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Horror Preview episodes - YouTube
A collection of horror preview episodes - in which Becky Spratford and Emily Hughes join me to share the books we're excited about releasing soon. These epis...
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145 horror book recommendations (so far) from 2024-2025. More to come the future episodes!
If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
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If you’re looking for new exciting horror, this playlist needs to be your first stop!
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I got to guest host Almost Good with David James Keaton @spiderfrog.bsky.social , and we talked about Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein movie, and a whole bunch of others too!
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David James Keaton - ALMOST GOOD
I guest hosted David's episode on Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein
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January 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I got to guest host Almost Good with David James Keaton @spiderfrog.bsky.social , and we talked about Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein movie, and a whole bunch of others too!
www.thearcparty.com/p/david-jame...
www.thearcparty.com/p/david-jame...
we are book-recommending crusaders! Check out Becky’s blog post if you want to know what 180+ books we’ve highlighted in the past couple years!
Today on both blogs: 2026 Horror Books Preview Part 1 with Backlist Access to all of our previews going back to 2024. with @robbolson.com & @emilyhughes.bsky.social on @thearcparty.com
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2026 Horror Books Preview Part 1 with Backlist Access
Right before the end of 2025, I made what has become an 2x a year appearance on ARC Party with Robb Olson and Emily Hughes. This time we did...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
we are book-recommending crusaders! Check out Becky’s blog post if you want to know what 180+ books we’ve highlighted in the past couple years!
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I’d happily knight these individuals in my New Year’s Honours list:
@luna13darke.bsky.social
@aundriaparker.bsky.social
@themarkrob.bsky.social
@montyreads.bsky.social
@craigclevenger.bsky.social
@mandagowin.bsky.social
@stinasdemons.com
@nwreader.bsky.social
@thearcparty.com
@luna13darke.bsky.social
@aundriaparker.bsky.social
@themarkrob.bsky.social
@montyreads.bsky.social
@craigclevenger.bsky.social
@mandagowin.bsky.social
@stinasdemons.com
@nwreader.bsky.social
@thearcparty.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’d happily knight these individuals in my New Year’s Honours list:
@luna13darke.bsky.social
@aundriaparker.bsky.social
@themarkrob.bsky.social
@montyreads.bsky.social
@craigclevenger.bsky.social
@mandagowin.bsky.social
@stinasdemons.com
@nwreader.bsky.social
@thearcparty.com
@luna13darke.bsky.social
@aundriaparker.bsky.social
@themarkrob.bsky.social
@montyreads.bsky.social
@craigclevenger.bsky.social
@mandagowin.bsky.social
@stinasdemons.com
@nwreader.bsky.social
@thearcparty.com
Hey! Look at all these gorgeous covers! These are the 36 books we talked about in my Horror Preview episode for 2026. Go to my bio link to find the episode and to get to my bookshop affiliate page for convenient preordering.
2026 is going to be great!
2026 is going to be great!
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hey! Look at all these gorgeous covers! These are the 36 books we talked about in my Horror Preview episode for 2026. Go to my bio link to find the episode and to get to my bookshop affiliate page for convenient preordering.
2026 is going to be great!
2026 is going to be great!
It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
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preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
2026 Horror Preview pt 1
featuring Emily Hughes nad Becky Spratford
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December 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s the biannual Horror Preview episode! in 90 minutes, we talk about 36 horror books coming out in the first half of 2026. As always I’m joined by the esteemed @raforall.bsky.social and @emilyhughes.bsky.social
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
preorder through my bookshop affiliate page!
www.thearcparty.com/p/2026-horro...
Hey! I get to go on Almost Good podcast with @spiderfrog.bsky.social to talk about Frankenstein (the Guillermo Del Toro one)
There was also talk of a bunch of movies Dave watched recently.
It’s a blast!
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There was also talk of a bunch of movies Dave watched recently.
It’s a blast!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
62 - Frankensteins (+ Everything Else) w/Robb Olson
Podcast Episode · Almost Good · 12/22/2025 · 1h 37m
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December 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Hey! I get to go on Almost Good podcast with @spiderfrog.bsky.social to talk about Frankenstein (the Guillermo Del Toro one)
There was also talk of a bunch of movies Dave watched recently.
It’s a blast!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
There was also talk of a bunch of movies Dave watched recently.
It’s a blast!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Becky is The Gate Opener. so fitting, so perfect.
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Becky is The Gate Opener. so fitting, so perfect.
RIP Tommy Bucks. #petergreene #justified
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
RIP Tommy Bucks. #petergreene #justified
4 year anniversary of my final round of RCHOP chemo. I was reminded on the drive to work and cried in my car.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
4 year anniversary of my final round of RCHOP chemo. I was reminded on the drive to work and cried in my car.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
Here’s a before and after. First, me at my final infusion w/my chemo shirt made by @shylo.bsky.social
Then, a couple weeks ago having breakfast with Shylo.
anniversaries can be hard.
@natcassidy.bsky.social i listened to you on She Wore Black and would humbly add these as suggestions for good werewolf reads. There’s even vampires too!
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@natcassidy.bsky.social i listened to you on She Wore Black and would humbly add these as suggestions for good werewolf reads. There’s even vampires too!
Shylo: I think those ladies are playing Mahjong.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Shylo: I think those ladies are playing Mahjong.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
Me: Big clacky bags of tiles.
Shylo: They’re ladies, Robb.
WHYYYYYYYYYY is it easier for me to save one page of something as a PDF in my iPhone’s built-in mail app than it is in @adobe.com Acrobat?
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
WHYYYYYYYYYY is it easier for me to save one page of something as a PDF in my iPhone’s built-in mail app than it is in @adobe.com Acrobat?
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
I know its snobby as hell, but working in a non-Apple environment is so laborious and tedious and baffling and often infuriating.
Thinking I’ll do a rewatch of Justified, but what I’m calling the “Constable Bob Order”, so only the episodes that @pattonoswalt.bsky.social appears in. Maybe I can convince @sgj.bsky.social to podcast about it.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thinking I’ll do a rewatch of Justified, but what I’m calling the “Constable Bob Order”, so only the episodes that @pattonoswalt.bsky.social appears in. Maybe I can convince @sgj.bsky.social to podcast about it.
I’m not one to trample on a man’s grave, but I’ll make an exception for Dick Cheney. Anyone got an address yet?
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I’m not one to trample on a man’s grave, but I’ll make an exception for Dick Cheney. Anyone got an address yet?
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When it rains, it pours.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
When it rains, it pours.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
A poster for a window, for a wall, for your city.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
If you haven’t heard of @rapturepublishing.bsky.social ow is the time to fix that. Mitch Hull and @scribeofhades.bsky.social join me to talk premium chapbooks and turpentine cans.
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Mitch Hull and Chris Panatier - RAPTURE PUBLISHING
The start of a new era - premium, collectible chapbooks.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you haven’t heard of @rapturepublishing.bsky.social ow is the time to fix that. Mitch Hull and @scribeofhades.bsky.social join me to talk premium chapbooks and turpentine cans.
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
www.thearcparty.com/p/mitch-hull...
This interview with Alan from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is a must-listen. Hear about the origins, ups and downs, and future of Shortwave. it’s a good look at the nuts and bolts of indie publishing too!
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www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
Alan Lastufka - SHORTWAVE PUBLISHING
The driving force behind one of horror's rising indie publishers
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October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This interview with Alan from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social is a must-listen. Hear about the origins, ups and downs, and future of Shortwave. it’s a good look at the nuts and bolts of indie publishing too!
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
www.thearcparty.com/p/alan-lastu...
I haven’t watched Ryan Murphy’s thing on Ed Gein so I don’t know firsthand.
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I haven’t watched Ryan Murphy’s thing on Ed Gein so I don’t know firsthand.
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
But I already see the tasteless memes about Gein popping up, and I can only imagine it’s because Murphy did what he does best - sensationalize an awful person at the expense of the victims.
<Insert prove me wrong meme>
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We had fun! Thanks to everyone for being there.
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We had fun! Thanks to everyone for being there.
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Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) is crossing the country on the WHY I LOVE HORROR book tour! See her in person if you can!
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Why I Love Horror: The Book Tour-- Coming to a Library and a Computer and a Podcast Near You
Well, we are only 6 weeks out (to the day) from my first official in person appearance on my book tour. And, we are exactly 1 week away fr...
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September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) is crossing the country on the WHY I LOVE HORROR book tour! See her in person if you can!
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-...
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Library champion Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) rallies 18 of today's hottest authors to explain their genre passion in WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE! Drops 9/23 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Library champion Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) rallies 18 of today's hottest authors to explain their genre passion in WHY I LOVE HORROR: ESSAYS ON HORROR LITERATURE! Drops 9/23 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
Order your personalized copy: parnassusbooks.net/lovehorror
#whyilovehorror
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I wrote a fun, heartwarming, Halloween season book for you. Yes, it's called SHITSHOW. It's out today from @sobelobooks.bsky.social. Promise I'll shut up about it soon. But if "Latrine technician vs. Dark Carnival" spooks your fancy you can order it now.
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Shitshow — Sobelo Books
The ghost of a malevolent carnival boss decides to resurrect his legendary Twilight Faire by abducting present-day carnival goers from port(al)-potties. Sunday McWhorter, latrine technician, finds him...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wrote a fun, heartwarming, Halloween season book for you. Yes, it's called SHITSHOW. It's out today from @sobelobooks.bsky.social. Promise I'll shut up about it soon. But if "Latrine technician vs. Dark Carnival" spooks your fancy you can order it now.
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...
sobelobooks.com/shop/p/shits...