Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 18

Mon, 03:45 : Surf Black IPA: Recommended by @BeerCraft_com's JT. Roast malt & cocoa nose; roast grain, caramel, & pine on tongue. http://t.co/YQPyNsGlpu Mon, 05:43 : "Good, hard-punching sentences that never let you down, and a pace that never lets up, check this one out." http://t.co/oHxLENGhJy Mon, 05:55 : That convinced me. Time to start arming the poor. http://t.co/l2pmozhiuc

Sat, 19:32 : RT @kylecassidy: I'm kind of thinking that my house is just a bookstore with cats and you can't buy any of the books. http://t.co/Rag0q ... Sat, 19:33 : RT @Adam_Cesare: Amazing Nick Gucker art for Skurvy Ink's incoming VIDEO NIGHT t-shirt! http://t.co/qxcsRId6gx Sat, 22:01 : Do Not Enter sign by the Petaluma Post Office, now with added lurker. http://t.co/vubOf0giC8 Sat, 22:03 : Detail of Petaluma Post Office Do Not Enter lurker. Looks just like the Meter Reader I posted a few weeks ago. http://t.co/m2PO5bymry Sat, 22:38 : RT @JMMcDermott: Write until your brain feels like cheddar, then clean the kitchen and go work out or something. Submit fiction. Repeat. ... Sat, 23:18 : My neighbor's been taking apart a pair of trees in front of his house. Sounds like the Petaluma Chainsaw Massacre next door. Sat, 23:46 : Tim-ber! The Petaluma Chainsaw Massacre claims another victim. http://t.co/Z1d20NZtUf Sun, 00:10 : I really appreciate this detail (in Mad Mannequins): an invoked URL that ACTUALLY GOES SOMEWHERE! http://t.co/qls2MjZ41Y "Babes, bloo... Sun, 03:14 : South Swell DIPA: Grapefruit, malt, & Pine-Sol� nose; sweet malt & peppery hops on the tongue; bitter piney finish. http://t.co/aIU8xW2dni Sun, 03:25 : RT @charliejane: In honor of a great underrated 80s R&B group, my novel will not have a climax, but rather a Klymaxx. Sun, 03:36 : 04.01.13: Fizzy yellow beer. Just kidding. @StoneBrewingCo's latest #EnjoyBy a brashly floral, citrusy, bitter blast. http://t.co/Ov6QcEFqjL Sun, 03:38 : RT @JasonMcKittrick: R'LYEH HAS RISEN! The Horror from R'lyeh Get your hands on the first two of four items before they sink back... htt ... Sun, 04:06 : RT @PetalumaFilms: I just used #Shazam to tag Heroes by David Bowie. http://t.co/AnsG7WwdU7 Sun, 06:52 : Pop! http://t.co/h8iyqhCYbK Her hands came together and crushed his head like an overripe melon. Yoshi took a picture for the new zi... Sun, 07:02 : Oh Hell yeah! Horror Express is on @CreepyKOFYMovie tonite! Sun, 07:09 : RT @pieterlars: @lossrockhart "Distant dreaming drums in the darkness." Love that line! Awesome book, Ross. Sun, 08:04 : This not a map... It can only be the Earth, seen from space. Sun, 08:32 : I should total start dressing like Telly Savalas in Horror Express. Sun, 09:13 : Really shouldn't stay up to watch the rest of Death Wish 3. Not Death Wish III, mind you, since 80s audiences couldn't read Roman numerals. </lj-cut

Fri, 17:46 : RT @swollenvoice: Pretty sure the guy at Subway is a pothead. After he wrapped my sandwich he licked the wrapper. Fri, 20:20 : Run to @BeerCraft_com nets adult beverages galore, including @StoneBrewingCo's #EnjoyBy. More for #NorCal, please. http://t.co/fcMFb3x5DX Fri, 22:46 : Lounging Dachshunds, Chuck and Sophie. http://t.co/Ot5M0WMDeA Fri, 23:25 : I've given up on writing salons. Writing saloons are the future. Sat, 04:38 : RT @MuchCoffee: http://t.co/f43bS50Txc Sat, 04:46 : Mat Coward's Till You Drop often sings (and zings) with paragraphs like these. And oh-so-resonant! http://t.co/qBuq96DHIA There were... Sat, 05:54 : Ah,class warfare. If only. http://t.co/KZt4zKot9k “What do we want?” “Justice and fear!” “When do we want it?” “We’re going to eat y... Sat, 06:43 : Just finished Till You Drop by Mat Coward, free download at #smashwords. What happens when monsters go on strike? https://t.co/HkyguAQDWm

Thu, 19:13 : Reading Mat Coward's TIL YOU DROP. Having worked with zombies, I found this line chilling. http://t.co/nYM3eXt8Ll suppose that’s goo... Thu, 22:02 : I'll be in San Diego about this time next week through the weekend. DM me if you're in SoCal & want to meet up and talk books, beer, & dogs. Fri, 01:23 : Elinor as a low-altitude Falkor. Cute little Luckdragon, ain't she? http://t.co/PgW80Ret7I Fri, 02:41 : Zero grams of egret. Good to know, @popchips. Any other herons we should know about? http://t.co/Mg46c4bSCj Fri, 04:09 : IPB: Bright gold & bubbly. Malty nose, caramel, floral hops, lemon. Hopped-up pilsner on palate. Bitter & sticky. http://t.co/aiel2lXX2X Fri, 04:46 : I'm calling it now. Zeitgeisty genre fiction trope for 2013? Bigfoots. Or should that be Bigfeet? https://t.co/JTbz7IPtHx Fri, 05:38 : RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: It's not like this is the third time Congress let a manufactured crisis go to the last minute or that might be reall ... Fri, 06:52 : "How's the cocaine on your Cubway album?" --Definitely not what @iffer23 said to me while I was brushing my teeth, but oddly what I heard.

Wed, 16:06 : If you feel so inclined, you can now purchase The Book of Cthulhu from @Target. That hits the bullseye! http://t.co/5Z5AmjdwNN Wed, 16:09 : Previous Tweet reminds me of that scene in The Dunwich Horror where Bullseye takes down Wilbur Whateley in the Miskatonic Uni library. Wed, 18:00 : RT @RonHogan: If you've got a Kindle app for iPad/iPod/iPhone, DON'T download the 3.6.1 update -- wait until the App Store offers you 3.6.2. Wed, 18:01 : RT @timpratt: Best Cover Art Featuring a Zeppelin, Ape With Monocle, And/Or Top Hat With Gears On It #FakeHugoAwardCategories Wed, 18:32 : Speaking of TBoC, here's one of my favorite reviews--"could be your gateway drug to Lovecraft's works": http://t.co/ewA6uhCi4p Wed, 21:00 : "Don't Start a Band Without Reading Chick Bassist." @JMMcDermott reviews Chick Bassist: http://t.co/4xqJgo9cTi Wed, 21:32 : RT @Metafrantic: Best Cover Design Intended to Obscure the Fact The Main Character Isn't White #FakeHugoAwardCategories Wed, 21:34 : Most WorldCon Memberships Purchased by a Small Press in Hopes of Sending an Author Home with a Rocket #FakeHugoAwardCategories Wed, 22:00 : Thanks to a recent Tracy Vanity Bizarro Central post, I've become obsessed with Kris Straub's "Candle Cove." Enjoy! http://t.co/nH08wT3Uax Wed, 22:48 : No Return will take each and every preconception you have about fantasy literature and punch it in the face. http://t.co/eltWaMgdNl Thu, 06:19 : All hail our new prehistoric, aquatic fuxhianhuiid masters. Cthulhu fhtagn! #FearTheWeird http://t.co/l8hvwhSfZH

Tue, 17:59 : Elinor, sitting on the ottoman, keeps trying to help me type today, so if I send you an email written in dog, she's the one to blame. Tue, 19:06 : RT @Adam_Cesare: My novella BOUND BY JADE is free today for kindle. Please take one, review it, RT, and read the rest of the series. htt ... Tue, 19:06 : RT @TheBatman: We already have gun control in Gotham. It’s called “Batman.” Tue, 19:08 : RT @misanthropemike: A second television appearance and a new review - The Book of Cthulhu – Edited by Ross E. Lockhart http://t.co/AC2a ... Tue, 21:10 : Can I safely assume that the first thing one should do with a Windows 8 machine is delete all the annoying desktop apps? Tue, 22:33 : I've got copies of CHICK BASSIST back in hand, so if you're looking for a signed copy (or TBoC), drop me a line. http://t.co/pcoC0dfop0 Wed, 05:21 : RT @BookaliciousPam: Apparently the daughter joined Girl Scouts just in time to sell cookies. If you want to order, we ship. I'm not eve ... Wed, 05:21 : RT @NSBposse: J. M. McDermott: Anybody in San Antonio on March 7th?: San Antonio Writer's Guild is hosting me for a talk abo... http://t ...

Mon, 16:51 : Computer has no street cred? Punk rock wallpaper! http://t.co/6JO1mgejLu Mon, 21:57 : RT @kickstarter: In his house at R'lyeh, dead #Cthulhu waits dreaming. Yep, we got a #Cthulhu tag: http://t.co/PVQwAN7qmn

Sun, 22:55 : On the back steps with Randall, Elinor, Chuck, and Sophie. http://t.co/EEVfXmEFkE Sun, 22:58 : RT @Kindleebooks: [Free Kindle ebook] The Brothers Crunk ~ by: William Pauley III http://t.co/SvipPFq1Pg Mon, 02:45 : RT @mikemartinez72: Con or Bust auction closes at 11:59pm EST. Bid on a signed copy of DAEDALUS months before release! http://t.co/7x3oT ... Mon, 02:45 : RT @God_Damn_Batman: I once Zero Dark Thirty’d a Chick-­fil­-A. Mon, 02:46 : RT @MikeDrucker: My favorite part of "Lincoln" was at the end of the credits when his eyes pop open and he takes a scary breath. #Oscars2013 Mon, 02:57 : Ovila: Plum & brown sugar nose; rum & raisins on the tongue; tart, sweet lasting dark fruit finish. Gotta love monks. http://t.co/cXgQeHcdIv

Sat, 21:54 : Sharp Features, Superman Curl. Spotted near Rex/Ace Hardware, Petaluma. http://t.co/1Btz0tgndv Sat, 22:03 : Puppy, who we met at Our Best Friends this afternoon, who is looking for a home... and a name. http://t.co/nmelCS4IMN Sat, 22:13 : Ain't no party like a little dog party, 'cause a little dog party don't stop. http://t.co/JvxHFc4P9F Sat, 22:37 : Sophie, Spirit of Wisdom. http://t.co/8W7xYDWrpe Sun, 00:52 : RT @Sylvf1: I usually never preorder books but I put down my cash for @lairdbarron 's " The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All" because ... Sun, 00:52 : RT @williemeikle: If you've ever read any of my books, nothing would please me more than a wee review on Amazon... Sun, 03:52 : Randall in a dog bed. http://t.co/iT0h6oi6ii Sun, 04:03 : I should totally have called that last pic "Randall in Repose." Sun, 06:20 : Watching the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade on KTVU while Ellie attempts to lick my thumb. Gung Hey Fat Choi, you monkeys! Sun, 06:26 : There's weird irony in a marching band performing My Chemical Romance's "The Black Parade" in a Chinese New Year parade. Have the goths won? Sun, 07:05 : RT @jennreese: The pretty pretty Stoker finalists, along with their covers. Go look, @debcoates! http://t.co/F53asHI8Qh

Fri, 19:34 : RT @JerniganZachary: @goodreads is attracting me new readers, but no new sex partners. *sigh* Anyway, NO RETURN giveaway going strong! h ... Fri, 22:52 : RT @graphickal: 5 of 5 stars to The Book of Cthulhu II by Ross E. Lockhart http://t.co/IaCPUisLnd Sat, 01:49 : Randall and Chuck take in the moonrise. http://t.co/FSAvwt7nQw