#flashbackfriday Attending @barbmcquade.bsky.social's talk at Detroit Public Library, March 2024 "Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America" is now available in paperback!

I wrote a blog post on my love of mystery novels! literaryparty.blogspot.com/2025/11/cozy...

The New Thought Men's Summit begins November 10. This FREE online event is 10 days of profound wisdom from 20+ spiritual leaders who understand what conscious masculinity really looks like. Everyone is welcome. Register at newthought.community/summit Rev. Dr. Ray is one of the presenters 🥰

A historic night for women.

Breaking literary news! My next poetry book (and first Amish themed collection since 2011) is slated for a 2026 release from Alien Buddha Press! 🙏🐎 📚 @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social

@sarahweinman.com on the importance of librarians in dangerous times as seekers and keepers of truth.

Breaking news! Tim Curry published a memoir. Want to read. #readersky #amreading #reading #BookSky #books #TimCurry

Writing isn’t always about words. It’s a lot about listening. Trying to do more of that these days! #booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife

Ready for Christmas? "SNOWFALL AND STARLIGHT: A Christmas Haiku Anthology" (coming out in Dec.) will include several holiday haiku by me ‐ book details TBA!

##RockyHorror50 at the Iron Springs Chateau! 👄

The spookiest part of Halloween 🎃 isn’t the ghosts or the ghouls…

Happy Halloween! 🎃 ready to celebrate #RockyHorror50 tonight! 👄 I see you shiver with antici..........

I'm happy to announce my Michigan photography will be published in the 'Great Lakes Review' next summer! Look for images of a historical city near and dear to my 🖤! #michiganphotography #detroitvseverybody #greatlakesreview

A short poem "After Lāhainā Noon" is up at Fevers of the Mind today! feversofthemind.com/2025/10/29/t... @feversof.bsky.social

If you need food assistance, resources etc. visit findhelp.org!

#Salomé: A Love Story, based on the play by Oscar Wilde (now streaming on #Roku). Extended Preview

The Anthony Bourdain Reader review – undiscovered gems from the charismatic chef-turned-writer

"Dead Man Drinking" by Larry Kraft from SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! 4 #MicroTheatre #OneMinutePlays #Halloween (Fresh Words anthology includes my new #historicalhorror short "The Third Baptism").

NVN Wednesday at Substack: James Schwartz’s #newspoem “The Great Louvre Caper.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-wednes... @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social

A review of Oscar Wilde's play Salomé #victober2025 #oscarwilde #theater #halloweenreads

Nice to hear I have actual Amish readers out there! One never knows the true impact of art!

Thank you so much, James, for your kind words… and for the wonderful words of the many poems of yours we have had the honor of hosting.

20 years of poetry from the headlines! Thank you @jamespenha.bsky.social for the priceless treasure that is @newversenews.bsky.social! 👑 open.substack.com/pub/thenewve...

My poetic take on what is being called the Heist of the Century: The Great Louvre Caper is today's @newversenews.bsky.social poem ‐ read it here: newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

James Schwartz plays “The Great Louvre Caper” in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @literarycommunity.bsky.social

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back lithub.com/how-oscar-wi...

Happy birthday! - The Photography of Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1883) www.openculture.com/2016/11/the-... via @openculture.bsky.social

@lisadiedrich.bsky.social - Three Birthdays - allenginsberg.org/2025/10/m-o-... Happy Birthday Arthur Rimbaud!

Happy Halloween season! Here is a FREE printable "The Third Baptism" bookmark to celebrate! 🎃 sites.google.com/view/freshwo...

I'm officially a playwright! My one minute horror play "The Third Baptism" can be read here: sites.google.com/view/freshwo... #Anabaptist #horror #microplay #theatre #Halloween #Halloween2025 #thethirdbaptism

Roots of Hope: Poems of Love, Loss, and Belonging by Walid Abdallah is now available. Link to preview featuring 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/spotlight-roots-of-hope-poems-of-love-loss-and-belonging-by-walid-abdallah/ Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0FVM4439W

NVN Tuesday at Substack: Ron Riekki’s @rriekki.bsky.social #newspoem “Mass Shooting #7” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda... @rodmannix.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social

My new 90s themed short story "The Golden Age of Trance" will be included in "The Alien Buddha's Chaos Countdowns 2" sequel anthology of New Years stories (dropping in December!) Josta cola anyone? PSA savejosta.org

Carhartt vibes and October aesthetics 🍂 📸 by George L. Blosser with Rita the Rock Planter sculpture by Thomas Dambo

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

My play THE THIRD BAPTISM is now available! SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! (Volume 4): An Anthology of One-Minute Horror Plays is now officially released—and ready to send chills down your spine in under 60 seconds! 📚 www.lulu.com/shop/som/shh... 💻 sites.google.com/view/freshwo...

22 days until Halloween

Ron Riekki @rriekki.bsky.social in Grand Blanc, MI reports on the mass shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 5th such @newversenews.bsky.social #poem in an NVN series. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/09/mass... @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literarycommunity.bsky.social

Happy birthday to #TrumanCapote, my favorite writer! Photos from my visit in 2004 with my Amish father who ended up visiting with Harper Lee's mechanic! One of my favorite travel memories ever!

@maris.bsky.social offers seven tips for how to be a good literary citizen.

I want money out of politics, money back in your pocket, and Medicare for All. (Photo credit: Sophia Jozwiak, WDET)

Ron Riekki @rriekki.bsky.social in Kalamazoo, MI reports on a 9/20 mass shooting near WMU. The 4th such @newversenews.bsky.social #poem in a continuing NVN series. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/09/mass... @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literarycommunity.bsky.social

I can add playwright to my resume-move over Shakespeare! 🎭 🌹 My play THE THIRD BAPTISM debuts next month in "SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! 4" An Anthology of One Minute Horror Plays!

End of an era! I'm no longer on Twitter/ X! While this was my favorite platform for a long time, it is no longer even useful.

Bonus photos! As a thank you for purchasing copies of my summer read Big Island Beatnik! 🌋  a.co/d/4OQEOOL

2025 was a fairly productive year for me, with a few things forthcoming.... look for my "Dark Academia" poem in "The Alien Buddha's Arcane Magick" anthology later this year! 🪄🪬🃏 @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social