Terrible news. The OXENFREE games are among my very top favorites. Netflix has now decided to shut down Night School Studio, so a third OXENFREE game is extremely unlikely. And a bunch of talented artists and developers are looking for new positions. variety.com/2026/gaming/...

Netflix Shuts Down Studio Behind ‘Unhinged’ Game 6 Weeks After Release

Netflix is shutting down two studios, including the developer behind horror game, "Unhinged," which released less than two months ago.

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This morning's coffee: Mystery Blend. A collection of coffee beans left from various bags, each too few to brew a cup on their own. Today's version turned out to be pretty good.

Okay, okay! Anything to protect my ankles. QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD combines private eye mystery with a chosen family of misfits. Think The Spellman Files with psychic friends. Or low-rent X-Men whose leader has more in common with Jim Rockford than Professor X. ephemeralindustries.com/pub_001/

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 6d ago

post more about your books or I'll kick you in the ankles

Delightful reason to update the paperback edition of Questions for the Dead: The bookstore at Bouchercon in Calgary will be carrying it. But the back cover did not include the Canadian price! That has been corrected. #Book #Mystery #Bouchercon ephemeralindustries.com/pub_001/

Saw TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA last night, and it has cemented Jane Schoenbrun's place on my list of must-see filmmakers. I'll see whatever they choose to make, because so far every one of their movies has kept me thinking for days afterward.

If someone read my #book with enough intensity to write notes in it, I’d be overjoyed.

Lou Morgan@lmorgan.bsky.social · 2w ago

A classic of the genre! (FWIW: if you’re the one who chooses & pays for the book, I think you can do what you want with it. Annotate it, tab it, dog-ear it… whatever) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns "I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen "Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted] SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

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This Sunday, #Sacramento pals! @ellenbyronla.bsky.social is visiting. I have never been more sure that I'll have to pause an interview because I've cracked up so badly I can't breathe.

Slight delay in uploading the latest IMMP #podcast, but rest assured it will be available soon. And we think it will be worth the wait!

AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!

oooh look who’s been given a spiffy digital asset ::jazz hands:: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

And if your library doesn’t have a book you want, most have a way to request that they add it. Check your library’s website, or ask a librarian!

Andrew Jack@andrewjack.bsky.social · 3w ago

Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.

Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.

Heads up folks! My Seattle mystery about a psychic travel agent slash karaoke queen is a special price for August! For just $1.99 you can grab the ebook from all the usual suspects - just click here and check the right-hand column here for links: 👇 www.simonandschuster.com/books/Grave-...

Grave Reservations

A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective try to solve a murder in this “ebullient tap dance of a mystery” (Christopher Moore, New York Tim...

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More fun coming up! I'll be a featured author at the Book Lovers Winter Festival at Salt Lake City, Utah in February. Tickets available now. Should be a good time! bookloversfestival.com/authors/matt...

Last day of the summer sale!There’s still time to buy the ebook edition of my psychic mystery novel QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD at a 50% discount. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Questions for the Dead

Martin Rodak is a private investigator with a secret weapon: a close-knit group of associates, each with a unique psychic ability. These talents can be useful, but they also come with baggage. Rodak's...

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ByMatthewPorter@bymatthewporter.com · 4w ago

Just a few days left to pick up the ebook of QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD at 50% off, from Smashwords. #book #reading #mystery www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Marketing your book in 2026

Imagine the X-Men. Except their abilities aren't quite that spectacular. And instead of a wealthy mind-reading academic, they've got a grumpy private eye to look after them. Oh, and one of them is suspected of murder. #books #reading #mystery

ByMatthewPorter@bymatthewporter.com · 4w ago

Just a few days left to pick up the ebook of QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD at 50% off, from Smashwords. #book #reading #mystery www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Just a few days left to pick up the ebook of QUESTIONS FOR THE DEAD at 50% off, from Smashwords. #book #reading #mystery www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Questions for the Dead

Martin Rodak is a private investigator with a secret weapon: a close-knit group of associates, each with a unique psychic ability. These talents can be useful, but they also come with baggage. Rodak's...

smashwords.com

LOGGING ON

The four states of #cheese: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

Max Von Sydow was 70 for over 90 years.

Fun news to share: just got invited to participate on a panel at Bouchercon this October in Calgary. Not my first ever appearance at a convention, but it *is* my first appearance at a mystery convention with a published novel to promote! #books #mystery #bouchercon2026

Guys, guys — did you know they already made a movie version of that new J.D. Vance book? #Communion

#Movie cold take: THE FALL GUY (2024) was a fun time, and I would welcome a sequel.

>.> This is a good deal. Kobo doesn't limit your books either, when they say 'unlimited' they mean it.

Sandstone@quartzen.bsky.social · last mo.

Kobo is running a promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus, from now through August 4 where you can get a 14-day free trial and then your first month after that is 99 cents- might be a good time to check it out if you've been wanting to! Unsure if this promo is US-only!

Kobo is running a promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus, from now through August 4 where you can get a 14-day free trial and then your first month after that is 99 cents- might be a good time to check it out if you've been wanting to! Unsure if this promo is US-only!

Rakuten Kobo

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Worth checking out. Unlimited reading of Kobo ebooks at a great price. Another nice detail: Kobo Plus does not demand exclusivity. Subscribers can read my ebook that way, while others can buy it from any digital bookseller they like. Or get it from their library through Hoopla or Libby.

Sandstone@quartzen.bsky.social · last mo.

Kobo is running a promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus, from now through August 4 where you can get a 14-day free trial and then your first month after that is 99 cents- might be a good time to check it out if you've been wanting to! Unsure if this promo is US-only!

We keep getting emails offering to help our #podcast achieve MARKET DOMINATION. Yeah. Our little show where I make my son watch #movies from 60 years ago is clearly motivated by a lust for Market Domination.

One morning, about a month ago, someone at A24 woke up and asked themselves, “What would this stockpile of good will look like if we set it on fire all at once?”

Kasey Gifford@kaseygifford.bsky.social · last mo.

Its difficult to put my my anger over this into words. The modern Backrooms was born from the collective effort of thousands. That collaboration, all that passion/time was freely given because it made people happy. Now its being monetized. Its exactly like Ai and the internet.