Dan Poblocki

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#1 NY Times Bestseller. SHADOW PLAY. MY BROTHER’S BUTT IS HAUNTED, JACKSON BRIGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT. TALES TO KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHT and more avail now. Podcast: OUR FIRST FEARS. (Any pronoun.)

Blue van with a NY vanity plate that reads “GRIEF”
The cover of the novel The House on Stones Throw Island by Dan Poblocki. Silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright moon, with a ghostly figure behind her, reaching out to touch her. Surrounded by missed and shadowy figures of soldiers creeping in the background.
Me with white cat on my lap. He’s blurry. I’m looking into the lens.
Book cover for Shadow Play by Dan Poblocki. I girl stands on a stage flanked by a ratty red curtain with shadowy black clawed hands reaching out toward her.
Promo card for MY BROTHERS BUTT IS HAUNTED by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez. Coming July 39, 2025! Showing the book cover and swirling green clouds of gas.
Cover of Jackson Bright in the Spotlight with a rainbow background and a quote from Kirkus Reviews: A fierce and fabulous read. Starred Kirkus Review.
Promo card for episode 26 of our first fears. With Mar Romasco-Moore and a poster of Return to Oz showing Dorothy flying w her friends through Oz.
White kitty on a brown bed spread with pink toe beans
Notice for episode 25 of the Our First Fears podcast. “Nuclear Nightmares w Grady Hendrix” there’s a picture of a mushroom cloud. And a picture of Grady in a white suit.
Flyer for Poughkeepsie Children's Book Festival 2025. March 29 at DCC.
Our First Fears podcast episode card promoting episode 24 - The Conjuring's Ed & Lorraine Warren with Lorien Lawrence. Two images show a poster for the film The Conjuring, with a creepy tree and a noose and the shadow of someone hanging below, and the second is a photo of author Lorien Lawrence . . .
Card for new episode of the podcast Our First Fears. Showing the book cover of More Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Dan Poblocki. Text reads Bonus- A Tale to Keep You Up at Night: “Imogen’s Skeleton”
Promo card for Episode 23 of Our First Fears hosted by Dan Poblocki. Text reads: "Urban Legends with Jeramey Kraatz." There's a photo of Jeramey and also an image of a fisherman brandishing a sharp and scary looking hook.
Book cover for JACKSON BRIGHT IN THE SPOTLIGHT. By Eureka O’Hara & Dan Poblocki, illustrated by Ricardo Bessa. The image is a fabulous looking kid in a school hallway, surrounded by friends and family and lots of glitter and sparkle.
A glossy sticker showing the cover of the new picture book, My Brother’s Butt is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez
Cover of book My Brother's Butt is Haunted . . . By Dan Poblocki. Illustrated by James Rey Sanchez. Two siblings look nervously at the older brother's bottom, as they are surrounded by gaseous green mist. And a word bubble says "Glow in the dark cover!"
Promo card for a bonus episode of the Our First Fears podcast, hosted by bestselling author, Dan Poblocki. Text reads " Bonus - A Tale to Keep You Up at Night: 'The Psychopath's Tarot.' " There's an image of a book cover titled Tales to Keep You Up at Night beside an EXTREMELY HANDSOME photo of the author, Dan P. Boop!
Promo card for the podcast Out First Fears, hosted by Dan Poblocki. Shows a poster for Disney’s The Haunted Mansion. Three hitchhiking ghosts. And a photo of author Sam Rebelein. Tagline reads Episode 22 Disneys Haunted Mansion with Sam Rebelein.
Episode card for podcast, Our First Fears. Photo of author Adrianna Cuevas and a shot from the film, Creepshow 2, in which naughty teenager, Randy, is attacked by a wave of black sludge. Text reads: Episode 21 - Stephen King's THE RAFT with Adrianna Cuevas.
The cover of Dan Poblocki's and James Rey Sanchez's picture book, "My Brother's Butt is Haunted." Two kids looked terrified at one of their butts, while surrounded by clouds of neon green mist.
Post of The Last Showgirl on a wall in a small theater in Woodstock, NY
Picture book cover. Bobby and the Big Valentine. A smiling boy carries a giant paper valentine across a snowy playground.
Ethel Cain cover for new album titled: “Perverts”. A woman w long hair is hunched over hair obscuring her face in the corner of a bathroom. Creepy vibes.
Cover of House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias
Me looking into the camera
Two cats snuggling on a bed
Me wearing a graphic t-shirt of a cat holding a book that says Wicked Good Books Salem, MA
Big boat in a big ocean. Sun shining through a wild cloud bank. For the video game, Spiritfarer, and its artbook.
Episode card for Our First Fears podcast, showing Clay McLeod Chapman’s cool guy author foto and the poster for 1980’s Friday the 13th. Caption reads: “Episode 20 - Friday the 13th with Clay McLeod Chapman”
Colored pencil sketch, reading “Good Enough” in rainbow colors.
Book cover: My Brother’s Butt is Haunted by Dan Poblocki and James Rey Sanchez. Two siblings surrounded by glowing green gas, looking terrified at the older brother’s butt.
My hand holding a book called Gothic by Richard Davenport-Hines.
My car dashboard showing 4 degrees F
Poster for Tales From the Loop on Prime Video. Figures in a yellow grass field with a tall robot.
Book cover for Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman. A family with TV static for faces sits at a table eating dinner.
Andy Warhol stylized banana bookends on a table in a gift shop
A wide eyed doll in a ratty old box labeled “Little Miss No-Name”. She has a plastic tear on her cheek and she’s dressed in rags.
Grand central station in NYC. Soaring ceiling painted green with gold mural of astrological animals.
Me, sitting and smiling at a restaurant table with a plate of thanksgiving food in front of me.
Book cover for Dan Poblocki’s Tales to Keep You Up at Night. An illustration of a girl reading a book and shadowy monsters leak out of the book, surrounding and reaching toward her.
2 YA books sitting side by side on a shelf. One is titled Summer’s Edge by Dana Mele. One is titled She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran.
Text reading How Stories Can Help Students Feel Brave and Take Risks. With headshots of fours authors. Lorien Lawrence, Mia Wenjen, Janae Marks, and me Dan Poblocki. The date reads Sunday Nov 24 9-10:30 am. Room 162 A Level 1. NCTE.
A book cover for Scary Killy. A yellow background with a woman with red hair and very bad teeth that looks like a child drew it with crayons.
Book cover for My Brother’s Butt is Haunted. Two young siblings are surround by green mist, both of them looking in horror at the older brother’s butt