Bob Pastorella
@bobpastorella.com
Co-host of the This Is Horror podcast. Author of THEY’RE WATCHING (with Michael David Wilson). My vampire novel, THE SMALL HOURS, is available now. Anti-A.I.
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Bob Pastorella
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· Nov 2
The Small Hours is the darkest part of night, right before dawn.
It's also the title of my upcoming vampire novel.
It's funny, sexy, and very, very bloody.
A modern-day splatterpunk.
You cannot touch me, you would not dare
I am the chill that's in the air
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It's also the title of my upcoming vampire novel.
It's funny, sexy, and very, very bloody.
A modern-day splatterpunk.
You cannot touch me, you would not dare
I am the chill that's in the air
ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
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🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🔥 COVER +TITLE REVEAL + SUBMISSIONS OPEN🔥
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
YOUR BODY IS A FEVER DREAM: A Cosmic Body Horror Anthology from Trans & Gender Nonconforming Voices
A Charity collection coming in October 2026🖤☠️🏳️⚧️
Art by @mxmorgan.com
All the info here: tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/11...
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Tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news is all ready to go, but #ICYMI here's last week's new & forthcoming horrors: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Alakazam by Mia Dalia - out now from Absinthe Books, POV: The Found Footage Festival - coming to Derby Quad this Saturday ...
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Alakazam by Mia Dalia - out now from Absinthe Books, POV: The Found Footage Festival - coming to Derby Quad this Saturday ...
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News Round-up Week Ending 14 November 2025
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … Available now from author Mia Dalia and Absinthe Books, Alakazam What is the greatest trick of all—s…
www.thisishorror.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news is all ready to go, but #ICYMI here's last week's new & forthcoming horrors: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Alakazam by Mia Dalia - out now from Absinthe Books, POV: The Found Footage Festival - coming to Derby Quad this Saturday ...
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Alakazam by Mia Dalia - out now from Absinthe Books, POV: The Found Footage Festival - coming to Derby Quad this Saturday ...
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Be on the Look Out For ... THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo, releasing later this month!
Look Out For … The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo
“With his horror fiction debut, Manibo presents a cursed family manor, tapping into the Philippines’ oppressive history with a nightmarish gothic tale.” Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Be on the Look Out For ... THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by Victor Manibo, releasing later this month!
I'm not just fied, I'm verified, baby!
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm not just fied, I'm verified, baby!
Maybe it's because I've been digesting so much of another cultures mythology (Ghost of Yōtei), but my visual interpretation of folklore, magick, and ritual has changed. I used to think of occult ritual in terms of black and shades of grey. Now I visualize it as colorful, often bright and loud.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Maybe it's because I've been digesting so much of another cultures mythology (Ghost of Yōtei), but my visual interpretation of folklore, magick, and ritual has changed. I used to think of occult ritual in terms of black and shades of grey. Now I visualize it as colorful, often bright and loud.
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The signed HC reissue *with slipcase* of @brianevenson.bsky.social's out of print 1997 collection THE DIN OF CELESTIAL BIRDS is up for preorder at @weirdhousepress.bsky.social! Only 22 copies left at this moment. 26 more copies sans slipcase to be available soon. weirdhousepress.com/products/the...
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The signed HC reissue *with slipcase* of @brianevenson.bsky.social's out of print 1997 collection THE DIN OF CELESTIAL BIRDS is up for preorder at @weirdhousepress.bsky.social! Only 22 copies left at this moment. 26 more copies sans slipcase to be available soon. weirdhousepress.com/products/the...
New-to-me band Night Verses.
Holy shit!
Where in the fuck have I been?
Holy shit!
Where in the fuck have I been?
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
New-to-me band Night Verses.
Holy shit!
Where in the fuck have I been?
Holy shit!
Where in the fuck have I been?
Been thinking a lot of when writers revisit themes/ideas/plotlines/characters/etc. in fiction. Musicians do it all the time, but some folks hate it when writers do it. I'll have more about it on my blog tomorrow.
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Into the Obscuradrome
Dispatches from the mind of Bob Pastorella, writer and podcaster. Horror and Speculative Fiction.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Been thinking a lot of when writers revisit themes/ideas/plotlines/characters/etc. in fiction. Musicians do it all the time, but some folks hate it when writers do it. I'll have more about it on my blog tomorrow.
Please subscribe so you don't miss my blog/newsletter: bobpastorella.com.
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I listened to Wish You Were Here while driving today, skipping ahead so the Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts blended together, and then Pink Floyd releases their new stereo mix of the song blended together this afternoon.
Over 25 minutes of pure Pink Floyd bliss.
Over 25 minutes of pure Pink Floyd bliss.
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I listened to Wish You Were Here while driving today, skipping ahead so the Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts blended together, and then Pink Floyd releases their new stereo mix of the song blended together this afternoon.
Over 25 minutes of pure Pink Floyd bliss.
Over 25 minutes of pure Pink Floyd bliss.
New ObscuraJournal 11/19/25
ObscuraJournal 11/19/25
I've been at the 90% mark in Ghost of Yōtei for about a week now. I tried to get to the final boss battle, but the path ahead of is treacherous. I learned the hard way speeding through the story doesn...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New ObscuraJournal 11/19/25
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It's Jess Hagemann Week on The Scares That Shaped Us! New episode drops Wednesday!
NEXT WEEK:
Jess Hagemann, the author @danielkraus.com says "might be the best horror writer in America," joins the show to talk about her @ghoulish.bsky.social novel MOTHER-EATING, and we dig into the surreal, unsettling short films of Jan Svankmajer!
Episode drops 11/19 at Noon Central!
Jess Hagemann, the author @danielkraus.com says "might be the best horror writer in America," joins the show to talk about her @ghoulish.bsky.social novel MOTHER-EATING, and we dig into the surreal, unsettling short films of Jan Svankmajer!
Episode drops 11/19 at Noon Central!
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's Jess Hagemann Week on The Scares That Shaped Us! New episode drops Wednesday!
Correct me if I'm doing this wrong, but my splatterpunk novel THE SMALL HOURS, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, is eligible for awards ... like the Splatterpunk Awards, for one example.
Thanks!
Thanks!
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Correct me if I'm doing this wrong, but my splatterpunk novel THE SMALL HOURS, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, is eligible for awards ... like the Splatterpunk Awards, for one example.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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How do you do, fellow nerds? Today marks the official publication date of ALIEN: PERFECT ORGANISMS! I chased this job for years and I’m so proud of the book. If you’re a fan of me or the franchise I hope you’ll check it out!
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How do you do, fellow nerds? Today marks the official publication date of ALIEN: PERFECT ORGANISMS! I chased this job for years and I’m so proud of the book. If you’re a fan of me or the franchise I hope you’ll check it out!
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For those who prefer video, the full two-hour-plus This Is Horror Podcast conversation with Delilah S. Dawson (@delilahsdawson.bsky.social) is available now on our YouTube channel.
We talk about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and more.
youtu.be/cg89rNKo8f8
We talk about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and more.
youtu.be/cg89rNKo8f8
Delilah S. Dawson on House of Idyll and How to Get Published (This Is Horror Podcast 637 & 638)
YouTube video by This Is Horror
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November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
For those who prefer video, the full two-hour-plus This Is Horror Podcast conversation with Delilah S. Dawson (@delilahsdawson.bsky.social) is available now on our YouTube channel.
We talk about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and more.
youtu.be/cg89rNKo8f8
We talk about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and more.
youtu.be/cg89rNKo8f8
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Today on This Is Horror Podcast, Delilah S. Dawson (@delilahsdawson.bsky.social) talks about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and much more.
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www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-638-deli...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today on This Is Horror Podcast, Delilah S. Dawson (@delilahsdawson.bsky.social) talks about House of Idyll, writing comics, how to get traditionally published, and much more.
www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-638-deli...
www.thisishorror.co.uk/tih-638-deli...
Hey, Monday got you down?
@kevharrison.bsky.social has the goods. He's got the 5 must-read horror articles online ready for you, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
@kevharrison.bsky.social has the goods. He's got the 5 must-read horror articles online ready for you, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
5 Must Read Horror Articles 17 November 2025
Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Crime Reads look into the nature of hauntings and expl…
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November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hey, Monday got you down?
@kevharrison.bsky.social has the goods. He's got the 5 must-read horror articles online ready for you, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
@kevharrison.bsky.social has the goods. He's got the 5 must-read horror articles online ready for you, only at @thisishorror.bsky.social.
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Just lined up tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news, but #ICYMI, here's last week's new and forthcoming: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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News Round-up Week Ending 7 November 2025
Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week … New from author Jack Finn and Crow Street Press, Culling of the House of Boars Strigoi. Living dead …
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November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just lined up tomorrow's @thisishorror.bsky.social news, but #ICYMI, here's last week's new and forthcoming: www.thisishorror.co.uk/news-round-u...
Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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Culling of the House of Boars by @therealjackfinn.bsky.social - out now from Crow Street Press ...
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This Is Horror Podcast patrons can now submit questions for Eric LaRocca (@ericlarocca.bsky.social), author of Burnt Sparrow, ahead of our conversation.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This Is Horror Podcast patrons can now submit questions for Eric LaRocca (@ericlarocca.bsky.social), author of Burnt Sparrow, ahead of our conversation.
www.patreon.com/posts/143633...
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Ah yes, the mistake of rushing through the main quest to only be ill-equipped for the grand finale. Want a tip for Ghost of Yōtei? Do all the side missions, get all the kickass swords and armor. Liberate strongholds, hit as many alters of reflection you can. Follow golden birds and foxes. Do it all.
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Ah yes, the mistake of rushing through the main quest to only be ill-equipped for the grand finale. Want a tip for Ghost of Yōtei? Do all the side missions, get all the kickass swords and armor. Liberate strongholds, hit as many alters of reflection you can. Follow golden birds and foxes. Do it all.
The arena to get to the final battle in Ghost of Yōtei is a lot. Literally impossible to stealth your way through it. This is going to take a while.
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The arena to get to the final battle in Ghost of Yōtei is a lot. Literally impossible to stealth your way through it. This is going to take a while.
November's newsletter is live, with an essay about writing with your whole chest.
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Into the Obscuradrome 11/13/25
Welcome back to the Obscuradrome. I'm Bob Pastorella, co-host of the This Is Horror podcast, author of The Small Hours, co-author of They're Watching with Michael David Wilson, and Mojo Rising, which ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
November's newsletter is live, with an essay about writing with your whole chest.
Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
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Please subscribe, it really means a lot.
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"Bob Pastorella’s debut solo novel, THE SMALL HOURS combines the pot-smoking antics of DAZED AND CONFUSED with paranormal detective CONSTANTINE." --Jess Hagemann, author of the recently released MOTHER-EATING.
Splatterpunk vampires from @ghoulish.bsky.social
Here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
Splatterpunk vampires from @ghoulish.bsky.social
Here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Bob Pastorella’s debut solo novel, THE SMALL HOURS combines the pot-smoking antics of DAZED AND CONFUSED with paranormal detective CONSTANTINE." --Jess Hagemann, author of the recently released MOTHER-EATING.
Splatterpunk vampires from @ghoulish.bsky.social
Here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
Splatterpunk vampires from @ghoulish.bsky.social
Here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
Be on the Look Out For ... DARK SISTERS by Kristi DeMeester, releasing next month!
Look Out For … Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester
“With her latest novel, DeMeester channels raw unbridled rage through a diabolical curse that connects three women across centuries.” Anne Bolton is facing persecution for witchcraft. A…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Be on the Look Out For ... DARK SISTERS by Kristi DeMeester, releasing next month!
As I near the end of playing Ghost of Yōtei it makes me want to play Ghost of Tsushima again even more. I have the PS5 edition with the additional DLC that I've never played, so I think I'll be revisiting it again really soon.
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
As I near the end of playing Ghost of Yōtei it makes me want to play Ghost of Tsushima again even more. I have the PS5 edition with the additional DLC that I've never played, so I think I'll be revisiting it again really soon.
Read the book @thisishorror.bsky.social said was like a sexed up Peter Jackson scare fest.
Grab your copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
THE SMALL HOURS. A splatterpunk vampire novel, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, cover art by @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social.
It's funny, horny, and very bloody!
Grab your copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
THE SMALL HOURS. A splatterpunk vampire novel, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, cover art by @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social.
It's funny, horny, and very bloody!
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Read the book @thisishorror.bsky.social said was like a sexed up Peter Jackson scare fest.
Grab your copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
THE SMALL HOURS. A splatterpunk vampire novel, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, cover art by @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social.
It's funny, horny, and very bloody!
Grab your copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/the-...
THE SMALL HOURS. A splatterpunk vampire novel, from @ghoulish.bsky.social, cover art by @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social.
It's funny, horny, and very bloody!