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Fangoria!

Never thought I’d have the chance to slip into these pages with some fiction, since Fango was dead. But then it came back. And now it’s having it’s 40th Anniversary. And I’ve got a story, “Night Tag,” in THAT issue, out as of . . . either now, or July 1st. Either way, they’re already showing up:

New @SGJ72 story in @FANGORIA

Child’s Play 2019

Man, seems I was just talking about the Halloween sequel we never thought we’d get, and now I’m here after seeing the Child’s Play remake nobody expected. In short: it’s really good, all kinds of fun. Most interested in how they updated it from 1988. Back then, the cautionary tale—or, what opens the cycle of justice—is economic: buying suspicious items from even more suspicious dudes. Not meaning to say in 1988 we were all being herded to only proper …

Who Knew

Scooting through eBay the other day, looking for a good cloth version of Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead—a novel I’ll never not be in love with (though my favorite film adaptation of Beowulf is Outlander, of course)—I remembered that I’ve had a few people in my inbox and around lately asking did I have any The Long Trial of Nolan Dugattis lying around. I don’t, just have my one that I hauled around for a while, read from. But, looks like I should have secret…

Twitter Comic

A comic strip/book thread. Pretty cool. Haven’t seen it presented this way before. And: it’s a cool story.

Last Final Girling it up

Pic to go with BOOK REVIEW of THE LAST FINAL GIRL, by ⁦@SGJ72⁩ . ⁦@Night_Worms⁩ ⁦@ctrlaltcassie⁩ ⁦@astrangerdream_⁩ ⁦@GetFictional⁩ ⁦@theinksmith⁩ ⁦@mezcotoyz⁩ pic.twitter.com/i3UGqb6Qkd

— HorrorAfterDark (@HorrorAfter) June 6, 2019

the review: http://www.horrorafterdark.com/2019/06/review-the-last-final-girl-by-stephen-graham-jones/…

ReaderCon

My events, which also includes hosting the Shirley Jacksons on Sunday. Either at 11am or noon, it seems.

have high hopes that kaffeeklatsch doesn’t smell like my mortal enemy, coffee…

Captain, My Captain

I’ve always been torn about who my favorite Star Trek captain might be—like Weird Al says, it’s a hard decision:

impossible to decide

But now, with this, I don’t know, there’s another contender:

As you can tell from my recent swing through Texas, ketchup only is the way to go (didn’t really want the cheese, but he kept asking, so I got a single slice):

and it was good, that single slice, sure. dude was right…

Fleur Fine Books in August

I’m there. I can’t see the event-thing on Facebook, since I’m, you know, not on Facebook, but I’m guessing the link works:

Save the date. @SGJ72 at @FleurFineBooks. August 24th. Be there. https://t.co/O5dHmRra9u

— Bob Pastorella (@BobPastorella) June 3, 2019

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Best of 2019 so far: the June post

Dead Hearts from stephen martin on Vimeo.…

Tammy and the T-Rex

Cannot wait:

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