Richard Quist (@rmquist) — Bluesky Profile

1 day ago

Put a request in via Netgalley for an eBook ARC... fingers crossed I can get traumatized 😁 before the book comes out in July!

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1 week ago

Such a fantastic story! You should be inviting SARAFINA to visit your TBR pile!!! Spoiler free review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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1 week ago

Image of the cover of Richard Chizmar's upcoming novel KILLING THE BOOGEYMAN

How AWESOME is this? @richardchizmar.bsky.social is back with the conclusion to his fantastic Boogeyman trilogy! KILLING THE BOOGEYMAN is coming from Gallery Books on October 6, 2026 and available for preorder now!

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1 week ago

That's awesome!

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1 week ago

Since All Things Serve The Beam, does that mean that Molly - The Thing of Evil - is also <gasp!> The Beam???

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1 week ago

Thanks for a wonderful story ... your descriptions of her car ride, memories and ... umm... conversation? 😁 on the road to the job site were a lot of fun!

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1 week ago

Image of Richard Quist's Goodread's review of Dead Red and Razor by Tim Lebbon. The text of the review is:
Dead Red and Razor by Tim Lebbon is a fast moving tale of violence and the quest for revenge. It's a quick and fun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read for fans of fiction that focuses on the killer's point of view.

Dead Red Virgilio has just completed a contract, proof of which is rolling around in the foot well of the passenger seat of her car, when she is asked to take on another, urgent job. When she hears that the target is the man who killed the one person she ever loved, she immediately agrees and heads to the abandoned construction site in the middle of the desert where he has secluded himself.

We soon learn that the assignment isn't as clear cut as it appears, and have to question just who is the target on this job.

With Dead Red and Razor, Tim Lebbon delivers a fast-paced, violent, at times funny and sad tale with enough twists and surprises to keep you guessing until the end.

Thanks to Bad Hand Books for the eBook review copy!

Dead Red and Razor by @timlebbon.bsky.social: a fast-paced, violent, at times funny & sad tale with enough twists and surprises to keep you guessing until the end. Put it on your TBR pile!

Thanks @badhandbooks.bsky.social for the eBook review copy!

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1 week ago

@repmcgovern.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov

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1 week ago

The stories in @pfracassi.bsky.social's BEHOLD THE VOID are dreadful - as in fantastically full of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ dread!! Spoiler free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Read 'em before you can watch 'em!!

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2 weeks ago

It's going to be very interesting to see how you "package" this... going from a "monthly rag" newspaper to a book format ... can't wait!

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2 weeks ago

The Mood Reader’s Primer: Science Fiction Horror (column by Dan Franklin) | Brian James Freeman Get more from Brian James Freeman on Patreon

Neat to see @jonathanjanz.bsky.social's fantastic sci-fi/horror/thriller VEIL mentioned in this column by Dan Franklin over at @brianjamesfreeman.bsky.social'sPatreon blog: www.patreon.com/posts/mood-r...

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2 weeks ago

Image of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of Alex Grecian's THE BOATMAN. The review text is:
For the first and only time in his life, Billy Prescott had an epiphany. He understood instinctively what was happening. With the last of his strength, he fell against the ship's conn, and the Maria Calypso began to pick up speed.
-- Alex Grecian, The Boatman

The Boatman is the first book I've read by Alex Grecian. I expect to be reading more. I would NOT describe it as a "slasher" or a "thriller"... nor would I call it a traditional "horror" story. What I WOULD say is that The Boatman is a compelling, and at times heart-breaking ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ story with supernatural vibes. Young newlyweds, June and Walt Dennison, are taking a cruise on the Maria Calypso for their honeymoon. They haven't spent a lot of time thinking about death and dying, but that's about to change as they, and the rest of the passengers and crew aboard the ship lay eyes on the Boatman, inexorably keeping pace with the ship in his small rowboat.

Death comes for everyone... But what if you could outrun it? That's the challenge, and opportunity, for everyone on board the Maria Calypso. But is keeping ahead of the Boatman possible, and is it worth the cost?

Thanks to Bad Hand Books for providing me with an eBook ARC to review.

@badhandbooks.bsky.social was kind enough to provide an ebook ARC of @alexgrecian.bsky.social's upcoming story THE BOATMAN - a compelling, and at times heart-breaking ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ story with supernatural vibes.

Spoiler-free review www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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2 weeks ago

@wcvb5.bsky.social Measured about 8 inches in the driveway at 9am in Grafton MA. Maggie Mae our "Georgia girl" rescue still isn't a huge fan of the wind and snow even after 3+ years here in New England ... but she was happy the first pass at clearing the snow is done

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2 weeks ago

Image of a portion of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of Paul Michael Kane's Friction: Dark Tales of Suspense. The displayed review text reads:
Friction: Dark Tales of Suspense is a fantastic collection of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ dark tales by Paul Michael Kane. While each of the 9 stories are quite different from each other, they share common threads of fascinating characters, dark humor and suspenseful plots that will leave you thinking of them long after you've turned the final page.

Loved @pmkane.bsky.social's short story collection Friction: Dark Tales of Suspense. Chock-full of horror, humor & heart!
Available from the author: lightbox-photography-cards.myshopify.com/products/19t...

Spoiler-free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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3 weeks ago

Image of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of Dan Franklin's STEEL MACHINES. The text of the review is;
In Steel Machines by Dan Franklin, 8 year-old Otto Braum and his parents are a Jewish family hiding from the Nazis in the attic of their home in Prague, 1945. When the unthinkable happens, Otto must find a way to survive alone, and fills his time scrounging what food he can while trying to finish the steel Golem that has father had been creating as a protector for the family. As the empty, quiet and lonely days pass for Otto, he is haunted by his memories of what had happened and disturbing new visions... then a new family... a German family... moves in.

With STEEL MACHINES Franklin has crafted a riveting and heart-wrenching ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ tale of fear and survival, where even the smallest sound risks discovery, and the noise of the war outside is a constant background hum to the horrors and the ghosts of Otto's past.

Highly recommended.

Recently finished Dan Franklin's STEEL MACHINES - a fantastic riveting and heart-wrenching ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ tale of fear and survival...
Link to my spoiler-free review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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3 weeks ago

And let's not forget that these are the same people who are waging war against their own citizens and legal residents in the name of "immigration enforcement" ...

The only ICE I support:
* Impeach
* Convict
* Evict

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3 weeks ago

This is fantastic news! FAIL-SAFE is a fantastic story and one of many great reads in BEHOLD THE VOID. My spoiler-free review of the collection is here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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3 weeks ago

Image of the cover of Paul Michael Kane's horror collection FRICTION

I've had a chance to read several of the stories included in FRICTION, @pmkane.bsky.social's horror collection, and they do NOT disappoint. Available to order here: lightbox-photography-cards.myshopify.com/products/19t...

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3 weeks ago

Image of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of THE CLEARING OF TRAVIS COBLE by Jonathan Janz. The text of the review is:
The Clearing of Travis Coble is a suspenseful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ short horror story from what I can only assume is the very twisted 😁 mind of Jonathan Janz.

Twenty years ago Travis Coble was acquitted at trial of murdering his family, but there are still many who question his innocence. Struggling university professor Dick Myers sees an opportunity to help both Travis and himself by finding a way to clear his name and publishing an article about the case. He arranges to meet Travis at his remote Tennessee cabin for an interview... where things go sideways in a hurry!

Coming in at about 40 pages, The Clearing of Travis Coble is not a long tale, but Janz does a marvelous job of establishing an uncomfortable setting with his descriptions of the cabin and surrounding environment, and with the increasing tensions evident in the interactions between Myers and Coble. His excellent pacing carries us along as Myers and we realize that there is something very wrong here.

Very enjoyable!

THE CLEARING OF TRAVIS COBLE by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social: a wonderful, short horror story about a struggling college professor who finds more than he expects when interviewing a man acquitted of murder.

Spoiler-free review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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1 month ago

Image of Richard Quist's Goodreads review of PYRES by Kev Harrison. The text of the review is:
With Pyres author Kev Harrison delivers a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ supernatural horror story, centering around sisters Angela and Becky and a series of deaths by spontaneous combustion.

Older sister Angela lives in a somewhat remote English countryside cottage. She is a "spirit painter", enabling spirits who inhabit her temporarily to create paintings of people, animals and places that were important to them in life . Younger sister Becky, newly returned from Italy, is staying with her for a short while waiting to start her new job assisting immigrants.

Angela becomes concerned when she notices similarities between some of her recent paintings and the inexplicable burning death of a polarizing conservative figure. When a new painting depicts yet another horrific death that mirrors events in reality, she and Becky begin to suspect that some spirit or being is using her talents to predict... or perhaps cause... these deaths.

Some readers may be put off by the reflection of current events that serve as one of the pillars of the story, but this only makes the story more relatable. With PYRES Harrison delivers a chilling, fast-paced tale with a surprising twist, enhanced by alternating the narration of the story between Angela's and Becky's viewpoints.

Loved PYRES by @kevharrison.bsky.social Spontaneous combustion, spirit painting, fast-paced ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️horror!
Spoiler-free review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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1 month ago

Looks like we're going to have a fantastic scary start to the summer coming from @jonathanjanz.bsky.social and @blackstonepub.bsky.social!

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1 month ago

Can't wait for this collection from @pfracassi.bsky.social to be published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social in September!!

Preorders direct from Shortwave Publishing (bit.ly/swtraps) include a SIGNED BOOKPLATE

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1 month ago

Trump deletes racist video depicting Obamas as monkeys after bipartisan backlash Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) called it "the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House."

If it looks like BS and smells like BS then it IS BS
"...a White House official ... claimed ... an unidentified staffer had posted it"

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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1 month ago

That's fantastic! THE BODY is one of my favorite stories. @wilwheaton.net and his young co-stars were amazing in Rob Reiner's adaptation (STAND BY ME). Having Wil narrate the audiobook must feel surreal.

“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, did you?”

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1 month ago

With ANTS WAKING R.J. Huneke (@rj.rjhuneke.com) delivers a fantastic story about a protagonist who wants nothing more than to be reunited with their best friend, on a quest in a magical city threatened by the coming of the Dark... This is a wonderful collection that should be on your TBR pile!

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1 month ago

Richard Quist's review on Goodreads of CHILDREN OF THE DARK 2: THE NIGHT FLYERS by Jonathan Janz. The (slightly shortened) text of the review is:

Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers is another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ action-packed horror/thriller by Jonathan Janz. This sequel to Children of the Dark continues the tale of Will Burgess, picking up a little more than a year after the murderous rampage of the monstrous Children, an ancient evil long rumored to inhabit the woods around his hometown of Shadeland.

For the last 13 months 16-year old Will has been confined to The Sunny Woods Rehabilitation Center, separated from his young sister Sophia (who prefers to be called Peach), and those few of his Shadeland friends who survived the original attacks. Locked away from all he knows and loves, he wants nothing more than to be reunited with Peach and to be able to live a normal life - but his government captors want to keep him imprisoned so that he can't cast doubt on their fabricated cover story of the previous summer's events... or on more recent attacks. The only problem with their plans is that the Children haven't gone away, and now winged creatures - the Night Flyers - are also on the hunt for Will.

in Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers Janz brings back some familiar characters and introduces some wonderful, and some wonderfully hateful, new ones as well. As this high-intensity, tension-packed tale story unfolds, Will and his allies find that The Children and the Night Flyers aren't the only monsters they have to contend with.

I found myself completely wrapped up in the story, racing through the book and reluctant to put it down. Janz's writing brings to life the love, fear, desperation, courage and determination of Will and his friends; the horrific terror and ravening violence of the Children and the Night Flyers; and the betrayal and hypocrisy of those who believe the ends always justify the means.

Well that didn't take long. Absolutely loved CHILDREN OF THE DARK 2: THE NIGHT FLYERS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social Could not put it down!

Highly recommended!!
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1 month ago

Picture of tree trunks and branches silhouetted against a red/orange/yellow sky at sunset in winter

Beautiful sky at sunset tonight

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1 month ago

Picture showing the front cover of CHILDREN OF THE DARK 2: THE NIGHT FLYERS by Jonathan Janz, displayed on an Amazon Kindle

Currently reading CHILDREN OF THE DARK 2: THE NIGHT FLYERS by @jonathanjanz.bsky.social ... (the original was fantastic and this one is proving to be just as good!)

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1 month ago

"And they all lived happily ever after"? 😁

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1 month ago

Richard Quist's Goodreads review of CHILDREN OF THE DARK by Jonathan Janz. The text of the review is:
Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ action-packed, horror/thriller tale set in the small town of Shadeland where high-school student Will Burgess and his friends find themselves the targets of the town bullies, an escaped serial killer and a whispered ancient evil that may be more than just a legend.

The week I saw seventeen people die didn’t begin with carnage, monsters, or a sadistic serial killer. It all began with a baseball game.
-- Jonathan Janz, Children of the Dark

This is a fast-paced and riveting tale, with unexpected surprises and twists. Janz delivers realistic characters that I loved, and several that I loved to despise! He provides a realistic portrait of small town life, with all of its close friendships, small triumphs, unacknowledged prejudices and uncomfortable secrets, and adds multiple doses of violence and horrific, awakened evil.

Raised by his single, drug-addicted mother, Will does his best to care for his little sister Peach, do well in school and earn a place on the baseball team. Life is difficult, at best, and during this first week in June he also has to find a way to survive the horrors, both human and otherwise, that have their sights set on Shadeland. All this while dealing with the realization that the girl of his dreams, currently dating one of the town's worst bullies, might actually like him, too.

Janz's story reminded me in many ways of Stephen King's coming-of-age tale The Body (perhaps better known as Stand By Me, the film adaptation directed by the late Rob Reiner). Like the characters in King's story, Will and his friends are up against a world that doesn't care much about what happens to them; unlike King's characters who went out in search of death, in Janz's story death comes searching for them.

Highly recommended.

@jonathanjanz.bsky.social's CHILDREN OF THE DARK
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