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Aaron Dries

@aarondries.bsky.social

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Author/screenwriter — Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Australian Shadows, Ditmar award-nominated and Aurealis winner. DIRTY HEADS, CUT TO CARE, HOUSE OF SIGHS, A PLACE FOR SINNERS, THE FALLEN BOYS, and WHERE THE DEAD GO TO DIE. Repped by Annie Bomke.

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate it! ;)

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 2d

I try! Haha

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 2d

I was awarded a Ditmar for Best Short Story of 2025 for BELLOW OF THE STEAMSHIP COW and another for LET THE CAT IN, the podcast I co-host with Kaaron Warren and J. Ashley-Smith. Ditmars have been awarded annually since 1969, and are basically the Australian Hugos. Congrats all. Deeply honoured.

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 10d

I’m thrilled to be featured among so many wonderful writers in this anthology from the legendary @datlow.bsky.social

Coming soon!

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 22d

Queue JAWS theme at the breakfast table…

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 27d

Loved that one too. You will really dig ANOTHER for sure.

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 27d

This is WONDERFUL.

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 27d

Trust @paultremblay.bsky.social to write one of the year’s creepiest novels — a middle grade book! Nightmarish. For example meet Morel, delivered to a family in a sack, a faceless clay boy who moulds expressions on his face with his hands, and who will subsume the life of their young son. Yikes!

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 28d

BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @sgj.bsky.social is an outstanding novel, repeatedly blowing my mind. I listened to the audiobook, often having to stop in my tracks on my walks through the country, staring at the sky, shocked, gripped. Immersive, violent, angry, funny, mournful. It never flinches. NEVER.

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · 28d

Saw it again last night.

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · Sep 11

Be sure to let me know what you think! Of both book and film.

Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · Sep 11

THE LONG WALK (2025). A powerful adaptation of a great Stephen King novel. Incredible performances. Solid direction. World-building that doesn’t get in the way of character. See it in the cinema so you’re wrapped in its dystopian stranglehold without distraction. One of the year’s best films.

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Hitch film has great stylish moments, but it’s a rare misfire for the master. I really liked the muddy/mumble version (and plan to revisit it). I’d say this one might be just as good if not better (though it’s very 80s BBC, if you know what I mean). Jane Seymour is so SO stunning.

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Aaron Dries @aarondries.bsky.social · Sep 10

Tonight’s watch is JAMAICA INN (1983), the BBC miniseries based on the classic novel by Daphne Du Maurier and starring Jane Seymour as Mary Yellan. Gothic, romantic, full of mood. The perfect watch for a chilly, rainy night.