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Brandon Grafius
@bgrafius.bsky.social
Bible and horror scholar, associate professor and dean. Recent book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506481623/Lurking-Under-the-Surface. Words at Salon, Sojourners, and Tor.com.
RIP to the great Jack DeJohnette, giant of jazz drumming. Listening to his trio album Music We Are in honor. #jazz #vinylsky
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I know the world is crumbling around us. But at least there are new #tonepoet titles. #vinylsky #jazz
September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Author’s copies arrived today, a little more than one month before release. If you’d like to preorder, you can get 20% off at indiepubs.com with code SCARED20*.
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Amazing new pressing of @lorangemusic.bsky.social’s first album. #vinylsky
August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Goodwill find. #vinylsky #horror
August 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This friend took up shop outside my living room window this morning. I know she’s a common yellow garden spider, but still pretty cool.
August 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Sitting down with a sour from Speciation Ales on Grand Rapids. What an amazing beer.
August 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Really enjoyed Jessa Cristin’s What’s Wrong with Men. The central conceit of treating Michael Douglas’s roles from the ‘80s and ‘90s as a single composite character who demonstrates the collapse of the patriarchy is brilliant. #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The release date for Scared by the Bible is less than 3 months away. Check out the fantastic blurb from Lovecraft Country author @bymattruff.bsky.social!
July 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
According to Meta AI, I am the co-author of the Oxford Handbook of Bibliomancy. I…don’t think this book exists.
June 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Copies arrived today! It’s been a five-year journey, but the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters is out in the world. So grateful to all the contributors for making this an indispensable resource. #biblicalstudies #horrorstudies
June 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Freddie Hubbard’s helping me through a day of revising and editing. #nowspinning #vinylsky
June 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg at the Ark in Ann Arbor. What a great show.
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just arrived in the mail today, the new one from @unwedsailor.bsky.social. Great stuff. #nowspinning
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just ran a 9:30 mile, and I think it’s time for me to ride into the running sunset. No need to be Michael Jordan with the Wizards - I’m retiring while I’m on top.
Or maybe I’ll just run again in a couple of days.
May 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Advance blurbs are starting to roll in for Scared by the Bible! The first is from the inimitable @zojestage.bsky.social, one of the best horror writers working today. If you haven't read her Wonderland, you're missing out!
May 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Noah and Abby Gundersen at the Magic Bag in Ferndale last night. Their performance of Poor Man’s Son was absolutely sublime.
April 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg in the Signal group chat:
March 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Listening to Jason Isbell’s excellent new album today, all new songs and solo acoustic. I managed to get my hands on the cherry bomb pressing. #nowspinning
March 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check this out! My new trade book from Morehouse Publishing is up for pre-order, releasing October 13. Pre-orders can make a huge difference as to whether a title gets picked up or not. I'm really excited to share this new work. www.churchpublishing.org/scaredbytheb...
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thought some Boards of Canada might be just the thing to help me get through today’s proofreading. #amspinning
February 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My life for the next few weeks. Time for proofing and indexing!
But so excited to have this out into the world before the year's up. #forbiblenerds #horror
January 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Afternoon writing accompaniment. A notch below Henderson’s best records, but still pretty fantastic. #nowspinning
January 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Copyedited version has arrived from Morehouse Publishers! I'm excited to start digging in, and to have this manuscript one step closer to being an actual book.
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Heading to Chicago tomorrow for the American Society of Church History annual conference. First time I’ve been to this meeting. I’m the respondent for a panel on the rhetoric and theology of monstrosity in church history - should be all kinds of fun.
January 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM