At a bookstore in France that is featuring my books If you're seeing this post and you are an aspiring artist know this..I grew up in a trailer in rural Virginia. My mom was disabled. We had very little money But today my books are all around the world, nothing is impossible if u really want it💙

The Writer in Paris enjoying a mid day beer

In Paris to support KING OF ASHES ... The French cover is FIRE (Pun intended)

'Morning Show' Star Nicole Beharie Joins 'All the Sinners Bleed' share.google/QEHJTX0ooRIR...

What does it mean to you to be a Southerner? Someone asked me that today in an interview To me being a Southerner is the center of my identity as a black man, as a human , as a writer. This place of blood and toil, of pain and passion, of joy and agony. Of hatred and hope This place that -

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Last week i was on a panel at the Brooklyn Book Fest with Dwyer Murphy and Joyce Carol Oates. Me and Stephen Graham Jones got to pal around the city got to see Todd Robinson who gave me my career There are so many terrible things going on But there is still beauty if we are brave enough to find it

Mary Shelley created Sci-fic

"Ugh i should not have eaten that 93 Hi-Test premium gas...I know im petrol intolerant "

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Id like t o wear loose fitting linen shirts and qoute Proust like an insufferable "life coach " but sadly im too much of a smart ass to pull it off for long lmao

Happy Birthday to our American troubador, the storyteller of the American dream and the soothsayer of the American nightmare. The Bard of broken men , The Boss Bruce Springsteen....his songs have been a huge influence on my writing..his 1st 8 albums might the greatest run in Rock history

Thanks @blacktopkid.bsky.social for talking with students on ATSB and about the ways place impacts us. I can’t stop thinking about place and how reading transports elsewhere, even before we arrive at a place. This was when I went to St Paul de Vence interminablerambling.medium.com/communing-wi...

If y'all do go up in The Rapture can I get that 50 dollars you owe me before u go JEREMY

Two guys who grew up in mobile homes get to hang in NYC and be celebrated at the BROOKLYN BOOK FEST .. If this was a movie it would be titled LOOK AT US NOW!!

New York State of Mind

NO KINGS IN AMERICA

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

Its a lynching

Writers united. Got to see my buddy @sgj.bsky.social while im in Denver for a library talk. #freespeech #countryboys #writerstellliestofindthetruth

If you haven’t read Razorblade Tears by @blacktopkid.bsky.social you must! Fabulous read from the get go.wonderful writer.gobbled up this book in a couple of days.

63 editors told me no one wanted my 1st book about black Southerners in a rural noir setting Now im a comp Ask @stephenking.bsky.social would say Life is a wheel ....😎

I have a friend who is a trans woman and I think about how hard her life is in 2025. She's already survived her family turning their back on her, her ex keeping her kids away, jobs firing her illegally and now 40% of the country is cool with taking away her right to exist The declaration of -

“Dante, I don’t know if you realize this, but everybody at this table has killed someone,” Khalil said. “Some of us more than others." KING OF ASHES

Sorry for the spam..but sometimes when the words are fighting you , ya gotta remind yourself You are pretty good at this writing thing 😎

"I promise you one day, sooner than you think, the last sound you gonna hear is your heart going silent. And the last thing you gonna see is me or Ike holding it in our hand. My word is my bond" Buddy Lee Jenkins RAZORBLADE TEARS

"Dayane, are you scared? Because trust me no matter how scared you might be it's not nearly enough.," Titus said as he turned over the rest of photos. "You should be fucking terrified.," ALL THE SINNERS BLEED

"If I was gonna bleed...then we were all gonna bleed" Nathan Waymaker MY DARKEST PRAYER

"People like to talk about revenge like its a righteous thing but its just hate in a nicer suit " Ike Randolph RAZORBLADE TEARS

"Man can't be two types of beast Bug" -Boonie BLACKTOP WASTELAND

Left the house came back Couldn't find the cat for 30 mins Panick! doors shut windows closed. Its like a bad locked room mystery.. Sit down defeated 5 mins later cat comes out from INSIDE THE DRYER No I dont know how he opened it and I wouldn't believe if I hadn't heard him meowing in there 🙄

Anthony parked the car in the alley way. A street lamp shone down on them like the eye of God. Anastasia slid over to him. He grabbed her chin with two fingers and put his lips to hers. She kissed him back with a violence he didnt expect A sudden pain shot thru his lip. He pushed her away..

My story SPLIT YOUR SILVER TONGUE is in here along with a plethora of great writers including my friend @williamboyle.bsky.social Check it out But don't read my story while eating lol 😆

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Happy Birthday to my Pips Roy "Hook" Cosby . 79 and I still wouldn't try him 🤣

Story time: So in 2023 I was invited to Amsterdam for a book tour. The city is amazing, the canals , the architecture, all the bicycles lol And the brown cafes Lol So I go to the regular bars and have such a nice time. The Dutch have a very interesting idea of bar culture. Anyway I go to the -

Anyone from VA remember Carvel Ice Cream cakes? I wanted one of those cakes as a kid but we didn't have the money So I finally have the money for one and now I realize THEY ONLY HAD ONE DAMN MOLD PAN They are all the same shape they just decorate them differently lol Fudgy the Whale my ass lol

Me: we can a man on the moon. But we cant make a microwave that can successfully pop all the kernels in a bag of pop corn My cousin the conspiracy theorist: well actually- Me:

Well this happened 😳

Every green banana I've ever bought Monday: unripe Tuesday: unripe Wednesday: unripe Thursday at 1:30 a.m. ripe Thursday at 1:33 a.m. Rotten as HELL 🙄

My take on @blacktopkid.bsky.social's latest, "All The Sinners Bleed." Read the full essay here: terryshepherd.com/s-a-cosby-al...

Ppl who have read BLACKTOP WASTELAND Who's your fantasy cast? Ill go first Bug= Michael B. Jordan Kia: Zoe Saldana Boonie= Danny Glover Goddamn Ronnie Sesions = Timothy Olyphant Reggie Sessions = DJ Qualls Lazy Mothersbaugh= Walton Goggins Burning Man= Tom Hardy Anthony Montage= Idris Elba

Everybody complaining about Cracker Barrel changing the logo and the decor could go to literally 100s of black owned mom and pop soul food restaurants in the South and get the same menu ...but its not about the food it's about pretending its 1920 and misogyny and racism are served with

Book 37 of 2025 was Razorblade Tears by @blacktopkid.bsky.social . It was another hit out of the park for me. The moral complexity of the characters really elevates the novel beyond a regular vigilante story. Read my detailed review at tomrameytales.substack.com #booksky 💙📚⚡ #52booksin52weeks

"The reality was there were no lines ...just choices" Roman Carruthers

"Did you learn all that profiling at the Bureau?" Carla asked "Yes" Titus said. "How do you deal with all that stuff in your head?" Titus put on his sunglasses. "I try not to dream." ALL THE SINNERS BLEED Still proud of this scene 😊

Roman, the King , Carruthers #KINGOFASHES

Roman and Dante...brothers forever #KINGOFASHES