Lauren A. Forry
@laurenforry.bsky.social
Owner of fuzzy dogs. Writer of murders & other things. Professor, too. GEMMA out now from Arcade Crimewise. Active Member HWA. SinC. Rep: Marjacq Scripts
Website: laurenforryauthor.com
Website: laurenforryauthor.com
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2026 Books Read 🧵
Book 1 - Started off the year with an emotional gut-punch of a book. This is horror with a heart (a pulsing, bloody heart) for anyone who has friends, had friends, lost friends, or felt they didn’t need friends. 📚💙
Book 1 - Started off the year with an emotional gut-punch of a book. This is horror with a heart (a pulsing, bloody heart) for anyone who has friends, had friends, lost friends, or felt they didn’t need friends. 📚💙
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Book 9 - And with this, I have finally read all the books from my self-made 2023 book advent calendar! (May or may not do one for 2026 now.) This is the sequel to The Revolution of Marina M. which I read years ago - the story of one girl’s tumultuous journey during the Russian Revolution. 💙📚
January 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Book 9 - And with this, I have finally read all the books from my self-made 2023 book advent calendar! (May or may not do one for 2026 now.) This is the sequel to The Revolution of Marina M. which I read years ago - the story of one girl’s tumultuous journey during the Russian Revolution. 💙📚
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📚 We asked more of our booksellers what they are looking forward to reading in 2026!
Preorder your copies now in store or online at buff.ly/9FJ994o
Preorder your copies now in store or online at buff.ly/9FJ994o
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
📚 We asked more of our booksellers what they are looking forward to reading in 2026!
Preorder your copies now in store or online at buff.ly/9FJ994o
Preorder your copies now in store or online at buff.ly/9FJ994o
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
-1980s American Films & Politics
-Transnational Film Violence
-Advance Screenwriting w/Writers Guild of Great Britain
-Intro to Special Effects Makeup
-Theatre in London
-1980s American Films & Politics
-Transnational Film Violence
-Advance Screenwriting w/Writers Guild of Great Britain
-Intro to Special Effects Makeup
-Theatre in London
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Philosophy of Science
English, Creative Writing
19th Century Philosophy
Epistemology grad seminar
Grad poetry thesis classes
I am nerd, people
Philosophy of Science
English, Creative Writing
19th Century Philosophy
Epistemology grad seminar
Grad poetry thesis classes
I am nerd, people
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
-1980s American Films & Politics
-Transnational Film Violence
-Advance Screenwriting w/Writers Guild of Great Britain
-Intro to Special Effects Makeup
-Theatre in London
-1980s American Films & Politics
-Transnational Film Violence
-Advance Screenwriting w/Writers Guild of Great Britain
-Intro to Special Effects Makeup
-Theatre in London
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NOOOO. Take 2026 back! I don’t want it!
We’re crushed to hear that Catherine O’Hara has left us. Horror fans know her work in BEETLEJUICE and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (as well as a memorable appearance in TALES FROM THE CRYPT), but her body of creativity beyond genre is an epic one. Our condolences to all who loved her.
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NOOOO. Take 2026 back! I don’t want it!
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Book 8 - This one wasn’t my thing. (From a Night Worms package back in 2024. Still working on getting caught up on my book box reads!) 💙📚
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Book 8 - This one wasn’t my thing. (From a Night Worms package back in 2024. Still working on getting caught up on my book box reads!) 💙📚
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There's quite a lot going on, so it feels weird to be like HEY HEY LOOK AT ME, but maybe you like books, and like books by me, and want to see the cover to my next one, coming in August:
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 PM
There's quite a lot going on, so it feels weird to be like HEY HEY LOOK AT ME, but maybe you like books, and like books by me, and want to see the cover to my next one, coming in August:
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Today people from all over southeastern Pennsylvania gathered in the cold to deliver a simple message to Senator Fetterman’s at his Philly Office:
Rein in ICE and CBP by voting NO on ALL funding bills.
They brought hundreds of letters from their neighbors and friends.
#Indivisible #Fetterman
Rein in ICE and CBP by voting NO on ALL funding bills.
They brought hundreds of letters from their neighbors and friends.
#Indivisible #Fetterman
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Today people from all over southeastern Pennsylvania gathered in the cold to deliver a simple message to Senator Fetterman’s at his Philly Office:
Rein in ICE and CBP by voting NO on ALL funding bills.
They brought hundreds of letters from their neighbors and friends.
#Indivisible #Fetterman
Rein in ICE and CBP by voting NO on ALL funding bills.
They brought hundreds of letters from their neighbors and friends.
#Indivisible #Fetterman
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The US ARCs finally live! I found a box of these beauties in a snow bank. Yes there are some textual shenanigans because I gotta be me.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The US ARCs finally live! I found a box of these beauties in a snow bank. Yes there are some textual shenanigans because I gotta be me.
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Online MFA alum Kendra Vaughan was our guest on Wireside Chat earlier this month. Watch as she reads from her debut novel, The Plymbury Witch, and shares the secrets of her self-publishing success!
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Online MFA alum Kendra Vaughan was our guest on Wireside Chat earlier this month. Watch as she reads from her debut novel, The Plymbury Witch, and shares the secrets of her self-publishing success!
Shoutout to these best boys for keeping me company in the home office while I taught classes on Zoom for the first time since 2021. (My college should be back in-person Monday! Probably tomorrow, but I don’t have any classes on Thur. or Fri.)
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Shoutout to these best boys for keeping me company in the home office while I taught classes on Zoom for the first time since 2021. (My college should be back in-person Monday! Probably tomorrow, but I don’t have any classes on Thur. or Fri.)
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Today I’m helping out at my job from 20+ years ago, helping Greg & the DreamHaven crew ship books across the country to folks who inundated their webstore after seeing him on TV.
Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!
Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Today I’m helping out at my job from 20+ years ago, helping Greg & the DreamHaven crew ship books across the country to folks who inundated their webstore after seeing him on TV.
Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!
Website is still down, but later try DreamHavenbooks.com for all your sci-fi, horror, fantasy, film, & comics needs!
I haven’t taken any dog snow pictures b/c I’m not coordinated enough to handle my phone & the dogs in this much snow. But for your enjoyment, here is Milton trying on his new snow boots for the first time. (His paws are very sensitive to the cold.) He likes them now and walks great in them outside!
January 25, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I haven’t taken any dog snow pictures b/c I’m not coordinated enough to handle my phone & the dogs in this much snow. But for your enjoyment, here is Milton trying on his new snow boots for the first time. (His paws are very sensitive to the cold.) He likes them now and walks great in them outside!
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Book 7 - This is an interesting mix of nature writing, literary history & grief memoir. Parnell visits locations linked to his favorite supernatural stories from his childhood, shedding light on the authors who wrote them, the land that inspired them, and his personal journey through grief. 💙📚
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Book 7 - This is an interesting mix of nature writing, literary history & grief memoir. Parnell visits locations linked to his favorite supernatural stories from his childhood, shedding light on the authors who wrote them, the land that inspired them, and his personal journey through grief. 💙📚
I’ve not read all of these books but the ones I’ve read are excellent: Stargazers, The Reformatory, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Forgotten Sisters, Lone Women.
I need to read the rest of Peg’s recs! 💙📚
I need to read the rest of Peg’s recs! 💙📚
There is something in this world that we are lacking right now, it’s called empathy. f**k ice and f**k this government. Here are some amazing BIPOC and queer voices that I read to feel empathy for other human beings. It’s not hard, just love others like you want to be loved. Isn’t that in the Bible?
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I’ve not read all of these books but the ones I’ve read are excellent: Stargazers, The Reformatory, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Forgotten Sisters, Lone Women.
I need to read the rest of Peg’s recs! 💙📚
I need to read the rest of Peg’s recs! 💙📚
Also relevant to college…
"I’m the same Snow Day you know and love, just better. Now you get to stay cozy in your house during snowstorms and have school at the same time."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m “Flexible Instruction Day,” Formerly Known as “Snow Day”
I, your beloved Snow Day, am excited to share that I’ve been meditating a lot lately and have decided to reinvent myself as the Flexible Instructio...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 23, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Also relevant to college…
I am PUMPED for this! (Not sarcasm. I love being snowed in. And yes, all dogs and humans in the house are prepared.)
A major winter storm will be bringing lots of snow to Pennsylvania over the weekend.
Here's what the PA Emergency Management Agency says you can do right now to prepare.
Here's what the PA Emergency Management Agency says you can do right now to prepare.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I am PUMPED for this! (Not sarcasm. I love being snowed in. And yes, all dogs and humans in the house are prepared.)
Hahaha!
*Currently working thru a story problem*
*sees this article again*
*starts crying*
*Currently working thru a story problem*
*sees this article again*
*starts crying*
Problem: The story you are writing has plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator.
Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator with amnesia.
Solution: Unreliable narrator.
Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator with amnesia.
Twenty Solutions to Common Story Problems
1. Problem: The story you are writing has plot holes. Solution: Unreliable narrator. - - -2. Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Hahaha!
*Currently working thru a story problem*
*sees this article again*
*starts crying*
*Currently working thru a story problem*
*sees this article again*
*starts crying*
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Book 6 - What I love about Moreno-Garcia is no matter what genre she writes in, you can always tell it’s her book. This one is straight historical fiction and it was so good. Crime noir set in 1971 Mexico City. 💙📚
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Book 6 - What I love about Moreno-Garcia is no matter what genre she writes in, you can always tell it’s her book. This one is straight historical fiction and it was so good. Crime noir set in 1971 Mexico City. 💙📚
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