A HUGE shoutout to everyone who has bought, rated, reviewed, or helped spread the word about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN. The response has been beyond wonderful. Thank you!

Next month we're opening subs galore. DAYDREAM BELIEVER: Stories Inspired by the Songs of the Monkees edited by @lawrenceallen.bsky.social and @michellekubitz.bsky.social Shotgun Honey Books - short and full length novels. One Eye Press - novellas and short fiction. Flash fiction.

Things are heating up at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to the one and only S.A. Cosby about Southern fiction, funeral homes, and his new novel, KING OF ASHES. jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/36-five-fo...

Writing tip.

Coming this Wednesday on my blog is my #Review of this one. #Anthology amzn.to/3YQKPO0

Anyone looking for good #murder #mystery on #booksky, this is the one! @meproctor.bsky.social is an author to follow!

The Dairy Queen in Cleburne shortly after it opened in 1947.

Hard to write when this cute girl keeps asking me to play. :)

Wait. What? #booksky #writing

It's pub day for TROUBLE IN TEXAS, the 4th anthology from Sisters in Crime North Dallas. My story is "You Know What You Did" - Mysterious billboards appear along Highway 380, designed to expose a Texas family. But who put them there and why? www.amazon.com/Trouble-Texa...

It's pub day for TROUBLE IN TEXAS, the 4th anthology from Sisters in Crime North Dallas. My story is "You Know What You Did" - Mysterious billboards appear along Highway 380, designed to expose a Texas family. But who put them there and why? www.amazon.com/Trouble-Texa...

Before we get busy building guillotines, That Noise at 2 AM is talking to @cwblackwell.bsky.social about his excellent new short story collection, WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN—out July 18, published by @rhppress.bsky.social. jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/34-five-fo...

Today on the blog we have SmokeLong Workshop Prize long-listee @sudhab.bsky.social talking about her story "We Have Little Time Left”, published by Atlas + Alice and written from a Fitness workshop prompt about bodies ⭐ www.smokelong.com/an-interview...

For my latest newsletter, I spoke with Jackie Sherbow, the new editor-in-chief of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine — and only the 4th in its entire history: buttondown.com/thecrimelady...

Interesting.

Interesting.

Fellow writers, go get this. It is so inspiring when the well is dry.

David Foster Wallace's 5 Rules for Great Writing nofilmschool.com/david-foster...

Is this true for you, too? #writingcommunity

The Sisters in Crime North Dallas chapter just shared the cover reveal for our upcoming anthology and it's fire! I have a new story in it called "You Know What You Did." It's out April 15.

The Sisters in Crime North Dallas chapter just shared the cover reveal for our upcoming anthology and it's fire! I have a new story in it called "You Know What You Did." It's out April 15.

Watched this terrific talk - 7 Secrets of Publishing Short Stories from @charliefish.bsky.social . Lots of great info! Highly recommend. community.flashfictionmagazine.com/c/video-repl...

Fiction on the Web is open to submissions of short stories in six genres: literary, sci-fi, fantasy, humour, horror and crime. www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/p/submission...

I've got a new flash-fiction crime story up at Guilty Crime Story Magazine. Give it a read & forget about your job for 5 minutes. www.guiltycrimemag.com/flash/yellow...

Best American Mystery & Suspense 2024 is currently $1.99 on Kindle. (My story "The Mysterious Disappearance of Jason Whetsone" is in this great collection! ) #shortstories #mysteryreaders #mysteries www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTG9QBV...

www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/bri... Brilliant writing advice from famous authors

Love #writingcommunity #amwriting #raybradbury

h/t to The Writer's Circle FB post. I feel seen. (Particularly about Halloween.)

Today at Punk Noir Magazine, in our Windmills series, we have @michelleegarrett.bsky.social with the very dark "Tilting at Pinwheels" punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/t...

Laminatoooooors…. Mount up!

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

A piece of my flash fiction that came out a year ago. #FlashfictionFriday flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/02...

Last chance to join us for this wild, story-generating ride. One participant in last year's March Micro Marathon published 19 stories from it. What could you write in the buzz of 24 prompts, 150+ supportive fellow writers, small groups that have your back, live webinars, and a friendly squirrel? 🐿️

New Fiction: "Stick Talk" by Chris Lee. shotgunhoney.com/fiction/stic...

Today is the paperback pub day for THE DISAPPEARED! Thrilled that this beautiful new edition from Vintage Books is out in the world! See the replies for more details!

Go look at @mikemchone.bsky.social 's story and see if mine gets you going.... it's called "The Ability to Swing" (title borrowed from Thomas Dolby, hats off!). It begins: Innocence doesn’t do it for me. If it ever did, it was before I knew what the word meant ... www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXQGF3F9

I've got a couple of new stories out. In the latest HOOSIER NOIR, my story "The Devil's Cut" is one of my favorites I've written in the past couple of years. It's full of corn fields and lonely roads, a quiet convenience store and a cemetery that's all too busy. www.amazon.com/Hoosier-Noir...

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Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away. Get it? I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

A piece of my flash fiction that came out a year ago. #FlashfictionFriday flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/02...

Thursday writing/reading vibe.

Check it out—the latest RHP issue just dropped!!

No lies detected

My 2024 Derringer Award finalist "I Don't Like Mondays" is reprinted in the new edition of BLACK CAT WEEKLY. 900 pages of crime, science-fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels for $2.99 — or a 52-week subscription for $20! This is unbeatable value for money from #WildsidePress!