Darren Croucher
@darrenwriter.bsky.social
Horror writer. Essay in the upcoming POISONED SOUP FOR THE MACABRE, DEPRAVED, AND INSANE: NOSTALGIC TERRORS from Brigids Gate Press. Former bookseller. Contributor to various Barnes & Noble blogs.
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Darren Croucher
@darrenwriter.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Behold this gorgeous cover art by Alison Flannery for POISONED SOUP, a delicious horror anthology in which I have an essay about the terrors that formed me! Edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace Reynolds, coming in December from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
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ARCs are here! I mean… (A very limited, mostly already claimed, number of) ARCs are here!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ARCs are here! I mean… (A very limited, mostly already claimed, number of) ARCs are here!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
I KNOW A PLACE, the debut collection from @natcassidy.bsky.social, is coming May 2026!
This is our longest book to date at nearly 500 pages. Overflowing with short fiction, new and old. Pre-orders open now!
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
So earlier today I said @rachelharrison.bsky.social’s KISS SLAY REPLAY was my most anticipated of ‘26… can I make that joint most anticipated with THE SIXTH NIK?? Daniel and Rachel are two of my absolute faves, and two of the best, any genre. Take my money!
December 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So earlier today I said @rachelharrison.bsky.social’s KISS SLAY REPLAY was my most anticipated of ‘26… can I make that joint most anticipated with THE SIXTH NIK?? Daniel and Rachel are two of my absolute faves, and two of the best, any genre. Take my money!
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To all the readers who've picked up one or two (or fifteen!) of our titles this year, to all of the bookstores who've supported our authors and titles, and to all of the authors who continue to share their work with us...
I can't thank you all enough for helping to make our 2025 so special. 🖤
I can't thank you all enough for helping to make our 2025 so special. 🖤
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
To all the readers who've picked up one or two (or fifteen!) of our titles this year, to all of the bookstores who've supported our authors and titles, and to all of the authors who continue to share their work with us...
I can't thank you all enough for helping to make our 2025 so special. 🖤
I can't thank you all enough for helping to make our 2025 so special. 🖤
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With Stranger Things finally ending this month, I guess I should get one last round of promo out of this...
“★★★★★ Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things. FACE THE NIGHT is a compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts.” –IndieReader
“★★★★★ Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things. FACE THE NIGHT is a compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts.” –IndieReader
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
With Stranger Things finally ending this month, I guess I should get one last round of promo out of this...
“★★★★★ Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things. FACE THE NIGHT is a compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts.” –IndieReader
“★★★★★ Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things. FACE THE NIGHT is a compelling blend of small-town mystery and supernatural horror [that] succeeds brilliantly on both fronts.” –IndieReader
These covers are immaculate, much like the books themselves! @sgj.bsky.social
Shout-out to art director Amanda Shaffer (@ahshaffe.bsky.social) for the beautiful covers on Open Road Media's reissues of @sgj.bsky.social's back catalog! It's a thrill these books returning to print and looking so sharp ⭐
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
These covers are immaculate, much like the books themselves! @sgj.bsky.social
I had a joke about Schrödinger/I didn’t have a joke about about Schrödinger
I've got a joke about George RR Martin but i
I had a joke about Heisenberg but I’m not sure about it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I had a joke about Schrödinger/I didn’t have a joke about about Schrödinger
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Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Matthew Lillard is a national god damned treasure, not only as an enjoyable as fuck actor, but as a D&D ambassador and co-owner with his friends of Beadle & Grimm's (makers of the best D&D accessories on the market.) The only person who looks worse for Quentin shitting on him is fucking Quentin.
Pantone was three-cueing the room
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Pantone was three-cueing the room
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the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
readjumpscares.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
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Cover reveal time for @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's SLEEP ALONE!
This edition features a new bonus story in both the print and ebook. Available everywhere books are sold on March 17th!
Cover art wrap design by @alandistro.bsky.social
Links and info:
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
This edition features a new bonus story in both the print and ebook. Available everywhere books are sold on March 17th!
Cover art wrap design by @alandistro.bsky.social
Links and info:
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Cover reveal time for @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's SLEEP ALONE!
This edition features a new bonus story in both the print and ebook. Available everywhere books are sold on March 17th!
Cover art wrap design by @alandistro.bsky.social
Links and info:
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
This edition features a new bonus story in both the print and ebook. Available everywhere books are sold on March 17th!
Cover art wrap design by @alandistro.bsky.social
Links and info:
shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...
Pretty sure nano bananas are how we all got forced into this mess to start with
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pretty sure nano bananas are how we all got forced into this mess to start with
That cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.
(Galavant)
(Galavant)
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
That cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.
(Galavant)
(Galavant)
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
Absolutely extraordinary writing from @amalelmohtar.com, as always. She weaves words into magic and sadness like no other.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Absolutely extraordinary writing from @amalelmohtar.com, as always. She weaves words into magic and sadness like no other.
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Been putting final touches on my dark tech SF/cyberpunk novella this week ready for sending off to my agent tomorrow 🤞 I think it's probably one of my favourite projects, slightly weird, dark and experimental, dystopian but equally about resistance and rebellion - really hope it finds a home! ✨️ 🖤
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Been putting final touches on my dark tech SF/cyberpunk novella this week ready for sending off to my agent tomorrow 🤞 I think it's probably one of my favourite projects, slightly weird, dark and experimental, dystopian but equally about resistance and rebellion - really hope it finds a home! ✨️ 🖤
Behold this gorgeous cover art by Alison Flannery for POISONED SOUP, a delicious horror anthology in which I have an essay about the terrors that formed me! Edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace Reynolds, coming in December from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Behold this gorgeous cover art by Alison Flannery for POISONED SOUP, a delicious horror anthology in which I have an essay about the terrors that formed me! Edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace Reynolds, coming in December from @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social
Daniel wins this trend. Also ANGEL DOWN is a truly extraordinary book. Gripping, haunting, mind-spinning. The man knows his way around a sentence.
First, last, and only sentence
ANGEL DOWN
ANGEL DOWN
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Daniel wins this trend. Also ANGEL DOWN is a truly extraordinary book. Gripping, haunting, mind-spinning. The man knows his way around a sentence.
A horror retelling of Peter Pan by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social?? Count me IN!!
📣We're thrilled to share that @fangoria.bsky.social revealed the cover for @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social's ✨IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND💀!
https://loom.ly/ITxHI3Y
Available to preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/Tq5A37k
https://loom.ly/ITxHI3Y
Available to preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/Tq5A37k
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Cynthia Pelayo's IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND Is A Twisted Retelling Of A Classic Childhood Tale
Bram Stoker Award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo's upcoming horror novel IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND is described as Stephen King's IT meets PETER PAN - check out an exclusive cover reveal within.
www.fangoria.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A horror retelling of Peter Pan by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social?? Count me IN!!
Incredible 👻
"Look. I’m not saying that the ghosts don’t work on any level. The little clown boy that pops out of the fridge startles the shit out of me every time I grab a handful of cold cuts. But he doesn’t make me think."
Honey, I Don’t Think Our Haunted House Is Elevated
INTERVIEWER: People usually use [the term “elevated horror”] to refer to A24’s movies, horror that’s very heavy on the metaphorical. Hereditary, Mi...
buff.ly
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Incredible 👻
I am beyond excited for this!
Cover reveal for Piper at the Gates of Dusk (the new CHAOS WALKING book!) coming this Thursday…
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am beyond excited for this!
Five crispy stars for this review as Chuck invokes the ancient magic that is “6, 7” to review SPACE APPLES
And away we go -- it's Halloween, but today's apple is a little more sci-fi in name than scarefest. It's time to review the theoretical heir to the Honeycrisp throne --
The Cosmic Crisp.
The Cosmic Crisp.
Apple Review #31: Cosmic Crisp
Gotta chase that sweet, sweet Honeycrisp dragon — that’s the thing, right? So many of our grocery store apples are, at this point, chasing the success and the flavor of the vaunted and …
terribleminds.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Five crispy stars for this review as Chuck invokes the ancient magic that is “6, 7” to review SPACE APPLES
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One of the Great episodes of TV is the Dr. Who episode about Van Gogh. Our minds can tell us we worthless, that no one cares ...and that voice can drown out all the joy and beauty that we create
But..
Never doubt you are magic
And the world needs your magic
*seen today at the MOMA*
But..
Never doubt you are magic
And the world needs your magic
*seen today at the MOMA*
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One of the Great episodes of TV is the Dr. Who episode about Van Gogh. Our minds can tell us we worthless, that no one cares ...and that voice can drown out all the joy and beauty that we create
But..
Never doubt you are magic
And the world needs your magic
*seen today at the MOMA*
But..
Never doubt you are magic
And the world needs your magic
*seen today at the MOMA*
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.