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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 50m

#RecentlyWatched Peacemaker Season 2. Wild to think about trading Game of Thrones (the books!) theories with @jamesgunn.bsky.social on MySpace to the state of things today. John Cena as Peacemaker is one of the best castings of all time in superhero film-land.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 19h

Check out this photo of Senator Eric Shitt, basketball team knower extraordinaire.

Mike F @animaldrumms "Check this shit out motherfucer [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 20h

The person in this photo has started taking on short 1/2 day max (so he can still walk his dog) substituting assignments at varying local SCHOOLS. And I mean I suppose it was inevitable. I DO have the cardigans for it after all.

Waiting for elevator at my apartment building; brown cardigan, black and red checkered shirt.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BuyMyBooks My one & (so far) only foray into non-salaried, not wfh, editing. AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. Incredibly proud of this book & the supergroup of weird, horror, dark spec fic authors assembled. 2 copies left on my Ko-Fi for now!

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And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel (paperback) - Patrick Barb's Ko-fi Shop

Celebrate the Strangeness of Being Anything at All Spotlighting the bizarrely beautiful and beautifully bizarre music and lyrics of indie folk rock b...

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel (paperback) - Patrick Barb's Ko-fi Shop

Celebrate the Strangeness of Being Anything at All Spotlighting the bizarrely beautiful and beautifully bizarre music and lyrics of indie folk rock b...

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#RecentlyWatched Disappearance. Who knew that TBS, the Super-Station, aired this Harry Hamlin-starring flick that is as close to being pure weird fiction as any movie I’ve seen? Family in deserted desert town that everyone claims doesn’t exist, cryptic symbols, monsters (???). What a strange pic…

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

eBooks, physical books, library check-outs, signed from me, unsigned from other places...all are valid.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#BuyMyBooks THE BIG ONE. Lovecraftian horror meets Michael Bay action film aesthetics. We all know you can’t punch existential dread in the face, but what this books presupposes is…maybe you can??? From me & @tonyanuci.bsky.social w/ cover by @lynnehansenart.bsky.social

THE BIG ONE

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“I FELT CONSTANTLY ON EDGE AS I FEARED WHAT FRESH HELL COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR NEXT…”

—GOODREADS REVIEW EXCERPT

THE BIG ONE

AVAILABLE FROM ANUCI PRESS AND DIRECT FROM AUTHOR

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

DORIAN GRAY INNOCENT! (He was framed.)

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For people sharing & liking & otherwise helping push this content (and the ones w/ my books for sale), I see you and I love you. Thanks for being (a) real one/s.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#recentlyread Our Cut of Salt by @deenahelm.bsky.social (got this ARC at StokerCon). Incredible. Has to be in consideration for best horror debut/first novel this year. Beautifully written, powerfully presented. Heartbreaking, horrifying, and, yes, haunting. Free Palestine.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is an objectively funny headline

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#pbarb2026books Best Horror of the Year Vol. 17. Finished just in time to pick up Vol. 18 . I'm in Honorable Mentions this time. PS The last story by Robert Shearman is next-level unsettling. Incredibly absurd and visceral in the best worst way possible.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#bookmail Everywhere is a Horror Story by Kurt Fawver. A @grimscribepress.bsky.social book is always worth picking up; the curation is second to none. Loved Kurt's last collection and looking forward to diving into this one. It's a damn fine looking hardcover.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#recentlywatched The Prince of Terror. From the recent Lamberto Bava box set from Severin. Made for TV movie with a horror director and his family's home under siege. Almost certainly the movie with the most golf-based violence I have ever seen.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ShudderFridayNightMovie was Strange Darling. Great performances by Kyle Gallner & Willa Fitzgerald.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ItCameFromTubi The Tunnel. Australian found footage film that often gets mentioned in the “worth watching” category.And I would agree. The threat inside the tunnels is an interesting one and I think the filmmakers do a good job presenting it without giving too much away.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Name one thing everybody hates (don't say me, don't say me...). That's right: it's bills. Not the Buffalo variety but the ones you have to pay monthly for things like electricity and health insurance, etc. Wanna help my still sadly unemployed ass pay my bills? Step into my world wide web book shop:

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I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Act now (always wanted to say that) because some of these titles will NEVER be available again (probably). JK-LOL, Helicopter Parenting in the Age of Drone Warfare: once this sci-fi/horror supply is depleted, that's it.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Already gone? The Nut House (w/ The Acorn Run prequel), The Children's Horror, Split Scream Vol. 3 w/ So Quiet, So White (no great loss), Gargantuana's Ghost (pretty much), & the old edition of Night of the Witch-Hunter. That last one's coming back. But the others? Only time will tell...

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Visit Patrick Barb's Shop!

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Do real book clubs get spam emails from AI authors?

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kash Patel just out there wildly misunderstanding what the term “snooping” means…woof.

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Gordon Skramzy @gordonskramzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It rocks that every news article anymore is like "this deranged Marxist leftist anarchist wants your kids to be Palestinian terrorists" and then it's accompanied by this picture.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Photos with absolute cowardly aura…

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wild to see Ms. Rachel and Ed Sheeran together before this recent falling out. Oh, well. Free Palestine.

Ms Rachel coloring book with an orange-haired muppet

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is the moment for long-time Ed Sheeran AND New England Patriots haters to shine.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Coming soon from Netflix: SAW (But It's For Real).

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nothing quite like seeing a whole bunch of cop cars, lights/sirens on, racing toward the vicinity of your children's school, and then the school's on lockdown when you get there, to get the ol' heart racing. (It was for something in the neighborhood, but not school-related. Still, fuuuuuuck.)

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Also, shout-out to Mitch McConnell for continuing to perfect his Mason Verger cosplay.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Clearly, it took a while to transfer Lindsay Graham's soul from the phylactery to the empty McConnell husk.

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Y’all, I already know what I’d look like in the ‘80s, it’s called photos of my dad. Also bonus points for Baby PBarb as he actually appeared in the early ‘80s, probably ‘83 here I’d guess.

My dad in a white shirt and me in a robe and cowboy boots

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026

I am serious that today’s journalism ecosystem would be fooled if they played war of the worlds on the radio. It would be on CNN within hours

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In-progress story from the 11-year-old "The Raccoon Who Was Addicted to Coke." Me: <reading, reading> Oh, THAT kind of Coke!

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A year from now… Horror folks checking their mail: Wait who the heck is Clive BORKER?

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Literally every fucking election, except maybe 2 of my adult life

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Mitch McConnell’s staffers are ready for his return to Washington .

Andrew McCarthy & Jonathan Silverman from Weekend at Bernie’s

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Maybe the REAL Mistfall Matches were the blatant copyright violations we made along the way.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026

For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs

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September 11 Docs

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Patrick Barb @patrickbarb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#pbarb2026books Classic Scary Tales illus. by Víctor Medina. Read these to the kids & they loved ‘em. Thank goodness! The Medina illustrations are cute & cool enough to still impress my hard-to-please 8-year-old & 11-year-old. Also, where else can a kid get their 1st taste of William Hope Hodgson?

The ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson spread

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