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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

PSA that Lake Mungo is now streaming on Shudder. I won’t be watching it again (once was enough thank you) but if you haven’t seen it, it’s excellent and one of the few horror movies that genuinely scared me.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Digging into some seasonally appropriate non-fiction.

Copy of The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Welcoming fall with the most fall record I know.

Vinyl LP of the The Black Rider by Tom Waits

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s the first day of autumn here in DC and thus a perfect time for my contributor copies of Supernatural Tales issue 62 to arrive.

Two copies of Supernatural Tales issue 62, Autumn 2026

First page of the story “Down” by Rex Burrows.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Every year, I grumble about Halloween decorations based on the “skeletons” of invertebrate animals (spiders, scorpions, etc.). Now, we’ve reached a new low:

Figure depicting the skeleton of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the weirdest goddamn movies I’ve ever seen. I loved it.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Undertow books in the house. Literally. They’re right here.

Copies of The Best Weird Fiction of the Year vol. 2 and Weird Horror iss.13.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Enormous fun (pun somewhat intended).

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Current read. No shortage of writerly wisdom in this one.

Paperback copy of Ramsey Campbell, Certainly: A Collection of Essays

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s weird that I’ve never watched this one, but wow, what a treat. I mean, the shot composition alone…

Criterion Collection edition of Cat People (1942)

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thought this crowd might enjoy the recent cover of Science.

Magazine cover featuring an array of predator skulls with some terrifying teeth.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I demand the immediate restoration of the terror lizards of my youth.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What horror movie image haunts you?

Grainy image of a decaying face. Lake Mungo (2008)

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A box full of weirdness just arrived from @dimshores.bsky.social central HQ (which I like to imagine as either a decaying Victorian mansion or a hollowed out tree).

Paperback copies of The Maidens of Midnight by Rhiannon Rasmussen, Different Faces by Rory Say, and Caterpillars by Scott Nicolay.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"This Was the Planet of Sound" closed out the Saros SF 5, the Sound/Silence issue of the zine. Loved seeing what all the contributors did with this theme: sarossf.com/issue-5/

Saros Speculative Fiction issue 5. Ariel Marken Jack ed.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"Path of Totality" was featured in Frost Zone Stories book 3. Quiet horror, dark fiction, and other forms of weirdness at: www.frostzonestories.com/p/issuesbook...

Two paperback copies of Frost Zone Stories book 3. M.M. MacLeod ed.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"The Head in the Pantry" (originally published in CHM iss. 54) was given the audio treatment on episode 728 of Tales to Terrify. Find that one wherever you get your podcasts.Ta

Tales to Terrify episode 728 title card featuring storage jars full of foodstuffs on a shelf.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"I Send You a Kiss" was in Horror Library volume 9, an across the board terrific anthology that you should really check out: www.darkmoonbooks.com/Horror_Libra...

Paperback copy of Horror Library volume 9 from Dark Moon books. Eric J. Guignard ed.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The actual point of entry to the theater where I just saw Backrooms.

A long descending stairway. No one use the L word.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Just back from an AFI screening of one of the few remaining original 70mm prints of Terminator 2. Cool experience; it’s easy to forget how great this movie looks on a really big screen.

Burning metal skull from Terminator 2: Judgment Day title credits.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A couple of nice used bookstore finds.

The Leaves of a Necronomicon by Joseph S. Pulver Sr. ed., and Shadow Dreams by Elizabeth Massie

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Currently parked on the turntable: Laurel Halo’s Midnight Zone. Gorgeous piece of music (if you like droney weirdness).

Record sleeve for Midnight Zone by Laurel Halo

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

New arrival for the creaking bookshelves: Nightmare Abbey #10. A who’s who of my favorite writers on the TOC and just a really cool package in general as a physical magazine.

Nightmare Abbey 10. Cover features a haunted looking cabin and a big ol’ spider.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A bit of timely and broadly applicable wisdom.

Engraving on the exterior of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine building: The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true. -- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Last night’s Beltane-appropriate viewing. Excellent movie—creepy atmosphere, well-deployed jump scares, and a wonderfully prickly central performance from Adam Scott.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Just received my contributor copy of Saros issue 5, which includes my story “This Was the Planet of Sound”. Thanks again to issue editor @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social for selecting it and the folks at @fusionfragment.bsky.social for publishing this great little zine.

Paperback copy of Saros SF issue 5: Sound/Silence edited by Ariel Marken Jack.

Title page for “This Was the Planet of Sound” by Rex Burrows

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The Deathstalker remake’s version of GGG is gory, goopy, and goofy. It’s a fun tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek watch, and hang out for the closing credits for some period-accurate 80s power metal.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I’m neither a stamp guy nor a coin guy, but I love that this nerdy little business has been a going concern for 50+ years.

Awning for Maryland Stamps & Coins, est. 1974

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’m not in Texas but I am in one of the Gulf states, so I figured Josh Rountree’s The Legend of Charlie Fish would make for good travel reading (it does).

Copy of the referenced book held in front of a palm tree.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Oh no, I accidentally clicked on a Tully Monster post on FB and now my feed is filled with…Y’know what? That’s fine. More Tully Monster stuff please.

Illustration of Tullimonstrum gregarium. It’s weird.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

An eagerly awaited arrival for the bookshelves: The Cellar Below the Cellar by @ivygrimes.bsky.social

Paperback copy of The Cellar Below the Cellar by Ivy Grimes

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

As a card-carrying old, I am here for…

Picture of a movie theater with an on screen advertisement for a Robert Redford film retrospective.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Really happy to see this new edition of Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife from @frolicpress.bsky.social, including two accompanying essays by Ramsey Campbell!

Paperback copy of Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New issue of Chthonic Matter Quarterly in the house.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’m expecting the wine to be mediocre at best, but I couldn’t resist the bottle.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The introvert equivalent of this is a regular license plate.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Bookmail (ebook version): Encounters With Cryptids from Trevor Henderson, Andrew Cull, and a whole slew of writers I like.

Tablet screen showing the cover of Encounters With Cryptids

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

If you see this, post an eye 👁️

Wood knot resembling an eye with a slit pupil.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Three books at the top of my TBR pile for March.

Paperback copies of Drawn Up From Deep Places by Gemma Files, Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, and Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Oooh, look what showed up in the mailbox today! I’ve been looking forward to this issue; killer TOC featuring some of my favorite writers of the contemporary weird.

Copy of Weird Horror Issue 12 from Undertow Books.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Re-upping this in case you suddenly find yourself looking for a new streaming platform.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If you like strange music, you should really be listening to KMRU.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

My planned alternative viewing to That Thing tonight is a rewatch of Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape. I prefer my atavistic threats from the depths of history to be presented with non-idiotic dialogue.

Retro green computer lettering on a black background reading “The Stone Tape”.

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Rex Burrows @improbablerex.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

A bit late to the party on this one but glad I managed to catch it in a theater. Terrific, moving film with a predictably magnetic central performance from Moura. Also an important movie to see at this moment in US history.

Movie poster for The Secret Agent (2025).

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