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Rob Sheppe

@robsheppe.bsky.social

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Writer of chills and thrills in both fiction and film: THE LONG NIGHT (2022). Another GHOST HOUSE is coming. Lover of science, nature, horror, books, comics, movies. | Los Angeles, CA Be kind. Lift others. Make stuff. https://linktr.ee/robsheppe

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, I’m at #BobsBigBoy in #Burbank for lunch w the family and they of course have cool seasonal figurines. 🎃👍 #Halloween

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 2d

Um... #MichaelCrichton wrote a 2002 book called #PREY that used insect swarms as the foundation for its distributed intelligence biotech terrors. Scary stuff.

Here Come the Robot Swarms!

A field called swarm robotics is taking inspiration from ants, bees and even slime molds.

www.wsj.com

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 2d

Few pics from our Burbank neighborhood--always enchanting and wildly fun at Halloween. So much artistry and craftsmanship in costumes, yards and cars, too. Coolest costume I saw: La Muerte from "The Book of Life."
#Halloween2025 #Halloween #Burbank

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 3d

#Burbank #Halloween is, as always, insanely awesome. Just incredible artistry and craftsmanship.

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 3d

Peace.

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 3d

I watched the trailer w/ my daughter. She loves Queen, like me, and I explained the song, a lament about immortality, was from HIGHLANDER. She's aware of that film, but I had to show her THAT scene....and dang if I didn't tear up. It always gets me. Anyway, #StrangerThings S5 looks grim but fun:

Netflix @netflix.com · 4d

At long last… we can begin.

The trailer for the epic final season of STRANGER THINGS is HERE.

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah! Great to have Sid back, too.
#Scream7 #Scary #HorrorSky #HorrorMovies #MovieSky

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 4d

Neve Campbell returns for another bloody showdown with Ghostface in the first trailer for SCREAM 7.

SCREAM 7 Trailer: Neve Campbell Returns For Another Round With Ghostface

Neve Campbell returns for another bloody showdown with Ghostface in the first trailer for SCREAM 7.

dlvr.it

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Mick Garris @mickgarris.bsky.social · 5d

That’s not a trick in your podcast feed, boils and ghouls — it’s a TREAT! Live from Fantastic Fest, it’s a *surprise* Post Mortem just in time for Halloween:

The 20th Anniversary MASTERS OF HORROR panel featuring Joe Dante, Don Coscarelli, Ernest Dickerson and ME! Listen NOW!

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 5d

1,000%... No, make it 10,000% this.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 6d

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen this movie. It's called OUTBREAK (1995), about an infected monkey that gets loose. A lot of people die a horrible death from an Ebola-like virus.
#monkey #virus #herpes #covid #hepatitis

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 5d

A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash. The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

Monkeys on the loose after truck overturns in Heidelberg; public urged to call 911

A truck transporting monkeys from Tulane University overturned on I-59 near Heidelberg, with several monkeys reportedly on the loose posing health risks.

www.wapt.com

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EC Comics @eccomics.bsky.social · 5d

Trick or treat 🍬🎃

Art by Jack Kamen. From the story The October Game, written by Ray Bradbury

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 6d

I love that place. 😀

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 9d

All these TikToks going after screenwriters for shitty dialogue without any awareness that the on-the-nose dialogue is a directive of studios *because* of viewers on TikTok during their shows.

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 9d

This stings. I grew up in FL, live in CA, and care so much about ocean ecology I wrote a horror novel where it goes haywire. While querying, I've characterized it as fiction, but barely. The coral descriptions here could've come from ch5. 😟
🪸 🐟
#Florida #oceans #booksky

What scientists saw underwater in Florida left them “shocked” — and devastated

Two incredibly valuable animals are now “functionally extinct” in Florida. That should alarm all of us.

www.vox.com

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Animation on HBO Max @animationonmax.bsky.social · 9d

According to Tubi's head of acquisitions, "LOONEY TUNES" has become one of their "top-ten best-performing series," and is popular with viewers across generations.

He says they are in "active negotiations" to ensure that Tubi can be the home of Looney Tunes for "quite a while — likely years."

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 11d

“We make up horrors to help us deal with the real ones.”
-- Stephen King

a man wearing glasses and a grey shirt is looking at the camera

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a grey shirt is looking at the camera

media.tenor.com

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 11d

They need the new building to hold the Epstein Files Library.

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 12d

Trump's White House remodel project is underway:

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 12d

#BacktotheFuture is one of my favorite films and coincidentally I'm at this BK all the time for its counter-height tables, which I prefer when I'm doing a writing sprint. I didn't realize this was in BTTF until we rewatched the movie earlier this year. 😀
#BacktotheFutureDay
Photo: City of Burbank

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Adam Cesare @adamcesare.bsky.social · 14d

One of the name gags on last night’s Treehouse of Horrors.

There is no higher honor.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 15d

World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 15d

Define “Perfect Ending”?

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 15d

Massive #NoKingsDay in #Burbank at Abraham Lincoln Park today. Lots of greats signs, costumes, and good vibes celebrating America. A famous face in the crowd...can you spot who?

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Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 17d

I have 2 versions of this: my original, which I keep sealed away in its bag, and a reprint so I can read it whenever I want. The opening scene of this is so dark…shocking that Claremont got it published in 1982. Still highly relevant, especially for 2025.

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 19d

Rob Sheppe @robsheppe.bsky.social · 17d

Damn. Now #AceFrehley is gone. Here's my favorite Ace song, from his solo album. It's a great song about NYC, kind of a personal anthem for me. I listen to it often. RIP, Spaceman. 🤘
#Kiss #NYC

New York Groove

YouTube video by Ace Frehley - Topic