Michael Patrick Hicks | Horror Author and Book Reviewer
@michaelpatrickhicks.com
Author of IN THE END, NOTHING; FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE; MASS HYSTERIA. Book reviewer, movie hoarder. He/Him. Reviewer at FanFiAddict.com.
Fuck AI. Fuck Trump.
Website: http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
Books: books2read.com/michaelpatrickhicks
Fuck AI. Fuck Trump.
Website: http://www.michaelpatrickhicks.com
Books: books2read.com/michaelpatrickhicks
This was a super awesome weekend. Got quite a few photos to edit, and blog writing to do. Hopefully the photos I took with my DSLR. 🤞 In the meantime, here’s a little teaser from our Saturday night that my wife took with her phone.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This was a super awesome weekend. Got quite a few photos to edit, and blog writing to do. Hopefully the photos I took with my DSLR. 🤞 In the meantime, here’s a little teaser from our Saturday night that my wife took with her phone.
Spotted on an outdoor garbage can at rest stop in Clio, MI. Word is getting around! 🤣
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Spotted on an outdoor garbage can at rest stop in Clio, MI. Word is getting around! 🤣
Looking at the special features on the Lionsgate Limited website, there's not much reason for me to grab their new 4K steelbook editions of BATTLE ROYALE and DOGMA. For the former, the Arrow set I have should suffice and the new set doesn't seem to offer enough new material to justify it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Looking at the special features on the Lionsgate Limited website, there's not much reason for me to grab their new 4K steelbook editions of BATTLE ROYALE and DOGMA. For the former, the Arrow set I have should suffice and the new set doesn't seem to offer enough new material to justify it.
Or, you know, not... All righty then.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Or, you know, not... All righty then.
OK, found a way to do this thanks to Reddit and boy is it stupid. Go to Content Library, then filter View: Pending Deliveries *and* Pre-orders. Dumb dumb dumb. Apparently Amazon decided this was somehow more "user-friendly" than just keeping this in the "Net Yet Shipped" orders listing?! Stupid.
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
OK, found a way to do this thanks to Reddit and boy is it stupid. Go to Content Library, then filter View: Pending Deliveries *and* Pre-orders. Dumb dumb dumb. Apparently Amazon decided this was somehow more "user-friendly" than just keeping this in the "Net Yet Shipped" orders listing?! Stupid.
Somebody apparently thinks they’re laundry now…
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Somebody apparently thinks they’re laundry now…
Happy New Movie Releases Day!
I really want to know what movie the artist thought he was doing design work for with Arrow’s newly commissioned OUTLAND artwork. Or maybe he was just on acid or LSD at the time? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice rigid case on HARD BOILED, but not enough to prevent corner damage. Sigh.
I really want to know what movie the artist thought he was doing design work for with Arrow’s newly commissioned OUTLAND artwork. Or maybe he was just on acid or LSD at the time? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice rigid case on HARD BOILED, but not enough to prevent corner damage. Sigh.
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy New Movie Releases Day!
I really want to know what movie the artist thought he was doing design work for with Arrow’s newly commissioned OUTLAND artwork. Or maybe he was just on acid or LSD at the time? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice rigid case on HARD BOILED, but not enough to prevent corner damage. Sigh.
I really want to know what movie the artist thought he was doing design work for with Arrow’s newly commissioned OUTLAND artwork. Or maybe he was just on acid or LSD at the time? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice rigid case on HARD BOILED, but not enough to prevent corner damage. Sigh.
Tonight’s movie: SLITHER from writer/director @jamesgunn.bsky.social by way of @screamfactory.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Tonight’s movie: SLITHER from writer/director @jamesgunn.bsky.social by way of @screamfactory.bsky.social
A kitty cat sleep study.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A kitty cat sleep study.
I know the publishing biz works in mysterious way, but...um... shouldn't you have read this *before* you published it, William Morrow?
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know the publishing biz works in mysterious way, but...um... shouldn't you have read this *before* you published it, William Morrow?
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Up next in the queue, Cullen Bunn's BONES OF OUR STARS, BLOOD OF OUR WORLD -- "a high-stakes hunt for a masked killer whose brutal murders may be a portent of an evil as ancient and cold as the stars themselves."
I've got high hopes for this one, #booksky!
Preorder: bookshop.org/a/110778/978...
I've got high hopes for this one, #booksky!
Preorder: bookshop.org/a/110778/978...
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Up next in the queue, Cullen Bunn's BONES OF OUR STARS, BLOOD OF OUR WORLD -- "a high-stakes hunt for a masked killer whose brutal murders may be a portent of an evil as ancient and cold as the stars themselves."
I've got high hopes for this one, #booksky!
Preorder: bookshop.org/a/110778/978...
I've got high hopes for this one, #booksky!
Preorder: bookshop.org/a/110778/978...
Just finished reading the Shadowman novel. Review soon. All I’ll say for now is… I really hope my next read is a good one!
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just finished reading the Shadowman novel. Review soon. All I’ll say for now is… I really hope my next read is a good one!
Carried to Earth in a freak meteor shower, an alien virus has infected the animals. To survive, humanity will have to fight tooth and nail.
Buy MASS HYSTERIA in print, ebook, or audiobook now at books2read.com/u/3kgBBO #MondayReads #BookSky #Horror 🩸📚 💙📚
Buy MASS HYSTERIA in print, ebook, or audiobook now at books2read.com/u/3kgBBO #MondayReads #BookSky #Horror 🩸📚 💙📚
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Carried to Earth in a freak meteor shower, an alien virus has infected the animals. To survive, humanity will have to fight tooth and nail.
Buy MASS HYSTERIA in print, ebook, or audiobook now at books2read.com/u/3kgBBO #MondayReads #BookSky #Horror 🩸📚 💙📚
Buy MASS HYSTERIA in print, ebook, or audiobook now at books2read.com/u/3kgBBO #MondayReads #BookSky #Horror 🩸📚 💙📚
In better book news, guess who just got an ARC of @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social's next Joe Ledger book, RED EMPIRE?! Due out in March! Thank you @stmartinspress.bsky.social! Got a few books ahead of this one, including Jonathan's just-released NekroTek novel, COLD WAR. Good times ahead!
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In better book news, guess who just got an ARC of @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social's next Joe Ledger book, RED EMPIRE?! Due out in March! Thank you @stmartinspress.bsky.social! Got a few books ahead of this one, including Jonathan's just-released NekroTek novel, COLD WAR. Good times ahead!
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Ad holes are getting insane. Going to have to read this in a computer with my ad blocker on.
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ad holes are getting insane. Going to have to read this in a computer with my ad blocker on.
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
HOLY CRAP! We may not be getting the STAR TREK: LEGACY TV series, but it sure does look like @daytonward.bsky.social is officially taking us beyond the series finale of PICARD with TO DEFY FATE, out in April. This sounds epic!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-T...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-T...
October 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
HOLY CRAP! We may not be getting the STAR TREK: LEGACY TV series, but it sure does look like @daytonward.bsky.social is officially taking us beyond the series finale of PICARD with TO DEFY FATE, out in April. This sounds epic!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-T...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Star-T...
Just finished and absolutely LOVED The October Film Haunt by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social. Cosmic horror cult slasher by way of found footage. Lots going on here, and all of it is supremely wicked.
October 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just finished and absolutely LOVED The October Film Haunt by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social. Cosmic horror cult slasher by way of found footage. Lots going on here, and all of it is supremely wicked.
Now reading: THE SHOEMAKER'S MAGICIAN by Cynthia Pelayo. Book 2 in her Chicago series and a spiritual sequel/standalone follow-up to her terrific CHILDREN OF CHICAGO.
October 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Now reading: THE SHOEMAKER'S MAGICIAN by Cynthia Pelayo. Book 2 in her Chicago series and a spiritual sequel/standalone follow-up to her terrific CHILDREN OF CHICAGO.
A day-long rain leading into a rain-soaked evening. Seems like the perfect time to finish up THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT, once the kids are in bed and the house is (mostly) dark.
(I'm loving this book, btw.)
(I'm loving this book, btw.)
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A day-long rain leading into a rain-soaked evening. Seems like the perfect time to finish up THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT, once the kids are in bed and the house is (mostly) dark.
(I'm loving this book, btw.)
(I'm loving this book, btw.)
Another shot of the mantis, a bit closer up.
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Another shot of the mantis, a bit closer up.
A scene from today’s walk.
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A scene from today’s walk.
Wife, getting the kids ready for their trip tomorrow, which means I get three full days of peace and quiet: “If you’re not going to follow directions then you can just stay home with daddy.”
Me:
Me:
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wife, getting the kids ready for their trip tomorrow, which means I get three full days of peace and quiet: “If you’re not going to follow directions then you can just stay home with daddy.”
Me:
Me: