Curtis Schlak

@curtis.schlak.com

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Gregarious introvert, certified Book Coach, novelist, new media platform designer https://curtis.schlak.com https://specficcoach.com

Stacie and I sitting at Book People in a crowd of Iglesias and Tremblay fans.
A book cover for THE CENTRE by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi featuring a large floral arrangement with Venus flytraps in it, and on the table it’s in, a human skull, a spiked cup of coffee, a smartphone, a medical file, an hour glass
Screenshot of the library system showing that the book Sisters of the Lizard is on order.
My library card for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
A zombie mannequin.
A long line of people waiting to register at StokerCon 2026.
A sign which reads “Silence is the only successful substitute for brains”
The Mother of Flies movie poster with the added text "The Podcast Compels You presents an interview with Tobey Poser and John Adams"
Sharon Duckett and Curtis Schlak sitting at the Thrillerfest 2026 volunteer registration table.
In line at Rocky Horror.
Rocky horror show logo
Robbie McNeil’s Hit List by Brianna Heath
8-bit artwork of Stacie and Curtis strapped in chairs looking in shock at the Honey Bunch movie poster.
A promo movie trailer for The Podcast Compels You episode reviewing Spontaneous.
The covers of the books A Psalm for the Wild Built The Coaching Habit The artful edit Creativity, Inc. Hooked Daughters of Shandong Shades of Grey Red Side Story Refuse to Be Done Writing the Other The Business of Being a Writer Exiles The Seventh Spell How to Sell a Haunted House Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Rose/House The Once and Future Me The Bone Raiders Jade City Jade War Shark Heart Jade Legacy
A laundromat at the end of a strip mall with a graveyard in its parking lot.
A large stuffed plush dragon doll holding a copy of The Bone Raiders.
The cover of "The Best Ever Book of Mike Young Jokes" with, what I can only assume, is a picture of the author's dad, Mike Young.
The cover of "The Best Ever Book of Rivertowns' Residents Jokes." It shows a a river flowing between two rolling hills. But, it's very very very badly drawn.
The book cover for "The Best Ever Book of Pediatric Oncologist Jokes: Lots of Jokes Specially Repurposed for You-Know-Who." The cover art shows a poorly drawn cartoon doctor looking down at an even worse drawn cartoon baby. The baby is lying on what looks like a piece of cardboard floating at belly-button height of the doctor.
The “I voted today” sticker and the stylus I used to vote.
A paragraph from the news article reading "Judy Mathis, founder of Tearing Apart Satan's Kingdom (TASK), also is aware the fliers are circulating."
The news article reporting that the area of Springfield "'boasts' 30 witches covens!"
A paragraph from the news story that reads "Recently, fliers began circulating with warnings that druids were a pagan cult that "practiced human sacrifice."
A newspaper headline reading "What's in a name stirs fears about Druids in the streets."
A street sign showing that The Secret Fraternal Order of the Tree Druids Society has adopted a street for litter control.
Time-lapse video of a growing sunflower on an alien world. When it's fully grown, it transitions into a crane shot to pull back and up on the landscape. All of this is set to Grieg's Morning Mood.
An alien landscape from the point of view of a sand-covered cliff's edge. The plain below has striations from red to rose. Bare rocky mountains dominate the horizon under two suns.
An alien landscape with a dark sky pierced by two suns. A mountain range looms in the far distance while a track of inhospitable desert mars the landscape between the mountains and the land near us.
Atmosphere-dulled orange mountains against an alien sky with two weak suns.
The Podcast Compels You reviews Splice (2009)
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