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MANOR @manorhq.com · 07/10/2026

“In my house, authors are deities.” For the next installment of Fright Tomes: Paul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social New🩸 on the membrane from T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social Friday 10/9/26 6:00AMET manorvellum.com

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Brian Keiper @brianwaves42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our first film discussion episode of the Holy Terrors Podcast is coming to YouTube! We kicked off with a bang by inviting author @tjtranchell.bsky.social to discuss HERETIC (2024) with us. You can also listen to it now wherever you get your podcasts.

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MANOR @manorhq.com · 07/09/2026

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My 13 yo autistic son has become a guitar aficionado. His favorite color is sea foam green. Today at the pawn we visit, he saw a sea foam green Schecter with a bunch of features he’s into. So I’m going to need you all to buy a lot of books.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The MFA is done. The book is out in queries and the new project is underway. I’d love to get my website restarted and restock to keep selling the prior books directly to you, readers. That will cost about $650 to do both of those things and that’s not in my budget right now.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Time to raise some cash. $20 each, including shipping. Include mailing address either in the payment details or via DM. @TJ-Tranchell to Venmo. Here’s what I have available: CRY DOWN DARK: 7 THE PRIVATE LIVES OF NIGHTMARES: 7 LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK: 10 Signed and personalized upon requested.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Please sign up so you can read this. It’s… gross and you’ll love it.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Drew is legit and I’m happy to see the work getting this recognition.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

CRY DOWN DARK, my first book, is three weeks away from its tenth anniversary. It would mean a lot to me if you picked up and met Peter Toombs and a slice of doomed Utah. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1940...

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Peter Toombs never stopped loving Diana Ward. Not after they broke up; not after she married someone else; not after she died. Peter never got over how he failed Diana when she needed him most when th...

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I have either heard from every agent I’ve queried or it’s been long enough for me to assume a pass. Unless something happens, I’m going to sit on this probably until June. Other things to write.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Received a short story rejection 45 minutes after submitting it. That’s brutal. Moving on.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thanks. I am back in the trenches, though. Like small presses, I don’t have the money to self-publish right now. The difference between me and some of these others is that I’m not dragging anyone down with me.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

One had already been released. That was a bigger cluster for that author than what happened to me. I used the small advance to eventually self-publish that book. But I’ve been mishandled by other small presses, too. I know there are good people, but it’s still scary.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I had a book contract along with four other authors with a press that decided to close right before the pandemic. Since I had been paid half my advance and rights reverted immediately back to me, I wasn’t as hurt as others were. One book was set for release a couple weeks after the shut down and

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I hate this because erodes trust in small presses all over. When it happened to me, six years ago, we didn’t have presses like Truborn stepping in to see what they could do. I’m glad we do now.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hi, everybody. I don’t post here as often as I should. Thanks for hanging out.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I’m not even on the ladder yet. I finished a script that would be significantly better if directed by a woman.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I’m gonna need more of The Muppet Show, please.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

@crobertcargill.bsky.social @scottderrickson57.bsky.social I am in my penultimate quarter of an MFA program and my last quarter in screenwriting. One script I have tried to find to read is SINISTER, but I can’t locate it. Help a guy out?

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I almost bought a videogame I want to play yesterday. I’ve never been much of a gamer and I’m not good at them when I do play. There other reason I didn’t buy it is because I have six months left of my MFA program. That degree and getting a book deal take priority.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

In stock. DM for purchases or requests for out of stock items. CRY DOWN DARK: 16 ASLEEP IN THE NIGHTMARE ROOM: 2 PRIVATE LIVES OF NIGHTMARES: 11 TELL NO MAN: 4 THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK: 14 THE BLACKHAWK CYCLE: 0

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

So that was the last all-out fiction workshop of my MFA. Tomorrow, I have a screenwriting workshop. Next residency is all graduating stuff.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It really is that fucking simple, friends.

Frames from Star Trek: DS9. The Klingon, Kor, meets Jadzia, who is the new host of the symbiont, Dax. Kor grabs Jadzia in a hug and says, "Curzon, my beloved old friend!" (Curzon being the previous Dax host.) Jadzia replies, "I'm Jadzia now." Kor simply says, "Jadzia, my beloved old friend." Then there's a Klingon flag in trans flag colours that says, If Klingons can get it, so can you.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Two stories looking for homes. “Sing” is a Pacific Northwest folk horror with hints of Lovecraft. “Last Night at the Blue Flamingo” is a monster noir. Casablanca but with monsters.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

What I need is a pop-up signing. Me, the books I have in stock, and a place to put a table that draws in readers.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Somewhere out there, the right agent is waiting for me.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Cry Down Dark, Tell No Man, The Lamentations of Blackhawk, Asleep in the Nightmare Room, and The Private Lives of Nightmares: $20 each. The Blackhawk Cycle: $35.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’m calling it. For now, TJTranchell.net is dead. But I’m a horror writer, which means nothing stays dead. I still have a lot of books in stock. I’ll take orders via direct message for now. Paperbacks are $20 including shipping. The hardcover is $35, including shipping.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This is some bullshit because the Teen Vogue political coverage has been among the best recently.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It’s crunch time. I need to sell 15-19 books via my website in the next three days to keep the site alive. Let’s go! www.tjtranchell.net

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m short about $200 to renew my website/webstore for another year. It’s been a good run. Still a few days to check it out, though. www.tjtranchell.net

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I love this book and you will, too.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A Thom Carnell zombie story has more heart in it than any contemporary horror you might read.

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

If you’ve read CRY DOWN DARK but haven’t left a rating or review, now would be a great time. The next rating will be the 100th and the next review will be the 25th. www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...

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T.J. Tranchell @tjtranchell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

On the list of things I wish had been made: A whole season of that show Castle Rock following Jane Levy as Jackie Torrance.

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