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Christopher Hawkins

@christopherhawkins.bsky.social
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Writer. Factotum. Master of tsundoku. HWA Chicagoland chapter co-chair. Award-winning author of Suburban Monsters and Downpour. www.christopher-hawkins.com

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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just dropped a new article over on my Substack, examining star ratings for books and why they need to go away. Come take a look! hawkinswrites.substack.com/p/the-knight...
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The Knight, the Drug Lord, and Why Star Ratings Need to Die
It's time to move on from Amazon-style reviews
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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Today’s chalkboard art at Ghoulish Books. “Fix your hearts or die”
Chalkboard sign that says fix your hearts or die
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I mean, technically...
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I'm so glad you asked! Would you like my three-hour TED talk, or the full, eight-hour deep dive?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
If this is a hot take on Bluey, I *will* fight you.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If you do only one thing tomorrow, go to a No Kings rally. But, if you do TWO things tomorrow, join me at the Spooky Frog Book Fair in Brookfield, Wisconsin! I'll be there with a bunch of fantastic authors and artists, signing stuff and talking about horror. Hope to see you there!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Decided to start watching Dark Shadows from the very beginning. So it's only, oh, 100 hours or so before Barnabus Collins shows up. Send snacks.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Everything on the menu is 30 pieces of silver or less!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Thanks for reading!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Little did I know at the time that Bugs Bunny would be my gateway drug to classic cinema.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
My books are in the window of a Barnes & Noble! That’s some writer bucket list stuff right there!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Yeah, I know it’s Texas Chainsaw day. I’m watching this, though.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
So many amazing authors in this one. And also me!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Congratulations!!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I almost forgot it was Prime Day.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
It’s not a conscious thing though. It’s just kind of working out that way.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I've been writing about dismemberment a lot lately. Trying not to read too much into that.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Me: Sinners is a beautifully realized film that lingers in the imagination long after the credits roll, and a prime example of the emotional and narrative depths that the horror genre is capable of. Also me: Sinners is fancy From Dusk Til Dawn.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Ah yes, the It's-Not-Sunday-But-It-Still-Feels-Like-Sunday Malaise. Welcome back, my old friend.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Everyone still have all their fingers? Yes? Good.
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Agita Publishing @agitapublishing.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
RED LINE: CHICAGO HORROR STORIES author interview! Christopher Hawkins (@christopherhawkins.bsky.social) and Tina Jenkins Bell discuss their stories in the forthcoming anthology. youtu.be/WkQr9DoMB8s
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Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories author interview: Tina Jenkins Bell and Christopher Hawkins
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Dear England: is it too late to say ‘sike’?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
You are not Herbert. We reach.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Okay, horror fans! The Motel Sick anthology (featuring a story called "Gideons" by yours truly) just launched today, and it is SIX DOLLARS away from funding! You could put it over the top RIGHT NOW! Go for it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
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Stories From The Motel Sick
A genre-bending anthology about a metaphysical motel featuring rooms with every possible theme in the universe
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If Casino Royale was set in the US, they’d have to call it Casino Quarter Pounder.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Closed out my first ever book tour in epic fashion on Wednesday with Sam from Spooky Frog Events at Boswell bookstore in Milwaukee. Thanks to everyone who came out and huge thanks to the amazing Boswell staff!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Finally remembering to post my Stokercon haul. Lots of treasure, including a new signed RPG, a signed unbound proof, a signed comic, more signed books, and a puzzle (sadly not signed).
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Valley of Gwangi for five bucks on digital? Why, yes. Don't mind if I do. #RayHarryhausen
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Heading out to Milwaukee in a few mins. The event starts at 6:30. Hope to see you there!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Happy birthday!!🎂
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very proud of my town today. Also, taking pictures of a flag raising is hard. #pridemonth
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
That Paul Simon line, "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard" is hitting strangely hard today. Trying not to read too much into that.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
WEDNESDAY! Join me at @boswellbooks.bsky.social in Milwaukee. I'll be talking about I Contain Multitudes with Samantha Loehe from SpookyFrog, signing books and mending Wisconsin-Illinois relations. History in the making! Be there! www.boswellbooks.com/opening-lett...
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Had to pull back a bit after Stokercon. Five nights with little sleep and driving over 1700 miles, it turns out, can take a toll. But I had a fantastic time hanging out with friends, idols, and just generally awesome people. Can't wait for next year!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
On this, the 50th anniversary of the Spielberg classic Jaws, we still do not know who the paint-happy bastards were who deliberately mutilated this important public service message. Did Brody ever catch them? Were they ever hung up by their Buster Browns? Why are they hiding the truth from us?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I’ll be there!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Some of you haven't seen the 1997 classic MouseHunt, and it really shows.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Thank you so much!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Last breakfast in Stamford. Bold of them to assume that I’m adult enough to be trusted with that much hollandaise. I WILL abuse this power.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Sat on on a great Stokercon panel about 80s kindertrauma with Robert Ottone, Jamie Flanagan, Katharine Silva, Logan Alexander Johnson, Alysa’s Alesia, and Ann Davila Cardinal. Nostalgia and lasting psychological damage! Fantastic!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Isn’t that just the Big Lebowski?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Who was it that said, “Suspense is when they know what’s going to happen, but you make them wait”?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
So glad it got there okay! I’m at Stokercon. Hope to see you soon!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Looks like fun. Sorry I missed it! Also, that first photo is giving accidental renaissance vibes.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
No, cover band lead singer. No one calls you The Space Cowboy.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
First panel is done! Now we lobster roll!
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Heading out to Stokercon today. 13 hours from Chicago to Stamford, straight through. Why yes, I do know the definition of hubris. Why do you ask?
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This was kind of aggressively not good. But I feel like, if they did a version without the jelly, it could be a big hit.
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Christopher Hawkins @christopherhawkins.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
How, then, the soup?
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