Joseph M Monks

Horror & mystery author. Type 1 diabetic. Award-winning filmmaker & 1st blind feature film director. Over 13.5 million copies of my stories in print.

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Joseph Monks | 2/21/1968 - 8/19/2023

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1st good stretch of guitar playing in months. With the guitar gate keeping Paws from eating my strap & cords, gotta rebuild some calluses & shore up the transitions. Yeah, Wagon Wheel and Bad Moon Rising come back fast, but I squeeze a cord in those, I wanna blow my brains out.

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Find me on Godless with authors like @Candace_Nola @MarkTowsey12 & @EricButler29003 https://t.co/2wAaeVdtgp #Splatterpunk #ExtremeHorror & plenty of spooky stuff to go around!

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Wrote an inner-city set gang story. The spelling/grammar check nearly melted down the computer. Anybody got a rec for a #woke spellchecker so it’ll be more tolerant of terms like baby mama, ho and everywheres? : D

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I was ecstatic to read that Street Trash was going to get a remake, shot on 35mm film. Then I read about the project, & while I hope Frumkes and Muro make good coin, no longer have any interest in catching or supporting it. Sounds like a dumpster fire. : ( #StreetTrash

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Always fun name-dropping a friend or somebody you know in a piece of fiction, esp when you can cite their job/expertise/current endeavors. Just a nod, but I always smile when I can work one in.

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Another story off to Pam for spellchecking. Last coupla days’ve been *busy* to say the least, but more stackin’ up in the New Release pile. : ) #HorrorWriting #ReadIndie

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2 titles at the printer, 1 awaiting illos, and a 4th, recently updated, awaiting the cover. That one’s really rough, & I wanted to do it this way yrs ago, but couldn’t due to limitations w/short-run printing. Not so now. Look FWD to oozing it out onto Godless. : )

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Still a bit confused about the explanation for the switch issue, but guitar is back & making sounds (with volume in every position, coils tapped or not), so all on the 6 string front is good again. Now for the tough part…rebuilding some of these calluses. : P

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Got my wish, tho little late in the day for Pam and I to get over there. Guitar will be back first thing in the morning. Look FWD to forcing myself to get in a little more break time in order to make whatever it cost to fix seem like a sound investment. : )

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No guitar news yesterday, but as mentioned, that was a long shot. Fri-thru-Tuesday, though…now I’m hoping the cell goes off early. : )

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Up all night editing 2 stories that’re going to get new covers & their 1st ever solo releases in 2024. One barely saw print over 20 yrs ago in a title that got pulled, the overprint burned. Updated some refs, but very few chngs otherwise. #ExtremeHorror #Splatterpunk

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Know I’m being unrealistic & not sensible at all since I only dropped it off Friday…but really hoping to get a call telling me my guitar is ready tomorrow. : )

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Going over some rough dates for early 2024 releases with Pam. There’s some savage brutality on the horizon. : ) #Godless #ExtremeHorror #Splatter … #YoungAdult / #YA (Yup!)

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Have you seen the Splatterville cover, revealed exclusively on Uncomfortably Dark? Well, go fix that, and let us know if you think #Kindle will approve it! #ExtremeHorror #IndieHorror https://t.co/Fn1EXiuOeQ

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Way to go!

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Have you seen the Splatterville cover, revealed today exclusively on Uncomfortably Dark? Well, go fix that, then let us know if you think #Kindle will approve it! https://t.co/Fn1EXiuOeQ

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Get ready, because tomorrow everything gets Uncomfortably Dark with the Splatterville cover reveal, exclusively on @candace_nola ‘s group page. #UncomfortablyDark #Splatterpunk #YA #HorrorAnthology #ExtremeHorror

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Another Friday, and another nudge to direct you toward the shelters if you’ve been thinking about a critter. You live longer—and so do they. If you’ve been on the fence, help empty the shelters this weekend. #AdoptDontShop #RescuePets

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Dropped off my guitar, fingers crossed even if the 3-way selector needs to be replaced, won’t take too long. Finally get the guitar protected from the strap-devouring pooch and the switch goes. : P