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Patrick Tarr

@patrickt.bsky.social

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Screenwriter (Cardinal, Saving Hope, Saint-Pierre, The Colony) My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now. patricktarr.com

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Guest Children is out today, anywhere books are sold. Come along on a little trip to the lake.

#booksky #horrorlit

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 17h

You've got a pretty stellar list for this fall!

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 18h

Reading Lesser Dead now and digging it!

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto friends, three weeks from today come see Emily Weedon, Daniel Perry, Michael Rowe, @mcallway.bsky.social, and myself read at the spooky October edition of Drunk Fiction. Oct 28th, 6pm at the Caledonian at College and Ossington.

An ad for the event 'Spoooky Drunk Fiction', with a dark background featuring covers for the novels #TheGuestChildren, #HemoSapiens, #SnakeOilAndOtherTales, #Pride, and #ModernFolklore.

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Brent! I read Huge when it came out and couldn't put it down, great read.

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Brent Butt @brentbutt.bsky.social · 12d

Just finished this fantastic novel, THE GUEST CHILDREN, by @patrickt.bsky.social. Touching, deep, chilling/creepy... really enjoyed it! Fully recommend!

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks Gabino! Sharing my post WW2 supernatural mystery, coming out Aug 12th. #fridayreads

Purchase links to all booksellers through my website patricktarr.com

Cover of the novel The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr, a spooky lake surrounded by trees.

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 15d

I'm on The Lesser Dead, my first of his. Digging it so far.

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 15d

I'm fighting a highly self-destructive urge to try the Thanksgiving Stack, for science.

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Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 20d

On this day in Horror History, THE HAUNTING was released in 1963.

A black and white pic of a woman standing by a sign that says hill house.

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Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.social · 21d

Lots of talk about Robert Redford films that have been lost in his large filmography. For my money this is one of the best, Peter Yates’s THE HOT ROCK (1972). A caper or heist film? It doesn’t really matter. The point is it’s great & has one of coolest robbery crews ever assembled on celluloid

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 21d

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 21d

Straight to the top of the pile with Exiles, by the late great @andrewpyper.bsky.social (writing as Mason Coile). Out today. #booksky

The cover art of the novel Exiles by Mason Coile, featuring a silhouette of a person in a space suit against a hazy orange background.

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 23d

At Polish Fest today, I saw the saddest man to ever hold a potato tornado.

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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · 25d

We're drowning in used books and could use your help making space on our shelves!

This Saturday and Sunday (Sept 13th & 14th), come by for 15% off all used books!

Sideways look at a bookshelf with used hardcovers on it. Near the front are books by David B. Coe and Steven Erikson. Book spines further back are mostly out of focus are not easily read.

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 26d

The Furious was a wild ride, one of the most imaginative action movies I’ve seen in years. Very fun and animated crowd for an industry screening too.

#TIFF50

Poster for The Furious (2025) with a circle of barbed wire around the title on a black background

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 28d

I was informed this morning that I could receive up to 21K in an Excellent Story Bonus, are you telling me that's not legit?

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 28d

"A novel that speaks to the personal nature of our ghosts and grief, Tarr highlights the complexity of the human experience of loss while telling a ripping good story."

Thanks to the British Columbia Review and Trish Bowering for such a thoughtful review of The Guest Children.

Trish Bowering reviews The Guest Children, by Patrick Tarr

Trish Bowering reviews The Guest Children, by Patrick Tarr (Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2025) $24.99 / 9781443473958

thebcreview.ca

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 28d

Just out of @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein. One of his very best, with every frame impeccably composed and every craftsperson at the top of their game.

#TIFF50

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · Sep 1

Graham Greene in CLEARCUT (1991)

RIP

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s such a great character arc.

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thrilled to be in great company on this list, many thanks to Margaret Cannon and the Globe and Mail!

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well said!

Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · Aug 28

Labour Day weekend is when the 3 Day Novel Writing Contest has been held for the last 48 years. You can write a pilot!

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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David Corse @itsmedavidcorse.bsky.social · Aug 28

You know what to do

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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Jay Faerber @jayfaerber.bsky.social · Aug 26

I was lucky to read an advance copy of A LONESOME PLACE FOR MURDER and it's terrific! If you like Longmire, check this out.

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Happy pub day to ☠️WHAT THE DEAD CAN DO☠️ by @peterrosch.bsky.social, 🔪A LONESOME PLACE FOR MURDER🔪 by Nolan Chase, ✨NOT WHO YOU THINK✨ by @arborsloane.bsky.social, and ☘️DEATH AT AN IRISH VILLAGE☘️ by Ellie Brannigan!

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