Derek Austin Johnson
@daj42.bsky.social
Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, and Parsec.
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A warning to the curious…
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A warning to the curious…
Cthulhu Dreams edited by A. Balsamo, which includes my story “Day of the Devilfish”, is out from Inkd Publishing. Pick up a copy wherever you get your books.
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Cthulhu Dreams edited by A. Balsamo, which includes my story “Day of the Devilfish”, is out from Inkd Publishing. Pick up a copy wherever you get your books.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 31: YellowBrickRoad (2010, ds. Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton).
Day 31: YellowBrickRoad (2010, ds. Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton).
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 31: YellowBrickRoad (2010, ds. Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton).
Day 31: YellowBrickRoad (2010, ds. Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 31: The Manse by Lisa W. Cantrell.
Day 31: The Manse by Lisa W. Cantrell.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 31: The Manse by Lisa W. Cantrell.
Day 31: The Manse by Lisa W. Cantrell.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 30: The Lodge (2020, ds. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala).
Day 30: The Lodge (2020, ds. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala).
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 30: The Lodge (2020, ds. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala).
Day 30: The Lodge (2020, ds. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 30: Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter.
Day 30: Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 30: Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter.
Day 30: Dark Seeker by K. W. Jeter.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 28 and 29: Lake Mungo (2008, d. Joel Anderson) and Savageland (2015, ds. Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, and David Whelan).
Days 28 and 29: Lake Mungo (2008, d. Joel Anderson) and Savageland (2015, ds. Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, and David Whelan).
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 28 and 29: Lake Mungo (2008, d. Joel Anderson) and Savageland (2015, ds. Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, and David Whelan).
Days 28 and 29: Lake Mungo (2008, d. Joel Anderson) and Savageland (2015, ds. Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, and David Whelan).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 28 and 29: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
Days 28 and 29: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 28 and 29: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
Days 28 and 29: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski and A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 26 and 27: Messiah of Evil (1974, ds. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz) and Dagon (2001, d. Stuart Gordon).
Days 26 and 27: Messiah of Evil (1974, ds. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz) and Dagon (2001, d. Stuart Gordon).
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 26 and 27: Messiah of Evil (1974, ds. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz) and Dagon (2001, d. Stuart Gordon).
Days 26 and 27: Messiah of Evil (1974, ds. Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz) and Dagon (2001, d. Stuart Gordon).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 26 and 27: The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber.
Days 26 and 27: The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 26 and 27: The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber.
Days 26 and 27: The City of the Singing Flame by Clark Ashton Smith and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber.
Springsteen’s album Nebraska hits harder the older I get.
October 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Springsteen’s album Nebraska hits harder the older I get.
Shelby Oaks, Chris Stuckman's first feature, is an atmospheric, creepy little gem that seems just right for the Halloween season. While not a great movie, it does a lot well, and made me think of Charles L.She Grant's Oxrun Station novels in its blend of horror set pieces and interesting characters.
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Shelby Oaks, Chris Stuckman's first feature, is an atmospheric, creepy little gem that seems just right for the Halloween season. While not a great movie, it does a lot well, and made me think of Charles L.She Grant's Oxrun Station novels in its blend of horror set pieces and interesting characters.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 25: Stir of Echoes (1999, d. David Koepp).
Day 25: Stir of Echoes (1999, d. David Koepp).
October 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 25: Stir of Echoes (1999, d. David Koepp).
Day 25: Stir of Echoes (1999, d. David Koepp).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 25: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson.
Day 25: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson.
October 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 25: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson.
Day 25: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 24: Frailty (2001, d. Bill Paxton).
Day 24: Frailty (2001, d. Bill Paxton).
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 24: Frailty (2001, d. Bill Paxton).
Day 24: Frailty (2001, d. Bill Paxton).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 24: Son of the Endless Night by John Farris.
Day 24: Son of the Endless Night by John Farris.
October 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 24: Son of the Endless Night by John Farris.
Day 24: Son of the Endless Night by John Farris.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 22 and 23: Apartment Zero (1988, d. Martin Donovan) and The Vanishing (1988, d. George Sluizer).
Days 22 and 23: Apartment Zero (1988, d. Martin Donovan) and The Vanishing (1988, d. George Sluizer).
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 22 and 23: Apartment Zero (1988, d. Martin Donovan) and The Vanishing (1988, d. George Sluizer).
Days 22 and 23: Apartment Zero (1988, d. Martin Donovan) and The Vanishing (1988, d. George Sluizer).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 22 and 23: Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison and Tap, Tap by David Martin.
Days 22 and 23: Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison and Tap, Tap by David Martin.
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 22 and 23: Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison and Tap, Tap by David Martin.
Days 22 and 23: Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison and Tap, Tap by David Martin.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 20 and 21: Weapons (2025, d. Zach Cregger) and Late Night With the Devil (2023, ds. Colin and Cameron Cairnes).
Days 20 and 21: Weapons (2025, d. Zach Cregger) and Late Night With the Devil (2023, ds. Colin and Cameron Cairnes).
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 20 and 21: Weapons (2025, d. Zach Cregger) and Late Night With the Devil (2023, ds. Colin and Cameron Cairnes).
Days 20 and 21: Weapons (2025, d. Zach Cregger) and Late Night With the Devil (2023, ds. Colin and Cameron Cairnes).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 20 and 21: Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto and Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Days 20 and 21: Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto and Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 20 and 21: Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto and Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Days 20 and 21: Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, and Miquel Muerto and Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Finally watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I’ve always avoided anything that wasn’t the original series, for myriad reasons, and had my arguments for why no other iteration could possibly be worthwhile. Nine episodes in, and I’m digging it far more than I thought I would.
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Finally watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. I’ve always avoided anything that wasn’t the original series, for myriad reasons, and had my arguments for why no other iteration could possibly be worthwhile. Nine episodes in, and I’m digging it far more than I thought I would.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 18 and 19: A Dark Song (2017, d Liam Gavin) and When Evil Lurks (2023, d. Demián Rugna).
Days 18 and 19: A Dark Song (2017, d Liam Gavin) and When Evil Lurks (2023, d. Demián Rugna).
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday
Days 18 and 19: A Dark Song (2017, d Liam Gavin) and When Evil Lurks (2023, d. Demián Rugna).
Days 18 and 19: A Dark Song (2017, d Liam Gavin) and When Evil Lurks (2023, d. Demián Rugna).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 18 and 19: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower and Goddess of Filth by V. Castro.
Days 18 and 19: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower and Goddess of Filth by V. Castro.
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday.
Days 18 and 19: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower and Goddess of Filth by V. Castro.
Days 18 and 19: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower and Goddess of Filth by V. Castro.
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 17: Habit (1995, d. Larry Fessenden).
Day 17: Habit (1995, d. Larry Fessenden).
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.
Day 17: Habit (1995, d. Larry Fessenden).
Day 17: Habit (1995, d. Larry Fessenden).
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 17: Floater by Lucius Shepard.
Day 17: Floater by Lucius Shepard.
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.
Day 17: Floater by Lucius Shepard.
Day 17: Floater by Lucius Shepard.