Patrick Barb
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Awesome (he/him); patrickbarb.com
Treasurer, Horror Writers Association
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
Treasurer, Horror Writers Association
Rep: Pam Gruber at High Line Literary Collective
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Patrick Barb
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Because my old pinned post seems to have gone missing
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Patrick Barb: author of weird, dark, horrifying tales. Most recently my debut sci-fi/horror novel ABDUCTED.
I’m an occasional editor. And I write the monthly YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR column.
‘Sup?
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Patrick Barb: author of weird, dark, horrifying tales. Most recently my debut sci-fi/horror novel ABDUCTED.
I’m an occasional editor. And I write the monthly YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FAVORITE AUTHOR column.
‘Sup?
Abolish ICE is the minimum.
(But let’s aim higher, Prosecute ICE.)
(But let’s aim higher, Prosecute ICE.)
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Abolish ICE is the minimum.
(But let’s aim higher, Prosecute ICE.)
(But let’s aim higher, Prosecute ICE.)
Let the scoreboard reflect: Bill Watterson and Jim Davis, still alive and thriving.
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Let the scoreboard reflect: Bill Watterson and Jim Davis, still alive and thriving.
Seeing parents standing guard/on the lookout for jackbooted thugs in the parking lot of a bilingual preschool = fucking grim, y’all.
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Seeing parents standing guard/on the lookout for jackbooted thugs in the parking lot of a bilingual preschool = fucking grim, y’all.
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#BuyMyBooks: Pssst! You. Yeah you! You like short stories, pal? You like weird, dark stories? Maybe with some millennial anxieties thrown in?
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories
A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties. In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, t...
turnerpublishing.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
#BuyMyBooks: Pssst! You. Yeah you! You like short stories, pal? You like weird, dark stories? Maybe with some millennial anxieties thrown in?
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
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42% for abolish ICE without an iota of mainstream elected Democratic buy in, this could be over 60% if they tried even a little.
YouGov poll - In the future, would you support or oppose...
Eliminating ICE as a federal agency?
Support 42%
Oppose 45%
Reducing ICE’s size and funding
Support 48%
Oppose 37%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
Eliminating ICE as a federal agency?
Support 42%
Oppose 45%
Reducing ICE’s size and funding
Support 48%
Oppose 37%
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 PM
42% for abolish ICE without an iota of mainstream elected Democratic buy in, this could be over 60% if they tried even a little.
#BuyMyBooks: Pssst! You. Yeah you! You like short stories, pal? You like weird, dark stories? Maybe with some millennial anxieties thrown in?
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Pre-Approved for Haunting: And Other Stories
A collection of weird, dark stories and millennial anxieties. In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, t...
turnerpublishing.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
#BuyMyBooks: Pssst! You. Yeah you! You like short stories, pal? You like weird, dark stories? Maybe with some millennial anxieties thrown in?
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
Yeah you do.
Check out my collection PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING for familiar terrors & fears presented in new & unexpected ways. Also in PB, ebk, & audio.
In one hour! Come hear me chat about my Killer VHS novella NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Join us on Instagram Live!
www.instagram.com/p/DS0GND2EaI...
www.instagram.com/p/DS0GND2EaI...
SirKrupit | Bookstagram on Instagram: "✨The year is 1999, and as Y2K approaches, Josey accidentally resurrects a 1600s demonic witch-hunter while making a video for a school history project.
This is a...
35 likes, 5 comments - sirkrupit on December 28, 2025: "✨The year is 1999, and as Y2K approaches, Josey accidentally resurrects a 1600s demonic witch-hunter while making a video for a school history p...
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January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
In one hour! Come hear me chat about my Killer VHS novella NIGHT OF THE WITCH-HUNTER from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social. Join us on Instagram Live!
www.instagram.com/p/DS0GND2EaI...
www.instagram.com/p/DS0GND2EaI...
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Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
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A lot of things clicked into place for me when I figured out that a writing career isn’t a sprint but it ALSO isn’t a marathon. It’s a relay, a never-ending relay with different batons moving forward at different intervals & you gotta keep going & grab it when it comes to you & pass it ahead after.
A lot of people want to believe there's a secret formula to it, but it's really this.
Most things you read by me, I wrote 2 years before they were published.
I'm prepping for 2026 releases I wrote in 2024.
I'll be editing 2027 things that I wrote in 2025.
I'll be writing 2028 things this year.
Most things you read by me, I wrote 2 years before they were published.
I'm prepping for 2026 releases I wrote in 2024.
I'll be editing 2027 things that I wrote in 2025.
I'll be writing 2028 things this year.
The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
A lot of things clicked into place for me when I figured out that a writing career isn’t a sprint but it ALSO isn’t a marathon. It’s a relay, a never-ending relay with different batons moving forward at different intervals & you gotta keep going & grab it when it comes to you & pass it ahead after.
A lot of things clicked into place for me when I figured out that a writing career isn’t a sprint but it ALSO isn’t a marathon. It’s a relay, a never-ending relay with different batons moving forward at different intervals & you gotta keep going & grab it when it comes to you & pass it ahead after.
A lot of people want to believe there's a secret formula to it, but it's really this.
Most things you read by me, I wrote 2 years before they were published.
I'm prepping for 2026 releases I wrote in 2024.
I'll be editing 2027 things that I wrote in 2025.
I'll be writing 2028 things this year.
Most things you read by me, I wrote 2 years before they were published.
I'm prepping for 2026 releases I wrote in 2024.
I'll be editing 2027 things that I wrote in 2025.
I'll be writing 2028 things this year.
The true secret to my long career: As a midlist writer hanging on to my career one book at a time, I can only control the work I do, not outcomes.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
So I work: Drafting Novel W while waiting for edit notes on Novel F. When edits & draft are done, I'll return to the half finished & overdue Novel L.
January 11, 2026 at 4:38 AM
A lot of things clicked into place for me when I figured out that a writing career isn’t a sprint but it ALSO isn’t a marathon. It’s a relay, a never-ending relay with different batons moving forward at different intervals & you gotta keep going & grab it when it comes to you & pass it ahead after.
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There are many reasons a person should not be President, but being a pedophile should be at the top of the list.
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are many reasons a person should not be President, but being a pedophile should be at the top of the list.
#BuyMyBooks THE CHILDREN’S HORROR. Check out my themed collection (of stories inspired by kids TV programming) from Northern Republic Books, featuring 2 stories (“The Dogcatcher” & “Your Selkie Lover”) included in @datlow.bsky.social’s Recommended Reading List.
The Children’s Horror – Northern Republic Press
www.northernrepublic.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
#BuyMyBooks THE CHILDREN’S HORROR. Check out my themed collection (of stories inspired by kids TV programming) from Northern Republic Books, featuring 2 stories (“The Dogcatcher” & “Your Selkie Lover”) included in @datlow.bsky.social’s Recommended Reading List.
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Today, we're thrilled to introduce horror writer @patrickbarb.bsky.social as a contributor to our upcoming horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! Read more about Patrick: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/01/07/a...
#horror #books #horrorbooks #horrorwriters
#horror #books #horrorbooks #horrorwriters
Anthology Contributor: Patrick Barb – Stars and Sabers
Patrick Barb is announced as a contributor for the Stars and Sabers Publishing horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM.
www.starsandsabers.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Today, we're thrilled to introduce horror writer @patrickbarb.bsky.social as a contributor to our upcoming horror anthology, OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM! Read more about Patrick: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/01/07/a...
#horror #books #horrorbooks #horrorwriters
#horror #books #horrorbooks #horrorwriters
Donated. It’s really easy to feel helpless in the face of such monstrous evil. Whatever bit you can do to fight against it, I truly believe it matters. Here is something that matters.
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Donated. It’s really easy to feel helpless in the face of such monstrous evil. Whatever bit you can do to fight against it, I truly believe it matters. Here is something that matters.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
Does Kristi Noem think America is a dog? Because she sure as shit is doing everything possible to kill it.
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Does Kristi Noem think America is a dog? Because she sure as shit is doing everything possible to kill it.
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I honestly don’t think there’s a single figure in American history who has fundamentally shifted the way I understand the world I live in more radically than Fred Hampton. once you know the story you can’t un-know it and you see it repeated everywhere
The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I honestly don’t think there’s a single figure in American history who has fundamentally shifted the way I understand the world I live in more radically than Fred Hampton. once you know the story you can’t un-know it and you see it repeated everywhere
If you’re employed by ICE, you should seriously consider taking the coward’s way out.
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
If you’re employed by ICE, you should seriously consider taking the coward’s way out.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
Speaking of @datlow.bsky.social, in addition to “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House,” I had 2 stories from my collection The Children’s HORROR (not Hour) on her Recommended list.
“The Dogcatcher”
“Your Selkie Lover”
“The Dogcatcher”
“Your Selkie Lover”
full list of BH #17 recommendations part 1
Aaron, Camara “Inheritance,” The Black Girl Survives in This One.Abbott, Marc L. “The Reclaiming of New York City,” The Chaos Clock.Abian, Mars “Manila,” Winter in the City.Acadia, L. “Unsolved Ele…
ellendatlow.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Speaking of @datlow.bsky.social, in addition to “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House,” I had 2 stories from my collection The Children’s HORROR (not Hour) on her Recommended list.
“The Dogcatcher”
“Your Selkie Lover”
“The Dogcatcher”
“Your Selkie Lover”
Annual tradition: finding my name in the BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR @datlow.bsky.social.
Made Honorable Mentions for “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House” in BROKEN OLIVE BRANCHES.
I’ve made year summary, had story selected, & made HM. All that’s left is my name on cover. 😉
Made Honorable Mentions for “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House” in BROKEN OLIVE BRANCHES.
I’ve made year summary, had story selected, & made HM. All that’s left is my name on cover. 😉
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Annual tradition: finding my name in the BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR @datlow.bsky.social.
Made Honorable Mentions for “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House” in BROKEN OLIVE BRANCHES.
I’ve made year summary, had story selected, & made HM. All that’s left is my name on cover. 😉
Made Honorable Mentions for “The Mommy, The Daddy, The Brother, and The Me Outside My House” in BROKEN OLIVE BRANCHES.
I’ve made year summary, had story selected, & made HM. All that’s left is my name on cover. 😉
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
I wish someone would really try to impress Jodie Foster right now.
January 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I wish someone would really try to impress Jodie Foster right now.
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In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
In our name, with our money, ostensibly for oil, but mostly because we have a president who's addicted to power and attention and needs to deflect from being friends with the world’s most famous pedophile. Shame on these fucking monsters who run my country. They need out.