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It’s October 1 and that means it’s time for another monthly review roundup of Literary Lollapalooza! September we celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth, #SciFiSeptember & #StephenKing! 39 Books Read and Reviewed! 12 5 Star Reviews 12 4.5 Star Reviews Spooky Season is here! Let’s get spooky! New Blog!

Releases TOMORROW! Paperbacks of THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE arrived and they’re super cool. Black page accents at the front and back and an awesome USA TODAY BESTSELLER banner across the back. Signed copies can be preordered through 11/8 from The Twisted Spine bookstore.

If you DON’T take advantage of this killer deal I don’t think we can be friends. (Unless you already own it, in which case, you’re fine.)

Hawkshaw Hawkins - Rattlesnakin' Daddy youtu.be/kmkiDZplMJo '1951 Hillbilly Blues'

🎃 Happy Halloween Week!🎃 Curling up with the perfect horror read is a fabulous way to celebrate spooky season, and we've got you covered! @annarosereads.bsky.social has curated a list of ten phenomenal 2026 debut horror books (all on shelves NOW)! www.darkertimes.com/2026-horror-...

Oooooooo! COFFIN MOON ebook is only $1.99! Grab it up, no idea how long it'll last!

And another one down

Possibly not everyone’s cup of, but as a man of the Theatre who also loves New York and has Chekhov & Mamet in his top 3 Playwrights of all time - I love the hell out of this movie. VANYA ON 42ND STREET (1995) #LouisMalle #WallaceShawn

COFFIN MOON MERCH AVAILABLE! With Thrillerdelphia's FearLit happening this Halloween night, we've worked with artist Colin Shawcross to come up with this way limited Coffin Moon design. A reprint's doubtful, so grab these if you're interested! Available at thrillerdelphia.com

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

FIRESTARTER (1980) Acrylic on Masonite - 20” x 30” It might surprise some fans that my first work with Stephen King wasn’t THE GUNSLINGER. We first met at the World Fantasy Convention in 1979 when we were both Guests of Honor. #bookssky #art 🪐📚

That is a thing of beauty

It’s not too late. Be Frendo for Hallowen. Get your friends to be Frendo. O̶v̶e̶r̶t̶h̶r̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶F̶r̶e̶n̶d̶o̶

An immeasurable loss.

Drop a HORROR VILLAIN 😈🖤😱

The owners of Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic, saying it trained its AI models on more than 200 of Presley’s songs without permission, accusing it of copyright infringement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/a...

Meet The Exodontists Probably the weirdest book you'll read this year, courtesy of @drewhuff.bsky.social Out right now, from us, just in time for Halloween: payhip.com/b/xZ5Ai

Happy Death Day 2U (2019) 🎬🖤🎬🖤🎬🖤

This is a chilling satirical statement and also, I believe, a real risk of allowing the idea that nebulous, unproven biological advantages should result in bans on classes of people in sports to gain purchase.

Number 1 overall in American Horror. Out of the all the love I’ve gotten for this book, the fact that @stephengrahamjones.com blurbed an unknown author and eventually incorporated it into the possession sub-genre of one of his college classes remains the highest compliment. Thanks, Doc.

This guy has been and still is my ‘human university’. By that I mean he’s taught, inspired and echoed my inner thoughts & theories more than any other human I’ve ever come across. Here he is talking about humanity’s “circling the drain”. His name — GEORGE CARLIN.

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

This book shreds, y'all.

Really only one way I can respond to a headline like that

Ka works and the world moves on.

🎶 I've kissed mermaids, rode the El Nino Walked the sand with the crustaceans Could find my way to Mariana On a wave of mutilation 🎶

In #BexarCounty, only eight people voted by mail, according to the state’s site. In reality, nearly 18,000 people have cast ballots by mail. 🤬 #Something’sRottenInDenmark www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...

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Called Out by @stephenking.bsky.social

RIP John Anderson, thanks for one of the All-Time '90s Country Bangers.