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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1h

#buymybooks THE BIG ONE is one-day old. One day of explosions, tentacles, and exploding tentacles. You really should check it out if you’re one of those weirdos (cool people) who likes big dumb heart on the sleeve action AND bleak, brain-blistering cosmic horror in equal measure.

The Big One | 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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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1h

#recent4K Kicked off Halloween season watching w/ The Monster Squad. 4K looks great here. Could do without the casual homophobia in the beginning, which now seems so out of place & forced (though it’s not the worst offender. looking at you, Teen Wolf). The Stan Winston monster designs still rock tho

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2h

Books, Brews, & Boos - Adventure Await Events

Join us for a THRILLING book event featuring many horror authors at Under Pressure Brewing, October 11th from 12-6pm! Hosted by Adventure Awaits Events and & Horror Explorers Book Club — Twin Cities. ...

adventureawaitsevents.com

Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2h

Coming this Saturday October 11! Books Brews & Boos at Under Pressure Brewing in Golden Valley, MN. 12 to 6 pm Central. You want to get horror books? We got yer horror books, pal!

Books, Brews, & BOOS!
11 Oct | 12–6pm

Hosted by Adventure Awaits Events & Horror Explorers Book Club — Twin Cities
Sponsored by Comma, A Bookshop

$10 Entry

Under Pressure Brewing
8806 7th Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427

Confirmed Authors:
• Josh Davis
• Fredrick Niles
• Justin Holley
• Jenn Osborn
• D.W. Hitz
• Heather Ann Larson
• Lance Dale
• Lisa Breanne
• Matt Lurton
• Patrick Barb
• Melissa Prusi
• Steven Hopstaken
• Chris Stenson
• Jacqueline Holland
• Carson Winter
• Chloe Spencer
• Angelique Jordonna
• Zachariah Jones
• Tony Wirt
• A.W. Powers
• AJ Humphreys

Confirmed Vendors:
• Horror Explorers Book Club — Twin Cities
• Case Closed Con

Confirmed Bookstore
• Comma, a Bookshop

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!

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Kristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 1d

Today is pub day for Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! However much writing can be a solitary act, putting a book out definitely isn’t. Thanks to Stillhouse Press and all of Tell Me Yours’ many champions.

My first book is out now. I hope you like it.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1d

Project #6 in a year that's included...

1. Anthology (And One Day We Will Die)
2. Novella (JK-LOL)
3. Novella (Night of the Witch-Hunter)
4. Novella (The Nut House)
5. Novel (Abducted)
6. Another novella (The Big One).

Podcasters: bring me on your shows to talk about these books!

Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2d

#buymybooks TOMORROW! THE BIG ONE. The one with exploding tentacles. Over-the-top machismo heroics vs. Lovecraftian horrors from inside the Earth. Brought to you by yours truly and @tonyanuci.bsky.social. With a cover by THE @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Will you be ready…for THE BIG ONE?

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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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1d

And it’s the first project where I have actually fancasted (writer-casted?) the main characters: our hero ambulance driver Hank & his EMT buds Vic & Darren. Can’t escape that action movie appeal!

What do you think? Are you buying the popcorn?

Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s the day of THE BIG ONE. My new action/horror novella from @tonyanuci.bsky.social is on sale today!

Come for the disaster, stay for the despair!

Cover by @lynnehansenart.bsky.social

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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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 1d

Get your bundle here and be as cool as Patrick 🐀🖤🐁
www.infestedpublishing.com

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 1d

Best #bookmail: Sins of My Sisters by @jvgachs.bsky.social pre-order kit c/o @infestedpublishing.bsky.social. So many great collections out this year & I know this one’s gonna be tops on my list.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2d

#buymybooks TOMORROW! THE BIG ONE. The one with exploding tentacles. Over-the-top machismo heroics vs. Lovecraftian horrors from inside the Earth. Brought to you by yours truly and @tonyanuci.bsky.social. With a cover by THE @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Will you be ready…for THE BIG ONE?

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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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2d

#buymybooks TOMORROW! THE BIG ONE. The one with exploding tentacles. Over-the-top machismo heroics vs. Lovecraftian horrors from inside the Earth. Brought to you by yours truly and @tonyanuci.bsky.social. With a cover by THE @lynnehansenart.bsky.social. Will you be ready…for THE BIG ONE?

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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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2d

#buymybooks GARGANTUANA’S GHOST. With a NEW novella release one day away (set in the Bay Area), why not check out my first novella (dedicated to my time in New York. It’s got found family, secret histories, complicated relationships w/ dads, AND the ghost of a giant ape. What more do you need???

Gargantuana's Ghost

Check out Gargantuana's Ghost on Bookshop.org US!

bookshop.org

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 2d

#ShudderFridayNightMovie was Night of the Reaper. This was a fun, twisty slasher. Does some interesting things w/ the final girl archetype.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 3d

Same!

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 3d

Got to see Freaks (for the very 1st time & I loved it) & meet/chat/get a couple books signed by @danchaon.bsky.social c/o Trilingua Cinema in Saint Paul. Such a cool event!

Dan Chaon & the person writing this alt text

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jrblanes @jrblanes.bsky.social · 4d

I’m ecstatic to be included on Nightfire’s October new horror books alongside @joe-hill.bsky.social Joe Hill, @manylittlewords.bsky.social Gemma Amor, Nathanial Balingrud, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social Patrick Barb, among others. #horror #horrorbooks #booknerd #bookworm #read

I’m ecstatic to be included on Nightfire’s October new horror books alongside Joe Hill, @manylittlewords.bsky.social Gemma Amor, Nathanial Balingrud, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and @patrickbarb.bsky.social Patrick Barb, among others.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 3d

#pbarb2025books Just Add Writer by @timwaggoner.bsky.social, brought to you by dramatic lighting. As someone who thinks it’d be a lot of fun to do tie-in/novelization writing (hint-hint, editors), this from the trenches guide was a delightful must-read.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 4d

#bookmail Did I spring for the signed version of The October Film Haunt by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social?

Yes, yes I did.

Title page of same with For Patrick & Michael’s signature

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 4d

Starting in ~10 minutes. But will also be available on the site in perpetuity afterwards. So check it soon or check it out later!

Just be sure you check it out.

Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 5d

These keep sneaking up on me. TOMORROW at 1 pm Eastern, I'm teaching an online workshop for @elegantliterature.bsky.social's Education+ members: "Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Cliches."

The workshop will also be available after the fact for members to access.

Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Clichés: Nothing is Ever Over

A short fiction magazine and contest exclusive to new writers. We pay professional rates and help unpublished writers get published.

www.elegantliterature.com

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 4d

This is TODAY!

Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 5d

These keep sneaking up on me. TOMORROW at 1 pm Eastern, I'm teaching an online workshop for @elegantliterature.bsky.social's Education+ members: "Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Cliches."

The workshop will also be available after the fact for members to access.

Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Clichés: Nothing is Ever Over

A short fiction magazine and contest exclusive to new writers. We pay professional rates and help unpublished writers get published.

www.elegantliterature.com

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 5d

#buymybooks TURN. Forget Friday Night Smackdown. How about some Friday Night BITEdown?

Cuz ya know vampires.
WHAT?
Vampires.
WHAT?
Wrestling.
WHAT?
Wrestling.
WHAT?
Vampires Wrestling.

OH HELL YEAH! Crack open a BLOODweiser & give it a read.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 5d

And I believe I still have a few FREE trial memberships to give away. So DM me if interested.

In the workshop, we'll cover how to make old ideas new again via:

* Going back to the source materials/foundational texts

* Mash-ups

* Borrowing from Other Media, and

* Drawing from Personal Experience

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 5d

These keep sneaking up on me. TOMORROW at 1 pm Eastern, I'm teaching an online workshop for @elegantliterature.bsky.social's Education+ members: "Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Cliches."

The workshop will also be available after the fact for members to access.

Fresh Takes on Genre Tropes, Motifs, and Clichés: Nothing is Ever Over

A short fiction magazine and contest exclusive to new writers. We pay professional rates and help unpublished writers get published.

www.elegantliterature.com

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