Who loves #hardboiled #pulp? Two days left to grab your copy of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD for only 99¢! "This is the kind of book I honestly crave more of far before its final pages. Its so earnest and wonderful and fun! F*CKING HELL ON A MERRY GO ROUND ITS JUST FUN!" - reader review 🪐📚💙 ⚡📚

Watched this noir-esque thriller last night and gotta say I loved it. It started a little slow for me, but it didn't take long to get me fully vested.

If you're gonna read ONE noir #detective #mystery set on a #generationship in 2026, read Alastair Reynolds' HALCYON YEARS. If you're gonna read TWO, grab your copy of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD today. Only 99¢ through Tuesday! 🪐📚💙 ⚡📚

Fantastic show! I can't wait for the next season.

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It breaks my heart to hear this. This is an open offer to any author reading this if we can help to promote your book let me know. Everything we do is free of charge.

When present-you realizes past-you called one of your character's reputation flawless, but now you need his reputation to be flawed:

If you're gonna read ONE noir #detective #mystery set on a #generationship in 2026, read Alastair Reynolds' HALCYON YEARS. If you're gonna read TWO, grab your copy of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD today. Only 99¢ through Tuesday! 🪐📚💙 ⚡📚

Yeah... they're boned.

Two more mystery/crime novels set on a generation ship are due out this year according to @crimereads.bsky.social. That's in addition to Reynolds' HALCYON YEARS hitting the US market tomorrow. What can I say? I'm a trend setter. 🤣 🪐📚💙 ⚡️📚

My online life from this point onwards will be a constant effort to use this image.

And my money is on the Ewoks.

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It's getting cold. Send Tauntauns.

Check out my review of Ed Robins' new novel Easy as it Gets, out now on Amazon! www.amazon.com/Easy-Gets-Mu... #booksky

Important storm forecast from my hometown library.

I've spent an inordinate amount of time today trying to find my favorite cover of THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL. It's a delicate balance to make it heartfelt, but not cloying. This is my favorite.

PARENTS TODAY: go play with your tablet PARENTS 6,000 YEARS AGO: go play with your tablet

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen. Gary Clark, Jr Justin Townes Earle Norah Jones Taj Mahal George Michael

Inquiring minds on reddit want to know when the USA will be getting the SLEEPER BEACH ebook, @nickharkaway.com. I know that's probably determined by the publisher, but wondering if you have any idea? (Loving my hardback, personally!)

Holy '80s! I watched Brian De Palma's neo-noir BODY DOUBLE this past weekend. Not a bad premise, and reminded me of NORTH BY NORTHWEST in parts.

Someone invented the book. It wasn’t enough to have a mark on a wall, or a tablet. Their ideas needed a spine.

Which translates to: Le Belial is gonna publish my novella THE APOLOGISTS which first appeared in @clarkesworldmagazine.com We just finished inking the contracts and my longtime French collaborator Jean-Daniel Brèque will handle the translation. [Insert applause here]

THREAD. A collection of random dogs I have met on my adventures in the British countryside. You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 There it goes! 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 EASY AS IT GETS is out the door today! Fourth in the #MURDER ON THE #STARSHIP AUSTRALIS series, this #noir #detective #mystery finds Tom battling addiction as he searches for a missing woman and her son. Special thanks to my fabulous beta readers! 🪐📚💙📚⚡

This thread is almost as complicated as his GNOMON.

Here's your midday motivation. Keep up the good work.

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

Inspiration for EASY AS IT GETS came mostly from music. Of the bands of my youth, all the lead singers are gone*, most victims of addiction. For me, Layne Stanley was the hardest, maybe because last I heard he was on the road to recovery, then he was just… gone. Such excruciating losses.

Planetary Alignment xkcd.com/3192/

"I can nah do it, captain! It's just too big."

Just re-upping this interview for the New Year, now live at the website. Enjoy!

5-star review of CHIVALRY WILL GET YOU DEAD from Readers' Favorite! "The noir voice is so strong that it reached out and grabbed me, pulling me deep into the science fiction storyworld... This is a read-through-all-hours-of-the-night book; the storyline and pacing held me captive to the end." 🪐📚💙⚡️📚

EASY AS IT GETS is now available for pre-order! This next installment in the #hardboiled #noir series MURDER ON THE STARSHIP AUSTRALIS sees disgraced detective Tom Devoe battling addiction as he searches for a missing child and mother, and solves the #mystery behind their abduction. 🪐📚💙⚡️📚

Hmm - new modern sonnet just dropped…..

#Friday mornings be like... #scifi #booksky #bookrecommendations www.amazon.com/dp/B09RRW6WW1

Sat down and got the paperback all ready! I gotta say I really love how this one turned out. Driope Project did a superb job capturing my favorite moment in EASY AS IT GETS, the next book in my #scifi #hardboiled #noir series. E-book pre-orders are open; paperback should be available soon. 🪐📚💙⚡️📚

And here it is! Much delayed but hopefully worth the wait. Horror and Fantasy lists forthcoming… 📚📚 SFF180 🚀 Anticipated Science Fiction 2026 youtu.be/Gy1AEXe_zEg

EASY AS IT GETS is now available for pre-order! This next installment in the #hardboiled #noir series MURDER ON THE STARSHIP AUSTRALIS sees disgraced detective Tom Devoe battling addiction as he searches for a missing child and mother, and solves the #mystery behind their abduction. 🪐📚💙⚡️📚

Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.

There is currently a discussion here about end-of-the-year lists, particularly those listing what a reader/reviewer did NOT like. I want to address the topic in a general sense, without tagging anyone in, in the hopes that some folks might come away with their day a little less distraught. 🧵

Sat down to read and got one paragraph in before the progeny started harassing me about breakfast. Don't they know it's my reading time?! But I can't deny my dearest loves their egg-in-a-basket and a breakfast taco. The work of a daddy is never done.

Finally doing the mailing list thing... Looking for exclusive content? Maybe waiting for a sale? Just bored? Join my mailing list and I'll try to keep you entertained, but only occasionally.

What folks who weren't there don't know is that all of us who were kids in the 70s and 80s had superpowers. That's how we survived the quicksand and killer bees and Satanic Panic and Jim Jones and nuclear armaggedon. Then puberty happened and we discovered sex, and God kicked us out of Eden...

EASY AS IT GETS is now available for pre-order! This next installment in the #hardboiled #noir series MURDER ON THE STARSHIP AUSTRALIS sees disgraced detective Tom Devoe battling addiction as he searches for a missing child and mother, and solves the #mystery behind their abduction. 🪐📚💙

And they're often the writers that get published, btw. I always tell new writers, if you love what you're writing, your reader's going to feel that. It's the special sauce. Write something you want to read yourself. You'd be amazed at how many people still don't.

Realized yesterday that Alastair Reynolds new book is a: * Retro detective noir * On a generation ship * Run by a powerful elite Sounds familiar... 🤔. Guess I'm in good company! Here's @locusmag.bsky.social's review. I'm eager to pick this one up when it releases in the USA later this month. 🪐📚💙

I'm not much for "resolutions" on New Year's, but it is a great time for quiet reflection. I admit to being a bit disappointed in my output this year–just one book released at the beginning, and one almost ready to go. Feels like "I'm running in circles, chasing my tale."

Cultural phenomena are created, not by those looking at the market, but blending, creating, pushing beyond it. BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES was a revelation for how good a cartoon could be.