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Liz Hand

@elizabethhand.bsky.social

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Writer & old punk in Maine. Firewood stacked but my lawn needs work. Most recent novel: A Haunting on the Hill. Forthcoming: Unspeakable Things

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Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 19h

Same here. She was who I wanted to be when I was 17. RIP

Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 19h

I swear that 3/4 of the reason I live in NYC as an adult is Annie Hall. I had the poster on my wall. I saw Reds in the theater probably 5 times the year it came out and owned the soundtrack. Diane Keaton was my dream alter ego as a teen.

Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 19h

Oh man, I loved Diane Keaton— Annie Hall had such a huge influence on me as a teen, everything about her style & her energy, the clothes she wore & the way she talked! She just felt like such a model of New York City intellectual life, jittery & adventurous & original

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 19h

So sad to learn of this. A role model for so many of us since the 1970s. 💖

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

The great actress Diane Keaton has left us at the age of 79. Too soon to say good-bye to the woman who made us smile at the quirky Annie Hall, and who broke our hearts in Reds. Your charm and talent will be sorely missed.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! But October is a long month, lots more great spooky stories and novels to read!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 2d

I pretty much don’t care about the Kerouac fragment, but what the heck was Paul Castellano doing with it? There’s a Tarantino movie in this …

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road

www.theguardian.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 3d

I did laugh out loud at this one! Want to see you in the Salem witch trial reenactment!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 8d

Wish I could be there!!!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 9d

AND pirated by Anthropic! Along with eighteen of my other works.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

That’s so great! One of my favorite books of the last I don’t know how many years. If you haven’t read it yet, do so now. Perfect for the run-up to Halloween.

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 18d

!!👇

Hamilton Cain @hamiltoncain.bsky.social · 18d

Set in 1915, @danchaon.bsky.social's spellbinding new novel, "One of Us," explores American marginalization and violence via telepathic twins in a traveling circus. Just out from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social. Here's my rave review for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18d

A sampling of texts from my overseas friends during Trump’s UN speech.

“OMG”

“Do you guys not hear the words coming out of his mouth? How can anyone not know he is deeply unwell?”

“LOL. What a sad mess”

“A proper nutter”

“I’m embarrassed for you. Hang in there”

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks, Nicola! Great interview with you! 💖

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 21d

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21d

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:

“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 21d

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 21d

EXCLUSIVE: In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents, who were posing as business executives, win government contracts in a second Trump administration.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 21d

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 21d

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 21d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 22d

I would join just to cancel.

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23d

I just called Disney+ to cancel my account and had the most joyful interaction with an operator who was laughing the entire time about how many people had canceled today.

I can only imagine how it feels to spend an entire day witnessing how many people want to stop fascism.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 22d

I wish I subscribed, or had a TV, just so I could cancel! Share your list of ABC subscribers if you feel like it.

Also, this, if you haven't seen it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

www.youtube.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 22d

Brilliant.

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 23d

Dutch late night TV has its take

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you, Chris — that’s a great shelf and honor. 💖

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you both so much! I'm excited about your novel, Gretchen — congrats!!!

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · Sep 11

They Fear Not Men in the Woods by @gretchenmcneil.bsky.social
was released yesterday, and to promote this brilliant Folk Horror novel, Gretchen has written about Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, which was their gateway into folk horror.

gnofhorror.com/they-fear-no...

💙📚

@dawbooks.bsky.social

They Fear Not Men In The Woods By Gretchen McNeil's Gateway To Folk Horror - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

They Fear Not Men in the Woods Read Gretchen McNeil's excellent article on her Gateway to Folk Horror only on Ginger Nuts of Horror

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thanks so much! Yeah, I felt like she needed and deserved a rest.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 8

Probably better that way — imagine if we all WERE. (and thank you)

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 4

That's so great! I lost track, so I'm glad someone's counting. It may be my favorite book of the last year (last five years).

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · Aug 28

New review for ONE OF US in Library Journal! (This makes four starred pre-pub reviews, in case you were counting)

(I was counting)

www.libraryjournal.com/review/one-o...

www.libraryjournal.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yep.

Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · Sep 3

Re the more things change, the more they stay the same department.

From Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, copyright 1939:

#books #politics #booksky #reading #America #noir #RaymondChandler

quote from the book, summary would be that the rich crooks get off and the poor crooks take it on the chin in our "wide, green and beautiful U.S.A."

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 31

Perfect. Do hush puppies come with that?

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 31

New Stephen King horror just dropped.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 30

Such great news! Can’t wait to see it.

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · Aug 30

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ received a 15-minute ovation at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer & Christoph Waltz.

(Source: https://deadline.com/2025/08/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro-15-ovation-venice-1236501987/)