Acceptance news! Very excited to announce that my story "New England Gothic" will appear in an upcoming issue of Prairie Fire Magazine. More soon.
Mike Thorn
@mikethorn.bsky.social
Author (Shelter for the Damned, Darkest Hours, Peel Back and See). Co-host of https://bsky.app/profile/craftworkpod.bsky.social.
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RIP director Chuck Russell. He gave us John Saxon fighting a claymation skeleton in Nightmare on Elm Street 3, among many other wondrous sights.
I interviewed the great Nicolas Winding Refn for In Review Online. We discussed his lushly abstract new film, HER PRIVATE HELL, as well as fantasy, the unconscious, and much more. inreviewonline.com/2026/07/23/g...
Good Taste Is the Enemy of Everything: An Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn on Her Private Hell | In Review Online
A new interview with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, director of Her Private Hell, for film review site In Review Online.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
spotlight on Indigenous horror & thrillers (2026 releases) don't miss these! www.instagram.com/p/DZfZCuqm__O/
In the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social, @mikethorn.bsky.social and I chatted with the inimitable @carolinebicks.bsky.social about combatting AI in the classroom, words clanging on readers' ears, the uniquely portable magic of fiction, and so much more. tinyurl.com/4b55uhpa
Congrats to @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, who won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for First Novel (The October Film Haunt)! And congrats to all other recipients & nominees! Listen to our interview: tinyurl.com/cjv95742
Well deserved! Listen to our interview with Hajer Mirwali: tinyurl.com/bdnm5bsa
Sculpture, Anaphora, & Writing by Hourglass w/ Hajer Mirwali by Craftwork
In this interview, we chat with Hajer Mirwali about cross-disciplinary work, embodied writing, poetic mad libs, and so much more. Hajer Mirwali is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. H...
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@lpgcanada.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations to LPG member @talonbooks.bsky.social and Hajer Mirwali for winning the Gerald Lampert Award for best debut book of poetry for her collection REVOLUTIONS!
Congratulations to LPG member @talonbooks.bsky.social and Hajer Mirwali for winning the Gerald Lampert Award for best debut book of poetry for her collection REVOLUTIONS!
Listen to our latest episode! In this interview, we chat with Caroline Bicks about combatting AI in the classroom, words clanging on readers' ears, the uniquely portable magic of fiction, and so much more. tinyurl.com/4b55uhpa @stephenking.bsky.social @carolinebicks.bsky.social
Caroline Bicks is the first scholar to be granted extended access by @stephenking.bsky.social to his private archive. We interviewed her about Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King (one of the best books I've read this year). tinyurl.com/4b55uhpa @carolinebicks.bsky.social
ICYMI: @mikethorn.bsky.social and I interviewed @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social on the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social. We chatted about ghostwriting, Cold War propaganda, and relearning to write after a five-week coma. tinyurl.com/2s3zm3md
The easiest 90 minutes of my life. A joy to talk through Tobe's 90s barnburner.
Mike Thorn@mikethorn.bsky.social · 2mo agoI wrote a booklet essay for Vinegar Syndrome's limited edition re-release of Tobe Hooper's The Mangler (which also features a commentary by @honorszombie.bsky.social). Get it! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...
I wrote a booklet essay for Vinegar Syndrome's limited edition re-release of Tobe Hooper's The Mangler (which also features a commentary by @honorszombie.bsky.social). Get it! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/the...
The Mangler
Note: if you purchased the Secret VS Releases! or Everything Package! or Absolutely Everything, and Then Some Package! during our Flash Pre-Order event, you will automatically be receiving this title.
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Went slightly overboard at the local book fair w/ @miriamricher.bsky.social (who practiced much more restraint than me). The Straub & King books are replacement copies.
Also be sure to check out our previous episode: Gut Feelings, Sonic Recursion, & Raspberry Cordial w/ @cassidymcfadzean.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/48fwkktn
Check out the latest episode of @craftworkpod.bsky.social, in which @miriamricher.bsky.social & I chatted with Luke Francis Beirne about classic film noir, New Brunswick settings, collaborating with editors, and much more. tinyurl.com/3xhdbdx3
Happy Monday. This is your reminder that generative AI is being pushed into everything by fascist billionaires who are trying to make you stupid and obsolete by stealing from you and then forcing you to use the fruits of their theft in order to make a living in what's left of your industry.
5 favorite horror films of the 2020s to date? Chime (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024) Lisey's Story (Pablo Larraín, 2021) Limbo (Soi Cheang, 2021) Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, 2022) The Eternal Daughter (Joanna Hogg, 2022)
Listen to our latest episode! In this interview, we chat with @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social about literature versus entertainment, Atlantic Canadian textures, a literary marriage proposal, and so much more. tinyurl.com/3xhdbdx3
