Brandon Grafius
@bgrafius.bsky.social
Bible and horror scholar, associate professor and dean. Recent book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506481623/Lurking-Under-the-Surface. Words at Salon, Sojourners, and Tor.com.
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Brandon Grafius
@bgrafius.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Copies arrived today! It’s been a five-year journey, but the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters is out in the world. So grateful to all the contributors for making this an indispensable resource. #biblicalstudies #horrorstudies
The Oxford Handbook of
Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.
Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The Oxford Handbook of
Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.
Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.
Reposted by Brandon Grafius
It's a Christmas miracle! Horror greats @gemmafiles.bsky.social and @brianevenson.bsky.social join Professor @bgrafius.bsky.social and me to talk about the inextirpable intersection of horror & religion! What a rich, rollicking conversation! Happy holidays to all 🎄 🎃
youtu.be/KAIsEKjH_PQ
youtu.be/KAIsEKjH_PQ
Chthonica #16: Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, and Prof. Brandon R. Grafius on Horror and Religion!
YouTube video by Chthonica
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December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's a Christmas miracle! Horror greats @gemmafiles.bsky.social and @brianevenson.bsky.social join Professor @bgrafius.bsky.social and me to talk about the inextirpable intersection of horror & religion! What a rich, rollicking conversation! Happy holidays to all 🎄 🎃
youtu.be/KAIsEKjH_PQ
youtu.be/KAIsEKjH_PQ
Just in time for Christmas! My review of The Carpenter's Son in The Metropolitan Review. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-divine...
The Divine Enfant Terrible
On Lotfy Nathan’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’
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December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Just in time for Christmas! My review of The Carpenter's Son in The Metropolitan Review. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-divine...
This was such a fun conversation! The book's a perfect Christmas gift for the horror fan in your life...
also check out @bgrafius.bsky.social's new book, SCARED BY THE BIBLE! bookshop.org/a/23972/9781...
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This was such a fun conversation! The book's a perfect Christmas gift for the horror fan in your life...
Thank you, Heather! I appreciated the review so much.
Congrats to @bgrafius.bsky.social for a fantastic book on the Bible & horror! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
"Not only is it normal to be scared by the Bible, that may be the best way to read it." @heathermacumber.bsky.social reviews Brandon R. Grafius’s “Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/horror-meets-the-bible/
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank you, Heather! I appreciated the review so much.
So cool to see myself quoted in this review.
Nic Cage isn’t the stepdad, he’s the dad that stepped up in THE CARPENTER’S SON, a horror movie about Jesus (!). I dug it. www.slashfilm.com/2023733/the-...
The Carpenter's Son Review: The Childhood Of Jesus Is Now A Horror Movie Starring Nicolas Cage - SlashFilm
The mysterious youth of Jesus gets the horror movie treatment with the surprisingly creepy The Carpenter's Son, starring Nicolas Cage. Here's our review.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So cool to see myself quoted in this review.
Awesome review at @horrordna.bsky.social!
When he's not knee deep in horror shorts, @smcclurg.bsky.social is getting SCARED BY THE BIBLE. Check out what he thinks of @bgrafius.bsky.social's book! #booksky #amreading
www.horrordna.com/books/scared...
www.horrordna.com/books/scared...
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture
Scripture meets scream theory.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Awesome review at @horrordna.bsky.social!
Wow. An administration that's literally chasing after windmills. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
RFK Jr. Orders CDC to Study Alleged Harms of Offshore Wind Farms
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, according to people familiar wi...
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wow. An administration that's literally chasing after windmills. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Brandon Grafius
Superb PW review of our agency client @bgrafius.bsky.social's Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture": "Enlightening analysis from Grafius...he compares the apostle Paul’s struggle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, underscoring how the 'self... contains the monstrous.'" #horror #Bible
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture by Brandon R Grafius
Horror serves as an unlikely but helpful lens through which to examine scripture, in this enlightening analysis from Grafius (Re...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Superb PW review of our agency client @bgrafius.bsky.social's Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture": "Enlightening analysis from Grafius...he compares the apostle Paul’s struggle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, underscoring how the 'self... contains the monstrous.'" #horror #Bible
Hey, has anyone finished reading Scared by the Bible yet? If you have, please consider leaving a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or wherever you go to learn about books. Thanks for helping to spread the work!
October 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hey, has anyone finished reading Scared by the Bible yet? If you have, please consider leaving a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or wherever you go to learn about books. Thanks for helping to spread the work!
Here's a brief intro for Scared by the Bible. Please pass along to anyone you know who might be interested in this book! youtu.be/URDPKuVZuGY
Scared by the Bible - Author Intro
YouTube video by Brandon Grafius
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October 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Here's a brief intro for Scared by the Bible. Please pass along to anyone you know who might be interested in this book! youtu.be/URDPKuVZuGY
My upcoming book got a great shout-out from the Losers' Club on their recent Stacks episode, about 50 minutes in - so cool. Scared by the Bible releases Oct. 7th. #horror #books #movies #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Stacks: What We're Reading in September and the Latest in Horror Fiction
Podcast Episode · The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast · 09/19/2025 · 2h 4m
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September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My upcoming book got a great shout-out from the Losers' Club on their recent Stacks episode, about 50 minutes in - so cool. Scared by the Bible releases Oct. 7th. #horror #books #movies #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Just finished a great interview with @monicaskuebler.bsky.social at @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, Scared by the Bible. Such a great conversation! The article should be in their Nov/Dec issue, hitting newsstands early Nov.
September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just finished a great interview with @monicaskuebler.bsky.social at @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, Scared by the Bible. Such a great conversation! The article should be in their Nov/Dec issue, hitting newsstands early Nov.
Author’s copies arrived today, a little more than one month before release. If you’d like to preorder, you can get 20% off at indiepubs.com with code SCARED20*.
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Author’s copies arrived today, a little more than one month before release. If you’d like to preorder, you can get 20% off at indiepubs.com with code SCARED20*.
Amazing new pressing of @lorangemusic.bsky.social’s first album. #vinylsky
August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Amazing new pressing of @lorangemusic.bsky.social’s first album. #vinylsky
August 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This friend took up shop outside my living room window this morning. I know she’s a common yellow garden spider, but still pretty cool.
August 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This friend took up shop outside my living room window this morning. I know she’s a common yellow garden spider, but still pretty cool.
Can’t wait for this conference! I’ll be talking some about both Lurking Under the Surface, and the new one set to release in October - Scared by the Bible.
So what will you be in for when you log on for Writing the Occult: Belief on Saturday 6 September? A whole bunch of fascinating discussions about belief and speculative fiction, including this one from @bgrafius.bsky.social ⬇️
(More details in 🧵)
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August 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Can’t wait for this conference! I’ll be talking some about both Lurking Under the Surface, and the new one set to release in October - Scared by the Bible.
My regular brand of coffee beans were up 20% from a couple of weeks ago. I know the world’s got bigger problems. Still…
August 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My regular brand of coffee beans were up 20% from a couple of weeks ago. I know the world’s got bigger problems. Still…
Excited to be on the speakers list for this year's Writing the Occult virtual event! What a great lineup.
Join us at Writing the Occult: Belief on 6 Sept when we ask: What’s it like to live in a cult? Why do we get swept away by charismatic leaders? Why might someone *not* believe? Where do conspiracy theories come from? Let’s ask if the truth really is out there.
Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co 🧵⬇️
Details: writingtheoccult.carrd.co 🧵⬇️
August 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Excited to be on the speakers list for this year's Writing the Occult virtual event! What a great lineup.
Sitting down with a sour from Speciation Ales on Grand Rapids. What an amazing beer.
August 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sitting down with a sour from Speciation Ales on Grand Rapids. What an amazing beer.
Hey, exactly two months until Scared by the Bible is out in the world! bookshop.org/p/books/scar...
Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture
The Roots of Horror in Scripture
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August 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hey, exactly two months until Scared by the Bible is out in the world! bookshop.org/p/books/scar...
Just finished reading @wnwagner.bsky.social's newest, Girl in the Creek - really fun read. Great sense of place, a cast of characters to care about.
August 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just finished reading @wnwagner.bsky.social's newest, Girl in the Creek - really fun read. Great sense of place, a cast of characters to care about.