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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 15h

The Moonstone Mass by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1868) christuthill.com/2025/10/20/t...

The Moonstone Mass by Harriet Prescott Spofford (1868)

Harriet Prescott Spofford was a prolific writer of short stories—this gothic tale, The Moonstone Mass, predates HP Lovecraft’s tales of madness in the arctic by a good half century or more, but wou…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 1d

Ma'ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin (1894) christuthill.com/2025/10/19/m...

Ma’ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin (1894)

“Ma’ame Pelagie,” they called her, though she was unmarried, as was her sister Pauline, a child in Ma’ame Pelagie’s eyes; a child of thirty-five. Kate Chopin is well k…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 1d

Jeff Shaara in Poughkeepsie christuthill.com/2025/10/19/j...

Jeff Shaara in Poughkeepsie

Yesterday my son and I were lucky to see Jeff Shaara, the historian and novelist, speak on his book Rise to Rebellion, the first of his two novels of the American Revolution. The books are terrific…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 2d

In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett (1890) christuthill.com/2025/10/18/i...

In Dark New England Days by Sarah Orne Jewett (1890)

Sarah Orne Jewett is a Maine writer known for tales that bring the region to life, such as A Country Doctor, a novel that brought to life her father’s career as a physician, as well as books like I…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 3d

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976) christuthill.com/2025/10/17/i...

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976)

“God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately He takes the richest and the poorest, and so shall we; for no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves, dark angels not confine…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 3d

Coheed and Cambria christuthill.com/2025/10/17/c...

Coheed and Cambria

I’m an old RUSH fan super excited by their recent reunion announcement, and so I’m the perfect audience for a band like Coheed and Cambria. A friend of mine has been raving about them f…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 4d

A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor (1953) christuthill.com/2025/10/16/a...

A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor (1953)

“You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car, because sooner or later you’re going to forget what it was you done and just be punished for it.” One of th…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 5d

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892) christuthill.com/2025/10/15/t...

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)

“I really have discovered something at last. Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out. The front pattern does move – and no wonder! The woman behind sha…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 6d

The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James (1898) christuthill.com/2025/10/14/t...

The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James (1898)

“The summer had turned, the summer had gone; the autumn had dropped upon Bly and had blown out half our lights. The place, with its gray sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered de…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 7d

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) christuthill.com/2025/10/13/f...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818)

‘Hateful day when I received life!’ I exclaimed in agony. ‘Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beauti…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 8d

"Minivan broke down, again"

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 9d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 9d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 8d

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954) christuthill.com/2025/10/12/i...

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954)

Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend is a book that may be overlooked by fans of vampires and zombies, but it’s one of the originals of the genre, inspiring three direct adaptations in addition to an ent…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 11d

The Body, by Stephen King (1982) christuthill.com/2025/10/09/t...

The Body, by Stephen King (1982)

“It’s hard and painful for you to talk about these things … and then people just look at you strangely. They haven’t understood what you’ve said at all, or why you almost cr…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 12d

Fevre Dream (1982) by George RR Martin christuthill.com/2025/10/08/f...

Fevre Dream (1982) by George RR Martin

George RR Martin is known for his groundbreaking fantasy novels, but back in 1982 he wrote this gem of a vampire book, about a down on his luck steamship captain, Abner Marsh, who makes a bargain w…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 13d

Played Heroscape Master Set: Age of Annihilation 2 boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

Heroscape Master Set: Age of Annihilation

History, fantasy, and science fiction clash in the battle for all time.

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 13d

I just backed Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...

Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions

A new expansion to distant lands, new challenges, heroes and more. The sold out Return to Dark Tower and expansions also available!

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 14d

The Case Against Satan and The Exorcist christuthill.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Case Against Satan and The Exorcist

Both of these were popular novels long before my time, but when I was in college in the 1990s, I was quite taken with the film version of The Exorcist, which to me is one of the scariest movies eve…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 17d

The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., by Washington Irving christuthill.com/2025/10/03/t...

The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., by Washington Irving

The centerpieces of this are, of course, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, both of which stand the test of time as well as any seasonal tales I’ve read. I go back to these every…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 18d

Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne christuthill.com/2025/10/02/y...

Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I first read Young Goodman Brown in high school and recall being puzzled by it. Hawthorne’s prose was perhaps a bit too dense for me, as I suspect it was for most of my ninth grade English class. B…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · 19d

The October Country, by Ray Bradbury christuthill.com/2025/10/01/t...

The October Country, by Ray Bradbury

We start the month with one of the finest collections of seasonal stories ever, by the great Ray Bradbury. Released in 1955, its significance in the genre can’t really be overstated, nor can Ray’s …

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · Sep 20

Short Story, 'Chess Match' christuthill.com/2025/09/20/s...

Short Story, ‘Chess Match’

A new story of mine, Chess Match, was just published in the October issue of Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder. It’s a tale of an ancient being living in our world, who must face…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · Sep 19

31 Tales of Halloween christuthill.com/2025/09/19/3...

31 Tales of Halloween

‘The Halloween Tree,’ by Ray Bradbury, 1964 October has long been my favorite month. I love Christmas, too, as well as every other holiday that affords me time to spend with my children…

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · Aug 29

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UHF, gun control

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Tom @alas-not-me.bsky.social · Aug 28

Admittedly, it's hard to track the cognitive decline of someone who's been a gibbering nitwit for fifty years at least.

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Christopher Tuthill @christuthill.bsky.social · Aug 28