The King of Pain, John F.D. Taff

Signing hand warming up!

I'll say this as gently as I can: If you support the current American President and his administration, our books probably aren't for you. Don't write to me shrieking that I'm losing customers as if I don't know. Losing you was a feature of the plan, not a bug.

Saw the Fantastic 4 this evening. Regretfully, no. Your Fantasticar mileage may vary.

Superhero films this year:

Thunderbolts. 👍
Superman. 👎
Fantastic 4. 👎

It looks so great! Thanks to @toddkeisling.com and @summerray.bsky.social! And everyone at @badhandbooks.bsky.social!

Outside on or sadly neglected patio right now. A tiny doe seeking shade underneath the wreckage of a table. Mom is nearby.

The End in All Beginnings by John F.D. Taff (Paperback With Signed Bookplate) — Bad Hand Books Originally published in 2014, John F.D. Taff's Bram Stoker Award-nominated collection, THE END IN ALL BEGINNINGS, will be reissued by Bad Hand Books in 2025.   This collection is a horror t...

Saw the layout for @badhandbooks.bsky.social 's new version of my award-nominated novella collection THE END IN ALL BEGINNINGS. Boy, does it looks great! Doug and @toddkeisling.com have done a great job!

Out in Sept., but pre-order today for signed bookplates!

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Lots of great stuff here!

Freedom of speech DOES matter. @badhandbooks.bsky.social knows this.

Plus this sounds like a super cool project.

Plus Stephen King!

Of course. You guys are rocking!

There are two publishers out there today in the dark spec fiction genre who are hitting it out of the park with their books. The first, of course, is @badhandbooks.bsky.social and the second is @shortwavebooks.bsky.social.

I have spoken.

The masthead for THE END TIMES newspaper.

Watch this space. If you haven't subscribed yet, you're going to want to.

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You can do a lot with a bad hand.

It's coming. All of it.

This volume will contain a whole lot of new chapters most readers have never seen. All in one huge, new volume.

I think you're gong to like the stories in my first novella collection in a decade. Pre-orders still available!

Well Doug, I guess you DID like the stories!

We saw Superman tonight and I have feelings. I prefer Cavill's Superman to Corenswet's, but I prefer Gunn to Snyder, even though Gunn's movie was boring (sorry!) and scattershot. I also thought Nicholas Hoult was going to have a stroke. I give it a C+.

This exquisite @badhandbooks.bsky.social edition is the third time this collection of mine has been reprinted, so somebody must like it.

Maybe you will, too! Pre-order today!

This still flabbergasts me, in a great way!

Illustration of a man in bed with an angel behind him. A creature offers him a bag at the side of his bed while a man stands at the foot of it rummaging through a box. To the left, a skeleton/Death enters through a door. Text says "punch today in the dick."

It's that day again- make sure you greet it with the proper response and energy. 🤘🏼😈

Happy fourth of July to my fellow, very nervous Americans. Be safe out there!

It's pretty cool because it actually does things... useless things, but things.

Those Master Replica props are sweet!

Oooh yeah. Nice. Here's more.

I'm a geek, how about you?

I read this early and can heartily endorse Mark's book. Great book by a great writer! As the late, great Jack Ketchum used say, "Pounce!"

Fear. All of it.

Thanks, Michael! I think this omnibus edition of THE FEARING will be something special.

An array of varied book covers.

All credit to our artists: It's pretty tough to lay a finger on our most recent batch of covers. Work with the best. Get the best.

This is one reason we'll never use AI slop.

@summerray.bsky.social @hagcult.bsky.social @stagah-artworks.bsky.social @mikemignola.bsky.social @arayaart.bsky.social

Portrait photos of Doug and Jess Murano, who own and operate Bad Hand Books.

This is a mom and pop business. Doug and Jess Murano own and operate Bad Hand Books.

YES: @lairdbarron.bsky.social has won the Bram Stoker Award of Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for “Versus Versus” in our anthology LONG DIVISION!