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Patrick Tarr
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Screenwriter (Cardinal, Saving Hope, The Colony)
My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now.
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What a thrill to see a perennial favourite on the big screen for the first time. Lots of people there who’d never seen it before, all buzzing on their way out of the Revue.
The title card from the film Double Indemnity, on screen at Toronto ‘s Revue Cinema.
November 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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My son is getting really into horror so I get to introduce him to all the bangers of my youth.
The cover of Robert R. McCammon’s novel Swan Song with a demonic face overlooking a blasted landscape
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Taking the day to catch up on some reading, and the books just happen to match. Off to a great start @emilyweedon.bsky.social
A photo of the graphic novel Pixu and novel Hemo Sapiens, both with red, white and black covers.
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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All four seasons of Cardinal are now streaming on Netflix Canada. Pictured, the incomparable Karine Vanasse in a rare moment out of her parka.
A screencap of the crime drama Cardinal on Netflix. Karine Vanasse stands on a rural road in a police vest, with her hand on her weapon.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Autumndog resplendence
A photo of a female Anatolian Shepherd mix sitting in fall leaves and wearing a Halloween scarf.
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I’ll be at the Toronto International Festival of Authors next weekend speaking with author Nathan Harris and moderator Tanya Turton. More info at festivalofauthors.ca
Info on TIFA event ‘Fight for Freedom, Search for Truth’ featuring photos of authors Nathan Harris and Patrick Tarr. ‘A gripping conversation about survival, memory, and the haunting legacies of war.’
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The Quebec title for Miller’s Crossing might be better than the English one.
The Canadian blu ay of the Coen Brothers movie Miller’s Crossing, with the Quebec title ‘Un Cadavre Sous le Chapeau’, which translates as A Corpse Under the Hat
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Introducing a personal fave to my kid this fine October evening
A postcard for the 1980 film The Changeling, with an empty cobwebbed wheelchair in the foreground and a silhouette with someone sitting in the chair on the wall in the background
October 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I used this service, and my cuddle buddy came back different. He's watching me now, trying to loosen the stitching on his mouth when I'm not looking. I'm worried what happens when he gets it open. But the number on the sign has vanished. I don't know where to turn.
A sign with an image of a damaged stuffy, reading 'Do you have a cuddle buddy in need of repair? I can help! Contact me' But the contact info is blank.
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Toronto friends, three weeks from today come see Emily Weedon, Daniel Perry, Michael Rowe, @mcallway.bsky.social, and myself read at the spooky October edition of Drunk Fiction. Oct 28th, 6pm at the Caledonian at College and Ossington.
An ad for the event 'Spoooky Drunk Fiction', with a dark background featuring covers for the novels #TheGuestChildren, #HemoSapiens, #SnakeOilAndOtherTales, #Pride, and #ModernFolklore.
October 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Straight to the top of the pile with Exiles, by the late great @andrewpyper.bsky.social (writing as Mason Coile). Out today. #booksky
The cover art of the novel Exiles by Mason Coile, featuring a silhouette of a person in a space suit against a hazy orange background.
September 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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The Furious was a wild ride, one of the most imaginative action movies I’ve seen in years. Very fun and animated crowd for an industry screening too.

#TIFF50
Poster for The Furious (2025) with a circle of barbed wire around the title on a black background
September 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The Guest Children is out today, anywhere books are sold. Come along on a little trip to the lake.

#booksky #horrorlit
August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A few days away from official The Guest Children release, but I’m seeing it shelved in a few places early. Sharing a row with two of my all-time favourite Stephens @sgj.bsky.social and @stephenking.bsky.social is a surreal thrill.
A photo of the book #TheGuestChildren on a store shelf next to Stephen Graham Jones’ Killer on the Road and Stephen King’s Misery.
August 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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One week until The Guest Children is released! Nice to wake up to this lovely review.
#booksky 📚🩸📚 👻
A screencap of a book review of The Guest Children and Widow's Point on Instagram by @my.spooky.ways. A hand holds both books aloft.
August 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Went into this knowing nothing about it.
What a wild ride!
Poster for the 2024 Japanese film 'Cloud' by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, featuring a man loosely holding a gun outside a derelict industrial plant.
August 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Thanks Gabino! Sharing my post WW2 supernatural mystery, coming out Aug 12th. #fridayreads

Purchase links to all booksellers through my website patricktarr.com
Cover of the novel The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr, a spooky lake surrounded by trees.
August 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Excited for this sold-out launch and very grateful to Type Books Junction for hosting!

#booksky @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
a graphic for the sold-out launch of the novel The Guest Children at Type Books in Toronto.
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Back in Toronto after 6 years, if Japanese Krautrock and psychedelia is your jam.
July 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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New trailer for The Guest Children, with thanks to Andrew Kalu for the use of his creepy music.
July 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Got the whole gang together! On top, The Guest Children paperback edition from @harpercollinsca.bsky.social, below left and right the hardcover and paperback from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social. All three, plus the audiobook version, are ready for stores on August 12th and preorder now!
#booksky
Three editions of the supernatural mystery The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr, with a creepy lake and trees featured on the cover.
July 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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American friends, for the next 3 days pre-orders of The Guest Children in all formats are 25% off!

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-guest-...

#BNPREORDER #booksky @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
25% off pre-order offer on the novel The Guest Children with code PREORDER25 from Barnes and Noble. Valid for all formats.
July 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Guest Children comes out August 12, two months from today! Available for preorder at your favourite bookseller. Some thoughts here from awesome early readers.
#booksky #horrorlit #🩸📚
Advance Praise for The Guest Children. Quotes in non-image form at patricktarr.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thanks to my US publisher @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social for this big pile of advance copies! August 12th is coming very soon, and I can’t wait for people to visit Blank Lake.
A pile of advance copies of the novel The Guest Children, with a spooky lake and trees on the cover.
May 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Rediscovering this amazing old radio drama on some vintage cassettes, but it's also widely available for free online, including at @archive.org. We listened to Orson Welles in The Hitchhiker on every family road trip when I was a kid. These two episodes are pretty great as well.
Cassette cover for radio drama 'Suspense.' Cover image is a spooky old house with a light shining on a fleeing man. Side One - House in Cypress Canyon, featuring Robert Taylor. Size Two - Fugue in C Minor, featuring Ida Lupino and Vincent Price.
May 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM