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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 19h

This Friday!

Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 3d

This #FolkHorrorFriday, October 10, join us for LOKIS: A MANUSCRIPT OF PROFESSOR WITTEMBACH (1970).

I'm thrilled that this gem from Poland has been getting positive attention, in large part thanks to @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and the ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS box set.

We'll start at 9pm ET.

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cover reveal and preorder link.

I wrote a book about food and ecocriticism in #folkhorror films, out early 2026 from McFarland Books.

Preorder links make good spooky season gifts for the ecocrit professor haunting your department.

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Frig...

FRIGHTFUL HARVEST: FOOD, AGRICULUTRE, AND LANDSCAPE IN FOLK HORROR FILMS by Keene Short.

Image: against a red background, a white plate is decorated with pinecones, moss, berries, and a single bloody finger.

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 3d

Look at that poster!

A black, white, and sepia portrait of a man in a black coat and tie. Where his eyes should be are two sets of teeth and fangs

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 3d

The movie is available to stream free on Tubi, but feel free to watch on any platform.

link.tubi.tv

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 3d

This #FolkHorrorFriday, October 10, join us for LOKIS: A MANUSCRIPT OF PROFESSOR WITTEMBACH (1970).

I'm thrilled that this gem from Poland has been getting positive attention, in large part thanks to @kierlajanisse.bsky.social and the ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS box set.

We'll start at 9pm ET.

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🎃 Matthew Jack-o'-lantern 🎃 @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social · 3d

Today on the newsletter, Tracing The Shape continues with a look at the moment when Michael Myers truly becomes The Boogeyman and changes Haddonfield forever.

matthewjacksonwrites.com/tracing-the-...

Tracing The Shape 5: He's Gonna Get You

Michael Myers doesn't become The Boogeyman until he encounters a child. John Carpenter has done his part over the decades to reinforce the idea that his monster is more force of nature than man, some...

matthewjacksonwrites.com

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 7d

#buymybooks THE BIG ONE. A double dose today because it’s important to note that this action-horror novella is out in less than a week from @tonyanuci.bsky.social. I mean, just check out that tentacular cover by @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Can you punch your way past existential dread?

The Big One (preorder: releases 10/7) | Anuci Press

"Daddy's coming home." That's the promise Hank, a widowed ambulance driver finishing up his shift in San Francisco, makes to his two kids who are trapped in the ruins of their destroyed apartment buil...

www.anuci-press.com

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 4d

My debut novel ROOT MAGIC is a great intro for both kids & adults to Hoodoo and Gullah Geechee culture, full of historical events, folklore, & rootwork.

If you're looking for a book about making a way when there’s no way, I hope you'll get a copy!

www.harpercollins.com/products/roo...

#booksky 📚

The cover of ROOT MAGIC on a light and dark green background, strewn with foliage. Young Black twins (boy and girl) stand back to back in the middle of a marsh of blue, yellow and green mist lined with trees and reeds. She is holding a book, and her doll is peeking out of the pocket of her blue dress. He is wearing dark blue overalls and holding a bottle of magic potion and had a mojo bag around his neck.

Text reads: "A must-read, sure to leave readers wishing for more after the final page." -Booklist (starred review)
Root Magic A Walter Award Honor Book Eden Royce
"Black Girl Magic has never been more powerful" - Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 4d

October lineup for #FolkHorrorFriday (as long as they are available to stream for free):

10/10 Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach

10/17 Jug Face

10/24 Lake Mungo

10/31 Psychomania (aka Death Wheelers)

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 5d

I was thinking Psychomania for Halloween

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 5d

That's the one

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Crossroads: A US Folk Horror Zine @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 5d

We've talked about Clearcut, which is a Canadian film. There isn't, to my knowledge, an US folk horror movie about Native Americans (at least not from the Indigenous perspectives--plenty of stereotypes, though). Would love to hear differently, though.