Bible and horror scholar, associate professor and dean. Recent book: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506481623/Lurking-Under-the-Surface. Words at Salon, Sojourners, and Tor.com.https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3mkn7yipjfc2kVoting for the British Fantasy Awards wraps up on May 3rd. If you're a voting member, don't forget that Scared by the Bible is eligible in the non-fiction category!29 Apr 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn7yipjfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3mkkv7giavk23Concerning Dust and Ashes: Affects of Horror in the Hebrew Bible academic.oup.com/book/62630 Available now via Oxford Online! Print version coming in June. https://academic.oup.com/book/6263028 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkv7giavk23https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3mddlgcim5s24The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Monsters - co-edited with John Morehead, made @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social’s initial ballot for the Stoker awards! So many amazing authors on this list.26 Jan 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddlgcim5s24https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3marcgr7suc2dJust in time for Christmas! My review of The Carpenter's Son in The Metropolitan Review. https://www.metropolitanreview.org/p/the-divine-enfant-terrible24 Dec 2025 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3marcgr7suc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3mablhl6s5c26This was such a fun conversation! The book's a perfect Christmas gift for the horror fan in your life... [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mablhl6s5c26https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m5jiyd5gcs24Thank you, Heather! I appreciated the review so much. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jiyd5gcs24https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m5feaiak6c2gSo cool to see myself quoted in this review. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5feaiak6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m5eozske7c2gAwesome review at @horrordna.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5eozske7c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m4dlbvqom22yWow. An administration that's literally chasing after windmills. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms?embedded-checkout=true29 Oct 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dlbvqom22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m4ayv5mifk2nRIP to the great Jack DeJohnette, giant of jazz drumming. Listening to his trio album Music We Are in honor. #jazz #vinylsky28 Oct 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ayv5mifk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m2tw5ygb7c2lHey, has anyone finished reading Scared by the Bible yet? If you have, please consider leaving a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or wherever you go to learn about books. Thanks for helping to spread the work!10 Oct 2025 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tw5ygb7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3m2pcw56jts2lHere's a brief intro for Scared by the Bible. Please pass along to anyone you know who might be interested in this book! youtu.be/URDPKuVZuGY https://youtu.be/URDPKuVZuGY08 Oct 2025 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pcw56jts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lzqxz7obg22kMy upcoming book got a great shout-out from the Losers' Club on their recent Stacks episode, about 50 minutes in - so cool. Scared by the Bible releases Oct. 7th. #horror #books #movies #podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stacks-what-were-reading-in-september-and-the/id1194913358?i=100072753154526 Sep 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqxz7obg22khttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lyl6rah4yk2lI know the world is crumbling around us. But at least there are new #tonepoet titles. #vinylsky #jazz11 Sep 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyl6rah4yk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lxzehrydy22iJust finished a great interview with @monicaskuebler.bsky.social at @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, Scared by the Bible. Such a great conversation! The article should be in their Nov/Dec issue, hitting newsstands early Nov.04 Sep 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzehrydy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lxv3qucss22jAuthor’s copies arrived today, a little more than one month before release. If you’d like to preorder, you can get 20% off at indiepubs.com with code SCARED20*.02 Sep 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxv3qucss22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lxfd7igjik27Amazing new pressing of @lorangemusic.bsky.social’s first album. #vinylsky27 Aug 2025 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfd7igjik27https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lx6b2sc4is24Goodwill find. #vinylsky #horror24 Aug 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6b2sc4is24https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lwzkhnv4ls2gThis friend took up shop outside my living room window this morning. I know she’s a common yellow garden spider, but still pretty cool.22 Aug 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwzkhnv4ls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lwvs7rlxns2uCan’t wait for this conference! I’ll be talking some about both Lurking Under the Surface, and the new one set to release in October - Scared by the Bible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvs7rlxns2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lwnb2blak22fMy regular brand of coffee beans were up 20% from a couple of weeks ago. I know the world’s got bigger problems. Still…18 Aug 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwnb2blak22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lwaobbztf22xExcited to be on the speakers list for this year's Writing the Occult virtual event! What a great lineup. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2025 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwaobbztf22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lvtwxn3od22jSitting down with a sour from Speciation Ales on Grand Rapids. What an amazing beer.07 Aug 2025 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtwxn3od22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lvtofxcpjk2xHey, exactly two months until Scared by the Bible is out in the world! https://bookshop.org/p/books/scared-by-the-bible-learning-to-listen-to-what-frightens-us-about-scripture-brandon-r-grafius/22218392?ean=9781640657830&next=t&next=t07 Aug 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtofxcpjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lvtjkrall22xJust finished reading @wnwagner.bsky.social's newest, Girl in the Creek - really fun read. Great sense of place, a cast of characters to care about.07 Aug 2025 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtjkrall22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lveklamgjs25Really enjoyed Jessa Cristin’s What’s Wrong with Men. The central conceit of treating Michael Douglas’s roles from the ‘80s and ‘90s as a single composite character who demonstrates the collapse of the patriarchy is brilliant. #booksky01 Aug 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lveklamgjs25https://bsky.app/profile/bgrafius.bsky.social/post/3lusnk6n6os2lThanks to @horrortree.com for this great new interview. Getting excited for Scared by the Bible to hit bookshelves in October. https://horrortree.com/in-the-name-of-the-father-the-son-and-the-holy-horror-the-bibles-spooky-tales-of-terror/25 Jul 2025 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:7c75fom5bvozy4ej2z6adoct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusnk6n6os2l