From the Killer tour
Just now catching this. From the ABQ stop with Rebecca Roanhorse:
Talking BHH on IG
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Telluride Horror Show, 2025 edition
Couldn’t have been a better time. And, it started on Thursday, really: en route to Telluride with my wife Nancy (the luxury of driving, since I’m in Colorado . . . ), we swung by Paonia Books so I could do an event with Paolo Bacigalupi: Then it was crash-landing at the Horror Summit with
Cinemuck lives!
Some of y’all may remember way, WAY back when, when I was thinking I was meant to write movie reviews. Welp . . . that never happened. But, there’s artifacts! Thanks to Clockpunk Studios, who dug these all up from a database and got them displaying. Back when this site was Cinemuck.com, I think I
NYT Book Club!
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National Book Festival part 2
When the original post isn’t even called “Part 1″—didn’t know more was coming in. But, sure enough, here’s a recording of the full panel: (maybe this is part of the above one? no time to check . . .)
Brooklyn Book Festival
Was a blast: Night before was the big party. SA Cosby and me just before: Though, later that night, just before it closed I need some of this, of course: After another run to Chipotle (next day), I stumbled on: Then it was the panel, with Christine Li and Amber Spark, moderated by Tobias Caroll:
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National Book Festival
Great time. Got to talk to Scott Turow a bit the night before—and right after having finished Presumed Guilty! Got to hang at the Jefferson Building (I think?) with Paul Tremblay and Agustina Bazterrica: Whatever building or place it was, it was right across from this: I thought that was the White House, but my
Bourbon Penn
Thanks to Ellen Datlow for catching this. Looks . . . familiar? cool? weird? All of the above: