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two weeks of grinding out edits, but finally got last year's space horror into the hands of some beta readers. it's still rough but they're doing me a solid and putting eyes on it

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latest read: Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix. slow build and then the horror went from a 2 to a 9 in about a chapter. stayed pretty relentless for the rest of the book

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latest read: All She Was Worth - Miyuki Miyabe - 3rd Miyabe book I've read. Just as quirky as the others. I really liked the ending, not expected.

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well, hello there Clockwork Orange, it's been a while. We're not quite to moloko vellocet yet, but it feels like 2026 is going to be the year we see caffeinated milk in schools

1st read of '26: Not a Speck of Light - Laird Barron - @lairdbarron.bsky.social
- 'Blood in My Mouth' and 'Tiptoe' were exceptional. All around solid horror short stories, with some overlap (big fan). All of them Alaska winter bleak.

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finished the ugly 1st draft for the new WIP. faster, but messier than the one I finished back in March. guess we'll see how the edits go

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passed 30k on the new WIP over the weekend. 1st draft feels close

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watched Fatman this weekend and was blown away by Walter Coggins ("Skinny Man"). Every line, every action was malice and menace. Such an efficient depiction of villainy. it was amazing

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latest read: no one will come back for us - premee mohammed - ‪@premeemohamed.com. A fun collection of (often cosmic) horror short stories. I really enjoyed that several touched the same shared world from a few different angles. The Evaluator was my fave

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(next to) latest read: The Sleeping Dragon - Miyuki Miyabe. This was a weird mystery. What was an otherwise straightforward mystery included a couple of psychics. I don't run across a lot of speculative elements in mysteries. Fascinating.

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finished Nov. @ 22k on the new WIP. There's a solid chance I can finish the 1st draft by the end of the year

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I'm very sad to share the news that our lovely @chaoticauthor.online has passed away. His ending was peaceful and surrounded with love but came far too quickly after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

I've known Matt for years. He was a warm, gentle, generous, all-weather friend. I miss him.

settling in for an end of the month writing sprint with Blut Aus Nord - "Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses"

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finally broke 15k words on the new book. it still feels like a slog, but it's moving faster than the last one

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latest read: In a Lonely Place - Dorothy Hughes -
A nice piece of noir. The time and place are familiar to fans of Raymond Chandler, but the author tells it from the POV of an emotionally unstable vet with no boundaries.

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Hopefully, it's an A24 production. Otherwise, it's awkward when I call out their awesomeness. Frank Miller's name might sneak in for Sin City's contribution to contemporary noir and adding monsters to the mix

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Bourbon, dim sum, and bloody red velvet cake. The booze and blood flow. And everyone likes dim sum

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Hugo Weaving is Weird Rey (antag). He radiates maniacal menace. The protag is tougher. I would need a young, charming meathead.

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I'm Joe and I write sci-fi horror. For the vibes, Blue Velvet and The Devil Conspiracy. One starts normal and takes it to an absurd extreme. The other is an absurd premise and gets told straightforward. That transition between normal and absurd is what I love and try to bring

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my two favorite fake AI words of the day - volating and runctious. FWIW, I'm going to try and spend the rest of my day volating, possibly in a runctious manner

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latest read: This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Eric LaRocca - @ericlarocca.bsky.social . Not my usual flavor of horror, but I enjoyed it. My fave - "All the Parts of You That Won't Easily Burn". A weird tale of obsession.

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Visiting? Elisa. Not my absolute favorite, but easily the most fun. Some of those others ... not so fun.

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My current WIP has some flavors of Alien, Hellraiser, old sci-fi, and Asian myths.

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I have to have something to drink and something for the noise. Right now, that tends to be endless coffee and metal, both black. Headphones let me keep it to myself.

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I'm Joe and I write sci-fi and horror. The room would have a door to a balcony that overlooked a wooded lake.

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latest read: Corpsemouth - John Langan - (almost) cozy cosmic horror where characters are often at peace with the outcome. In the same vein as his book The Fisherman. Anchor, Outside the House, Watching for the Crows, and Mirror Fishing are the standouts.

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Mist from the crypt congealed around the stone gargoyle that lorded over the mausoleum. It creaked once, then broke free of its perch. Stony wings beat and blasted dried leaves at your face. So captivating in flight, you missed the hands that rose from the soil and claimed you

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