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THE SHAPE OF WATER paperback by me & @realgdt.bsky.social is finally out! This project changed my life. 🐠

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If you're looking for your #weekendread AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE GIRL is available instantly! mybook.to/AndOfCourse #mystery #suspense #crime #readingcommunity

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It’s publication day for THAT OCTOBER, my 1984-set high school crime novel. Available in paperback now wherever books are sold, e-book coming soon. I wouldn’t be at this point without my friend and editor Jill Blocker who made a cool instagram story today. (Link to follow.)

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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...

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This was such a great old-school noir tale. Give it a read!

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Thanks, Gabino! My 1984-set high school crime novel THAT OCTOBER is out June 1. Pre-orders available now. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-octob...

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One of the critical moments in my life was deciding to decouple my sense of worth from what I do to earn a living. Especially as someone who does creative work in my day job. The results have been incredible—mental health-wise and for my fiction.

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the comeback baby, the first barrio noir, the novel that gave me a career in France, the little book that could! www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-... bookshop.org/p/books/zero...

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You know that thing authors do that’s like, “This book is perfect for you if you like this author and this author and this other author!” Well, Zero Saints is for people who like Gabino Iglesias books.

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Out this Tuesday! I’m not panicking, you’re panicking! Please preorder!

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On my site, I wrote about the thrill of seeing your book on various booksellers. Especially the unusual ones. ' keithroysdon.com/2025/05/20/t...

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I know it’s not Friday, but if you have a book coming this summer, tell folks about it here. Let people know. Share your cover or some art from inside or a blurb or whatever. Forget AI lists. We have each other. Anyway, the first barrio noir ever is back next Tuesday!

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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...

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Into the Drink by Peter Bertlessen #FlashFiction #Noir #goodreads #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bristolnoir www.bristolnoir.co.uk/into-the-dri...

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I think AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE GIRL is one of my finest books and I really wish more people would give it a read. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSWPYD7G

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It's Free Comic Book Day! Best day of the calendar year to get into comics if you're not already! Your local comics shop will have special freebies to give away, and sometimes in-store signings, games or other fun activities. If you're in Seattle, I'll see you @phoenixcomics.bsky.social at noon!

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There are officially something like 10 days left to enter The Smokey 2025. Time's atickin, folks. This is your SOMETHING LIKE 10-DAY ALERT! Basically, you will never have so much time as you do now. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

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You’d trust @claymcleod.bsky.social & @toddkeisling.com to rec quality Horror, yeah? (I mean, I don’t know that I’d trust them to perform complex surgery or anything, but that’s not why we’re here) PUPPET’S BANQUET by @goresorcerer.bsky.social out in 2 weeks! 🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

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TREMORS creators Stampede Entertainment have won back the rights to the original script. They are "discussing a return-to-Perfection sequel" and "considering ideas that feature the return of Kevin Bacon as Val."

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Hey, here’s another book I liked. You might like it too. Go on, get some @gabino.bsky.social Fun was had! #BookSky 📚 #SundayRecs

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Don’t know if you’ve been taking advantage of Free Movie Week on the Criterion Channel, but tonight is a good time to start. Two under-appreciated masterpieces—in my mind, anyway—are streaming back-to-back: Elaine May’s MIKEY & NICKY (1976) and Jim Jarmusch’s NIGHT ON EARTH (1991).

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A dash of horror. A bit of international. Issue 12 of @rhppress.bsky.social available now: bit.ly/4iaXke4 #CrimeFiction

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We are beyond excited to finally reveal that we will be producing a special edition of Shogun by James Clavell! 🤩

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After a long day at work it's time for some #bookmail thank you @brandonbarrows.bsky.social can't wait to dive in.

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Vonnegut.

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Stoked to announce that @alexgrecian.bsky.social has joined two of our upcoming @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthologies: Horror - OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM (out October 2025) Weird West - OF TERRORS AND TOMBSTONES (out March 2027) www.starsandsabers.com/2025/02/12/w...

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Yeah, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is @sgj.bsky.social’s masterpiece and I loved it, but I’m also here for this double dose of mayhem from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social.

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who are the five writers that made you? Elmore Leonard Joseph Heller Joe R. Lansdale Raymond Chandler Kurt Vonnegut

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BORN A RAMBLIN' MAN by @michelleegarrett.bsky.social hits next month. Here's your first look from @mysterytribune.bsky.social and @jbstevens.bsky.social. mysterytribune.com/born-a-rambl...

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Check out the new Open Calls for our imprint Howdy Dude Paperbacks! They’re wanting some westerns and crime fiction. So check ‘em out, partner! buff.ly/413i0hl #howdydudepaperbacks

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Get an ARC of Inanimate Things: Volume Two today on BookSirens! Just click the link! booksirens.com/book/V8090TU... #inanimatethings #burialbooks #ScareShare #Horror #Horror_Retweet #supporthorror #HorrorCommunity

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Enjoying my book mail today. Special thanks to the wonderfully twisted mind of @beaujohnson44.bsky.social and his lastest turn in the Bishop Rider series.

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