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pauljgarth.bsky.social
BAMS Distinguished Story writer (twice!) Midwestern Gothic and Nebraska Noir. Crime fiction. Doom metal. Editor for Rock and a Hard Place magazine. Shotgun Honey alum. Should probably be writing. Might be playing Warhammer
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Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I have a preorder for my first ever audio book! 🤯 #BookSky 📚🪓 #July20 www.audible.com/pd/Brand-New... www.audible.ca/pd/B0FBMLL5Y...

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i hope the ambulance is OK

The first democratic presidential candidate who calls for a complete and total break up of ICE will have my vote, my time, and my money. There is no rehabilitation possible after this.

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Today at @dosomedamage.bsky.social, @meproctor.bsky.social swings by to talk about matches made in noir heaven - specifically the collaborative process they developed writing BOP CITY SWING with @russellthayer10.bsky.social Check it out here: www.dosomedamage.com/2025/06/bop-...

ICE is conducting raids at Omaha packaging plants rn. I have neighbors who are being affected by this. They've helped us clear downed trees from our yard, they bring us Christmas tamales, & captured my daughter when she was a toddler & would escape the yard. Fuck ICE www.wowt.com/2025/06/10/i...

The same way a lot of people didn't realize how big the QAnon problem was until those fuckers literally stormed the capital, I fear we're a year or two away from a shocking discovery of just how many "seemingly normal" people have lost their minds "talking" with ChatGPT.

oh is this just a distraction? is that it? a distraction? for rubes? are you the smartest little birthday boy in the whole applebees? is that it? are you three steps ahead? with your mind chess? in your little birthday boy suit? do you have it all figured out? are you mommy’s special buddy?

Me logging in late, trying to get just a taste of the goodness of these two assholes fighting.

the president wont see your cheap dunks against jeffery epstein . But your friends who have ties to state sponsored pedophilia will

logging in after being offline all day

Read Poppy Z. Brite Read Clive Barker Read Hailey Piper Read Andrew Joseph White Read Gretchen Felker-Martin Read Alison Rumfitt Read Sofia Ajram Read David Demchuk Read Paula D. Ashe Read Joe Koch READ QUEER HORROR ALL YEAR 🏳️‍🌈🖤

one drum I will always bang: culture—books, art, music, drama—is not a distraction or diversion. It is, I’d argue, a more important and enduring product of human society than political shifts. MOBY DICK was written in 1851 and is a more essential human event than anything related to Millard Fillmore

In posts that would seem nonsensical if not for being entirely 100% true: Did you know the entirety of “Hallelujah” is played… in the middle of Shrek?

Hillbilly Elegy looks like a gag in 30 Rock where Jenna is playing both roles in an attempt to win two Oscars for the same movie.

Rainy Saturday. Read some. Painted some Warhammer. Played Mario with the kid. Listening to The Rolling Stones now.

One of my favorite things is stumbling across a band almost no one has heard from and then championing them like the goddamn diamond in the rough they are. Anyway, GOUT is incredible, and you owe it to yourself to give them a listen.

Spent the day working in the yard, playing a bit of Warhammer, cooking, listening to music, getting some last minute Mother’s Day gifts, hanging with the family and cleaning the house. It’s 7:36 pm and I’m exhausted.

“Baby shoes, never worn, bitch”

Seeing all this about the arrest of the mayor of Newark and thinking about Phillip Roth and The Plot Against America and coming to the realization that fascism has arrived in America because our great artists portrayed it as sinister and threatening and not what it is: fucking dumb and weak and sad.

a sitting Democratic Mayor held in a secret location, with no contact with the outside, for an unknown length of time

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

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Hey guys- White nationalists have helped a white woman in Minnesota raise $300k after she was filmed calling a five-year-old Black child the n-word. The local NAACP chapter is fundraising for the boy and his family to get legal help. The least we could do is out-fundraise the nazis. Donate here:

the average American has three friends

Next month is Pride, & fuck the haters, let your rainbow flag fly! At Stone’s Throw, we’re hitting back against LGBTQ+ hate, and looking for stories of Pride Rage. Send stories by 5/4, & authentic voices are strongly encouraged! @queercrimefic.bsky.social www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

I’m just saying if the conclave wants to do something really cool and unexpected, Gaahl from Gorgoroth is available

we were supposed to have dangerous, life threatening storms here, but instead its now just a 90 degree day and I sat on my front porch and had a beer and watched bees chase a squirrel and, friends, despite the horrors, I feel GOOD.

If you’re a SMFS member, and you feel so inclined, please vote for my story “Lockerbie, 1988” for the flash Derringer. Though I read them all and you really can’t go wrong with any of them. shortmystery.blogspot.com/2025/04/smfs...

Oh my god how are democrats so fucking awful at this.

Peaceful Saturday morning. Drinking coffee and listening to Interpol.

I’m kind of astounded at how good this Kill Team terrain looks after just two layers of dry brushing and some metallics on just the windows.

This feels amazing. Huge thanks to Steph Cha and Don Winslow for picking 'They Light Themselves on Fire' a story so close to my heart and fueled by my anger, and to Brian Townsley and Starlite Pulp for giving it a home in the first place. ❤️

Thanks to @stephcha.bsky.social and @donwinslow.bsky.social for selecting “Road to Nowhere” for BAMS 2025. Thanks to Michel and Fox for their hard work on the Talking Heads anthology and to @shotgunhoney.com for giving it a home. The writing life is the best life, y’all.

I’m thrilled to say that, for the second year in a row (daaaaang), I’ll have a story in Best American Mystery & Suspense. Thank you @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social for selecting Casadastraphobia! And as always grateful for @rhppress.bsky.social for giving her a home.

Im up at Do Some Damage today shouting out @michelleegarrett.bsky.social and their new collection, BORN A RAMBLIN’ MAN www.dosomedamage.com/2025/04/new-...