If you’re planning on being in Chicago around the holidays, my play SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS CLOWNS will be running at City Lit Theater from December 12 thru January 4. Come check it out, it should be fun! #theater #Theatre #Chicago #Christmas #Xmas #Holidays #SherlockHolmes

And another one – The stars must be aligning! I just found out that a college in New Hampshire wants to do my play “Seven Short Scenes About a Man and a Sock Monkey” as part of their evening about socks! 12 more states to go! #theater #Theatre #Plays #script #Skit #Humor #SockMonkey

I just found out that a high school in Oklahoma wants to do my short play “The Krampus Slander” as part of their Winter Showcase! That’s one more state checked off, only 13 more to go! #theater #Theatre #Plays #Performance #script #ensemble #actor #theatrekid #Christmas #Xmas #Holidays #Krampus

Hey! Look at this! My very short clown story, "Money for a Mountebank," is up at Punk Noir! #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #Noir #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers #Noirvember

SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE CHRISTMAS GOOSE is being produced in Ecuador! That means my plays have been performed in North America, South America, Europe, Asia & Australia. Do any of you have connections to theaters in Africa or Antarctica? #theater #Xmas #SherlockHolmes #Holidays #Theatre

Another Bucket List achievement! The Thrilling Detective Web Site has a wonderful database of fictional Private Eyes and now my P. I. (Casper Barnett) has his own page! Check it out! #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #Noir #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #readers #Noirvember #DetectiveFiction

I adapted this.

"Lunch Break," a new Casper Barnett story, is up today at PISTOL JIM! #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #crimefiction #writers #readers

Happy International Surfing Day! open.substack.com/pub/johnweag...

Sheena started an argument with a dog in Argentina. I was on a work call and she barked. The long-distance doggie barked back. Sheena answered. The Argentinian dog replied. And so on and so forth. No idea what the dispute was about, maybe which country has the best steakhouses? #Dogs

So, you don't think I know how to read, do you? Well, come to after-words bookstore next Thursday And I'll prove you wrong! (maybe)

RIP Ken Bruen

Congrats to everyone that managed to put on a show this last year. That's no small accomplishment! #ChicagoTheater #GoSeeAPlay

A new Sherlock Holmes Xmas play coming this winter from City Lit Theater and Me – SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS CLOWNS. #theater #Theatre #Chicago #Plays #Performance #Playwright #writerslife #writers #writerscommunity #SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle #Sherlock #221BBakeStreet

Want weird stuff from me to show up in your inbox? Subscribe to my Substack - It's FREE! #writer #Playwright #humor #writerscommunity #readers #theater #skits #stories #writersoftwitter #Comedy

What's this! A new Casper Barnett story up at PUNK NOIR! #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #Noir #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers

We have @john-weagly.bsky.social at Punk Noir Magazine today with a super fun take on the Windmills call - "The chugga-chugga toot-toot choo choo caper", woof, that title! punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/t...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a hybrid slice of horror and crime that’s full of friendship, vengeance, grief, magic, and monsters from the deep. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Happy Fat Tuesday! Here's a short play to celebrate. #MardiGras #FatTuesday #NewOrleans #Plays #Theater #Theatre #Writer #Comedy #Skit #Cajun #Gumbo #Playwright johnweagly.substack.com/p/happy-fat-...

I'm on Substack.

This Fall, some of my writing is going to the moon aboard the Griffin spacecraft! I’m sending 2 plays and 1 story. They’ll be including 99 other playwrights, and the complete works of some hack named Shakespeare. It'll be like a time capsule on the lunar surface. Kinda neat.

Movie poster for #FilmNoir Out of the Past (1947) *Not Suitable for General Exhibition

Hey Insurance Companies - Instead of all of your cute, funny commercials, how about ads that simply say "We're not one of the companies denying claims to people in L.A." Does that make sense, or am I in danger of becoming my parents?

If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes thehill.com/homenews/cam...

Happy National Gorilla Suit Day! Here’s a Buster Bash story I wrote last year to celebrate. It was published in Every Day Fiction in June. #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers

We’re all angry and worried and maybe some don’t feel like creating or no longer feel like it matters, but keep writing, painting, dancing, making music, making art. Not doing the things that bring you joy—not making art—doesn’t help. Do what you love harder than ever.

As best you can, ignore him.

Re-watched THEY LIVE tonight. Kinda weird that one of the evil alien oligarchs says they'll own everything by 2025.

Gonna watch David Lynch's INLAND EMPIRE. Hopefully, that will help this cold, miserable day make sense.

David Lynch 💔

Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹

Happy Birthday to one of the writers of 1978's ZUMA BEACH - John Carpenter! I'm not sure if they ever did anything else.

RIP David Lynch - One Of A Kind.

Happy Walter Hill's Birthday to all who celebrate. #movie #movies #Cinema #film #ActionMovies #films

How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.

A new Casper Barnett story to wrap up 2024 - at TRASH CAT LIT. @trashcatlit.bsky.social #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #Noir #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers

"You'll be visited by three spirits."

Coming January 1st from Trash Cat Lit... @trashcatlit.bsky.social #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers

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Just a friendly reminder - 1984's TRANCERS is a Christmas movie. #Christmas #SciFi #Xmas #Movie #Film

Can you find the cat in this picture? #Cat #Cats

I did my duty as a good horror fan and watched a Friday The 13th film on Friday The 13th - but, man, those movies are awful! #Horror #Movies #Film

THIS is Our INSTRUCTION

This weekend, Sherlock Holmes finally makes his debut in England. I wonder what the Brits will think of this consulting detective?

Is this the year we finally get A VERY HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN CHRISTMAS?

Hey! Here's a 200-word Xmas story for your reading displeasure. Thanks to the wonderful people at Punk Noir for publishing it!!! #Fiction #shortstories #Writer #Noir #hardboiled #crimefiction #writers #writerslife #readers

"Tom Waits car parked in front the Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd for his midnight show in 1975." 📷 Barry Schultz morrisonhotelgallery.com/collections/...

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” Happy birthday, the singular Tom Waits … (here with Rickie Lee Jones on the Santa Monica Pier, 1978)