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Reading horror novels so you don’t have to. I find faith, ethics, and truth in the darkness. Writer for The Haunted Pulpit.
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Bravo to all librarians and museum staff who are working to If preserve history.
“The librarian is a seeker and keeper of truth, and that makes her a dangerous figure in the eyes of those who fear the fullest, most comprehensive, and most uncomfortable truths emerging.”
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In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bravo to all librarians and museum staff who are working to If preserve history.
Why do we chase lost villages?
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
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#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
The Lost Village and the Impulse of Absence
Horror as a Dark Roadmap: Exploring What Happens When We Search for Meaning in the Absence of the Past.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why do we chase lost villages?
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
I loved: Camilla Sten's The Lost Village. Finished it last night, meaning I got too scared to finish and skimmed to the end. Perfect November reading.
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
The Haunted Pulpit | Jeremiah | Substack
Where sermons meet specters—ghostly tales and religious commentary. Click to read The Haunted Pulpit, by Jeremiah, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I loved: Camilla Sten's The Lost Village. Finished it last night, meaning I got too scared to finish and skimmed to the end. Perfect November reading.
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
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From our friends over at @404media.co, a look at the closure of Baker & Taylor and the ripple effect it’s been having on libraries:
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hello Librarians and Larger Library World: I'm wondering how you have explained the demise of Baker & Taylor and how that might impact book availability to patrons?
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hello Librarians and Larger Library World: I'm wondering how you have explained the demise of Baker & Taylor and how that might impact book availability to patrons?
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
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What are your favourite Halloween books and movies? Stop by the library and leave a note on the whiteboard. 🎃👻📚🎥
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
What are your favourite Halloween books and movies? Stop by the library and leave a note on the whiteboard. 🎃👻📚🎥
Reclaiming dark fairy tales is how we survive.
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
The Original Folk Horror: Why Fairy Tales Are the Dark Retellings We Need
Hello, Pulpit faithful.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reclaiming dark fairy tales is how we survive.
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
Another cool list of books! Publisher's Weekly just released its top books of 2025.
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly
The best books of 2025, picked by the editors of Publishers Weekly. Best books in fiction, mystery, romance, science fiction, nonfiction, memoir, children's books, and more.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another cool list of books! Publisher's Weekly just released its top books of 2025.
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
This morning, I made a monster. I looked inside some spooky fairy tale books, found a creepy image on the interwebs, and then I tried to decide what really scared me about Hansel and Gretel.
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This morning, I made a monster. I looked inside some spooky fairy tale books, found a creepy image on the interwebs, and then I tried to decide what really scared me about Hansel and Gretel.
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
In case you missed this: an excellent horror fiction preview in Library Journal a couple of months ago. Love that we are living through a "horror renaissance."
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Horror Renaissance | Genre Preview
Across the range of new horror titles this season, four key trends emerge: lengthy reading experiences are returning to the genre; retellings, which are influencing many genres, are at play in horror ...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you missed this: an excellent horror fiction preview in Library Journal a couple of months ago. Love that we are living through a "horror renaissance."
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Great piece from Stephen King about the intersection between novels and film. Worth a read, if only because it is Stephen King…
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Stephen King Reflects on the Adaptations of His Work
In 2025, four of my novels and two short stories were adapted either for films or as streaming TV shows. I find this befuddling, perplexing, and downright peculiar. Also—okay, yeah—pretty cool. Par…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Great piece from Stephen King about the intersection between novels and film. Worth a read, if only because it is Stephen King…
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
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The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
October 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The Queen of Wands is demanding your attention.
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The Embodied Fire: Queen of Wands and the Prayer of Intention
Prayer Practice
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October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Queen of Wands is demanding your attention.
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
Loving Andrew Sorkin’s 1929. The way this history of the Wall Street Crash connects to today's financial world is chilling. High-stakes drama and great narration.
The past is a ghost!
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#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
4 Books on Historical Trauma: Why Memory Distorts and The Past Still Haunts Us
Finding horror in history
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October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Loving Andrew Sorkin’s 1929. The way this history of the Wall Street Crash connects to today's financial world is chilling. High-stakes drama and great narration.
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
Finally reading Stephen King's The Stand. I'm about 200 pages in and finding it surprisingly comforting in this COVID world. Has anyone else read it lately? I'd be interested to know your experiences.
Pulpit thought: horror is healing for the soul.
#Horror #StephenKing #TheStand
Pulpit thought: horror is healing for the soul.
#Horror #StephenKing #TheStand
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Finally reading Stephen King's The Stand. I'm about 200 pages in and finding it surprisingly comforting in this COVID world. Has anyone else read it lately? I'd be interested to know your experiences.
Pulpit thought: horror is healing for the soul.
#Horror #StephenKing #TheStand
Pulpit thought: horror is healing for the soul.
#Horror #StephenKing #TheStand
Weekend reading list: 4 Books on Historical Trauma.
I reviewed 4 essential books that prove our deepest historical traumas aren't buried—they just haunt our collective memory until they rise again.
Informal poll: Can history be horror?
bit.ly/494Nv0g
#history #books #nonfiction
I reviewed 4 essential books that prove our deepest historical traumas aren't buried—they just haunt our collective memory until they rise again.
Informal poll: Can history be horror?
bit.ly/494Nv0g
#history #books #nonfiction
4 Books on Historical Trauma: Why Memory Distorts and The Past Still Haunts Us
Finding horror in history
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October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Weekend reading list: 4 Books on Historical Trauma.
I reviewed 4 essential books that prove our deepest historical traumas aren't buried—they just haunt our collective memory until they rise again.
Informal poll: Can history be horror?
bit.ly/494Nv0g
#history #books #nonfiction
I reviewed 4 essential books that prove our deepest historical traumas aren't buried—they just haunt our collective memory until they rise again.
Informal poll: Can history be horror?
bit.ly/494Nv0g
#history #books #nonfiction
Reading the latest email from Psyche. Just fascinating insight into how younger folks are using AI to process the experience of growing up in difficult times. Well recommended!
bit.ly/3WrVWuV
#AI #Psyche #Writing #Science
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#AI #Psyche #Writing #Science
For young people, AI is now a second brain – should we worry? | Psyche Ideas
As a resident tutor, I’ve seen how students are using AI as more than a tool. It’s a psychological shift we’ll soon all make
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October 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reading the latest email from Psyche. Just fascinating insight into how younger folks are using AI to process the experience of growing up in difficult times. Well recommended!
bit.ly/3WrVWuV
#AI #Psyche #Writing #Science
bit.ly/3WrVWuV
#AI #Psyche #Writing #Science
Great horror writing starts with a great process.
I'm making the messy part visible today, inspired by:
Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!" (Think process, not product).
Jane Friedman on making Substack a career.
bit.ly/46xENpP
#WritingTips #ShowYourWork
I'm making the messy part visible today, inspired by:
Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!" (Think process, not product).
Jane Friedman on making Substack a career.
bit.ly/46xENpP
#WritingTips #ShowYourWork
Thinking about horror narrative and writing
Writing Tips and Theories
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October 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Great horror writing starts with a great process.
I'm making the messy part visible today, inspired by:
Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!" (Think process, not product).
Jane Friedman on making Substack a career.
bit.ly/46xENpP
#WritingTips #ShowYourWork
I'm making the messy part visible today, inspired by:
Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!" (Think process, not product).
Jane Friedman on making Substack a career.
bit.ly/46xENpP
#WritingTips #ShowYourWork
In Vernon Lee's Hauntings, history is a hungry beast.
Old objects whisper, possessing aesthetes whose passions curdle into "moral madness." The horror? Is it a spirit, or the mind buckling under the beautiful, murderous weight of its own desires?
bit.ly/42n3tPk
#QueerHorror #VernonLee
Old objects whisper, possessing aesthetes whose passions curdle into "moral madness." The horror? Is it a spirit, or the mind buckling under the beautiful, murderous weight of its own desires?
bit.ly/42n3tPk
#QueerHorror #VernonLee
Gothic Week: On Vernon Lee's Haunting and the Shadow of Obsession
Gothic Week 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In Vernon Lee's Hauntings, history is a hungry beast.
Old objects whisper, possessing aesthetes whose passions curdle into "moral madness." The horror? Is it a spirit, or the mind buckling under the beautiful, murderous weight of its own desires?
bit.ly/42n3tPk
#QueerHorror #VernonLee
Old objects whisper, possessing aesthetes whose passions curdle into "moral madness." The horror? Is it a spirit, or the mind buckling under the beautiful, murderous weight of its own desires?
bit.ly/42n3tPk
#QueerHorror #VernonLee
What if the American landscape itself is a character in our horrors?
America's Most Gothic by Hieber & Janes explores how our chilling tropes are ripped straight from our forgotten, unquiet history. It makes you rethink horror's attraction.
bit.ly/4gLvaXM
#AmericasMostGothic #NetGalley
America's Most Gothic by Hieber & Janes explores how our chilling tropes are ripped straight from our forgotten, unquiet history. It makes you rethink horror's attraction.
bit.ly/4gLvaXM
#AmericasMostGothic #NetGalley
The Blood and Soil: America’s Most Gothic
Gothic Week 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What if the American landscape itself is a character in our horrors?
America's Most Gothic by Hieber & Janes explores how our chilling tropes are ripped straight from our forgotten, unquiet history. It makes you rethink horror's attraction.
bit.ly/4gLvaXM
#AmericasMostGothic #NetGalley
America's Most Gothic by Hieber & Janes explores how our chilling tropes are ripped straight from our forgotten, unquiet history. It makes you rethink horror's attraction.
bit.ly/4gLvaXM
#AmericasMostGothic #NetGalley
The true specters of America demand retribution.
I'm reviewing America's Most Gothic, which spotlights Mercy Brown, the Vampire of Exeter, and the exiled noblewoman of the Isle of Demons. It's a deep dive into our tragic, haunted past.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#SpookySeason #GothicHorror #RealGhostStories
I'm reviewing America's Most Gothic, which spotlights Mercy Brown, the Vampire of Exeter, and the exiled noblewoman of the Isle of Demons. It's a deep dive into our tragic, haunted past.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#SpookySeason #GothicHorror #RealGhostStories
The Blood and Soil: America’s Most Gothic
Gothic Week 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The true specters of America demand retribution.
I'm reviewing America's Most Gothic, which spotlights Mercy Brown, the Vampire of Exeter, and the exiled noblewoman of the Isle of Demons. It's a deep dive into our tragic, haunted past.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#SpookySeason #GothicHorror #RealGhostStories
I'm reviewing America's Most Gothic, which spotlights Mercy Brown, the Vampire of Exeter, and the exiled noblewoman of the Isle of Demons. It's a deep dive into our tragic, haunted past.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#SpookySeason #GothicHorror #RealGhostStories
Forget European crypts. True Gothic horror is rooted in the blood & soil of the American experiment.
Hieber & Janes's new book, America's Most Gothic, argues our chilling tropes—mad ancestors, murder, etc.—are unquiet history, not fiction.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#GothicWeek #HauntedHistory #BookReview
Hieber & Janes's new book, America's Most Gothic, argues our chilling tropes—mad ancestors, murder, etc.—are unquiet history, not fiction.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#GothicWeek #HauntedHistory #BookReview
The Blood and Soil: America’s Most Gothic
Gothic Week 2025
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Forget European crypts. True Gothic horror is rooted in the blood & soil of the American experiment.
Hieber & Janes's new book, America's Most Gothic, argues our chilling tropes—mad ancestors, murder, etc.—are unquiet history, not fiction.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#GothicWeek #HauntedHistory #BookReview
Hieber & Janes's new book, America's Most Gothic, argues our chilling tropes—mad ancestors, murder, etc.—are unquiet history, not fiction.
bit.ly/4nXcu9W
#GothicWeek #HauntedHistory #BookReview
My latest post is live! I'm talking about the business of being a writer, Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!", and a must-see Notion template for organizing your story. Take a look!http://bit.ly/3VZYf8k
#Substack #WriterTools #AustinKleon #Narrative #Horror
#Substack #WriterTools #AustinKleon #Narrative #Horror
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My latest post is live! I'm talking about the business of being a writer, Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work!", and a must-see Notion template for organizing your story. Take a look!http://bit.ly/3VZYf8k
#Substack #WriterTools #AustinKleon #Narrative #Horror
#Substack #WriterTools #AustinKleon #Narrative #Horror
What can Stephen King's horror teach us about faith? My latest post explores a book that calls King "America's dark theologian" and argues that horror is the perfect genre for exploring our deepest spiritual questions.
bit.ly/3I7krKG
#StephenKing #horror #theology #faith #amreading
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#StephenKing #horror #theology #faith #amreading
America's Dark Theologian: What Stephen King's Horror Can Teach Us About Faith
Haunted Theology
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September 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
What can Stephen King's horror teach us about faith? My latest post explores a book that calls King "America's dark theologian" and argues that horror is the perfect genre for exploring our deepest spiritual questions.
bit.ly/3I7krKG
#StephenKing #horror #theology #faith #amreading
bit.ly/3I7krKG
#StephenKing #horror #theology #faith #amreading