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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, his name was *Johnny Cash*, for God's sake.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 5h

!!!

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 6h

If Johnny Cash was being underrated, I feel like I'd be one of the first people to know.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 6h

"I'll Say It If Nobody Else Will: Jimi Hendrix Knew His Away Around an Electric Guitar"

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 8h

In which I announce the next two books in my October Horror Series...

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The Horror Continues With...

...these titles...

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

my head is spinning

Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 15h

This insane cover quote from Peter Frankopan sounds like the opening to an Ursula Le Guin book

A cover quote on Jon Sopel’s book, Strangeland:

“You couldn’t make the last ten years up; thanks to Jon Sopel, you don’t have to” – Peter Frankopan

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 13h

Very excited to announce that for the second year in a row, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to a writer I've already read before, so if you think me saying "Gratulálok Úr. Krasznahorkai" is just me jumping on some sort of bandwagon, you can think again, slick.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 17h

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A ★★★★ review of Caught by the Tides (2024)

This reminded me how just plain interesting it can be to just sit down and watch a real movie. This experience was heightened by the fact that I went into this film knowing only three things: who dire...

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

imagine if there really were two of that guy.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 1d

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A ★★★★½ review of Cloud (2024)

Who knew the world of online reselling was so fraught with danger? What at first seemed faintly ludicrous soon began to feel spookily of the moment. Meaning, this exact moment. Like, as of a half hour...

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
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Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

good mail day

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

do you like very long paragraphs which contain very long sentences?? well! well well well!!!

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

do you like very long paragraphs which contain very long sentences?? well! well well well!!!

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Derrick Perkins @derricktperkins.bsky.social · 2d

Just letting you know, I appreciate these and the other works you highlight. I've got a copy of The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature headed my way for my Halloween read based on your Bulwark piece.

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

#booksky #horror

BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
billryan64.substack.com/p/reading-th...

Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

billryan64.substack.com

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2d

My new post in my series on horror literature (exclusive to paid subscribers). Here I cover the bad (80s trash BELOW THE LINE by Jaron Summers, and the complicatedly good (Stephen King's FULL DARK NO STARS). COVERS VERY DARK MATERIAL BE FOREWARNED
billryan64.substack.com/p/reading-th...

Reading This is No Use to You

On "Below the Line" by Jaron Summers, and "Full Dark, No Stars" by Stephen King

billryan64.substack.com