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Liz Hand

@elizabethhand.bsky.social

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Writer & old punk in Maine. Firewood stacked but my lawn needs work. Most recent novel: A Haunting on the Hill. Forthcoming: Unspeakable Things

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Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 7h

I did laugh out loud at this one! Want to see you in the Salem witch trial reenactment!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 5d

Wish I could be there!!!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 5d

AND pirated by Anthropic! Along with eighteen of my other works.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 14d

That’s so great! One of my favorite books of the last I don’t know how many years. If you haven’t read it yet, do so now. Perfect for the run-up to Halloween.

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · 14d

!!👇

Hamilton Cain @hamiltoncain.bsky.social · 14d

Set in 1915, @danchaon.bsky.social's spellbinding new novel, "One of Us," explores American marginalization and violence via telepathic twins in a traveling circus. Just out from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social. Here's my rave review for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 15d

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15d

A sampling of texts from my overseas friends during Trump’s UN speech.

“OMG”

“Do you guys not hear the words coming out of his mouth? How can anyone not know he is deeply unwell?”

“LOL. What a sad mess”

“A proper nutter”

“I’m embarrassed for you. Hang in there”

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks, Nicola! Great interview with you! 💖

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18d

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:

“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents, who were posing as business executives, win government contracts in a second Trump administration.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 18d

Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.

Pam Bondi knew.

Kash Patel knew.

Emil Bove knew.

And they made the investigation go away.

A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 18d

I would join just to cancel.

Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 20d

I just called Disney+ to cancel my account and had the most joyful interaction with an operator who was laughing the entire time about how many people had canceled today.

I can only imagine how it feels to spend an entire day witnessing how many people want to stop fascism.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 19d

I wish I subscribed, or had a TV, just so I could cancel! Share your list of ABC subscribers if you feel like it.

Also, this, if you haven't seen it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

www.youtube.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 19d

Brilliant.

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 19d

Dutch late night TV has its take

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you, Chris — that’s a great shelf and honor. 💖

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you both so much! I'm excited about your novel, Gretchen — congrats!!!

Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 27d

They Fear Not Men in the Woods by @gretchenmcneil.bsky.social
was released yesterday, and to promote this brilliant Folk Horror novel, Gretchen has written about Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand, which was their gateway into folk horror.

gnofhorror.com/they-fear-no...

💙📚

@dawbooks.bsky.social

They Fear Not Men In The Woods By Gretchen McNeil's Gateway To Folk Horror - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review Website

They Fear Not Men in the Woods Read Gretchen McNeil's excellent article on her Gateway to Folk Horror only on Ginger Nuts of Horror

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks so much! Yeah, I felt like she needed and deserved a rest.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 8

Probably better that way — imagine if we all WERE. (and thank you)

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 4

That's so great! I lost track, so I'm glad someone's counting. It may be my favorite book of the last year (last five years).

Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social · Aug 28

New review for ONE OF US in Library Journal! (This makes four starred pre-pub reviews, in case you were counting)

(I was counting)

www.libraryjournal.com/review/one-o...

www.libraryjournal.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yep.

Tony Gentry @logentry.bsky.social · Sep 3

Re the more things change, the more they stay the same department.

From Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, copyright 1939:

#books #politics #booksky #reading #America #noir #RaymondChandler

quote from the book, summary would be that the rich crooks get off and the poor crooks take it on the chin in our "wide, green and beautiful U.S.A."

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 31

Perfect. Do hush puppies come with that?

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 31

New Stephen King horror just dropped.

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 30

Such great news! Can’t wait to see it.

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · Aug 30

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ received a 15-minute ovation at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer & Christoph Waltz.

(Source: https://deadline.com/2025/08/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro-15-ovation-venice-1236501987/)

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 22

It’s brilliant, right?!

Storm Faerywolf @faerywolf.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm about... ohhh.... seven years late to the party, but I finally started reading "Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic" by @aidanwachter.bsky.social and so far this is the magical introduction I wish I knew about back when we ran our shop.

My copy of "Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic" by Aidan Wachter. (Cover is green with a central sigil in black and black lettering.)

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 21

Your dad was a mensch, a brilliant writer and also a very funny man. We won’t see his like again (except in his son). 💖

Paul Witcover @paulwitcover.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to all for the condolences on my dad's death. Reading the obits and reflecting on his life, I can't help but be humbled and proud in equal measure. It's astonishing to think that he wrote his last newspaper column in 2022, at age 95. www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/jule...

Jules Witcover: On ending a lifetime of writing about American politics

After more than 45 years of writing a daily syndicated newspaper column against deadline, at age 95 my time has come to retire. I'm leaving the task to younger journalists

www.nvdaily.com

Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 13

These days, I'll take my joy where I can find it — today, in this short film by the late Jo Andres, music by Diane Krall and starring Andres's husband, Steve Buscemi. Sublime.

Diana Krall, Steve Buscemi - When The Curtain Comes Down

YouTube video by DianaKrallVEVO

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Liz Hand @elizabethhand.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is a terrific book by a good friend, and a great cause — all proceeds to help support suicide prevention.

Renee S. DeCamillis @reneedecamillis.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you for your support and kind words, @elizabethhand.bsky.social! Much Love!
Try Not To Die: By Your Own Hand--A charity novel about suicide ideation & prevention

Release Date: Sept. 10, 2025, National Suicide Prevention Day, from Vincere Press.

Preorder: www.amazon.com/Try-Not-Die-...