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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

One week from today, I'm talking to the man, the myth, the legendary @joerlansdale.bsky.social! You can tune in on YouTube and listen/watch live. #joerlansdale #essentialhorror #horrorcommunity #horrorfanatic #writerscommunity #writing #horrorwriters #horror

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

On Sept 24 (6PM PT / 8PM CT) I’ll be live on YouTube with the legendary Joe R. Lansdale to talk horror, craft, and his new book The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale. Don’t miss it → youtube.com/@ryanthomasl... @tachyonpub.bsky.social @joerlansdale.bsky.social

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Been playing around with the #linocutprint style, and here is a recent illustration i did for a faux pulp crime novel (maybe i should write one to go with it 🤔) titled SUN BURNT. #linocut #woodblock #crimenovel #crimefiction #art #illustration #artwork #summertime

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Rough draft of a new short story, THE HEAD SHE CARRIED, finished… and, a little woodcut-inspired illustration to go with it! I wrote the weird western flash piece for a contest open call... So wish me luck. 🙏🙌 #weirdwestern #weirdwest #horrorwriters #linocutart #woodcutprint #horror #horrorwriters

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Hey fellow #horrorwriters and #horrorfans The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing — and I’m dreaming about ghosts and goblins, per ush. And the reason is that it's halfway to Halloween! Read all about it here: 🔗 medium.com/write-a-cata... #halfwaytohalloween #writingprompts #ItsGonnaBeMay

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The Agatha Christie Estate and #BBCMaestro have just resurrected the late writer with deepfake/AI for a new course, and I have mixed feelings. I'm going to take the course (because I already have a membership) & report back. Follow along if you're interested #writers #blueskywriters #agathachristie

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In her 1993 Nobel Prize Speech Toni Morrison said: "Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names." Check out my latest #substack where I discuss the power of naming. #theozarks #folklore #horror #writing #writinglife #writingtips open.substack.com/pub/ryanthom...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#writerthreads I'll be at the local author's Expo this Saturday, April 19th, from 10 am to 1 pm. I'm hoping to see you there... Maybe pick up a book or two! :P christiancountylibrary.org/local-author...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#Sinners is so much more than a #vampiremovie or just a #horror movie—remove the genre elements, and you’d still have a wonderfully emotional film with characters I’d have followed for another 2 hours. Honestly, the horror elements—though good—were the least interesting thing about the flick!

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Since the world is burning down around us, how about I share more #petphotos? This is Harley and she’s a very beautiful pup.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

New camera means dog pics for Everyone to enjoy. This is Lilo, the one eared pug.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“It started small — just a Bible study at my best friend’s house. His mama had always been the kind of woman people avoided at the Piggly Wiggly, afraid she’d trap them in a long-winded story about her past lives. “ #horror #essay #creativenonfiction #horrorsky #booksky medium.com/write-a-cata...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm revisiting the #LotR trilogy for the first time since high school (nearly 20 years ago🤮), and I'm listening to the recent #audiobook production with Andy Serkis reading, and they are PHENOMENAL. Not only does he perform Smeagol/Gollum, but the entire cast, and he does a fantastic job. #booksky

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Demi Moore's nomination for an Oscar for #TheSubstance is the only thing worth celebrating in recent memory. Hell yeah queen. #academyawards #Oscars #demimoore #horror

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The number one movie at the box office on your 10th birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you. I have no idea how this film could apply to my life... Should be an interesting year. 🫡

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Post a game you got for Christmas.

Image of PlayStation 1 release of Crash Bandicoot (1996). Crash Bandicoot is a 1996 platform game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The player controls Crash, a genetically enhanced bandicoot created by the mad scientist Doctor Neo Cortex. The story follows Crash as he aims to foil Cortex's plans for world domination and rescue his girlfriend Tawna, a female bandicoot also created by Cortex. The game is played from a third-person perspective in which the camera trails behind Crash, though some levels feature forward-scrolling and side-scrolling perspectives.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Check out my latest piece for Medium, “The Search for Self: How Kafka on the Shore Explores Fate and Identity.” #bookblue #writing #books #bookrecs medium.com/catharsis-ch...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

What Margaret Atwood’s “The Age of Lead” Can Teach Us About Extended Metaphor #writing #writingcommunity #writingadvice #shortstories #bookblue #writer #margaretatwood medium.com/@ryantlabee/...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

#HorrorWritersChat One of my first short stories to be published, “Momma’s Boy,” is set in my hometown of Hermitage, MO—if you’re from there, it’s SO obvious. The story is incredibly autobiographical as well… minus all the burning alive. 👀🫣

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Choose 20 #movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 11/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Does anyone know of any outlets/publications looking for a 1500-word, deeply personal piece of #Creative-nonfiction written in response to the disturbing #CormacMcCarthy news? If I can’t find a home for it, I’ll probably publish it on my #Substack or #Medium. But I needed to write it.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Choose 20 #movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 10/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Choose 20 #movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 9/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 8/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 7/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 6/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 5/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 4/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 3/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 2/20

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Choose 20 movies that have influenced you. One film per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. 1/20

Tremors (1990) movie poster starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Introduce yourself. One book. One comic. One film. One album.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I wrote something today (based on a true story of my great-great-grandfather) that i can’t decide if it's a stand-alone epistolary story or can be worked into my novel-in-progress. Decisions decisions. #writingcommunity #horror

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Introduce yourself with One book 📚 One movie 🎥 One album 💿 One tv show 📺

“We’ve Always Lived In the Castle” by Shirley Jackson.

The HBO classic hit show ‘The Sopranos.’

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Hey #writingcommunity 10k words in 5 days on my WIP novel! “Miss Marigold Must Play” follows a child entertainer & YouTube star who, after shutting down her channel, is kidnapped and forced to keep performing. Think “Misery” meets “The Exorcist” with a dash of “Death to Smoochy.” What’s your WIP?

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Well, shit. Looks like I'm going back to school. I received the wonderful news that I was accepted as a student in fiction at Lasell University's Solstice MFA program and received the Francis L. Toner Veteran Fellowship Scholarship!

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

I wrote a horrific little Halloween tale, THE HALLOWEEN PARTY, which drops October 3 but is available to pre-order now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHFWXKQ...

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

About 40% done with ‘Out There Screaming: an Anthology of New Black Horror’ edited by Jordan Peele. @tananarivedue.bsky.social’s 'The Rider' stands out as my personal favorite so far. It’s honestly an incredible piece of writing that I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I read it.

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Ryan Thomas LaBee @ohthatryan.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

🎃🔥 Attention all horror enthusiasts! 📢 Introducing my brand new newsletter, dedicated to all things spine-tingling and hair-raising in the horror genre and beyond. open.substack.com/pub/ryanthomaslab…

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