Punches keys and hopes for clarity. Never wanted water once. Author of Scream Like a Prayer, a coming-of-age horror novel, available 4/8/26. shmansouri.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvsxcx4esk2oThat they said it isn’t astonishing in the slightest, nor that they got caught saying it. What might slightly astonish me is if anything is done about it.18 Sep 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsxcx4esk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvqyvcsask2aBill Paxton eating a stick of butter while Brad Dourif reads Jesse James vs The Predator in that Tales From the Crypt episode is making me misty-eyed18 Sep 2026 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqyvcsask2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvnmtct6ws2bRevisiting the novel I once wrote in a week listening to Wu-Tang’s 36 Chambers on repeat. Whew, can’t understand a lick of it 😂16 Sep 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnmtct6ws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvli5rno3c2mDude in Sinister is bonkers. ‘Are you saying all those people were killed here, in OUR house?’ ‘No… (long pause, shrugs)…it was in the backyard.’ 😂15 Sep 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvli5rno3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvl464xnxc22https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-horror/id1890401025?i=100078413164215 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl464xnxc22https://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mviwqrhzrc2xMight need to request this one14 Sep 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviwqrhzrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvim3uwbg22rThe alien novels are killing it right now14 Sep 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvim3uwbg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mvglaqtbgc2qSubmission response red flags are on the prowl, fingers crossed this horse makes it to 30 days out at least.13 Sep 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvglaqtbgc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mv7njzkrsc24Something about hearing someone say Der before Wienerschnizel momentarily stuns me11 Sep 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7njzkrsc24https://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mv6j3ut6wk2uNext up in the queue10 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6j3ut6wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mv4bji5dvk2cNow that the TBR pile is officially done, demolished, I can have some fun.09 Sep 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4bji5dvk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mv2gdjpvc22nGreat interview here with @spookywv.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-horror/id1890401025?i=100078849651809 Sep 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2gdjpvc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3mv22lyxvwc2nYou HAVE to read this one, folks. So so good 🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv22lyxvwc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/shmansouri.bsky.social/post/3muxpfe6v2k2525% in and loving it07 Sep 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:v63crbuggh7azupc3hwcdnm3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxpfe6v2k25