Jacob Babb
@jacobbabb.bsky.social
Writing professor, horror reader, mandolin player. I publish about writing program administration, writing pedagogy, and horror film and literature.
After I literally just said I wasn’t giving a dime to the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future, this text arrives. The nerve to ask for money after 10 Dem senators voted yes on cloture today.
March 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
After I literally just said I wasn’t giving a dime to the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future, this text arrives. The nerve to ask for money after 10 Dem senators voted yes on cloture today.
I just finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, and it seems like the perfect read for a time when the world is in turmoil. If you want a moment of peace to spend with a tea monk and an inquisitive robot, this book is for you.
January 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I just finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, and it seems like the perfect read for a time when the world is in turmoil. If you want a moment of peace to spend with a tea monk and an inquisitive robot, this book is for you.
I just finished this behemoth of a novel. It’s a sprawling horror narrative about the evils of small towns, cults, and the complexities of family. Well worth the read. The Cemetery Dance edition is quite beautiful as well.
January 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I just finished this behemoth of a novel. It’s a sprawling horror narrative about the evils of small towns, cults, and the complexities of family. Well worth the read. The Cemetery Dance edition is quite beautiful as well.
I may already have a favorite read of 2025: Patrick Horvath’s Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, which combines illustrated anthropomorphic animals with some cold, calculated murder.
January 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I may already have a favorite read of 2025: Patrick Horvath’s Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, which combines illustrated anthropomorphic animals with some cold, calculated murder.
I love the horrific scream embedded in the Zoom link.
December 4, 2024 at 12:24 AM
I love the horrific scream embedded in the Zoom link.
The fall issue of Composition Studies is going to print soon! I'm so excited that this first issue my co-editor Zach Beare and I worked on is going to be out in the world soon. Cover art credit to Tim Becker.
December 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
The fall issue of Composition Studies is going to print soon! I'm so excited that this first issue my co-editor Zach Beare and I worked on is going to be out in the world soon. Cover art credit to Tim Becker.
The Peanut Butter Solution (1985). I believed i had fully imagined this movie until it was covered on an episode of How Did This Get Made.
June 3, 2024 at 11:00 PM
The Peanut Butter Solution (1985). I believed i had fully imagined this movie until it was covered on an episode of How Did This Get Made.
May 22, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Lord of Misrule (2023) is textbook folk horror (for better or worse)—a sort of mix of The Wicker Man and Wake Wood. Ralph Ineson should probably be cast in all the folk horror films.
May 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Lord of Misrule (2023) is textbook folk horror (for better or worse)—a sort of mix of The Wicker Man and Wake Wood. Ralph Ineson should probably be cast in all the folk horror films.
The only skeet we should accept.
April 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
The only skeet we should accept.
@manylittlewords.bsky.social Look at you being quoted by George Takei.
February 14, 2024 at 8:15 PM
@manylittlewords.bsky.social Look at you being quoted by George Takei.
This Wretched Valley: This debut novel from Jenny Kiefer has some really powerful horrific moments. As a former Louisvillian, I love it in part just because it was written by the co-owner of Butcher Cabin Books, but it doesn't need that bit of favoritism to make it worth reading. A great eco-horror.
February 10, 2024 at 10:01 PM
This Wretched Valley: This debut novel from Jenny Kiefer has some really powerful horrific moments. As a former Louisvillian, I love it in part just because it was written by the co-owner of Butcher Cabin Books, but it doesn't need that bit of favoritism to make it worth reading. A great eco-horror.
Schrader’s Chord: What a powerful debut novel. I’m a fan of cursed object novels, and this book about cursed records did not disappoint. The narrative felt warm even when the content was chilly and creepy. Looking forward to reading what Scott Leeds writes next.
February 8, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Schrader’s Chord: What a powerful debut novel. I’m a fan of cursed object novels, and this book about cursed records did not disappoint. The narrative felt warm even when the content was chilly and creepy. Looking forward to reading what Scott Leeds writes next.
on my way to Bluesky to post something important
February 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
on my way to Bluesky to post something important
You can tell that the semester starts next week. My inbox is waking up from its long winter slumber.
January 10, 2024 at 4:50 PM
You can tell that the semester starts next week. My inbox is waking up from its long winter slumber.
If you see this post a robot
January 9, 2024 at 7:07 PM
If you see this post a robot
I looked to see if I could preorder (not yet, it seems), and I was amused by this image of one of your other books. Thank goodness the size of the book has been so well demonstrated!
December 29, 2023 at 3:10 AM
I looked to see if I could preorder (not yet, it seems), and I was amused by this image of one of your other books. Thank goodness the size of the book has been so well demonstrated!
This is where I post from.
December 24, 2023 at 2:50 AM
This is where I post from.
Bluesky really needs gifs.
December 15, 2023 at 12:32 AM
Bluesky really needs gifs.
I just list the titles with the date range. A description would undoubtedly be useful in different contexts, but for my day-to-day CV, I just go with this.
December 5, 2023 at 9:24 PM
I just list the titles with the date range. A description would undoubtedly be useful in different contexts, but for my day-to-day CV, I just go with this.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS NEW MEME TO ME?
December 2, 2023 at 2:42 PM
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS NEW MEME TO ME?
This is the whole vibe in my household this morning. Even the dog is saying it.
November 30, 2023 at 11:48 AM
This is the whole vibe in my household this morning. Even the dog is saying it.
Repost with what you’re reading right now!
I’m rereading TIHYLTTW for my science fiction class.
I’m rereading TIHYLTTW for my science fiction class.
November 27, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Repost with what you’re reading right now!
I’m rereading TIHYLTTW for my science fiction class.
I’m rereading TIHYLTTW for my science fiction class.
For the past few days, I've had lots of strange, intense dreams and morning headaches. If one of you is waging psychic war on me, I'd appreciate a brief pause in hostilities.
November 14, 2023 at 1:56 PM
For the past few days, I've had lots of strange, intense dreams and morning headaches. If one of you is waging psychic war on me, I'd appreciate a brief pause in hostilities.
When you research and write about horror and it's Halloween, you represent an indie horror bookstore when you teach.
October 31, 2023 at 1:28 PM
When you research and write about horror and it's Halloween, you represent an indie horror bookstore when you teach.