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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3h

Of course, I’m demented to think taking a header out of a high-rise window in dramatic fashion is funny, but this is one you’ll have to try on for yourself. I mean, read the story, not take a header out the window.

It’s called “The Man Who Feared Masks.”

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 3h

I read Joseph Payne Brennan’s collection of horror stories SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT (1963) and realized he often employed ironic twist (or would that be twisted?) endings to his stories. One of those stories had what I considered a comical ending...

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A photo and mini-biography of the author Joseph Payne Brennan.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 10h

We wish a very happy birthday to MANOR Resident Tina Kakadelis! 🎂🥳🎉🎈

@tinakakadelis.com was the featured writer for Estate of Fright 71: Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life 🏚️📨😱 www.manorhq.com/eof

A photo card with a picture of Tina Kakadelis and “Happy Birthday” written at top with some skeletons and other horror-inspired graphics.

An illustration of a woman in a window frame, blood on her shirt, running mascara, broken glass around her with the reflection of multiple babyface-masked killers.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 6h

Rationale: Why waste time on things I don’t like when I can spend that same time sharing the joy I found so others might do the same? You’ll know when I don’t like a movie or book or other because I never talk about it. No comment thank you very much. But let me tell you about something I love…

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 6h

Q: Why do you mostly post about things you like?

A: I’m not a reviewer. I’m a recommender.

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a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a whiteboard that says share the love

Alt: a man in a hawaiian shirt is standing in front of a whiteboard that says share the love

media.tenor.com

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 1d

Scream Factory’s new BLACK SUNDAY (1960) 4K UHD Collector’s Edition Blu-ray features commentary from MANOR @manorhq.com Resident Brian Keiper @brianwaves42.bsky.social and is now widely available for purchase at participating retailers.

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The front cover for the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release of BLACK SUNDAY (1960) from Scream Factory.

The back cover for the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release of BLACK SUNDAY (1960) from Scream Factory.

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weird menace and excessive bloodletting @gemmafiles.bsky.social · 1d

Once again releasing into the wild the fact that if you invite me to talk on a podcast about almost anything I will show up and show out. Not math, but otherwise.

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Nat Brehmer @natbrehmer.bsky.social · 3d

Watching FRANKENSTEIN and eating an apple cider donut. I am feeling the season in my bones.

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Taffeta V. @taffetav.bsky.social · 3d

New Late! All about October - I read a buncha Ray Bradbury, share some love for Chicago, + more; plus songs by Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Tricky, girl in red, Billie Holiday, Clutch, Broken Bells, + more. Welcome to October Country, Boppers

Free/Ad-free/No Ai

www.mixcloud.com/KOPN/late-wt...

Late w/Taffeta V. - October

Welcome to October Country, Boppers! I'll read a buncha Ray Bradbury, share some love for Chicago, and more; I'll play songs by Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Tricky, girl in red, Billie Holiday and more...

www.mixcloud.com

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 5d

Got my tix.

A poster for the Cooger and Dark Pandemonium Shadow Show, a traveling carnival featured in Ray Bradbury’s novel SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1962) and based on the film adaptation of the same name (1983).

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 5d

What a stud.

Ray Bradbury inside his cluttered office…and a pair of short-shorts.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 5d

A wonderful idea and timing!

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 5d

It’s officially Ray Bradbury season. Go read his collection of stories THE OCTOBER COUNTRY and, of course, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.

Here is the legend, sometime in the late 80s, inside his office, which I like to describe as a Bernie Wrightson masterpiece of art.

Ray Bradbury inside his cluttered office.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 5d

Estate of Fright 78: Reality Isn’t What It Used to Be (October 2025)

Delivered today 🏚️😱

Featuring Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social in Estate of Fright and this month’s calendar of MANOR releases.

An illustration of Sam Neill from IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS film (1994) surrounded by faces and crucifixes in flames.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 6d

“Venio” – this is how a new horror figure is born and goes on to have a franchise.

🎨 Michelle Prebich, whose artwork is featured in this story collection: www.batinyourbelfry.com

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Art by Michelle Prebich | Bat In Your Belfry

Bat in Your Belfry macabre art, decor and accesories by Michelle Prebich

www.batinyourbelfry.com

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 6d

“Slick Black Bones and Soft Black Stars” – a second person narrative that makes the story that much more frightening as it unfolds.

Dark Moon Books: www.darkmoonbooks.com/Primer_7.html

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Exploring Dark Short Fiction #7: A Primer to Gemma Files

www.darkmoonbooks.com

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 6d

Never read a Gemma Files story.
Read six Gemma Files stories.
Will read more @gemmafiles.bsky.social stories.

Courtesy of Dark Moon Books' EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #7: A PRIMER TO GEMMA FILES (2025) from editor and MANOR Resident @ericjguignard.bsky.social, 2 stories I highly recommend within:

The book cover for EXPLORING DARK SHORT FICTION #7: A PRIMER TO GEMMA FILES (2025) featuring skulls and roses.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 6d

“These days, I feel like I have to keep reminding myself: I am not insane.”

Matt Konopka @werematt.bsky.social is in Estate of Fright.

😱 Tomorrow! 10/3/25 @ 6:00AMET
🏚️ Free subscription www.manorhq.com/eof

🎨John Jude Palencar

A man asleep while levitating, a ghostly face appears in a portrait above him, screaming, next to small dark figures coming out of the same portrait frame.

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Rock Capuano @rockcapuano.bsky.social · 7d

Reading. With original artwork too.

I mean, it’s only right.

The book SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK by Alvin Schwartz (1981)

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 7d

To honor the hallowed Halloween season, Letterboxd staff and contributors recommend 24 underseen horror ﬁlms, spanning from ’60s noir witches to ’70s psychedelic vampires to ’80s against-type Colin Firth.

Read about each pick on Journal: boxd.it/2Ko