Alan Orloff
@alanorloff.bsky.social
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Cheesephobic. Regular guy. Also award-winning crime fiction writer.
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PUB DAY for DRIVING THE BUGMOBILE! Itās a YA coming-of-age novel about a sixteen-year-old boy whose mother wonāt let him get his driverās license until he learns how to swim. Thanks to the great team at Level Best Books and the awesome
@shawnrsimmons.bsky.social
for the bugalicious cover!
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Driving the Bugmobile
Amazon.com: Driving the Bugmobile eBook : Orloff, Alan: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.com/Driving-Bugmobile-Alan-Orloff-ebook/dp/B0F3FTKNGC
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I thought about starting an Introverts Club but was afraid nobody would come to the meetings!
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Reality is going to put us fiction writers out of business.
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Tracy Clark is coming to town! Next Tuesday! Interviewed by the incomparable Oline Cogdill!
4 days ago
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Congrats to my friend
@loriraderday.bsky.social
(and one of my favorite writers) on the publication of her latest blockbuster, WRECK YOUR HEART! Can't wait to read this one!!!
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Wreck Your Heart: A Mystery
Wreck Your Heart: A Mystery - Kindle edition by Rader-Day, Lori. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Wreck Your Heart: A Mystery.
https://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Your-Heart-Lori-Rader-Day-ebook/dp/B0F5P6YPYZ
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Submitted my first short story of the year. Fly, lil' birdie, fly!
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South Florida peeps! I hope youāll join us on Saturday, January 31 at 7 pm at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Rebecca Lugones, JD Allen, @Heather Graham, and I will be discussing our stories in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES (and plenty of other things). Should be a lot of fun! FREE! Click thru to RSVP!
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An Evening with Rebecca Lugones, Heather Graham, J.D. Allen, & Alan Orloff
Join us for a special evening with Rebecca Lugones and special guests Heather Graham, J.D. Allen, and Alan Orloff.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-rebecca-lugones-heather-graham-jd-allen-alan-orloff-tickets-1979242618953
7 days ago
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Some people are from hearty stock. I think I'm from hearty soup stock.
8 days ago
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GOING APE that my story, "Auntie Grizelda," is included in this groovy anthology!!! FAR OUT! Thanks Shelley Kubitz and Larry Allan!
10 days ago
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
11 days ago
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Just got my two-year (paper) calendar/planner. Just in timeānow Iāll know where I have to go tomorrow!
12 days ago
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Lemon and tennis ball.
13 days ago
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Every year, I try to incorporate a new (healthy) food into my diet. Items added the past few years have included dates, buckwheat groats, brussels sprouts, pasta made from chickpeas, and flaxseed. Having a tough time coming up with one for 2026. Suggestions?
14 days ago
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"Alexa, clean the kitchen."
16 days ago
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No AI has been used to write my social media posts. The dad jokes are all mine!
17 days ago
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Boy, do I love palm trees!
21 days ago
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For really big mistakes.
21 days ago
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HOLLYWOOD KILLS gets a nice mention in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine! Thanks, Steve Steinbock!
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The Jury Box - Ellery Queen
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https://elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issue/the-jury-box
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Iāve got six bottles/jars on the mustard shelf in the fridge: Dijon (3), horseradish, stoneground, and hot Chinese, along with two in the pantry: dill pickle and honey mustard. Canāt have too much mustard. What's your favorite type of mustard?
24 days ago
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VERY HAPPY to be working with Jay Hartman at White City Press/Misti Media on these re-issues! HUGE THANKS to my fab agent Michelle Richter for sealing the deal!
25 days ago
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Iāve started calling avocados āavocadhopesā because I so rarely pick a good one.
26 days ago
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Iāve been crowing throughout the season about how good my fantasy football team was, but my team got bumped out in the first round of the playoffs. Disappointing? Yes. But Iām confident that we can make the playoffs next year. Weād betterāeight out of the ten teams in the league make the playoffs!
27 days ago
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Congrats to my pal
@catrionamcp.bsky.social
on the recent release of her 8th(!) book in the Last Ditch mystery series, SCOT'S EGGS! These books are HILARIOUS and if you aren't reading them, you are missing out, big time! Trust me, I would never steer you astray!
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Scotās Eggs (A Last Ditch Mystery Book 8)
Scotās Eggs (A Last Ditch Mystery Book 8) - Kindle edition by McPherson, Catriona. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Scotās Eggs (A Last Ditch Mystery Book 8).
https://www.amazon.com/Scots-Eggs-Last-Ditch-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0FFBS6QS6
28 days ago
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Sunday iguana pic.
29 days ago
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If I am not the worldās worst singer/dancer/artist, then I am certainly in the top (bottom?) ten.
about 1 month ago
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LOVE this cover! Can't wait to read the book!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Rank the following breakfast foods, in order of preference: French toast, pancakes, waffles.
about 1 month ago
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Contributor copy! Thanks to fantastic editor
@deborahlacy.bsky.social
and Level Best Books!
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My fantasy football team is 11-3 and heading into the playoffs as the top seed.
about 1 month ago
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While we were at the pool (on vacay), a dad was with his three-year-old son. The dad said to a buddy, ā...so cold we had to get the hell out of there.ā An innocuous comment between two adults. But a few seconds later, the boy started chanting, loudly, āWhat the hell? What the hell?ā Priceless.
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Congrats to Christina Kovac on the recent release of WATCH US FALL! Can't wait to dig in!!!
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Watch Us Fall: A Novel
Watch Us Fall: A Novel - Kindle edition by Kovac, Christina. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Watch Us Fall: A Novel.
https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Fall-Christina-Kovac-ebook/dp/B0DV65MGWM
about 1 month ago
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#wilsondiseaseawarenessday
wilsondisease.org
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Bought a Fruity Pebbles bagel from F-ing Bagels, and the experience was probably exactly like you would imagine.
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I am irrationally excited about our new bathroom faucets. Finally, some water pressure!
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Very happy to see the anthology I co-edited with Adam Meyer, HOLLYWOOD KILLS, on Oline Cogdillās Best Anthologies of the Year list (South Florida Sun Sentinel). The novels mentioned are pretty awesome, too! Congrats, all!
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The best mystery novels of 2025
2025 was another outstanding year for mystery novels, with standard favorites and debuting authors offering their stories. Here are writer Oline H. Cogdillās favorites.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/27/the-best-mystery-novels-of-2025/?share=ews1nwne2cs5ssytsrnl&fbclid=IwY2xjawOX23BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeyMgyUD9sjbBj-ALmv1tXCunaqwW8-BelwbCDqLXYgwzPJguX2t2ab1vDdp4_aem_rJ8OBauvH03ZRCVFAdnTQg
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I got a little too aggressive browning the marshmallows on the sweet potato casserole yesterday. It took several minutes for the flames to die down. ā2025: The Year Alan Carbonized Thanksgiving.ā
about 2 months ago
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! My favorite holiday! Stuffing, turkey, stuffing, gravy, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and stuffing!
about 2 months ago
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Iām āI donāt mind talking on the phoneā years old.
about 2 months ago
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Iād better stay out of trouble because I donāt think Iād do very well in prison.
about 2 months ago
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I missed posting this when it first came out.
@olinecog.bsky.social
's nice review of DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE (from
@jeffreymarks.bsky.social
at Crippen & Landru Publishers), following an excellent review of
@rachelhowzell.bsky.social
's FOG AND FURY!
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Book review: āFog and Furyā about small beach town has realistic characters, brisk plot
Plus, smart āDouble Crossing Van Dineā anthology breaks all the rules of detective fiction.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/09/24/book-review-fog-and-fury-about-small-beach-town-has-realistic-characters-brisk-plot/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOQINlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFRTkx5ckxVQVZKVG5abkN5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsPL1kqCWtBDetMRuRkUILuECPcrmqdKAO75J2VT0UcKhmFZ9K-EoDH5U_-z_aem_yEZhYG0P-hkSCKxvFcmMNg
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Blimp!
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Current status.
about 2 months ago
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Emojis are not my šŖš“ļø.
about 2 months ago
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I think my muse has applied for the witness protection program, and I donāt blame him one bit.
about 2 months ago
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My muse has started parking in the neighborās driveway so nobody will think heās involved with my current manuscript.
about 2 months ago
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Finishing the first draft of my WIP is like pulling teeth. But not a personās teeth. The teeth of a rabid saber-toothed tiger, one that hasnāt slept or ate in days, one who wants nothing more than to rip out your lungs while youāre still using them. Aside from that, though, itās going great!
about 2 months ago
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Congrats to
@mkinberg.bsky.social
and all the contributors on this very cool anthology! And for a great cause!
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LAXtras: Los Angeles-style Crime Stories
Amazon.com: LAXtras: Los Angeles-style Crime Stories eBook : Kinberg Editor , Margot , Lopez, Lelah, Eklund, Lynette: Books
https://www.amazon.com/LAXtras-Los-Angeles-style-Crime-Stories-ebook/dp/B0FLQMN4DQ
about 2 months ago
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Watching twelve hours of NFL football in a day? Excessive or glorious?
about 2 months ago
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This issue of Black Cat Weekly features stories from their recent short story contest, including my story, āCaptain Fluffy Sails Again!ā (an honorable mention). This issue also showcases the winning story, āKatās Ninth Life,ā by Pam Barnsley! From @wildsidepress!
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Black Cat Weekly #220
Black Cat Weekly #220 - Kindle edition by Barnsley, Pam, Orloff, Alan, De Cecco, Viviana, Sirois, A.L., Godfrey, Darren O., Simmons, R.D., Whisler, Elysia, Rogers, Stephen D, Charles, Hal, Regis, Julius. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Black Cat Weekly #220.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2H9NL4Q
about 2 months ago
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Wednesday green bug picture.
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"What Ned Said" by Gary Phillips getting some love from Robert Lopresti!
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What Ned Said, by Gary Phillips
"What Ned Said," by Gary Phillips, inĀ Hollywood Kills, edited by Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff, Level Short, 2025. Thanks to Kevin Tipple f...
https://lbcrimes.blogspot.com/2025/11/what-ned-said-by-gary-phillips.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawN-5uJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEes6bqwO18055JNE9oMHPu_h7xXGvaKdfXLsMl6n0tIKb9Xn_Xh0Gs4H85xrw_aem_ESEHLTxgFNvx8rRGQSHe0g
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