Hi friends. I caught up with Laird's partner, Jessica M today and received permission to share this. As some of you may know, Laird is in need of a new kidney. The appropriate donor would have O blood type. If you or anyone you know may be a willing match & donor, please reach out to me.

Today is the day. After a few years of hard work with my pal @cgolden.bsky.social and the efforts of some of the absolute best writers in the business and the blessing of @stephenking.bsky.social, ka's wheel brings us back around again to the world of THE STAND. amzn.to/402VZAf Love to you all.

In 2015, not long after it was released, @briankeene.bsky.social called my novel SLOWLY WE ROT "hands down the single best zombie novel I've ever read." Well, that novel is now at long last available in audio format from Fright Night Audio. a.co/d/hESLWvp

Please block and report this fucking loser troll @anti-aoc-network.bsky.social

I haven’t watched the movie as of yet, but take Bill’s advice and check out Willy Vlautin’s novel for a wonderful read. Vlautin hits the heart every time out.

Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato

Check out my new story. Also, give the other stories on this great site a read.

Coming out in November. Should be an interesting read.

So damn glad LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN is getting a good release from @imprintfilms.bsky.social. Based on one of my favorite books. Had a big impact on me at a very young age. All-timer JJL performance. I wrote about the film here a couple of years back: southwestreview.com/i-wake-up-st...

Preorder here www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jorda...

April 2026

If you get the chance to go see SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, do it - it's pretty good If you get the chance to read SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, do it - it's very good

As the SHE RIDES SHOTGUN movie rides into theaters tomorrow, I wrote a thing for @letterboxd.social about the many movies that inspired me when I wrote the source novel, including the book's core inspiration, the immortal SHOGUN ASSASSIN. Check it out:

Here's a scene from SHE RIDES SHOTGUN starring Taron Egerton as Nate and the amazing Ana Sophia Heger as Polly. Go see it August 1, you fools. youtu.be/hgUHr1Vunlc?...

Neglected to mention that I wrote an introduction to this edition of DIRTBAGS Is @erykpruitt.bsky.social your favorite scumbag noir writer or have you never read him?

"It's ok, honey. The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout won't hurt you!" The Sears Tower experiencing a blackout:

Putting aside for one second the basic fucking humanity of letting trans people exist, you can tell which side is right in this because one side is saying "I just want to play" and the other is saying "I just want to win"

To celebrate the release of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, a new crime thriller, at @ohmpods.bsky.social I talked with the author and co-screenwriter @jordanharper.bsky.social about the joy of watching his work remixed, with love www.oneheatminute.com/articles/fea...

Gentle PSA that you don't always have to liken someone dealing with a major health issue to "fighting a battle" because it gives way too much power to the health issue & also implies that the person "loses" (or is the opposite of a winner) if they pass from ALS or cancer or something. Screw that.

Check out this review by @wmboyle4.bsky.social of the brand new Frank Stanford biography by James McWilliams. Standford’s my favorite poet, and this review by my buddy Bill (who also happens to be one of my favorite writers) has me all the more excited for reading the bio.

The Dark, a ghost story anthology of mine, is on sale for $2.99 today all platforms. openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-da...

I have the honor of setting down a few thoughts in words about one of the most important musical figures in my life. May he rest in the knowledge that he gave voice to sentiments many struggle to express.

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 buddy Nolan Knight has a new novel out, The Gorgon of Los Feliz. It’s a wild ride on the dark side. Get it!

It's impossible to oversell the mind-blowing experience of seeing To Live and Die in LA when it came out in the mid 80s, smack dab in the middle of the reactionary sentimental counterrevolution in Hollywood. It's basically an anti-copaganda movie. The maverick cop makes everything worse.

I've been in my feels all day long. This is my eulogy to someone who changed my life. RIP Ozzy!

If you like hearing an author speak about their process and what has inspired their work you need to listed to this conversation @natebowling.com had with one of my favorite authors, @jordanharper.bsky.social. nerdfarmpod.com/2025/07/21/a...

Thanks to @armandauthor.bsky.social for these good words about SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET. Glad to hear someone talking about L’Amour and all the music in the book. (Fab listens to Black Sabbath on his way out of New Paltz. RIP Ozzy.)

Goodbye, Ozzy, Prince of Darkness. 🖤

AVAILABLE NOW WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN by @cwblackwell.bsky.social, a classic in the making collection of modern noir. Get your copy today! amzn.to/4nQ5bl7

Trailer for the adaptation of Willy Vlautin's THE NIGHT ALWAYS COMES (not sure why they dropped THE from the title), one of my favorite books of his. Not quite sold on Vanessa Kirby as Lynette, but I sure hope they did right by the book. JJL! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd44...

To be honest I’d be more embarrassed about being caught at a Coldplay show than having an affair.

To quote Super Hans… “People like Coldplay and voted for Nazis. You can’t trust people.”

country music used to be like “fuck my boss, fuck my job, let’s drink and do cocaine” and now it’s like “i got an f-150 so i love cops and i have sex with flags”

More artwork from the D&D “Dragon Delves” book, analog ink + digital color in Procreate 🔮 AD: Fury Galluzzi #fantasyart #dnd #rpgart #tabletopgames

For music nerds, every issue of Arthur Magazine officially available for free as pdfs. Dig in. #musasky #musicsky #zines

Here’s a link to the family’s GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...

My guy!

This is just horrible. These people are such a part of our community, and give the world so much more than any of these masked thugs will ever do. As a neighbor this is heartbreaking to watch. www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles...

Long running truth.

An interview with me about my co-written sword & sorcery story The Many Mouths of the Endless Night in Tales from the Cursed Edge from Edge Weaver Books. Pay no attention to all the nerd stuff in the background. I'm actually pretty cool. youtu.be/LJgyqA4n-Tw?...

Hey book people - while there's going to be a lot of press focused on the movie, I'd love to to take the chance to reintroduce this (Edgar Award-winning) book to the world. Any book podcasters or interviewers who'd like to talk about the book, please reach out.

“Been a lot of people like you around right from the beginning of history. Burning and torturing and killing—slapping other people into gas ovens. And it’s always done legal you know. They always got a law to back them up. If there ain’t one on the books, somebody will think one up in a hurry.”

This is wise advice. Get hep.

I'm starting a newsletter devoted to crime comics. I've been reading crime comics for years & I wanted to create a space where we could read and talk about crime comics Expect weekly posts 🤞 First post, a longer introduction to the topic, will be this weekend buttondown.com/crimecomics