Michael Patrick Hicks | Horror Author and Book Reviewer
@michaelpatrickhicks.com
Author of IN THE END, NOTHING; FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE; MASS HYSTERIA. Book reviewer, movie hoarder. He/Him. Reviewer at FanFiAddict.com.
Fuck AI. Fuck Trump.
Website: http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
Books: books2read.com/michaelpatrickhicks
Fuck AI. Fuck Trump.
Website: http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
Books: books2read.com/michaelpatrickhicks
Having a good time with OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE, from the nut job (I say this affectionately, of course) that brought Dungeon Crawler Carl into the world. Guess I’m gonna have to get the audiobook for this too, to hear the greatness Jeff Hays and @travisbaldree.bsky.social are sure to bring. #booksky
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Having a good time with OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE, from the nut job (I say this affectionately, of course) that brought Dungeon Crawler Carl into the world. Guess I’m gonna have to get the audiobook for this too, to hear the greatness Jeff Hays and @travisbaldree.bsky.social are sure to bring. #booksky
Revisiting this art from @danielwarrenart.bsky.social because I'm in a mood and absolutely need my comic books to bring more of this energy to their pages in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Revisiting this art from @danielwarrenart.bsky.social because I'm in a mood and absolutely need my comic books to bring more of this energy to their pages in 2026.
I keep getting emails from Cemetery Dance to join their Collector's Club while I'm still waiting to receive the "exclusive" DISSONANT HARMONIES hardcover for joining back in 2020, was released in paperback in 2021, and has been apparently at the printer since *at least* May (but probably longer).
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I keep getting emails from Cemetery Dance to join their Collector's Club while I'm still waiting to receive the "exclusive" DISSONANT HARMONIES hardcover for joining back in 2020, was released in paperback in 2021, and has been apparently at the printer since *at least* May (but probably longer).
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Confession time. I have not read ANY Conan stories yet. But you can bet your ass that's gonna for damn sure change come July, all thanks to... @johnlangan.bsky.social?! Damn right.
www.amazon.com/Conan-Brides...
www.amazon.com/Conan-Brides...
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Confession time. I have not read ANY Conan stories yet. But you can bet your ass that's gonna for damn sure change come July, all thanks to... @johnlangan.bsky.social?! Damn right.
www.amazon.com/Conan-Brides...
www.amazon.com/Conan-Brides...
Xtrodinary.
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Xtrodinary.
Just tried to join on your website and get this after putting in my email. 😔
January 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Just tried to join on your website and get this after putting in my email. 😔
Memories are the most dangerous drug.
Read CONVERGENCE, the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition finalist that Publisher's Weekly called a "smart splice of espionage and science fiction" now at www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/convergence #SciFiSunday
Read CONVERGENCE, the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition finalist that Publisher's Weekly called a "smart splice of espionage and science fiction" now at www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/convergence #SciFiSunday
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Memories are the most dangerous drug.
Read CONVERGENCE, the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition finalist that Publisher's Weekly called a "smart splice of espionage and science fiction" now at www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/convergence #SciFiSunday
Read CONVERGENCE, the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition finalist that Publisher's Weekly called a "smart splice of espionage and science fiction" now at www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/convergence #SciFiSunday
Not sure how they pulled this from my favorites for the year. SINNERS is definitely #1, hands down, but I would have put THE LONG WALK before FRANKENSTEIN. I enjoyed F1 a surprising amount, but it’s not a Top 3 for me.
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Not sure how they pulled this from my favorites for the year. SINNERS is definitely #1, hands down, but I would have put THE LONG WALK before FRANKENSTEIN. I enjoyed F1 a surprising amount, but it’s not a Top 3 for me.
INCEPTION and BUGONIA were pretty good ways to start and end the year, respectively.
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
INCEPTION and BUGONIA were pretty good ways to start and end the year, respectively.
Gotta say, I did not foresee Ralph Ineson being my most-watched actor of 2025.
January 2, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Gotta say, I did not foresee Ralph Ineson being my most-watched actor of 2025.
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🚗
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🚗
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.
First movie of 2026. (Yes, technically a cheat, I suppose, but it’s on Letterboxd so I’m counting it, damnit!)
First book/current read of 2026.
First book/current read of 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
First movie of 2026. (Yes, technically a cheat, I suppose, but it’s on Letterboxd so I’m counting it, damnit!)
First book/current read of 2026.
First book/current read of 2026.
Gonna try and knock out ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS Vol. 1 before the year ends. Certainly feels timely and relevant. To wit:
“Next day or next week (it’s impossible to say which), I wake up to a fascist nightmare. But I still gotta go to work.”
Fuck. Been there, doing that now.
“Next day or next week (it’s impossible to say which), I wake up to a fascist nightmare. But I still gotta go to work.”
Fuck. Been there, doing that now.
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Gonna try and knock out ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS Vol. 1 before the year ends. Certainly feels timely and relevant. To wit:
“Next day or next week (it’s impossible to say which), I wake up to a fascist nightmare. But I still gotta go to work.”
Fuck. Been there, doing that now.
“Next day or next week (it’s impossible to say which), I wake up to a fascist nightmare. But I still gotta go to work.”
Fuck. Been there, doing that now.
Fucking love this panel. Perfect synchronicity between Nick Dragotta’s art, Frank Martin’s colors, and Rus Wooton’s lettering. BLAM! indeed!
December 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Fucking love this panel. Perfect synchronicity between Nick Dragotta’s art, Frank Martin’s colors, and Rus Wooton’s lettering. BLAM! indeed!
Family board game time means we have been playing this single round of Monopoly *allll* fucking day. But now we have a guard to make sure there’s no jailbreaks.
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Family board game time means we have been playing this single round of Monopoly *allll* fucking day. But now we have a guard to make sure there’s no jailbreaks.
Christmas Eve morning means opening up one gift from each of us before the big reveals tomorrow. Got a hat from my 10-year-old. I must be doing something right!
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Christmas Eve morning means opening up one gift from each of us before the big reveals tomorrow. Got a hat from my 10-year-old. I must be doing something right!
Got my walk in. Then it was their turn, apparently.
December 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Got my walk in. Then it was their turn, apparently.
I maybe might have gone a wee bit overboard with picking up some @imagecomics.com compendiums.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I maybe might have gone a wee bit overboard with picking up some @imagecomics.com compendiums.
Huh. That's a new one from Goodreads. Advance readers, be sure to copy your review before clicking through screen prompt #1 as GR doesn't save whatever you're written before taking you to screen prompt #2 to submit the rating. It's a low-key pain in the ass!
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Huh. That's a new one from Goodreads. Advance readers, be sure to copy your review before clicking through screen prompt #1 as GR doesn't save whatever you're written before taking you to screen prompt #2 to submit the rating. It's a low-key pain in the ass!
Ooh, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is on HBO Max. Let’s do this!
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ooh, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is on HBO Max. Let’s do this!
It's the ALIEN: ROMULUS 4K UHD steelbook I wanted the first release to be! Very glad to see they're finally releasing an edition with @mattferguson.bsky.social's artwork. Sure would be nice if they did some embossing on it, too. 🤞😁
vice-press.com/products/ali...
vice-press.com/products/ali...
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's the ALIEN: ROMULUS 4K UHD steelbook I wanted the first release to be! Very glad to see they're finally releasing an edition with @mattferguson.bsky.social's artwork. Sure would be nice if they did some embossing on it, too. 🤞😁
vice-press.com/products/ali...
vice-press.com/products/ali...
Also, in regards to a previous accusation that AWA included AI art -- without the writer's permission! -- in the backmatter of a book, Javier writes the following:
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Also, in regards to a previous accusation that AWA included AI art -- without the writer's permission! -- in the backmatter of a book, Javier writes the following:
There's clearly -- I think -- more going on here than just, as Javier writes, a lack of consensus on what is reality and just pointing the finger at AI. This lack of consensus also requires to properly interrogate these claims to determine what is real art and what is AI slop.
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
There's clearly -- I think -- more going on here than just, as Javier writes, a lack of consensus on what is reality and just pointing the finger at AI. This lack of consensus also requires to properly interrogate these claims to determine what is real art and what is AI slop.