt.bsky.social appears in. Maybe I can convince @sgj.bsky.social to podcast about it.
I’m not one to trample on a man’s grave, but I’ll make an exception for Dick Cheney. Anyone got an address yet?
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m not one to trample on a man’s grave, but I’ll make an exception for Dick Cheney. Anyone got an address yet?
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When it rains, it pours.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
When it rains, it pours.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
If you haven’t heard of @rapturepublishing.bsky.social ow is the time to fix that. Mitch Hull and @scribeofhades.bsky.social join me to talk premium chapbooks and turpentine cans.
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
Mitch Hull and Chris Panatier - RAPTURE PUBLISHING
The start of a new era - premium, collectible chapbooks.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you haven’t heard of @rapturepublishing.bsky.social ow is the time to fix that. Mitch Hull and @scribeofhades.bsky.social join me to talk premium chapbooks and turpentine cans.
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
This interview with Alan from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is a must-listen. Hear about the origins, ups and downs, and future of Shortwave. it’s a good look at the nuts and bolts of indie publishing too!
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
Alan Lastufka - SHORTWAVE PUBLISHING
The driving force behind one of horror's rising indie publishers
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October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This interview with Alan from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is a must-listen. Hear about the origins, ups and downs, and future of Shortwave. it’s a good look at the nuts and bolts of indie publishing too!
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
I haven’t watched Ryan Murphy’s thing on Ed Gein so I don’t know firsthand.
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I haven’t watched Ryan Murphy’s thing on Ed Gein so I don’t know firsthand.
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
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We had fun! Thanks to everyone for being there.
I got to spend the evening with some of the best people & horror writers!
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We had fun! Thanks to everyone for being there.
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I got to spend the evening with some of the best people & horror writers!
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I got to spend the evening with some of the best people & horror writers!
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
Becky Spratford
S.A. Barnes
Nick Medina
James Kennedy
Ananda Lima
Thanks Northbrook Public Library & everyone who attended our event tonight to celebrate the release of WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social !
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Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) is crossing the country on the WHY I LOVE HORROR book tour! See her in person if you can!
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
Why I Love Horror: The Book Tour-- Coming to a Library and a Computer and a Podcast Near You
Well, we are only 6 weeks out (to the day) from my first official in person appearance on my book tour. And, we are exactly 1 week away fr...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) is crossing the country on the WHY I LOVE HORROR book tour! See her in person if you can!
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
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Library champion Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) rallies 18 of today's hottest authors to explain their genre passion in WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE! Drops 9/23 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Library champion Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) rallies 18 of today's hottest authors to explain their genre passion in WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE! Drops 9/23 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
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I wrote a fun, heartwarming, Halloween season book for you. Yes, it's called SHITSHOW. It's out today from @sobelobooks.bsky.social. Promise I'll shut up about it soon. But if "Latrine technician vs. Dark Carnival" spooks your fancy you can order it now.
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
Shitshow — Sobelo Books
The ghost of a malevolent carnival boss decides to resurrect his legendary Twilight Faire by abducting present-day carnival goers from port(al)-potties. Sunday McWhorter, latrine technician, finds him...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wrote a fun, heartwarming, Halloween season book for you. Yes, it's called SHITSHOW. It's out today from @sobelobooks.bsky.social. Promise I'll shut up about it soon. But if "Latrine technician vs. Dark Carnival" spooks your fancy you can order it now.
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
Now available! Find out why the Carolina Chickadee is horrifying. Nick Medina talks to me about his upcoming book The Whistler - a paralyzed ghost hunter confronts the consequences of his actions. It’s pacey, entertaining, and chilling!
www.thearcparty.com/p/nick-medin...
www.thearcparty.com/p/nick-medin...
Nick Medina - THE WHISTLER
Available 9/16/2025! Preorder below
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September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Now available! Find out why the Carolina Chickadee is horrifying. Nick Medina talks to me about his upcoming book The Whistler - a paralyzed ghost hunter confronts the consequences of his actions. It’s pacey, entertaining, and chilling!
www.thearcparty.com/p/nick-medin...
www.thearcparty.com/p/nick-medin...
145 horror book recommendations (so far) from 2024-2025. More to come the future episodes!
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Horror Preview episodes - YouTube
A collection of horror preview episodes - in which Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes join me to share the books we're excited about releasing soon. These epis...
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
145 horror book recommendations (so far) from 2024-2025. More to come the future episodes!
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Ten folks go on a hiking expedition. Eleven set up camp. Who is the extra?
Hear my conversation with @annieneugebauer.bsky.social where we dig into why this story is so successfully creepy. But not creepypasta. This is an old school urban legend.
www.thearcparty.com/p/annie-neug...
Hear my conversation with @annieneugebauer.bsky.social where we dig into why this story is so successfully creepy. But not creepypasta. This is an old school urban legend.
www.thearcparty.com/p/annie-neug...
Annie Neugebauer - THE EXTRA
Available 9/9! Preorder below
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August 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ten folks go on a hiking expedition. Eleven set up camp. Who is the extra?
Hear my conversation with @annieneugebauer.bsky.social where we dig into why this story is so successfully creepy. But not creepypasta. This is an old school urban legend.
www.thearcparty.com/p/annie-neug...
Hear my conversation with @annieneugebauer.bsky.social where we dig into why this story is so successfully creepy. But not creepypasta. This is an old school urban legend.
www.thearcparty.com/p/annie-neug...
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Hi friends. I caught up with Laird's partner, Jessica M today and received permission to share this. As some of you may know, Laird is in need of a new kidney. The appropriate donor would have O blood type. If you or anyone you know may be a willing match & donor, please reach out to me.
August 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hi friends. I caught up with Laird's partner, Jessica M today and received permission to share this. As some of you may know, Laird is in need of a new kidney. The appropriate donor would have O blood type. If you or anyone you know may be a willing match & donor, please reach out to me.
Joshua Hull @joshuathehull.bsky.social joined me recently to talk about hometown horrors, TV, movies, and never escaping those things from our past. It was great!
Thanks @clashbooks.bsky.social for the early copy of the book!
www.thearcparty.com/p/joshua-hul...
Thanks @clashbooks.bsky.social for the early copy of the book!
www.thearcparty.com/p/joshua-hul...
Joshua Hull - 8114
Available 8/26 - preorder today!
www.thearcparty.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Joshua Hull @joshuathehull.bsky.social joined me recently to talk about hometown horrors, TV, movies, and never escaping those things from our past. It was great!
Thanks @clashbooks.bsky.social for the early copy of the book!
www.thearcparty.com/p/joshua-hul...
Thanks @clashbooks.bsky.social for the early copy of the book!
www.thearcparty.com/p/joshua-hul...
If someone today told me that all these years the band CAKE was just a bunch of animatronics… I’d totally believe it.
August 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If someone today told me that all these years the band CAKE was just a bunch of animatronics… I’d totally believe it.
Still out here waiting for Netflix to give money to literally any horror person that’s NOT Ryan Murphy.
August 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Still out here waiting for Netflix to give money to literally any horror person that’s NOT Ryan Murphy.
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Hi folks--here's an update on @lairdbarron.bsky.social from @johnlangan.bsky.social. Please keep Laird and Jessica M in your thoughts as they continue to navigate Laird's ongoing health struggles.
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/l...
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/l...
Laird: An Update
Hi Everyone, So my pal Laird Barron, the Honey Badger, is back in the hospital. He had some issues with his feet, these grew more complicated, and he was airlifted from his local hospital to one ne…
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hi folks--here's an update on @lairdbarron.bsky.social from @johnlangan.bsky.social. Please keep Laird and Jessica M in your thoughts as they continue to navigate Laird's ongoing health struggles.
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/l...
johnpaullangan.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/l...
Holy shitshow! It’s my 75th episode and it’s the very litigious @scribeofhades.bsky.social talking about his upcoming @sobelobooks.bsky.social release SHITSHOW! Preorder now - link in bio
www.thearcparty.com/p/chris-pana...
www.thearcparty.com/p/chris-pana...
Chris Panatier - SH!TSHOW
Available 9/2 in hardcover, paperback, and ebook
www.thearcparty.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Holy shitshow! It’s my 75th episode and it’s the very litigious @scribeofhades.bsky.social talking about his upcoming @sobelobooks.bsky.social release SHITSHOW! Preorder now - link in bio
www.thearcparty.com/p/chris-pana...
www.thearcparty.com/p/chris-pana...