Reposted by John LanganJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11hI hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 971125873604
Reposted by John LanganCarrie-Edmund Laben @carrielaben.com · 28/09/2026I love how in this picture @johnlangan.bsky.social is staring nobly into the future and I am trying to distract you from the fact I've got your wallet. 061
Reposted by John LanganMatthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 27/09/2026Next month for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, join us with John Langan & Carrie-Edmund Laben, Wednesday, Oct 14th, 7pm at the KGB Bar. Come one, come all! @johnlangan.bsky.social @carrielaben.com @datlow.bsky.social 2179
Reposted by John LanganLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"It seems as though I have jumped from the frying pan into a different frying pan." Jennifer Lunden's postcards from France's heat waves: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jennife… 041
Reposted by John LanganRoland of Gilead @rolandofgilead19.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My Year of Book Covers The Fisherman by John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social First edition paperback from Word Horde Books @wordhorde.bsky.social 2132
Reposted by John LanganRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Please help out the Pixel Project if you can. They're an important non-profit group working to help end violence against women. They can really use your support this year. Thanks. thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixels2... 04128
Reposted by John LanganZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I was once given pretty much exactly this prompt for an essay and:lareviewofbooks.orgWe Are Close, We Are Almost There | Los Angeles Review of BooksZachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism. 23813
Reposted by John LanganAI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Every word of this. Telling kids they should learn to write with AI (looking at you, NYC AI pilots!) outsources their learning to these tricksters. 0123
Reposted by John LanganChris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026As @paultremblay.bsky.social said, “There’s no ethical way to use AI.” Oh, and he also said, [see photo]. And @johnlangan.bsky.social agrees! 0357
Reposted by John LanganBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 12/09/2026A great short story is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. You can read it in a single sitting, and it will surprise you and upend your expectations. I just reread "How the Day Runs Down" by the wonderful @johnlangan.bsky.social which combines Thornton Wilder and George Romero and it *works* 0133
Reposted by John LanganGreg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 07/09/2026ALL HALLOWS EVE, @datlow.bsky.social's new Halloween horror anthology, drops Sep 8 from @titanbooks.bsky.social! I spoke with Ellen and contributors Josh Malerman, @johnlangan.bsky.social, Linda D Addison, and Livia Llewellyn about their stories & favorite Halloween memories 🎃 🤩 youtu.be/C3Z29YJbUDUyoutu.beChthonica #19: ALL HALLOWS EVE with Ellen Datlow & authors Malerman, Langan, Addison & Llewellyn!YouTube video by Chthonica 2154
Reposted by John LanganJonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026An awesome blurb from literary horror maestro @johnlangan.bsky.social for my forthcoming collection, Noctivagants! www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page... 0104
Reposted by John LanganSteve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 06/09/2026In my happy place (our reading nook) reading The Fisherman by @johnlangan.bsky.social. One of those books that is so good it inspires you to want to write better. 0223
Reposted by John LanganBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 02/09/2026Hey you! Yes, YOU. Wanna read a really good novel? Check out "The Fisherman" by John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social. It's scary, weird, and also profoundly fine and understands the way men of a certain age both know one another and never quite know one another. 3243
Reposted by John LanganOhio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sometimes i think about how, in the late 90s, USPS was moving to set up a secure email address for every US resident and how congress prevented it. 1834441032
Reposted by John LanganAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Weird how most of those newly revealed pentagon psyops accounts also downplayed the Epstein list. Probably just a coincidence 160109062792
Reposted by John LanganGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Saying @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social is more than enough, but the table of contents is FUCKING STELLAR (pardon my French): Linda Addison, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @victorlavalle.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, Wrath James White… 59541
Reposted by John LanganChaz Mena @chazmena.bsky.social · 30/08/2026So I met writing idols @johnlangan.bsky.social , and @paultremblay.bsky.social at #Necronomicon and I was beside myself. Like @michaelcisco.bsky.social, these talented men are genuine and a tribute to their art. Read them. 3131
Reposted by John Langan🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Chat gibbity sloppers 3 months into outsourcing their thinking to Autocorrect Infinite 1299
Reposted by John LanganRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Happy birthday to the mother of SF, Mary Shelley 537474
Reposted by John LanganColin Dickey @colindickey.com · 27/08/2026Many great pieces on Dolly Parton this week, but @rahawahaile.bsky.social's in Scratch is by far my favorite. Just a jaw-dropping piece of beautiful writing. www.talkscratch.com/dolly-parton... 2322102
Reposted by John LanganLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has issued a call for donations in the place of flowers. lithub.com/in-lieu-of-f...lithub.comIn lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is accepting donations.The queen is dead, long live the queen! Dolly Parton—perhaps the most universally beloved American—died at 80 yesterday. She went peacefully, surrounded by family. Known as a formidable singer-song… 15023
Reposted by John LanganDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/08/2026🚨NEW: Maine GOP governor nominee Bobby Charles says he plans to ask the Trump administration to send ICE agents to polling places this November. Federal law prohibits armed personnel at the polls and voter intimidation.democracydocket.comMaine GOP governor nominee plans to ask Trump admin to send ICE to the pollsFederal law makes it a crime for a federal official to bring or keep troops or armed personnel at a place where an election is being held. The Department of Justice’s own guidance has also long… 80604333
Reposted by John LanganDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"I was once taught, early in my career: If you walk past a violation of standards, and allow it to exist, you have just created a brand new standard – and that standard is lower... Secretary Hegseth is diluting the standards of the military." Mark Hertling Lieutenant General (Retired) U.S. Army 33987345
Reposted by John LanganEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Another great one has left us www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comYayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations 59325
Reposted by John LanganCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Just like the Nazis, it's as much about looting the White Houe as it is about so-called degenerate art. They may have a billionaire buyer already lined up. 23212
Reposted by John LanganJayce @jayceb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Viewing Carnival of Souls and Messiah of Evil as a double feature really did rewrite my brain chemistry. The pair are so in sync, perfect synergy and ghoulish symphony. Zombie apocalypses as the relentless void where the highway runs out, gas station signs against jet black. Goddamned Americana. 214436
Reposted by John LanganCarrie-Edmund Laben @carrielaben.com · 24/08/2026@mtbookco.bsky.social will be hosting me for a book signing on September 5! Start your Labor Day weekend right with some subversive leftist trans agitprop! mtbookco.com/event/2026-0...mtbookco.comCarrie-Edmund Laben: Book Signing 175
Reposted by John LanganStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“It’s impossible that Jason Arday could have got his post without DEI,” say people about an industry which can find 200 academics willing to sign a letter in support of David Miller and another 200 academics willing to support Nathan Cofnas. 231592315
Reposted by John LanganNatalie H. "The Cool Natalie" Ironside @natalieironside.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Notice how all of the people crying "academic freedom" in response to a Nazi losing a job he was bad at were completely silent about the academic freedom of trans people and Palestinians 03614
Reposted by John LanganAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm. 13975921648
Reposted by John LanganSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 23/08/2026Begging editors around the country to retire the phrase “transgender debate.” That’s not what this is. That’s not what this ever has been! 172278346
Reposted by John LanganBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026There’s an aggressively paid for influence op going on right now to defend AI slop as art and protected speech across platforms. AI execs realize they have a problem and don’t wanna get Marie Antoinette’d. The free ChatGPT trip is the tip of the iceberg. First person to nail it down gets a Pulitzer. 12677541672
Reposted by John LanganGod @thegodshow.com · 23/08/2026A Flock camera was pointed directly at a community pool... you know, for reading license plates of course. 1422619891
Reposted by John LanganRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Puerto Rico is in the middle of a water crisis that has people rationing water. MS NOW's Rosa Flores shows the reality of what it's like on the ground for people living there right now. 11244157
Reposted by John LanganBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I just donated to help SPIDER-MAN, who took on nazi scumbags trying to invade Minneapolis again. Arrested by our local cops (boooo) who were diligently defending their racist turd pals. Let’s help good ol’ Webhead with his defense! (PS I can vouch for the GoFundMe creator) gofund.me/6f36a1ac1gofund.meDonate to Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense, organized by Ash ChudgarAwesome update: I'm in touch with Spider-Man's family, and we're setting things up so t… Ash Chudgar needs your support for Support Spider-Man’s Legal Defense 1851482324
Reposted by John LanganJoe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 19/08/2026TIL this is who apparently runs the Grievance Committee of the HWA. Patrick's still running unopposed. He's posted a weak statement on his substack saying he's grown as a person since creeping on Theo and "let the voters decide." There's no one else to vote for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_T...en.wikipedia.orgBrett Talley - Wikipedia 1411354
Reposted by John LanganCasey Masterson @kaseejedimaster.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Told ya there were honest, more qualified people for the job 083
Reposted by John LanganC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Tom Savini is a fucking legend. And he lost everything. His home. His beloved pets. His life's work - work that served as the foundation of the horror we hold most dear. There isn't the character count to list his legacy here. If you can, please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-to...gofundme.comDonate to Support Tom Savini After House Fire, organized by Jason BakerTom Savini, special makeup effects legend, is facing a heartbreaking loss after Tom’s … Jason Baker needs your support for Support Tom Savini After House Fire 5744513577