Charlie
@barebonesbooks.bsky.social
Horror books | Book reviewer | Bid writer
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Bonus episode on The Haunting of Hill House is live!!! @barebonesbooks.bsky.social and I have an extensive discussion about the most memorable parts of Shirley Jackson’s iconic novel, Mike Flanagan’s adaptation, and everything in between. Huge thanks to Charlie for accompanying me. Links:
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Bonus episode on The Haunting of Hill House is live!!! @barebonesbooks.bsky.social and I have an extensive discussion about the most memorable parts of Shirley Jackson’s iconic novel, Mike Flanagan’s adaptation, and everything in between. Huge thanks to Charlie for accompanying me. Links:
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Putting the finishing touches on this bad boy, and it’s got my wheels spinning all over again! Listen me and my good friend @barebonesbooks.bsky.social unpack what may just be the perfect novel, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson! Tomorrow!
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Putting the finishing touches on this bad boy, and it’s got my wheels spinning all over again! Listen me and my good friend @barebonesbooks.bsky.social unpack what may just be the perfect novel, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson! Tomorrow!
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recorded something very cool and a little extra with a dear friend, @barebonesbooks.bsky.social, this morning! look for this extra episode later this week!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
recorded something very cool and a little extra with a dear friend, @barebonesbooks.bsky.social, this morning! look for this extra episode later this week!!!
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🦬 “Tears for Weasel Plume” Art Prints Available! 🦬
Thrilled to announce that prints of my painting inspired by Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter up to order! Huge thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social for blessing this venture!
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Thrilled to announce that prints of my painting inspired by Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter up to order! Huge thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social for blessing this venture!
fineartamerica.com/featured/tea...
Tears for Weasel Plume by Anna Dupre
Tears for Weasel Plume Painting by Anna Dupre
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April 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🦬 “Tears for Weasel Plume” Art Prints Available! 🦬
Thrilled to announce that prints of my painting inspired by Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter up to order! Huge thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social for blessing this venture!
fineartamerica.com/featured/tea...
Thrilled to announce that prints of my painting inspired by Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter up to order! Huge thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social and @sgj.bsky.social for blessing this venture!
fineartamerica.com/featured/tea...
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Shouting a very happy pub day to @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social as Senseless is on shelves TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social!!! I was fortunate enough to chat with him about this novel, those WTF moments, and keeping to story unpredictable. Links to listen are listed below!
April 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shouting a very happy pub day to @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social as Senseless is on shelves TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social!!! I was fortunate enough to chat with him about this novel, those WTF moments, and keeping to story unpredictable. Links to listen are listed below!
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Dude! Coolest Buffalo Hunter Hunter painting! Thank you, @annarosereads.bsky.social. It’s amazing. And thanks for the snapshot and the hand-off, @paperbackbish.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dude! Coolest Buffalo Hunter Hunter painting! Thank you, @annarosereads.bsky.social. It’s amazing. And thanks for the snapshot and the hand-off, @paperbackbish.bsky.social
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Women in Horror Month is drawing to a close, but I couldn’t go without celebrating female voices in the genre. While I know what reading these stories feels like, I wanted to explore the other side of things, what it’s like to write them.
@capesandtights.com:
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@capesandtights.com:
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I Am a Woman in Horror: Finding Home in the Horrific
I Am Woman in Horror: There is nothing more valuable than this strength, than this community that means everything.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Women in Horror Month is drawing to a close, but I couldn’t go without celebrating female voices in the genre. While I know what reading these stories feels like, I wanted to explore the other side of things, what it’s like to write them.
@capesandtights.com:
capesandtights.com/woman-in-hor...
@capesandtights.com:
capesandtights.com/woman-in-hor...
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Reminder to UK folks - i'm chairing a LIVE conversation between Ally Wilkes and Michelle Paver this Friday at the Oxford Literary Festival.
We'll be talking adventure, masculinities and survival horror.
Buy a ticket, come along...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-liter...
We'll be talking adventure, masculinities and survival horror.
Buy a ticket, come along...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-liter...
March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reminder to UK folks - i'm chairing a LIVE conversation between Ally Wilkes and Michelle Paver this Friday at the Oxford Literary Festival.
We'll be talking adventure, masculinities and survival horror.
Buy a ticket, come along...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-liter...
We'll be talking adventure, masculinities and survival horror.
Buy a ticket, come along...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-liter...
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Incredibly excited to share that I am reviewing for @capesandtights.com! My first review is up as I take a look at The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social, a darkly moving examination of friendship. On shelves 4/29, thank you Del Rey for the ARC!
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The Staircase in the Woods Review: A Heartfelt, Horrific Journey of Found Family
Feeling like an autopsy of friendship, The Staircase in the Woods leaves a resonant notion that speaks to readers individually, a haunting narrative.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Incredibly excited to share that I am reviewing for @capesandtights.com! My first review is up as I take a look at The Staircase in the Woods by @chuckwendig.bsky.social, a darkly moving examination of friendship. On shelves 4/29, thank you Del Rey for the ARC!
capesandtights.com/the-staircas...
capesandtights.com/the-staircas...
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Head bangin’ its way into our horror hearts, @nwreader.bsky.social’s Punk Goes Horror: A Mixtape Anthology is one hell of a good time. My review:
Huge thanks to @spookysterling.bsky.social for getting an ARC to me! Punk Goes Horror releases on March 11th!
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
Huge thanks to @spookysterling.bsky.social for getting an ARC to me! Punk Goes Horror releases on March 11th!
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
Review: Punk Goes Horror: A Mixtape Anthology edited by William Sterling
Call your chiropractor now because this is one head-bangin' good time.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Head bangin’ its way into our horror hearts, @nwreader.bsky.social’s Punk Goes Horror: A Mixtape Anthology is one hell of a good time. My review:
Huge thanks to @spookysterling.bsky.social for getting an ARC to me! Punk Goes Horror releases on March 11th!
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
Huge thanks to @spookysterling.bsky.social for getting an ARC to me! Punk Goes Horror releases on March 11th!
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
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✨NEW INTERVIEW WITH @underratedskpod.bsky.social!✨
My conversation with the incredible Kim C. is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and Substack! This was a DREAM of a conversation talking about all things Stephen King, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Links ⬇️:
My conversation with the incredible Kim C. is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and Substack! This was a DREAM of a conversation talking about all things Stephen King, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Links ⬇️:
February 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
✨NEW INTERVIEW WITH @underratedskpod.bsky.social!✨
My conversation with the incredible Kim C. is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and Substack! This was a DREAM of a conversation talking about all things Stephen King, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Links ⬇️:
My conversation with the incredible Kim C. is now live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, and Substack! This was a DREAM of a conversation talking about all things Stephen King, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!
Links ⬇️:
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The second episode of ‘News with Crocker’, my semi daily 60-second spec fic book news update I’ll keep doing until some one tells me to stop.
no one has yet.
Today’s a post-valentine double horror news special, featuring big news from @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
no one has yet.
Today’s a post-valentine double horror news special, featuring big news from @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The second episode of ‘News with Crocker’, my semi daily 60-second spec fic book news update I’ll keep doing until some one tells me to stop.
no one has yet.
Today’s a post-valentine double horror news special, featuring big news from @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
no one has yet.
Today’s a post-valentine double horror news special, featuring big news from @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @jonathanjanz.bsky.social
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✨TOMORROW!✨
I’m STILL smiling from this lovely conversation with @underratedskpod.bsky.social! Kim is a LOVELY guest who so graciously answered all of my questions about Stephen King, being a female Constant Reader, and so much more. Check back tomorrow for the 🔗s!
I’m STILL smiling from this lovely conversation with @underratedskpod.bsky.social! Kim is a LOVELY guest who so graciously answered all of my questions about Stephen King, being a female Constant Reader, and so much more. Check back tomorrow for the 🔗s!
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
✨TOMORROW!✨
I’m STILL smiling from this lovely conversation with @underratedskpod.bsky.social! Kim is a LOVELY guest who so graciously answered all of my questions about Stephen King, being a female Constant Reader, and so much more. Check back tomorrow for the 🔗s!
I’m STILL smiling from this lovely conversation with @underratedskpod.bsky.social! Kim is a LOVELY guest who so graciously answered all of my questions about Stephen King, being a female Constant Reader, and so much more. Check back tomorrow for the 🔗s!
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BOOK REVIEW
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
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I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BOOK REVIEW
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
BOOK REVIEW
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
BOOK REVIEW
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
I’m a few months late to the party but I simply had to talk about Nick Cutter’s ‘The Queen’. The cover is so Yellowjackets coded let’s just call it a homage to the new season 😂 Check out my review!
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
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Doing something new and sharing the things that have been keeping me going lately! From books to movies to video games, I cover it all. And you can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
February 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Doing something new and sharing the things that have been keeping me going lately! From books to movies to video games, I cover it all. And you can read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
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I haven’t been this excited about a collection in a hot minute. Unsettling, emotionally moving, and freakin’ WEIRD, everyone needs to read @rebelsam94.bsky.social’s The Poorly Made and Other Things. And if you need to be convinced, see my review:
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I haven’t been this excited about a collection in a hot minute. Unsettling, emotionally moving, and freakin’ WEIRD, everyone needs to read @rebelsam94.bsky.social’s The Poorly Made and Other Things. And if you need to be convinced, see my review:
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
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ICYMI -
There were two Talking Scared eps this week.
Susan Barker discussing her globetrotting novel. OLD SOUL.
@dutchmarich.bsky.social talking us through his found-footage movie trilogy, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Both fantastic conversations - all podcast platforms.
There were two Talking Scared eps this week.
Susan Barker discussing her globetrotting novel. OLD SOUL.
@dutchmarich.bsky.social talking us through his found-footage movie trilogy, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Both fantastic conversations - all podcast platforms.
January 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
ICYMI -
There were two Talking Scared eps this week.
Susan Barker discussing her globetrotting novel. OLD SOUL.
@dutchmarich.bsky.social talking us through his found-footage movie trilogy, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Both fantastic conversations - all podcast platforms.
There were two Talking Scared eps this week.
Susan Barker discussing her globetrotting novel. OLD SOUL.
@dutchmarich.bsky.social talking us through his found-footage movie trilogy, HORROR IN THE HIGH DESERT.
Both fantastic conversations - all podcast platforms.
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My latest Substack is hot off the press! @sgj.bsky.social
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
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Interviewing The Vampire
Stephen Graham Jones' upcoming novel takes no prisoners
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January 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My latest Substack is hot off the press! @sgj.bsky.social
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/unstable...
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/unstable...
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Resharing reviews as I migrate them to Substack!
“It is not hyperbole to say that When the Wolf Comes Home by @natcassidy.bsky.social is a genre-defining, champion of a horror novel. My very favorite thing I’ve read from him, this is an earnestly written...”
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“It is not hyperbole to say that When the Wolf Comes Home by @natcassidy.bsky.social is a genre-defining, champion of a horror novel. My very favorite thing I’ve read from him, this is an earnestly written...”
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
January 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Resharing reviews as I migrate them to Substack!
“It is not hyperbole to say that When the Wolf Comes Home by @natcassidy.bsky.social is a genre-defining, champion of a horror novel. My very favorite thing I’ve read from him, this is an earnestly written...”
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
“It is not hyperbole to say that When the Wolf Comes Home by @natcassidy.bsky.social is a genre-defining, champion of a horror novel. My very favorite thing I’ve read from him, this is an earnestly written...”
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
Gahhh I’m so excited to get ahold of this one. Even more so now 💀😂
New review today! Virginia Feito gives us one hell of a reading experience with Victorian Psycho, a truly memorable book that sets the bar for horror fiction this year. Read my review here:
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gahhh I’m so excited to get ahold of this one. Even more so now 💀😂
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New review today! Virginia Feito gives us one hell of a reading experience with Victorian Psycho, a truly memorable book that sets the bar for horror fiction this year. Read my review here:
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
January 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
New review today! Virginia Feito gives us one hell of a reading experience with Victorian Psycho, a truly memorable book that sets the bar for horror fiction this year. Read my review here:
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
open.substack.com/pub/annarose...
Ideal Saturday night reading friends
Welp. Doing something brand new today, sharing a piece of short fiction I wrote last year. This is the very first time I share anything like this widely, and I hope you enjoy! Read it at the link below:
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substack.com/@annaroserea...
January 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ideal Saturday night reading friends
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Welp. Doing something brand new today, sharing a piece of short fiction I wrote last year. This is the very first time I share anything like this widely, and I hope you enjoy! Read it at the link below:
substack.com/@annaroserea...
substack.com/@annaroserea...
January 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Welp. Doing something brand new today, sharing a piece of short fiction I wrote last year. This is the very first time I share anything like this widely, and I hope you enjoy! Read it at the link below:
substack.com/@annaroserea...
substack.com/@annaroserea...
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New substack!
Today (yesterday) I discuss my complicated feelings about reading fantasy as a horror reader, featuring a review of ‘Lightfall’ by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social (which I enjoyed very much)
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
Today (yesterday) I discuss my complicated feelings about reading fantasy as a horror reader, featuring a review of ‘Lightfall’ by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social (which I enjoyed very much)
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
January 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New substack!
Today (yesterday) I discuss my complicated feelings about reading fantasy as a horror reader, featuring a review of ‘Lightfall’ by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social (which I enjoyed very much)
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...
Today (yesterday) I discuss my complicated feelings about reading fantasy as a horror reader, featuring a review of ‘Lightfall’ by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social (which I enjoyed very much)
open.substack.com/pub/charlieb...