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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · 8d

There’s No Going Back : the Life and Work of Jonathan Demme
Author David M. Stewart is on Writers on Film today
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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · 8d

Like everything Kathe Koja writes, Dark Matter is a must-read. Get on it.

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · 8d

Best first reads, September 2025

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Kathe Koja @kkoja.bsky.social · 9d

@victoriadalpe.bsky.social and @mikethorn.bsky.social say #DarkMatter is "Lyrical, frenetic and beautiful" and "A rebellious model of creation from ruins" and I say THANK YOU 🙏♥️ #darkfactory @meerkatpress.bsky.social

A startling acid pink, yellow and orange book cover, with an illustration of black spike heeled boots, and a pink and black title in Brutalist font, DARK MATTER

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S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to Dave Simms for this splendid review at Cemetery Dance!

Review: If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski

If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski Thomas & Mercer (September 23, 2025) Reviewed by Dave Simms Move over Annie Wilkes — there’s a new ultra fan in horror-thriller literature: Ann Maso…

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · 15d

Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Myth, Fetishism, & the Horror of Living in an Allistic World w/ @gemmafiles.bsky.social!

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Miriam Richer @miriamricher.bsky.social · 15d

It was a pleasure to have a dialogue with Michael LaPointe and @mikethorn.bsky.social on @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We chatted about navigating the pipeline between impulse and expression, breaking the genteel picture of literature, and finding liberation in failure.

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · 16d

On the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social, @miriamricher.bsky.social & I had a far-ranging conversation with Michael LaPointe about routine, curiosity, and much more.

Check it out: tinyurl.com/4urvw3mc

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · 16d

Listen to our latest episode!

In this interview, we chat with Michael LaPointe about navigating the pipeline between impulse and expression, breaking the genteel picture of literature, finding liberation in failure, and so much more.

tinyurl.com/4urvw3mc

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S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Nothing human should be alien to us." - Gemma Files ❤️

Myth, Fetishism, & the Horror of Living in an Allistic World w/ Gemma Files

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Girlhood, Defamiliarization, & Poetic Excavation w/ Emily Banks!

@emilyabanks.bsky.social

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Listen to the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social.

@miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with the brilliant @gemmafiles.bsky.social about fantasies of power, Straubian recursiveness, dreams, matter & antimatter, and more!

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Sep 4

Listen to our latest episode!

In this interview, we chat with Gemma Files about horny monsters, Lovecraftian Airbnbs, the female gaze, and so much more.

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm excited to teach Reading Like a Writer, a writing workshop focused on strategic reading practices, through the University of New Brunswick's College of Extended Learning this fall.

Oct. 1 - Nov. 5, every Wednesday, 6:30 - 8 pm.

www.unb.ca/artcentre/le...

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · Aug 5

On the latest @craftworkpod.bsky.social episode, @miriamricher.bsky.social & I had a great conversation with @emilyabanks.bsky.social about creative process, craft, and her amazing poetry collection, Mother Water.

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 5

Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Ghost Stories, Market Pressures, & Tapping into the Subconscious w/ Naben Ruthnum!

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Emily Banks @emilyabanks.bsky.social · Aug 4

I loved chatting with Miriam and Mike on @craftworkpod.bsky.social!

Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 4

Listen to our latest episode!

We chat with Emily Banks about posthumous publications, linguistic allergies, the atomic nuts and bolts of imagery, and so much more.

@emilyabanks.bsky.social

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Aug 4

Listen to our latest episode!

We chat with Emily Banks about posthumous publications, linguistic allergies, the atomic nuts and bolts of imagery, and so much more.

@emilyabanks.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/572zhet3

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 2

The prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature. This year's crop of nominees includes two debut novelists going up against a previous Booker Prize winner.

Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist

The prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature. This year's crop of nominees includes two debut novelists going up against a previous Booker Prize winner.

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · Aug 3

Scarewaves: Beyond The Grave, the second book in the middle grade Scarewaves book series, is out today!

If you read it, I really hope you enjoy it! It’s slimy and full of monsters, the exact kind of thing I would have loved at that age.

Available at most major book retailers!

it's me, a guy with a beard and glasses, holding a copy of scarewaves: beyond the grave. there's a shelf full of books behind him

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Kathe Koja @kkoja.bsky.social · Jul 15

Morning music, playing it loud, finishing up a story for @mikethorn.bsky.social MONSTRUM animal liberation issue tinyurl.com/43b6a5h2

The Dead Weather - Will There Be Enough Water? (Live from The Roxy)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Craftwork Podcast @craftworkpod.bsky.social · Jul 14

Also be sure to listen to our previous episode: Ekphrasis, Sinuous Sentences, & the Logic of Sound w/ Sarah Bernstein!

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Kathe Koja @kkoja.bsky.social · Jul 13

Cthulhu-ass watermelon 💀 Next time local or I don’t need one.

A watermelon cut in half with a mushy, inedible, swirly center

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Jul 14

Reminder of this great eBook bundle sale on til the end of the month. A whole bunch of great British SFF at a steal.

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · Jul 10

Announcing The Best of British SFF eBook Bundle. Includes Priya Sharma's debut, All the Fabulous Beasts, which we published in 2018. $5 gets you the 3 main books. $25 gets you all 10!

Incredibly well-curated bundle from @lavietidhar.bsky.social

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Book Covers:
Best of British Science Fiction 2023 edited by Donna Scott
Mothtown by Caroline Hardaker
The Midas Rain by Adam Roberts
All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma
Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd
Neom by Lavie Tidhar
Terrible Worlds Revolutions by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Morpho by Philip Palmer
The Creator by Aliya Whiteley
Him by Geoff Ryman

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Mike Thorn @mikethorn.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm in good company here. Thanks for the shout-out, Steve!

Steve Stred @stevestred.bsky.social · Jul 14

Day fourteen of #canadianhorrormonth!

See any faves in this one?!

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