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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Four Doorways &amp; the Thaxton Research Institute.&#xA;https://linktr.ee/vmharrigan</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social</link><title>@vmharrigan.bsky.social - V.M. Harrigan</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3msylmm7u5s2d</link><description>No one in the Land of the Black Sun can remember anything from before they came here. But Charles does, and he&#39;s on a desperate, gore-soaked road-trip through Hell to find the exit. #booksky</description><pubDate>13 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3msylmm7u5s2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mrmu3ydar225</link><description>Now Reading: &#xA;&#xA;Joan Didion &#39;The White Album&#39;&#xA;&#xA;A collection of essays, most having something to do with California and the transition from the 60s to the 70s. Lots of name-dropping, Nicholson, Manson, Jim Morrison and more. Heady visions of Topanga and Malibu at a certain place and time. Recommended.</description><pubDate>27 Jul 2026 12:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmu3ydar225</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mrbqttp4is2y</link><pubDate>23 Jul 2026 02:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbqttp4is2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mqwyoyuyps2h</link><description>What does it say about where we are as a country that I was just sitting here at home when I heard multiple car horns going off outside and my mind immediately went to &#39;It&#39;s  happened! We&#39;re free!&#39; I almost ran out of my house like the ice cream truck of regime change was in the hood. #justgoaway</description><pubDate>18 Jul 2026 19:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwyoyuyps2h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mnatcv2lhk2q</link><description>Check out this sweet little haul from my local library second-hand store. Van Vogt is probably my favorite Golden Age author. His short story , &#39;The Monster&#39; is definitive. But the star of this show is the lone Aldiss book for that absolutely bugf**k (as Harlan would say) cover art. #booksky</description><pubDate>01 Jun 2026 19:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnatcv2lhk2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mmosbn7tvs2r</link><description>Check out HEXFILED. The first issue drops today and yours truly has a story in it. Hexfiled.com or LINK IN BIO&#xA;&#xA;Beneficial Insects is about an English Garden that&#39;s been ripped out of time and collected by hyper-temporal beings. Metaphysical hijinks ensue. #booksky #soilpunk #scifistory #vmharrigan&#xA;https://Hexfiled.com</description><pubDate>25 May 2026 15:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmosbn7tvs2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mldvudmusk26</link><description>The first Manifold House snail-mail newsletter is free if you want it, Horror+Scifi bookish goodness at your doorstep. Drop an address at link in bio or manifoldhouse.org . Book reviews, articles, book events and original fiction in each issue. Get In on this ya weirdo.... #booksky #horrorbooks</description><pubDate>08 May 2026 14:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldvudmusk26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mkbxiyqqrs22</link><description>Out May 1st, get on the mailing list. Link in bio. #booksky #horrorbooks ##sciencefiction</description><pubDate>25 Apr 2026 02:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbxiyqqrs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mjsnk5k7b224</link><description>Rough proofs for the upcoming Manifold House newsletter - an indie-minded, print-only zine for bookish people of all stripes. Focusing on Horror/Scifi book events, reviews, small-press industry and even one story per issue. This one is almost ready - interested?  #booksky #horrorbooks #scifibooks</description><pubDate>19 Apr 2026 00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsnk5k7b224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mikosch2ak2u</link><description>‪&#xA;I EXHIBITED FILMS FOR A YEAR. I LOST MONEY, BUT I THINK I MADE MY POINT. &#xA;Billups Allen’s unvarnished account of screening obscure films in a notorious Memphis dive bar is incredibly charming. A punk rock tour diary but with films. 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Figuring out how to use an ancient cache of shotguns hasn&#39;t hurt their chances either. In PB, 216 pg, out now www.manifoldhouse.org  eBook from amzn.</description><pubDate>03 Mar 2026 20:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6mlhtzzk25</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mfh3hfutr22t</link><description>I&#39;m going to read this one eventually. Interesting premise. I saw it in the wild, in the B&amp;N, Collierville, TN after a morning spent playing Galaga and Joust at the retro arcade Nerd Alert. 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Word was Vonnegut regretted letting Farmer do this with the character, this is actually a very fun book.</description><pubDate>17 Feb 2026 15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2tv2v4tk2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3meueaou5pc2z</link><description>Four Doorways is an audiobook now. Available in the usual places https://www.amazon.com/Four-Doorways-near-New-Orleans/dp/B0FNXCRJBK&#xA;#booksky #audiobooks #post-apocalyptic</description><pubDate>15 Feb 2026 01:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3meueaou5pc2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3meckairoqc2i</link><description>Since no one sees my bluesky posts anyway I can post whatever I want. So here&#39;s Interdimensional Lionel Richie.</description><pubDate>07 Feb 2026 23:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3meckairoqc2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mdxpntynek2p</link><description>The prose in So Tender a Killer sucks the breath out of you. Beautiful and bewildering, each line vibrating with peyote energy. Elegant trauma. Chanel and cocaine. Switchblades in utero. No Country for Old Men as conceived by Derek Jarman. True Crime on heroic doses of LSD. 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Excellent Historic Fantasy set during the Black Plague. #booksky #fantasy</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2026 17:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlcccbkrc26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mdaxbytpdk2b</link><description>&#34;In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.&#34;</description><pubDate>25 Jan 2026 14:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdaxbytpdk2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mckg3katlk2n</link><pubDate>16 Jan 2026 15:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckg3katlk2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mbrskenm322e</link><description>manifoldhouse.org #booksky #cosmichorror #sciencefiction ##fourdoorwaysinornearneworleans</description><pubDate>06 Jan 2026 20:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrskenm322e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mbjnsqgqzk2y</link><pubDate>03 Jan 2026 14:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjnsqgqzk2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3mabwrhpm5k2s</link><description>Watch your step.</description><pubDate>18 Dec 2025 19:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabwrhpm5k2s</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3ma6pebfjtc2g</link><description>Watch your step.</description><pubDate>17 Dec 2025 12:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6pebfjtc2g</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/vmharrigan.bsky.social/post/3m7sjzn7wj22m</link><description>Today&#39;s sounds; Broadcast &#39;The Noise Made By People&#39;, Warp Records 2000.</description><pubDate>12 Dec 2025 16:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:psdh3zrln4llfmcncnruhsof/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sjzn7wj22m</guid></item></channel></rss>