There is no one in his life who will tell him the truth.

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When Children of the North Sea ask how came The Rider by the Scepter and Golden Greaves of Scar, tell this tale. And rejoice. Check it out: mybook.to/widowlands

If you're looking for funny and intense writing check out @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social and his Shamus Award winning Henry Malone series

FALLON by Louis L'Amour Of the twenty I've read so far, this one might be my favorite.

On every side drop captains to the ground, And soldiers, some lay maimed, some slain outright: Here falls a body sundered from his head, There legs and arms lie bleeding on the grass, Mingled with weapons and unbowelled steeds... -Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy

After reading "Rider in the Widow Lands," Coy Hall's new Sword & Sorcery story, my admiration only grows. This is a terrific, moody tale about a flinty-eyed "hero" whose past, only glimpsed, could surely fill volumes. I enjoyed the hell out of this story! @coyhall.bsky.social

FALLON by Louis L'Amour When the "hero" enlisted some unsuspecting wagon train folks into his big-store con, I knew this was the book for me. Too bad it wasn't adapted to film. Kirk Douglas would've been great in the lead.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 24,1965

This story is a masterclass in suspense, and I don't say that lightly. Every scene is perfumed with dread. Written by @marythor.bsky.social, published by @mrbullbull.bsky.social.

Currently watching POKER FACE, instead. I like the second season even better than the first.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for Frenzi #4

I've been invited to speak on a film noir podcast about THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946). The recording will happen soon, and sadly, the only remark I've been able to come up with so far is a rip-off of a Kris Kristofferson lyric: "His thirsty wanted whiskey, and his horny wanted HER!"

Illinois’ commitment to Ukraine has not wavered in the four years since Russia invaded. We stand firm in our support as they defend their freedom. Slava Ukraini!

I'm so happy to see that people are FINALLY waking up to the fact that they're losing access to physical media and are therefore being owned by subscription services. Keep it up, folks, keep it up!

Did Walter Hill name Nick Nolte's character in 48 𝐻𝑟𝑠. after the hero of 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑜 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 by Louis L'Amour? I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

I believe 1959 was the last year a mad-dog killer could wear an ascot and we are all the poorer for it.

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 22,1962

Pages for Egmont from a Secret Agent Corrigan story 20 years ago 1/2

Favourite panel I’ve drawn today.

"We were sentimental men, but that was our secret, for an enemy who knows your feelings is an enemy who has a hold on you. Not all poker is played over a card table."

There are certain queer times in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke

Hey, here’s a story I wrote. It’s an oldie, sure, and back when Bishop Rider was still among the living, but seems more apt than ever at this particular point in time. #BookSky shotgunhoney.com/fiction/smal...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 22,1944

CAUGHT STEALING (2025) There is a plot twist just past the halfway mark that was so damn perfect it made me stand up from my sofa and salute. The movie is based on a novel by Charlie Huston. I gots read me one of those.

This is great private eye fiction for grownups. Alex Kenna can really write.

My debut novel, WHAT MEETS THE EYE, is a Kindle Daily Deal. Check it out if you have a spare $1.99 and a morbid sensibility. a.co/d/03yC75EH

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This is an exciting day for me. Sometimes as an indie horror writer it feels like we’re just screaming into the wind. Not today though. I just want to say how much I appreciate everyone who’s taken a chance on me. A special thanks to @veloxbooks.bsky.social. www.amazon.com/stores/Ronal...

Good morning from the golden age of science fiction #PulpSabotage

Maynard Dixon, Wild Horses of Nevada, 1927 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Yes, yes, we've had one release this month, but we are getting set for our next, and I'm hoping for end of March for Brodie to go kicking ass again. This time for free. You'd best learn to duck before The Bartender wages her own form of Whiskey Warfare...

REBORN by Mark Millar & Greg Capullo Your mileage may vary but this isn't so much a graphic novel as an elaborate pitch document for a prestige cable epic fantasy show: "GAME OF THRONES meets THE GOOD PLACE!" Great artwork and I love the place names: Black Wish Mountain, Dead Man's Rainbow...

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Night of the Ghoul by Scott Snyder & Francesco Francavilla I can't speak with any authority about the horror genre. All I can is that I was underwhelmed with this. Snyder & Francavilla also did a Batman story about Police Commissioner Gordon's sociopathic son that I found impressively creepy.

𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝐺𝑢𝑛 and 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙 by Louis L'Amour Published over 20 years apart, but you would never be able to tell. L'Amour had the same strengths and weaknesses from beginning to end. I enjoyed the first half of these books better than I did the second half, but I'll keep coming back.

There's a scene in the original Jurassic Park novel where John Hammond mentions that he got his funding by creating a miniature elephant. It was made that way by hormonal tricks, but he lets his investors think it was done by genetic engineering. Just something I remembered. For some reason.

We’ve created this insane incentive structure for the media where everyone has to keep lying about how this stuff works because there’s no money in debunking it and if someone DOES debunk it well enough the entire economy will collapse.

And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting. In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

My summary of the Muhammad Ali episode of the Dean Martin Roast — off color jokes, dated pop-culture celebrities, and the inevitable Howard Cosell. fightsatw.com/man-of-the-h...

I'm not sure I've ever seen a picture as beautiful as this one. Paradise and pulp...what better vacation could you ask for?

Thanks, Biden!

These 3-yr drops are stunning. Absolutely stunning. New Orleans: -55% Baltimore: -60% Philly: -60% Chicago: -40% Buffalo: -55% Pittsburgh: -50% Albuquerque: -40% Newark: -40% San Antonio: -55% Portland: -45% The media coverage of these staggering drops, tho, is staggering in its relative silence.

Just stumbled upon this 2015 essay by Kathryn Schulz about a apocalypse scenario. The writing is magnificent. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

The Rider escorts an ossuary to the Widow Lands, where the Widows of Scar breathe life into bones long dead. How else does one speak privately with a priest who died a thousand years ago? The secret he possesses isn’t to be shared with necromancers or moribund gods. mybook.to/widowlands

By the moonlight #watercolour #art #moon #darkart

I think this is an interesting read.