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Derek Austin Johnson

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Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, and Parsec. derekaustinjohnson.com

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16h

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day 10: The Wailing (2016, d. Na Hong-jin).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16h

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day 10: Come Closer by Sara Gran.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 1d

With my sweet tooth, attendees might be treated to a cage match.

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Let the Ryan One In @ryanb4890.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow morning I'll be slinging books with @joshrountree.bsky.social and @daj42.bsky.social as part of Georgetown Texas' Saturday Market Days. I've heard rumors that Josh will have Frankenstein head candy. Get there early before I eat all of it.

Derek Austin Johnson, Josh Rountree, and me sit in front of a table covered with out books at Curio Mrvosa back in April.

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 2d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today because I missed yesterday

Days eight and nine: The Lost Boys (1987, d. Joel Schumacher) and Near Dark (1987, d. Kathryn Bigelow).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 2d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween…though I’m doing two today since i missed yesterday

Days eight and nine: In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson and Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson.

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 3d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day seven: Kalifornia (1993, d. Dominic Sena).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 3d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day seven: The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 4d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day six: Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories edited by Roger Anker.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 4d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day six: Pumpkinhead (1988, d. Stan Winston).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 5d

Just started taking notes for a novella. While I've written at that length before, it's in territory I didn't think I'd ever visit. We'll see what occurs.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 5d

Needing to find a home for a story blending Lovecraft with Raymond Carver.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 6d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day five: Planet of the Vampires (1965, d. Mario Bava).

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 6d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day five: Men Without Bones by Gerald Kersh.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 6d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day four: Paperhouse (1988, d. Bernard Rose).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 6d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day four: The Pet by Charles L. Grant.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 6d

Walking Away From Omelas www.thebulwark.com/p/walking-aw...

Walking Away From Omelas

Christopher Slatsky follows Ursula K. Le Guin in asking difficult questions.

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 7d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day three: Switchblade Romance (2003, d. Alexandre Aja).

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 7d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day three: Intensiry by Dean Koontz.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 8d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day two: Hellraiser (1987, d. Clive Barker).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 8d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day two: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 9d

31 Days of Horror. One horror book per day until Halloween.

Day one: Psycho by Robert Bloch.

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 9d

31 Days of Horror. One horror movie per day until Halloween.

Day one: Psycho (1960, d. Alfred Hitchcock).

Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 9d

We’re not going to make it, are we?

At this point, I have no idea why I went through surgery. Maybe I should’ve let a heart attack take care of things.

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 10d

“There are good reasons to believe that little will be done about these risks until a massive society-wide crisis emerges.” theconversation.com/the-warning-...

The warning signs are clear: We’re heading toward a digital crisis

The warning signs are loud and clear: we’re headed into a crisis, thanks to the growing interdependence of digital and economic systems — with no safety nets.

theconversation.com