Patrick Tarr
@patrickt.bsky.social
Screenwriter (Cardinal, Saving Hope, The Colony)
My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now.
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My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now.
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Patrick Tarr
@patrickt.bsky.social
· Aug 12
The Guest Children is out today, anywhere books are sold. Come along on a little trip to the lake.
#booksky #horrorlit
#booksky #horrorlit
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Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space
Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.
crowdfundr.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
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Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon - out now with House of Anansi Press.
Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/27/c...
Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/27/c...
Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon!
Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon - out now with House of Anansi Press. A refreshing look at the inevitability of uncertainty and how it can help
transatlanticagency.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon - out now with House of Anansi Press.
Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/27/c...
Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/27/c...
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Apple’s Tim Cook is among a group of CEOs being eviscerated for traveling to the White House on the same day Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affairs nurse in Minneapolis.
www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-...
www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-...
Billionaire CEOs Party With Trump and Melania After His Goons Kill Nurse
Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to the White House on the same day a Border Patrol agent shot a Veterans Affairs nurse dead in Minneapolis.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Apple’s Tim Cook is among a group of CEOs being eviscerated for traveling to the White House on the same day Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affairs nurse in Minneapolis.
www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-...
www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-...
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Reminder — if you're getting snowed in, and you're in a house—to check your outdoor vents from your dryer, furnace, fireplace, etc., that might be blocked by snow.
January 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Reminder — if you're getting snowed in, and you're in a house—to check your outdoor vents from your dryer, furnace, fireplace, etc., that might be blocked by snow.
Is there a word in Canadian for that thing when you're shovelling, hit an uneven patch of sidewalk, and wind yourself with the shovel handle?
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Is there a word in Canadian for that thing when you're shovelling, hit an uneven patch of sidewalk, and wind yourself with the shovel handle?
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Today on GET LIT we speak with Su Chang about her novel The Immortal Woman! (exclamation point mine).
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Today on GET LIT we speak with Su Chang about her novel The Immortal Woman! (exclamation point mine).
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
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My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
January 24, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.
Let’s make a list of things that could help.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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ATTENTION CANADIAN AUTHORS: if your book was stolen for slop, the cdn suit against anthropic is looking for the following to include in their filed material: your name, that you believe your work is in the dataset, no US copyright on your book(s). email [email protected] by Jan 29 #booksky
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ATTENTION CANADIAN AUTHORS: if your book was stolen for slop, the cdn suit against anthropic is looking for the following to include in their filed material: your name, that you believe your work is in the dataset, no US copyright on your book(s). email [email protected] by Jan 29 #booksky
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REVIEWERS: Hearts Strange & Dreadful by @timmcgregor.bsky.social is now available for review on Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book.... If you'd like a physical copy contact us directly.
Hearts Strange and Dreadful
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
REVIEWERS: Hearts Strange & Dreadful by @timmcgregor.bsky.social is now available for review on Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book.... If you'd like a physical copy contact us directly.
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I cannot "Amen" this loudly enough. Congratulations to Will Tracy (Bugonia) and Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon) for bucking the trend.
SIGH: 8 out of 10 screenplay noms went to the directors of those films.
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
This trend sucks. Period.
Writing FOR a director is a very different skillset than writing AS the director. Night & day.
I will continue to argue these are more interesting categories than the fakakta definition of "adapted."
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I cannot "Amen" this loudly enough. Congratulations to Will Tracy (Bugonia) and Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon) for bucking the trend.
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As it’s David Lynch’s birthday…check out the second impression underneath as well.
Naomi Watts is 56.
Love this David Lynch impression.
Love this David Lynch impression.
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
As it’s David Lynch’s birthday…check out the second impression underneath as well.
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Readers keep on finding new and incredibly nice things to say about The Knave of Graves.
The full review from Quentin Lewis is well worth the read:
🔗 www.quentinlewis.com/books/curren...
Many thanks to Quentin for the thoughtful review.
The full review from Quentin Lewis is well worth the read:
🔗 www.quentinlewis.com/books/curren...
Many thanks to Quentin for the thoughtful review.
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Readers keep on finding new and incredibly nice things to say about The Knave of Graves.
The full review from Quentin Lewis is well worth the read:
🔗 www.quentinlewis.com/books/curren...
Many thanks to Quentin for the thoughtful review.
The full review from Quentin Lewis is well worth the read:
🔗 www.quentinlewis.com/books/curren...
Many thanks to Quentin for the thoughtful review.
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Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
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“Where is the hope, Mr. Tarr?” - TIFF film festival audience member at the premiere of WERKMEISTER HARMONIES
“The hope is that you are here, watching this film.” - Béla Tarr
“The hope is that you are here, watching this film.” - Béla Tarr
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
“Where is the hope, Mr. Tarr?” - TIFF film festival audience member at the premiere of WERKMEISTER HARMONIES
“The hope is that you are here, watching this film.” - Béla Tarr
“The hope is that you are here, watching this film.” - Béla Tarr
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Tuesday we haunt the house down with a special edition of Drunk Fiction! 6:30pm @ the Caledonian @emilyweedon.bsky.social @gothmother666.bsky.social @timmcgregor.bsky.social @monicaskuebler.bsky.social
@elainechen.com @sjshank.bsky.social
& Suzan Palumbo!
#torontoevents #horrorwritersassociation
@elainechen.com @sjshank.bsky.social
& Suzan Palumbo!
#torontoevents #horrorwritersassociation
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Tuesday we haunt the house down with a special edition of Drunk Fiction! 6:30pm @ the Caledonian @emilyweedon.bsky.social @gothmother666.bsky.social @timmcgregor.bsky.social @monicaskuebler.bsky.social
@elainechen.com @sjshank.bsky.social
& Suzan Palumbo!
#torontoevents #horrorwritersassociation
@elainechen.com @sjshank.bsky.social
& Suzan Palumbo!
#torontoevents #horrorwritersassociation
Well I'm late to the Empathie party, but damn did that pilot hook me. I gasped out loud at the end and then watched it again.
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Well I'm late to the Empathie party, but damn did that pilot hook me. I gasped out loud at the end and then watched it again.
My reads of 2026 are off to a great start. Such a rich and detailed dark fantasy world, not like anything I've read before. And @sjshank.bsky.social created a compelling and amusing main character in Jeppo, a disreputable underdog with a more than a few tricks up his sleeve.
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
My reads of 2026 are off to a great start. Such a rich and detailed dark fantasy world, not like anything I've read before. And @sjshank.bsky.social created a compelling and amusing main character in Jeppo, a disreputable underdog with a more than a few tricks up his sleeve.
This chalet sauce bucket hat is a real product that exists and just fyi I'm an extra large.
January 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
This chalet sauce bucket hat is a real product that exists and just fyi I'm an extra large.
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12 books I LOVED last year feat
@bingewriting.bsky.social
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
@patrickt.bsky.social
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
@pfracassi.bsky.social
@cshumble.bsky.social
@sgriest.bsky.social
…huge thx to these brilliant authors for creating worlds I couldn’t put down!
#booksky
@bingewriting.bsky.social
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
@patrickt.bsky.social
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
@pfracassi.bsky.social
@cshumble.bsky.social
@sgriest.bsky.social
…huge thx to these brilliant authors for creating worlds I couldn’t put down!
#booksky
January 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
12 books I LOVED last year feat
@bingewriting.bsky.social
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
@patrickt.bsky.social
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
@pfracassi.bsky.social
@cshumble.bsky.social
@sgriest.bsky.social
…huge thx to these brilliant authors for creating worlds I couldn’t put down!
#booksky
@bingewriting.bsky.social
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
@patrickt.bsky.social
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
@pfracassi.bsky.social
@cshumble.bsky.social
@sgriest.bsky.social
…huge thx to these brilliant authors for creating worlds I couldn’t put down!
#booksky
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It’s the Little Ghosts’ annual NO RETURNS SALE!
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It’s the Little Ghosts’ annual NO RETURNS SALE!
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
The Little Ghosts are hibernating from Jan. 1-4th & online is our biggest sale of the year! Visit our website and look for the January Sale Category - sale items are 45%-65% off, 10% off everything.
www.littleghostsbooks.com/shop/january...
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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"Deeply disquieting. . .deeply moving." Thanks to Historical Novel Society for this review of 👻THE GUEST CHILDREN👻 by @patrickt.bsky.social! This supernatural horror involving the disappearance of two children during WWII is out now.
https://loom.ly/c7FU1dg
https://loom.ly/c7FU1dg
The Guest Children - Historical Novel Society
Nine-year-old Frances Hawksby and her seven-year-old brother Michael hurry down smoke-filled streets, past raging fires, lumps of stone and charred wood, and the remains of the building where their mum and dad now lie dead. Within days they are shuttled off to Liverpool, where they board a ship bound for Canada. They are among the …
historicalnovelsociety.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Deeply disquieting. . .deeply moving." Thanks to Historical Novel Society for this review of 👻THE GUEST CHILDREN👻 by @patrickt.bsky.social! This supernatural horror involving the disappearance of two children during WWII is out now.
https://loom.ly/c7FU1dg
https://loom.ly/c7FU1dg