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Samantha's review of My Soft Response to the Wars

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Sep 3

I #read "My Soft Response to the Wars" by RC Weslowski. A wonderful #collection of #poetry that will make you feel the full spectrum of emotions. Hilarity wrapped up with everything else, much like it is in life.
I wrote a poem as my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review. Read it here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5/5: I got to see RC Weslowski perform at the Calgary Poetry Slam on August 11th, 2025. It was dynamic, hilarious, and heartfelt. It felt like he filled those special moments with his vivid lifeforce,...

Samantha's review of The Other Passenger

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Sep 2

I #read "The Other Passenger" by John Keir Cross. I think he and I would have hung out and discussed body horror at length if we had lived at the same time. A fine collection of eerie tales.

My ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review is now available on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

4/5: I found a little piece of myself in John Keir Cross' writing. Some parts were a bit slow for me (probably because it is written in the early 1900s), but it also has a surprisingly modern tone tha...

a man with a beard is holding a pair of binoculars in front of a trendzisst logo

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 27

ALT: a man with a beard is holding a pair of binoculars in front of a trendzisst logo

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really cool. I'll certainly be thinking about the multitudes that make us all up with a little more appreciation.

Art sure is something, isn't it?

#TheLifeofChuck #StephenKing #MikeFlanagan #Movies #Art #Existence #IContainMultitudes

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 27

I felt myself tearing up at the scene where Chuck danced to the drums; it was such a charged moment, rife with gratitude and a real sense of what it's like to be alive, be present, be wonderful. Cont'd

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just #watched "The Life of Chuck" #movie for the first time. I absolutely loved it. I think @mikeflanaganfilm.com captured the essential beauty that @stephenking.bsky.social puts into his work so well. Cont'd

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'd venture a guess that it's the opposite of a "Honey Do" list, even though I absolutely cringe at that too. 😂

Anyway, was it a good movie? I do like the cast (and director)!

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 23

Awesome!! Adding it to my list 😁

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 20

Please report back your findings, good sir! 😀

Samantha's review of The Black Carnival

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 20

LOL 🤣

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 16

@sgj.bsky.social is in my city this weekend and I just want to take him around and buy him good food and talk about slashers. 🥰🖤

P.S. I'm dead serious! DM me on Instagram if you are willing! I know you've just got breakfast plans tomorrow. 😁

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Aug 1

I #read "The Black Carnival" by @harlequingrim.bsky.social, courtesy of @netgalley.bsky.social. Intriguing depictions of the lives of a mortician and The Black Carnival & how they meet, this comes out October 25th, 2025 to enjoy for Halloween!
My ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

4/5: I have to admit that it took me a while to get through this book. It reminded me of the dryness of reading Victorian novels at times, and that it wasn't quite sure what its tale wanted to be. Yet...

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 31

I #watched "Sinners" the other night and I've got to say, that was a lot of fun. I haven't seen anything like it. Music was fantastic, ominous undercurrents made me feel like I was in danger, which was awesome. Great acting, incredible music, satisfying #horror. I loved the hell out of it.

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 23

I #watched "Presence" last night. The whole movie is from the perspective of a Presence in the house, watching the occupants. It was super eerie, melancholic, and I truly enjoyed this point of view. It made me feel like a ghost. I'd give this a 3.5/5 ⭐ rating.

#HorrorMovies #Presence #Ghosts

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 22

Biggest congratulations, @craigwallwork.bsky.social! So exciting - you rock!! 🖤

Kristina • Truborn Press @nwreader.bsky.social · Jul 22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Author Signing!⁠
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Author of BAD PEOPLE and HUMAN TENDERLOIN Craig Wallwork's THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL TO BEING A VAMPIRE, submitted to Truborn Press, for publication in the Spring of 2026.⁠
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Welcome to our weird Truborn family @craigwallwork.bsky.social

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 9

It certainly was! These guys are killing it with their movies. 😁

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 9

I #watched "Bring Her Back" tonight. The Philippou brothers have done it again. "Talk To Me" was one of my favourite movies of the decade, and this one is an easy second. These horror movies make me afraid to go to sleep without the lights on, and manage to make me cry because they're so emotional.

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Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 7

I wanna see what your insides look like! 🔪

*ahem* with that out of the way I'm glad you don't need surgery and I wish you speedy healing!

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jul 5

Man, I'm so thrilled that I got to see Amigo the Devil live today at the Calgary Stampede! What an a wicked show. After, Danny was signing stuff beside the stage & I was lucky enough to thank him for his awesomeness, shake his hand, & my fiancé got his cowboy hat signed! Bucket list item checked. ✅

Two 🦇 Sam @elysium1313.bsky.social · Jun 25

I #read "Victorian Psycho" by #VirginiaFeito in quick fashion. A Cutting, hilarious, and female-forward #horror #book. Thank you @paultremblay.bsky.social and Virginia Feito for inspiring me to read this after the Zoom meeting promoting it!
Here is my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...