Tom Breen

@tombreen.bsky.social

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UConn news director, former reporter, occasional traveler, very occasional writer, opinions are my own

“Who Fears the Devil” by Manly Wade Wellman, with cover art by Lee Brown Coye
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery 2
A book of speeches by Adlai Stevenson
An old paperback called The Twisted Immoral Private Life of Hitler
A funky cover for a Dutch edition of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
An old science fiction novel called Year of Consent, set in the distant future of 1990
A fucking incredible Women’s Christian Temperance Union poster featuring the Grim Reaper standing astride a speeding red car with the words “Death Rides With the Drinking Driver.”
A Black Flag poison sprayer
Generic t-shirts featuring the flags of World Cup finalists Spain and Argentina
A wooden box with the hand painted words “Lollipops for Good Little Girls and Boys”🧒
Halloween costumes for Boss Hogg and Muhammad Ali
An old doll in a box that implores you to “Spank her - she cries!”
A clown doll with a plastic bag tied over its head
An action figure depicting General Claire Chennault
An old board game called Captain Blood and the Buccaneers
A Groucho Marx doll
A DVD box set of Christopher Lee Eurohorror movies
Two vintage horror magazines
The cover of a bootleg DVD edition of The Werewolf vs Vampire Woman.
A vintage hardback novel called “Shirley Temple and the Screaming Specter.” I hope it’s a gorefest!
A book called Water Witching USA with a great black and white cover photo of a dowser
The word “repent” on newsprint
Napalm Death playing the most twee venue in music, the NPR Tiny Desk
James Bond gambling
Street of Ho’s [sic] by Leo Guild