Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Okay, fine, Zach Creggor, I’ll follow you wherever you go. 050
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Charles Barouch of the Horror Worlds Podcast caught me and Alp Beck in conversation yesterday. You can find it at youtu.be/2xIUKkhAdpU?...youtu.bes2e7 Derek Austin Johnson & Alp BeckYouTube video by Horror Words Podcast 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Rachel Harrison and Agatha Andrews in conversation. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’d completely forgotten what a good, tightly written story Pat Cadigan’s “Roadside Rescue” is. 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It 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. 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The 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 011
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Cthulhu Awakens Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink...kickstarter.comCthulhu AwakensThe annual horror anthology inspired by the writings surrounding Cthulhu 011
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 07/09/2026There are many reasons to promote media literacy. This is one of them www.themirror.com/entertainmen...themirror.comBarney-inspired horror movie controversy as parents bring young kids to filmParents 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 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/09/2026John Baltisberger and Ryan C. Bradley are teaching the mechanics of writing horror fiction. madnessheart.press/workshops/?a...madnessheart.pressWorkshopsMHP 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… 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The Kickstarter for Inkd Publishing’s upcoming anthology Cthulhu Awakens is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ink... 011
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I seriously thought the latter half of 2026 would be a fallow period for great horror movies. I thought wrong. 120
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’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. 260
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The @armadillocon.bsky.social schedule is up! panels.armadillocon.org/ko/#infopanels.armadillocon.orgArmadilloCon Guide 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 24/08/2026For 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? 111
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Tonight’s reading: “Country Mouse” by Edward Bryant. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Adam Cesare chats about the fourth Clown in a Cornfield novel with Gabino Iglesias. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Woke up to a story acceptance. So that was nice. 060
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Humans Are Such Easy Prey: Forty Years of From Beyond panel. Fred Van Lente (Moderator), David Quiroz Jr., Kayte Terry, Jason LeBlanc, Victoria Dalpe. 011
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Bloody Weird: Splatterpunk on Its Fortieth Anniversary panel: Cody Goodfellow, Victoria Dalpe, Douglas E. Winter, Paula D. Ashe. 030
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Corporate Horror Panel at Necronomicon: John Foster, Jeff VanderMeer, Gillian Daniels. 0302
Reposted by Derek Austin JohnsonHeatherface Wixson @thehorrorchick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I’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!from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.ioThe Last Voice You Hear: Sally Bedina and the Quiet Humanity at the Heart of Blow OutExploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive. 512342
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Having 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. 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Reviewing critical evaluations of PKD for the panel at Necronomicon. www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...nightmare-magazine.comThe H Word: The Waking Nightmares of Philip K. Dick - Nightmare MagazinePhilip 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... 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND remains my favorite Robert Zemeckis movie. I won’t be taking questions. 020
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Happy (?) “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury to those who celebrate! users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do... 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Was it cool to see Florence Pugh in Spider1Msn: Brand New Day? Certainly. Would I rather see her in another splattery elevated horror? Absolutely. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Typically 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?...youtu.beRESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer (4K)YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment 000
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...aeon.co 001
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Reading Nabokov to Obi-Wan. Alas, he’s not impressed. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The Prestige Horror Boom Didnt Happen Overnight fanfare.pub/the-prestige...fanfare.pubThe Prestige Horror Boom Didn’t Happen OvernightThe genre didn’t change overnight. Our perception of it did. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Tip: 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!” 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I 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?...youtu.beQuick Bites s2e7 Derek Austin JohnsonYouTube video by Horror Words Podcast 020
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Top 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 220
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 23/06/2026M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...theguardian.comM 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 020
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Father’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/0jaOE8hMa.coAmazon.com 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Welcome to the Asylum: Top 5 Films to Go Crazy To www.horrordna.com/features/wel...horrordna.comWelcome to the Asylum: Top 5 Films to Go Crazy ToThere’s a reason the asylum has never gone out of style in horror. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Poetry From the Plague Pit: The Early Stories of Clive Barker and Joel Lane reactormag.com/poetry-from-...reactormag.comPoetry From the Plague Pit: The Early Stories of Clive Barker and Joel Lane - ReactorAt the height of Thatcherism and the AIDS crisis, two queer British horror writers began carving out their unique visions... 010
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Why This Biotech Company Is Keeping Bodiless Human Brains Alive in a Lab www.vice.com/en/article/w...vice.comWhy This Biotech Company Is Keeping Bodiless Human Brains Alive in a LabIf 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. 011
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The latest issue of A24 includes a reprint of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic psychological horror story “The Yellow Wallpaper” with Backrooms wallpaper. 000
Derek Austin Johnson @daj42.bsky.social · 10/06/2026“Obsession” and the Horror of Treating People Like Products www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsessi...currentaffairs.org“Obsession” and the Horror of Treating People Like ProductsIn director Curry Barker’s hit indie horror film, we can see the fundamental ghastliness of consumer society. 000