Stephen Graham Jones's Blog, page 68

Peter Straub

Ok this is going to be long and rambling but here goes. My father, Peter Straub, died on Sunday night. He was the fucking best, and here's why, with photos: pic.twitter.com/vR3gV1KZP2

— Emma Straub (@emmastraub) September 6, 2022

an excellent thread…

Great company

Join librarian Caitlin Sheldon Wed., Oct. 12 at 10 a.m. in our ongoing short story reading and discussion program. The stories for this month are "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman and "The Spindly Man" by Stephen Graham Jones. For more, and to register: https://t.co/WIGlnR6Bmc pic.twitter.com/c4op6W5SkX

— Saratoga Library (@SaratogaLibrary) September 14, 2022

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Happening today

Join @JasonRagosta & me as we discuss @SGJ72’s slasher magnum opus MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW. Thursday, Sep 29 at 7:00 PM CDT in @clubhouse’s Horror Club. Spoilers: ON and Jade Daniels forever! #slashers #horror https://t.co/T5gzEkTHV6

— Greg Greene (@iGregGreene) September 22, 2022

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Best Reads from Lately

So there's a particular quirk of English grammar that I've always found quite endearing: the exocentric verb-noun compound agent noun.

It appears in a definite, remarkably narrow period – not more than 150, 200 years – before dying out, leaving loads of legacy words in its wake.

— David Thomas Moore (@dtmooreeditor) September 12, 2022

https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-octonions-the-strange-maths-that-could-unite-the-laws…

StoryFest 2022

Nothing but a good time. A few social media snapshots etc I snagged:

Editor and Writer relationship at #StoryFest2022 w/@EllenDatlow @SGJ72 @MrGaunt @paulGtremblay @seananmcguire pic.twitter.com/xBDC7r3hFg

— Alma Katsu – THE FERVOR is out now! (@almakatsu) September 10, 2022

Intimate author conversations, governed by our conversation wheel, w/ @MrGaunt, @SGJ72 & Gus Moreno, at #StoryFest2022.#WestportLibrary #StoryFest pic.twitter.com/

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I want please to eat here

Never knew I had a dream-food truck:

Waiting for @SGJ72 to pop out of this food truck at the New York State Fair pic.twitter.com/8GcWgr1WAJ

— Monica (@CalamityKing) September 2, 2022

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Hard copies!

Well, I mean: Earthdivers is the SDCC sampler. but still, so cool seeing it on paper, in print:

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Best of the Year so far: for August

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Three Foreign Editions

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Earthdivers blurbs & more interviews

https://www.popmatters.com/stephen-graham-jones-earthdivers-interview  

Smash Pages Q&A | Stephen Graham Jones on ‘Earthdivers’

Horror Visionary Stephen Graham Jones Premieres Historical Slasher Earthdivers in October

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/436279/stephen-graham-jones-interview-first-graphic-novel-earthdivers/

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