Stephen Graham Jones's Blog, page 62
January 1, 2023
Best of the year so far: for December
I don’t know who needs to hear this but Neil Diamond, who retired from performing five years ago because of Parkinsons, just had a Broadway show of him open and it at the opening night he did this pic.twitter.com/eJ02YUAzr5
— Ben Phillips (@benphillips76) December 6, 2022
Blackfeet: we’ve been here forever, man. And we’re not going anywhere, except forward.…
December 31, 2022
Best of 2022
(for a month-by-month, click here or here — I, for no real reason, switched the titles of these about halfway through, looks like, so a single search doesn’t net them all. not even sure two searches does . . . )
NOVEL(s)
NOVELS THAT AREN’T OUT YETso . . . hopefully I remember them in 2023?
NOVEL I FINALLY READ DECADES LATE
Ed Asner as Lew Archer, with a full cast and some really excellent jazz-accompanimentCOMIC BOOK(s)
one new, one old . . .HORROR MOVIES
[ haven’…
My 2022
Was going to say this was the fastest of all the years, but, really, man, the last two or three have been like stepping on a slip-n-slide, then just trying to keep my balance somewhat, splashing into other countries (Dubai, France, Spain. was in a Iceland for a bit, I guess. missed Germany, but Italy’s soon), juggling a new comic book (Earthdivers, which just keeps on selling all its copies out) and my first audio-only novel (The Babysitter Lives, with the amazing Isabell…
December 30, 2022
Best Reads from Lately
Work from 1616 is ‘the first ever science fiction novel’ | Science fiction books | The Guardian
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/encino-man-oral-history
https://mashable.com/article/snow-crabs-disappeared-alaska-why
https://www.gq.com/story/dont-fear-the-reaper-more-cowbell-oral-history
https://www.theonion.com/archaeologists-discover-more-old-shit-that-sucks-1848400846
Looking good:
…Were you able to order this release? pic.twitter.com/piQOPlNN2v
— DarkMillSouth (@KreemyKoldBoise) December 30, 2022
Hey, Ones:
…The virtual horror book club I run for work is doing The Ones That Got Away by @SGJ72. Look how cool the graphic came out! Can’t wait to share my favorite author with my spooky locals 🖤 pic.twitter.com/8OV926raJV
— Jeff Waitkev (@JeffReadsHorror) December 30, 2022
Birdlandia
Last one of these for 2022. And? Should Twitter implode, crumble, whatever, these could stop being a thing here, I suppose. Until then, though:
We found a Zillow listing where someone was dressed as ghostface in every photo 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/DRdzHvuFYN
— Friendly-Neighbourhood GhostFace Main 👻🖤 (@CrossingBlossom) December 7, 2022
🤷♂️😂 pic.twitter.com/C1zAIDsnnq
— CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) December 9, 2022
…"Experts" have long held th
December 29, 2022
The last of the 2022 links
To reviews, lists, and everything else:
https://the-line-up.com/ghost-stories-for-winter
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/books-to-read-in-2023/
https://litreactor.com/columns/books-were-looking-forward-to-in-2023
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2022
https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/lists/best-horror-books-of-2022/
17 Books by Indigenous Authors to Read During Native American Heritage Month
Earthdivers #6 cover!
…A cover reveal for those of us that like a little spooky in December 😉
— IDW Publishing (@IDWPublishing) December 22, 2022
🔹 Earthdivers #6 A (@rafaalbuquerque) & C (@olmancampbell)
Pre-order at your local comic book shop this week!
[Thread continued] pic.twitter.com/NNEuFiJgI6
