Upcoming Events
I mean, hopefully. Not in the sense that they might get cancelled, but in the sense that they may have already happened? But, if I catch that, I’ll delete.
Best of 2021 so far: for October
October was so, so, so busy with events &etc, much etc, that . . . I either wasn’t jotting stuff down for this, or I wasn’t watching a lot. I was reading a lot, but most of it doesn’t have covers yet . . .
Slight delay in this month’s best
because: I’m on the road for a few hours yet, and my laptop’s conked, and been conked for about six days, now.
Fort Collins Book Fest
And, though I put it way at the bottom of some other post around these parts, here’s a cool thing I got to sign after this panel:
Some few events
Which, alas, I don’t have time to pretty up, can just drop the links I have. But, I’ll try to stack them in order, anyway: https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/611fb5854af1213000335923 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-conversation-memorial-ride-stephen-graham-jones-w-sachdeva-registration-192057758927
Chainsaw avalanche, part the ninth
Really, this should be like “9 – 11” or so — I got slammed, couldn’t keep up. But, anyway, trying not to lose stuff / saving it all. And here’s what I got: http://www.jennsbookshelves.com/2021/10/04/review-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw-by-stephen-graham-jones/ http://bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2021/10/review-my-heart-is-chainsaw-by-stephen.html https://atribecalledgeek.com/my-heart-is-a-chainsaw-review/ http://brunnersbookshelf.blogspot.com/2021/10/my-heart-is-chainsaw-by-stephen-graham.html https://www.businessinsider.com/best-halloween-books#a-horror-full-of-halloween-thrills-2 https://www.bookbub.com/blog/indigenous-authors?position=2&source=multicontent&target=title https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/g37805016/20-best-spooky-season-halloween-books-2021/ https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2178-biggest-horror-novels-of-the-last-five-years?content_type=all https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/book-list/dread-nation-six-haunting-novels-about-characters-losing-control/ https://the-line-up.com/must-read-horror-authors https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/best-books-of-2021/?s_campaign=organic-social-Facebook-fy22-SimonSchuster-BOTYAdult https://fredericksburg.com/entertainment/arts/books/book-corner-get-lost-in-thrilling-tales-of-terrifying-towns/article_7b3e43dd-3e6e-5b5b-92bc-77d2ab24185c.html https://ew.com/webstory/4-best-creepy-books-must-list/ https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/margaretkingsbury/new-horror-novels-silvia-moreno-garcia
Much Elky Stuff
https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2178-biggest-horror-novels-of-the-last-five-years?content_type=all https://www.melissau.com/xomu/spooky-reads-for-halloween/ https://www.ask.com/culture/books-by-indigenous-writers https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/20/arts/juicy-new-mysteries-thrillers-tingle-your-spine-this-scary-season/ https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-hhxdk-10f3c9f
Best Reads from Lately
https://greekreporter.com/2021/09/22/neanderthal-mans-recreated-face-takes-internet- The Many Saints Of Newark Ending Explained: Who Made Tony Soprano? https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1502-Spring-2015/Shot-to-Remember-The-Sopranos.aspx https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joro-spiders-invasive-georgia_n_615871e0e4b0487c855f6263 https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/hiker-peak-of-desperation/ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/octopus-farming-is-immoral-given-everything-we-know-about-this-highly-intelligent-and-solitary-animal-philip-lymbery-3412887 Minnetonka CEO apologizes for appropriating Native American culture : NPR https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/yes-halloween-knockoff-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-1235090664/ 3,500-Year-Old Babylonian Tablet May Contain Earliest Known Depiction of a Ghost | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/werewolf-movies-1981-howling-american-london-wolfen-full-moon-high-anniversary S. Qiouyi Lu and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talk Neo-Pronouns and Genre-Hopping
Telluride Horror Show
Couldn’t have been a better time. My favorite film of the fest (that I caught): The Spine of Night. But, man, did I dig The Sadness, too. Anyway, here’s what stuff I saved off social media, along with some few snapshots (which — they may be some doubling there, apologies):
NYT Opinions piece
By me. Who’d have ever guessed: Somebody even snapped a pic of it when it ran in print: