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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My personal copies of MONSTROUS, my new novel from Flame Tree Press, arrived a few days ago. They look pretty great. Book is out September 22. Preorder: www.amazon.com/Monstrous-Br...?

Front cover of the hardcover edition of Monstrous by Bryan Smith. Tagline on front reads: "The hunt begins on a mountain, it ends in a cosmic nightmare."

Back cover of Monstrous. Includes a Ray Garton blurb, book description, and bio. All of which can be read on the Amazon product listing for the book.

Side view of Monstrous, showing the sprayed red edges.

Inside the front of the book. Red end papers, with a red-hued fainter version of the cover image.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just ten more days until my new novel is released by Flame Tree Press. Preorder: www.amazon.com/Monstrous-Br...?

Promo graphic containing the following blurb:

“With MONSTROUS, Bryan
Smith delivers what might very well be the best novel of his career. A staggering work of cosmic horror along the lines of Brian Lumley, but pure 100% Bryan Smith. Must read!"
Brian Keene, author of
"The Rising'

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The people with the most power in the world are targeting the people with the least, and I think they should all burn in hell.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My novel MONSTROUS on the cover of UK book trade magazine The Bookseller. Release day is only a few weeks away now.

Monstrous on the cover of The Bookseller.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This weekend's sale title is my Splatterpunk Award-nominated novella THE FREAKSHOW: Rebirth. It's 99 cents on Kindle until Monday. a.co/d/03T3erFw

Carnival tents and glowing string lights against an eerie, dark background. Cover for The Freakshow: Rebirth in Drayton Falls by Bryan Smith.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This weekend's sale title is my Splatterpunk Award-nominated novella THE FREAKSHOW: Rebirth. It's 99 cents on Kindle until Monday. a.co/d/03T3erFw

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Weird. Checked over here for the first time in several hours and see I supposedly have 30+ notifications. Which would be really unusual as I don't post a lot lately. Then I click on it and all I see is the same old notifications from before today. What the hell is that?

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Watched NORMAL on HBOMAX. Loved it. For the first little bit, it seems like it's going to be one kind of movie, and I would have been okay with that kind of movie. Then it took a turn I wasn't expecting, and from that point forward, it's non-stop, brutal mayhem. Might just have to own my own copy.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This Stoker/Locus/Goodreads nominee is still only $1.99! That’s a lot of monsters, violence, ghosts, vengeance, and magic for two bucks… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Karen In Dixie | Writer @karenindixie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sitting here wishing that @bryansmith.bsky.social would continue the story of Corey and his doggie buddy from “Every Dog Has Its Day” found in #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

MONSTROUS is coming from Flame Tree Press September 22. Preorder: a.co/d/09hIepBH

"Every Bryan Smith book I read is always better than the last.
MONSTROUS is bizarre, complex, atmospheric, and deranged. If you love watching horror on a VCR or plunging into the depths of a liminal nightmare... then this book was written for you!"
Judith Sonnet, author of
"The Dwelling'

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Picture up this @fangoria.bsky.social special at Barnes & Noble today.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s 1974 and ORSON WELLES roasts the crap out of DEAN MARTIN via the lyrics to Deano’s huge hit “Thats Amore”.

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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

MONSTROUS is coming September 22. a.co/d/0cA7R0AU

Promotional graphic for my new novel. Includes a Brian Keene blurb that reads as follows:

"With MONSTROUS, Bryan Smith delivers what might very well be the best novel of his career. A staggering work of cosmic horror along the lines of Brian Lumley, but pure 100% Bryan Smith. Must read!"
--Brian Keene, author of The Rising

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...

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Brennan LaFaro @brennanlafaro.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

BREAKING: People who use generative AI to make art are dork ass losers and should get bent.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

One of my favourite behind the scenes photos of MARILYN MONROE and MONTGOMERY CLIFT — who left us 60yrs ago today, aged just 45 — shooting THE MISFITS in 1960.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

MONSTROUS, my forthcoming novel from Flame Tree Press, is 25% from Waterstones for the next few days. Online only. Use the code. www.waterstones.com/book/monstro...

Advertising graphic from Flame Tree Press. Shows the book cover against a yellow background. Shows the code SUMMER26 for 25% off the cover price of this book July 21 to 24. Online only.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

RIP Jennifer Finch. I've been a big fan of L7 since the early 90s and lots of their songs are still in my regular rotation. "Shitlist", "Pretend We're Dead", "Off the Wagon", "The Masses Are Asses", and many more. This one is one of my favorites. youtu.be/HdJVJYMR9KY?...

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L7 - Everglade (Official Music Video) 4K

YouTube video by Grunge Videos 4K

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C.V. HUNT @cvhunt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The air quality is so bad here with the wildfires that we're being told not to be outdoors for more than a few minutes without a mask. It's definitely choking me, giving me a pulsing headache, and it's hard to breathe. We have 2 air filter fans going in the house to tamp it down.

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Except that right now Diarrhea Forever is in charge.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

100 pages in, Jordan Harper's A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE is living up to the hype so far. Crackles with energy and outrage and loaded with vibrant characters. Reads a little like James Ellroy updated for the modern age, with all sorts of thinly veiled jabs at real-life scoundrels like Max Landis.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If you need robots to write for you, you should be fucking furious that you had such a boring childhood. Where’s your trauma, your rage, your screaming into the void? How did your parents go so wrong?

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Anyone else preorder the OBSESSION 4K from Amazon and receive a delivery delay email today? I was anticipating arrival tomorrow but now they're saying delivery is delayed until July 26. That sucks.

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Guided By Gumbo @guidedbygumbo.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The movie holds up. As does this great anecdote courtesy of Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 13/07/2026

This is pretty well known, but the Australian flag Sam Neill wore on his uniform in Event Horizon was designed at his request to show the Union Jack replaced with the Aboriginal flag, because he hoped in the future this is how it would actually look. A proper fucken ally in every way, this bloke.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My latest release, ONE NIGHT AT THE SKULL SPARK CLUB, about a harrowing night at a sleazy rock club for an aging rocker and his equally aging fans, is just 99 cents through the end of this weekend. Follow the link here.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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Mary SanGiovanni @marysangiovanni.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This book is fantastic. Go preorder it. You’ll love it.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hmm. In olden days, I liked when novelizations had bits that weren't in the movie, but this sounds like too much change for my taste. Sometimes ideas that were dropped were dropped for good reason. Give me Tarantino's screenplay over this any day.

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026

Periodic reminder that if you don't like writing, you don't have to do it. By which I mean find another hobby, not outsource the writing you claim to be doing.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New @fangoria.bsky.social arrived. Included *two* bookmarks instead of the usual one.

New issue of Fangoria magazine with Evil Dead Burn on the cover next to the two bookmarks, one featuring Evil Dead Burn and the other Victorian Psycho.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This happened to me with the 2013 Evil Dead, House of 1000 Corpses, and also the example cited here, Blackcoat's Daughter. Was lukewarm to it the first time years ago, but now I love it.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Finally getting to see this. Watching on Hulu.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come movie poster.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

@haileypiperfights.bsky.social's A GAME IN YELLOW is currently $1.99 on Kindle for anyone unaware. Was looking around for Kindle bargains on my new Paperwhite last night and noticed it. Bought it, of course.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"With MONSTROUS, Bryan Smith delivers what might very well be the best novel of his career. A staggering work of cosmic horror along the lines of Brian Lumley, but pure 100% Bryan Smith. Must read!" --Brian Keene, author of The Rising Preorder here: a.co/d/00y7pdAF @briankeene.bsky.social

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Getting down to the last couple months before my novel from Flame Tree Press comes out on Sept. 22. Preorder on Kindle or hardcover. "This unforgettable descent into cosmic dread is a weird and unsettling masterpiece!” — Tim Waggoner a.co/d/09UG95QL

Cover for the novel Monstrous by Bryan Smith. Tag line on the front reads, "The hunt begins on a mountain, it ends in a cosmic nightmare".

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I preordered Jack White's new album FROZEN CHARLOTTE on vinyl, but when I look at the same album on Spotify, it's called FROZEN CHARLATAN there. That's...a little confusing.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

And I saw it that week. I remember being a bit miffed going into it that it wasn't a horror film, but I ended up liking it a lot. Like The Thing, another Carpenter-Russell collab that didn't truly find a substantial audience until years later.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Went ahead and preordered the 4K of OBSESSION even though I'm sure I'll be forced to double dip a couple years from now when the eventual special edition with the director's cut comes along.

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Sam Tyler @reelsamtyler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Burnt Sparrow by @ericlarocca.com 8 Sept Jim Henson’s Labyrinth by Liz Braswell and @theguardinian.bsky.social July 7 When There are Wolves Again @catamaroon.bsky.social out in PBK Monstrous by @bryansmith.bsky.social Sept 22 Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social 2/3

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