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BLACK TIE, RED FLAGS - Hathaway SUNRISE MOTEL - Kraus AMONG THE ASH HEAPS & YAHOOS - Malory THE LAST DAYS OF ARCHER HIGHMOORE - Liska NEW TOWN, NEW FACE - Bernabeo THIS THING OF DARKNESS - Hepler BLOOD ON SACRED STEPS - Morton NIGHT OF THE LEOPARD - Semper LAST HOOK - Mulligan GHOST OF GRACE - Akers

Coming soon from Raconteur Press... 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙥 𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧: 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚 If you want a taste of what you'll be getting from these stories, click through and check out some of the pull quotes.

"Work? Sorry, no, abducted by Krampus. Than annoying holiday get together? Regrets, abducted by Krampus. End-of-year anything? Ahem. ABDUCTED. BY. KRAMPUS."

I'm not saying you should listen to Vikram, but you really should listen to Vikram.

If you follow the registration link, you'll see a couple of familiar faces. Shari will be doing a session on "The Power of Red: Adventures in Editing". I'll be doing a talk on "Marketing for Writers Who’d Rather Be Writing".

It's a bright, sunny day. Perfect for soul-crushing work before I come home and imagine people trying to kill my characters. Who probably represent me. I don't know, I'm not a psychologist. I think that buying my books will help make it all better, though. Maybe try that?

'tis the season! Welcome to Whamageddon Roulette! How lucky do you feel today? Put the playlist on shuffle next time you want some Christmas music. Will you survive, or is your ticket to Whamhalla lurking in the next track? open.spotify.com/playlist/4iI...

ZCQOTD: "Legally sketchy, but ethically sound."

See, in my mind, that's ONE house...

Look at that ear; at that hair. LOOK AT IT. This is obviously someone incredibly talented who's mid-way through doing something fantastic. It only looks BAD because it's half-finished. So next time you're convinced your work is trash, step back and realize it's half-finished.

Guys... take a break at work and, you know, be international for a bit. You deserve it.

PLOT TWIST! Meme Monday... ON A WEDNESDAY! ... okay, it's not much of a plot twist. Work with me here, folks. And enjoy your memes!

Stanley Wheeler was kind enough to interview me about my writing and 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘴, my new novel from Raconteur Press.

A little bit of Star Wars flash fiction from Dan Fishman. This made me laugh like a maniac. IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW. www.fishdan.com/shadows-in-t...

I went through a page of Terry Pratchett at one point (from 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒, IIRC) and found a half dozen of those "errors" that people tell you to avoid.

At this point, every text editor—and every general-purpose text box, on computers, and on the web—should support rendering markdown natively. I HAVE BEEN TRAINED. WHEN I TYPE "_blah_" AND HIT SEND, IT SHOULD DISPLAY AS ITALICS. Please make this happen. Kthxbye.

"There is evil there that 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝." No, this is not a post about LoTR.

Gorgeous picture of the aurora over Pittsburgh last night! You can really see those colors POP! 😒

ZCQOTD: “It’s a big squid. Now it has an arrow in it.”