Hello friends and enemies! Did Santa give you the middle finger this year? Not even a sack of coal under your tree? Fret not! The Smashwords End of Year Sale is still running until January 1st! Lots of good buys over there, including three series by the PoI Bullpen. Check it out: 👇👇👇

#Writers A reminder, AI plagiarizes your work as you write it. www.transparencycoalition.ai/news/how-to-... (These assholes haven't even paid me the cover price for two books they stole.)

A new era. #grickledoodle #horror #fairytales #fox #gingerbread #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Just read: Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree. Sometimes I read books without machineguns and rocket launchers. Charming, good-natured, and a fine read. What it lacks in dramatic stakes it makes up for with enjoyable characters and a friendly atmosphere.

Got a giftcard burning a hole in your pocket? SINNERS RIDE is what you're looking for, a brand-new novella perfect for horror and western fans! Real readers call it "Terrific weird western!" and say they're "ready for more!" mybook.to/LyuCY

Keith has a keen eye and good sense, in addition to being a damn good writer himself. He's got a list here RIPE for anyone looking for good fiction. It's a staggering thread. Something for everyone, guaranteed. Happy reading, folks!

Added the last two Frenzi books to the library today, @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social. Thinking Book Six will be my first read of the New Year. Looking forward to it, sir.

There's only one piece of writing advice that's universal. "Read as much as you can." All the rest is potentially terrible, depending on who it's being given to. You just have to figure it out, through experimentation, which means finding out some advice is terrible for you.

A guitar that doubles as an ax. Magic as a gift from a guitar-shredding god. Trouble brewing. A grand adventure. Vile villains. Rock and roll. Welcome to Six-String City! Currently 75% off on Smashwords. #fantasy #indieauthor #booksky #booksale www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

A bit of dialogue from today's writing: "John, there's a bullet in you!" "No, a bullet went THROUGH me. There's a difference." Frenzi pulls back the hammer on the Colt, blood leaking onto the seat of the Caddy. "Now drive faster so I can show these assholes that difference."

Just read: Carmody: The Killers, Peter McCurtin. Average B-Western. Short, but takes a while to go anywhere. The two action scenes are made special thanks to a shotgun that mostly resembles a handcannon in appearance and effectiveness. It's fine.

2025 is ending! I’m so thankful @infestedpublishing.bsky.social took a chance on me and released this book. It’s a horror comedy with love and chainsaws, on Amazon, KU, and Bookshop! shorturl.at/7kxi3 bit.ly/3Xu1HJz

The Scythian Wolf historical horror anthologies are on sale for 99¢ this week!

They are selling like lukewarm slightly off-putting cakes. Get at it while you can.

I like to pretentiously read my own book in public. You know, marketing.

So we've finally secured a firm release date for the 1st book in Dick Remington's Adult Western series, Mercy. A Lady's Vengeance will debut February 13th! If anyone is interested in epub ARCs, feel free to DM me here. It's a smutty, action-packed Western, so I expect it to be a hard sell!

Weapons made the Fangoria top picks of 2025. If you were a fan, you’re gonna dig my 2022 novella, Dead Close. Currently only 89p / 99c from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Close-L...

I worked so hard this year that I broke my desktop. My misfortune is now your gain. Signed copies of Roots of Madness are available on my Ko-fi, including a bundle of all three issues. Please like, share, or treat yourself or a loved one to Roots of Madness. ko-fi.com/s/d52d044a1b

ROSEWATER is an adventure game set in an alternate Wild West, currently 20% off on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/... Featuring: - Hand-drawn and animated graphics - Choices that actually affect the story - An IndieCade-nominated voice performance But don't just take my word for it:

Golly, it's been a long work weekend. I'm celebrating the end of it in the Bullpen by spinning this little ditty. Fast, funky, and energetic NWOBHM by modern masters of the genre. It soothes the tired soul. youtu.be/CCfa7KxoU-Q?...

If you boys and girls want to read the best action novel NOT published this year by the fine folks (and our Intern, Jerry) at Point of Impact Publishing, look no fricking further. I'll just add that I splurged for the physical copy. Better than the money spent on my Fleshlight collection!

Because the alpha males are alpha-ing.

Only a few days left until the Smashwords sale is over! If you're looking for fantasy sapphic samurai short story collections, now's the best time to get your hands on some ebook copies! #sapphfic #lesfic #shortstory #books #indieauthor www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Nothing says Merry Christmas like Pocket Noir. “How’d it go with the Corsici brothers?” “You don’t want to know.” “Does it have something to do with the black shit in your hair and the blood on your face?”

Pro-tip: Don't publicly lie and say how you just bought so-and-so's latest book release if they are selfpubbed. You really think they aren't checking their sales dashboard daily and have few enough sales to tell you are lying? Save that crap for the latest Stephen King or something bigger.

Enter the alt history world of Vespuccia in LAMPLIGHT CITY and ROSEWATER, both available for less than $25! - Solve 5 cases in a gritty burg inspired by Poe & Dickens - Travel across the wild frontier with 5 companions in search of a missing fortune. store.steampowered.com/bundle/50641...

Want to feel something? You should probably read a novel.

Writers add personal easter eggs to their work that others won't get. Our own John Frenzi is a devotee of Genesee beer, not because he's originally from New York (Genesee is from Rochester, NY), but because Genny was the beer my grandfather drank. When Frenzi gets his beer, so does my grandfather.

SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE (Helander, 2025)

New premade book cover available...

I've come down with a cold, have to work 2-3 days away from home with a three-hour drive, and I am doing inventory in a store that has never had one done, which is as much fun as having my nipples pierced by Pinhead. But...lookit this little angel who kept me company! Such a tiny doll! 😍

Merry GenXmas! Holiday tales about mean cats, ogres, cannibalism, ghost horses, setting stuff on fire & more. Music by Alice Bag, Siouxsie & the Banshees, the Dickies, the Linda Lindas, & more. This one's not a kiddie show, kids! Free/Ad-free/No Ai Please share! www.mixcloud.com/KOPN/late-wt...

Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor. "I can't afford a visual artist" So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them? Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.

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This duology is fantastic reading for anyone who loved the edgy Gold Medal crime fiction of the 1950s and 1960s. Coy Hall brilliantly shares with us the journey of Royce Pembrook, who you might applaud in Séance. But you may be horrified of by Switchblade. No hero. Just a survivor.

By request (multiple!), 1972-73 Topps Basketball style.

Why...why did no one tell me America's Funniest Home Videos still existed? This is kinda horrible on a level I cannot describe. When is golf back on? Someone help me!

ADVENTURE LOVERS! This series will arrive before Christmas. Order it now. All parties will be pleased. www.amazon.com/Pulpland-4-b...

Lying in bed, in a strange hotel room, with a cup of hotel coffee, watching a rerun of the US Women's Open. Anyone feel like amusing this writer/publisher with chit-chat until bedtime? I'll start, favorite guilty pleasure read that isn't one of our books?

There are some Fandoms I wish I understood. Like Battletech and Warhammer and Dr. Who. I don't have any malice or dislike toward the things that don't click with me. I just sometimes feel like it'd be neat to be in a bigger club. My intense love of Adult Western book series is a small club indeed.

Read here that writers having low sales couldn't be due to readers not buying their books, because that would blame the dear readers who are trying to get by. Therefore, the fault of low writer income must be the greedy and always profitable publisher. Since I'm also my own publisher, I'm currently

Buy some books! Feed the giant lizard. You know you want to. #booksky #booksale #readsky

NEW LATE! It's Shakespeare, but I promise, it's light & fun and I'm not going to make you sit through 2 hours of Elizabethan madrigals & me doing some bad acting Music by Rasputina, Gavin Friday, The Smiths, Tangerine Dream + more Please share! Free/Ad-free/No Ai www.mixcloud.com/KOPN/late-wt...

3 things I learned from #TheWizardOfOz: 1. Do talk to strangers. 2. It's nearly impossible to separate a woman from her favorite shoes. 3. Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking. #filmsky #moviesky 🎬 #movies boxd.it/c1ZuSp

Looking for some #urbanfantasy with a #wuxia touch? Something with fantasy elements that are a little different? Give The Case Files of Five-Fold Phoenix a try! #booksky #books #shortstories www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-case-f...

Need a new read this weekend? How about Frenzi? John Frenzi is the man the Mafia couldn't kill. He's their best weapon...until they hurt his innocent neighbor. Then he becomes their worst enemy. Get the first 6 books 50% off until January 1st at Smashwords! www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Was asked once if the sex and violence in our books was tasteful. My response was that I thought they were very tasty! I did not make that sale, unfortunately. 🫤

We've booked our table for this year's Pulpfest! Held just outside Pittsburgh, it's a collectors dream of old books, comics, and pulp mags, but there's a healthy dose of current authors and publishers there! It's July 30th-August 2nd, so stop by for a visit if you're in the area! pulpfest.com

The paperback for Low Angle Shot looks amazing. AND it’s now available. So is the Kindle version, of course. Go get em! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDKJ8W6...

Year’s end. A time for family, reflection, and one last stab at self-promotion. Also, an opportunity to thank @bristolnoir.bsky.social, All Due Respect, and Punk Noir Magazine (twice!) for sharing my stories. In case you missed them: