Hall of Fame
Cool to be in there. Thanks, Library Reads:
etc
Ft Collins Book Fest
Was a great time, Saturday. Very cool venue, too: The Lyric. I’d like to catch a film there someday.
Father, Son, Holy Rabbit
Got to talk about it with friends: Episode 016: Father, Son, Holy Rabbit by Stephen Graham Jones by radicaledward Read on Substack
Best Reads from Lately
finally remembered to post this when the hands struck “10!” Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook Headquarters – The Onion https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/science/antarctica-deep-ice-core/index.html Limerick granted ownership of her works – Longmont Times Call https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/11/03/tina-fey-profile-anchor-woman https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/science/giant-sea-bug-darth-vader-vietnam/index.html https://screenrant.com/the-monkey-2025-movie-osgood-perkins-stephen-king-story-change-reaction https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/18/oldest-gun-in-us-arizona/77802506007 https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/how-sleeping-pills-interfere-with-the-brains-internal-cleaning-mechanism https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/books/clay-mcleod-chapman.html
Blue Butterfly Land
I used to keep track/embed/link fun stuff from Twitter, “Birdlandia,” when I was there. Not there anymore. Only on BlueSky. So, let’s see how & if this works: These are only seeable if you’re logged onto BlueSky, I think? meaning, they’re just links: https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanslater.bsky.social/post/3ldsxst2clk2y https://bsky.app/profile/pengarr.postes.club/post/3lecwjvjmis27
Today
but also: (and, no didn’t watch—was doing an interview about writing novels, doing art. or maybe Art. both? both) late add: And, coupled of even later additions that are too excellent (see: “sad”) to not stash here:
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wow: first time I’ve done one of these where I’m not checking the “paleo” category—still reading a lot of it, of course, just probably not logging it. also, have found a YouTube channel or two that does little mini-documentaries on the stuff, so, you know: something to watch over lunch, each day . . .
New Year, New Documentary Series
And my episode’s up first, on Substack, from Etch. This was so much fun to shoot—so great, working with professionals, with people who care about horror and what it can do. Nothing but an honor: First Word on Horror – Sneak Preview by Philip Gelatt Stephen Graham Jones on horror, Texas, and escape. Read on
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Okay, maybe “12” is a better round number for these? I seem to be not-great at remembering “10.” Surprisingly thick ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa complicates hunt for life | Science | AAAS https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/science/mirror-bacteria-research-risks/index.html Archaeo-Histories: “A 2300 year-old Horse Headdres…” – ohai.social https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/europe/baby-mammoth-russian-crater-preserved-intl-latam World’s Deadliest Rat Can Kill An Elephant With 1 Bite How
Best of 2024
Craziest fullest year. Think I had eight weekends in a row where I was doing an event in a different city—well, I say “eight,” but . . . I actually ended up having to cancel the eighth, Miami. Was bummed, as the Rock Bottom Remainders were performing. But, knee was all sloshy with cortisone from,
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Well, almost posted this before it went over “10?” And, this post looks way-weird on the main/”home” page. But, it’s normal once you click. Who knows. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/12/26/nobel-prize-all-that-glitters https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/science/neanderthal-fossil-extinction-grotte-mandrin-france/index.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14174993/dogs-chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-mutated-new-superpower.html https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/neanderthals-may-have-had-explosive-strength-thanks-to-their-bell-shaped-ribcages/ar-AA1vOaLC https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-discovered-50-000-year-old-viruses-in-neanderthal-dna-that-could-help-explain-their-mysterious-extinction/ar-BB1nKNuC http://www.jmdematteis.com/2010/09/story-behind-huntagain.html https://open.substack.com/pub/briankeene/p/letters-from-the-labyrinth-407 https://hollywoodprogressive.com/literature/william-gibson ‘Dog-Like’ Fossil Discovery May Be Oldest Known Saber-Toothed Animal – Newsweek Scientists Discovered a New Human Species That Defies Conventional Wisdom
Trading Cards
Few of these have shown up, but I’ve been forgetting to post them. Maybe I’ll get a pack at some point too? But I doubt I snap this nice a pic of it:
Good list of indigenous lit
Maybe you can see it if you’re not Bluesky? Not exactly sure how it all works . . .
Grab bag of links & lists &etc
Stashing them here before the madness of travel and holiday and a new semester get me to forget completely: https://www.popmatters.com/bleed-into-me-stephen-graham-jones https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/202598.Horror_to_Look_Forward_to_in_2025 Most Anticipated Horror of 2025 – She Reads Chilling Reads Ahead: CinemaChords’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Horror Novels for 2025 – Cinema Chords https://sadiehartmann.substack.com/p/sadie-hartmanns-mother-horrors-must https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/best-horror-books-of-2024 The Best Horror Fiction of 2024 ‹ CrimeReads https://sadiehartmann.substack.com/p/sadie-hartmanns-mother-horrors-must
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Will require some real vigilance on my part, which is far from my strong suit, but I’m gonna try to post these each time the counter gets to “10.” Like this: https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-start-wearing-dead-salmon-hats-again-after-ditching-the-trend-for-37-years https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/948440-we-are-now-ready-to-tackle-dickens-we-are-now# https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-restaurants-new-recipe-cost-her-life-parents-on-a-mission-to-make-changes https://knewz.com/world/archaeologists-discover-neanderthals-seaside-cave-with-60-000-year-old-glue-making-oven-stunned-by-the-construction Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so ‘they cannot be undone in the future’ –
Live Wire, Portland Oregon
Couldn’t have been more fun. My first time doing a thing like this. Here’s to many more:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/science/grizzly-bear-399-killed.html Today I Laid a Crayfish at Your Grave – Belt Magazine How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub – Uncanny Magazine https://www.businessinsider.com/neanderthals-virus-herpes-hpv-caught-from-humans-may-helped-extinction-2024-6 https://susiebright.ink/p/dorothy-allison-cut-off-the-lights Terrifier 3 (2024) – FILM FREAK CENTRAL Revolutionary Nahuatl Lexicon Part I | by David Bowles | Medium https://apnews.com/article/rhesus-macaque-monkeys-south-carolina-lab-escape-81dd4bb3acf2a445c0f899e31a8e05eb https://variety.com/2024/film/features/interview-with-the-vampire-tom-cruise-brad-pitt-neil-jordan-1236205381 Spotify Hits 252 Million Paid Subscribers, On Track For Profitability
With a banjo, or SOMETHING, on my knee?
Casewise anyone’s wondering what I’m getting up to over at BlueSky: