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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 19/09/2026

I really hope I can get my next two newly completed novels out there for readers before the sum of AI plus the Trump administration's wild incompetence blows everything up.

Screen shot from the 1983 movie WARGAMES displaying the "games" Matthew Broderick's character sees when he accesses JOSHUA.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 18/09/2026

Forty-three pages of outline hand-written from my latest first draft. "This is the greatest story I've ever written," I say out loud to the cat. "Too bad no one will want to read it," my brain immediately fires back. Brains, amirite?

THE END scrawled in my handwriting on the 43rd sheet of notebook paper I used to outline my latest first draft.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 15/09/2026

My, uh, whut? Now if it had said anxiety, depression, and cantankerousness…

My Panda Express fortune cookie, which reads USE YOUR CHARM AND PERSONALITY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 13/09/2026

1 week later, I'm half done outlining my latest first draft. Difficult to resist going straight to rewriting while reading through, but the outline is too important a part of my process at this early stage to move to rewrites yet. I'm intensely excited about this story. Blurs to prevent spoilers.

My notebook, open on its sprial, in which I've been outlining my latest 1st draft. All contents blurred to prevent spoilers. :)

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 09/09/2026

You might have seen my Evil Bunny stickers (I give them away at conventions and ship them with signed copies of my books from isaacthorne.com). Now meet their sibling: Evil Bunny Temporary Tattoos! I'll be giving these away Easter 2027 weekend at Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival in Nashville.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 07/09/2026

My assistant today doesn't understand that I need access to my notebook in order to continue outlining this first draft. #cats #catsky #authorsky #writersky

My formerly feral feline sitting on top of my novel outlining notebook.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 06/09/2026

My two week recovery post-latest first draft is complete. Meet my sticker-covered starting point for rewrites, where I will hand outline everything that happened in my first draft so I can connect dots, locate and patch holes, and eliminate loose threads in the rewrite phases. #authorsky #booksky

My first draft outline notebook, featuring creepy stickers I've collected from podcasts and other sources over the years. Also, an evil bunny.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 02/09/2026

The view to my left during a remote counseling session today. I think I'm being judged. #cats #catsky

My formerly feral feline judging me while sitting on a glass table.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 30/08/2026

The HWA and the Horror of Exclusion, a long and uncomfortably vulnerable post. Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash www.isaacthorne.com/...

The HWA and the Horror of Exclusion. Grayscale photo of a man with his back to the camera strolling along a train track into the distant fog. The man is transparent, as if a ghost. Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 28/08/2026

Four years ago, I wrote a novel (HELL SPRING) in which a demonic sin eater takes the form of Marilyn Monroe to dupe a few 1955 small towners holed up in their local general store to escape a 100-year flood. The sin eater takes Marilyn's form because she reads the mind of a... 1/3

Framed Marilyn Monroe print from the "red velvet" photo session in which she was paid $50 pre-fame.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 25/08/2026

Rest In Peace, Dolly Parton. Goddammit. Photo by Wes McFee on Unsplash 1/2

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 23/08/2026

Yard mowed. Podcasts listened to. Also some old Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, and Eagles tunes while I worked. Then I sat a 3,000-word writing session and...welcome to the world new little first draft! All 103,275 words of ya (Freewrite screen blurred to prevent spoilers.) I'm tired, y'all.

The screen of my Freewrite Smart Typewriter with the last paragraph of my new first draft blurred. The status screen displays a completed first draft of 103,275 words. Photo by me.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 23/08/2026

My magnolia tree’s cones getting ready to pop the red chicklets.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 22/08/2026

Welp, I hit 100K today. Tomorrow, I'll write what should be the final chapter in this new first draft. If you're curious, it's a psychosocial dystopian sci-fi horror novel. So there. Top of my Freewrite screen has been blurred so you won't see spoilers. 🤪 Rewrites begin in a couple of weeks!

My Freewrite Smart Typewriter 3 with 100K+ words written. Top portion of the screen is blurred to prevent spoilers. :-p

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 21/08/2026

I admire and respect HWA president Lisa Wood, who took time to do the hard thing last night by addressing the membership about recent organizational controversies with a strong, heartfelt video message. Leadership is a strange and lonely space to occupy sometimes. Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash

Shoed feet standing in front a message on a Seattle sidewalk that reads PASSION LED US HERE.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 20/08/2026

Regarding my post about the latest HWA controversy yesterday, this from the executive director was posted about three hours ago in the HWA Facebook group.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 20/08/2026

There's a spot under my porch that I call "The Hole." When we get heavy thunderstorms, water sometimes gets under there. To catch it early and prevent damage, I installed a water leakage detection unit from Govee. This morning, we had a bad thunderstorm. I later received the attached notice.

A screenshot of my support notice from Govee stating:

DEAR CUSTOMER,

Your "Hole" has detected water leakage. Check the area soon to avoid water damage.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 16/08/2026

Unsolicited rave. Coming up on the first anniversary of buying my Freewrite Smart Typewriter. In 11 months, I have completed a first draft and rewrites on one novel and am within spitting distance of completing a first draft on a second. I've never been this productive creatively and I love it.

My Freewrite Smart Typewriter 3 emerging from its storage sleeve.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 14/08/2026

If I could get every American to read just six pages of a nonfiction book this year, I would ask them to read the Introduction to Erin Osmon's WON'T BACK DOWN. --Signed, a huge Springsteen, Mellencamp, Seger, and Petty fan.

The cover of Erin Osmon's WON'T BACK DOWN.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 11/08/2026

I just figured out who Patrick in NAKED & AFRAID: SHIPWRECKED reminds me of. Evil Ed Thompson in FRIGHT NIGHT (1985).

Evil Ed with fangs from FRIGHT NIGHT (1985).

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 09/08/2026

80K words as of today. Racing toward the end of this first draft. Illustration by Mila Okta Safitri on Unsplash

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 05/08/2026

For those following the fallout over the AI opinion article fallout in the HWA Newsletter, they released the attached statement a couple of hours ago (via email), which my screenshot is from.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 29/07/2026

Ran out of shipping materials for my online store, so I bought some new ones. Itching to use them, too. Want a signed copy of an Isaac Thorne novel plus some cool evil bunny stickers? Now's your chance. www.isaacthorne.com/...

The exterior flat of my evil bunny shipping box, in which I ship copies of my books from isaacthorne.com

A photo of the interior flat of my shipping box with a quote from Ray Bradbury and a QR code to leave reviews.

A pile of evil bunny stickers glowing in the dark.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 24/07/2026

Just watched THE LONG WALK. From what I remember about the novel (last read in the 90s), this adaptation really captured that Shirley Jackson meets Vietnam War movie vibe the story gave me when I first read it in THE BACHMAN BOOKS.

Movie poster for THE LONG WALK featuring characters Ray Garraty and Pete McVries walking toward the viewer.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 19/07/2026

Hit 60K on the new WIP today. Taking a break for family stuff. Thinking about the failures of leadership and journalism under this authoritarian admin, as well as politics, discourse, and the general state of things, is getting to me today. Sometimes I think we're never gonna come back from this.

A crack in the pavement with a Band-aid on it.

Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 18/07/2026

I and my old, extremely pilled, almost-gray horror T-shirt voted today. And I'll do it again next time!

My I VOTED sticker with the GoVoteTN hashtag on it.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 15/07/2026

Once upon a time, I sat in this La-Z-Boy to watch TV. #cat #catsky

My cat, peering at me from a supine position in the seat of my rocker/recliner.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 03/07/2026

Ready to celebrate July 4 in 1921 style. #iykyk

Me wearing a t-shirt with an illustrated collage of images recalling the Kubrick adaptation of Stephen King's THE SHINING.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 29/06/2026

I generally don't give a shit about SM engagement. I tend to imagine myself as the nutty dude standing on the corner and shouting at the town clock. Most folks just ignore me. But it's not lost on me that the most engagement I've EVER received on Threads occurred after I praised a HUMAN work of art.

My post praising a human artist's acrylic painting of Rose from Titantic, complete with the Threads statistics.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 25/06/2026

There's a reason I don't mind receiving clothes as birthday gifts. 😉

A cool Western-style snap-up short-sleeve black shirt with a spider-web theme around the shouders and collar. A cool black T-shirt featuring banshee artwork by Ellezor Art. Some black socks with rainbow stripes. Some black socks with a purple bat theme.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 12/06/2026

Screw it. I'm doing my own Shudder double-feature tonight. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994) followed by BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992). The blood is the life. But NEVER in the house!

Original theatrical poster for INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994).

Original theatrical poster for BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992).

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 08/06/2026

After a relatively steady month so far, Apple shares fell nearly 2% DURING the company's WWDC AI-centric announcements today. I'm NOT saying the two things are connected. I'm not a street analyst and wouldn't know. But I find it fascinating, especially with OpenAI and Anthropic planning IPOs.

Graph showing apple losing 1.89% of its value over a five-hour period.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 08/06/2026

As their celebration of Marilyn Monroe continues, @tcmtv.bsky.social tonight is showing the 1952 noir drama DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK, her first dramatic leading role. If you've never seen it and you're a fan, consider tuning in. It's worth it.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 05/06/2026

I write for a living, but my fiction is a side gig. I've had my #GetFreewrite Smart Typewriter for about 9 months now. Got a 100K Words badge from them today because that's how much I've written on it since I bought it. I've never written that much fiction in less than a year before. 🎆 🥳

A top view of my Freewrite Smart Typewriter 3 with the 100K Words badge superimposed over its screen so you can't see what I'm working on. The badge is a brown/beige keyboard key with 100K WORDS on the top of the key and FREEWRITE on the lower front side.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 04/06/2026

Apparently snapping a pic while he's screaming into the sunlight is frowned upon in this establishment. #catsky #cats

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 24/05/2026

Hi. Is the geopolitical climate safe enough for me to change the oil in my mower now? How are you spending YOUR morning?

Oil draining from the drain hose on my Cub Cadet mower.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 22/05/2026

Yesterday, I sent my new MS to its editor. The post-project depression hasn't hit me as hard this time, mainly because I'm going straight to my Freewrite to start another one. That, and I think the one I just shipped is my most confident writing to date. Still, it's hard to let go. #authorsky

Winona Ryder in HEATHERS, smoking a cigarette, disheveled, covered in soot and with cuts on her face.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 19/05/2026

My OCD-themed novel, TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE, recently won Silver in the Fiction: Horror category of the IBPA Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and a First Place designation from the Chanticleer International Book Award (CIBA) Shelley Division. #authorsky #horrorNovel #ocd 1/2

Paperback copy of TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE. To the book's left are a Silver medal from the IBPA Book Awards in Horror Fiction and a First Place badge from the Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBAs) in the Shelley Division.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 18/05/2026

Took a day trip to Chattanooga yesterday. Bought the Concrete Blonde BLOODLETTING vinyl. Would've bought the NIGHT FLIGHT 8-track too, if I still had player. Although I already have that old K-tel compilation on vinyl. Still awesome, too.

Concrete Blonde's BLOODLETTING album from very early 90s on vinyl.

K-tel's NIGHT FLIGHT compilation album from the early 80s. On 8-track!

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 14/05/2026

This is why you shouldn't let AI/bots compose your spam/scam emails. The "Evil Bunny Bubble Free Sticker" is not a book. It's merch on my site. This bot obviously scanned my site looking for products and assumed they were ALL books.

Scam email that reads:

Hello, I recently came across Evil Bunny Bubble Free Sticker and found it very intriguing. I’m really interested in learning more about the ideas behind it and possibly connecting with the author.

Would it be possible to get in touch with the author directly, or could you kindly pass along a message on my behalf?

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 12/05/2026

Updated my protest playlist ("Freedom's Highway") on Deezer with some new old favorites. Seven hours of raging against machines, injustice, greed, and institutions in case anyone needs the motivation today. Photo by Corey Young on Unsplash. link.deezer.com/s/33...

Man holding a sign at a protest. The sign reads WHATEVER YOU'RE NOT CHANGING, YOU ARE CHOOSING."

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 10/05/2026

First draft on a Freewrite. Rewrites in Libre Office. Used LO's built-in (non-AI) spell and grammar checker to clean up remaining mistakes. Took all of 30 minutes for the 97,000-word manuscript. Screenshot of a suggestion I DID NOT accept. 😊 One more read-thru and it'll be ready for next steps. 🤞

Screenshot of Libre Office Writer's built-in spell/grammar check, wherein it thinks I should use "an Ouija board" rather than "a Ouija board." Includes the "Spell Check Complete" dialog with "OK" in blue.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 05/05/2026

Well OF COURSE Ms. Bush Hager would be emailing me about my award-winning OCD-allegorical indie horror novel that's NOT AT ALL likely aligned with her book club audience. And OF COURSE she'd put her own name in bold in the body of the message! Doesn't every famous name? #$%^&* scammers. Sigh.

Screenshot of a scam email about my novel TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE claiming to be from Jenna Bush-Hager.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 02/05/2026

If you've ever read my 2022 #HorrorNovel HELL SPRING (and made it past the first chapter), you'll understand why I immediately snagged this old calendar page at The Great Junk Hunt event in Nashville today. #Marilyn #MarilynMonroe #1954 Curious about the novel? Visit my site via the link in my bio.

January 1954 Wall Calendar page featuring a painted Marilyn Monroe in a pose similar to the famous red velvet pose, wearing black undergarments.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 01/05/2026

FOLKS!!!!! My latest novel, TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE, is a First Place winner in the @chantireviews.com Shelley Awards! www.chantireviews.co... You can check out the book here: www.isaacthorne.com/...

Congratulations to the 2025 Shelley First Place Category Winners for Supernatural Fiction!
Diane Corso — Broken Things
George Petersen — The Summer of Haight
Isaac Thorne — Tab’s Terrible Third Eye
Kevin S. Moul — Lander’s Gate
Louisa West — Kiss of Death
Raquel Y. Levitt — The Seer
Sheila English — The Deadly Pieces

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 26/04/2026

I have four hours until an event I have to attend. I'd like to work on this last round of edits and rewrites on my WIP, but my head isn't in the space because it keeps screaming at me that I have somewhere I have to be in FOUR HOURS. Brains. Go fig.

Tarman, the zombie from RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD who might be the first zombie to ever say "Braaains!"

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 20/04/2026

Seven months after the 1st draft began, I'm in final revisions on my WIP. I'll tie up loose ends, then use macOS speak tools to have the MS read aloud so I can catch remaining errors. Happy with the story. Also nervous. Can't say why. 😊 Anyway, here's a picture of my cat comforting me. #authorsky

My cat holding my hand while he watches a squirrel through the kitchen door.

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