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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Loving this one. The first in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Trilogy, The Harlem Shuffle. Great characters and a wonderful evocation of 1960’s NYC, especially Harlem.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a story coming out in this anthology -- Through a Glass Darkly -- from PS, edited by Preston Grassman and Chris Kelso, cover art by Myrtle Van Damitz. Some of the other contributors are -- Kaaron Warren, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Thomas, Eugen Bacon, Jonathan Maberry, Paul Di Filippo, etc.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pass this on the way to town. The Tin Man’s Mar-a-lago.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At the mailbox. Lucky day. A copy of The Failure of the Century materialized. Nick Mamatas’s play regarding H. P. Lovecraft. I never go to Worldcon, but this year I was sorry not to be there to see an enactment of this play.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My Horror/Western, "La Madre del Oro," is in the current issue of Science Fiction World in China.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the mail today, my contributors copies of Jonathan Strahan’s The Book of the Dead from Harper Voyager. It will be on the loose on October 6th. TOC on the back cover.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mac gets kisses from Squeak-a-mo.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

While things are moving toward end of summer disarray in the porch flower garden, Lynn’s veggie garden pumped out this haul in the week we’ve been away.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just watched episode 7 of Reacher, season 4. I do like the show. Have watched all the seasons, but, good lord, it’s got more info-dumps than you can shake stick at. Everybody and their brother is info-dumping right and left. A diarrhea of exposition.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Derek’s Witches. His work will be on display at World Fantasy in Oakland next month. He will have paintings and prints for sale.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This statue at the Tuckahoe Inn can’t even as I swoop in for a kiss.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Why does my head go round and round while my heart just stands still so much.” Line from an Ink Spots song that snagged my consciousness as it floated by.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

From the patio of our place at the beach we caught sight of this red fox in the bushes across the way for the second night in a row.

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have openings in my editing calendar. I work mainly as a developmental editor of novels and novellas, in a variety of genres. I don't use AI and don't work with those who do. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and feel free to reach out with questions!

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In Washington Square Park, watching the pigeons and dogs and listening to live jazz.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

One of our relatives saw this bumper sticker on a car in Cali.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today is our 47th Anniversary. Love you, Lynn. ❤️

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Another treasure pulled from the avalanche that is the garage by Jack. Man-Spider. I love that it comes with “immobilizing restraints” as does much of life.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sept. 8th, I'll be joining Livia LLewellyn, Clay McLeod Chapman, Theresa DeLucci, and Ellen Datlow at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn to discuss all things Halloween and Ellen's new anthology, All Hallows Eve. Starts at 7 pm. On September 9th, I'll be reading at the KGB Bar with John C. Foster. 7pm

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I remember once reading an interview with Charles Vess, years ago, in The Comics Journal. He was asked a question about what his goal was as an artist -- and he said that he wanted to be able to draw anything he could imagine. That stayed with me through the years and influenced me as a writer.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Ernie Bushmiller!

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

New York Times Spelling Bee wouldn’t accept “numbnut.” I’m calling bs.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What planet is this guy from? I never saw anyone who had a harder time pretending to be human. Quick, someone administer a Voight Kampff.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

At coffee time today on the porch, as summer fades, was finally able to get a shot of that freakin humming bird.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Drinking with my sister, Mary. She said, “You’re not going to live to a hundred.”

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Ran into Nick Kauffman and Mike Davis at NecronomiCon in Providence.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Don’t know where it came from but found this on my forearm when I woke up this morning. Yes, I am 70, but I’m a little intimidated by the fact that someone felt it necessary to tag me.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Me and Derek are going to be at Necronomicon in Providence this year. Derek will have a table in the vendor's room, selling prints and paintings (some of the prints, seen below), and I'll be doing the following panel about Ray Bradbury (fri.3pm) and a reading (fri. 5pm).

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S.P. Miskowski @spmiskowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Media obsessions seen through the ambition of a wannabe journalist and a middle-aged woman who may or may not have killed a classmate when she was a child. A third-person POV protagonist and an unhinged woman who creates monstrous journal entries, emails, and audio recordings for a future podcast.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Here's a link to that Coode Street Podcast in which Kelly Link, Jonathan Strahan, Gary K. Wolfe, and yours truly discuss The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. jonathanstrahan.podbean.com/e/episode-72...

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Karyn Sallis was kind enough to send me a copy of Jim’s last book — Backwater. It’ll be on sale on Sept 1st. Cover and front flap synopsis. This is the novel that Jim borrowed a paragraph from one of my stories for. See if you spot it. More importantly, though, pick up a copy when it drops.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Polly Schattel's film After the Fall, from a Jeffrey Thomas short story, will be on Netflix tomorrow night on their Crafty short films. Looking forward to this.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Me and Lynn have started through season 1 of True Detective again. It’s so great. Even better on the rewatch.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

From maybe 5 years ago, me and Lynn with our old friend, Hal Duncan in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Humming Bird shots during coffee time on the porch.

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jeffreyford8 @jeffreyford8.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

On the sign of the Baptist Church at the end of the road today — Hell Is Back. I wasn’t aware it had gone missing. Perhaps a vacation to Florida in the height of the summer heat.

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