GOLDEN RETRIEVER COUNT: I’ve been slacking lately—but also, a little under the weather. But today, I saw ***9 goldens**** 8 am is apparently Golden O’Clock! #happiness #joy #goldenretrievers #floof #floofs #gay #gaysky #gaywriters #gaybooks #queer #queersky #queerwriters #queerbooks #lgbtq #lgbtsky

Don’t mess us with pansies or 🧚s. It won’t end well for the bully. From THE DOUBLE VICE: the 1st Hidden Gotham Novel. Available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #queersky #queerwriters #queerbooks #lgbtqsky #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #writesky #booksky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

When your huzzband loses it while you’re making silly videos 😂 #queer #queersky #queerwriters #queerbooks #gay #gaysky #gaywriters #gaybooks #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #writesky #writersky #booksky #booktok #indiewriter #indiebook #indieauthor #1920s #fun #funny #lol

From “The Big Timer,” the 4th Hidden Gotham Novel. A wrongfully accused mystery starring the most infamous performer in 1920s Harlem. www.chrisholcombe.com/collections/... #queerwriters #queerbooks #queersky #queer #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqsky #lgbtq #writesky #writersky #booksky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Massaged baby kale is gonna be our new currency before too long 🙄 #queer #queerwriter #queerbooks #queersky #lgbtq #lgbtqwriter #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqsky #gay #gaywriter #gaybooks #gaysky #writesky #writersky #booksky #booktok #1920s #slang #funfact #funny #lol #hiddengotham 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Today’s the **last** day to order the first three Hidden Gotham novels & audiobooks for 20-50% off!!!! Visit my website to order! chrisholcombe.com #queerwriters #queersky #queerbooks #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqsky #lgbtqbooks #writesky #booksky #gaywriters #gaysky #gaybooks #indieauthor 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

“El snapped her head towards Flo. “I’m thinking the pounders aren’t gonna find who did it and her killer is gonna get away scot-free.” “Are you crazy? The only thing keeping you safe right now is that nobody knows about you and Alice.” #WIPSnips #queerwriters #writesky #booksky #indiebook 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈📚

Looking for a noir mystery that’s Queer AF? Well good news! The first three Hidden Gotham novels are on sale! 20% off paperbacks, and 50% off ebooks and audiobooks. The sale ends tomorrow night so whattaya waiting for?! chrisholcombe.com #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #writesky #booksky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

GOLDEN RETRIEVER UODATE: 3 goldens this morning!!! 🐕 🐕 🐕 #happiness #joy #goldenretriever

Newshawks. Of course, they’d be here. They wouldn’t miss this for the world. The dramatic dénouement to the Alice Holloway murder case, the most baffling and violent murder to hit Harlem this month. #queer #queerwriters #queerbooks #writesky #booksky #queersky #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #lgbtqbooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

So many bluenoses blustering about, these days, until they’re—well—blue in the face. #queer #queerwriters #queerbooks #queersky #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #gay #gaysky #gaybookd #gaywriters #booksky #booktok #indiewriters #indieauthors #indiebooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

GOLDEN UPDATE: 8 golden retrievers spotted in the park this morning!!! 🐕 🐕

The last witness was here, Dash Parker knew it. The thought sped up his heart and twitched his fingers. He bounced on the balls of his feet, anxious and yet strangely reluctant to enter the building looming before them. #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky #queersky #gaysky #lgbtqsky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

Who doesn’t love an airtight man? 🤩🤩😋😋🤤🤤 #queer #queersky #queerbooks #queerwriters #gay #gaysky #gaybooks #gaywriters #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqwriters #writesky #writersky #booksky #1920s #funfact 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

GOLDEN RETRIEVER UPDATE: 8 golden floofs spotted in the park this morning!!! Ahhhh so fluffy, so happy! #goldenretrievers #floofs #happiness #joy #doglover #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queer #gay #lgbtq #queersky #gaysky #lgbtqsky #writesky #writersky #booksky #authorsky #indieauthor

When it’s time to put the swearing parrot to bed, so it can’t cuss at the guests 🦜 🦜 From THE BLIND TIGER, the 2nd Hidden Gotham Novel. Until 10/7, the audiobook read by Joel Leslie is 50% off! www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the... #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky #queerwriters 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

A spoiler-free antagonist (in a mystery, they’re unknown until the end). BUT I have a few known ones. There’s gangster Nicholas Fife—preening, toying, teasing, oddly sexy, and then he roars to deadly rage in seconds. So obviously, he’s inspired by Maleficent. 😈 #loreoutloud #writesky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Ugh, it’s the pits around here. 🙄 #queer #queersky #queerwriters #queerbooks #gay #gaysky #gaywriters #gaybooks #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #booksky #booktok #1920s #indieauthor #indiewriter #indiebooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Who doesn’t love a good disguise? 😂 Also THE DOUBLE VICE is on sale! Ebook & audiobook 50% off and paperback 20% off! **Only until 10/7** and only at chrisholcombe.com! #WIPSnips #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queersky #lgbtqsky #gaysky #booksky #writesky #queer #lgbtq #gay 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

I refuse to pipe down about the Hidden Gotham series—🌈 noir mysteries set in the glitzy and gritty worlds of the Roaring 20s. Learn more about them at chrisholcombe.com! #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #gaywriters #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #queer #lgbtq #gay #writesky #booksky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚

Dash nodded as he spied an enormous tower perched on the far corner of the property. It overlooked the black ribbon of the Hudson shimmering in the moonlight. The water ran fast in between New York and New Jersey, like a pickpocket escaping through a busy crowd. #WIPSnips #writesky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

….I’ll just leave this here…. 😇 [Dive into the Hidden Gotham series, 🏳️‍🌈 mysteries set in the 1920s chrisholcombe.com ] #queerwriters #queerbooks #queer #queersky #gay #gaywriters #gaybooks #gaysky #lgbtq #lgbtqwriters #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqsky #indieauthor #indiebooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Tonight!!!! At 8 pm EST, a celebratory Zoom! Sign up for my email list (www.chrisholcombe.com/pages/contact) or Patreon (patreon.com/ChrisHolcomb...) to get the Zoom link. #queerwriters #writesky #writersky #booksky #queer #queersky #gay #gaysky #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #booktok 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

The 4th Hidden Gotham Novel THE BIG TIMER is out today!!! A secondary character finally gets her due with a Queer noir mystery of her own! www.chrisholcombe.com/collections/... #queerwriters #indieauthor #queer #queersky #gay #gaysky #lgbtq #lgbtqsky #booksky #booktok #booklover 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

“Alright,” El said. “Let’s change the subject. Who is Raymond Price?” “I don’t know⁠—” “Abe! Baby, pull over and let’s dump him out. I’m sure those two lovely gentleman will be very keen to have their paws on him again.” “Okay, okay! I think he’s—or maybe was—” #WIPSnips #writesky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Get the mystery series that’s always top shelf (and never well): Hidden Gotham! The 4th Novel THE BIG TIMER drops tomorrow 9/30! Order it and all the others at chrisholcombe.com! #queerwriters #writesky #booksky #queersky #gaysky #lgbtqsky #queer #gay #lgbtq #1920s #indieauthor 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Tomorrow we launch THE BIG TIMER and we’re celebrating with a Zoom toast and Q&A! Tomorrow at 8 pm EST. To attend, simply join my email list (www.chrisholcombe.com/pages/contact) or my Patreon (patreon.com/ChrisHolcomb...)! #queerwriters #writesky #booksky #writersky #lgbtqsky #queersky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

GOLDEN UPDATE: 2 golden retrievers spotted during this morning’s park walk!!! Yay, floofs! #happiness #joy #goldenretrievers #gay #queer #lgbtq #gaysky #queersky #lgbtqsky #writesky #writersky #booksky #queerwriters

When you’re interviewing a witness through a bathroom window. 😂 From The Blind Tiger, the 2nd Hidden Gotham Novel www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the... #WIPSnips #queerwriters #writesky #writersky #writingcommunity #booksky #queerbook #lgbtqbook #gaybook #indieauthor #queer #lgbtq #gay 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈📚

Interesting history of this phrase, to be honest. Definitely very Roaring Twenties. And if you like the ’20s, you’ll love the Hidden Gotham series! Order at chrisholcombe.com! #queersky #gaysky #lgbtqsky #queer #gay #lgbtq #booksky #queerbooks #gaybooks #lgbtqbooks #writesky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

El lit up a cigar and puffed, a highly transgressive act. Women weren’t supposed to smoke in public. The newsstand owner shook his head at her but thankfully didn’t comment. She smoked, watching the sun slip behind the buildings and beneath the asphalt horizon of the streets. #loreoutloud 🌈✒️ 💙⏳📚 💙⚡️📚

GOLDEN UPDATE: I saw 2!!! And 1 of em left its owner and trotted over to a family and sat down, smiling. “These are my new friends.” 😂 And *lots* of shirtless joggers today. Thank you, gentlemen—doing the lord’s work #happiness #joy #gaysky #lgbtqsky #queersky #gay #queer #lgbtq #goldenretrievers

The ink was smudged and blurry in most places, all the words in Italian, which Dash couldn’t make heads or tails of it. Seemed ordinary, nay pedestrian, except for the signature. At the bottom of the page was a crudely drawn hand holding a sharp, pointy dagger #WIPSnips #booksky #writesky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Tonight’s reading! Very excited to dive in—my huzzband loved it! #queerwriters #writesky #booksky #queersky #lgbtqsky #gaysky #queerbook #lgbtqbook #gaybook

Listen, with this year’s news cycle? I’m getting ossified every friggin’ night. But you know what will also help? The Hidden Gotham series! Queer mysteries set in the glitzy, gritty world of 1920s NYC. Order from chrisholcombe.com! #queerwriters #booksky #lgbtqsky #writesky 💙⏳📚 💙⚡️📚 🌈✒️

GOLDEN RETRIEVER UPDATE: **7** goldens spotted on this morning’s park walk!!! 🐕 🐕 #goldenretrievers #happiness #joy #floof #floofs #queersky #lgbtqsky #gaysky #queer #lgbtq #gay

The movements were so swift, he only managed to yell out a “Hey!” before they threw him into the hull of the truck. “What is the meaning of this? I demand you let me go!” A familiar voice behind him chuckled. “Oh, but why, Mr. Parker?” #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky #indieauthor 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

GOLDEN RETRIEVER UPDATE: 3 golden floofs in the park this morning!!! 🐕 🐕 🥰 🥰 #goldenretrievers #happiness #joy #queersky #lgbtqsky #gaysky #happygay #floofs #floof #queer #lgbtq #gay

Hey, old boy! The Hidden Gotham series is a swell time if you like mysteries! :-) Check ‘em out: 4 novels and 2 short stories (and more on the way!) Visit chrisholcombe.com to order your ebooks, paperbacks, or audiobooks. #bookskyvids #booksky #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks #queerwriters #mystetybooks

Fife finished painting with the foam and paused to admire his handiwork. “Good.” He dropped the bowl of foam onto the side table with a jolting crack. Up came the razor. Dash winced. Fife leaned down. “This won’t hurt …unless you want it to.” #WIPSnips #booksky #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ 🎧📚

Got around to watching @jimmykimmel.com’s monologue first night back and applause, snaps, and fan clacks. Nailed it, sir.

Throwback Thursday to spending my bday on Fire Island. A magical place. A magical summer. Missing you already! #throwbackthuesday #tbt #throwback #throwbackthurs #fireisland #summer

“If I may ask, how did you know Karl, Miss Meyers?” She raised a hand. “Excuse me. I need a moment to absorb this information. You’re telling me Karl Müller has been murdered?” Dash nodded. “Do you know who killed him?” #WIPSnips #booksky #queerwriters #queerbooks 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️ #lgbtqbooks

She knew good and well that sleep wasn’t going to be an easy option tonight. She felt the need to do something, anything to get Alice out of this predicament, but what? The answer came when her whiskey was almost gone and her cigar had burned out. #loreoutloud #writesky #writersky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

We have #4Parties4Book4 coming up to celebrate THE BIG TIMER! To join the Zoom sessions, please sign up for my email list www.chrisholcombe.com/pages/contact or join my Patreon patreon.com/ChrisHolcomb... See ya soon! #queerwriters #writesky #writersky #booksky #lgbtqsky #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqwriters

“Yes. And I’m leaving him. For good,” she added, seemingly more for herself. “You’re what?” Finn wasn’t aware one could simply leave gangsters. He assumed every relationship—business or personal—was lifelong, signed in a pact of blood…or ended in a pool of it. #WIPSnips #writesky #booksky 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

Her chest swelled with pride seeing her name emblazoned in gold on the green-painted door. A sign she made good. No, better than good. She had arrived. And if she could achieve all this by herself, then what else could she accomplish with a bigger cast, a bigger sound, a bigger show? #loreoutloud 🌈✒️

From “The Red Fox” www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the... #WIPSnips #queerwriters #writesky #writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #lgbtqcommunity 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️

GOLDEN REPORT: 6 goldens today!!! Also got my flu shot! Here’s to more floofs and less flus! #golden #goldenretrievers #happiness #joy

The club car was a flurry of activity. Waiters laying out silverware, polishing glasses, and straightening table clothes. At the far end was the man in the dark blue pinstripe suit, the gold chain of his pocket watch sneaking out from his vest, as did the handle of his pistol. #WIPSnips 💙⚡️📚 💙⏳📚 🌈✒️