Joey R. Poole
@joeyrpoole.bsky.social
Writer, dad, king of stupid preoccupations. Story collection I Have Always Been Here Before available from @CowboyJamboree Press.
Can’t wait to delve into this @ruadanbooks.bsky.social anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era and featuring stories by @chrislterry.bsky.social and a host of others.
May 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Can’t wait to delve into this @ruadanbooks.bsky.social anthology of dark fiction inspired by the alternative era and featuring stories by @chrislterry.bsky.social and a host of others.
I have a story inspired by Jacques Deray’s The Swimming Pool in this anthology edited by @ABPattersonAuth and @realVernonSmith coming out soon.
December 3, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I have a story inspired by Jacques Deray’s The Swimming Pool in this anthology edited by @ABPattersonAuth and @realVernonSmith coming out soon.
Everybody wants to talk about the saddest songs of all time, but what about the most terrifying? I nominate this one. Every day is a fight against cynicism and despair, and that struggle is all we got, but here Leonard Cohen makes it seems so alluring, a siren call urging me to just give it up.
February 13, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Everybody wants to talk about the saddest songs of all time, but what about the most terrifying? I nominate this one. Every day is a fight against cynicism and despair, and that struggle is all we got, but here Leonard Cohen makes it seems so alluring, a siren call urging me to just give it up.
Read # 4 for the year will be Kayli Scholtz’s St. Grit from @ghoulish.bsky.social in eBook form. I was fortunate to read an early draft of this one and I have a story alongside one of Kayli’s in the Nightmare Diaries anthology coming later this year from @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social, so here we go.
February 2, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Read # 4 for the year will be Kayli Scholtz’s St. Grit from @ghoulish.bsky.social in eBook form. I was fortunate to read an early draft of this one and I have a story alongside one of Kayli’s in the Nightmare Diaries anthology coming later this year from @moonstruckbooks.bsky.social, so here we go.
@shotgunhoney.bsky.social makes good looking books, but they really out-did themselves with @meaganlucas.bsky.social’s Here in the Dark. I’ve read some of these stories, and I published one of them in @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s It Came From the Swamp and can’t wait to dig in.
October 25, 2023 at 4:25 PM
@shotgunhoney.bsky.social makes good looking books, but they really out-did themselves with @meaganlucas.bsky.social’s Here in the Dark. I’ve read some of these stories, and I published one of them in @malarkeybooks.bsky.social’s It Came From the Swamp and can’t wait to dig in.
This year’s Halloween read (listen?) is Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Certain Dark Things, about a Cihuateteo, a vampire-like creature from Aztec lore, in an alternate modern-day Mexico City.
October 13, 2023 at 6:33 PM
This year’s Halloween read (listen?) is Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Certain Dark Things, about a Cihuateteo, a vampire-like creature from Aztec lore, in an alternate modern-day Mexico City.
Saw a @palimpsestpodcast.bsky.social live event last night, and it has me excited for the upcoming season dropping on Halloween. Fans of Gothic horror and such give it a listen. Each season is self-contained, so start anywhere you'd like. They're all great, but my favorite is season 2. Or maybe 4.
October 13, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Saw a @palimpsestpodcast.bsky.social live event last night, and it has me excited for the upcoming season dropping on Halloween. Fans of Gothic horror and such give it a listen. Each season is self-contained, so start anywhere you'd like. They're all great, but my favorite is season 2. Or maybe 4.
I’m watching the MLB playoffs with my 10-year-old, and I had to take a YouTube break to view this moment from the ‘92 World Series to explain why we (still) hate the Twins.
October 3, 2023 at 11:23 PM
I’m watching the MLB playoffs with my 10-year-old, and I had to take a YouTube break to view this moment from the ‘92 World Series to explain why we (still) hate the Twins.
Of course I celebrated the Braves' comeback win, but Suzuki's run-scoring error was hard to watch. He won 5 gold gloves in Japan and has only 3 errors this season, then missed a routine fly ball to let Milwaukee clinch the division. I hope Cubs fans don't do him like Steve Bartman.
September 27, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Of course I celebrated the Braves' comeback win, but Suzuki's run-scoring error was hard to watch. He won 5 gold gloves in Japan and has only 3 errors this season, then missed a routine fly ball to let Milwaukee clinch the division. I hope Cubs fans don't do him like Steve Bartman.
I'd never heard of Greya La Spina, a now mostly-forgotten queen of pulp horror, so I'm looking forward to reading @frombeyondpress.bsky.social's 100th anniversary of her collection _Fettered and Other Tales of Terror_.
September 26, 2023 at 9:29 AM
I'd never heard of Greya La Spina, a now mostly-forgotten queen of pulp horror, so I'm looking forward to reading @frombeyondpress.bsky.social's 100th anniversary of her collection _Fettered and Other Tales of Terror_.
I finished @austinross.bsky.social's Gloria Patri yesterday. It's harrowing and prescient, proof that small presses like @malarkeybooks.bsky.social are putting out books to rival the big publishing houses.
September 20, 2023 at 12:29 PM
I finished @austinross.bsky.social's Gloria Patri yesterday. It's harrowing and prescient, proof that small presses like @malarkeybooks.bsky.social are putting out books to rival the big publishing houses.
My wife thinks she’s making me pay for all those football Saturdays and the 162 game baseball season by watching Say Yes to The Dress, but this shit is cray. The people watching is off the charts. I yell at the tv more watching this than I ever do in the 4th quarter.
September 19, 2023 at 12:48 AM
My wife thinks she’s making me pay for all those football Saturdays and the 162 game baseball season by watching Say Yes to The Dress, but this shit is cray. The people watching is off the charts. I yell at the tv more watching this than I ever do in the 4th quarter.
OneDrive’s spell check is just killing it.
September 7, 2023 at 10:42 PM
OneDrive’s spell check is just killing it.
How can you tell it's nearly fall in the Southeast? It's not pumpkins or sweaters or leaves changing color. It's when you start obsessively checking the spaghetti models on the hurricanes forming in the Atlantic.
September 6, 2023 at 10:37 AM
How can you tell it's nearly fall in the Southeast? It's not pumpkins or sweaters or leaves changing color. It's when you start obsessively checking the spaghetti models on the hurricanes forming in the Atlantic.
A couple Labor Day scenes from the backyard. Hackberry Emperor (I think, feel free to correct my ID #butterfly people) feasting on salvia, and native beauty berry, which will always be my favorite since I salvaged it from a thicket I had to tear down.
September 4, 2023 at 6:20 PM
A couple Labor Day scenes from the backyard. Hackberry Emperor (I think, feel free to correct my ID #butterfly people) feasting on salvia, and native beauty berry, which will always be my favorite since I salvaged it from a thicket I had to tear down.
Wife: [chooses Beyond the Door III as her movie night choice].
Me: Now, do we need to have watched Beyond the Door 1 and 2 to understand this?
Wife: I think we’ll be okay.
Just flying by the seat of our pants over here.
Me: Now, do we need to have watched Beyond the Door 1 and 2 to understand this?
Wife: I think we’ll be okay.
Just flying by the seat of our pants over here.
September 1, 2023 at 11:20 PM
Wife: [chooses Beyond the Door III as her movie night choice].
Me: Now, do we need to have watched Beyond the Door 1 and 2 to understand this?
Wife: I think we’ll be okay.
Just flying by the seat of our pants over here.
Me: Now, do we need to have watched Beyond the Door 1 and 2 to understand this?
Wife: I think we’ll be okay.
Just flying by the seat of our pants over here.
I’ve been watching this month’s Criterion Channel curated collection of Roger Corman’s Poe adaptations, which range from great to, well, about what you’d expect from Corman Poe adaptations.
August 24, 2023 at 12:15 PM
I’ve been watching this month’s Criterion Channel curated collection of Roger Corman’s Poe adaptations, which range from great to, well, about what you’d expect from Corman Poe adaptations.
This is what happens when you do research for murderous crime fiction and horror stories. You get targeted ads for cyanide distillation equipment. WTF?
August 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM
This is what happens when you do research for murderous crime fiction and horror stories. You get targeted ads for cyanide distillation equipment. WTF?
Kicking off #Halloween two months early with this slice of nostalgia, probably ground zero for my love of horror.
August 13, 2023 at 1:46 AM
Kicking off #Halloween two months early with this slice of nostalgia, probably ground zero for my love of horror.
This remains my favorite review of my story collection. Read the book for context https://www.amazon.com/HAVE-ALWAYS-BEEN-HERE-BEFORE/dp/B084QKTQQ4
August 4, 2023 at 2:28 PM
This remains my favorite review of my story collection. Read the book for context https://www.amazon.com/HAVE-ALWAYS-BEEN-HERE-BEFORE/dp/B084QKTQQ4
Given the scope of the galaxy, I think it’s nearly impossible that we’re alone. I also think David Grusch is most likely full of shit, and I’d take him more seriously if he produced ANY evidence and didn’t have Luis Elizondo/To The Stars Vibes. Still …
July 28, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Given the scope of the galaxy, I think it’s nearly impossible that we’re alone. I also think David Grusch is most likely full of shit, and I’d take him more seriously if he produced ANY evidence and didn’t have Luis Elizondo/To The Stars Vibes. Still …