Patrick Tarr
@patrickt.bsky.social
Screenwriter (Cardinal, Saving Hope, The Colony)
My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now.
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My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now.
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Patrick Tarr
@patrickt.bsky.social
· Aug 12
The Guest Children is out today, anywhere books are sold. Come along on a little trip to the lake.
#booksky #horrorlit
#booksky #horrorlit
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Toronto Public Library coming through with some great horror programming.
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
Classics of Gothic & Horror: At the Mountains of Madness
Join acclaimed authors Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle as they discuss H.P. Lovecraft's genre-bending masterpiece with host Naben Ruthnum.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Toronto Public Library coming through with some great horror programming.
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
HELPMEET sicko-in-chief Naben Ruthnum discussing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS with all time greats Brian Evenson and Victor LaValle on Friday Dec 5th.
Online, free, and at lunch time (EST).
www.eventbrite.ca/e/classics-o...
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Why Canadians excel at horror, a thread ⬇️
American PSA: don't do drugs, kids, they're bad for you!
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
Canadian PSA: we locked the most insane people we know in a room with a sheet of acid and a box of puppets, here's all the worst deaths they could think of
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why Canadians excel at horror, a thread ⬇️
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Cardinal' on Netflix it's a Nordic noir-esque detective series set in Northern Ontario. The characters are deep and the sweeping vistas of Northern Ontario remind you how vast and beautiful Canada is.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Cardinal' on Netflix it's a Nordic noir-esque detective series set in Northern Ontario. The characters are deep and the sweeping vistas of Northern Ontario remind you how vast and beautiful Canada is.
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All four seasons of Cardinal are now streaming on Netflix Canada. Pictured, the incomparable Karine Vanasse in a rare moment out of her parka.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
All four seasons of Cardinal are now streaming on Netflix Canada. Pictured, the incomparable Karine Vanasse in a rare moment out of her parka.
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"I can accurately describe Tarr's most excellent debut with one word: creepy." Thanks to Gumshoe for this review of 👻THE GUEST CHILDREN👻 by @patrickt.bsky.social! This supernatural horror is out now.
https://loom.ly/6Uk-7rM
https://loom.ly/6Uk-7rM
The Guest Children
The Guest Children
www.gumshoereview.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"I can accurately describe Tarr's most excellent debut with one word: creepy." Thanks to Gumshoe for this review of 👻THE GUEST CHILDREN👻 by @patrickt.bsky.social! This supernatural horror is out now.
https://loom.ly/6Uk-7rM
https://loom.ly/6Uk-7rM
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We're watching Cardinal, season 2 of 4 on Netflix. I'd forgotten how good this series was. These mysteries are set in Northern Ontario. Mary Lou loves procedurals. Better focus. Opening music is by Agnes Obel - "Familiar" youtu.be/32kYH6XZrIo?...
Agnes Obel - Familiar (Official Video)
YouTube video by Agnes Obel
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We're watching Cardinal, season 2 of 4 on Netflix. I'd forgotten how good this series was. These mysteries are set in Northern Ontario. Mary Lou loves procedurals. Better focus. Opening music is by Agnes Obel - "Familiar" youtu.be/32kYH6XZrIo?...
All four seasons of Cardinal are now streaming on Netflix Canada. Pictured, the incomparable Karine Vanasse in a rare moment out of her parka.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
All four seasons of Cardinal are now streaming on Netflix Canada. Pictured, the incomparable Karine Vanasse in a rare moment out of her parka.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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I want to draw everyone's attention to this amazing sitcom supercut by @futurehasbeen.bsky.social. It's a 2-hour celebration of sitcom openings that you don't remember and may not know exist. It's warm nostalgia that gets uncanny as you watch. Hard recommend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhNB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhNB...
Sitcoms That Primetime Forgot
YouTube video by Michael Darling
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to draw everyone's attention to this amazing sitcom supercut by @futurehasbeen.bsky.social. It's a 2-hour celebration of sitcom openings that you don't remember and may not know exist. It's warm nostalgia that gets uncanny as you watch. Hard recommend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhNB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhNB...
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He was laid to rest in a damp paper towel
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2363023/duane-roberts-inventor-of-the-frozen-burrito-dead-at-88/
Duane Roberts Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Dead at 88 Published November 2, 2025 9:51 AM PST Duane Roberts — the billionaire …
Duane Roberts, Inventor of the Frozen Burrito, Dead at 88 - Dining and Cooking
Duane Roberts -- the billionaire businessman credited with inventing the frozen burrito -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
www.diningandcooking.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
He was laid to rest in a damp paper towel
I heard the awful news last night that the wonderful, one-of-a-kind tv writer Ellen Vanstone passed away last week. A former journalist, Ellen had a wicked sense of humour, a great laugh, and no time for bullshit - especially her own. 1/2
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I heard the awful news last night that the wonderful, one-of-a-kind tv writer Ellen Vanstone passed away last week. A former journalist, Ellen had a wicked sense of humour, a great laugh, and no time for bullshit - especially her own. 1/2
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geddy lee claps for the blue jays in 7/4 time
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
geddy lee claps for the blue jays in 7/4 time
Autumndog resplendence
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Autumndog resplendence
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Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
(It wasn't until Jeff and Ann VanderMeer were working on their anthology The Weird that I learned that "onions" is a typo. Either Jeff or Ann mentioned to me that Barker asked them to fix the typo that had haunted the story in countless reprintings, incl in their own earlier antho The New Weird.)
October 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."
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Want to read about a Toronto theatre whose owner was nearly killed by competitors, played a role in bringing foreign films to neighbourhood cinemas & later played a brief but pivotal role in shaping Toronto’s punk scene? Learn more about The King Theatre:
open.substack.com/pub/thedownt...
open.substack.com/pub/thedownt...
Toronto’s forgotten cinemas: The King Theatre
How a College Street movie-house moved from perilous cliffhangers to punk chaos.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Want to read about a Toronto theatre whose owner was nearly killed by competitors, played a role in bringing foreign films to neighbourhood cinemas & later played a brief but pivotal role in shaping Toronto’s punk scene? Learn more about The King Theatre:
open.substack.com/pub/thedownt...
open.substack.com/pub/thedownt...
I’ll be at the Toronto International Festival of Authors next weekend speaking with author Nathan Harris and moderator Tanya Turton. More info at festivalofauthors.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’ll be at the Toronto International Festival of Authors next weekend speaking with author Nathan Harris and moderator Tanya Turton. More info at festivalofauthors.ca
The Quebec title for Miller’s Crossing might be better than the English one.
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Quebec title for Miller’s Crossing might be better than the English one.
One week today! I'm deciding whether to dress up as a giant stuffed bear or perhaps just read through a gas mask.
Toronto friends, three weeks from today come see Emily Weedon, Daniel Perry, Michael Rowe, @mcallway.bsky.social, and myself read at the spooky October edition of Drunk Fiction. Oct 28th, 6pm at the Caledonian at College and Ossington.
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One week today! I'm deciding whether to dress up as a giant stuffed bear or perhaps just read through a gas mask.
Maybe this doc will answer once and for all whether this show was intended for kids up early or young adults still awake and tripping on psychedelics.
A pair of filmmakers produced a documentary about “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein,” a cult classic children’s show that aired on CHCH in 1971.
Local filmmakers chronicle the story behind “The Hilarious House of Frightenstein”
Two film makers produced a documentary about "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein" - a classic children's show that aired on CHCH in 1971.
www.chch.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Maybe this doc will answer once and for all whether this show was intended for kids up early or young adults still awake and tripping on psychedelics.
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Today's $2.99 spooky Kindle deal is Michael McDowell's classic THE ELEMENTALS. “Surely one of the most terrifying novels ever written.” — Poppy Z. Brite. Grab it today only at a bargain price on Kindle worldwide: www.amazon.com/Elementals-M...
October 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today's $2.99 spooky Kindle deal is Michael McDowell's classic THE ELEMENTALS. “Surely one of the most terrifying novels ever written.” — Poppy Z. Brite. Grab it today only at a bargain price on Kindle worldwide: www.amazon.com/Elementals-M...
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October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Don’t you want your spine to tingle? Lots of ways to get there on this list, including The Guest Children.
The Grimoire: 30 Spine-tingling Titles for Halloween 2025, Part 2 — Hamilton Review of Books
In Part 2 of this year’s roundup of spine-tingling titles for Halloween 2025, we bring you anthropological vampires, family demons, cannibalism, witchcraft, persecution, science gone wrong, bunnies, a...
hamiltonreviewofbooks.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don’t you want your spine to tingle? Lots of ways to get there on this list, including The Guest Children.
Back when I was playing bass in bands, I took a few lessons to up my game. After the last lesson, the teacher told me to pick up D'Angelo's Voodoo album and said, "Honestly, everything you need to know is on this record." He was right. RIP.
D’Angelo, Groundbreaking R&B Artist, Dies at 51
From his 1995 debut Brown Sugar to his 2014 comeback Black Messiah, he helped define the neo-soul movement
pitchfork.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Back when I was playing bass in bands, I took a few lessons to up my game. After the last lesson, the teacher told me to pick up D'Angelo's Voodoo album and said, "Honestly, everything you need to know is on this record." He was right. RIP.
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Movie poster legend Drew Struzan has passed away at 78. RIP.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Movie poster legend Drew Struzan has passed away at 78. RIP.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...