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Howard Beale Street Blues @winteron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

rereading The Fisherman, by @johnlangan.bsky.social, for a spooky season buddy read. I think it hits even harder as a reread. such a memorable novel.

cover of The Fisherman, by John Langan. the cover art is a nineteenth century landscape painting of a stormy sea with a small boat on the shore in the middle ground

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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t. It shouldn’t have to happen to you for it to matter 💙

Just becase something doesn't affect you personally doesnt mean you shouldn't care about it.
We, as humans should desire to see others Free from suffering.

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Steve Niles @steveniles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wrightson

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Doing the thing.

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Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The BBC World Book club discussion of A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS, led by Josie Long. And some guest questions too, including one from @margueriteturl2.bsky.social www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...

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BBC Audio | Artists at Work | World Book Club - Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts

Josie Long interviews Paul Tremblay about 'A Head Full of Ghosts'

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John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks very much! (And there are a number of stories that are related to the book; quite a few of them collected in CORPSEMOUTH AND OTHER AUTOBIOGRAPHIES.)

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Time Rainbow @tim3rainbow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just finished #TheFisherman by @johnlangan.bsky.social , an amazing novel! I would love to see more set in this fastastic universe.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.

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Carrie-Edmund Laben @carrielaben.com · 28/09/2026

I 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.

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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 27/09/2026

Next 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

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Los 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…

Athanasius Kircher's Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum

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Roland of Gilead @rolandofgilead19.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My Year of Book Covers The Fisherman by John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social First edition paperback from Word Horde Books @wordhorde.bsky.social

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John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Huh. You know, they just might be.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Please 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...

Read for Pixels 2026:
12th annual fall edition
Award-winning best selling authors in support of stopping violence against women

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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every word of this. Telling kids they should learn to write with AI (looking at you, NYC AI pilots!) outsources their learning to these tricksters.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE.......

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Chris DiLeo @authordileo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As @paultremblay.bsky.social said, “There’s no ethical way to use AI.” Oh, and he also said, [see photo]. And @johnlangan.bsky.social agrees!

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 12/09/2026

A 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*

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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

ALL 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/C3Z29YJbUDU

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Chthonica #19: ALL HALLOWS EVE with Ellen Datlow & authors Malerman, Langan, Addison & Llewellyn!

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Jonathan Louis Duckworth @jduckwriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

An awesome blurb from literary horror maestro @johnlangan.bsky.social for my forthcoming collection, Noctivagants! www.lethepressbooks.com/product-page...

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Steve Toase @stevetoase.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In 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.

There is a grey chair in a small room. The walls are covered in oak leaf wallpaper. Behind the chair is a small window with a metal tree in front. On the chair is a green blanket and a book.

A hand is holding an open book. There is a tattoo on the forearm. In the background is oak leaf wallpaper.

The cover of The Fisherman by John Langan

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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 02/09/2026

Hey 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.

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Ohio Todd @lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sometimes 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.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Weird how most of those newly revealed pentagon psyops accounts also downplayed the Epstein list. Probably just a coincidence

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Saying @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…

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John Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It was a pleasure to get to spend time together!

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Chaz Mena @chazmena.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So 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.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Chat gibbity sloppers 3 months into outsourcing their thinking to Autocorrect Infinite

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror screenshot where Moe is showing Homer "they let you keep the little piece of brain they cut out" with the jar of fluid and a tiny brain chunk inside

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy birthday to the mother of SF, Mary Shelley

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 27/08/2026

Many 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...

But this is the point I’m making, in this publication about how writers survive—I don’t think one can ever stop being themselves. For those of us not born to wealth, conviction is our greatest fortune. Dolly never squandered hers. Her values were clear: Pay your union dues, stand with labor, love the castaways, put money directly in people’s pockets. Make great art (and own your work). Share books freely. Uplift the land as the land has lifted and lifted you. Higher still, even. And help the people climb.

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Democracy 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.

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Maine GOP governor nominee plans to ask Trump admin to send ICE to the polls

Federal 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…

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Dr. 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

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just 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.

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Jayce @jayceb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Viewing 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.

A man in the front row of an otherwise empty (and claustrophobically red) movie theater

The sub over an eerie apartment

Messiah of Evil (1974), Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck

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