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Crime-writing blogger and award-winning mystery author. Noir, pulp, monsters, fiction, jazz, writing, film, comics. Went by @LBoxGraveyard at that other place. https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
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The Devil Thumbs A Ride by Robert C. Du Soe Cover by Ann Cantor

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BTD - Mary Philbin - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - 1925

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Shamus & Buster is a 1950s Hollywood detective noir ... told from a cat's point-of-view. My latest story is on sale now in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

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I had a lot of fun researching and writing this article. tl;dr—there's a chart at the end that summarizes some of the differences. #Writing #MiddleGrade #YA https://www.aealexander.com/post/the-difference-between-middle-grade-ya-and-adult-novels

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Watched:

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Claude Brasseur June 15, 1936 – December 22, 2020 Sami Frey,Anna Karina Poster for Bande à part Jean-Luc Godard’s Band of Outsiders (1964)

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Happy Father's Day to those who celebrate! #FathersDay #happyfathersday

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THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)

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#DavidLynch

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#caturday repost

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Remco Movieland Drive-In Theatre, circa 1959 Source: nostalgicamerica

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Space bar is giving out and I'm still 50K words from finishing this draft. media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...

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Remembering actor Basil Rathbone on his birthday. (June 13, 1892 - July 21, 1967).

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Celebrate Friday the Thirteenth with the original hard-luck couple. Which is the greater monster fantasy? Frankenstein (1931), or Bride of Frankenstein (1935)? Conversation with @BiLLYd_licious

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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)

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How an old cat came home, and changed a writer's life.

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44 years ago...

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Dorothea Lange May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965 Japanese-American owned grocery store in Oakland, California, March 1942

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My inexpert research says this issue was on stands in my birth month. “Heroes one minute — bums the next.” I was born beneath a fateful star.

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Enzo Staiola (1939 – 2025), the unforgettable child actor from Vittorio De Sica’s 'Bicycle Thieves', passed away yesterday in Rome 🤍🇮🇹🎥✨

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Yvonne DeCarlo in SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED - Released this day in 1945 - Swedish release poster

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Oliver Reed here, so pleased with himself after saying the most appalling thing Steve McQueen has ever heard in his whole goddamn life

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Happy Billy Batts Day to all who celebrate.

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It's a Longbox Graveyard blast from the past! Nick Fury is ... "The Man For The Job!" #comics #Marvel

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Excellent list via Wilson Chapman/ @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy, as, for some reason, we are all fretting abut fascism . . . tho we would add La Guerre est Finie (Resnais), insist on Army of Shadows, and have a soft spot for Tavernier's Safe Conduct. www.indiewire.com/gallery/best...

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The Killers - French (1964, Dir: Don Siegel) #filmsky #movieposters

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I like how Oliver Bateman writes about writing. -- "If you like to write as much as I do — my advice to you is to figure out what's not being covered so you can write about it in a way that no one else is." oliverbatemandoesthework.substack.com/p/the-work-o...

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What did Raymond Chandler have against cats? #crimefiction #mystery

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Diana Dors with her Delahaye 175 S Roadster (1949)

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Wayne Shorter, Children of the Night youtu.be/rC-QJu88e5I?si #YouTube

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Remembering the late, great George Perez on his birthday. Gone too soon but what a legacy he left behind ❤️❤️❤️

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There’s a riot going on - and Sly’s going to be sadly missed.

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Publishing has some confusing terms. Not sure what "crossover," "high concept," "upmarket" or other words mean? I made a glossary! #Writing #Publishing #Querying https://www.aealexander.com/post/a-glossary-for-querying-writers

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Just one more thing ... about parents, bedtime stories, and about Columbo too. #mystery #Columbo

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Belgian poster for DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Cummings - BOTD in 1910

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