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Whitby Gothic (@whitbygothic.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/whitbygothic.bsky.social/post/3mogifbczc222
> +++ On this day, the 16th of June 1960, Psycho was first released +++ Based on the 1959 book by Robert Bloch loosely inspired by the case of convicted Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein #psycho #otd #alfredhitchcock #batesmotel #normanbates #americanhorror #robertbloch #anthonyperkins #janetleigh #horror
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Born this day: 04/05/1917 (d. 09/23/1994)
Robert Bloch was an American author of horror, crime, and science fiction. He won the 1959 Hugo Award for his story "That Hell-Bound Train". Best known for Psycho, adapted by Alfred Hitchcock.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bloch
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers #Fantasy
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction
#RobertBloch @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefictionArt by John Jude Palencar
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"Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie."
~ Robert Bloch, born today, 1917.
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Conversation with @Taskerland took me to the Wikipedia page for #RobertBloch where I learned that Bloch had written several stories about #JackTheRipper
The first of these, "Yours truly, Jack the Ripper" cast the Ripper as an eternal being who must make human sacrifices to extend his immortality. This idea resurfaced in Bloch's contribution to the #StarTrek #TOS episode "Wolf in the Fold".
I was familiar with Bloch's #CthulhuMythos work but this I did not know.
*Adds to reading list*
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Després de quasi dos mesos d'interrupció hem tornat a gravar!
Al programa 31 de La Llibreria d'Arkham hem parlat de les primeres històries del #CercledeLovecraft, amb una trilogia feta juntament amb l'autor #RobertBloch.
- El Vampir Esterlar.
- El Morador de les Tenebres.
- L'Ombra del campanar.#llengua #llibres #Lovecraft #literatura #podcasteravalenciana #PòdcastsPelValencià
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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑷𝙡𝒐𝙩 𝙞𝒔 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑻𝙝𝒊𝙣𝒈" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙍𝒐𝙗𝒆𝙧𝒕 𝑩𝙡𝒐𝙘𝒉
2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1966, UShttps://youtube.com/shorts/L2HaH_NB2fA
#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #shortstory #robertbloch #theplotisthething #asylumhorror #movies #psychologicalhorror
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A scientist is sizing up Lefty as a human guinea pig (for his experiment that made real guinea pigs vanish):
“Perfect,” he says. “Just as I thought.” Naturally, I like compliments, but I realize I am no Victor Mature³⁵ and I wonder what he is fishing for. So I give him a long look, too.
The tales about #LeftyFeep that #RobertBloch wrote about in the 1940s are full of the culture of the era, and the slang of the society that the always-scheming ex-racketeer moved in. Hence the footnote in the collection, which points to
[35] Victor Mature was the Brad Pitt of the day.
Not the sort of image I expected to get from an old story. #BradPitt #VictorMature
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PseudoPod: PseudoPod 981: The Shambler from the Stars
Episode webpage: https://pseudopod.org/2025/06/21/pseudopod-981-the-shambler-from-the-stars/
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pseudopod/Pseudo981_TheShamblerFromTheStars.mp3
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Právě dočteno.
Robert Bloch je u nás známý hlavně díky románu Psycho, o jehož filmovou adaptaci se postaral Alfred Hitchcock.
Tahle povídková sbírka má ale taky co nabídnout, i když některé kousky tak nějak "zestárly" a můžou někomu připadat trochu úsměvné.
Stará škola v rámci fantasy, hororu a sci-fi žánru.
Mimochodem... Robert Bloch byl velkým fanouškem Lovecrafta a dokonce si s ním v 30.letech minulého století velmi aktivně dopisoval. -
Virgil Finlay illustrates ‘The Black Kiss,’ a Cthulhu Mythos story by Robert Bloch and Henry Kuttner from Weird Tales, June 1937. #FinlayFriday
#VirgilFinlay #RobertBloch #HenryKuttner #Illustration #Pulps #Lovecraft #Cthulhu #Fantasy #Horror
He was swimming parallel with the beach now, and with curious detachment he observed that the storm had subsided. A pale, fog-like glow hovered over the lashing waters, and it seemed to beckon.
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4/6/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
If "The Spirit of '76" makes you think of Will Eisner instead of America's birthday, you might be a pulp fan.
When you hear "Psycho" and think of Robert Bloch instead of an ex, you might be a pulp fan.
Will Eisner's Spirit Casebook 1: True Haunted Houses & Ghosts (1976, 1st print, 1st ed).
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (1962, 1st/1st).#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #WillEisner #RobertBloch #VintagePaperbacks
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3/16/24 — Open 6:30-10p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Literally & metaphorically, the Sun is gaslighting us. We're in a relationship with a bi-polar Solar partner. It gives us light but also makes shadows. There's light we can't see! What's Sol hiding? We're told to fear the dark, but Night is when we rest! What to do, what to do..?
#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #StephenKing #RobertBloch #DennisEtchison #RamseyCampbell #Shadows #Eclipse
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Trailer for the 1965 film, The Skull, directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Based on the short story "The Skull of the Marquis de Sade," by Robert Bloch.
#MarquisDeSade #Cinema #ShortStories #Literature #RobertBloch #HorrorMovies
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– The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with “Bates' Motel” printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.
#OnThisDate, December 11, Psycho (Alfred #Hitchcock, 1960) is the #FilmDuJour. #AlfredHitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BookAdaptation #USA #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #1960s
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10/31/23 Open 6-9p. No open containers, please.
Happy Halloween!
We have trickster boy-gods, ghostly graveyard girls, & a jack-o-lantern NOBODY wants on their porch!I've got a treat for you, too... a Saturday night Book Signing with "Route" novelist Janyce Denise Glasper, right here, 7-9p, at BONNETT'S!
#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #AuthorEvent #BookSigning #JanyceDeniseGlasper #Route
#BrickAndMortar #UsedBookStore #PaperbacksFromHell
#NeilGaiman #RobertBloch #LisaWCantrell
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Want to hear a story where the Devil gets cheated in his bargain? I'll be reading Robert Bloch's excellent short story That Hell-Bound Train on YouTube Live today at 11 AM Central Time. We'll have live chat, & after the reading, I'll respond to questions
https://www.youtube.com/live/D8mdu7tcwfU
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Tonight in 1965 — The series finale of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR aired on NBC.
#WilliamFriedkin directed "Off Season," a tale of a trigger-happy cop (#JohnGavin).
#RobertBloch wrote the teleplay, which remains tragically relevant.
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Tonight in 1964 — #ChristopherLee starred on THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.
“The Sign of Satan” is the closest we ever got to a Hitchcock-Lee team-up. (Hitch only hosts.)
Based on a #RobertBloch story. Adapted by #BarréLyndon (HANGOVER SQUARE, THE LODGER).
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CW: electric chair, zombies, the usual
Virgil Finlay illustrations for "The Dead Don't Die" by Robert Bloch in Fantastic Adventures, July 1951. Finlay drew Bloch as the man being accosted by zombies at the bar during Happy Hour.
#FinlayFriday #VirgilFinlay #RobertBloch #FantasticAdventures #Pulp #Pulps #Illustration #PenandInk #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror
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Robert Bloch (1917-1994) #BOTD
Best known as the writer of #Psycho (1959), the basis for the #Hitchcock film of the same name. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, who was the first to encourage his talent. He was a contributor to pulps such as #WeirdTales in his early career, and ultimately won the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award.
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Atoms and Evil is a collection of short stories by Robert Bloch. The stories were originally published in various pulps between 1948 and 1960.
In these stories he turns his hand to sci-fi and the paranormal.
Bloch’s morbid sense of humour shines through. Atoms and Evil is recommended if you like your science fiction offbeat.
My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2021/02/robert-blochs-atoms-and-evil.html
#RobertBloch #pulpfiction #scifi #horrorfiction #horror #robots #pulpmagazines #paranormalthriller #paranormal
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Fun fact: did you know that this #DCComics #Batman book was the first in the #Elseworlds imprint?
#GothamByGaslight doesn't have the Elseworlds imprint on the book but was designated as the first due to its success. And the #MikeMignola art and #BrianAugustyn #RobertBloch story is killer (pun intended🤣)