Bandanna land
haven’t seen one yet, but I keep hearing about these: Just had to show off my @nocturnalreads scarf inspired by #mongrels @SGJ72 #motherhorror #WEREWOLF pic.twitter.com/Zc4jyojV0L — Sadie Reads Them All (@SadieLouWho) March 1, 2018
On Good and Evil in Fiction
This makes me rethink and rethink and then reconsider: https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-pop-culture-obsessed-with-battles-between-good-and-evil
Annihilator!
Well, Annihilation. But I like saying it like a monster truck, or a wrestler. Just caught it at the cineplex. It’s a good time. Here’s some un-spoilerfree bullet points on/about it, since I don’t really have any kind of thesis to build a proper write-up around: the skull-faced anteater bear does what the bear did
Cool spread of books . . .
Stephen Graham Jones is one of the great writers of his generation, and is not read and celebrated nearly as often as he deserves.#FF him on Twitter as well: @SGJ72 pic.twitter.com/Rs3tf2kEfU — Arinn Dembo (@Erinys) February 26, 2018
Jack Ketchum words
Thanks to Michael David Wilson for wrapping them up over at LitReactor. Especially “I figure if I don’t scare myself, if I don’t feel that dread of what’s coming up next, I probably won’t scare you.” https://litreactor.com/columns/celebrating-dallas-mayr-the-wisdom-of-jack-ketchum-1946-2018Â
Oh, man
Thought I was just writing fiction in Sterling City, what with the giant chrome-eyed caterpillars and all, but, oops: Here’s how Sterling City starts out: So, you know, watch out for the jumbo-size caterpillars and all. In a few million years.
Mick Garris’s Post Mortem
I dial up John Carpenter every chance I get. Whether he’s tolerating the person asking questions or not—and of course he’s good with Garris—there’s always something to learn:
BookRiot Horror
Proud to be here as well: https://bookriot.com/2018/02/22/contemporary-horror-novels/Â
Publisher’s Weekly Native Novels listicle
Honored to be included, here. Thanks to Brandon Hobson for the inclusion: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/76129-10-essential-native-american-novels.html
This is the Dream
Thanks to Paul Tremblay for the headsup. Original ‘Friday the 13th’ Filming Location Offering Overnight Camping Experience!
Yep
Truly, I get raked across the copyediting coals for exactly this so, so often. And? It’s not just Indian. In CJ Box’s books, there’s a lot of lip-pointing, a lot of chinning at stuff. Feels so right. Feels like the world I know. Which matters. First Nations man breaks 100-metre Lip Point record Thanks to
The Facebook
In a few thousands years, I figure the aliens that come to dig through humanity’s (many, many) relics will find a thin strata of light blue in these early-is 2000s: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-2-years-of-hell/
Minnesota-bound
There for a lot of the days of this week. See some of you there, maybe: Next Wednesday, Stephen Graham Jones will be here for Good Thunder. Below is an interview where he discusses… https://t.co/Xnw88oRrvM — Good Thunder Reading (@GTReadingSeries) February 18, 2018
The Gothic Romance
One of the better threads I’ve lucked onto in birdland: Today in pulp I look back at one of the most popular paperback genres of all time, now all but forgotten about. This is the story of gothic romance… pic.twitter.com/W8d6mmNX9Z — Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) February 17, 2018
Death of the Fanboy
Had this stranded in a tab for weeks, finally cued it up just now. Good stuff: http://nerdsthatgeek.com/blogs/the-death-of-the-fanboyÂ
Excellent Words / #MeToo
https://medium.com/@anneursu_10179/sexual-harassment-in-the-childrens-book-industry-3417048ccde2Â
State of the Weird 2018
Hey, check the supercool poster for this—that’s me down in the corner: Was great talking with everybody here. www.thisishorror.co.uk/tod-030-the-state-of-the-weird-2018-a-roundtable-discussion-featuring-david-davis-helen-marshall-stephen-graham-jones-and-sonya-taaffe/Â
Locus, Langan, and Mapping
Way cool write-up: http://locusmag.com/2018/02/john-langan-reviews-mapping-the-interior-by-stephen-graham-jones/
The Silver that Men Do
Thanks to @CalamityKing for the headsup: https://www.theonion.com/cities-move-to-outlaw-hollow-point-silver-bullets-after-1822936833
Mapping the Interior and This is Horror Awards
wow, cool ballot to be on: This Is Horror Awards 2017: Vote Now!
Another best Mongrels review
Ink portrait of Stephen Graham Jones, after reading the brilliant “Mongrels”. I know, I know, full moons are rubbish. Sorry, @SGJ72 pic.twitter.com/1BUkF0cg67 — Evan Cagle (@cagle_evan) February 8, 2018