Hey, here’s some more books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @tananarivedue.bsky.social @cbbernard.com and @robdsmith.bsky.social Fun was had! #BookSky #WednesdayRecs

Crime writer @beaujohnson44.bsky.social joins Brian to discuss writing books and stories with a shared continuity, marketing and promotion for indie writers, and the future of Bishop Rider. Available on Spotify, Apple and Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

PERIL OF THE BRUTAL DARK: AN EZRA CAIN MYSTERY is out in February. A VERTIGO book by @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and yours truly.

Y’all!

Beau's a mensch.

The ineffable @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...

The latest Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social is officially out today. Cold Caller Magazine has done interviews with several writers from the issue and here's mine. open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...

Once more, with feeling. Available wherever books are sold. @arttaylorwriter.bsky.social @twistphelan.bsky.social @erikakrouse.bsky.social @annaptaker.bsky.social @tomandes.bsky.social @meaganlucas.bsky.social @stefanieleder.bsky.social @robdsmith.bsky.social @jfreimor.bsky.social 1/2

Thrilled by this review of On Fire and Under Water in KRL. “[This anthology] might make you feel uncomfortable, but I suspect it was intended to.” She’s right! This was an act of art speaking truth to power and rarely will that be comfortable. Check out the review here: tinyurl.com/4s4sf3kw

Gabriela Stiteler is on fire! shotgunhoney.com/fiction/lubb...

Big thanks to @chriscoplan.bsky.social at @aiptcomics.com for spotlighting our little comic that could, THE FORGOTTEN FIVE! Check out the story, then please consider becoming a paid patron! aiptcomics.com/2025/10/16/t... @saracentury.bsky.social @deankotz.bsky.social @lettersofpriya.bsky.social

It’s All Absurd by B F Jones www.bristolnoir.co.uk/its-all-absu... #poetry #goodreads #readingcommunity #dirtyrealism #writingcommunity #publishingcommunity #bristolnoir #submisssionsopen

Elated that my new flash fiction piece found a home. Thanks to the good folks @bristolnoir.bsky.social #FlashFiction #Noir #goodreads #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bristolnoir www.bristolnoir.co.uk/into-the-dri...

I contributed thoughts on my three favorite Elmore Leonard novels to The Hard Word in honor of the man's centenary. www.thehardword.org/single-post/...

I have a guest post at Stiletto Gang today ... it's a fun one: What Do the Girls Have to Say About the Guy? ... If you're curious, have a read: www.thestilettogang.com/2025/10/10/w...

Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.

My son @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social did a graphic novel with Francis Ford Coppola!

I deeply appreciated the chance to write a gnarly little mystery set on Capri, complete with a dead fashion mogul, a shipwreck, and an annoying little dog! #amwriting #mystery

From @curtisippolito.bsky.social crimereads.com/a-roundtable...

When @rhppress.bsky.social approached me early this year about guest editing a climate change-themed anthology, I almost said no. Why? Well, who am I to anchor such an important, timely project?

This fantastic anthology is now out in Audiobook - Wow! www.audible.com/pd/B0FPMSKRC...

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

My family and I survived Hurricane Helene last year. I wrote this story to process my anger, grief, and confusion. I'm grateful to @rhppress.bsky.social and @curtisippolito.bsky.social for giving it a home. I'd love you to buy this Antho, but even more I want you to vote.

I had a great time meeting Rob at Bouchercon. Good Looking Ugly is a really terrific debut.

Just in time for spooky season, my YA horror novel is free to read for ALL of October over at simonteen(dot)com! #spoookyreads #spookyseason

Got my contributor copy of Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social featuring my story "A Box Full of Soul". A dream come true to see it included among so many other great stories. @marinerbooks.bsky.social

@tomandes.bsky.social interviewed me on his Substack. Y'all need to check out his debut novel "Wait There Till You Hear from Me". open.substack.com/pub/tandes/p...

I'm sending this around again because I found out at Bouchercon that this story was selected for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America. I'm so grateful to them for choosing this story, and to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for giving it a home.

When WHEN ONE MAN DIES came out in Sept of 2007, I did a one day stock signing. I went to every independent bookstore in northern NJ. & there were crowds there! I was shocked at the first two places I signed at to see so many people, until I saw the Restaurant Impossible guy following my route.

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 -

@rhppress.bsky.social will be open for submissions from Saturday, November 1st, until Saturday November 22nd! www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions

My story "A Box Full of Soul" will be in the Best American Mystery & Suspense 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social and @donwinslow.bsky.social this October. Better preorder now!!

This is a book I did not write but instead inspired. 15 extraordinary tales written by 15 exceptional authors. I consider them ‘canon’ and have since piggybacked/inserted a few of them into Bishop’s narrative. Get it before it’s gone. #BookSky www.bishopriderbooks.com

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!!

THE LOWDOWN is awfully good. www.vulture.com/article/the-...

This was a cool exercise—writing about which books share DNA with “On Fire and Under Water.” Grateful to the @wirobooks.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me. With mentions of work from John Woods, Ivy Pochoda, @jordanharper.bsky.social, and Delfina Cuuero.

Let's be fiendish together at @wordbookstores.bsky.social on Thurs, Sept 22 when @claymcleod.bsky.social joins me to discuss FIEND. #eattherich withfriends.co/event/236226...

“Tyrants and autocrats have always understood that literacy, learning, books and newspapers are potentially dangerous.” Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

Mentioning this superb thriller as part of the last @dosomedamage.bsky.social the other day made me want to rewatch. 13 Tazmeti (2005, dir. Géla Babluani) is a cracking film about a man who stumbles on a Russian Roullette gambling operation... and as you can imagine, things go downhill ftom there...

If you’re looking forward to reading On Fire and Under Water, let others know on the Goodreads page! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology from @rhppress.bsky.social is available now for preorder in ebook. Paperback and ebook drop Sept. 30. This timely book explores how climate change punishes those least responsible for its cause. 15 stories. 15 authors. All 🔥.

Got me that new @cwblackwell.bsky.social collection, and holy shit, the introduction alone is worth it.

[email protected] has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the LAPD, alleging city officials have repeatedly interfered with his ability to cover sweeps at homeless encampments. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Y’all, Hardboiled (1992) is up on Kanopy 😃 www.kanopy.com/video/15608583

Check out this book on Goodreads: Wait There Till You Hear From Me: A Charles Prentiss Novel www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

@jamesdfhannah.bsky.social on the Cold Caller Magazine open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...

@meaganlucas.bsky.social on the Cold Caller Magazine open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...

Cheers, Bluesky! Very proud to share that my Debut Crime Collection TALES FROM TERREBONNE is being published in 2026, courtesy of Rock and a Hard Place! Thank You Everyone on here who’s supported my writing! Thank You @robdsmith.bsky.social and the @rhppress.bsky.social Team for the dream come true!