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JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Trevor Project - Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ+ Young People 📞 1-866-488-7386 📱 Text ‘START’ to 678-678 www.thetrevorproject.org You deserve a welcoming, loving world. Gay folks taking their lives, because they are not accepted is completely gut wrenching. #LGBTQ+ #Suicide

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The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As a writer with Irish ancestry, Irish horror holds a special place on my heart. Absolutely taking in and digging Damian McCarthy's pastoral, ambient Hokum. Fascinating. Adam Scott's writer character in Hokum is an insufferable asshole. Utterly unlikeable, from the go.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 15/09/2026

The three genders

Cover of men, women and chainsaws by Carol J. Clover, with a scary backlit silhouette holding a chainsaw and a scary silhouette hand

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dug hearing @wordballoon.bsky.social w. @jamesaquilone.bsky.social talking about Kolchak and running Monstrous. Realized, James, that we both majored in journalism, finished in late 1990s to a downsizing industry, & both love Universal monsters. A James thing? ;) www.podbean.com/ea/dir-mx36n...

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James Aquilone Kolchak and running Monstrous Books

James is having a ball at Monstrous Books Bringing bak Kolchak The Night Stalker and Titles like the anthologies Ceepshow and Weird Tales.

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J. D. Harlock @jdharlock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A sci-fi poem of mine was featured in Vol. 2 of "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn", put out by @middlewestpress.bsky.social! A thank you to editors @fobhaiku.bsky.social and @lisasticepoet.bsky.social! Amazon: amzn.to/4xDw1Bv #SciFi #SFF #WritingCommunity #PublishingNews #Poetry #Poems #Kaiju

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Say...writerly folks—know any good novelette markets? Have a novelette problem. I'm in the market to get a few spec-fic novelettes out, horror/dark fantasy themed ones.

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 13/09/2026

🎙️ INTERVIEW: @michaelwalsh.bsky.social joins the AIPT Comics Podcast! We dig into DC Next Level Jonah Hex, building supernatural DC lore, and what he and James Tynion IV are cooking up for Exquisite Corpses Season 2 at @readtinyonion.bsky.social. 👀 #comicsky Listen wherever you get your #podcasts!

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Digging @aiptcomics.com talking to @michaelwalsh.bsky.social about bringiing horror to Jonah Hex, invoking fiine writer @joerlansdale.bsky.social's JH, & teasing ‘Exquisite Corpses’. Podbean. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-igtwu...

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hey @octranspo.com—there'still a bunch of broken glass at the bus shelter at stop 3512 on Walkley.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Say...anyone else confused with the new Lanterns episode and dead characters and (pick-up trucks) back with no explanation? #Lanterns

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

'Your work has always felt wisdomy," @aiptcomics.com co-host @davidbrooke.bsky.social tells pre-eminent comic writer @manruss.bsky.social, talkin' cults, creativity & Russell's intriguing book, 'The Forgotten Divine’. P.S.: They settle on "truthiness". ;) www.podbean.com/ea/dir-xfa3w...

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

'Your work has always felt been wisdomy," @aiptcomics.com co-host @davidbrooke.bsky.social tells pre-eminent comic writer @manruss.bsky.social, talkin' cults, creativity & Russell's intriguing book, 'The Forgotten Divine’. P.S.: They settle on "truthiness". ;) www.podbean.com/ea/dir-xfa3w...

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 11/09/2026

Welp.

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Mark Reznicek @realmarkrez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Cool page from Amazing Spider-Man no. 32 by Steve Ditko. Although Dr. Octopus aka the Master Planner is the ostensible villain of the 3-part story, he barely appears on any of the pages.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Can you see it? My new story "Bucyrus, Ohio, 1985" appears in “Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn” Vol. 2, out now from @middlewestpress.bsky.social! It combines cross-country running & a sighting in the fields. Thanks go to indie publisher Randy "Sherpa" Brown. Kindle: amzn.to/45VGcFh Print: amzn.to/4xDw1Bv

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Middle West Press @middlewestpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

ON SALE TODAY!!! “Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn” Vol. 2!!! More than 50 SF/F & horror writers join to deliver fresh visions and explorations regarding the “forgotten” terrain and deep recesses of the American Midwest! Kindle: amzn.to/45VGcFh Print: amzn.to/4xDw1Bv Amazon series page: amzn.to/3SeHEPQ

Slide text: "Now in Print & E-Book!!! More than 50 voices of Sci-Fi/Fantasy, horror, and other genres deliver fresh explorations of the 'forgotten' terrain and deep recesses of the American Midwest!"

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Image: Against a purple skyk a giant glowing red-orange moth attacks the Ferris wheel at Chicago's Navy Pier.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ooh kittens, Reacher s4 is a barnburner. Lotsa great character motivation, characters, action. On episode two. Dig it. Ridiculously entertaining. Bonus points for showing Reacher passing the White House, as though wanting to give a certain bully a talking-to.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Didn't like I'd like Lanterns at all, but its True Detectives vibe by way of Men In Black, as @marcbernardin.bsky.social said, hooked me. Kyle Chandler's a great rumpled Hal Jordant/Green Lantern. Aaron Pierre, an intense first live-action John Stewart. Dig it. #Lanterns

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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast interview on Climate Revolution for Beginners w/ philosopher Todd Dufresne youtu.be/090SfK6y9e4

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hey, @octranspo.com —stop 3512 on Walkley has had broken glass in it for over a week.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This @aiptcomics.com interview with @ssnyder1835.bsky.social is s the Absolute bomb. AIPT Comics | Scott Snyder on Absolute Batman, Comics Storytelling, and the Future of DC. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-nm4qw...

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This @aiptcomics.com episode with ssnyder1835.bsky.social on Absolute Batman, Comics Storytelling, and the Future of DC, is...kinda the bomb. I dig his approach to comic tenets, point of view. Absolute Scott Snyder, kiddies. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-nm4qw...

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Scott Snyder on Absolute Batman, Comics Storytelling, and the Future of DC

This week on the AIPT Comics Podcast, we're joined by Scott Snyder for one of our favorite conversations of the year. We dive deep into Absolute Batman, the newly announced animated series, why he bel...

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Aw, saddened to hear of Reggie Bannistet'a passing. He was terrific and unduly talented—a delight in Phantasm.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Well, damn, @stephengrahamjones.com you sure kept that tidbit about Final Girl Jade Daniels on lockdown til p. 303 of The Angel of Indian Lake, the third part of the Indian Lake Trilogy, when she talks to Letha Mondragon, eh? & you worked in a classic heavy-metal reference, to boot.... #feelingseen

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Summer readin', all-star graphic novels— @charlessoule.bsky.social & @deanwhitecolor.bsky.social's Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell, @ryannorth.ca & Vincenzo Carratu's Hulk Smash Everything; Matt Fraction & @jorgejimenezart.bsky.social 's Batman. the hottest new Batthing, tied w. Absolute Batman.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Quite digging @aiptcomics.com's The best comics of 2026 so far: hits, surprises, and weirdest comics. Some I know, and some I don't (but soon will). www.podbean.com/ea/dir-8739k...

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Boo, hiss, @octranspo.com! Fare inspectors are checking for riders' proof of payment between Hurdman Station's bus drop-off and the escalator leading to the train departure platform. This means a rider can be delayed, miss their train and wait ANOTHER 12 minutes. Nonsensical and shameful.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

@octranspo.com Bus 6634 Hurdman has a friendly new driver who brightens the trip.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Finally watched All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Inspired by protagonist Jade's reference in Stephen Graham Jones' slasher-reference-thick The Angel of Indian Lake. If it's good enough for Jade, fab @$#%ed up medicated Final GIrl, then it's good enough for me. 1/2

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Finally watching ... All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Inspired by protagonist Jade's reference in @stephengrahamjones.com's slasher-reference-thick The Angel of Indian Lake. If it's good enough for Jade, fab @$#%ed up medicated Final GIrl, then it's good enough for me.

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Greymatter Lane Academic Advisor @plagua.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#JulyCoverChallenge Day 17 #MadCave Is Ted Ok # 1 by Dave Chisholm

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 15/07/2026

Follow-up: eventually they had to be evacuated but there are no details about how much farther they got until that happened cos CN is being tight-lipped. Those who were around when I was posting about their contract negotiations wont find this surprising. Anyway read 👆 www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

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‘We’re encased in flames’: Rail worker captures harrowing video as wildfire closes in on CN train

The scenes outside the window of the train are breathtaking. A wall of flame engulfs the treeline just feet away from tracks.

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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

💔 Just five years ago, Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast was a thriving Ukrainian city of around 70,000 people, known for its salt mines, sparkling wine production, and bustling streets. Today, Russia has destroyed it.

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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

THIS we call #murder in bright daylight. ‼️ Sad day at #Bluesky💙, #Americans😢 ICE killed a 26-year-old #Colombian man in Biddeford, #Maine. Joan Sebastian Guerrero💔 He was legally authorized to work in the #U.S. and had a Social Security number. His wife and 3-year-old daughter... 1 - 4‼️👀 .

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"Mooch" Calucci 🤞 @moochcalucci.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u... ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Maine, Homeland Security Says The fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, was the second in a week involving an Immigration and... By Jacey Fortin, Heather Beasley Doyle, Miriam Jordan and Hamed Aleaziz July 13, 2026

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ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, State Officials Say (Gift Article)

The fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, was the second in a week involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent firing into a vehicle.

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Larry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The two ICE agents who murdered a civilian in Biddeford, Maine today. Let's make them famous.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Atlas/Seaboard house ad, 1975. That’s some bombast there, kids.

Ad touts 21 action-packed full color comics, and bills the company as “The NEW House of Ideas!!”

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Phil Hine @philh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Spotted in the wild. @hookland.bsky.social

Book: Hookland Fragments Volume One by David Southwell. Black paperback with black and white illustration of bear playing with bones. Propped against a tree.

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JamesTheBalladeer @jamestheballadeer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ah, well; I guess it was inevitable, with my ever-expanding knowledge of cryptids (Bigfoot, Lochness Monster), that I would publish a story about the Dogman of Ohio.

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