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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

A great essay on my use of failure and self-improvement as themes in both my books and movies.

Thanks for the amazing, thoughtful write up, T.J.

MANOR @manorhq.com · 1d

“The path to full enlightenment in a Cargill story always goes through failure.”

Fright Tomes: How to Fail Better with C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social
By T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social

Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

From a landscape covered in wreckage and debris, a robot’s arm reaches up into the sky towards the red sun.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 1d

...a paranormal investigative series in the tradition of KOLCHAK, GHOSTBUSTERS, and every buddy cop series known to man. It only lasted 14 episodes with 4 unaired but has gained some new attention in recent years. One thing’s for sure: it’s opening credits is PURE 80s.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 1d

Brought to us in the 1985-1986 television season by producer Brian Glazer (APOLLO 13, A BEAUTIFUL MIND) and creator Kenneth Johnson (V, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE BIONIC WOMAN) came SHADOW CHASERS...

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 1d

Finished the audiobook of THE TOWN by Bentley Little and that may be the most bonkers story of his – and that’s saying a lot because I’ve read a lot of his bonker stories. If you dig madness, then this is in your wheelhouse. But beware: this one is worthy of a LONG list of trigger warnings. Whew!

The cover for the audiobook version of the novel THE TOWN by Bentley Little (2000).

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 1d

“The path to full enlightenment in a Cargill story always goes through failure.”

Fright Tomes: How to Fail Better with C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social
By T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social

Now available 🩸📜 medium.com/@manorvellum...

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Paul Lê @paulle.bsky.social · 2d

I recommend the entirety of the late '80s/early '90s horror anthology series MONSTERS, but if you just had to watch one episode for Halloween, I'd go with "The Match Game". 🔥

My words about this episode.

‘The Match Game’ – Add This Creepy ‘Monsters’ Episode to Your Halloween Watchlist

The doors on Tales from the Darkside had barely closed before producer Richard P. Rubinstein debuted a new horror anthology series in 1988. And for three seasons, Monsters ditched the nebulous act of ...

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Aurelio Voltaire @aureliovoltaire.bsky.social · 10d

Graveyard Games, a Halloween themed game show that I host, is airing RIGHT NOW on YouTube see it right here: youtu.be/d5rN7kpH7v0?...

Halloween Game Show Episode 1 | Graveyard Games

YouTube video by Graveyard Games

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 2d

Who else is watching Graveyard Games? I’m digging it. Six feet under and all.

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Can You Survive Halloween’s First Game Show? | Graveyard Games Episode 1

YouTube video by Graveyard Games

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 2d

My heart fills with joy every time I come across their old videos. It’s like seeing old friends again.

Some video samples.
Gather Round: youtu.be/FFMNxM6TuAU?...
Read It: youtu.be/jjY8jBjPHGs?...
The Book Bird: youtu.be/G1xa6vzInC8?...

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Gather Round 12 Rapunzel

YouTube video by Élida Dutra

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 2d

Dedication post to PBS alumni storytellers John Robbins, Paul Lally, and Rae Owings. It was their shows on the tube television mounted on the rolling AV cart in the grade school library that sparked my love for stories in all mediums.

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A collage of PBS storytellers with books and drawings. Clockwise starting from left top: John Robbins, Paul Lally, Rae Owings.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely kiddie fare in execution but the perfect gateway for future horror book nerds like myself. And those Stephen Gammell illustrations are legendary!

A collage of art by Stephen Gammell from the SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK book series by Alvin Schwartz.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 2d

“Discovering purpose in the face of purposelessness or even simple human failure is a central theme…”

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A group of robots battle in a futuristic landscape.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 2d

Currently playing out of the speakers. 🔊🎃🥜

Album cover for IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi (1966) featuring Linus and Lucy in a pumpkin patch in front of a large full moon and the silhouette of Snoopy the airman fighter.

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Ashlizard @ashlizard.bsky.social · 3d

Can't remember if I shared this before but we have custom bookmarks with book reccs on them and here is mine :D

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3d

I’m one of the few who actually liked this one. 🖐 My kind of odd.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3d

Of course, I’m demented to think taking a header out of a high-rise window in dramatic fashion is funny, but this is one you’ll have to try on for yourself. I mean, read the story, not take a header out the window.

It’s called “The Man Who Feared Masks.”

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3d

I read Joseph Payne Brennan’s collection of horror stories SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT (1963) and realized he often employed ironic twist (or would that be twisted?) endings to his stories. One of those stories had what I considered a comical ending...

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A photo and mini-biography of the author Joseph Payne Brennan.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 3d

We wish a very happy birthday to MANOR Resident Tina Kakadelis! 🎂🥳🎉🎈

@tinakakadelis.com was the featured writer for Estate of Fright 71: Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life 🏚️📨😱 www.manorhq.com/eof

A photo card with a picture of Tina Kakadelis and “Happy Birthday” written at top with some skeletons and other horror-inspired graphics.

An illustration of a woman in a window frame, blood on her shirt, running mascara, broken glass around her with the reflection of multiple babyface-masked killers.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3d

Rationale: Why waste time on things I don’t like when I can spend that same time sharing the joy I found so others might do the same? You’ll know when I don’t like a movie or book or other because I never talk about it. No comment thank you very much. But let me tell you about something I love…

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3d

Q: Why do you mostly post about things you like?

A: I’m not a reviewer. I’m a recommender.

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a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a whiteboard that says share the love

Alt: a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a whiteboard that says share the love

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 4d

Scream Factory’s new BLACK SUNDAY (1960) 4K UHD Collector’s Edition Blu-ray features commentary from MANOR @manorhq.com Resident Brian Keiper @brianwaves42.bsky.social and is now widely available for purchase at participating retailers.

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The front cover for the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release of BLACK SUNDAY (1960) from Scream Factory.

The back cover for the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release of BLACK SUNDAY (1960) from Scream Factory.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 4d

Once again releasing into the wild the fact that if you invite me to talk on a podcast about almost anything I will show up and show out. Not math, but otherwise.

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Nat Brehmer @natbrehmer.bsky.social · 6d

Watching FRANKENSTEIN and eating an apple cider donut. I am feeling the season in my bones.

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Taffeta V. @taffetav.bsky.social · 6d

New Late! All about October - I read a buncha Ray Bradbury, share some love for Chicago, + more; plus songs by Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Tricky, girl in red, Billie Holiday, Clutch, Broken Bells, + more. Welcome to October Country, Boppers

Free/Ad-free/No Ai

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Late w/Taffeta V. - October

Welcome to October Country, Boppers! I'll read a buncha Ray Bradbury, share some love for Chicago, and more; I'll play songs by Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Tricky, girl in red, Billie Holiday and more...

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 8d

Got my tix.

A poster for the Cooger and Dark Pandemonium Shadow Show, a traveling carnival featured in Ray Bradbury’s novel SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1962) and based on the film adaptation of the same name (1983).

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