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J.W. Ocker

@jwocker.bsky.social

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Oddity chaser. Edgar-winning, national bestselling author. Based in NH. THE BLACK SLIDE. ROTTER HOUSE. UNITED STATES OF CRYPTIDS. CULT FOLLOWING. WELCOME TO THE GHOST SHOW (2025). DON’T GO THERE (2026). Rep @abuckslater

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Spooky Jen @spookyjen.bsky.social · 22h

A lot of mail today. Also got the latest book from @jwocker.bsky.social I'm really looking forward to this 🎃

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Another cover unveil! You can’t reason with a headless man. #headlesshorseman #sleepyhollow #Halloween #nonfiction

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The cover art for my latest book, DON’T GO THERE. Up for preorder. #nonfiction #travel #spooky

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

500 issues! Ten years! Join us!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

So small between the stars, so large against the sky

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

NYPL HQ today! (and, FYI, she’s not taller than me, she’s standing on the steps).

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Trade House lookin’ festive. (Salem, MA)

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Boooooook announcement! Been wanting to do this project for a decade, and the time is finally right. Now you know why you-know-who has been galloping across my feeds so much lately.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

You can’t get away from cursed objects.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Screw bread. (Maitland Farm, Salem, MA).

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Headless Horseman real, yo.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Salem conflicted.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It looks like the palace of the Easter Bunny.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Everybody do the dinosaur.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Haven’t talked book stuff in a bit, but I’ve got a few announcements soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this atmospheric illustration by the talented Adam Parata for my upcoming nonfic DON’T GO THERE.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Skulls make good bricks.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Wanna see a giant mechanical hermit crab?

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The mollusk that ate Marblehead.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Pumpkins blazin’.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Halloween so far.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Hangin’ w/ Hazel and Headles.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

If your fiends don’t dance, they’re no fiends of mine.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Happy Halloween, Squirrel.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Salem after dark.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Waiting for the Tarrytown Halloween Parade. Which I’m hoping is just 200 Headless Horseman chasing a single Ichabod Crane.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Spooky nightcaps at the Hawthorne Hotel. Fears! 🍻

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Don’t go in them there woods.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Nice shout-out to my work in the Boston Globe. Love that the road to creepy New England swings by me. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/16/l...

bostonglobe.com

You know Salem. But these off-the-beaten-path New England spots also offer spooky, scary, and weird. - The Boston Globe

From ‘vampire’ graves and a UFO abduction to eerie ruins and cursed forests, these spots can make for a spooky fall adventure.

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J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

He slimed me.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Ran into an old friend.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Headless horseman everywhere you go.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

You know me. Always on the lookout for human skulls.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Time to gut a Jack-o.

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J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The trees are starting to cooperate here at the Black House.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Had a blast talking Cursed Objects last night with Dover Public Library folks. My six-year-old took notes of my preso if you need them.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The NH haunt that stands up to the harsh light of day.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Last reminder. My talk is happening tomorrow in Dover, NH! For those who have read my book on the topic, I’m bringing the Cursed Cur with me, so beware.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Inadvertently decorated my ceiling when I set up my exterior Halloween lights.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

This week: A Cursed Objects deal and a cursed objects talk!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I don’t know how to get more orange in this pic.

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J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Haunted Overload: The haunt so awesome it stands up to the harsh light of day.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Sleepy Hollow Twilight Village!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The two most important rooms in Washington Irving’s Sunnyside: the room where he wrote and the room where he died.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Wanna track the devil with me? Let’s hoof it to Ipswich, Massachusetts.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

One appearance left this year: Wed., 10/15, 7pm, in Dover, NH. Sponsored by the Dover Public Library, it'll be held in the Jeffrey Leaf Theater at Dover Middle School. I'll talk cursed objects in a way I haven't before, as I'll discuss the recent developments in that weird world. Come and hang!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

A burial simulator!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Chased all night by the Headless Horseman.

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The hill the Headless Horseman died on. More soon!

J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Goblin’s [Koblin’s] Pharmacy, Nyack, NY.

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J.W. Ocker @jwocker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

2025 Salem Haunted Happenings Grand Parade.