Peter Clines
@peterclines.com
NYT bestselling maker-upper of things. Still making things up. Still getting paid for it. No, it doesn't make sense to me, either. Former film guy. Toy enthusiast. he/him. Try to be a better person than you were yesterday.
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Peter Clines
@peterclines.com
· Aug 14
Guess it's time to update the pinned post.
I'm Peter Clines. I write books. Some of them are very popular. All of them are fun in a sci-fi-horror-speculative sort of way. The newest, GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, is out November 11th. I also post about other folks' books, movies, toys, and other stuff I enjoy
I'm Peter Clines. I write books. Some of them are very popular. All of them are fun in a sci-fi-horror-speculative sort of way. The newest, GOD'S JUNK DRAWER, is out November 11th. I also post about other folks' books, movies, toys, and other stuff I enjoy
Love to see a documentary that wanders through England or France, does lots of weird-angle shots of, say, Notre Dame, and saying things like "How did ancient Europeans build this structure? A civilization with low literacy and almost no education, but somehow able to move stone blocks weighing..."
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Love to see a documentary that wanders through England or France, does lots of weird-angle shots of, say, Notre Dame, and saying things like "How did ancient Europeans build this structure? A civilization with low literacy and almost no education, but somehow able to move stone blocks weighing..."
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Cosmic Horror is the ultimate haunted house story, according to @peterclines.bsky.social
👉 Watch the entire interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQU...
📻 Or listen:
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/705N...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
👉 Watch the entire interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQU...
📻 Or listen:
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/705N...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cosmic Horror is the ultimate haunted house story, according to @peterclines.bsky.social
👉 Watch the entire interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQU...
📻 Or listen:
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/705N...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
👉 Watch the entire interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPQU...
📻 Or listen:
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/705N...
🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
You know you do...
ooh you want to submit your favorite books of the year to Reactor's poll so bad 🌀🌀🌀 #booksky
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You know you do...
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Finally got my hands on the gorgeous new book from @peterclines.bsky.social , just in time for me to spend a weekend reading under a warm blanket hiding from the weather 😊
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Finally got my hands on the gorgeous new book from @peterclines.bsky.social , just in time for me to spend a weekend reading under a warm blanket hiding from the weather 😊
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Water your tree.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Water your tree.
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
He could've bought Second Life for five billion, given $50 billion to end world hunger, and Microsoft would still be more than twenty billion dollars ahead of where they are now.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
He could've bought Second Life for five billion, given $50 billion to end world hunger, and Microsoft would still be more than twenty billion dollars ahead of where they are now.
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BONUS SKELETON CONTENT
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
BONUS SKELETON CONTENT
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
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Due to a family emergency earlier this month, I've had to push back the release of INSIDE THREAT to Jan 2026. I'm not happy about this but I'd rather the book is quality than force the old December deadline.
kbspangler.com/books/
#BookSky #preorder #scifi #sciencefiction
kbspangler.com/books/
#BookSky #preorder #scifi #sciencefiction
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Due to a family emergency earlier this month, I've had to push back the release of INSIDE THREAT to Jan 2026. I'm not happy about this but I'd rather the book is quality than force the old December deadline.
kbspangler.com/books/
#BookSky #preorder #scifi #sciencefiction
kbspangler.com/books/
#BookSky #preorder #scifi #sciencefiction
Holy.
Crap.
Crap.
I'm not the only one to see Trump in this icon, right?
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Holy.
Crap.
Crap.
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Been getting a lot of emails/DMs lately asking when the next Eric Carter book is coming out so I'm pinning this.
I'm glad so many have enjoyed the books. Thank you.
But sadly there won't be one. The publisher dropped the series due to lack of sales. Totally understandable business decision.
I'm glad so many have enjoyed the books. Thank you.
But sadly there won't be one. The publisher dropped the series due to lack of sales. Totally understandable business decision.
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Been getting a lot of emails/DMs lately asking when the next Eric Carter book is coming out so I'm pinning this.
I'm glad so many have enjoyed the books. Thank you.
But sadly there won't be one. The publisher dropped the series due to lack of sales. Totally understandable business decision.
I'm glad so many have enjoyed the books. Thank you.
But sadly there won't be one. The publisher dropped the series due to lack of sales. Totally understandable business decision.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
BONUS SKELETON CONTENT
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
BONUS SKELETON CONTENT
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
So, Tiny Tim isn't actually introduced until much later in the story (heck, Bob Cratchit isn't even *named* until halfway through the book), but I made a little side scene of the two of them together after work while Scrooge is walking home.
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The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings youtu.be/BZnViUPKI6w?...
The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings!
YouTube video by Secret Galaxy
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The History of Dungeons & Dragons: Satanic Panic on Saturday Mornings youtu.be/BZnViUPKI6w?...
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These Christmas Carol skeletons are legit one of my favourite things about December 💜
Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was dead.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
These Christmas Carol skeletons are legit one of my favourite things about December 💜
V E R Y T E M P T I N G
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
V E R Y T E M P T I N G
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Y'all did it with Lower Decks, before it aired, too. I remember, I was there.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Y'all did it with Lower Decks, before it aired, too. I remember, I was there.
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Star Trek does a normal Star Trek show - "Ugh it's just Star Trek, no one wants that anymore but existing fans" Star Trek does literally anything else to engage with new viewers "Ugh can't they just make a normal Trek show?" Welcome back to the Nothing Is Actually Good Enough pipeline.
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Star Trek does a normal Star Trek show - "Ugh it's just Star Trek, no one wants that anymore but existing fans" Star Trek does literally anything else to engage with new viewers "Ugh can't they just make a normal Trek show?" Welcome back to the Nothing Is Actually Good Enough pipeline.
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I don't know if you needed another reason to not have pretend conversations with ChatGPT, but here's one anyway.
New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it.
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I don't know if you needed another reason to not have pretend conversations with ChatGPT, but here's one anyway.
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gentle reminder that just because something you made didn't make a "best of" "year end" list doesn't mean you didn't make anything important in 2025
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
gentle reminder that just because something you made didn't make a "best of" "year end" list doesn't mean you didn't make anything important in 2025
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is some serious North Korea style dictator work by the Trump admin. Can't imagine it'll stop with Visa applicants. Trump wants just one truth- his truth- and anyone who calls out his lies is a target.