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Book 61: Black House by Peter Straub & Stephen King. Sequel to The Talisman, but only sort of connected. Our once-tween-now-retired-cop protaganist isn't the center of the story, but also no one is?
September 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Book 61: Black House by Peter Straub & Stephen King. Sequel to The Talisman, but only sort of connected. Our once-tween-now-retired-cop protaganist isn't the center of the story, but also no one is?
I just watched the last house and it's maybe the least fun movie of all time?
August 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I just watched the last house and it's maybe the least fun movie of all time?
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Book 46: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi. This is our next book club book and I'm excited to tell everyone just how annoyed I was at everything: the dumb writing, the stupid dialogue, the police who seemed to operate from opposite land where...
July 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Book 46: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi. This is our next book club book and I'm excited to tell everyone just how annoyed I was at everything: the dumb writing, the stupid dialogue, the police who seemed to operate from opposite land where...
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Book 41: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. There's so much packed into this one, but it doesn't feel like too much: ghosts and books and ceremonies and Minneapolis in the spring/summer of 2020 and soup and abolition. I listened to the audio version, which Erdrich reads, and...
July 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Book 41: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. There's so much packed into this one, but it doesn't feel like too much: ghosts and books and ceremonies and Minneapolis in the spring/summer of 2020 and soup and abolition. I listened to the audio version, which Erdrich reads, and...
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This week! The editor of Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms joins us to talk weird fiction, story selection, and (of course) time travel. Join us for a great discussion with Alasdair Richmond -- out now! 🥃
July 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
This week! The editor of Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms joins us to talk weird fiction, story selection, and (of course) time travel. Join us for a great discussion with Alasdair Richmond -- out now! 🥃
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Book 31: When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy. This was fine. A bunch of things fundamentally didn't make sense, but the afterword was nice.
June 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Book 31: When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy. This was fine. A bunch of things fundamentally didn't make sense, but the afterword was nice.
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We're back! Or . . . are we? Have we been here all along? All of this *might* make more sense once we dive into our newest volume of the British Library's Tales of the Weird! NEXT SUNDAY (May 3rd) we're kicking off Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms!
April 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Kelly!
First up, Kelly Hoolihan with their story "Collection."
April 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Kelly!
Book 1: Turtle Island by Sean Sherman, Kate Nelson, & Kristin Donnelly. First book of the year and we're off to a great start. Incredible collection of history, recipes, and photos of indigenous foods. Organized regionally, the recipes are a mix of traditional and modern with...
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Book 1: Turtle Island by Sean Sherman, Kate Nelson, & Kristin Donnelly. First book of the year and we're off to a great start. Incredible collection of history, recipes, and photos of indigenous foods. Organized regionally, the recipes are a mix of traditional and modern with...
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Book 81: Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms edited by Alasdair Richmond. This one is genuinely really strange! I'm not sure all of the stories fit together cohesively...but I guess that will be something to talk about!
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Book 81: Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms edited by Alasdair Richmond. This one is genuinely really strange! I'm not sure all of the stories fit together cohesively...but I guess that will be something to talk about!
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Will this make more sense tomorrow? Maybe not! But we're covering The Face of the Monk by Robert Hichens anyway. 🥃
December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Will this make more sense tomorrow? Maybe not! But we're covering The Face of the Monk by Robert Hichens anyway. 🥃
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Books 71: Salt Slow by Julia Armfield. Armfield is so cool and these short stories are amazing. A creepily powerful girl band, monstrous women, and her specialty: wet horror. Pick this one up and read everything else she writes.
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Books 71: Salt Slow by Julia Armfield. Armfield is so cool and these short stories are amazing. A creepily powerful girl band, monstrous women, and her specialty: wet horror. Pick this one up and read everything else she writes.
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🥃 And @thejessicaberg.bsky.social will not stop talking about Taskmaster (2015 - current TV series), while drinking a pretty good St Agrestis Phony Mezcal Negroni.
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🥃 And @thejessicaberg.bsky.social will not stop talking about Taskmaster (2015 - current TV series), while drinking a pretty good St Agrestis Phony Mezcal Negroni.
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Book 61: The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman. This was a good vampire book, but it's a follow up to The Lesser Dead, which is a Great vampire book.
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Book 61: The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman. This was a good vampire book, but it's a follow up to The Lesser Dead, which is a Great vampire book.
@horrorandahalf.bsky.social I don't know who I would like to be least haunted by, think I WOULD like to live in a house haunted by myself. We know ghosts can tidy up and I feel like if I was my own ghost, we could take turns?
August 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@horrorandahalf.bsky.social I don't know who I would like to be least haunted by, think I WOULD like to live in a house haunted by myself. We know ghosts can tidy up and I feel like if I was my own ghost, we could take turns?
Listening to @horrorandahalf.bsky.social while gardening, wandered away from my phone for a minute, and then listened with increasing confusion to the recap of 13 Ghosts, a movie I've seen 100 times. Except....I don't remember a lion ghost? Or tar pits?
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Listening to @horrorandahalf.bsky.social while gardening, wandered away from my phone for a minute, and then listened with increasing confusion to the recap of 13 Ghosts, a movie I've seen 100 times. Except....I don't remember a lion ghost? Or tar pits?
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tough to decide who to root for tonight between The Team That Thinks A Win Is Vindication Of Our Big Damp President vs. The Team That Benched Travis Konecny, both of which are probably of equal importance and disgust to me
February 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
tough to decide who to root for tonight between The Team That Thinks A Win Is Vindication Of Our Big Damp President vs. The Team That Benched Travis Konecny, both of which are probably of equal importance and disgust to me
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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
at least it's friday
January 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
at least it's friday
excited for this one 📕
AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL is out TODAY!
Except apparently for Amazon who aren't listing the hardcover or paperback as available. Trying to get this fixed and hope to have it resolved ASAP, y'all.
Except apparently for Amazon who aren't listing the hardcover or paperback as available. Trying to get this fixed and hope to have it resolved ASAP, y'all.
January 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
excited for this one 📕
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ACAB includes the Village People cop
January 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
ACAB includes the Village People cop
Book 1: Last Days by Brian Evenson. Previously, I've only read Evenson's short stories, but I loved this novel. (A PI who is depressed because a bad guy chopped off his hand is kidnapped by a pro-chopping cult to solve a murder.) Sparse and dark (lots of chopping, obv) but also really funny.
January 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Book 1: Last Days by Brian Evenson. Previously, I've only read Evenson's short stories, but I loved this novel. (A PI who is depressed because a bad guy chopped off his hand is kidnapped by a pro-chopping cult to solve a murder.) Sparse and dark (lots of chopping, obv) but also really funny.