#dragcryptid — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dragcryptid, aggregated by home.social.
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Chuck Tingle teaches us that love is real, we are all buckaroos. He also shows us that horror can have a heart and tongue-and-cheek humor.
His latest, Fabulous Bodies, shows that heart, even as the body horror and gore ramp up.
In my latest blog, I talk about how much I enjoyed this one!
https://www.reedfaster.com/2026/07/has-my-mother-heard-of-you-fabulous.html?m=1
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Sometimes, books haunt you. This one hopped in my dreams and ripped its way into my nightmares.
This one comes with heavy, heavy trigger warnings. Check those out before proceeding!#books #horror #queer #reedfaster #dragcryptid
https://www.reedfaster.com/2026/02/do-you-really-see-me-you-werent-meant.html?m=1
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Anyone else feeling peckish?
No? Just me?
Join me for a delectable but if queer horror and cannibalism, with a review of The Lamb by Lucy Rose.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2026/01/to-eat-your-love-queer-horror.html?m=1
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Sometimes, I like to switch gears and read something that is poignant and wholesome. This novella definitely hits the spot - Automatic Noodle by Anna Lee Newitz!
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/12/do-robots-dream-of-electric-noodles.html?m=1
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There is a lot of ways to celebrate Halloween - but for me, it's one of my busiest seasons at work. Check out my October Roundup, and see me perform on November 16th at The East Room! Check my pinned post for more information.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/11/october-2025-round-up-or-how-i-learned.html
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Fiction, on occasion, should challenge us to take a hard look at the history, especially as an American. Stephen Graham Jones has a way with words that is both wonderful and horrific, and once again, he has redefined a genre, this time horror with vampires.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/06/americas-worst-dream-buffalo-hunter.html?m=1
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Me in my non-binary finery (Thanks Stephanie Sterling of The Jimquisition for that saying!).
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In the midst of the chaos going on in the world, there are still beautiful sapphic romances out there. In Lucy Undying by Kiersten White, we learn what actually happened to Lucy of Dracula fame.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/02/vampire-love-thyself-lucy-undying-by.html
#books #sapphichorror #dracula #lgbtqia #dragcryptid #reedfaster
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Boy oh boy, has the world gone crazy lately. Imagine, though, that your entire world is nothing more than a few square miles, with a crumbling manor and a dying bog. What would you do to keep the land alive?
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/01/yes-but-bog-wife-by-kay-chronister.html?m=1
#books #dragcryptid #reedfaster #horror #gothichorror #ecohorror
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At the intersection of grief and folklore, anything can happen. Monstrilio speaks of the way grief affects a family and the different ways they handle it. Plus, a monster grown from a piece of lung! #horror #queerhorror #bookreview #dragcryptid
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/01/grief-fanged-monster-monstrilio-by.html?m=1
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It's a new year and there are many good things ahead. In this blog post, I talk about some of the books and a game I didn't get a chance to review this year.
Remember, whatever the next four years brings, as long as we stand strong with each other, we can power through it.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2025/01/the-year-turns-but-we-look-back-books.html
#books #dragcryptid #bookreview #horror #fantasy #videogames
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We are taking a break from the blog until after the New Year. Please have a safe and happy holiday season.
May you receive all the books you want and some that may surprise you.
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I didn't have queer gothic horror on my reding bingo list for this year, but here we go. Ghosts? Check. Haunting cats? Yep. Vampires? Definitely without the glitter.
Check out my review of All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper.
#queer #horror #bookstadon #books #reedfaster #dragcryptid #vampires #gothichorror
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/12/there-is-no-glitter-here-gothic-horror.html
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It's been a rough week, my friends, but I have a treat for you. Imagine a world built on traditions that were nearly destroyed by colonization, add a pinch of magic and divinity, and you have Rebecca Roanhorse's Between Earth and Sky trilogy. #books #bookreview #fantasy #dragcryptid #reedfaster
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/11/to-be-divine-between-earth-and-sky.html?m=1
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What is considered horror can be extremely subjective and personal. What we carry with us through the chapters of our lives that haunt us shapes us.
Imagine being a final girl.
In this post, I review The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephan Graham Jones.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/10/jade-daniels-is-my-final-girl-angel-of.html?m=1
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Gearing up for a review of "House of Bone and Rain" by Gabino Iglesias. I have a bit of a teaser question for you, though: What lengths would you go to for your found family?
Drop your answers below, before next week!
(Image from Amazon.)
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I am really proud of this post. Chuck Tingle talked about the act creating at the best book tour ever, so I felt his newest book deserved my best efforts. Welcome to Bury Your Gays.
#chucktingle #horror #bookreview #bookstodon #books #dragcryptid
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/08/dont-let-corpos-win-chuck-tingle.html?m=1
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One of my favorite pastimes is watching movies based on books. For today's review, I compare the differences in The Watch by AM Shine and the movie based on it directed by Ishana Night Shymalan.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/07/reed-faster-speculates-watchers-movie.html
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Oh man, I'm so excited to share my review of Paul Tremblay's latest, Horror Movie. This week is taking its toll, though, so I might be a little late on my review.
IRL Sharra is dealing with hospitals, doctors, and visiting critically injured parental units. Everyone is stable and doing well, but it does take a lot out of the human meats.
If you want to help out in these trying times, check out my blog at www.reedfaster.com
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I fell in love with Paul Trembley's work when I read A Head Full of Ghosts. I am already in love with this book, and I haven't even started it yet. The design is gorgeous, the pages a gory, wonderful red.
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Apologies to disappoint, but the family emergency continues. I am recovering this week, and I will hopefully have your Jewish Fantasy novel review next week. In the meantime, please check out my website at www.reedfaster.com for my other recommendations!
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Whelp, I forgot to post last night after seeing the original "The Crow" in theaters.
But I do love me some ghost stories! In fact, I reviewed another book with ghosts of another kind. INNNNN SPPPPPPPAAACCCCEEEEEE.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/05/reeds-recommendation-corner-ghost.html?m=1
#bookstodon #books #reedfaster #dragcryptid #horror #sciencefiction
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I turned 40 in this human flesh. Here, I speculate what I would tell my younger self if had the chance.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/05/reed-faster-speculates-forty-years-in.html
#reedfaster #birthday #dragcryptid #books #bookstadon -
I really dig fantasy that pulls from something other than Western folklore. Check out my review of The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo!
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/05/reeds-recommendation-corner-fox-wife-by.html?m=1
#books #bookstodon #fantasy #bookreview #dragcryptid #reedfaster
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Alright, folx. No blog this week, since I am prepping for a show in Colorado Springs on Friday (at the Wagon Wheel, if you want to come show your support).
I'll be back next week with a review of The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo.
In the meantime, please check out my previous recommendations on my blog:
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Today, I felt like going retro, with a review of Robert McCammon's Swan Song.
It felt like a timely reminder that even though the world can be an ugly place, there is still hope.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/05/reeds-retro-recommendation-corner-swan.html?m=1
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No blog post tonight (and likely next week, since I will be in Vegas!). I'm currently reading The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert.
In it is something called The Goddess Game, which is sort of like saying Bloody Mary three times in the mirror.
Do you remember anything like that from your childhood? Were there urban legends about the school you went to?
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As promised, here is my full review of Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest.
This one tasted like a bitter sweet mushroom, one you are not sure is safe to eat.
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/04/reeds-recommendation-corner-butcher-of.html
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Driving games aren't normally my forte, but Pacific Drive is a survival game that's right up my alley!
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/03/playing-with-reed-faster-pacific-drive.html
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What happens when the person telling the story isn't quite as trustworthy as you thought when you started? Is the horror all in their head or in yours? I talk about two books with unreliable narrators that you should DEFINITELY check out! #books #bookstadon #horror #dragcryptid #reedfaster
https://www.reedfaster.com/2024/02/reeds-recommendation-corner-books-with.html