john garrigan
@jgarrigan.bsky.social
librarian | dark summer book fest 2026 | spooktastic book fair 2024-2025 | lover of horror | he/him/his
Did this last time when it was five authors, but let’s do it. Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:
Shirley Jackson
Clive Barker
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Maggie Stiefvater
S.A. Cosby
Agatha Christie
Kurt Vonnegut
Eric LaRocca
Jason Reynolds
Shirley Jackson
Clive Barker
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Maggie Stiefvater
S.A. Cosby
Agatha Christie
Kurt Vonnegut
Eric LaRocca
Jason Reynolds
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:
1. Mary Downing Hahn
2. John Connolly
3. Christopher Golden
4. Peter S. Beagle
5. JR Ward
6. Susan Hill
7. Matt Wesolowski
8. Maggie Stiefvater
9. David Gaider
10. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
1. Mary Downing Hahn
2. John Connolly
3. Christopher Golden
4. Peter S. Beagle
5. JR Ward
6. Susan Hill
7. Matt Wesolowski
8. Maggie Stiefvater
9. David Gaider
10. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:
1. JRR Tolkien
2. Ken Follett
3. Libba Bray
5. Eva Ibbotson
6. Lemony Snicket
7. Joanna Campbell
8. John Marsden
9. Richelle Mead
10. Lauren Brooke
1. JRR Tolkien
2. Ken Follett
3. Libba Bray
5. Eva Ibbotson
6. Lemony Snicket
7. Joanna Campbell
8. John Marsden
9. Richelle Mead
10. Lauren Brooke
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Did this last time when it was five authors, but let’s do it. Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:
Shirley Jackson
Clive Barker
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Maggie Stiefvater
S.A. Cosby
Agatha Christie
Kurt Vonnegut
Eric LaRocca
Jason Reynolds
Shirley Jackson
Clive Barker
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Maggie Stiefvater
S.A. Cosby
Agatha Christie
Kurt Vonnegut
Eric LaRocca
Jason Reynolds
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Friends!!! I have a ton of ARCs of my next novel to give away! Like and repost this to enter. I’ll pick a winner tonight (Thurs May 29) at 9 pm Eastern. US only sorry ❤️
May 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Friends!!! I have a ton of ARCs of my next novel to give away! Like and repost this to enter. I’ll pick a winner tonight (Thurs May 29) at 9 pm Eastern. US only sorry ❤️
Five fave black and white films:
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Five fave black and white films:
The Unknown (1927)
Little Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
A Girl Walks Home at Night
(2014)
The Unknown (1927)
Little Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
A Girl Walks Home at Night
(2014)
Five fave black and white films
Nosferatu (1922)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Nosferatu (1922)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
May 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Five fave black and white films:
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
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Spooktastic is going to be lit!!! 🖤🎉🖤🎉🖤
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Spooktastic is going to be lit!!! 🖤🎉🖤🎉🖤
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I know democrats like to politely paper things over, but if they ever get in power again there need to be major fucking televised show trials and huge jail sentences
This is go to prison forever malfeasance. A guy who is currently a SpaceX employee also serves as an FAA official who cancels a big contract to award instead no-bid to his own employer and starts installing hardware without statutorily required tests and assurances
Of course, Ted Malaska has a whopping conflict of interest here.
He is both:
- a SpaceX employee (identifying himself as a "SpaceXer" on his Twitter/X profile),
&
- federal employee -- and important one at that --"leading an engineering unit inside the FAA."
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He is both:
- a SpaceX employee (identifying himself as a "SpaceXer" on his Twitter/X profile),
&
- federal employee -- and important one at that --"leading an engineering unit inside the FAA."
...
March 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I know democrats like to politely paper things over, but if they ever get in power again there need to be major fucking televised show trials and huge jail sentences
Mark your calendars, because this year is gonna be good
The 3rd annual Spooktastic Book Fair is happening 9/13/25 at The Framingham Public Library! (Framingham, MA) The lineup is looking 🔥 already!!! Stay tuned for dozens more. @erricknunnally.bsky.social @anastasiawrites.bsky.social @scribeofhades.bsky.social @moniqueasher.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Mark your calendars, because this year is gonna be good
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Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack playing in your head
December 8, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack playing in your head
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Want to get in the holiday spirit? Head over to The No Sleep Podcast and give my “good for her” holiday horror story a listen. 🖤🎄🏠🗝️🫀
Want to get in the holiday spirit? Head over to The No Sleep Podcast and give my “good for her” holiday horror story a listen. 🖤🎄🏠🗝️🫀
NoSleep Podcast S20E12 - Christmas 2023 - The NoSleep Podcast
It's Episode 12 of Season 20. The 2023 NoSleep Christmas Special. Come join us around the fireplace as we fill your stockings with horror! "Home Is Where the Heart Is" written by Alyssa Alessi (Story ...
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December 7, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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Want to get in the holiday spirit? Head over to The No Sleep Podcast and give my “good for her” holiday horror story a listen. 🖤🎄🏠🗝️🫀
Want to get in the holiday spirit? Head over to The No Sleep Podcast and give my “good for her” holiday horror story a listen. 🖤🎄🏠🗝️🫀
One of my very favorite books of the last few years!
Y'all, I think the audiobook of Bloom is on sale for under $2. That is insane. If you've been waiting to listen to my girl/girl cottagecore Hannibal, now might be the time. www.amazon.com/Audible-Bloo...
December 4, 2024 at 2:50 AM
One of my very favorite books of the last few years!
Holy shit Bracken, that cover is perfect!
HERE IT IS! Look at this marvelous friggin' cover!!!
COVER REVEAL: Behold the artwork for @brackenmacleod.bsky.social's LET NOT YOUR SORROW DIE, coming in 2025 from Bad Hand Books. Sarah Sumeray created the fantastic cover artwork for Bracken's Collection.
You can pre-order w/bookplate signed by the author: badhandbooks.com/preorders/le...
You can pre-order w/bookplate signed by the author: badhandbooks.com/preorders/le...
November 26, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Holy shit Bracken, that cover is perfect!
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There may or may not be email exchanges with #Spooktasticbookfair in the subject line already! 😈
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November 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
There may or may not be email exchanges with #Spooktasticbookfair in the subject line already! 😈
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5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Shirley Jackson
Kurt Vonnegut
Clive Barker
Agatha Christie
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Shirley Jackson
Kurt Vonnegut
Clive Barker
Agatha Christie
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
5 authors I've read 5+ books by:
Albert Camus
Michael Moorcock
Cormac McCarthy
Margaret Atwood
Paul Tremblay
I WISH I could put Gillian Flynn on this list because she's an absolute favorite of mine, but she's only written three novels (and a short).
Albert Camus
Michael Moorcock
Cormac McCarthy
Margaret Atwood
Paul Tremblay
I WISH I could put Gillian Flynn on this list because she's an absolute favorite of mine, but she's only written three novels (and a short).
5 authors I've read 5+ books by:
Bill Bryson
Nick Hornby
Douglas Adams
Chuck Klosterman
Ursula K Le Guin
Bill Bryson
Nick Hornby
Douglas Adams
Chuck Klosterman
Ursula K Le Guin
November 20, 2024 at 12:11 AM
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Shirley Jackson
Kurt Vonnegut
Clive Barker
Agatha Christie
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
Shirley Jackson
Kurt Vonnegut
Clive Barker
Agatha Christie
Richard Stark/Donald Westlake
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Hey New England! Let’s hang out and tell ghost stories for the solstice. 🖤🕯️❄️
Who will be there? @stgibson.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social Kit Mayquist, Codie Crowley and Quill & Crow’s Krissie Williams!
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/the-d...
Who will be there? @stgibson.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social Kit Mayquist, Codie Crowley and Quill & Crow’s Krissie Williams!
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/the-d...
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Hey New England! Let’s hang out and tell ghost stories for the solstice. 🖤🕯️❄️
Who will be there? @stgibson.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social Kit Mayquist, Codie Crowley and Quill & Crow’s Krissie Williams!
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/the-d...
Who will be there? @stgibson.bsky.social @emnays.bsky.social Kit Mayquist, Codie Crowley and Quill & Crow’s Krissie Williams!
www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/the-d...
If you had fun at the Spooktastic Book Fair this year, and wanted to follow every guest all at once (minus a few not yet on Bluesky), here’s your chance!
November 18, 2024 at 12:43 AM
If you had fun at the Spooktastic Book Fair this year, and wanted to follow every guest all at once (minus a few not yet on Bluesky), here’s your chance!
Introduce yourself with four movies:
November 10, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Introduce yourself with four movies:
It’s been a good book year, so why not 5 more:
Rest Stop by @natcassidy.bsky.social
Beneath the Poet’s House by @christaqua.bsky.social
A Mask of Flies by @cannibalghosts.bsky.social
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
8114 by @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Rest Stop by @natcassidy.bsky.social
Beneath the Poet’s House by @christaqua.bsky.social
A Mask of Flies by @cannibalghosts.bsky.social
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
8114 by @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Horror for Weenies by @emilyhughes.bsky.social
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
The Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social
Revival by Stephen King
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
Horror for Weenies by @emilyhughes.bsky.social
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
The Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social
Revival by Stephen King
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Mouth @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Fever House @keithrosson.bsky.social
The Disappearance of Tom Nero by T.J. Price
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Conjuring the Witch @jessicaleonard.bsky.social
Mouth @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Fever House @keithrosson.bsky.social
The Disappearance of Tom Nero by T.J. Price
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Conjuring the Witch @jessicaleonard.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 2:00 AM
It’s been a good book year, so why not 5 more:
Rest Stop by @natcassidy.bsky.social
Beneath the Poet’s House by @christaqua.bsky.social
A Mask of Flies by @cannibalghosts.bsky.social
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
8114 by @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Rest Stop by @natcassidy.bsky.social
Beneath the Poet’s House by @christaqua.bsky.social
A Mask of Flies by @cannibalghosts.bsky.social
This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by @ericlarocca.bsky.social
8114 by @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
The Spite House by @comptonwrites.bsky.social
The Seventh Veil of Salome by @silviamg.bsky.social
Mister Magic by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social
Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
The Spite House by @comptonwrites.bsky.social
The Seventh Veil of Salome by @silviamg.bsky.social
Mister Magic by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Horror for Weenies by @emilyhughes.bsky.social
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
The Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social
Revival by Stephen King
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
Horror for Weenies by @emilyhughes.bsky.social
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
The Angel of Indian Lake by @sgj.bsky.social
Revival by Stephen King
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 by Chris Nashawaty
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Mouth @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Fever House @keithrosson.bsky.social
The Disappearance of Tom Nero by T.J. Price
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Conjuring the Witch @jessicaleonard.bsky.social
Mouth @joshuathehull.bsky.social
Fever House @keithrosson.bsky.social
The Disappearance of Tom Nero by T.J. Price
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Conjuring the Witch @jessicaleonard.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Repost with your 5 favorite reads this year (so far):
Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
The Spite House by @comptonwrites.bsky.social
The Seventh Veil of Salome by @silviamg.bsky.social
Mister Magic by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social
Coup de Grâce by @sofiaajram.bsky.social
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
The Spite House by @comptonwrites.bsky.social
The Seventh Veil of Salome by @silviamg.bsky.social
Mister Magic by @kierstenwhite.bsky.social
Damn, this one hurts. Tony Todd was one of the nicest celebrities I’ve ever met. I met him at a signing in CO, and he chatted with me for more than 20 minutes about horror movies, stage acting, and where the best parties were at UConn when he was there
November 9, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Damn, this one hurts. Tony Todd was one of the nicest celebrities I’ve ever met. I met him at a signing in CO, and he chatted with me for more than 20 minutes about horror movies, stage acting, and where the best parties were at UConn when he was there