Way late on posting this—but thanks @NosleepPodcast @jessecornett667 @AuralStimulate @GrahamNY and everyone for the awesome job on my story The Lasso Man! Longtime podcast fan, and you guys made it spooky as hell! Can't wait to hear more! open.spotify.com/episode/3hX…

Yo! Halloweekend! Want something spooky to listen to that'll set the mood? Check out a couple of my stories on the NoSleep Podcast from a few years back, or this other one from a couple months back. They're both decent. If not, you can sue me for the hour you lost. DM me for more information on how such a lawsuit can be filed. "The Lanky Leerin' Lasso Man" (he spits tobacco and spooky bars) open.spotify.com/episode/3hX… "Harvey Pepnow's Imperfect Contrition" (confession, creepy-style) open.spotify.com/episode/4oA…

"I never said thank you." "And you'll never have to."

"At least two scholarly journals explained that this unhappy childhood was the reason he killed women in his basement for their skins. The words crazy and evil do not appear in either article." -Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

Uh… The Exorcist. Bill Blatty told me many times that he considered the novel and the movie an “Apostolic work”. And it is. He and William Friedkin created one of the most frightening, supernaturally charged and Christ haunted films of all times. You not only should watch it- but read the book too.

Here's a question: in nearly every genre of popular entertainment, "Christian" is a modifier that almost always means a scrappy, smaller project fighting it out for box office success. Limited release, from a studio like Angel. Usually met with "it means well" indifference from believers and mockery from the general public. But with horror? Suddenly, mainstream audiences are willing to buy it wholesale. "The Exorcist" is the most famous horror movie of all time. It's also straight-up Catholic propaganda. As is the bulk of The Conjuring franchise, one of the biggest box-office success stories of the last 100 years. Take vampires. A literal inversion of the Christ story, to the letter. The perfect antagonist from a Christian storytelling point of view. Even in popular retelling like Salem's Lot, the framework of the story is that holy water burns 'em, the Crucifix keeps them away, and the Church knows what it's talking about--and is right about everything. I'm not saying you've gotta love horror. Im not arguing there isn't plenty of schlocky, exploitative crap out there. I am saying that it might not be the smartest thing for believers to dismiss the single strongest inroad it's got into popular storytelling today. Good and evil are real. The spiritual world is real. Stories about those things resonate with people for a reason. There's nothing inherently wrong with exploring those realities in the form of story--in fact, I'd argue that we have to. Never understood the "scary stories bad" crowd. Feels like 2 inches worth of thinking on the subject. "I don't like the way this makes me feel, so it's gotta be wrong."

Hypothetical for people who know the publishing industry: An alternate universe where Herman Melville was never born. In 2026, some no-name, unpublished writer drops the manuscript for Moby Dick in the inboxes of 80 agents. How many requests for more material does he get? #writingcommunity #literaryagents

If Nolan Ryan magically reappeared in 2026 baseball at his 30 year old prime, he'd never get anybody out. Everybody would just be getting 98 between the shoulder blades, conveyor-belt style

Almost thru with The Talisman, getting ready for #otherworldsthanthese And man, I know King and Straub supposedly split writing duties on this one--but having read a decent chunk of their individual work, the writing itself feels pretty purely King. Having trouble picking up on any Straubisms at all

"William Contreras—best trot in baseball!" Fox Sports coverage. Hate the fact that that's a sentence worth saying. Genuinely miss the days when a dude would get 95 between the shoulders for taking 40 seconds to round the bases

Let's go baby

Question for the writers out there: If you're writing a draft of a story, do you ever pause to read your progress from the beginning—kind of get reacclimated? #WritingTips

Hate to see Bill caught in the crossfire. But Monks gotta put the boot on the throat here @NLWildCard

Man, The Talisman is great. I don't know why I put this one off for so long. Always loved King and Straub, but the idea of them writing together always sounded sorta gimmicky to me. Halfway through, it sure looks like I was wrong.

I dunno if this is a hot take—but I think the design of Penguin Classics is pretty bland. Uninspired. Sauceless. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of having a cohesive set—I just think these are a little too cohesive at this point. The matching black spines are fine. I just think the bar across the cover is a little rigid. I dunno, though.

Day went up two clicks. Hope it holds

Why does Mr. Red always look like he just saw the ragged drifter dude he accidentally ran over on a desolate country road one night in 1986 before speeding off in a panic, never to tell a soul?

Gonna drop this on the wife next time she calls me out for launching a dirty sock in the vague direction of the hamper from 15 yards

Fine. I'll dust off my unauthorized screenplay for Citizen Cane 2: Citizen Pain

True, it's great