Aaron Romano

@alromano

They/Them. 30 something queer cat parent and horror obsessive. I sometimes write spooky things: WE CAN ALWAYS TELL and WYRD WEREWOLF WRANGLER. Featured in Cosmic Horror Monthly and Grim & Gilded Magazine.

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Aaron Romano@alromano· 19d

Weird little guy spotted in the bed and breakfast I'm staying at in Lincoln City, Oregon.

Aaron Romano@alromano· 22d

Absolutely sick finds at Robert's Bookstore in Lincoln City, OR

A collection of nine vintage mass market horror and fantasy paperback books arranged on a white tablecloth. Books included the Seedbearers Trilogy by Peter Valentine Tim letter, Vazkor, Son of Vazkor by Tanith Lee, Shadows 2 edited by Charles L. Grant, Portraits of His Children by George R. R. Martin, Cautionary Tales by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Sorcerer's Son by Phyllis Eisenstein and Gloriana by Michael Moorcock.

Aaron Romano@alromano· 26d

Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18?

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jul 12

He doesn't like when I play records

The snoot of an orange cat poking out of a pile of clothes

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jun 27

Birthday Haul! Today was a good day with good people ❤️‍🔥

A selection of new and vintage physical media arrayed on a table. These include a vinyl record of Sound and Color by The Alabama Shakes, a cassette tape of The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess by Chappell Roan, three volumes of the comic series Ice Cream Man, a colorful set of D&D dice, a My Neighbor Totoro baseball cap, a set of spooky earrings, a paperback copy of New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson and four vintage mass market fantasy paperbacks including Once a Hero by Michael A. Stackpole, Born to Exile by Phyllis Eisenstein and both Frost Flower novels by Phyllis Ann Karr.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jun 26

I'll never get over Clive Barker saying "Screw it, I should be on this one."

Hardback cover of Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker featuring a black and white photo of the author dressed in a black tux with white tie.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jun 24

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jun 20

This ice cream knows what's coming

A freshly opened quart of vanilla ice cream that looks very concerned.

Aaron Romano@alromano· May 1

Fun fact: Robin Hood, Maid Marian and Friar Tuck all started as characters in the medieval English May Day games long before he became the legendary protector of the workers from the ruling class that we all know today.

A still from the animated Disney film of the Robin Hood legend. Robin is portrayed as a fox carrying a longbow and wearing traditional medieval hunting greens.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 28

Sick finds at the Antiques Mall in Hickory, NC

A photograph of four vintage genre fiction novels from the 80s and 90s. In the first row is a hardback copy of Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond, a Collection of Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy. Next to it is a mass market paperback of The Secret Atlas by Michael A. Stackpole. In the second row are mass market paperback copies of Home Sweet Home by Ruby Jean Jenson and Forced Entry by Stephen Solomita.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 22

Spotted in the kitchen at my work

Photo of a notification reading "Note: Place ALL Utensils Face Down." Some one has added in purple dry erase marker "Ass Up"

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 19

Happy birthday to the star of my favorite Tales From the Crypt episode...

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 14

It's this little freak's birthday

Close up of an orange cat with a derpy look on his face

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 11

Decided to arrange all my mass market paperbacks on the same shelf, way more work than I was anticipating

Three shelves worth of stacked vintage mass market paperback books

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 10

Anybody who hasn't read Wax & Wane (or anything else by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin for that matter) should remedy that yesterday.

Paperback cover of Wax & Wane by Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin. Cover depicts a medieval drawing of a dog headed man in black and white.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Apr 9

Aaron Romano@alromano· Mar 28

Show me some of your favourite lurid paperback horror novel covers. Here are a few of mine.

Vintage paperback cover of Gilded Needles by Michael McDowell. Painted cover shows close up of two ladies' hands wearing golden claws that drip with blood, title is stamped in gold foil.

Vintage paperback copy of Perfume, the Stpry of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind. Painted cover depicts a shrouded man in a black cloak and tricorn hat uncorking a bottle, title is stamped in red foil.

Vintage paperback cover of The Nestling by Charles L. Grant. Cover depicts a painted image of a bird obscured by one raised golden feathered wing, title is done in red.

Vintage paperback copy of The Godforsaken by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Painted cover art depicts a close up of a snarling wolf baring it's fangs with the silhouette of a man reflected in its eyes, title stamped in red foil.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Mar 28

My cat demanding breakfast every morning

A black and white engraving of a woman sitting up in bad while a large demonic creature looms over her

Aaron Romano@alromano· Mar 13

Nap time

Aaron Romano@alromano· Mar 7

Calico beans

A close up if a cat's paw showing black and pink toe beans

Aaron Romano@alromano· Feb 14

Currently reading Wild Blood by Nancy A. Collins...easily one of the most heinous books I've ever read (positive)

Vintage mass market paperback copy of Wild Blood by Nancy A. Collins. Cover depicts the painted image of a snarling young man with multiple ear piercings, glowing eyes and long, dark, tangled hair all done in shades of red.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Feb 14

Name a film you've seen 8 times

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jan 25

Ice storm gave me the time to finish editing a story today and submit two others for publication so feeling pretty good. Rewarding myself with some time curled on the couch with this beauty: Wilding by Melanie Tem - it's so damn good!

Vintage paperback copy of Wilding by Melanie Tem. Cover depicts a bloodstained black and white photo of a young girl next to a rack of human rib bones with the title stamped in bright red foil.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jan 22

Just watched Psycho Beach Party (leaving the Criterion Channel this month) and it's probably the most fun I've had watching a movie in a long time 🔥

A red haired white teen girl in a pink one-piece bathing suit struggles to balance on a surf board.

A collection of teens look down in disgust at a gruesome discovery off camera.

A determined looking drag queen points a handgun at someone off camera.

A grisly assortment of organs and limbs arranged on a sandy beach.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jan 20

Rewatched Mishima: a Life in Four Chapters for the first time in 10 years and it was even better than I remembered. Philip Glass' score is mesmerizing.

A black and white image of a young Japanese boy in a black school uniform standing beside his mother seated in a traditional kimono. They both face the camera.

Thirteen young men in black school uniforms stand with their backs to the camera facing an alter as the sun rises before them.

A topped traditional Japanese gate rises from the sand in the foreground. Behind and meeting of numerous young men in black uniforms can be seen.

A black and white image of a nude man seated in the fetal position on a garden bench. His face is turned from the camera.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jan 12

Four stills from a film you consider to be a masterpiece. No title.

A wide shot of a collection of girls and women dressed in period attire picnicking in the woods.

A young woman with dark in a white Victorian dress stands with her face turned from the camera superimposed over a closeup of another young woman with blonde hair looking at something off camera.

Closeup of a dark haired older woman's face. She wears a red dress with a black hat and veil.

Four girls in white Victorian dresses scale a large rock barefoot.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Jan 7

Dana Scully is the true main character of The X-Files change my mind

Still from The X-Files of Gillian Anderson in character as Dana Scully. Still shows Anderson, a white woman with red hair and blue eyes, sitting in a car flashing an FBI badge to an unseen standing outside of her car.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Dec 31

This year I was lucky enough to have three stories published! One appeared in the pages of Cosmic Horror Monthly and the other two can be found in the anthologies We Can Always Tell and in Wyrd Werewolf Wrangler.

Cover of December 2025 issue of Cosmic Horror Monthly. Cover art depicts an engraving of a church with Lovecraftian tentacles sprouting out of the roof.

Cover of the horror anthology We Can Always Tell: an Anthology of Trans Horror. Cover depicts a trio of witches standing in a circle in the palm of a large hand.

Cover of Wyrd Werewolf Wrangler. Cover depicts a cowboy with glowing yellow eyes.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Dec 23

sick finds from Giant Nerd Books in Spokane, WA

Photograph of five books recently purchased by the op. Books include Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans, Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner, Stinger by Robert R. McCarron, The Bad Room by Christopher Cook Gilmore and Cat Magic by Whitley Strieber. Last four books listed are vintage paperbacks with colorfully painted covers and titles printed in foil.

Aaron Romano@alromano· Dec 19

This year's holiday read, front and back covers. Been a blast so far!