Just recorded virtual panel, Necronomicon presents ANTIPODEAN WEIRD & HORROR FICTION: VOICES OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND with @leemurraywriter.bsky.social , @aarondries.bsky.social , @geneveflynn.bsky.social , @kaaronwarren.bsky.social & @genni.bsky.social Links in comments!

WHAT A WONDERFUL NIGHT. I read an exclusive sneak peak of my new novel (which is out on submission), BECOMING EMMA BRAINTREE. Everyone was utterly fabulous.

C.H. Pearce@chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great night last night at HBD Lost Souls mag at Gang Gang cafe with Ben O’Mara, P.S. Cottier, @kaaronwarren.bsky.social, @aarondries.bsky.social, @spooktapes.bsky.social, Jenny Sawer, MC @captainamerico.bsky.social, and Dan Power! I am still thinking about these stories… and those hip gnomes 👀 🦴 😱

This was a terrific film conversation.

Bede Vs. The Living Dead@bedevstld.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICYMI: Before the next episode of BEDE & TREV VS. THE BIG APPLE drops tomorrow, check out the previous episode, where your hosts @bedejermyn.bsky.social & @trevsnyder.bsky.social, along with special guest @aarondries.bsky.social l, discuss the 1988 Woody Allen directed drama ANOTHER WOMAN.

Finished DIRTY HEADS by Aaron Dries recently. As someone who has only dabbled in cosmic horror, this was pretty great. I really felt for Heath and I just wanted to give him a hug and tell him everything's going to be okay despite the obvious. Well done. Ordered from @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

Important question: What’s the best Bigfoot movie out there? I’ve seen a fair new. But I want to see the best. Thoughts?

Thank you so much!

Justin L.@senorrandom.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Finished DIRTY HEADS by Aaron Dries recently. As someone who has only dabbled in cosmic horror, this was pretty great. I really felt for Heath and I just wanted to give him a hug and tell him everything's going to be okay despite the obvious. Well done. Ordered from @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social

Koji Suzuki—the intensely talented and influential author of RING, SPIRAL, DARK WATER, and many other novels and short stories—has passed way at the age of 68. Too young. An enormous loss. The reverberations of his fiction will continue to be felt for years to come.

Alfred Hitchcock’s YOUNG AND INNOCENT (1937). Good picture, but not as good as THE 39 STEPS, with which it shares a lot of similarities. Worth it for *that shot* alone (and if you’ve seen it, you know), though it’s chock-full of delicious set pieces.

One of the most intelligent and mature conversations about film I’ve had the pleasure of having. Wonderful people. Wonderful film.

The Terrible Aussie@bedejermyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hey, gang! I hope you all check out episode 4 of mine and @trevsnyder.bsky.social’s podcast BEDE & TREV VS. THE BIG APPLE, which is online on all podcast streamers everywhere. In this one, @aarondries.bsky.social joins us to discuss controversial director Woody Allen’s 1988 drama ANOTHER WOMAN.

Sad to hear about the passing of Thomas Tessier. A fantastic writer of very dark fiction, THE NIGHTWALKER being a long-time favourite of mine. I had the pleasure of meeting him once but was a tad too awe-struck to ask for a photo. But what an absolute gentleman.

Oh what a night!

C.H. Pearce@chpearcewrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great night at Lost Souls’ The Horror of Care with readings by @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @spooktapes.bsky.social Ben O’Mara @aarondries.bsky.social MC @fionnmacpherson.bsky.social & music by Jenny Sawer at Gang Gang cafe! Incredible stories & a privilege to listen to Ben’s nonfiction piece 🖤

One of the greatest scenes in cinema.

IN THE HEAT OF PASSION (1992) walked so WILD THINGS could run. Written/directed by Rodman Flender (IDLE HANDS), produced by Roger Corman. Picked this up on VHS because I love erotic thrillers. Turns out it’s a fantastic satire with meta moments ala DePalma’s SISTERS. Twisty, hilarious. Loved it!

If in doubt, keep things Cannon (films).

*2025 FLASHBACK* “Bede & Steve Vs. Leatherface Ep 2 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (1986)... "After A Decade Of Silence... The Buzzz Is Back!"” with guests @aarondries.bsky.social & @warrenmoney.bsky.social Apple: apple.co/4iQYuw1 Spotify: spoti.fi/4kOUFt1 Links: linktr.ee/bedevsthelivingdead

In Brisbane for five (humid) minutes. Impromptu catch-up with these wonderful, creative humans. Lovely to see you Pamela Jeffs, Greg Chapman, and Sandra Makaresz. PS — Greg and I have known each other for over a decade but only met in person for the first time today!

What a great surprise. 3 of my stories have made it into Ellen Datlow’s BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR (volume 17) recommended reading list. What an honour. So thrilled to be featured in such fine company. “Bellow of the Steamship Cow” “The Absolute” “The Wrong Element” Thank you to Ellen and my editors.

WHO AM I THIS TIME? (1982). Beautifully directed by Jonathan Demme, adapted from the Kurt Vonnegut story, starring Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken as shy actors who don’t know how to connect beyond their roles in a community theatre production. A great film about the power of art in our lives.

My first watch of 2026 is setting an incredibly high bar. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, a 1946 fantasy romance written/produced/directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (a huge blind-spot for me, which I’ll be swiftly correcting). This picture is beautiful beyond belief. Frankly, perfection.

Getting myself one of these for 2026.

@sadiehartmann.bsky.social Thought you’d get a kick out of this. I WARNED YOU ALL!

Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈@shaneanderson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A Place for Sinners by @aarondries.bsky.social

My gay role models as a kid growing up in the 90s.

PASSIONLESS MOMENTS (1983), directed by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, a short film (12 minutes). "There are one million moments in your neighborhood, and as the filmmakers discovered, each has a fragile presence, which fades almost as it forms.”

The US trailer for Takashi Miike’s DEAD OR ALIVE goes delightfully hard. Rabid dogs. Warnings. Enjoy at your own risk.

Tonight’s watch. Masterpiece.

Niche post, but there’s a guy on my bus who looks so much like Mike Nichols it’s crazy. Unless it’s his ghost? Just-in-case urge to approach and ask about DAY OF THE DOLPHIN rising…

Between THE RUNNING MAN and THE LONG WALK, it’s one hell of a good year to be a Bachman stan. A great night at the pictures.

It thrills me that this book is continuing to find new audiences. Amazing!

Andrew Robertson@andrewawesome.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🧟‍♂️ Zombie fellatio…this incredible novel by @aarondries.bsky.social & @markallangunnells.bsky.social does not hold back. There is shock, heartbreak, gore, & an intensity to this book, highly recommended! #horror #griefhorror #bodyhorror #queerhorror #queerwriter #gaywriter #zombies #christmashorror

I loved being a part of this. BATTLE ROYALE: Book Club event for the Canberra Writers Festival/National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, a screening of the brilliant film from Kinji Fukasaku followed by a discussion about Koushun Takami’s original book between myself and D.P. Vaughan. Amazing

There are many films. There are many film prologues. But there’s only one MAGNOLIA. “One is the loneliest number…”