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“The scheme involved an individual dressing up as Santa Claus and handing out candy laced with poison to racial minorities and children at Jewish schools in Brooklyn."

Neo-Nazi leader charged with plotting to have Santa give poisoned candy to US Jewish childrenwww.theguardian.com Georgian Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, indicted on charges including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence

NECON 42 is this weekend, so I thought I'd share my schedule again! Can't wait to see everybody!

John Foster reading from his new novel HATE HOUSE at Brooklyn Books & Booze last night! The audience, including yours truly, was enthralled!

The amount of flies in our apartment this summer is ridiculous. It's like THE AMITYVILLE HORROR in here!

"The service – which had been set to take place at the Paris City Hall during the Olympics this year – was cancelled due to concerns that the ceremony would be targeted by extremists. A smaller service is now set to be held at a non-disclosed location with fewer attendees."

Memorial to victims of 1972 Munich massacre to be held in secret at this year’s Paris Olympicswww.thejc.com The memorial was due to be held at the Paris City Hall, but has been moved to a “secret” location

"Since the Hamas massacre of October 7 and amid the ensuing war in Gaza, services at the synagogue have been regularly interrupted by anti-Israeli protests in the area." This is Australia, not Israel, but like many antisemites, they think all Jews are the same.

Sydney’s oldest synagogue targeted by anti-Israel activistswww.thejc.com The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies condemned the ‘despicable act,’ calling it ‘pure, unadulterated antisemitism.’

That "Best of Both Worlds, Part 1" cliffhanger: "Mr. Worf...fire." So good! #startrekthenextgeneration

In honor of #GialloJuly, I watched THE FIFTH CORD, a giallo I haven't seen before. It was good! A hard-drinking, ladies-man journalist investigates a series of murders that seem to be related to a language school, but as people close to him die, he becomes the prime suspect. (1/2)

R.I.P. Shannen Doherty. She was amazing in HEATHERS, and I was addicted to BEVERLY HILLS 90210 in the '90s. Dying at 53 is way too young.

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ and ‘Charmed’ star, dead at 53 | CNNwww.cnn.com Shannen Doherty, an actress who starred on the popular series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Charmed” and documented her nine-year battle with breast cancer, has died, according to her longtime publicist...

In happier news, congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards, with special congrats to @tananarivedue.bsky.social, whose novel THE REFORMATORY is making a clean sweep of literary awards! file770.com/2023-shirley...

2023 Shirley Jackson Awardsfile770.com The 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on July 13 at Readercon 33 in Quincy, Massachusetts. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of ps…

We live in scary times.

Two pics of the Statue of Liberty from the booze cruise I'm on.

R.I.P. Dr. Ruth was an icon of the '80s, appearing regularly on talk shows. She had her own nighttime call-in TV show that I used to watch. Her background as a Holocaust survivor gave her a great amount of empathy for those who were marginalized by society. www.news10.com/news/enterta...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96www.news10.com NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was…

Scott Smith only wrote two novels and both of them are excellent. Right now, his second, THE RUINS, is on sale in e-book for just $2.99!

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Inspired by watching STOPMOTION earlier this week, I finally watched Phil Tippett's 30 years in the making stop-motion animated MAD GOD. It couldn't tell you what's going on, but the artistry is incredible. So much dark creativity! And also, so much poop!

Alert! The e-book of THE FAMILY PLOT by Cherie Priest is on sale for just $1.99!

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DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS is a fun horror-comedy with great practical effects, an insane amount of gore, and lots of prog rock. It reminded me a lot of an over-the-top 80s flick I would have rented from the video store on a Friday night.

I don't even remember BARETTA (except that he had a pet bird), but this song rocks my world.

Sammy Davis Jr - Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)www.youtube.com Sammy Davis Jr - Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)

Disappointing, disturbing news about both Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro. My anger is aimed only at them. My heart goes out to fans of their writing who are trying to work through their feelings about all this.

I've seen a lot of "descent into madness" movies lately--it must be a sign of the times--but STOPMOTION does it well. The actual stop-motion animation used in the film is fantastic. It's also unexpectedly gory! Recommended if you don't mind a slow-paced horror.

Alert! The e-book of Peter Straub's masterpiece--one of his many masterpieces--KOKO is on sale for just $1.99!

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I watched another Series 1 #DoctorWho episode tonight, "The End of the World." Christopher Eccleston is so goddamn good!

I'm so glad I finally saw Issa Lopez's TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID! It's a beautiful, poignant, sad film, but it's also full of fantasy and humanity. It reminds me of PAN'S LABYRINTH that way. And the child actors are so good!

I did some preliminary work today on my next novel, a thriller titled A GLEAM IN THE DARK. A bus caught in an epic rainstorm, a group of strangers trapped in a flooded rest stop with a vicious killer, and a secret that's waited decades to be revealed.

I hope this is good. I loved WANDAVISION and Agatha Harkness, but I'm so tepid on the MCU right now. I'm hoping DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE will pull me out of the slump!

Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along | Teaser Trailer | Disney+www.youtube.com YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

A follow-up to a story I previously posted about. None of them were fired. Three will be "reassigned," and one is staying in his role after a tepid apology. (1/2)

Columbia Removes Three Deans, Saying Texts Touched on ‘Antisemitic Tropes’www.nytimes.com Nemat Shafik, the university president, called the sentiments in the text messages “unacceptable and deeply upsetting.”

If you've seen THE FIRST OMEN, you've seen IMMACULATE, and vice-versa. There are some story differences, but beat for beat they're practically identical. I think I liked THE FIRST OMEN MORE. It's got a stronger cast. That said, IMMACULATE's climax definitely goes for broke!

I watched "Rose" with dinner, the first episode of the #DoctorWho revival from back in 2005. It's so much fun and has so much energy! (But the less said about Mickey and the garbage bin, the better.) Christopher Eccleston is truly outstanding. How I wish we'd had more seasons with his Doctor!

Alert! The e-book of @cgolden.bsky.social's Bram Stoker Award-winning novel ARARAT is on sale for just $1.99!

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