chloe (she/they)
@chloesnotscared.bsky.social
librarian, horror movie fiend, scary book reader, friend of cats, chicago
writing- chloesnotscared.com
podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-scared-a-horror-movie-podcast/id1832623186
everything else- https://linktr.ee/chloesnotscared
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writing- chloesnotscared.com
podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-scared-a-horror-movie-podcast/id1832623186
everything else- https://linktr.ee/chloesnotscared
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6. KILLER ON THE ROAD by Stephen Graham Jones. And no, it’s not the only SGJ on my list. Technically it’s a rerelease but I was completely taken with this story. We don’t get a good highway horror every day. A teen running away from home becomes the target of a shapeshifting trucker. #LibFaves2025
December 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
7. WHY I LOVE HORROR edited by @raforall.bsky.social with forward from
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social . A brilliant collection of essays from the biggest names in horror about how the genre helped them survive and thrive from childhood to present. Every story has something new to offer. #LibFaves2025
@sadiehartmann.bsky.social . A brilliant collection of essays from the biggest names in horror about how the genre helped them survive and thrive from childhood to present. Every story has something new to offer. #LibFaves2025
December 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Officially announcing the Chicago Film Critics Association award nominees for 2025. Click here for more! Yay OBAA!
chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/cfca202...
chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/cfca202...
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER AND SINNERS TIE WITH RECORD TWELVE NOMINATIONS AT CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION 2025 AWARDS — Chicago Film Critics Association
MARTY SUPREME notches seven noms while IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, TRAIN DREAMS round out Best Picture category; over forty films recognized overall with nominations. The Chicago Film Critics Assoc...
chicagofilmcritics.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Officially announcing the Chicago Film Critics Association award nominees for 2025. Click here for more! Yay OBAA!
chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/cfca202...
chicagofilmcritics.org/blog/cfca202...
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Get in loser, we’re returning to the gothic. chloesnotscared.com/2025/12/06/t...
The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2025
Get in, loser, we’re returning to the Gothic. Read on to find out more about the best horror movies in 2025!
chloesnotscared.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Get in loser, we’re returning to the gothic. chloesnotscared.com/2025/12/06/t...
Library peeps! Starting today, we are counting down our 10 favorite books published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25!
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Library peeps! Starting today, we are counting down our 10 favorite books published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25!
Get in loser, we’re returning to the gothic. chloesnotscared.com/2025/12/06/t...
The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2025
Get in, loser, we’re returning to the Gothic. Read on to find out more about the best horror movies in 2025!
chloesnotscared.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Get in loser, we’re returning to the gothic. chloesnotscared.com/2025/12/06/t...
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
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Always money for cops, never money for libraries.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Always money for cops, never money for libraries.
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
Just put out a new episode with a new friend and prolific SF / horror author @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social … we chat about Tales from the Hood (1995). Hope you enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/chloesno...
11. Tales from the Hood (1995)
And a campaign for merchandising those puppets!
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just put out a new episode with a new friend and prolific SF / horror author @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social … we chat about Tales from the Hood (1995). Hope you enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/chloesno...
Confession, I haven’t seen an Avatar movie. I also tried to watch Now You See Me and couldn’t make it through the whole movie.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Confession, I haven’t seen an Avatar movie. I also tried to watch Now You See Me and couldn’t make it through the whole movie.
“Are you printing from your phone or from the computer?”
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Are you printing from your phone or from the computer?”
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Ugh I wish I still lived in IC so I could grab a book at Haunted Bookshop and pop over to Foxhead to read. It was my tradition every time there’s a first snow ❄️
IOWA CITY - Neighbors, the first snow is starting tonight!
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
We have loads of books and puzzles... and Book Seats.
They're perfect for when you are reading a paper book but want to wrap both hands around your cocoa mug! ☕🍵
www.thehauntedbookshop.com/advSearchRes...
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ugh I wish I still lived in IC so I could grab a book at Haunted Bookshop and pop over to Foxhead to read. It was my tradition every time there’s a first snow ❄️
My pal Brendan screens The Thing in January, when the holiday cheer has faded and there’s no hope of spring.
FYI: Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My pal Brendan screens The Thing in January, when the holiday cheer has faded and there’s no hope of spring.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Vartiina
St. Vincent & David Byrne
Janelle Monae
Belle & Sebastian
Chappell Roan
Vartiina
St. Vincent & David Byrne
Janelle Monae
Belle & Sebastian
Chappell Roan
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Florence and the Machine
Tori Amos
Modest Mouse
Matt Nathanson
Pat Benatar
Florence and the Machine
Tori Amos
Modest Mouse
Matt Nathanson
Pat Benatar
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
2Cellos
Peter Gabriel
AC/DC
Garbage
Indigo Girls
2Cellos
Peter Gabriel
AC/DC
Garbage
Indigo Girls
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Vartiina
St. Vincent & David Byrne
Janelle Monae
Belle & Sebastian
Chappell Roan
Vartiina
St. Vincent & David Byrne
Janelle Monae
Belle & Sebastian
Chappell Roan
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This is your reminder that if you live in #Chicago we have a free bookstore. YES, free bookstore. You can get free books here.
I donate all of my books here. So, they generally have a solid horror section because I keep them well-stocked.
www.books4cause.com/free-booksto...
I donate all of my books here. So, they generally have a solid horror section because I keep them well-stocked.
www.books4cause.com/free-booksto...
Books4Free - Free Book Exchange in Skokie - Books4Cause - Chicago
All of the books in our Free Bookstore are free for you to take and read. These books have been donated and we are passing them on for the love of reading.
www.books4cause.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is your reminder that if you live in #Chicago we have a free bookstore. YES, free bookstore. You can get free books here.
I donate all of my books here. So, they generally have a solid horror section because I keep them well-stocked.
www.books4cause.com/free-booksto...
I donate all of my books here. So, they generally have a solid horror section because I keep them well-stocked.
www.books4cause.com/free-booksto...
I’m considering adding MUBI to my list of streaming services, at least for the holiday season. For those who have tried, is it worth it?
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I’m considering adding MUBI to my list of streaming services, at least for the holiday season. For those who have tried, is it worth it?
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For only nine bucks (or four for the ebook) you can find out if Mary pooped when she gave birth to Jesus.
www.timberghostpress.com/store/p78/Th...
www.timberghostpress.com/store/p78/Th...
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
For only nine bucks (or four for the ebook) you can find out if Mary pooped when she gave birth to Jesus.
www.timberghostpress.com/store/p78/Th...
www.timberghostpress.com/store/p78/Th...
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Hell yeah cannot WAIT for this one
We are 1/4 of the way there! Thank you to those who have donated so far. Check the link out to get the details on one of my newest books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/utt...
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hell yeah cannot WAIT for this one
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It's GIVE TO THE MAX day here in Minnesota and I saved up the funds from the latest Genre Grinder Cares sales ($80.17) to donate today for the greatest impact. Go here to donate yourself! www.givemn.org/organization...
My receipts below! Thanks everyone!
My receipts below! Thanks everyone!
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's GIVE TO THE MAX day here in Minnesota and I saved up the funds from the latest Genre Grinder Cares sales ($80.17) to donate today for the greatest impact. Go here to donate yourself! www.givemn.org/organization...
My receipts below! Thanks everyone!
My receipts below! Thanks everyone!
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I was a guest on @chloesnotscared.bsky.social's Not Scared podcast:
Gabe's Talkin' 'bout Lucio Fulci on the Not Scared Podcast
My new friend Chloe Waryan has a podcast and she invited me on. Regular listeners will remember that Chloe was on my podcast back in April of this year when we talked about Anthology Horror Films, so ...
www.genregrinder.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was a guest on @chloesnotscared.bsky.social's Not Scared podcast:
New episode of Not Scared! @gabepowers.bsky.social and I discuss Zombie Flesh Eaters aka Zombi 2 aka Zombie (1979) directed by Lucio Fulci. Take a listen! open.substack.com/pub/chloesno...
Zombi 2 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
When there's no more room in hell, the dead will... fight a shark?
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New episode of Not Scared! @gabepowers.bsky.social and I discuss Zombie Flesh Eaters aka Zombi 2 aka Zombie (1979) directed by Lucio Fulci. Take a listen! open.substack.com/pub/chloesno...
Happy news from the library!! I obviously recommend The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ but also absolutely loved Woodworking by Emily St. James! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
Our Favorite Books of 2025: Top 10 — a staff-created list from Chicago Public Library
The Chicago Public Library proudly presents our top 10 favorite books of the year.
chipublib.bibliocommons.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Happy news from the library!! I obviously recommend The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by SGJ but also absolutely loved Woodworking by Emily St. James! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...