I just started The September House audiobook and I'm already hooked! Such a great opening.

“Still punk AF” I whisper to myself as I fill my wife’s pill organizer

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Show Notes: Spodlight on SCREAM KINGS

with Jeff C. Carter

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We love being sPODlighted! Thanks, Jeff!

Jeff C. Carter@carterwroteit.bsky.social · 2d ago

My latest Show Notes column is live on The Altruist: Spodlight on 😱👑SCREAM KINGS🙀👑 SHOW NOTES is a series of informational (and occasionally confessional) articles about podcasting. @screamkings.bsky.social @njdarkish.bsky.social @drspookyer.bsky.social Links below👇👇👇

Just finished writing act 2 of 3 in my WIP, which now puts the book at 47.5k words. Time for things to get really messy for my poor MC!

I would die for Jimothy

Scream Kings Podcast@screamkings.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Dark Tower is real

All things serve the beam. I just can't wait for him to get little ruby booties outside the Emerald City.

Scream Kings Podcast@screamkings.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Dark Tower is real

I’m dreading slash looking forward to reading this!

Nathaniel J.Darkish@njdarkish.bsky.social · 7d ago

Finished a revision pass of Tape Worms and it's *so* close to being ready to turn in. When @drspookyer.bsky.social works her magic on it another time I think this nasty little monstrosity will be ready to ruin @whisperhousepress.bsky.social's day in the best way.

Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains:

Excalibur Discount Legal Services@kevychristian.bsky.social · 2y ago

Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn't Pearl Jame, Nirvana, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains:

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi Toast

Alt: The Blues Brothers: Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi Toast

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John Leavitt@leavittalone.bsky.social · 7d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

SINNERS (2025, dir. Ryan Coogler) #OnePerfectShot #Filmsky 📽️🧛🎸

Finished a revision pass of Tape Worms and it's *so* close to being ready to turn in. When @drspookyer.bsky.social works her magic on it another time I think this nasty little monstrosity will be ready to ruin @whisperhousepress.bsky.social's day in the best way.

This is the first of many mini episodes to come- expect one each week we don't have a full-length episode for y'all!

Scream Kings Podcast@screamkings.bsky.social · last wk.

We’ve got a bonus episode for you!!! Want to know Nathaniel’s top reads of 2025? Look no further! 📚

The trailer for Other Mommy, based on Incidents Around the House, doesn't have me convinced. That book was very scary.

Just saw the filmed version of Hadestown in theaters (I saw a touring show of it a few years ago) and it was a very impressive filmed play- those don't usually work nearly as well. But now I need a good cry, because the end always rips your heart out.

NEVE CAMPBELL 😍😍😍😍

Nathaniel J.Darkish@njdarkish.bsky.social · last wk.

Scream 7: not great, but still better than 3. And Neve is aging like a fine wine so it's worth watching just for her.

Top 5 favorite Stephen King adaptations: The Shawshank Redemption Misery The Green Mile Stand By Me Doctor Sleep Still a handful I need to see but I doubt that any will manage to displace anything on this list.

N.J. Gallegos is Dr. Spooky (she/her)@drspookyer.bsky.social · last wk.

Top 5 Favorite Stephen King adaptions: Misery The Long Walk The Mist Carrie Children of the Corn

Scream 7: not great, but still better than 3. And Neve is aging like a fine wine so it's worth watching just for her.

OF COURSE. It’s so obvious.

Nathaniel J.Darkish@njdarkish.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm convinced Jimothy is a Billy Bumbler

My MFA genre writing program cohort is great. I am already grateful for their killer writing and great insights.

When you're getting your story workshopped and somebody says the perfect thing that unlocks what the story was needing...

Pacha's Perfect OK Gesture

ALT: Pacha's Perfect OK Gesture

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If you’d like to hear the dulcet tones of my voice talking about medical horror and such things, check out the Weird Reads Podcast!

I'm convinced Jimothy is a Billy Bumbler

Scream Kings Podcast@screamkings.bsky.social · 2w ago

New cryptid dropped in Seattle!!! We ❤️ Jimothy

Pray for me as I edit whatever this episode turned out to be. Also, I'm Papa?

Scream Kings Podcast@screamkings.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tonight’s episode with N.J. and Max was unhinged without Nathaniel to bring his typical voice of reason (Scream Kings Papa is away alas) but if you like haunted houses, cannibalism, and root vegetables, this one is for you 😘😘😘

Hysterical, a must-read.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2w ago

It's Hemingway's birthday, so as tradition warrants, we'll trot out some of the favorite Papa Bear parodies we've published over the years, like this one: "The four girls were friends. In a small town, friends make the days long and the sadness short, though it is still there."

Another horror movie watch to help me wind down at my MFA residency: Possum. A weird one. I think the avalanche of important information coming all in the last few minutes would have worked better a little bit earlier. The puppet and child illustrations were creepy AF. Liked it, didn't love it.

Had an almost 4k word writing day while up at my MFA program residency first day. I'm sure I won't have time to pull off that any other day, I'll be too busy, but it's definitely a great way to kick things off.

Just watched Apostle on Netflix and that movie was some very good folk horror. Really really liked it.

Gotta say, reading Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo as grad school homework is pretty dope.