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Fiction and essays that pair well with exotic cocktails served in haunted hotel bars by the sexiest ghosts one could survive beholding directly.

#HorrorSky #BookSky #FilmSky
Tonight’s watch:

Dawn of the Dead (1978) directed by George Romero
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My 4yo told me we didn’t have to win the turkey trot this year as long as we were in the top 3.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tonight’s watch:
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Yes, this peace proposal was authored by the Cylons, but we also considered previous input from the human race. So what?”
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
They should have played father and son. #Filmsky
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.”

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #Writing
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tonight’s watch with the kiddos.

Big Hero 6 (2014)
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Me, still grazing off of my kid’s Halloween candy.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Soul butter.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Big smarts on stage: pivot podcast in Chicago.
@profgalloway.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @govpritzker.illinois.gov Andrew Yang
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just a reminder that the coolest villain name belongs to Apocalypto’s ZERO WOLF.

#FilmSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Arc Raiders tagline confounds me.

Enlist. Resist

That dropped second period is intentional, right? Why? What does that choice accomplish?

Any copywriters want to weigh in and tell me what I’m missing?
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Midday pep talk in the mirror.
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“I can fast a hundred years and not die. I can lie a hundred nights on the ice and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies.”

— C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There are many phenomenal action hero jackets.

There are only a few perfect ones.
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Heads up out there today.
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Birthday post.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Woke up to a full manuscript request today.

#amwriting
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Grateful to have been invited to my son’s first grade classroom as a visiting author.

I did not tell them I am an author in the same way that Captain Crunch is a naval officer.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For some reason, encountering one of these setups feels like picking up some extra health in an old Sega game.
October 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I love Chicago as a Chicagoan. And I love New York as a non-New Yorker. Big difference.
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Me on Sept. 30 vs Oct. 1
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
September 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM