A scintillating review of Samantha York’s debut, THE FORESHORE, in the Glasgow Herald: ‘skilfully weaves together themes of grief, compassion, temptation, loyalty, self-sacrifice and deeply-buried secrets without letting the suspense and escalating sense of dread slacken for a moment.’

Y’all, Hardboiled (1992) is up on Kanopy 😃 www.kanopy.com/video/15608583

MARTHA MACCALLUM: Charlie said, you know, that there was no such thing as hate speech. He obviously– you know no one anticipated what would happen to Charlie. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yeah–. He might not be saying that now! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Thanks to Craig Francis Coates at Cold Caller for letting me ramble about writing and my story “Road to Nowhere,” in this year’s Best American Mystery and Suspense. coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

On Sunday, I’ll be signing at the @madcavestudios.com booth (#502) at 11am at the Brooklyn Book Festival!

oh thank god!! they did a statement!!!!!

This story is not getting the attention it deserves in fact it should be so shocking that it took over the CK story at this point. However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened

"Employees do not have unlimited rights to speak as citizens on matters of public concern," the email signed by UM System President Mun Choi reads. The email also tells employees not to post copies or excerpts of internal university messages. abc17news.com/news/educati...

I stream, you stream, we all stream… but we’re probably better off with physical media… open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda... @russeldmclean.bsky.social

See you in Calgary perhaps!

Reading the new issue of Rock and a Hard Place today, featuring my story "Lucky Duck"

One of my favorite types of announcements!

Our friends at BOLO Books are bringing you all the absolutely incredible cover reveal for ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social, coming Sept 30th! Check out the full reveal here (and preorder when you're done gawking at this beauty) bolobooks.com/2025/09/cove...

…. Oh, you see the dark stuff, don’t you? Thank you @shotgunhoney.com ….

At least its Friday

Book Release: Catch Me on a Blue Day by M.E. Proctor Declan Shaw is back in CATCH ME ON A BLUE DAY. What to Expect inside... “For Ella and all the innocents slain by soulless men.” It’s the dedication of the book on the Salvadoran civil war retired reporter Carlton Marsh was writing before he…

Retcon Gambit out of existence and 3000-word prose essay on why you were wrong to ever like him.

Godzilla Minus Zero The Host Pacific Rim

you mother fuckers HAVE TO STOP THIS NOW www.reddit.com/r/fightporn/...

Doing it proper outside T. C. O’Leary’s with @keithrosson.bsky.social ‘The Devil By Name’. While ‘Fever House’ was gritty crime leaning into horror, this feels like old school King character development and world building. Bloody great.

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Officials Vow Vast Crackdown on Liberal Groups www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Who will be the 218 signatory? This is about trust in our government to serve us. 90% feel we have a rigged system, protecting the powerful, & politicians cannot be trusted. We must prove that the powerful will be held to account. That we can wage this battle across party lines.

Thanks for inviting me, @dosomedamage.bsky.social .... a little conversation about "Noir" ... dosomedamage.substack.com/p/noir-lets-...

For Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, I put together a @bookshop.org list of my favorite mystery books by Latine authors, including @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @nodarse.bsky.social @latinasleuths.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social. bookshop.org/lists/must-r... @crimewoc.bsky.social

Noir? Let’s Call it Grayscale @meproctor.bsky.social today at DoSomeDamage open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda...

BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL was fantastic. My first V.E. Schwab novel but certainly not my last. @torbooks.bsky.social

ahahahah

I'm from one of the most rural towns in Puerto Rico with a population of less than 1,000. My family were sugar cane and coffee farmers. We wound up on the mainland and sometimes it's hard here, but on this trip back home I was reminded to be so proud of who and what I am. Thank you Bad Bunny 🇵🇷❤️

Canvas wraps for my most recent two books! (I hang them in my office as motivation.)

Check it out: “Solving the Patriarchy: Female Detectives and Feminism in the Mystery & Crime Genre”, featuring acclaimed Mystery/Crime authors Delia Pitts, Laurie R. King, and SJ Rozan www.youtube.com/live/aHTYOWs...

He was fired for reposting a Charlie Kirk quote in response to news about Charlie Kirk?

Trump will probably give Brian Kilmeade the Medal of Freedom. He’ll get an evening show on Fox. Laura Loomer will blow him. The New York Times will wonder if he has a point.

200+ pages into a second draft, I'm thinking again about how the world of a novel (and the voice you write about it in) ideally gets stronger and stronger as you write. A problem I'm always thinking about: The day you're truly prepped to start writing a novel is probably the day you finish it.

I've been putting out fires with other, more intense fires.

Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! RT this tweet & tell us what you want RT’d. Me, I’ve left my publisher. It means these books will be out of print very shortly or they already are. Get ‘em before they’re gone. #BookSky www.bishopriderbooks.com

You should go ahead and google the phrase "hyoid bone fracture" now to save yourself some time in a week or two. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

Hey, what about those EPSTEIN FILES?

Jake Halligan just can't stay out of trouble. Coming soon from RHP and @nkolakowski.bsky.social: RIGHTEOUS TRASH. Pre-order your copy today: amzn.to/46dBfHR

Catch Me on a Blue Day (Declan Shaw Mysteries Book 2) is out NOW, but is it really "neo-noir"? Guest post from @meproctor.bsky.social dosomedamage.substack.com/p/noir-lets-...

DIRTBAGS is a modern classic of Southern gothic and noir. RHP is proud to present the brand new edition of @erykpruitt.bsky.social’s debut novel, DIRTBAGS. Order your copy today: bit.ly/44wCbWX

My story "Haggling Over Price" from the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology THE ONE PERCENT is available to read for free. I would love a day where it’s never relevant, but today isn’t that day. jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/44-hagglin...

AVAILABLE NOW: When the dog makes the heist. When life gives you a chance to make a connection after all these years. One swing of the machete solves all your problems . . . Best eaten cold? Small-town revenge stays hot for years. Order your copy of RHP #15 today: amzn.to/4peTqW6