Ball
It’s a good thing I don’t have the basketball channels. Otherwise: far fewer novels. But, man, stuff like this:
Don’t Fear the Reaper Tour: Cleveland
Started out like this, from the so-many-signatures of the night before: And, man, one thing I never get to do on the road? Hang onto any of the excellent posters: And then it was talking with Gabriel Venditti on-stage and . . . signing signing signing:
Don’t Fear the Reaper Tour: Chicago
Started out talking with Becky Spratford for B&N: And . . . it’s here, still: Then it was hanging with Tim Seeley and Jim Terry: And the next day I was all over town (thanks to Jim), signing every Reaper that would stay under my pen: Which all led up to . . . LAUNCH
Couple Interviews
Got to be on the cover for The Big Thrill! And, got to talk with Billy Stratton over (EXCELLENT) sopapillas! https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion/article/view/1140/2096
Cool Reaper stuff
And a list of the references in Reaper: https://letterboxd.com/trashfae/list/movies-in-stephen-graham-jones-dont-fear/ And, just some lists Reaper‘s on: https://writeordiemag.com/writers-craft/books-we-cant-wait-to-read-february-2023 https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g42622809/best-books-2023/ And a couple of early reviews:
Few book-type links
https://the-line-up.com/horror-books-favorite-scream-queen https://the-line-up.com/horror-books-with-hope https://litreactor.com/columns/the-top-ten-shark-books-that-are-in-my-house-just-in-time-for-shark-week
Best of my January 2023
Not sure I dig how this workaround to “galleries” failing in this template looks (doesn’t show the whole image . . .), but that “slideshow” option is pretty cool—lets you click through one by one. For anyone with that kind of time. Anyway, if somebody knows a better gallerymaker, or how to make “galleries” work
Five horror movies
This probably won’t embed—it’s Instagram—but hopefully it’ll link, anyway. And, I seem to have screen capped this during the one second in the recording I’m holding Reaper up:
Some few Don’t Fear the Reaper links/list/reviews
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2507-the-most-anticipated-horror-novels-of-2023 https://www.eggplante.com/2023/01/24/dont-fear-the-reaper-by-stephen-graham-jones-review/ https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-2023/new-books-for-winter.html http://raforall.blogspot.com/2023/01/libraryreads-february-2023.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/12/22/20-winter-books-prince-harry-colleen-hoover-pamela-anderson/10928496002/ https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/lists/most-anticipated-horror-books-2023-/ https://www.horrordna.com/books/dont-fear-the-reaper-stephen-graham-jones-book-review https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnw_BuoLgZ5/?igshid=ZDFmNTE4Nzc%3D
Some of the many Don’t Fear the Reaper stops
(sort of in order, and not quite complete) https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/7435249
Best Reads from Lately
Humans have been wearing bear skins for at least 300,000 years – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News Danny DeVito Is A Revered Comedy Legend, But It’s Past Time For Him To Be Acknowledged As A Vibrant, Important Director | Decider https://www.emcarroll.com/comics/meat/ https://www.barrelhousemag.com/onlinelit/2017/10/4/final-girl-slumber-party Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white | Madison365 Amateur archaeologist uncovers ice
Last of one, first of another
Left this ARC behind (already gone), and signed away the first finished copy (to Brian Evenson):
Don’t Fear the Reaper tour
will add more bookstore clickthroughs as they appear (or, as I see them — could already be a lot more, I’m just not tagged)
Last links before I move to Montana . . .
Well, I SAY “last,” but you never can really tell . . . Time to Discover Your New Favorite Sub-Genre of Fiction ‹ CrimeReads http://www.chadlutzke.com/blog-write-brained-leftovers/top-ten-books-in-2022 http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/2022-in-review-part-three/ https://gizmodo.com/year-in-review-2022-best-rewatches-scifi-horror-fantasy-1849870875/slides/4 https://litreactor.com/columns/the-top-ten-shark-books-that-are-in-my-house-just-in-time-for-shark-week http://deadm15.blogspot.com/2023/01/review-my-heart-is-chainsaw.html Comics Are Awesome #3: Earthdivers #3 (2022) | Oliver Sava Writes About Comics on Patreon
Ramping up to Don’t Fear the Reaper
https://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/science-fiction-fantasy-anticipated-books-2023/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/12/22/20-winter-books-prince-harry-colleen-hoover-pamela-anderson/10928496002/ https://the-line-up.com/upcoming-horror-books-2023 https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2431-readers-most-anticipated-books-of-2023?ref=ma23_footer [Book Review]: Stephen Graham Jones’ Don’t Fear the Reaper | by Katelyn Nelson | Jan, 2023 | Medium