J.B. Kish

@wnwagner I spy!!! 👏

@AlanDistro @HauntologyMovie @ParkerBrennon @enidjcoleslaw @SatreTweet @DontWantNoTweet @ChrisTrengove 👏

The best part of doing a monthly magazine is getting to do a COVER REVEAL every month! The September issue features Steve Rasnic Tem, Ryan Marie Ketterer, Thomas C. Mavroudis, Christina Pamies, and more! Cover by Jakub Jagoda.

I am a life-long believer that the Tooth Fairy is proof body parts can be traded for cold hard cash. So in honor of that collector of cuspids, some horror with teeth: Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage @zooshka Such Sharp Teeth - Rachel Harrison @rachfacelogic With Teeth - Brian Keene @BrianKeene With Teeth - Christian Wallis @Chwallisuk Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw @casskhaw Queen of Teeth - Hailey Piper @HaileyPiperSays Teeth of the Sea - Tim Waggoner @timwaggoner Everything has Teeth - Jeff Strand @JeffStrand Sharp Teeth - Toby Barlow Teeth Where They Shoudln't Be - Chad Stroup @chadxstroup A Bone in His Teeth - Kellen Graves @skellygraves The Tooth Fairy - Davide  Tarsitano @dtarsitanoo1 Dreams of Sharp Teeth - Brandon Ford Tooth and Nail - Craig DiLouie @CraigDiLouie Chainsaw Teeth - D.J. James With Teeth - Kevin Hangas Bullet Tooth - Grant Wamack @grantmirage A Wall for Teeth and Stingers - J.B. Kish @johnboykish Rook & Tooth & Claw - Graham Masterton @GrahamMasterton Milk teeth - Andrew Post #horror #horrorbooks #scary #HorrorFamily #horrorfan #BookRecommendation #spreadthehorror #teeth #booktok #BookTwitter #booktwt

@AlanDistro NICE 👏👏👏

@wnwagner Here by Richard McGuire. It might not be exactly what you have in mind, but it plays with time in the most beautiful way.

@ShortwaveBooks @TenebrousPress I love this

As just one small example of how not-competition we are... When we were getting started, @TenebrousPress shared one of their standard contracts with me so I didn't have to start from scratch. Since then, I've made a lot of updates, incorporating feedback from agents and authors, and new terms based on experience. Two months ago, @LittleGhostsBoo asked if I would share one our standard contracts so they didn't have to start from scratch. I was more than happy to pay it forward. A lot of time and effort go into setting up a contract, it can be daunting building one from nothing. @AlexWoodroe and @MattBlairstone sharing theirs saved me a lot of time, money, and stress. And in turn, I hope I saved @Kaijuklutz some of those same headaches. We can all do better work when we work together.

Question: Do people like collecting custom buttons and should I make a batch for StokerCon?

@ShortwaveBooks Thank you for sharing this; I think it's valuable to understand the impact on all fronts.

The decision to drop Zach’s stories yesterday cost us about $600. I had paid him for his magazine story (5 cents/word) already, I had paid to have it line/proof edited already, I had paid to have his story in the SHADOWS IN THE STACKS anthology proofed, and paid to print paperback ARCs of the anthology that will not be sent out, and now I have to acquire a new replacement story and pay to proof that at a rushed rate. Take that amount and multiply it by the dozen+ presses I saw dropping his work yesterday, and we're talking about a big financial impact on a lot of very small presses. We only average $4 of profit on each book sold, meaning I must sell an extra 150 books just to break even. And none of that takes into account the lost time... Full workdays gone to dealing with emails, posts, DMs, redesigning the paperback wrap to remove his name, redesigning the interior files with the replacement story, redesigning social graphics, updating our website, updating Amazon, Goodreads, and everywhere else to remove his name. If I could afford to pay myself for my Shortwave work, that would be another couple hundred dollars. Actions like his don’t only cause real emotional and psychological damage, they also cause real financial damage. That said, let me be clear: 1. I am not upset that these actions were brought to light, leading to these costly decisions. I’m happy our profession / community is safer today than we were yesterday. 2. This is not to say the damage he caused financially is worse than the damage he caused emotionally. I just think this is maybe one aspect of these bad actors that isn’t taken into account publicly. Though, I can guarantee the presses making these decisions yesterday were all feeling the financial hit privately.

@wnwagner You had me at cli-fi cosmic horror.

@AlanDistro You rock, Alan! Thanks so much!

Congrats @AlanDistro and @ShortwaveBooks !

Thank you for joining Corinne! I appreciate the kind words!

On Monday the 26th, I’m teaching a virtual workshop for @HorrorWriters on how to build an author roadmap. If you’re sick of vague writing/career advice, then come hang out with me. We’re gunna get SPECIFIC about how to achieve your goals. horror-university.teachable.com/p/building-you…

@therealjoebob @DaveyDeathRay Can you go on my behalf?? Happy Bday JBB!

My birthday party this year is a very public event--this Saturday, 12 to 4, at Terror Trader in Chandler, Arizona, which is owned by the coolest people in the world. Come help devour the cake!

Star Shapes, my Southern Gothic novella, is available January 9th!! Available now for preorder!

@IvyGri Killer cover! Congrats @IvyGri !

Cannot wait to watch this massive, six-hour beast of a breakdown. Congrats @FredInTheKnud !