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Ray Garton

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Man, I have LOVED being a writer & I’m grateful to those who’ve read me.

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Our three Halloween cats would probably fight over this, but I love it.

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Little known fact of the day: Robert Frost hated poetry but wrote it because he knew it would get him laid.

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I bought a brand new Simon & Schuster paperback copy of THE TOMMYKNOCKERS only to discover that the book's cover was on upside down. Reading it in public, I look like a lunatic. LOL!

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Little known fact of the day: If you give birth on Groundhog Day and your baby sees its shadow, you'll have six more weeks of labor.

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One of the finest publishers of dark fiction has become one of the finest voices in dark fiction. This thriller, which I strongly recommend, was inspired by an article Chizmar read. It takes place in a neighborhood not so different from yours. And it'll stick to your ribs.

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It started out like any other night in the ER, until a guy came in with something . . . different. Once it left his body, it was loose in the hospital. And once it left the hospital . . .

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10 months

My appearance in Stephen King's HOLLY--Ray Garton Farm Machinery, Inc.!

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@RayGarton That’s fun, isn’t it?

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Where's the Orkin man when you need him?

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I'm kicking off Noirvember by finishing Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy. I think the first two of these books were among the best writing King has ever done, and I'm approaching this book with a delicious chill of anticipation.

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Little known fact of the day: Due to its shoddy human-rights record, North Korea is not allowed to be a member nation of the International House of Pancakes.

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Damn, this is good.

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8 months

I'm continuing my October reading with another delightfully creepy Stephen King novel.

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Man, getting my books retweeted by Stephen King makes me think I probably should complain less.

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END OF WATCH wraps up the Bill Hodges trilogy with an unnerving nail-biter of a climax. I think Holly Gibney is one of Stephen King's most inspired characters and I hope he continues to do more with her in the future. I look forward to THE OUTSIDER and "If it Bleeds."

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"Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers." — Mel Brooks

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of my first novel, published by Pinnacle Books with this typically gory 1980s paperback cover.

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This just in: On what would have been his 100th birthday, the late game show host Bob Barker has crawled out of his grave, returned to THE PRICE IS RIGHT set, and is currently eating Drew Carey's face in front of a live studio audience.

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A beautiful and terrifying movie from 1997.

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"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he pump six gallons, or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, pump?"

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I have the most generous and supportive friends. I love every last one of you.

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I hope you're having a wonderful time celebrating your birthday, @StephenKing .

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If Jesus has to keep getting lost so people can "find" him, how does he get anything done?

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@StephenKing Words are inadequate to convey how much I loved that book.

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@SpeakerMcCarthy I don't follow you and yet here you are in my feed. So I will block your lying, traitorous, America-hating ass and see if THAT gets rid of you.

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I ask about New Year's Eve plans out of curiosity because most of the people I know see it as rather tired and antiquated and choose not to go out at all. I'm wondering how common that is.

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A great Christmas season double feature . . .

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At next year's KillerCon in Austin, the recipients of the J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award will be Craig Spector and yours truly. I'm in stellar company, and I'm honored. Sincere thanks to Wrath James White. I hope to see as many of you there as possible in 2024!

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One of the best. 1943 - 2022.

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I got home last night from my fourth recent hospital stay, full of tests, like my sixth CT scan. As many have said, cancer sucks.

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When is someone going to do this great novel justice with a miniseries that's true to the source material?

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103 years ago today Ray Harryhausen was born, and then he went on to improve countless childhoods.

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Happy Halloween! 😃

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@DADiClementi @NoirAlley My fear is that they're going to keep dismantling TCM until it's gone.

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The best picture I've ever seen of the great Robert Bloch.

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@NoHardFeelings This is clearly another morally reprehensible comedy from the perverts in Hollywood who know exactly what I like.

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I'm deeply saddened to learn of the death of David J. Skal in a car accident on January 1. He was a wonderful writer who chronicled the history of horror, and I always found him to be a kind and gracious person. This is a great loss to the genre of horror.

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@JohnLaw30761754 @brenonade I agree. There's no way I could fuck up the country NEARLY as well as he has.

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Telling time with monsters . . .

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I've never heard of @dankois before, but today he's the most hated son of a bitch on the internet for his shitty hit piece on the beloved Martin Short. Apparently, Mr. Kois's parents didn't hug him enough when he was a rotten kid.

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@Zealots2022 Satan's a fan of musical numbers, is he?

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Surely I'm not alone in my great affection for this deeply creepy movie.

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The Eater of Gods was published by Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance. One of the great champions of the horror, Rich kept many of us afloat during dark times. A true hero of horror. And a truly brilliant writer.

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For my October reading, I'm starting with Stephen King's most upsetting novel. I've read a lot of King's books more than once, but not this one. Until now.

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@blackpillreport You move your lips when you watch TV, don't you?

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I'm not even 100 pages into this thing and I've already decided that I MUST read more T. Kingfisher. This is fantastic. What are you reading and how do you like it so far?

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East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' . . .

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I lost sleep over this book, and I suspect you will, too. Muriel Gray works some real magic in telling this terrifying story set in the Canadian Rockies with writing so evocative, you'll have to put on a coat.

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Holy schnikes. How did this major 1986 movie release avoid midnight showings? It's the most unintentionally hilarious cop movie I've ever seen. There should be Cobra parties with drinking games & door prizes. Skull-crackingly stupid.

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But did we listen?

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I was 20 the first time I read PET SEMATARY. It was deeply disturbing, terrifying, everything you'd expect. But I was 20. Now I'm 60. And it's a very different book this time.

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If you're waiting to hear from me, please be patient. Dawn and I are both sick and feeling like shit. But I WILL get back to you, I promise. I've been rediscovering this show on Max. I'd forgotten just how good it is. Strongly recommended.

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Pet peeve: People who claim to be huge Stephen King fans who read everything he writes, but persist in spelling his name with V as if they've never looked at a single cover of any of the books they claim to love so much.

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@GeraldoRivera I used to love hearing the story of my parents' courtship...how Dad shoved poppers under Mom's nose and groped her in a bathroom. So romantic.

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"Oh, bother."

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Boys in the Valley, Two Screenplays by Philip Fracassi, is another recent loan from Scott Connors, should be a rich read. Philip is one of my favorite new voices in the genre, and I recommend you check out his work.

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These are the two best horror novels I've read in many years, and the fact that the brilliantly talented Muriel Gray did not continue writing horror fiction is a crying shame. I can't recommend these books enthusiastically enough to horror fans.

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It's official: This dog cannot bake.

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I hope you're all warm, safe, and happy in the company of those you love. Have a wonderful holiday, whatever you celebrate.

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No kidney stones! That's the good news.

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The fence that surrounds Stephen King Park.

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From an Amazon reader review by Troy Stoops: "More timely than when it was first released, and replete with an absolute shocker of a conclusion that feels horribly perfect, SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD is not just a stunner, but a classic."

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What was Jon Voight's most recent hit song?

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Back when SHOGUN aired in 1980 that kind of violence was simply unheard of. So was nudity of any kind. These days, nudity is common on most TV, as is that level of violence and more. Compared to then, TV today is a bloody, gory orgy. Like the end of SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD.

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