Patty Terhune

4/4 to 6/6. Skin Deep: Beauty, Horror, and the Gothic Tradition. Texts include CARMILLA (LeFanu), PERFUME (Süskind), NATURAL BEAUTY (Ling Ling Huang), stories by Hawthorne, Poe, & Shelley.

NYC locals: I’m running a reading group on Beauty, Horror, and the Gothic Tradition at the Center for Fiction this spring! Sign up online and bring your uncanny doppelgänger. (Missing out is guaranteed to induce envy and spike your cortisol.)

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Oh I love this design Mike! What a cool tie in to the story

Oooo I did miss this, thanks for sharing!! I'll definitely check out the conversation

Emily Henry’s Dracula I get to The Garlic Not, and the place is packed with regulars. I decide to sit at the bar, and an old man with the fewest teeth I’ve ever seen han...

Dracula reaches out and touches my face. His fingers are eight inches long, and just as pointy as his teeth. His touch is ice cold. My phone buzzes, and it breaks our spell. I look at the name on the screen: VAN HELSING.

“It’s my ex-boyfriend. I should go,” I tell him.

Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Our 25 Most-Read Pieces of 2025 - - -We’re counting down our most-read pieces of 2025. This list will be updated daily until we reach #1 on December 31. Thanks to all our contrib...

I know what you’re thinking: “My New Year’s resolution was to subscribe to the newsletter of whoever wrote the 14th most read McSweeney’s humor piece of the year. But he doesn’t have one.”

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Well, you’re not gonna believe this:

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Lesser-Known Celebrity-Owned Alcohol Brands Featuring Walton Goggins’s Weirdly Hot Jalapeño Tequila and Sydney Sweeney’s Pure White Rum.

I've got a new Shout co-authored with my talented bud Jordan De Padova and illustrated beautifully by Livia Weiner. Sláinte!
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This is how to go into a new week…
@travis-h-olson.bsky.social @jeniwomyn31.bsky.social @dbozeman.bsky.social @moochie6us.bsky.social @cmjinmadison.bsky.social @pattyterhune.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social @kumail.bsky.social @adamhorovitz.bsky.social
#beastieboys

Donate to Stand by Naomi in Her MS Battle, organized by Naomi Davis Hi everyone, I’m reaching out with something I never thought I’d have to writ… Naomi Davis needs your support for Stand by Naomi in Her MS Battle

Hi! Sharing again for my friend Naomi who is over halfway to her goal! If you can't donate and can spare a retweet (or whatever we call them on Bluesky) I'd really appreciate it.

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Thank you!!! A couple days early actually (it's TECHNICALLY July 6), but I'll happily cash some early celebrations 😁 time is meaningless at this point anyway 😂

😂 I can't handle another side job

It's pretty irritating how many pundits would hear the ideas "I want to shove 100 live scorpions in your mouth" and "I want to shove 0 live scorpions in your mouth" and sagely declare: "The wisest course of action is to let someone shove 50 live scorpions in your mouth."

So strange. So many thoughts. The biggest being... $90k? Syracuse?! I'd be mad too. But I think it was a missed opportunity in this article to focus so much on what schools/Syracuse are doing this year and so little about why they're doing it. Ripple effects of policy chaos. Stay mad, but direct it.

Chalkboard sign outside motorcycle dealership that says "feeling sad and ugly? Buy a motorcycle and just be ugly"

I'm in Humor, I'm in Cookbooks, and today I'm in World History. I will not stop until I've conquered every section of Barnes & Noble. Happy pub day to How Not to be a Basic Peasant!

America, Let Me In A hilarious and satirically accurate introduction to the United States immigration system from comedian and writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Felipe Torres Medina Born in Colombia, Felipe ...

OH WOW, it's Book Launch day!!! The reign of pre-orders is over! BUY my book today!!

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Genre Party! The undeniable pleasure of reading 1500 pages about dragons

I woke up this week and realized I had read all three books of The Empyrean series (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm) in a delightful romantasy fugue. I wrote about the pleasures of genre immersion in my newsletter here:

I'm starting a monthly live storytelling show with @iangoldstein.bsky.social called Workers Comp! come join us March 30th at Brooklyn Art Haus for stories about the workplace and why everyone needs a union, especially you. tickets at the bitly link! bit.ly/43nRD90

The next Abolish Everything tapings for @nebula.tv are TOMORROW @caveatnyc.bsky.social! The 7 PM is sold out, but there’s still a handful of tickets left for the 10 PM.

Lots of stone cold killers on this one—not to be missed!

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Scientists have observed cockatoos enjoying noodles dunked in blueberry-flavored soy yogurt. Sabrina Imbler gave it a try. defector.com/i-tried-a-co...

fading away emjaywat · so far · Song · 2025

Starting my day with this song was a good jolt to the sleepy brain! A good friend of mine just put out an album so I've had that on repeat open.spotify.com/track/1bgObT...

Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social and @jamesfolta.com for letting me yap about my book!

Please Stop Ripping My Bodices Lathaniel, thou knowest how I crave thy touch. Many a night—and morn, and afternoon!—have I lain enfolded in thine arms, as thou tendered thy lips ...

"Am I flattered by thy haste? Forsooth. I am not made of stone. But, good lord, man. I must wear something. Have some self-restraint."

beautiful idiot cat with single cotton ball in place of brain staring at mirror like she does every morning

peach no! you’re too little to be considering the implications

THURSDAY!

By popular demand, OOPS! ALL OSCAR MONOLOGUES is back @ucbtny.

Over a dozen comedians will do the bits they would do if they hosted the Oscars.

If you buy before show day, tix are just $10! Be proactive for once in your life!

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everyone saying “go birds.” yes exactly birds are wonderful

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A Newsletter of Humorous Writing by Luke Burns & James Folta A weekly newsletter dedicated to humorous writing and humorous writers. We round up the best short humor pieces and funny articles every week, and have some fun extras ever...

In this week's newsletter, @jamesfolta.com & I round up great writing by @kibblesmith.com, @lilliekoi.bsky.social, Daniel Lavery, and @bizzycoy.bsky.social!

Plus James's deep dive into the world of weather-predicting groundhogs and my upcoming workshops.

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Is the Book You're Reading Literary or Genre Fiction? A 100% Definitive Guide - Electric Literature Are you contemplating the meaning of life or just swooning for a hot werewolf?

It was so much fun to collaborate on this piece with Sarah Garfinkel!
--via @electriclit.bsky.social

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Those eyes!