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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.)

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Editor in Chief & Publisher, Whisper House Press. Award-Winning Writer & Screenwriter. Educator since ‘08. Trained ethicist. #booksky #HWA #Horrorsky #WritingCommunity #IBPA #WhisperHousePress https://linktr.ee/stevecaponejr

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 11d

Here's the schedule for #UtahHorrorDay here in the #SaltLakeCity area on 10/25/2025. It's a big deal. You should come by! It's totally free (though we hope you'll support our local vendors and authors!).

#Horrorsky #Utah #Books #SaltLakeCityEvents #booksky

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4h

Wyoming.
#roadtrip #MPIBA

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 1d

I was picking brains about this last night at MPIBA in Denver, and I’ve come away thinking this: libraries now won’t have a distributor, and the existing distributors have no incentive to broaden their business to serve libraries since the benefits to them are so limited and the costs so great.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 1d

I listened to oral arguments today. It was interesting. To be clear: they wouldn’t be overturning bans on conversion therapy in general but on conversion talk therapy in particular. I can’t see the arguments I heard (1st amendment-grounded) holding water, though. We will see. I hope they reject em.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 1d

(This is why I don’t work in writing or editing after dark.)

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 1d

God. Can you tell I wrote that after brain-function hours? Ugh.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 1d

Got to hang out with Torrey House Press tonight. They are an awesome Utah-based publisher and have contributed to a great education. I’ve gotten over the last few hours. I’m so glad that I came to this event. #MPIBA and a bunch of these bookstores seem really interested in #WhisperHousePress books!

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 2d

Completed Silvia Mareno-Garcia's THE BEWITCHING—I highly recommend it to #readers interested in #witchy #folkhorror, #founddocuments #horror with #mystery and #historicalfiction as well as #supernatural elements. Very solid story, and I've been looking forward to it for a while! #bookreview #booksky

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 2d

At a booksellers convention this week in Denver! Big goals. #whisperhousepress #horror #MPIBA #publisher #publishing #independentpublishing

From the Editor’s Desk #52

Notes from the desk of the editor are offered in the interests of personal posterity and transparency for writers and other potential editors who wish to learn from my experience. the editor Greetings from nearly 9,000 feet in Silverthorne, Colorado! I'm traveling this week (thank you, PTO, for sacrificing three of your precious ten days for the publishing cause) to attend the Mountains and Plains Independent Bookseller Association FallCon in Denver.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 3d

The drive from Salt Lake to Denver is one of my favorites. Headed to the #MPIBA fallcon to meet #indiebookstore owners and fellow #publishers large and small. Yay! #whisperhousepress is on the move!

Desert scene, about half blue sky with light clouds. Foreground is a low hill with some small vegetation.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 11d

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

I adore this film.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

Really wanted to catch this at Sundance but missed out! Glad it’s making the rounds and hope I get a chance to see it.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

I highly recommend Wehunt’s book, OCTOBER FILM HAUNT. I was lucky to get a shot at reading it early, and I reviewed it at www.whisperhousepress.com if you want to read my take on its strengths (spoiler: it’s got a lot of strengths!).

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

I wish we had access in Utah, but our government has made it tougher and tougher to get this vaccine. Thankfully I have insurance and the time to go to a doctor to get a prescription. Really wish these barriers weren’t in place to stop us from protecting one another.

Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 5d

Yesterday I got my COVID booster and flu shot. Every year I’m thankful to science for access to both.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

One Battle After Another: just as good the second time. I’d see it a third time if I could justify it in the family budget.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

(I think about this a lot. The movie plays in my head. I try to record it just as a see it. It never works perfectly—the translation is off—but the closer I get, the better I feel about the effort and product. I’ve heard other writers describe the process this way. I know it’s not original to me.)

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 4d

Great analogous use. Seriously. Do you have a site set up for this project?

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 5d

I spent many an hour reading about the fearsome gavagai. WV Quine and “indeterminacy of translation” was one of my all time favorite topics to learn about. I wrote at least one B- paper about it, too. Can’t remember if that counted as “passing” but in truth the meaning of that standard wasn’t clear.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 5d

Something about undisassembled rabbit parts?

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 5d

@gavagai.com but can you describe a gavagai?

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 5d

Really looking forward to meeting other publishers and bookstore proprietors at #mpiba conference in #denver!

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 6d

“We just can’t stop… being American” is such a bizarre thing to tout right now.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 6d

This is one of the worst commercials I have ever seen.

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Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 7d

That was my favorite horror movie last year! Maybe my favorite overall.

Whisper House Press (Steve Capone, Jr.) @whisperhousepress.bsky.social · 7d

I keep thinking: when do I get to see “one battle after another” again?