2026

So far I’ve read 10 fiction books, 2 non-fiction books, 41 short stories, 2 poems, 33 essays, 10 comic books and 50 floppy comics.

Fiction

• Insomnia, Stephen King
• It, Stephen King
• The Mist, Stephen King
• The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, Stephen King
• Skeleton Crew, Stephen King
• At the Mountains of Madness, H. P. Lovecraft
• The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, H. P. Lovecraft
• The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, H. P. Lovecraft
• The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, H. P. Lovecraft
• Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

Non-Fiction

• James Baldwin: Collected Essays, James Baldwin, edited by Toni Morrison
• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Short Stories

• Skeleton Crew, Stephen King
  • “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut”
  • “The Jaunt”
  • “The Wedding Gig”
  • “The Raft”
  • “Word Processor of the Gods”
  • “The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands”
  • “Beachworld”
  • “The Reaper’s Image”
  • “Nona”
  • “Survivor Type”
  • “Uncle Otto’s Truck”
  • “Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)”
  • “Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)”
  • “Gramma”
  • “The Reach”
• The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories, H. P. Lovecraft
  • “Polaris”
  • “The Doom That Came to Sarnath”
  • “The Terrible Old Man”
  • “The Tree”
  • “The Cats of Ulthar”
  • “From Beyond”
  • “The Nameless City”
  • “The Moon-Bog”
  • “The Other Gods”
  • “Hypnos”
  • “The Lurking Fear”
  • “The Unnamable”
  • “The Shunned House”
  • “The Horror at Red Hook"”
  • “In the Vault"”
  • “The Strange High House in the Mist"”
• The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, H. P. Lovecraft
  • “The Tomb”
  • “Beyond the Wall of Sleep”
  • “The White Ship”
  • “The Temple”
  • “The Quest of Iranon”
  • “The Music of Erich Zann”
  • “Under the Pyramids”
  • “Pickman’s Model”
  • “The Dunwich Horror”
  • “The Thing on the Doorstep”

Essays

• James Baldwin: Collected Essays, James Baldwin
  • “Smaller Than Life”
  • “History as Nightmare”
  • “The Image of the Negro”
  • “Lockridge: ‘The American Myth’”
  • “Preservation of Innocence”
  • “The Negro at Home and Abroad”
  • “The Crusade of Indignation”
  • “Sermons and Blues”
  • “On Catfish Row”
  • “They Can’t Turn Back”
  • “Color”
  • “A Talk to Teachers”
  • “‘This Nettle, Danger…’”
  • “Nothing Personal”
  • “Words of a Native Son”
  • “The American Dream and the American Negro”
  • “On the Painter Beauford Delaney”
  • “The White Man’s Guilt”
  • “A Report from Occupied Territory”
  • “Negroes are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”
  • “White Racism or World Community?”
  • “Sweet Lorraine”
  • “How One Black Man Came To Be an American”
  • “An Open Letter to Mr. Carter”
  • “Last of the Great Masters”
  • “Every Good-bye Ain‘t Gone”
  • “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me What Is?”
  • “Open Letter to the Born Again”
  • “Dark Days”
  • “Notes on the House of Bondage”
  • “Introduction to Notes of a Native Son, 1984”
  • “Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood”
  • “The Price of the Ticket”

Poetry

• Skeleton Crew, Stephen King
  • “Paranoid: A Chant”
  • “For Owen”

Comic Books

• World Heist, Linnea Sterte
• Simplicity, Mattie Lubchansky
• The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 4
  Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Neal Adams, Sal Buscema, Bob Brown, et al.
  • Avengers vol. 1 #89–119
  • Daredevil vol. 1 #99
  • The Defenders vol. 1 #8–11
• Captain Mar-Vell Omnibus
  Roy Thomas, Arnold Drake, Gene Colan, Don Heck, Gil Kane, Jim Starlin, et al.
  • Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 1 #12–13
  • Captain Marvel vol. 1 #1–33
  • The Invincible Iron Man vol. 1 #55
• The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 1
  Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Ross Andru, et al.
  • Doctor Strange vol. 1 #183
  • The Sub-Mariner vol. 2 #22, #34–35
  • The Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #126
  • Marvel Feature vol. 1 #1–3
  • The Defenders vol. 1 #1–19
  • Giant-Size Defenders #1–2
  • The Avengers vol. 1 #115–118
• Incredible Hulk (2023): Vol. 6: Monster Road
  Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, Kev Walker, Adam Gorham, Cam Smith, Matthew Wilson, et al.
  • Incredible Hulk vol. 6 #26–30
• The Mighty Thor Omnibus Vol. 4
  Gerry Conway, John Buscema, et al.
  • The Mighty Thor vol. 1 #195–228
• Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Vol. 2
  Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Tony Isabella, Gene Colan, Mike Ploog, Ross Andru, Don Heck, John Buscema, Dick Giordano, et al.
  • The Tomb of Dracula vol. 1 #16–24
  • Werewolf by Night vol. 1 #15
  • Giant-Size Spider-Man vol. 1 #1
  • Giant-Size Chillers #1
  • Giant-Size Dracula #1
  • Frankenstein #7–9
  • Dracula Lives! vol. 2 #5
  • Dracula Lives! vol. 1 #6–7
• Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection Vol. 3
  Marv Wolfman, Chris Claremont, Doug Moench, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Gerber, David Anthony Kraft, Gene Colan, Don Heck, Tony DeZuniga, Dick Giordano, Bob Brown, Virgilio Redondo, Tom Palmer, Frank Springer, Pablo Marcos, Dan Adkins, Linda Lessman, Petra Goldberg, Don Warfield, John Costanza, Ray Holloway, Artie Simek, Marcos Pelayo, et al.
  • The Tomb of Dracula vol. 1 #25–35
  • Giant-Size Dracula #3–5
  • Dracula Lives! vol. 1 #8–11
• X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 4: It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn
  Steve Englehart, Len Wein, Sal Buscema, Tom Sutton, Herb Trimpe, Gil Kane, Vince Colletta, Mike Esposito, Jack Abel, Glynis Wein, Art Simek, John Costanza, Charlotte Jetter
  • Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #11–17
  • Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #92
  • Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #150, #161, #172, #180–182
  • Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 #4, #23
  • Avengers vol. 1 #110–111
  • Captain America vol. 1 #172–175
  • Defenders vol. 1 #15–16
  • Giant-Size Fantastic Four vol. 1 #4

Comic Books (Floppies)

• Absolute Batman #16–18
  Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Eric Canete, Frank Martin, Clayton Cowles
• Absolute Batman: Ark M (2026)
  Scott Snyder, Frank Tieri, Joshua Hixson, Roman Stevens, Clayton Cowles
• Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025) #8–10
  Deniz Camp, Javier Rodríguez, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
• Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) #16–18
  Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire, Becca Carey
• Absolute Wonder Woman 2026 Annual
  Kelly Thompson, Mattia De Iulis, Becca Carey
• Amazing Spider-Man vol. 7 (2025) #19–22
  Joe Kelly, Pepe Larraz, John Romita Jr., Paco Diaz, Todd Nauck, Scott Hanna, Marcio Menyz, Erick Arciniega, Marte Gracia, Joe Caramagna
• Black Panther: Intergalactic #1–4
  Victor LaValle, Stefano Nesi, Bryan Valenza, Ariana Maher
• Cyclops vol. 4 (2026) #1–2
  Alex Paknadel, Rogê Antônio, Fer Sifuentes-Suju, Joe Caramagna
• Generation X-23 (2026) #1–2
  Jody Houser, Jacopo Camagni, Erick Arciniega, Ariana Maher
• Infernal Hulk (2025) #1–5
  Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, Kev Walker, Cam Smith, Matthew Wilson, Cory Petit
• Magik & Colossus (2026) #1–2
  Ashley Allen, Germán Peralta, Arthur Hesli, Ariana Maher
• Moonstar (2026) #1
  Ashley Allen, Edoardo Audino, Arthur Hesli, Clayton Cowles
• Nova: Centurion (2025) #3–5
  Jed MacKay, Álvaro López, Matteo Della Fonte, Mattia Iacono, Joe Caramagna
• The Power Fantasy (2024) #15–16
  Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard, Clayton Cowles, Rian Hughes
• The Mortal Thor (2025) #6–8
  Al Ewing, Pasqual Ferry, Juann Cabal, Matt Milla, Jesus Aburtov, Joe Sabino
• Uncanny X-Men vol. 6 (2024) #22–25
  Gail Simone, David Marquez, Luciano Vecchio, Matthew Wilson, Clayton Cowles
• X-Men vol. 7 (2024) #23–27
  Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Tony Daniel, Sean Parsons, Mark Morales, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo, Clayton Cowles
• X-Men Annual (2026)
  Ryan Stegman, Steve Scroce, Sanford Greene, Arthur Hesli, Clayton Cowles
• X-Men United #1
  Eve L. Ewing, Tiago Palma, Brian Reber, Joe Sabino