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Derek Austin Johnson

@daj42.bsky.social
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Horror. Books. Movies. Coffee. Cats. Stories in Generation X-Ed, Camp Slasher Lake, Parsec, Cthulhu Dreams, and Chthonic Matter Quarterly. derekaustinjohnson.com

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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are you living in the real world?
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Okay, fine, Zach Creggor, I’ll follow you wherever you go.
Resident Evil
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ah, crap. RIP Beef.
Gerrit Graham as Beef in Phantom of the Paradise.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Charles Barouch of the Horror Worlds Podcast caught me and Alp Beck in conversation yesterday. You can find it at youtu.be/2xIUKkhAdpU?...
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s2e7 Derek Austin Johnson & Alp Beck
YouTube video by Horror Words Podcast
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rachel Harrison and Agatha Andrews in conversation.
Rachel Harrison and Agatha AndrewsRachel Harrison and Agatha Andrews
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’d completely forgotten what a good, tightly written story Pat Cadigan’s “Roadside Rescue” is.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It can knock you flat. You attend a conference, and feel like you’ve got a handle on the writing game, and then receive a rejection from a market you’ve been trying to crack for a decade. It makes you wonder why you bother doing this at all, and makes you ready to throw in the towel.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The gifted Derek Austin Johnson pens the fabulous A Whole New You for Cthulhu Awakens When embarking on a wellness program, it is important to follow your doctor’s orders. Back us now on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink... #inkdpub #Horror #Cthulhu #CthulhuAwakens #kickstarter
Cthulhu Awakens author announcement
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Cthulhu Awakens Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...
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Cthulhu Awakens
The annual horror anthology inspired by the writings surrounding Cthulhu
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There are many reasons to promote media literacy. This is one of them www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
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Barney-inspired horror movie controversy as parents bring young kids to film
Parents have been left outraged after taking their kids to see Buddy, a supernatural horror comedy about kids escaping a murderous children's character loosely inspired by Barney the Dinosaur
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
John Baltisberger and Ryan C. Bradley are teaching the mechanics of writing horror fiction. madnessheart.press/workshops/?a...
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Workshops
MHP is happy to work in partnership with our incredible instructors, mentors, and teachers to bring you unique and interesting courses and workshops that will help hone your craft as a writer. When…
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Kickstarter for Inkd Publishing’s upcoming anthology Cthulhu Awakens is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I seriously thought the latter half of 2026 would be a fallow period for great horror movies. I thought wrong.
It Ends poster
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’ve got more fiction to write, including three stories and a novella. Rather than working on those, I formatted a possible second collection and submitted it. Oh, and I provided an updated bio to an editor for an upcoming anthology.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Crap. Again. 2026 can fuck right off.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The @armadillocon.bsky.social schedule is up! panels.armadillocon.org/ko/#info
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ArmadilloCon Guide
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For those who don’t know, I have a collection coming out somewhere in the wilds of 2027: 17 stories that span my career since 2017. Reviewing my backlog, I also have 10 previously published uncollected stories. I’m wondering if I should work on submitting those as a second collection. What say you?
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Tonight’s reading: “Country Mouse” by Edward Bryant.
Dark Angels: The Complete Works of Edward Bryant Volume Two. And Pinot Grigio.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Adam Cesare chats about the fourth Clown in a Cornfield novel with Gabino Iglesias.
Adam Cesare and Gabino Iglesias.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Woke up to a story acceptance. So that was nice.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Humans Are Such Easy Prey: Forty Years of From Beyond panel. Fred Van Lente (Moderator), David Quiroz Jr., Kayte Terry, Jason LeBlanc, Victoria Dalpe.
Humans Are Such Easy Prey: Forty Years of From Beyond panel. Fred Van Lente (Moderator), David Quiroz Jr., Kayte Terry, Jason LeBlanc, Victoria Dalpe.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Bloody Weird: Splatterpunk on Its Fortieth Anniversary panel: Cody Goodfellow, Victoria Dalpe, Douglas E. Winter, Paula D. Ashe.
Splatterpunk 40th Anniversary Panel.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Registered.
Necronomicon program and badge.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Corporate Horror Panel at Necronomicon: John Foster, Jeff VanderMeer, Gillian Daniels.
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Heatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’m a bit late in celebrating BLOW OUT’s 45th anniversary but I decided to do a deep dive into the character of Sally Bedina for my De Palma series because it’s one of my favorite Nancy Allen performances: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/the-last-voi... Open to paid/free subscribers!
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The Last Voice You Hear: Sally Bedina and the Quiet Humanity at the Heart of Blow Out
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Having a Japanese lager at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport and someone is playing Wheatus’s “Teenage Dirtbag” on a piano. This is a level of surrealism I wasn’t prepared for.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Reviewing critical evaluations of PKD for the panel at Necronomicon. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
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The H Word: The Waking Nightmares of Philip K. Dick - Nightmare Magazine
Philip K. Dick is not a household name but much of his science fiction is: Hollywood adaptations of his work include Blade Runner, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. He never wrote a vampire or we...
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It was fifty years ago today…
The Beatles Revolver
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND remains my favorite Robert Zemeckis movie. I won’t be taking questions.
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Writing’s the easy part.
Manuscript marked with red pen.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Finished a story.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy (?) “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury to those who celebrate! users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do...
“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury graphic
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Was it cool to see Florence Pugh in Spider1Msn: Brand New Day? Certainly. Would I rather see her in another splattery elevated horror? Absolutely.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Typically this would elicit little more than a shrug, but hey, it’s Zach Cregger. So, yeah, I’m in. Why do you ask? youtu.be/mNd1gb19A-c?...
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RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer (4K)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“The sci-fi vision becomes an escape hatch from reality, funded by private wealth and governed by private interests.” The Looting of Science Fiction aeon.co/essays/silic...
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Reading Nabokov to Obi-Wan. Alas, he’s not impressed.
Obi-Wan in his Moroccan tent. Passage from Nabokov’s Pale Fire.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Prestige Horror Boom Didnt Happen Overnight fanfare.pub/the-prestige...
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The Prestige Horror Boom Didn’t Happen Overnight
The genre didn’t change overnight. Our perception of it did.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Tip: when “Jesse’s Girl” starts playing in the restaurant where you’re having lunch, you’re required to say, “Rick Springfield. He’s a buddy of mine!”
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I am on Quick Bites reading the first few paragraphs of my story “It’s Always Ourselves We Fund in the Sea”, which you can find in the latest issue of Chthonic Matter Quarterly. youtu.be/s5T_fSxOuBE?...
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Quick Bites s2e7 Derek Austin Johnson
YouTube video by Horror Words Podcast
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Krull. I’ve never seen it. Yay or nay?
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Top Five Favorire Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far): 1. Exit 8 2. Obsession 3. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 4. Hokum 5. Backrooms Honorable Mention: We Bury the Dead
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’
At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Father’s Day brings us the Summer 2026 issue of Chthonic Matter Quarterly. My story “It’s Always Ourselves We Find in the Sea” opens the issue. You can pick up copies at the link below. a.co/d/0jaOE8hM
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Amazon.com
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A (tiny) sampling of the library at Casa JJ.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It’s kind of like that.
Horror vs. Literary Horror.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Welcome to the Asylum: Top 5 Films to Go Crazy To www.horrordna.com/features/wel...
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Welcome to the Asylum: Top 5 Films to Go Crazy To
There’s a reason the asylum has never gone out of style in horror.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Poetry From the Plague Pit: The Early Stories of Clive Barker and Joel Lane reactormag.com/poetry-from-...
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Poetry From the Plague Pit: The Early Stories of Clive Barker and Joel Lane - Reactor
At the height of Thatcherism and the AIDS crisis, two queer British horror writers began carving out their unique visions...
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Why This Biotech Company Is Keeping Bodiless Human Brains Alive in a Lab www.vice.com/en/article/w...
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Why This Biotech Company Is Keeping Bodiless Human Brains Alive in a Lab
If you ever dreamed of having your brain hooked up to a collection of tubes, pumps, and laboratory gadgets within hours of your death, you're in luck.
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The latest issue of A24 includes a reprint of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic psychological horror story “The Yellow Wallpaper” with Backrooms wallpaper.
A24 magazine with Backrooms cover
The Yellow Wallpaper with Backrooms design
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Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Obsession” and the Horror of Treating People Like Products www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsessi...
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“Obsession” and the Horror of Treating People Like Products
In director Curry Barker’s hit indie horror film, we can see the fundamental ghastliness of consumer society.
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