Love audiobooks? Start listening to The Double Vice read by Joel Leslie! Download at chrisholcombe.com (Foxy Robin Hood sadly not included.) #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Central Park is slowly starting to bloom! #nyc #centralpark #spring #beautiful

How a gay speakeasy is forced into investigating a murder. Find out what happens next at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

If you’re in TN, come see me April 18-19! I’ll be at the Once Upon A Page conference, selling and signing books and speaking on panels. Get your tix before they sell out! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

When a suspect says something that doesn’t fit with what you know. Find out if he’s lying and why: chrisholcombe.com #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

A quick trip to my old stomping grounds at Berklee. (I was Team Supreme’s over Team Little Steves). #booksky #books #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerbooks #mmbook #mmbooks

Start your #QueerNoir with The Double Vice! Available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook at chrisholcombe.com #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #mmbook #mmbooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

First thing in the morning before life starts to get in the way. I’ve tried to write at other times but I’m never as consistently productive as in the morning. #loreoutloud #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

A crooked cop causing trouble and our gay speakeasy owner doing what he can. Find out if he’s successful in The Devil Card. Order at chrisholcombe.com #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

I was 8: I wrote an opening scene of a murderous man walking thru the fog of London. I read it from my notepad to my mother and she was transfixed. That’s when I knew I was a storyteller. #loreoutloud #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Found family dialogue with some good natured ribbing is my favorite dialogue to write. Get The Blind Tiger and the other Hidden Gotham novels at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

It’s #WordWednesday! Get the Queer noir mystery series that’ll have ya saying, “And how!” Visit to chrisholcombe.com to order the ebooks, paperbacks, and audiobooks! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #1920s #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Listen. The world is awful right now: but people? Most people are good. I know, I know, and I’m a cynic! But the internets (and the co-opted news) give a distorted view of the world. Love is real. And much, much love to all trans humans. You’re amazing and fabulous.

An angry outsider snuck into a gay speakeasy looking for a drag queen. The owner Dash tries to get him to leave. Last day to get the ebook for only $3.23 USD! chrisholcombe.com #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

The deadline is almost here! Click the link and comment on my guest post *before Mar 30* for a chance to win a free Double Vice ebook! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Yes. Pretty much. Maybe substitute the owl for a golden retriever but yes.

Nerves vibrating, hands shaking. The reality of doing business in NYC in the 20s: gangster involvement. Find out what happens next at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

That it can pay my bills, lol! But really, if it gets optioned for a streaming show, (which I think my series would be GREAT for), I would be over the moon. #loreoutloud #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #lgbtqwriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Sale ends March 30 so visit chrisholcombe.com to get The Double Vice for a special anniversary price! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Just a few days left for a chance to win a free ebook of The Double Vice! Click the link and comment on my guest post at @joyfullyjay.com! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

TN-peeps! I am participating in the Once Upon A Page book conference April 18-19! I’ll be selling and signing books as well as speaking on a panel or two. Get your tickets here before they sell out! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Another #WordWednesday!  #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

In honor of The Double Vice’s 5-Yr Anniversary, I’m giving away one free copy of the ebook! Click here to read my guest post and learn how to win! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Rent money so I wouldn’t have to work a day job, lol. Ah to only read, research, and write 9-5 instead of making PowerPoints and attending meetings… #booksky #writersky #writingcommunity #writingprompts #loreoutloud 🌈 ✒️

A former socialite-turned speakeasy owner getting his hands dirty in The Double Vice. Get the ebook for a special 5-year anniversary price of $3.23 USD. Only at chrisholcombe.com #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Any musical theater fans in the house? One page more of The Double Vice, who turns 5-years old this month. Get the ebook for only $3.23 at chrisholcombe.com! #booksky #book #books #booktok #mysterybook #mysterybooks #noir #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqbook 💙⚡📚 💙⌛📚 🌈✒️

Time is running out to get The Double Vice ebook for only $3.23 USD! www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the... #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

A big Thank You to everyone who showed up at my very first library talk! We had a great time there, didn’t we? And a huge shoutout to the St. Agnes Library staff—y’all were wonderful. #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

We’re setting up!!! St. Agnes Library UWS Amsterdam btwn 81st and 82nd 4 pm #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

In less than 6 hours!!! NYC, come see me! #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ www.nypl.org/events/progr...

Poor Dash Parker. So new to the speakeasy game that he doesn’t know additional protection is necessary—and often involuntary. Order the ebook for a special anniversary price of $3.23 USD! At chrisholcombe.com #WIPSnips #booksky #writersky #mysterybooks #queerbooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

It's another #WordWednesday! This one is soooo 1920s, isn't it? What do you think? Bring it back? #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Today’s word count: 2,345. Looking good for completing the rough draft of Hidden Gotham 5! #amwriting #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

This Friday, if you’re in NYC, come see me give my first Library Talk! We’re celebrating the 5-Yr Anniversary of The Double Vice. Register here! www.nypl.org/events/progr... #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #lgbtqwriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

I got behind on my word count reporting. Here’s the totals for last week: M: 1732 T: 1850 W: 3054 Th:1335 F: 0 Sa: 4848 Su: 0 Total: 12,819 #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Meet Cullen McElroy, the crooked beat cop who accepts weekly “donations.” Get the ebook for only $3.23 USD at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

You want a mystery, set in Queer history, in the roaring 20s? You better this! The Double Vice turns 5-years old and we are celebrating with a limited time price for the ebook. Only $3.23 at chrisholcombe.com #booksky #books #booktok #mysterybook #mysterybooks #noir #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqbook 💙⚡📚 💙⌛📚 🌈✒️

One week from tonight, I’m giving my first ever library talk. NYC, come see me! www.nypl.org/events/progr... #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Get to know the narrator of The Double Vice audiobook, the incomparable Joel Leslie! A multi-award-winning, superstar. And then get The Double Vice audiobook at chrisholcombe.com! #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

I just saw that The Devil Card audiobook was listed on the Best of 2025 by @lovebytesreviews.bsky.social! That’s so cool! (And yes, Joel Leslie does an *amazing* job narrating.) lovebytesreviews.com/2026/01/13/l... #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #1920s #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Word count update! Yesterday: 1,850 Today: 3,054 Hidden Gotham 5 is moving along! #amwriting #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

It's #WordWednesday! And to quote Blanche Devareaux, "I just love a tight man!" (IYKYK). #WIPSnips #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #mysterysky #noir #1920s #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚

Where’s the lie?

Watching the 1944 “Gaslight.” If any person outside the U.S. wonders what it’s like living here now, watch this movie.

Daily Word account: 1,732 Transition scene which I’m not the fastest at drafting lol. Next scene has more action and plot developments so tomo should go quick! #amwriting #booksky #writersky #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Nothing is free in prohibition NYC, especially info. Did gay speakeasy owner Dash Parker make a decision he’ll later regret? Find out for $3.23 USD. www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the... #WIPSnips #booksky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Gonna share my daily word counts to keep myself accountable. Been spinning too long on this draft. Been a good week. Today’s words: 2,255. Total week (3/1-3/8): 15,607 #amwriting #booksky #authorsky #indieauthor #indiewriter #hiddengotham5

You better read The Double Vice today! It's its 5-year anniversary and we are celebrating all month long!  Download the ebook for a limited time price of $3.23 at chrisholcombe.com! #booksky #book #books #booktok #mysterybook #mysterybooks #noir #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqbook 💙⚡📚 💙⌛📚 🌈✒️

In other news: NYC! I’m giving my first ever library talk on Friday, March 20, at 4 pm! Register for the event here: www.nypl.org/events/progr... #booksky #authorsky #writersky #mysterybooks #noir #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queernoir 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️