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publisher, editor, & bookseller at ghoulish books, a small press & bookstore in san antonio, tx novelist, screenwriter, playwright nonbinary dirtbag (they/them) fuckmaxbooth.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 22d

okay send @garbagesauce.bsky.social and me some deranged shit

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 22d

Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...

the first four issues of ghoulish tales on a spinner rack

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 15h

A bookshop customer asks the important questions. www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/09/b...

Bookshop Confessions: “What do you believe in, then?”

A bookshop customer asks the important questions.

www.talesfromthebooth.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 7h

No coincidence I got gas tonight at the BONES pump

gas pump screen. Someone has carved the word BONES into the screen

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 12h

published by @apocalypseparty.bsky.social cover jacket art by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social interior artwork by @bettyrocksteady.bsky.social

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 12h

i wrote a book about a small press getting cursed with an unsolicited manuscript submission. it's very scary. you should read it.

buy a signed & personalized copy here: ghoulish.rip/product/i-be...

the jacket art for i believe in mister bones

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 12h

agreed 100%. criticism is about analysis, not advertisement.

madeline @mads.haus · 12h

molotov take but actual media criticism requires "spoilers" and our cultural aversion to them holds back the function of the form

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 12h

you're right and you should say it louder

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 13h

I have not! 👀

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 13h

"This modern retelling of Marie Antoinette's reign [Jess Hagemann's MOTHER-EATING] takes place in Austin TX. Instead of marrying her daughter off to King Louis, Resa Habsburg sells Mary Toni to a pseudo-religious torture-happy sex cult for a TV contract.."

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What Fresh Horrors Await?

Inexplicable events and twisted relationships. Doomed places and haunted spaces. An impending sense of doom permeates the pages of good horror novels. Are you ready for it? Here are twenty new and soo...

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 13h

More MOTHER-EATING coverage!

"In this modern retelling of Marie Antoinette's reign, readers are taken to the accessible setting of Austin TX. Instead of giving her daughter away, Resa Habsburg sells Mary Toni to a religious sex cult in exchange for a TV deal."

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4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in October 2025

Looking for your next horror read? Here are four October 2025 indie and small press releases you won't want to miss.

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 15h

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 15h

A bookshop customer asks the important questions. www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/09/b...

Bookshop Confessions: “What do you believe in, then?”

A bookshop customer asks the important questions.

www.talesfromthebooth.com

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 17h

"[ISSUES WITH AUTHORITY] dabbles in the paranoia and abuses of power happening in our everyday lives. Bulkin takes the dial of these concepts and turns it up to the max."

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@nadiabulkin.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social

6 Recent & Upcoming Knockout Horror Short Story Collections

Dabble in the abuses of power that happen everyday, read about Halloween pranks going horribly wrong, and more

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 16h

more editors should invite me to anthologies imho

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 17h

includes my story "AITA for setting my dad's trailer on fire?"

Cursed Morsels @cursedmorsels.bsky.social · 17h

Pick up our Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, Why Didn't You Just Leave, if you like your ghost stories dark, scary, and smart. #halloween #ghosts #horror
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Why Didn't You Just Leave paperback | Cursed Morsels Press

It's the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn't you just leave? But if accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication … it's never that simple.In...

www.cursedmorselspress.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 17h

isaac brock & aesop rock

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 4d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 20h

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

i used to love answering little emails but now i dread it more than anything in the world. please never message me. it is too painful

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

bc you watched it with your best friend

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

okay i did it. i spent 15 seconds responding to an email that i've been delaying for over a week

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

lovers of neo-noir... do not sleep on THE LOWDOWN. truly a fantastic show from the creator of RESERVATION DOGS. please start watching it so we don't get another one-season cancellation on our hands like we did with TERRIERS (which is a perfect comp for this, imho).

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

am I actually suicidal or did I eat too much spaghetti again

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🪱💀mindy💀🪱 [dirt ceremony era] @garbagesauce.bsky.social · 1d

creep us out! make us go "eep!" make us squirm in disgusted delight! make us turn into that dean pelton "this better not awaken anything in me" meme! make us gag! make us wonder what the hell is the matter with you (complimentary)!

max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 22d

okay send @garbagesauce.bsky.social and me some deranged shit

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 22d

Ghoulish Tales has reopened submissions until October 17, 2025. Nothing longer than 5k words. Payment is 10c per word. Full guidelines here: ghoulish.rip/ghoulish-tal...

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 3d

sharing this again now that my website host fixed an error with linking to bluesky. I RETURNED TO BLOGGING. READ MY BLOG. thank you i love you. www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/06/g...

Get in, loser. We’re going blogging.

Return of the blog.

www.talesfromthebooth.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 2d

"It’s often said that horror and comedy blend well together, and that’s because they both thrive off punchlines."

www.talesfromthebooth.com/2025/10/07/t...

The Horror Punchline

This won’t be the first article written about the intersection of horror and comedy. But it will probably be the last.

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 1d

buy this fucking shirt

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 1d

you can only pre-order this design throughout the month, then we're delisting it again. printed locally.

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 5d

BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER. T-shirts, tanks, and bags available to pre-order throughout October only. Get yours reserved here: ghoulish.rip/product-cate...

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