Bram Stoker Award Final Ballot!
SUCH an honor to have TWO works on this. Just to be alongside so many excellent writers, so many good stories. Luck to all.
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NYT Best-Seller!
Who’d have thought an elk book, a horror novel, a story set on the Blackfeet Rez, a revenge tale out of Montana could, after six months, make it to #12 on the NYT best-seller list? So amazing. Or, really, who’d have thought a kid who grew up out in the pastures of West Texas would
Best Reads from Lately
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240117-oldest-ever-piece-of-string-was-made-by-neanderthals-50000-years-ago/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indian-country-year-in-review-major-moments-DSnYwpua-EafiP6qpviCjA https://apple.news/AnXLTFnFxSJibW-NFAeWJhw http://bostonreview.net/race/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-what-white-supremacists-know Santa’s New York Roots | The New York Public Library https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78214-4 Too Sacred To Drill | Earthjustice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-extra-podcast/id256580326?i=1000492683785 Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55657257 https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/world/dire-wolves-grey-wolves-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/quiet-riots-metal-health-story-behind-cover-art Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/6000-years-arrows-emerge-melting-norway-ice-patch/ https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-where-black-characters-survive/mariel-loveland
New Nightmare Story!
Which — I don’t mean I’m writing in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare — though: wow. Just, a new story up AT Nightmare Magazine, with an excellent audio production:
Barry Lopez
A good friend. He taught me a lot. But whenever I’m out in the trees, watching a squirrel just do its squirrel things, or watching a bird glide in place, Barry’ll be there.
Nightmare reprint!
Of The Ones Who Got Away — which was the original title for The Ones That Got Away, but then a design oversight locked “that” in on the cover instead of “who,” and . . . this is how things happen. And, it’s such a cool cover.
Mannequin stuff
A list from the incomparable Sadie Hartmann: Review over at: And some nice words from none other than Brannon Braga:
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The Spindly Man Can!
That story’s now in here with either Bigfoot or Teen Wolf — I’m great with either: