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creative nonfiction, food, agriculture, horror, everything

FRIGHTFUL HARVEST, McFarland Books 2026

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librarygoblin.bsky.social
happy 25th anniversary to that not being supposed to have happened
Al Gore projected to win Florida in 2000 (which the Supreme Court overturned)
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
may the lord have mercy on my soul
A pumpkin pie next to a slice of pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream slightly melting off the slice because the pie is still a bit too warm.
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
i keep thinking of this for some reason
#folkhorrorfriday
And remember, punks are nice people pretending to be bad and hippies are bad people pretending to be nice Until next time friends
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
furthermore
A cutting boars photographed very poorly but depicting a yellow delicata squash, an apple, rosemary, garlic, walnuts, fennel, and an onion and also fresh nutmeg
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
what if we kissed next to the Stinking Fork Reparian Restoration project from 2004
A sign for the Stinking Fork Reparian Resoration project in a green and yellow leaves forest.
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
squash
Halved spaghetti squash with rosemary and lemon and garlic before going into the oven
October 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
made pumpkin muffins as a reward for surviving a conference
A stack of delicious pumpkin muffins on a plate on a pumpkin-patterned table cloth.
October 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
Misha!
#folkhorrorfriday
Misha the bear of the USSR.
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
can i read 25 books in three months to meet my ridiculous self-imposed quota? will it mostly be horror novels??
Storygraph challenge: see your progress this year, set goals, or join a challenge from the community! 2025 Reading Goals: you have read 74 books this year. Graph displays 74 out of 100 books, noting "1 book until you're back on track!"
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
why do i do this to myself
Soup, bread, wine, jam, all laid out on a table with a fancy fox and deer napkin
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
yeah
Carrots, celery, garlic, and onions in a soup pot
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
I don't care if it's 90 degrees here, I'm making soup
A parsnip, some chard, an onion, garlic, potatoes, celery, carrots, and red lentils arranged on a cutting board
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
also, WHITCH was fun, like a comedy sketch, got the biggest laughs in the horror block

#victoryiff
Poster for the short film WHITCH, featuring a flowery pentagram between two blood stains.
September 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
from the 11:00 am block of horror shorts, my absolute favorite was VOX HUMANA, which is a lovely example of the overlapping qualities in ecohorror and folk horror

#victoryiff
Poster for VOX HUMANA from its premier at TIFF. Three people are in a line looking to the left against a pale green background.
September 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
i enjoyed (and felt viscerally confronted by) WET BULB TEMPERATURE, a bleak pre-apocalypse story with a lot to say about american gun culture. worth it if you're up for feeling really bad about the state of things!

#victoryiff
Poster for WET BULB TEMPERATURE written and directed by Joe Atkinson. The poster features four characters in red and block. A man teaches a woman to shoot a pistol, below the gaze of two discontent men.
September 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
at a midwest film festival named for the city's historic theater

#victoryiff
A red lanyard with a pass for the Victory International Film Festival in Evansville, Indiana, September 11 - 13
September 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
Men in red and black at an ornate dining table. They look the confusing of worthless rich people at the bounty before them, too stupidly drunk from their stolen wealth to appreciate the value abstracted in the food before them. The still is from the film THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
same, pal
A squirrel flopped onto the railing of a patio in front of some green leaves. The squirrel looks exhausted.
August 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
Cover reveal and preorder link.

I wrote a book about food and ecocriticism in #folkhorror films, out early 2026 from McFarland Books.

Preorder links make good spooky season gifts for the ecocrit professor haunting your department.

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Frig...
FRIGHTFUL HARVEST: FOOD, AGRICULUTRE, AND LANDSCAPE IN FOLK HORROR FILMS by Keene Short. Image: against a red background, a white plate is decorated with pinecones, moss, berries, and a single bloody finger.
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
so many paperbacks in this #indiebookstore in Walla Walla, WA, Earthlight Books
Light blue shelves with paperbacks and a toy truck with Earthlight Books painted on it hanging above the row between shelves.
July 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
also made it today to another favorite #indiebookstore in Spokane, WA: Auntie's Bookstore
View of bookshelves below a set of stairs, including a short rack for book bags and displays for indie presses.
July 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
visited a favorite #indiebookstore in Missoua, MT: The Book Exchange
A bookshelf for local interest titles at The Book Exchange. Image shows MONTANA above rows of books on Inidgenous life and history, grizzly bears, wilderness, and true crime.
July 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
found a gem of a bookstore: Transom Bookstore in Tarrytown, New York
A black and white postcard featuring the Headless Horseman riding with a stack of books in his hand where his pumpkin head would be, held in front of a bookshelf. Text on the postcard reads: "read your head off, Sleepy Hollow, New York"
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
at least I got my @autofocusbooks.bsky.social spring box today
Three books from Autofocus with white backgrounds: Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering, by Erin Dorney; Leave: A Postpartum Account, by Shayne Terry; and A Healthy Interest in the Lives of Otberd by Teresa Carmody. Also a black T-shirt with Lives of Writers and two tin cans connected by thread in white font.
March 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
librarygoblin.bsky.social
#horrorwatch now I guess
The "country mentioned" meme but for Peter Cushing showing up in a movie.
March 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM