Jon
@thelitcritguy.bsky.social
author and recovering academic.
phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism
CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES
phd in gothic literature. writing on horror, utopia, the gothic nightmare of capitalism
CAPITALISM A HORROR STORY out now, working on a new book about HOUSES
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NEW VIDEO!!! From the gutting of USAID to the invasion of Venezuela, it's safe to say Trump's foreign policy program seems erratic. In this video I look at the fascistic overreach charicteristic of these dying days of American Empire
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
NEW VIDEO!!! From the gutting of USAID to the invasion of Venezuela, it's safe to say Trump's foreign policy program seems erratic. In this video I look at the fascistic overreach charicteristic of these dying days of American Empire
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“Monsters are something exceptional, an inverted miracle that comes out of nowhere with no real explanation”
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‘The time of monsters’: everyone is quoting Gramsci – but what did he actually say?
Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote
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February 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“Monsters are something exceptional, an inverted miracle that comes out of nowhere with no real explanation”
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The ending of this book is one of the most absolutely bleak things I've ever read.
8. David Peace, "GB84" -- horrifying, bleak and brilliant. A political gothic novel that understands the past as a crime scene to be exhumed. What an absolutely incredible book. Going to have to read everything he's published now.
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The ending of this book is one of the most absolutely bleak things I've ever read.
Today's listening: youtu.be/hBn7D3Cxsp0?...
Knocked Loose "Hive Mind" (ft. Denzel Curry) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Pure Noise Records
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February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Today's listening: youtu.be/hBn7D3Cxsp0?...
Have very much enjoyed this ongoing series on haunted house cinema, and reading it back I think this is a really good piece on a wildly under-rated film thehaunt.substack.com/p/the-haunte...
The Haunted House on Film Part IV
Personal Shopper (2016) dir. Oliver Assayas
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February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Have very much enjoyed this ongoing series on haunted house cinema, and reading it back I think this is a really good piece on a wildly under-rated film thehaunt.substack.com/p/the-haunte...
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As always, if you have suggestions for this on-going series over on thehaunt.blog I'd love to hear 'em
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
As always, if you have suggestions for this on-going series over on thehaunt.blog I'd love to hear 'em
As always, if you have suggestions for this on-going series over on thehaunt.blog I'd love to hear 'em
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
As always, if you have suggestions for this on-going series over on thehaunt.blog I'd love to hear 'em
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the haunted house film: an ongoing series.
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the haunted house film: an ongoing series.
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Look, for 2026 I think you should invite me on your podcast, especially if you have any interest in the intersections of horror movies, politics and utopian philosophy.
January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Look, for 2026 I think you should invite me on your podcast, especially if you have any interest in the intersections of horror movies, politics and utopian philosophy.
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🐳 EPISODE 1 🐳
A brand new podcast about a book about a fish is out now.
@leighsus.bsky.social (who's never read a book) and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social (who's read loads) discuss Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, chapter-by-chapter.
Listen free on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.
A brand new podcast about a book about a fish is out now.
@leighsus.bsky.social (who's never read a book) and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social (who's read loads) discuss Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, chapter-by-chapter.
Listen free on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 AM
🐳 EPISODE 1 🐳
A brand new podcast about a book about a fish is out now.
@leighsus.bsky.social (who's never read a book) and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social (who's read loads) discuss Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, chapter-by-chapter.
Listen free on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.
A brand new podcast about a book about a fish is out now.
@leighsus.bsky.social (who's never read a book) and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social (who's read loads) discuss Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, chapter-by-chapter.
Listen free on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.
Current reading, a literary montage that occults the recent past into a complete nightmare - history becomes both a horror story and a crime scene. Incredible, what an astonishing book.
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Current reading, a literary montage that occults the recent past into a complete nightmare - history becomes both a horror story and a crime scene. Incredible, what an astonishing book.
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I can't believe I let the new Silent Hill 2 movie pass me by without aggressively promoting my Silent Hill 2 essays for the renewed SEO value 😌🙏
In this piece, I return to the game as an adult and examine my relationship to James Sunderland being both chronically ill and a caretaker for others
In this piece, I return to the game as an adult and examine my relationship to James Sunderland being both chronically ill and a caretaker for others
I Buried My Love at Toluca Lake
I'm going to make two very normal statements that the non-gamer contingent of my subscribers may not understand. Rest assured, they are very normal. Widely...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I can't believe I let the new Silent Hill 2 movie pass me by without aggressively promoting my Silent Hill 2 essays for the renewed SEO value 😌🙏
In this piece, I return to the game as an adult and examine my relationship to James Sunderland being both chronically ill and a caretaker for others
In this piece, I return to the game as an adult and examine my relationship to James Sunderland being both chronically ill and a caretaker for others
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Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
February 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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hey who's your favorite writer working in horror commentary & cultural criticism?
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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hey who's your favorite writer working in horror commentary & cultural criticism?
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
hey who's your favorite writer working in horror commentary & cultural criticism?
A (typically) superb episode of one of my favorite podcasts 👻👻👻
On @tendersubject.bsky.social we were joined by @feraljokes.bsky.social and @raygonne.bsky.social from @culdesacofblood.bsky.social to talk Frankenstein! We dissect the book & the 2025 film through queer & Marxist theory & get into why the film often let us down.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A (typically) superb episode of one of my favorite podcasts 👻👻👻
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Best album of the year so far from one of the best bands in the whole fucking world. Go listen to @mandyindiana.bsky.social
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URGH, by Mandy, Indiana
10 track album
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February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Best album of the year so far from one of the best bands in the whole fucking world. Go listen to @mandyindiana.bsky.social
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NEW WRITING: A while back I played Everyone's Gone To The Rapture and really enjoyed it - happy to say that Still Wakes the Deep is also really good www.patreon.com/posts/144522...
The Rig is the Monster: Still Wakes The Deep and The Horror of Extraction | TheLitCritGuy
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November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NEW WRITING: A while back I played Everyone's Gone To The Rapture and really enjoyed it - happy to say that Still Wakes the Deep is also really good www.patreon.com/posts/144522...
book promises "horror theory"
look inside
it's reheated eighteenth century aesthetic philosophy again
look inside
it's reheated eighteenth century aesthetic philosophy again
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
book promises "horror theory"
look inside
it's reheated eighteenth century aesthetic philosophy again
look inside
it's reheated eighteenth century aesthetic philosophy again