Gory Bledalot
@coreyredekop.bsky.social
Author, SHELF MONKEY, HUSK, assorted literary sundries. Socially and emotionally distant. Also Canadian. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/758661.Corey_Redekop
BOOK #72, 2025
BLOOD MUSIC, by Greg Bear (1985)
Fascinating take on the Frankenstein scenario. A scientist discovers his cells have become self-aware & want answers as to their existence. It’s terrific fodder for dense sci-fi, but Bear’s talent for plotting keeps the story grounded.
#booksky♥️📚
BLOOD MUSIC, by Greg Bear (1985)
Fascinating take on the Frankenstein scenario. A scientist discovers his cells have become self-aware & want answers as to their existence. It’s terrific fodder for dense sci-fi, but Bear’s talent for plotting keeps the story grounded.
#booksky♥️📚
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
BOOK #72, 2025
BLOOD MUSIC, by Greg Bear (1985)
Fascinating take on the Frankenstein scenario. A scientist discovers his cells have become self-aware & want answers as to their existence. It’s terrific fodder for dense sci-fi, but Bear’s talent for plotting keeps the story grounded.
#booksky♥️📚
BLOOD MUSIC, by Greg Bear (1985)
Fascinating take on the Frankenstein scenario. A scientist discovers his cells have become self-aware & want answers as to their existence. It’s terrific fodder for dense sci-fi, but Bear’s talent for plotting keeps the story grounded.
#booksky♥️📚
It’s all one glorious nightmare.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s all one glorious nightmare.
BOOK #71, 2025
VENISS UNDERGROUND, by Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
Phantasmagorical wonder. Plot is secondary to presentation, a world as dazzling as it is dangerous, saturated with imagery in a voice henceforth known as “VanderMeerian.” It’s a spectacular accomplishment in world-building.
#booksky❤️📚
VENISS UNDERGROUND, by Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
Phantasmagorical wonder. Plot is secondary to presentation, a world as dazzling as it is dangerous, saturated with imagery in a voice henceforth known as “VanderMeerian.” It’s a spectacular accomplishment in world-building.
#booksky❤️📚
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
BOOK #71, 2025
VENISS UNDERGROUND, by Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
Phantasmagorical wonder. Plot is secondary to presentation, a world as dazzling as it is dangerous, saturated with imagery in a voice henceforth known as “VanderMeerian.” It’s a spectacular accomplishment in world-building.
#booksky❤️📚
VENISS UNDERGROUND, by Jeff VanderMeer (2003)
Phantasmagorical wonder. Plot is secondary to presentation, a world as dazzling as it is dangerous, saturated with imagery in a voice henceforth known as “VanderMeerian.” It’s a spectacular accomplishment in world-building.
#booksky❤️📚
BOOK #70, 2025
THE QUEEN, by Nick Cutter (2024)
Extreme horror by a Canadian master. Cutter cranks it up to eleven, giving us an ultra-gory freakfest of missing kids, mad scientists, insect imagery, & gooey body horror. Hardcore sci-fi horror that hits all my feel-bad nihilistic buttons.
#booksky♥️📚
THE QUEEN, by Nick Cutter (2024)
Extreme horror by a Canadian master. Cutter cranks it up to eleven, giving us an ultra-gory freakfest of missing kids, mad scientists, insect imagery, & gooey body horror. Hardcore sci-fi horror that hits all my feel-bad nihilistic buttons.
#booksky♥️📚
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
BOOK #70, 2025
THE QUEEN, by Nick Cutter (2024)
Extreme horror by a Canadian master. Cutter cranks it up to eleven, giving us an ultra-gory freakfest of missing kids, mad scientists, insect imagery, & gooey body horror. Hardcore sci-fi horror that hits all my feel-bad nihilistic buttons.
#booksky♥️📚
THE QUEEN, by Nick Cutter (2024)
Extreme horror by a Canadian master. Cutter cranks it up to eleven, giving us an ultra-gory freakfest of missing kids, mad scientists, insect imagery, & gooey body horror. Hardcore sci-fi horror that hits all my feel-bad nihilistic buttons.
#booksky♥️📚
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #68, 2025
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
BOOK #68, 2025
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #67, 2025
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
BOOK #67, 2025
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #66, 2025
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
BOOK #66, 2025
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #65, 2025
THE PREDATOR, by Christopher Golden (2018)
Cookie-cutter novelization that highlights the movie’s failings. The movie smooths out its inconsistencies through charismatic actors & enjoyable action; lacking that, this lands with a thud, particularly in the lengthy ending.
#booksky💙📚♥️
THE PREDATOR, by Christopher Golden (2018)
Cookie-cutter novelization that highlights the movie’s failings. The movie smooths out its inconsistencies through charismatic actors & enjoyable action; lacking that, this lands with a thud, particularly in the lengthy ending.
#booksky💙📚♥️
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
BOOK #65, 2025
THE PREDATOR, by Christopher Golden (2018)
Cookie-cutter novelization that highlights the movie’s failings. The movie smooths out its inconsistencies through charismatic actors & enjoyable action; lacking that, this lands with a thud, particularly in the lengthy ending.
#booksky💙📚♥️
THE PREDATOR, by Christopher Golden (2018)
Cookie-cutter novelization that highlights the movie’s failings. The movie smooths out its inconsistencies through charismatic actors & enjoyable action; lacking that, this lands with a thud, particularly in the lengthy ending.
#booksky💙📚♥️
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #64, 2025
SOUR CANDY, by Kealan Patrick Burke (2007)
Short, VERY creepy novella. Like the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, little is explained & it’s all that more unnerving as a result. A lovely little slice of cosmic horror mixed with the trials inherent in parenthood.
#booksky 💙📚
SOUR CANDY, by Kealan Patrick Burke (2007)
Short, VERY creepy novella. Like the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, little is explained & it’s all that more unnerving as a result. A lovely little slice of cosmic horror mixed with the trials inherent in parenthood.
#booksky 💙📚
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
BOOK #64, 2025
SOUR CANDY, by Kealan Patrick Burke (2007)
Short, VERY creepy novella. Like the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, little is explained & it’s all that more unnerving as a result. A lovely little slice of cosmic horror mixed with the trials inherent in parenthood.
#booksky 💙📚
SOUR CANDY, by Kealan Patrick Burke (2007)
Short, VERY creepy novella. Like the best episodes of The Twilight Zone, little is explained & it’s all that more unnerving as a result. A lovely little slice of cosmic horror mixed with the trials inherent in parenthood.
#booksky 💙📚
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #63, 2025
FAIRY TALE, by Stephen King (2022)
Expansive, immersive, overlong fantasy. As refreshingly earnest as it is, the story is too slight for its length; scenes are great but the full work crumbles. Still worthwhile, a gateway read to King’s grimmer DARK TOWERs.
#booksky💙📚
FAIRY TALE, by Stephen King (2022)
Expansive, immersive, overlong fantasy. As refreshingly earnest as it is, the story is too slight for its length; scenes are great but the full work crumbles. Still worthwhile, a gateway read to King’s grimmer DARK TOWERs.
#booksky💙📚
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
BOOK #63, 2025
FAIRY TALE, by Stephen King (2022)
Expansive, immersive, overlong fantasy. As refreshingly earnest as it is, the story is too slight for its length; scenes are great but the full work crumbles. Still worthwhile, a gateway read to King’s grimmer DARK TOWERs.
#booksky💙📚
FAIRY TALE, by Stephen King (2022)
Expansive, immersive, overlong fantasy. As refreshingly earnest as it is, the story is too slight for its length; scenes are great but the full work crumbles. Still worthwhile, a gateway read to King’s grimmer DARK TOWERs.
#booksky💙📚
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
BOOK #62, 2025
THE Z WORD, by Lindsay King-Miller (2024)
Enjoyable, surface-level LGBTQ+ zom-com. A woman yearns for her ex-girlfriend while zombies take over Pride. The story zips along with bursts of B-movie energy, but the protagonist is the least interesting/sympathetic character.
#booksky♥️📚
THE Z WORD, by Lindsay King-Miller (2024)
Enjoyable, surface-level LGBTQ+ zom-com. A woman yearns for her ex-girlfriend while zombies take over Pride. The story zips along with bursts of B-movie energy, but the protagonist is the least interesting/sympathetic character.
#booksky♥️📚
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
BOOK #62, 2025
THE Z WORD, by Lindsay King-Miller (2024)
Enjoyable, surface-level LGBTQ+ zom-com. A woman yearns for her ex-girlfriend while zombies take over Pride. The story zips along with bursts of B-movie energy, but the protagonist is the least interesting/sympathetic character.
#booksky♥️📚
THE Z WORD, by Lindsay King-Miller (2024)
Enjoyable, surface-level LGBTQ+ zom-com. A woman yearns for her ex-girlfriend while zombies take over Pride. The story zips along with bursts of B-movie energy, but the protagonist is the least interesting/sympathetic character.
#booksky♥️📚
BOOK #69, 2025
LIGHT INTO INK, Rev. Ed., by S.M. Guariento (2025)
An exhaustively/lovingly researched look at the art of film novelization. Deep diving into 50 such titles, Guariento’s mix of scholarship and passion is a treat & a half. Highly recommended for book/movie lover.
#booksky♥️📚 #filmsky🎥
LIGHT INTO INK, Rev. Ed., by S.M. Guariento (2025)
An exhaustively/lovingly researched look at the art of film novelization. Deep diving into 50 such titles, Guariento’s mix of scholarship and passion is a treat & a half. Highly recommended for book/movie lover.
#booksky♥️📚 #filmsky🎥
October 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
BOOK #69, 2025
LIGHT INTO INK, Rev. Ed., by S.M. Guariento (2025)
An exhaustively/lovingly researched look at the art of film novelization. Deep diving into 50 such titles, Guariento’s mix of scholarship and passion is a treat & a half. Highly recommended for book/movie lover.
#booksky♥️📚 #filmsky🎥
LIGHT INTO INK, Rev. Ed., by S.M. Guariento (2025)
An exhaustively/lovingly researched look at the art of film novelization. Deep diving into 50 such titles, Guariento’s mix of scholarship and passion is a treat & a half. Highly recommended for book/movie lover.
#booksky♥️📚 #filmsky🎥
#31DaysofHalloween
11) THE EMPTY MAN, dir. David Prior (2025)
Ultra-creepy horror, a superb mix of detective thriller, urban legends, and cosmic horror. I’m still not positive it fully sticks the landing, but the overwhelming sense of dread Prior creates is undeniable.
#filmsky 🎥📽️🎬
11) THE EMPTY MAN, dir. David Prior (2025)
Ultra-creepy horror, a superb mix of detective thriller, urban legends, and cosmic horror. I’m still not positive it fully sticks the landing, but the overwhelming sense of dread Prior creates is undeniable.
#filmsky 🎥📽️🎬
October 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#31DaysofHalloween
11) THE EMPTY MAN, dir. David Prior (2025)
Ultra-creepy horror, a superb mix of detective thriller, urban legends, and cosmic horror. I’m still not positive it fully sticks the landing, but the overwhelming sense of dread Prior creates is undeniable.
#filmsky 🎥📽️🎬
11) THE EMPTY MAN, dir. David Prior (2025)
Ultra-creepy horror, a superb mix of detective thriller, urban legends, and cosmic horror. I’m still not positive it fully sticks the landing, but the overwhelming sense of dread Prior creates is undeniable.
#filmsky 🎥📽️🎬
#31DaysofHalloween
10) SMILE dir. Parker Finn (2022)
Spooky little supernatural thriller that doesn’t change the world but certainly keeps you on edge throughout. Would make for a good double creature-feature with IT FOLLOWS.
10) SMILE dir. Parker Finn (2022)
Spooky little supernatural thriller that doesn’t change the world but certainly keeps you on edge throughout. Would make for a good double creature-feature with IT FOLLOWS.
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#31DaysofHalloween
10) SMILE dir. Parker Finn (2022)
Spooky little supernatural thriller that doesn’t change the world but certainly keeps you on edge throughout. Would make for a good double creature-feature with IT FOLLOWS.
10) SMILE dir. Parker Finn (2022)
Spooky little supernatural thriller that doesn’t change the world but certainly keeps you on edge throughout. Would make for a good double creature-feature with IT FOLLOWS.
#31DaysofHalloween
9) ALIEN RESURRECTION dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
Top-notch practical effects, gorgeous design, Sigourney Weaver, & unexpected notes to the mythos. The least of the ALIENs, but there’s still a lot to enjoy & appreciate. Too bad the one liners all land with thuds.
#filmsky🎥🎬
9) ALIEN RESURRECTION dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
Top-notch practical effects, gorgeous design, Sigourney Weaver, & unexpected notes to the mythos. The least of the ALIENs, but there’s still a lot to enjoy & appreciate. Too bad the one liners all land with thuds.
#filmsky🎥🎬
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#31DaysofHalloween
9) ALIEN RESURRECTION dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
Top-notch practical effects, gorgeous design, Sigourney Weaver, & unexpected notes to the mythos. The least of the ALIENs, but there’s still a lot to enjoy & appreciate. Too bad the one liners all land with thuds.
#filmsky🎥🎬
9) ALIEN RESURRECTION dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
Top-notch practical effects, gorgeous design, Sigourney Weaver, & unexpected notes to the mythos. The least of the ALIENs, but there’s still a lot to enjoy & appreciate. Too bad the one liners all land with thuds.
#filmsky🎥🎬
BOOK #68, 2025
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
BOOK #68, 2025
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
THE THING IN THE SNOW, by Sean Adams (2023)
Satirical look at workplace insanity. Within an all but abandoned building, employees perform menial tasks until a mysterious ‘thing’ appears.
As it turns out, the REAL ‘thing in the snow’ was the friends we made along the way.
#booksky ♥️📚
BOOK #67, 2025
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
October 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
BOOK #67, 2025
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
THE MARTIAN WAR, by Kevin J. Anderson (2012)
An enjoyable H.G. Wells pastiche. Mixing in characters & events from Wells’ works, Anderson uses Wells himself as point man in humanity’s first contact with aliens. It’s a fun romp, with an emphasis on Wells’ more fantastical sci-fi ideas.
#31DaysofHalloween
FRIGHT NIGHT, dir. Tom Holland (1985)
Prime 1980s comic horror. Sexy vampires, incredible practical effects, good scares, and Roddy McDowell’s finest late-era performance. The movie wouldn’t work half as well without him.
#filmsky🎥🎬
FRIGHT NIGHT, dir. Tom Holland (1985)
Prime 1980s comic horror. Sexy vampires, incredible practical effects, good scares, and Roddy McDowell’s finest late-era performance. The movie wouldn’t work half as well without him.
#filmsky🎥🎬
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#31DaysofHalloween
FRIGHT NIGHT, dir. Tom Holland (1985)
Prime 1980s comic horror. Sexy vampires, incredible practical effects, good scares, and Roddy McDowell’s finest late-era performance. The movie wouldn’t work half as well without him.
#filmsky🎥🎬
FRIGHT NIGHT, dir. Tom Holland (1985)
Prime 1980s comic horror. Sexy vampires, incredible practical effects, good scares, and Roddy McDowell’s finest late-era performance. The movie wouldn’t work half as well without him.
#filmsky🎥🎬
Reposted by Gory Bledalot
Trump and Stephen Miller have relied on an army of MAGA "influencers" widely disseminating a fraudulent picture of Portland in chaos, to bolster the case for deploying military.
NYT has a good new piece on this. But it made several missteps worth highlighting. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
NYT has a good new piece on this. But it made several missteps worth highlighting. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
October 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trump and Stephen Miller have relied on an army of MAGA "influencers" widely disseminating a fraudulent picture of Portland in chaos, to bolster the case for deploying military.
NYT has a good new piece on this. But it made several missteps worth highlighting. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
NYT has a good new piece on this. But it made several missteps worth highlighting. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
BOOK #66, 2025
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
BOOK #66, 2025
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, by Alix E. Harrow (2021)
Lovely deconstruction/reconstruction of fairy tale mythos. Harrow twists the misogynistic tropes behind the legend to suit her noble needs. A great tale, with wonderful characters and fine, nay, ENCHANTING style.
#booksky ♥️📚