J. D. Hellen

@jdhellenwrites.bsky.social

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🖋️✨🐌 Speculative fiction writer near Philadelphia, PA, USA. Here to follow writers, lit mags, and podcasts. No AI slop, please. https://linktr.ee/Jdhellen

J.D. Hellen shows the spine of THINNER by Richard Bachman in a second-hand shop
I WILL KILL YOUR IMAGINARY FRIEND FOR $200 by Robert Brockaway. Publisher's Weekly statement says, "Stephen King meets Sesame Street in this delightfully unhinged, mind-bending horror novel."
Bookworms Zine vendor booth at Blobfest 2026: Sign says, "HATE AI? SUPPORT Analog Zines"
Black and white photo from The Shining (1980): Party at the Overlook Hotel with Jack Torrance front and center. Text reads: Overlook Hotel July 4th Ball 1921.
HORROR MOVIE by Paul Tremblay
White Mountain 1000 piece puzzle: Pencils
Gumble Poodle athletic socks with I LIKE BOOKS MORE THAN PEOPLE design
Green tea bag wrapper that says: Take this moment just for you - The Bigelow Family
CUJO by Stephen King – an old cover of the book that refers to King as "the author of Firestarter"
Paperback of ERASURE by Percival Everett on top of a flyer about Rutgers–Camden Writers House
Black and white photo: road sign along a highway, before an overpass, that reads HAUNTED LANE DETOUR
Focus is on hardcover of JUST WATCH ME (A Novel) by Lior Torenberg. The book is near a cappuccino and bud vase, on a wooden surface.
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis
Smartwatch face showing "body battery" at 15/100.
A diorama depicts a cozy room overflowing with miniature books. A sign above reads "I AM SIMPLY A BOOK DRUNKARD." The room features a patterned rug, a comfortable armchair with a plaid blanket, a small table, and shelves packed with books. Stacks of tiny books are piled everywhere—on the floor, on the table, and even next to the chair. A miniature chessboard is also visible.
Mailing envelope with a lip stamp
Can of Dogfish Head SEAQUENCH ALE. Art shows a cephalopod with a lime.
Intricate spider web
Two black ants of different sizes. A smaller ant is dragging a larger ant (on its back) across asphalt. Image is close up.
A fanned stack of zines from CURSED MORSELS. TECH BRO TERRORS is on top of the stack.
LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry
Two stickers with text. One reads: CHATGPT AIN'T GOT NO SOUL. The other reads: IT'S NOT GOSSIP, IT'S AUTOFICTION. Both stickers have bluestoop.org at the bottom.
Small, red, smiling blob-shaped (reminiscent of an ice cream scoop) enamel pin on cubicle wall