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Sam Reader, Antiochean Pope

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A useless hanger-on in horror (they/them/she/her) I cannot donate to your campaign, sorry. tor.com/author/sam-reader www.the-gamers-lounge.com www.strangelibrary.com Inquiries: caiuscaligula@strangelibrary.com ebegging: https://ko-fi.com/readerwrites

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O to be a youtube video essayist, to sit amid bisexual lighting with a "well that just happened" expression permanently affixed spouting tenuous leaps that make it clear I developed my brilliant conclusion and will by god force this media to fit that conclusion so help me god

06.03.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's cynical, it's just human.

06.03.2026 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...almost as if when someone understands bathos, the bathos actually works

06.03.2026 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which is weird because they use Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in the thumbnail, a work that's generally optimistic despite also being deeply cynical about the world it's being optimistic in.

06.03.2026 18:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Christ, imagine if these pylons read Moorcock

06.03.2026 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally getting my hands on a queer horror/dark fantasy book unfairly consigned to the dustbin of "out of print"โ€” Dead Boys by Gabrielle Squailia

06.03.2026 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in March 2026 From stalking serial killers to a fiery doomsday, here are our most anticipated horror books from indie and small presses this March!

Hails to @the-line-up.bsky.social featuring @endwellian.bsky.social's OLYOKE on its quartet of March indie horror books to keep an eye on!
the-line-up.com/indie-and-sm...

06.03.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Six Standalone Werewolf Novels to Unleash the Beast Within - Reactor Each book brings something different to the classic werewolf mythos...

reactormag.com/six-standalo... I put out an article on werewolves this week!

06.03.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, pretty much since the Industrial Revolution happened

06.03.2026 17:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review, The Curse Of Hester Gardens By Tamika Thompson: A New Classic Of American Gothic - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website The Curse of Hester Gardens Tamika Thompson's debut gothic horror weaves supernatural terror with the real-world curse of poverty and gun violence.

The Curse of Hester Gardens will haunt you twice: once for the ghosts, and again for the terrible recognition that youโ€™ve been living alongside this horror your whole life without ever really seeing it.

@tamikathompson.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social

gnofhorror.com/the-curse-of...

06.03.2026 06:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

This has been going on a WHILE.

06.03.2026 05:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yep

why do you think we know what we do about hugo boss

06.03.2026 05:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Want to read me writing about the book About a Place in the Kinki Region? How about more movie blurbs than you can shake a stick at? You can do all that and more in the latest issue of Exploits!

03.03.2026 00:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Why do we need The Outlaw Josey Wales but shittier and in space a *third* time?

06.03.2026 01:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

THANKS HARPER

05.03.2026 22:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, Joe!

05.03.2026 22:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Original English Language Manga. There was an anime-esque tie-in graphic novel that was pretty ace.

05.03.2026 22:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently it's part of a multipart present my sister got me. I am worried because 1) my sister 2) when will the complete present get here?

05.03.2026 22:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once again raging against the inhumanity done to one another in the name of self-preservation, but this time turning 38 and trying not to open the container of molten chocolate flavored caffeinated cocoa in the process.

05.03.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh look you finally showed up to call me a bitch

How genuinely surprising

05.03.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Babylon was the exact episode my dad and I stopped watching and I think it was because I told him it was that rough.

05.03.2026 21:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My favorite season is S3, mostly for the dark comedy in every episode, the expansion of the world, and showing the higher-ups as incompetent stooges only interested in their own legacies.

05.03.2026 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A little, but the last three seasons make up for that a lot by showing the real impact of policing versus community support

05.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was just about to suggest this! First you get the feel-bad time of the plot, then you get the feel-bad time of knowing two-thirds of the plot won't see the light of day. It's a perfect experience.

05.03.2026 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, right, the "discover" and "popular with friends" tabs. The things that totally haven't been responsible for more misery on this site than anything anywhere

05.03.2026 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@malarkeybooks.bsky.social slaps and so does their table

05.03.2026 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great Wolf Lodge might have been a mistake

05.03.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My god. It's like young people are anxious all the time and trying to mitigate that by doing something that would relax them. Perhaps if their lives were better, they'd have less reason to smoke weed?

05.03.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fun fact - My dream live-action Netflix project would be an adaptation of Barry Hughart's Master Li and Number Ten Ox with Stephen Chow playing Master Li.

05.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd imagine cultural cachet plays a part, but what part I couldn't possibly comment.

Stephen Chow is great, and Shaolin Soccer (and its OELM adaptation) are fun as hell. Go in with no expectations, hopefully come out with a sweet time.

05.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0