The ARC Party

145 horror book recommendations (so far) from 2024-2025. More to come the future episodes! If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New artwork for BAD PEOPLE by Craig Wallwork. Actually, it’s based on the original artwork. But revamped. Have you read it yet?

Billy Corgan is just out here telling on himself.

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

New interview. Smoky Old Fashioned. Michael McDowell. Vampires. And female rage. mattsbooksanddrams.substack.com/p/the-dram-d... Thanks to Matt for inviting me in the den.

Why do I love horror? Read about it here. Thank you, Becky, for inviting me to share my thoughts.

Just remembering a conversation I overheard at the Jewels (grocery store for you non-locals) recently. Two store employees are standing by cash registers. This is their conversation: 1: Hey man, welcome back! How was your vacation in Brazil? 2) I was on medical leave.

Happy Off the Reservation day @stephengrahamjones.com i’ve been waiting over a week to post this and even longer to crack the spine.

The end? #othermommy

I always love going “spines out” for @stephengrahamjones.com releases. Thanks @sagapressbooks.bsky.social for sending along a gorgeous finished copy with the red edges!

New episode! Fink links to preorder these October books in my bio! www.thearcparty.com/p/horror-tbr...

IYKYK. Thanks to @ericlarocca.com for giving me the perfect words to express my situation at work to the support chat.

The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night is now available! Thanks to everyone who’s read and reviewed thus far. Can’t wait for this one to find its audience. @clashbooks.bsky.social

Been hearing ChatGPT ads on book podcasts lately and I’m assuming that they can’t control what ads are used, but it does create a moment where I’m like… but guys… Really should be a thing where you can prohibit certain ads from being included. Because yuck.

Look at how gorgeous this book is! It's such a good story too. preorder today!

September's horror list is live, w/ new books from @rachelharrison.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @allyoutthere.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.com @ more! readjumpscares.com/2026/09/01/a...

Thanks to @scaresshapedus.bsky.social for joining me to tackle September’s most exciting releases. Find links to the episode and preorder lists in my bio. www.thearcparty.com/p/horror-tbr...

MY #HWA FORMAL GRIEVANCES My two grievances: The ED attempting to overtake Spirited Giving The org refusing to follow it's own stated mission. #horror #writers drive.google.com/file/d/1B_pm...

The @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social right now.

Last night I recorded the September Horror TBR episode with Matthew Jackson from @scaresshapedus.bsky.social September is a huge horror month, so we covered twenty books! Pictured are the ones we discussed that I have print copies of already! Be sure you’re subscribed so you see when episodes drop!

Alma’s book is fantastic and y’all need to preorder it now! bookshop.org/a/90265/9798...

I read 45 books in a really good year. Lately I feel like I know of like 150 authors that put out at least a book a year. Please. Send help.

NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, PART II: BACK FOR BLOOD debuts at #23 on the national Indie Bestsellers List. Hohóú to everyone who has helped make this happen by purchasing your copies through an independent bookstore. 🙏 #Indigenous #horror #books

Awesome @paultremblay.bsky.social !!!

TFW your @shortwavebooks.bsky.social box left Anchorage AK four days ago and hasn’t been updated since but was supposed to arrive Tuesday. Alaska has it out for me, I swear.

Today's This Is Horror newsletter is all about THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO. Pre-order the second edition now and get the eBook and audiobook for free, and listen to Michael David Wilson's conversation on the always excellent @thearcparty.com podcast. thisishorror.kit.com/posts/the-gi...

Craig and Robb having a chat about vampires? That’s got to be worth a listen. #podcast #horrorcommunity #thearcparty

My good friend @craigwallwork.bsky.social joined me to talk about his new book THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL TO BEING A VAMPIRE form @trubornpress.bsky.social We talked vampires and reminisced about the good old days. The book is out now so go buy it! www.thearcparty.com/p/craig-wall...

Great chat with the legend that is Robb Olsen over at @thearcparty.com where we talk vampires, vampires, horror, vampires, feminism, and much more. The interview will drop on the podcast Monday, but if you want to be subjected to my ugly face for 98 mins, jump in! #podcast

www.thearcparty.com/p/michael-da... New episode! Michael David Wilson joins me to talk about the second edition of THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO. @thisishorror.bsky.social

Sèphera Girón: so i hear some of you writers don't like ai Girón: well, i'm tired of all you writers not liking ai! Girón: and i'm gonna let you all know it! Girón: i'm mad as hell! Girón: put that in the newspaper! Girón: or better yet Girón: put it in the HWA newsletter!

that HWA newsletter op-ed was disgusting, juvenile, stupid, AND poorly written, but I do think we need to underline the distinction between "the organization allowed a bad essay to be published in an official communication" and "the HWA endorses this point of view"

Regarding the HWA op-ed on cozying up to AI: each month, the world discovers new reasons to object to the attempted ubiquity of AI. For anyone doing creative work, the first is obviously the fundamental theft involved. But when it comes to the employment of AI in "creating"... 1/?

Living on a Prayer playing during the DC fireworks may be the most honest choice ever. “Gina dreams of running away. She cries in the night, Tommy whispers ‘baby it’s okay’” Happy 250 I guess?

Thanks Becky! If you’re not following Becky, you’re missing so much amazing horror stuff!

I just backed this project. They’re so close to their goal and just a couple days left to meet it. Check it out and back it too! The TOC is bananas. www.kickstarter.com/projects/902...

Three years worth of the most anticipated titles in horror. All videos have chapter jumps to book titles Over 220 books recommended!!! That’s insane. Fill up your TBRs my good friends. Books don’t have expiration dates, so go back and get them from all the years!

If you’re an author and your book is coming out in September, just know we’re trying. September is our Black Friday, and I know reviewers and interviewers want time to slow down so we can get to as much as possible, but we can only do so much. We love your books, we want your books. Promise.

It’s Horror Preview time! Check out what we’re excited for coming in July to December. It’s like 45 books, including like 17 that are in September alone. Thanks @emilyhughes.bsky.social and @raforall.bsky.social for being the best cohosts. youtu.be/gYJH3eplm78?...

Reading the upcoming @stephengrahamjones.com book OFF THE RESERVATION, and there’s a big chunk early in the book where a character suffers horribly due to pee shyness and I honestly have never felt more SEEN in my life, reading a book. #offthereservation #theonlygoodindians

This was a wonderful conversation. Moving, inspiring, invigorating. @tananarivedue.bsky.social with @smashfizzle.bsky.social and Melody Cooper. Replay is available to watch! www.youtube.com/live/PPALU3J...

I'm going to try a thing and see what happens. Horror authors, publishers, publicists! What books are coming out soon (in 2026)? Comment with Name, Title, pub date!

We're sending out waves of copies of NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT (limited hardcover) by @lairdbarron.bsky.social each day. Thank you for your patience as we juggle this mailing and about a gazillion other projects.

THREE HITMEN AND A BABY is here! Find it in most places books are sold! Tell your friends. Send a raven. Spread the word of Assassins Anonymous...