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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Voting for the British Fantasy Awards wraps up on May 3rd. If you're a voting member, don't forget that Scared by the Bible is eligible in the non-fiction category!

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Presbyterian Outlook @presoutlook.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

What do we do with the Bible’s most troubling texts? Brandon R. Grafius offers a Lenten reflection on Joshua, Psalm 137 and Uzzah — and why troubling passages may deepen faith rather than diminish it.

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What do we do with the Bible’s most troubling texts?

A Lenten reflection on Joshua, Psalm 137 and the troubling story of Uzzah — and why wrestling with the Bible’s hardest passages may deepen faith.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

It's a Christmas miracle! Horror greats @gemmafiles.bsky.social and @brianevenson.bsky.social join Professor @bgrafius.bsky.social and me to talk about the inextirpable intersection of horror & religion! What a rich, rollicking conversation! Happy holidays to all 🎄 🎃 youtu.be/KAIsEKjH_PQ

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Chthonica #16: Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, and Prof. Brandon R. Grafius on Horror and Religion!

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Just in time for Christmas! My review of The Carpenter's Son in The Metropolitan Review. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-divine...

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The Divine Enfant Terrible

On Lotfy Nathan’s ‘The Carpenter’s Son’

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This was such a fun conversation! The book's a perfect Christmas gift for the horror fan in your life...

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Thank you, Heather! I appreciated the review so much.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

So cool to see myself quoted in this review.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

RIP to the great Jack DeJohnette, giant of jazz drumming. Listening to his trio album Music We Are in honor. #jazz #vinylsky

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Superb PW review of our agency client @bgrafius.bsky.social's Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture": "Enlightening analysis from Grafius...he compares the apostle Paul’s struggle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, underscoring how the 'self... contains the monstrous.'" #horror #Bible

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Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture by Brandon R Grafius

Horror serves as an unlikely but helpful lens through which to examine scripture, in this enlightening analysis from Grafius (Re...

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Hey, has anyone finished reading Scared by the Bible yet? If you have, please consider leaving a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or wherever you go to learn about books. Thanks for helping to spread the work!

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Here's a brief intro for Scared by the Bible. Please pass along to anyone you know who might be interested in this book! youtu.be/URDPKuVZuGY

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Scared by the Bible - Author Intro

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

My upcoming book got a great shout-out from the Losers' Club on their recent Stacks episode, about 50 minutes in - so cool. Scared by the Bible releases Oct. 7th. #horror #books #movies #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Stacks: What We're Reading in September and the Latest in Horror Fiction

Podcast Episode · The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast · 09/19/2025 · 2h 4m

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I know the world is crumbling around us. But at least there are new #tonepoet titles. #vinylsky #jazz

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Just finished a great interview with @monicaskuebler.bsky.social at @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, Scared by the Bible. Such a great conversation! The article should be in their Nov/Dec issue, hitting newsstands early Nov.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Author’s copies arrived today, a little more than one month before release. If you’d like to preorder, you can get 20% off at indiepubs.com with code SCARED20*.

A box of author’s copies of Scared by the Bible.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Amazing new pressing of @lorangemusic.bsky.social’s first album. #vinylsky

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

This friend took up shop outside my living room window this morning. I know she’s a common yellow garden spider, but still pretty cool.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Can’t wait for this conference! I’ll be talking some about both Lurking Under the Surface, and the new one set to release in October - Scared by the Bible.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

My regular brand of coffee beans were up 20% from a couple of weeks ago. I know the world’s got bigger problems. Still…

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Excited to be on the speakers list for this year's Writing the Occult virtual event! What a great lineup.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Sitting down with a sour from Speciation Ales on Grand Rapids. What an amazing beer.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Hey, exactly two months until Scared by the Bible is out in the world! bookshop.org/p/books/scar...

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Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture

The Roots of Horror in Scripture

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just finished reading @wnwagner.bsky.social's newest, Girl in the Creek - really fun read. Great sense of place, a cast of characters to care about.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Really enjoyed Jessa Cristin’s What’s Wrong with Men. The central conceit of treating Michael Douglas’s roles from the ‘80s and ‘90s as a single composite character who demonstrates the collapse of the patriarchy is brilliant. #booksky

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Thanks to @horrortree.com for this great new interview. Getting excited for Scared by the Bible to hit bookshelves in October. horrortree.com/in-the-name-...

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In The Name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Horror: The Bible’s Spooky Tales of Terror - The Horror Tree

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The release date for Scared by the Bible is less than 3 months away. Check out the fantastic blurb from Lovecraft Country author @bymattruff.bsky.social!

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I finally took the plunge and signed up for the Blue Note Tone Poet Society. #vinylsky

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Pretty excited for this new collection!!!

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Michigan seems to be really living into the fact that rain actually increases humidity. I'd like to put in a request for drier air, please.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Excited to be a part of this!!!

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My fifteen-year old has been thinking about spending some summer job money on a record player, and took the plunge yesterday. So much fun to set it up with him. His first two album purchases: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, and Jeff Buckley's Grace. My work as a parent is done. #vinylsky

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I've had @ladyhorrors.bsky.social's Women, Monstrosity, and Horror Film in my TBR stack for quite awhile now. I just started it a couple of days ago, and can already see that I should have moved it up to the top as soon as I got it. Great scholarship. www.routledge.com/Women-Monstr...

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Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror

Women occupy a privileged place in horror film. Horror is a space of entertainment and excitement, of terror and dread, and one that relishes the complexities that arise when boundaries – of taste, of...

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

According to Meta AI, I am the co-author of the Oxford Handbook of Bibliomancy. I…don’t think this book exists.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Rewatching the Final Destination movies. Why is the CGI in 4 and 5 so awful?!?

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Copies arrived today! It’s been a five-year journey, but the Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters is out in the world. So grateful to all the contributors for making this an indispensable resource. #biblicalstudies #horrorstudies

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Freddie Hubbard’s helping me through a day of revising and editing. #nowspinning #vinylsky

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Just passed 40k words on my novel-in-progress. That's enough to make it feel like it might actually be a thing. #amwriting

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just heard from one of my first-year Hebrew students that he was flying with some of his study materials in his checked baggage, and was pulled in for an interview with TSA. His Hebrew Bible was flagged as "potential terroristic language." Is this really what we're doing?

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A new blog post up today, pushing further on my ideas about how political rhetoric often (intentionally) blurs the line between ontological and moral monsters. (And just to be clear - that's a fake image, and a perfect example of how we create monsters.) www.brandonrgrafius.com/blog/monster...

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Monsters Born and Made — Brandon R. Grafius

We make monsters with the language we use.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg at the Ark in Ann Arbor. What a great show.

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Just arrived in the mail today, the new one from @unwedsailor.bsky.social. Great stuff. #nowspinning

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My best Star Wars day memory is being in a corporate box at a minor league baseball game. As the character actors came in to say hi, my 12 year-old looks at Luke and says, “Oh, hi Mark.”

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Brandon Grafius @bgrafius.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I'm planning to use my new website as a place to think through some of the ideas I'm working on, offer some random reflections, and maybe try a few things out. There's a new post up this weekend on whether "monster" is a category of the body or of behavior. www.brandonrgrafius.com/blog/blog-po...

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Monsters, Ontological and Moral — Brandon R. Grafius

Some are monsters because of how their bodies are constructed - others because of what they do.

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