Meredith Borders
@mereborders.bsky.social
🌀Senior Editor, FANGORIA
🌀Strong Sender
🌀Texan living in Germany & writing about it
🌀Strong Sender
🌀Texan living in Germany & writing about it
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First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium
The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine
www.kickstarter.com
I'm filled with butterflies and beaming with pride to announce FIRST IN FRIGHT: THE FANGORIA COMPENDIUM, a hard-cover, full-color book that details the history of Fango, the publication I've loved all my life. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
Just a lil @philnobilejr.bsky.social appreciation post: He's a really good friend – I mean the literal, actual best – but he's also such a good boss. Considerate, protective, transparent, supportive. He's constantly working yet still always answers "yes" when I ask him if he's free for a vent sesh ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just a lil @philnobilejr.bsky.social appreciation post: He's a really good friend – I mean the literal, actual best – but he's also such a good boss. Considerate, protective, transparent, supportive. He's constantly working yet still always answers "yes" when I ask him if he's free for a vent sesh ❤️
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Spotted the @fangoria.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN in the checkout aisle at my local Wegman's today. 🔥
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Spotted the @fangoria.bsky.social FRANKENSTEIN in the checkout aisle at my local Wegman's today. 🔥
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I'll echo @brianwcollins.bsky.social
I'm honored beyond measure to be included in this project. Check out the @fangoria.bsky.social Compendium project on Kickstarter.
CC: @bjcolangelo.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
@richardlnewby.bsky.social
@ericvespe.bsky.social
@mereborders.bsky.social
I'm honored beyond measure to be included in this project. Check out the @fangoria.bsky.social Compendium project on Kickstarter.
CC: @bjcolangelo.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
@richardlnewby.bsky.social
@ericvespe.bsky.social
@mereborders.bsky.social
Love seeing my name next to names of people I admire 🥰
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I'll echo @brianwcollins.bsky.social
I'm honored beyond measure to be included in this project. Check out the @fangoria.bsky.social Compendium project on Kickstarter.
CC: @bjcolangelo.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
@richardlnewby.bsky.social
@ericvespe.bsky.social
@mereborders.bsky.social
I'm honored beyond measure to be included in this project. Check out the @fangoria.bsky.social Compendium project on Kickstarter.
CC: @bjcolangelo.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
@richardlnewby.bsky.social
@ericvespe.bsky.social
@mereborders.bsky.social
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Love seeing my name next to names of people I admire 🥰
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Love seeing my name next to names of people I admire 🥰
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
@gayofthedead.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @thatwitchmia.bsky.social @richardlnewby.bsky.social @ericvespe.bsky.social
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So @donatobomb.bsky.social put out his final Best Horror of 2025 list and I... don't actually have any jokes to make? I'm charmed that two overlooked films we talked about on the @certifiedforgot.bsky.social podcast, HIM and THE DAMNED, both made the final cut. Good list!
The 20 Best Horror Movies & TV Of The Year, Ranked
It's been a good year for horror movies. Here are the best horror movies and TV shows of the year, ranked.
www.inverse.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So @donatobomb.bsky.social put out his final Best Horror of 2025 list and I... don't actually have any jokes to make? I'm charmed that two overlooked films we talked about on the @certifiedforgot.bsky.social podcast, HIM and THE DAMNED, both made the final cut. Good list!
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Now that folks have had the weekend to see WICKED: FOR GOOD, I'm over at @thewrap.com going long about how the ending doesn't just fail to meet to moment, it fails to live up to what Jon M. Chu and co. set up in Part 1.
"The girl in the bubble," indeed.
www.thewrap.com/wicked-for-g...
"The girl in the bubble," indeed.
www.thewrap.com/wicked-for-g...
The 'Wicked: For Good' Ending Fails to Meet the Moment | Commentary
The ending of "Wicked: For Good" avoids the darker conclusion from the book, but does a disservice to the sociopolitical commentary in the process.
www.thewrap.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Now that folks have had the weekend to see WICKED: FOR GOOD, I'm over at @thewrap.com going long about how the ending doesn't just fail to meet to moment, it fails to live up to what Jon M. Chu and co. set up in Part 1.
"The girl in the bubble," indeed.
www.thewrap.com/wicked-for-g...
"The girl in the bubble," indeed.
www.thewrap.com/wicked-for-g...
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The number one most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The number one most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium is now the sixth most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?!?! www.kickstarter.com/discover/adv...
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium
The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium is now the sixth most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?!?! www.kickstarter.com/discover/adv...
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I think about the countless trans people whose names won't be plastered on infographics because the world was so hostile and violent to them that they felt the need to opt out on their own terms.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I think about the countless trans people whose names won't be plastered on infographics because the world was so hostile and violent to them that they felt the need to opt out on their own terms.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
Mourn the dead.
Fight like hell for the living.
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The latest edition of the newsletter is live with:
✨ The annual film and television catch-up
✨ Expanded reactions to HEDDA, FRANKENSTEIN and RENTAL FAMILY
✨ Concerts and cheese pulls
✨ What's up next (podcast appearances, magazines, etc.)
www.picketywitch.com/the-annual-c...
✨ The annual film and television catch-up
✨ Expanded reactions to HEDDA, FRANKENSTEIN and RENTAL FAMILY
✨ Concerts and cheese pulls
✨ What's up next (podcast appearances, magazines, etc.)
www.picketywitch.com/the-annual-c...
The Annual Catch-Up Meets Parasite(s)
It's that time of year when any member of a voting body scrambles to fit in everything we missed during the regular season. (Unless you're able to keep up with everything, at which point I'd like to k...
www.picketywitch.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The latest edition of the newsletter is live with:
✨ The annual film and television catch-up
✨ Expanded reactions to HEDDA, FRANKENSTEIN and RENTAL FAMILY
✨ Concerts and cheese pulls
✨ What's up next (podcast appearances, magazines, etc.)
www.picketywitch.com/the-annual-c...
✨ The annual film and television catch-up
✨ Expanded reactions to HEDDA, FRANKENSTEIN and RENTAL FAMILY
✨ Concerts and cheese pulls
✨ What's up next (podcast appearances, magazines, etc.)
www.picketywitch.com/the-annual-c...
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It’s wild how 2025 gave us two Luigi Mangione-coded protagonists and they’re both from dystopian, pseudonymous Stephen King novels from a half century ago.
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It’s wild how 2025 gave us two Luigi Mangione-coded protagonists and they’re both from dystopian, pseudonymous Stephen King novels from a half century ago.
Other excellent strategies to avoid doomscrolling below! I also use "Focus Friend" and "Screen Zen" apps to make inaccessible any sites where I might be tempted to read something depressing
Nice. Earlier this year, I created a tab called "Idle scroll" in my browser that links to things like the Public Domain Image Archive.
I've also been getting books from the library because it puts me on a timeline to finish them. "Can't doomscroll right now--gotta finish my books!"
I've also been getting books from the library because it puts me on a timeline to finish them. "Can't doomscroll right now--gotta finish my books!"
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Other excellent strategies to avoid doomscrolling below! I also use "Focus Friend" and "Screen Zen" apps to make inaccessible any sites where I might be tempted to read something depressing
This is the move!
It’s not a silver bullet, but I’ve managed to circumvent a lot of doomscrolling by adding the Kindle shortcut to the lock-screen widgets
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is the move!
Don't listen to my face here - I had the BEST TIME hollerin' about Hellraiser with my @escapehatchpod.bsky.social besties, @haitch.bsky.social and @goldman.blue. These fellas are so welcoming to me even when I'm being a loudmouth.
Join us in the further regions of experience: solo.to/escapehatch
Join us in the further regions of experience: solo.to/escapehatch
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Don't listen to my face here - I had the BEST TIME hollerin' about Hellraiser with my @escapehatchpod.bsky.social besties, @haitch.bsky.social and @goldman.blue. These fellas are so welcoming to me even when I'm being a loudmouth.
Join us in the further regions of experience: solo.to/escapehatch
Join us in the further regions of experience: solo.to/escapehatch
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@ericvespe.bsky.social is a great guy, unmatched in King lore, and a godfather of online film journalism and reporting. You don't want to miss this.
FYI: Stephen King experts and Kingcast hosts Anthony Breznican and Eric Vespe are heading back to Derry. Join them each week on Watching IT: Welcome to Derry as they break down every episode of HBO’s new series — unpacking the scares, the symbolism, and the easter eggs in their trademark blend of…
Watching IT: Welcome to Derry Episode 4 – “The Great Swirling Apparatus of Our Planet’s Function”
Stephen King experts and Kingcast hosts Anthony Breznican and Eric Vespe are heading back to Derry. Join them each week on Watching IT: Welcome to Derry as they break down every episode of HBO’s new series — unpacking the scares, the symbolism, and the easter eggs in their trademark blend of insight and smart-ass charm.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
@ericvespe.bsky.social is a great guy, unmatched in King lore, and a godfather of online film journalism and reporting. You don't want to miss this.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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I got one. www.instagram.com/p/DRLYM0sDQf...
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I got one. www.instagram.com/p/DRLYM0sDQf...
truly the weirdest of flexes
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
truly the weirdest of flexes
Thank you so much, Richard! 😍
And while the Fango stock is sold out online (it went FAST!), you can buy it through our publishing partner's webshop:
magazineshop.us/products/fan...
And while the Fango stock is sold out online (it went FAST!), you can buy it through our publishing partner's webshop:
magazineshop.us/products/fan...
Such a beautifully put together first issue of Fangoria Presents. A genuine must-have for any fan of Frankenstein (any/all iterations), and Fangoria. Sold out online but available in bookstores! Get after it. Congrats to @mereborders.bsky.social @jasonkauz.bsky.social and everyone involved! 🌩️
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thank you so much, Richard! 😍
And while the Fango stock is sold out online (it went FAST!), you can buy it through our publishing partner's webshop:
magazineshop.us/products/fan...
And while the Fango stock is sold out online (it went FAST!), you can buy it through our publishing partner's webshop:
magazineshop.us/products/fan...
With a little time, I think I'll be able to safely say that Joe Hill's King Sorrow is one of my favorite books ever. It's ferocious and frightening, epic and empathetic, it's moving and it MOVES. I loved every minute I spent reading it; I will spend countless more thinking about it. It's a lifer.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
With a little time, I think I'll be able to safely say that Joe Hill's King Sorrow is one of my favorite books ever. It's ferocious and frightening, epic and empathetic, it's moving and it MOVES. I loved every minute I spent reading it; I will spend countless more thinking about it. It's a lifer.
I have multiple prints from Brianna (and one original!), and they’re all even more stunning in person
🎁Well, it's birthday week! My goal for birthday week? Sell one print for every year I've trodden this earth, plus one for the year to come. 43 in all. Can I do it? Let's see!
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I have multiple prints from Brianna (and one original!), and they’re all even more stunning in person
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🎁Well, it's birthday week! My goal for birthday week? Sell one print for every year I've trodden this earth, plus one for the year to come. 43 in all. Can I do it? Let's see!
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎁Well, it's birthday week! My goal for birthday week? Sell one print for every year I've trodden this earth, plus one for the year to come. 43 in all. Can I do it? Let's see!
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
(Now is also the time to place holiday orders so they actually arrive for the holidays!)
www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products
Two new countries to pin on our map! Loved visiting Slovakia (Bratislava) and Hungary (Budapest).
www.instagram.com/p/DRHbb_aDtQ...
www.instagram.com/p/DRHbb_aDtQ...
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Two new countries to pin on our map! Loved visiting Slovakia (Bratislava) and Hungary (Budapest).
www.instagram.com/p/DRHbb_aDtQ...
www.instagram.com/p/DRHbb_aDtQ...
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Fangoria’s Frankenstein special is a total treat. Packed with great features old and new. I even get a mention on page 91, my first time in Fango for more than a decade. Many thanks @philnobilejr.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fangoria’s Frankenstein special is a total treat. Packed with great features old and new. I even get a mention on page 91, my first time in Fango for more than a decade. Many thanks @philnobilejr.bsky.social
In my final recap (sob!) of the Friday Night Lights Rewatch Project for @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social, it's VERY fitting that there's a Lavon Hayes-George Tucker reunion since I'm such a huge Hart of Dixie diehard.
foreveryoungadult.com/tv-movie/fri...
foreveryoungadult.com/tv-movie/fri...
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In my final recap (sob!) of the Friday Night Lights Rewatch Project for @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social, it's VERY fitting that there's a Lavon Hayes-George Tucker reunion since I'm such a huge Hart of Dixie diehard.
foreveryoungadult.com/tv-movie/fri...
foreveryoungadult.com/tv-movie/fri...