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Reading horror novels so you don’t have to. I find faith, ethics, and truth in the darkness. Writer for The Haunted Pulpit.
Spent a snow day at home reading my journals from the past year. It was interesting to see the themes and ideas that I've been working with and through.
Anyone else do an intentional journal re-read? Seems like a worthwhile practice.
#journaling #writing #endofyear #mindfulness
Anyone else do an intentional journal re-read? Seems like a worthwhile practice.
#journaling #writing #endofyear #mindfulness
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Spent a snow day at home reading my journals from the past year. It was interesting to see the themes and ideas that I've been working with and through.
Anyone else do an intentional journal re-read? Seems like a worthwhile practice.
#journaling #writing #endofyear #mindfulness
Anyone else do an intentional journal re-read? Seems like a worthwhile practice.
#journaling #writing #endofyear #mindfulness
Under the category of influences, I am loving
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' occasional emails about life design. Well worth your time.
This morning's post was about separating he quality of a decision and the quality of its outcome.
designingyour.life
#BillBurnet #DaveEvans #DesigningYourLife
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' occasional emails about life design. Well worth your time.
This morning's post was about separating he quality of a decision and the quality of its outcome.
designingyour.life
#BillBurnet #DaveEvans #DesigningYourLife
Home - Designing Your Life
designingyour.life
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Under the category of influences, I am loving
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' occasional emails about life design. Well worth your time.
This morning's post was about separating he quality of a decision and the quality of its outcome.
designingyour.life
#BillBurnet #DaveEvans #DesigningYourLife
Bill Burnett and Dave Evans' occasional emails about life design. Well worth your time.
This morning's post was about separating he quality of a decision and the quality of its outcome.
designingyour.life
#BillBurnet #DaveEvans #DesigningYourLife
Still thinking about how to capture what I have tried to learn this past year, through the lens of a reading list. So far, I have realized that I have spent a lot of time reading about writing and marketing.
Does anyone have any great books to add to that list?
Does anyone have any great books to add to that list?
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Still thinking about how to capture what I have tried to learn this past year, through the lens of a reading list. So far, I have realized that I have spent a lot of time reading about writing and marketing.
Does anyone have any great books to add to that list?
Does anyone have any great books to add to that list?
Working on my librarian's best book list and realizing that I might instead create a list of the things I'm interested in and the books that helped me learn about them.
Wondering if anyone else out there already does that sort of end-of-year reading practice?
#Books #Libraries #Reading #Booklist
Wondering if anyone else out there already does that sort of end-of-year reading practice?
#Books #Libraries #Reading #Booklist
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Working on my librarian's best book list and realizing that I might instead create a list of the things I'm interested in and the books that helped me learn about them.
Wondering if anyone else out there already does that sort of end-of-year reading practice?
#Books #Libraries #Reading #Booklist
Wondering if anyone else out there already does that sort of end-of-year reading practice?
#Books #Libraries #Reading #Booklist
The best cure for lingering post-COVID malaise? Reading Stephen King's The Stand.
I'm kicking off a new series on the Substack analyzing King's epic as a spiritual antidote to our pandemic anxieties. Part 1 is live!
Come join the slow read.
#TheStand #StephenKing #PostCOVID #BookReview
I'm kicking off a new series on the Substack analyzing King's epic as a spiritual antidote to our pandemic anxieties. Part 1 is live!
Come join the slow read.
#TheStand #StephenKing #PostCOVID #BookReview
Stephen King's The Stand: A Spiritual Cure for Post-COVID Malaise (Part 1)
Stephen King
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November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The best cure for lingering post-COVID malaise? Reading Stephen King's The Stand.
I'm kicking off a new series on the Substack analyzing King's epic as a spiritual antidote to our pandemic anxieties. Part 1 is live!
Come join the slow read.
#TheStand #StephenKing #PostCOVID #BookReview
I'm kicking off a new series on the Substack analyzing King's epic as a spiritual antidote to our pandemic anxieties. Part 1 is live!
Come join the slow read.
#TheStand #StephenKing #PostCOVID #BookReview
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I asked the librarian if she knew of any authors who wrote dinosaur novels.
She said, "Yes, try Sarah Topps.” 🦖🦕
She said, "Yes, try Sarah Topps.” 🦖🦕
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I asked the librarian if she knew of any authors who wrote dinosaur novels.
She said, "Yes, try Sarah Topps.” 🦖🦕
She said, "Yes, try Sarah Topps.” 🦖🦕
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As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As we learn more and more about the costs associated with GenAI, I continue to wonder how institutions and their leadership decide that yes, incorporating anything OpenAI produces into the lives of educators and students is worth the harms.
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Do you need a silly turnip-related library video for your day???
Well, here you go :)
Well, here you go :)
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Do you need a silly turnip-related library video for your day???
Well, here you go :)
Well, here you go :)
This weekend's book champion -- The Great Work by Sheldon Costa -- it beat out an impressive TBR pile to become the Sunday afternoon novel of choice.
It's a fun horror story set in the historic American frontier with a delightful pair of troublemakers hunting a dragon!
#Horror #SheldonCosta
It's a fun horror story set in the historic American frontier with a delightful pair of troublemakers hunting a dragon!
#Horror #SheldonCosta
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This weekend's book champion -- The Great Work by Sheldon Costa -- it beat out an impressive TBR pile to become the Sunday afternoon novel of choice.
It's a fun horror story set in the historic American frontier with a delightful pair of troublemakers hunting a dragon!
#Horror #SheldonCosta
It's a fun horror story set in the historic American frontier with a delightful pair of troublemakers hunting a dragon!
#Horror #SheldonCosta
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Bravo to all librarians and museum staff who are working to If preserve history.
“The librarian is a seeker and keeper of truth, and that makes her a dangerous figure in the eyes of those who fear the fullest, most comprehensive, and most uncomfortable truths emerging.”
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
lithub.com/in-praise-of...
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bravo to all librarians and museum staff who are working to If preserve history.
Why do we chase lost villages?
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
The Lost Village and the Impulse of Absence
Horror as a Dark Roadmap: Exploring What Happens When We Search for Meaning in the Absence of the Past.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why do we chase lost villages?
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
This week on The Haunted Pulpit, I review The Lost Village, explore our drowned history (hello, Quabbin!), and argue that horror is just a dark roadmap to healing our own absences.
bit.ly/3JzCppR
#HorrorBooks #LostPlaces #TheLostVillage #HauntedPulpit
I loved: Camilla Sten's The Lost Village. Finished it last night, meaning I got too scared to finish and skimmed to the end. Perfect November reading.
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
The Haunted Pulpit | Jeremiah | Substack
Where sermons meet specters—ghostly tales and religious commentary. Click to read The Haunted Pulpit, by Jeremiah, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I loved: Camilla Sten's The Lost Village. Finished it last night, meaning I got too scared to finish and skimmed to the end. Perfect November reading.
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
An excellent addition to The Haunted Pulpit.
#TheLostVillage #CamillaSten #Horror
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From our friends over at @404media.co, a look at the closure of Baker & Taylor and the ripple effect it’s been having on libraries:
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hello Librarians and Larger Library World: I'm wondering how you have explained the demise of Baker & Taylor and how that might impact book availability to patrons?
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hello Librarians and Larger Library World: I'm wondering how you have explained the demise of Baker & Taylor and how that might impact book availability to patrons?
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
#Library #Librarians #Baker&Taylor
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What are your favourite Halloween books and movies? Stop by the library and leave a note on the whiteboard. 🎃👻📚🎥
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
What are your favourite Halloween books and movies? Stop by the library and leave a note on the whiteboard. 🎃👻📚🎥
Reclaiming dark fairy tales is how we survive.
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
The Original Folk Horror: Why Fairy Tales Are the Dark Retellings We Need
Hello, Pulpit faithful.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Reclaiming dark fairy tales is how we survive.
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
My thesis for The Haunted Pulpit is live: Re-telling these stories breaks their original curses.
Featured reading list inside, including Rebel Folklore and Tales from the Hinterland. Come wander the woods.
#FolkHorror #Folklore #DarkRetellings #Books
Another cool list of books! Publisher's Weekly just released its top books of 2025.
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly
The best books of 2025, picked by the editors of Publishers Weekly. Best books in fiction, mystery, romance, science fiction, nonfiction, memoir, children's books, and more.
best-books.publishersweekly.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another cool list of books! Publisher's Weekly just released its top books of 2025.
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
#Booklist #PublishersWeekly #Bookrecs
This morning, I made a monster. I looked inside some spooky fairy tale books, found a creepy image on the interwebs, and then I tried to decide what really scared me about Hansel and Gretel.
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This morning, I made a monster. I looked inside some spooky fairy tale books, found a creepy image on the interwebs, and then I tried to decide what really scared me about Hansel and Gretel.
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
Being lost? The witch? The oven? Or, perhaps, just the hunger.
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #FairyTales
In case you missed this: an excellent horror fiction preview in Library Journal a couple of months ago. Love that we are living through a "horror renaissance."
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Horror Renaissance | Genre Preview
Across the range of new horror titles this season, four key trends emerge: lengthy reading experiences are returning to the genre; retellings, which are influencing many genres, are at play in horror ...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you missed this: an excellent horror fiction preview in Library Journal a couple of months ago. Love that we are living through a "horror renaissance."
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Happy Spooky Season!
#Horror #LibraryJournal #BeckySpratford
Great piece from Stephen King about the intersection between novels and film. Worth a read, if only because it is Stephen King…
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Stephen King Reflects on the Adaptations of His Work
In 2025, four of my novels and two short stories were adapted either for films or as streaming TV shows. I find this befuddling, perplexing, and downright peculiar. Also—okay, yeah—pretty cool. Par…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Great piece from Stephen King about the intersection between novels and film. Worth a read, if only because it is Stephen King…
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
lithub.com/bestsellers-...
#Horror #LitHub #StephenKing #HorrorMovies #SpookySeason
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The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The bookshop and library videos are making a return! This week we’re exploring the incredible Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A dark academia wonderland for autumn! 🍂🕯️
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
October 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The Queen of Wands is demanding your attention.
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The Embodied Fire: Queen of Wands and the Prayer of Intention
Prayer Practice
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October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Queen of Wands is demanding your attention.
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
The first issue of Mindful Mysticism is live! We use Tarot as a language for devotional prayer, transforming your creative fire into embodied action.
Read the guide inside: bit.ly/4nqFcj6
#MindfulMysticism #Tarot #Prayer #Creativity
Loving Andrew Sorkin’s 1929. The way this history of the Wall Street Crash connects to today's financial world is chilling. High-stakes drama and great narration.
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
4 Books on Historical Trauma: Why Memory Distorts and The Past Still Haunts Us
Finding horror in history
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Loving Andrew Sorkin’s 1929. The way this history of the Wall Street Crash connects to today's financial world is chilling. High-stakes drama and great narration.
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror
The past is a ghost!
thehauntedpulpit.substack.com/p/4-books-on...
#AmReading #Sorkin #History #Horror