Patrick Tarr

@patrickt.bsky.social

582 Followers 299 Following

Screenwriter (Cardinal, Saving Hope, The Colony) My novel 'The Guest Children' is out now. 'The Reservoir House' coming August 2027. patricktarr.com

A poster for the 2026 movie The Invite,featuring four people around a table - Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Ed Norton, Penelope Cruz.
A photo of four books in black and white and red and yellow - The Dorians by Nick Cutter, Will You Come Again by Robert W Iveniuk and Jon Berg, Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen and The Penguin Book of Demons
Jan Michael Vincent, with a squint the could cut glass, looks into a shattered distance as his attack chopper Airwolf floats behind him in the fiery halo of exploding bad guys. Imagine if testosterone had a profile pic.
An iced coffee with cold-foamed milk in a cup reading 'KILL KILL COFFEE!' in red lettering
A photo of an industrial building with the caption July 3, 1984, 530pm Eastern Daylight Time
A still from the movie The Rift. A man in sunglasses and headphones lies in a bunk while another man wakes him, saying 'Let's go, Skeets! Emergency meeting in the galley, ASAP!'
The exterior of North Bay’s Allison the Bookman, including a Pride window display.
Title card for the series The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo featuring three men in police uniforms. Claude Atkins at centre as the titular character.
A leashed Anatolian shepherd mix looks up at the camera wearing a pink bandanna on her neck.
The back of a white van with script reading King of Slabs
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for The Reservoir House by Patrick Tarr, from May 14, 2026. The synopsis reads: Patrick Tarr’s THE RESERVOIR HOUSE, after the lake bordering a small town is drained for dam repairs, a mysterious house is found on the bottom. A local boy winds up dead inside it, initiating a chilling two-sided investigation that spirals further into darkness as tragic events continue to plague the town. As the truth begins to surface, linked to a series of drownings decades earlier, it’s clear both the town and the house conceal something that defies all rational explanation, to Janice Zawerbny at Harper Canada, for publication in August 2027, by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Literary Agency (Canada)
A wrestler poses for the crowd from the turnbuckle, while the ref and an opponent look on.
a gif from The Others (2001). Nicole Kidman circles what appears to be an old woman under a veil playing with a puppet in front of a candle.
A still from the movie Phase IV, a silhouetted ant looming large in front of a woman's face.
A message from Apple Music reading: ‘If you or someone you know needs help, support is available.’
The Potemkine dvd store in Paris, parked bikes on the left, and illuminated K on the right of the black sign.
A disquieting painting of a mother holding a baby, a father next to her, a haunted child holding a balloon and a possibly possessed younger brother in the background.
Many shelves of antique books with a clock in the lower centre reading 1030
An ad with the text: Support The Guest Children in #HCCMarchMadness, ebook $2.99, Audio $5.99. On Sale until March 31st. The cover for The Guest Children is a white footed title over a creep forest and lake background.
The cover of the novel The Knave of Graves by S.J. Shank. A man in a hat tends to skulls in dim firelight.
A red bucket hat with images of Swiss Chalet sauce cups and the restaurant name in white lettering.
The ‘World’s Smallest Bookstore’ near Kinmount, Ontario. A little shack in the snow, open 24 hours.
The title card from the film Double Indemnity, on screen at Toronto ‘s Revue Cinema.
The cover of Robert R. McCammon’s novel Swan Song with a demonic face overlooking a blasted landscape
A photo of the graphic novel Pixu and novel Hemo Sapiens, both with red, white and black covers.
A screencap of the crime drama Cardinal on Netflix. Karine Vanasse stands on a rural road in a police vest, with her hand on her weapon.
A photo of a female Anatolian Shepherd mix sitting in fall leaves and wearing a Halloween scarf.
Info on TIFA event ‘Fight for Freedom, Search for Truth’ featuring photos of authors Nathan Harris and Patrick Tarr. ‘A gripping conversation about survival, memory, and the haunting legacies of war.’
The Canadian blu ay of the Coen Brothers movie Miller’s Crossing, with the Quebec title ‘Un Cadavre Sous le Chapeau’, which translates as A Corpse Under the Hat
A postcard for the 1980 film The Changeling, with an empty cobwebbed wheelchair in the foreground and a silhouette with someone sitting in the chair on the wall in the background
A sign with an image of a damaged stuffy, reading 'Do you have a cuddle buddy in need of repair? I can help! Contact me' But the contact info is blank.
An ad for the event 'Spoooky Drunk Fiction', with a dark background featuring covers for the novels #TheGuestChildren, #HemoSapiens, #SnakeOilAndOtherTales, #Pride, and #ModernFolklore.
The cover art of the novel Exiles by Mason Coile, featuring a silhouette of a person in a space suit against a hazy orange background.
Poster for The Furious (2025) with a circle of barbed wire around the title on a black background
An animation for the novel The Guest Children, showing the cover of the book with an isolated lake surrounded by trees.
A photo of the book #TheGuestChildren on a store shelf next to Stephen Graham Jones’ Killer on the Road and Stephen King’s Misery.
A screencap of a book review of The Guest Children and Widow's Point on Instagram by @my.spooky.ways. A hand holds both books aloft.
Poster for the 2024 Japanese film 'Cloud' by director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, featuring a man loosely holding a gun outside a derelict industrial plant.
Cover of the novel The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr, a spooky lake surrounded by trees.
a graphic for the sold-out launch of the novel The Guest Children at Type Books in Toronto.
Book trailer for the novel The Guest Children. Text reads: "Two orphans escaping war survive a perilous voyage, but what was supposed to be a safe haven will prove even more dangerous. Hired to find out what happened to the Hawksby children, Randall Sturgess travels to a remote norther lodge, where nothing is as it seems, shadows lurk in the wilderness, and the truth is a ghost.
Three editions of the supernatural mystery The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr, with a creepy lake and trees featured on the cover.
25% off pre-order offer on the novel The Guest Children with code PREORDER25 from Barnes and Noble. Valid for all formats.
Advance Praise for The Guest Children. Quotes in non-image form at patricktarr.com
A pile of advance copies of the novel The Guest Children, with a spooky lake and trees on the cover.
Cassette cover for radio drama 'Suspense.' Cover image is a spooky old house with a light shining on a fleeing man. Side One - House in Cypress Canyon, featuring Robert Taylor. Size Two - Fugue in C Minor, featuring Ida Lupino and Vincent Price.
Kosmischer Läufer - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-1983 Vol 1. Album cover in spacey gold and orange with a hammer and a protractor (?) inside a disc shape.
An Eastern Chipmunk from North Bay named Chopper sits on the keyboard of a MacBook, looking at the text on screen.
A classic postcard design with a misty forest lake in the background, and creepy images filling the letters.
Pre-order offer for The Guest Children by Patrick Tarr. Cover image is a spooky lake surrounded by forest.
A female Anatolian shepherd mix rests her head on her paw
Album cover: Hammer Horror Classic Themes 1958-1974. Christopher Lee looking red-tinted and foreboding.
James Gandolfini and Gene Hackman sit at a restaurant table in the movie Get Shorty.
A female Kangal / Anatolian shepherd mix sitting in the snow near some trees and looking regal.
Winter photo of Lake Ontario with disks of ice and a gloomy sky
A sign under a cake reading ‘cake white girl’
A rather distressing poster for a ‘River of Cheese’ burger