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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 5h

my memory only works for the dumbest things

Does he like get electrocuted in the bath with a toaster and suddenly he can read women's minds
that's ok
i have no idea
i don't think i ever saw it
you'd love to be electrocuted in the bath with a toaster tho

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feminine proacts she distributes at the staff meeting. He falls into his home bathtub while holding an electric hairdryer, shocking himself, and is knocked unconscious

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 5h

trying to google the plot of what women want starring mel gibson… honestly … close enough…

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 21h

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 21h

The latest issue of The Ghoulish Times is OUT NOW! Let's mourn the loss of purple ketchup, together. buttondown.com/ghoulish/arc...

The Ghoulish Times | 10.12.25

Hello and welcome to the latest issue of The Ghoulish Times. My name is Max Booth and this is our free newsletter about all things GHOULISH. Meaning, of...

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 7h

not inspired by House of Leaves unfortunately! just the last name of a family friend. went a little crazy writing the fruit pie chapter. spent weeks on it all while fully recognizing the whole thing could've been cut & it wouldn't have impacted the overall plot. that, to me, made it funnier somehow

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 7h

😘

John Gholson @gholson.bsky.social · 7h

Love the timing 😆
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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 8h

watching THE FLY the way david cronenberg intended: pausing seconds after the fingernail-ripping scene to go have sex

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 8h

fuck

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 21h

The latest issue of The Ghoulish Times is OUT NOW! Let's mourn the loss of purple ketchup, together. buttondown.com/ghoulish/arc...

The Ghoulish Times | 10.12.25

Hello and welcome to the latest issue of The Ghoulish Times. My name is Max Booth and this is our free newsletter about all things GHOULISH. Meaning, of...

buttondown.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 18h

Her politics were too confusing to decipher. If she hadn’t come in with an extremely hostile attitude I probably would have engaged better but I had no interest in talking to someone like that.

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 21h

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 21h

The latest issue of The Ghoulish Times is OUT NOW! Let's mourn the loss of purple ketchup, together. buttondown.com/ghoulish/arc...

The Ghoulish Times | 10.12.25

Hello and welcome to the latest issue of The Ghoulish Times. My name is Max Booth and this is our free newsletter about all things GHOULISH. Meaning, of...

buttondown.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 21h

i was cracking up that THIS was the one that got some crazy person into the shop

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 22h

haven’t been screamed at like that by a stranger since I worked the overnight shift at a hotel

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 22h

shoutout to the woman who stormed into the shop last night because of this sign and called me a little bitch for refusing to debate her about it and said she couldn’t wait for us to die lmao

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 5d

Chalkboard sign that’s says BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 22h

working up in Austin today

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI I returned to blogging this week:

Get in, loser. We’re going blogging.
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/06/g...

The Horror Punchline
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/07/t...

Bookshop Confessions
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/09/b...

10 Movies
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/10/1...

a graphic featuring two illustrations of me in various states of death and decay. the title is ANOTHER DAY IN PARASITES and the subtitle is THE INTERNET GRAVEYARD OF MAX BOOTH III. the url is fuckmaxbooth.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

last book: The Flood (Michael McDowell)

current: Sleepwalk (Dan Chaon), Vineland (Pynchon), Kayak (Kristal Stittle), Smoke Season (Carrie Laben), All Hallows (Golden)

newest tbr add: Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)

eagerly waiting for: A Brief & Fearful Star (Carmen Maria Machado)

Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

💛last book: The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell

💛current read(s): Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews

💛newest adds to the tbr: The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson

💛eagerly waiting for: You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White

Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

bookish checkpoint 📝

✧ last book: wisteria by adalyn grace

✧ current read(s): perils of the past, holly, no earthly sunne

✧ newest adds to the tbr: i found the first three books in the nightrunner series at a used book store!

✧ eagerly waiting for: sunrise on the reaping! (i know, i am slow)

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1d

if you're not where you want to be as an artist or entertainer and didn't come from money or an industry family try to remember that it was never an even playing field to begin with and you're probably doing great considering

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

love horror but for some reason when october hits i never have any interest in it. brain broken

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

unfortunate url choice imho

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI I returned to blogging this week:

Get in, loser. We’re going blogging.
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/06/g...

The Horror Punchline
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/07/t...

Bookshop Confessions
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/09/b...

10 Movies
www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/10/1...

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

for the weekend crowd, i wrote a thing about movies on the new blog www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/10/1...

10 Movies to Get to Know Me

Wherein Max overthinks a simple social media repost game.

www.talesfromthebooth.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 2d

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www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/10/1...

screenshot of my site. the blog post is called "10 Movies to Get to Know Me"

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 3d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Betty Rocksteady @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social · 2d

Day 5: Mummy for the RetroSupply Co.#frightfall2025

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 2d

Bob's vampire novel THE SMALL HOURS is a blast (out now from @ghoulish.bsky.social), and we had a great time talking about vampires and LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH. Look for it next week!

The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.social · 2d

NEXT WEEK:

@bobpastorella.com of @thisishorror.bsky.social joins the show to talk about his new novel THE SMALL HOURS, and we dive into an indie vampire classic with LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH!

Episode drops 10/15 at Noon Central!

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