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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon

@24thdoctor.bsky.social

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🍅-approved critic/Assistant editor @DailyGrindhouse. Writer, reviewer, reader. Bylines at Daily Grindhouse, Dread Central, Killer Horror Critic, We Are Horror, and more. Horror enthusiast, disability representation ranter. Book witch.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Dec 12

You know what time it is: time for the THREAD OF THREADS:

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 16h

I have a genuine question: what is Monster: Ed Gein supposed to be about.

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 1d

I am constantly proud to know @mbmcandrews.bsky.social, one of my personal inspirations for keeping it going despite the horrors, and I’m honored to have a small home at the site for a column I care deeply for (soon to return). This is incredibly cool for MB and @dreadcentral.bsky.social both!

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

I need to be best friends with him so he can help me stay motivated to write and teach me how to turn the Horrors into something useful (aka not forget half my research)

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

It’s inspiring

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

Every new Clay happening I keep thinking how incredible it is to have met Clay and also to know him even cursorily. The vibes are immaculately strange

Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 10d

Broken Dolls come out after The Twisted Spine closes at night @natcassidy.bsky.social @allymalinenko.bsky.social #brokendolls #allymalinenko #thetwistedspine

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

These are amazing

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

Ah!!! Congrats 🥰

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 10d

I continue to fight tooth and nail against the day job drain and trauma-related depression that seeks to sap me of my writing motivation. Over the last few weekends it’s been through a balance of reading and art.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 23d

Getting a lot of comfort from hearing from multiple friends in multiple directions unrelated to each other that they have a lot of writing balls up in the air that they, too, are scrambling in some form or another to keep straight so I feel less bad at being overwhelmed with my own. C’est la vie

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Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.social · 25d

Robert Redford wasn’t just a great actor. He used his profile to help others. From environmentalism, Native American rights, LGBTQ advocacy, and independent film, he cared deeply about people, and preserving their culture and world.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 24d

I’ll miss you, Robert Redford.

a man says why are you so fanciful

Alt: Robert Redford says “why are you so fanciful?”

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 24d

So proud of you 🥲

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · 29d

So many words in these sentences give me starry eyes.

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Sep 5

What are your night dreams like bc every time you get art made for books it’s the most intense thing that’s ever been thought to depict your idea

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Sep 4

And we're back! For 2025, for better or worse, I'm kicking it off with a first time read of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Not the most "fun" experience in the world, but certainly an...enlightening one.

[On Literary Censorship]: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

On utopian dystopias, sex as scandal, and the passage of time.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hey so is like anyone okay

#HorrorSky #BookSky

Cover for Nat Cassidy’s When the Wolf Comes Home, depicting a black furred wolf leering in the window

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · Aug 27

then die

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Because of Events I haven’t been sure how to do my review because I don’t think where it was should get the money. BUT I DO think Jordan should get the money and I feel relatively certain the audio version of this is going to be well worth attention and support for author and libraries alike!

Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s out!!! Go listen! Request it for FREE at libraries! Get it from Libro FM (and support a local bookstore) or use your Audible credits! Or just pretend you did all that and tell me I’m pretty

Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · Aug 25

Twenty Four Hours left until the audiobook for my novel HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA comes out! Plenty of time to show your support and get those preorders, library requests and signal boosts in!

www.audible.com/pd/B0DYGK16K...

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

RIP Javier Bardem monster I would have watched you

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

They recently announced Del Toro’s will not just be relegated to Netflix and will in fact get theatrical and I cheered all the way around my house.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah. I was talking about this with a friend earlier and I knew about this one but I swore there was another on top of it. But it’s possible I just…am thinking of Del Toro’s that’s later this year, because they were likely talked about at the same time on announcement.

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Okay I need to make sure I’m not hallucinating. Are there multiple Bride of Frankenstein movies coming out right behind each other, or did I simply mash the imminent Del Toro Frankenstein with the Bride! ? #HorrorSky #FilmSky

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Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 26

#InternationalDogDay, please show your love to my precious Fox, the single best couch potato my unfortunate state has ever seen.

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 26

I was gonna be like “past you was a clairvoyant” but the site page cannot say that. That is me. 😂

Katelyn from the Black Lagoon @24thdoctor.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is so funny I almost accidentally liked it from the wrong account lmao

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