"Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement" bbc.com/news/article...

Serbia's veteran ruler Vučić concedes election to student-led protest movement

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.

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Our first story is up: "The Story of Dook," by @richienarvaez.bsky.social suddennoir.substack.com/p/the-story-...

Here's a chiller for the season. So popular this show re-did it several times...each time live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r5G...

Suspense "Sorry Wrong Number " Agnes Moorehead CBS 9/6/45 Radio Mystery Drama

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NYPD arresting an ICE goon for trying to steal someone off the streets of NYC. RESPECT!!!

Help THE FIVE_TWO crime poetry weekly online zine go out with a bang! It'll likely end in December, after years of shepherding by @sogerald.bsky.social, so send your best crime poems for the final issues: poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/p/guidelines...

I've a new essay—"Speculative Detectives and the Importance of Mixing It Up"—out now in the latest issue of MYSTERY READERS JOURNAL: Cross-Genre Mysteries, chock full of great pieces by a host of writers.

AT BOUCHERCON 2026 THIS WEEK? A friendly reminder that RHP could use your Anthony votes! Congrats to @curtisippolito.bsky.social @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social on their noms, big thanks to the contributors for OFUW! #bouchercon2026 #vote #anthonyawards2026

"Blade Runner 2099 Turns The Original Film’s World On Its Head: ‘We’re Doing Sunshine Noir’" . . . A reminder that this exists: bookshop.org/p/books/suns...

Sunshine Noir

Sunshine Noir In these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe tell of dark doings in sunny places. Join them in the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, Seville a...

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GOING TO BCON 2026 THIS WEEK? A friendly reminder that RHP could use your Anthony votes! Congrats to @curtisippolito.bsky.social @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social on their noms, big thanks to the contributors for OFUW! #bouchercon2026 #vote #anthonyawards2026

GOING TO BCON 2026 NEXT WEEK? A friendly reminder that RHP could use your Anthony votes! Congrats to @curtisippolito.bsky.social @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social on their noms, big thanks to the contributors for OFUW! #bouchercon2026 #vote #anthonyawards2026

Whoa! You can grab On Fire and Under Water, a Derringer winning and Anthony Award nominated anthology, for $.99! If you haven’t read it yet, here’s your shot for less than a buck. a.co/d/09QImSnJ

On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology

On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology - Kindle edition by Press, Rock and a Hard Place, Ippolito, Curtis, Nokes, Roger. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology.

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IT'S ALIVE! The SDA is here. Take it from @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and order today: bit.ly/4tpEXbT. Proud to be part of this antho, big thanks to Matthew David Goodwin @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @diversionbooks.bsky.social for pubbing! #speculative #detective #cryptid #supernatural

Gabriel Valjan @gvaljan.bsky.social is back! THE COMPANY FILES 5 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

My new thriller is out on Amazon today! #5amwritersclub #amwriting #booksky #writersky #authorsky #WIP #poetry #writingcommunity #writerscommunity Check it out here, read a sample! Or use link in bio 💕 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJRXB6G...

Trust the mystery. THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY edited by @latinxfiles.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social is on sale now! Featuring 16 contributors and filled with monsters, myths, and personal mysteries. Grab your copy today, link down below!

Out today! THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Free shipping #antiprimeday here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

“Supernatural gumshoes? Oh HELL yes! This genre-bending marriage of detective stories and the supernatural is a complete joy to read from beginning to end. Can I join the Speculative Detective Agency?” —Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of HEAR THE DEAD

Read an excerpt from THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY: "El Gato Gris" by Alex Hernandez, over on the Latinx in Publishing @latinxpublishing.bsky.social blog! latinxinpublishing.com/blog/excerpt...

Exclusive Excerpt: "El Gato Gris" by Alex Hernandez, from 'The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic' — Latinx in Publishing

Read an exclusive excerpt from The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic, out October 6, 2026.

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THIS WEEKEND!!! Join the @nysinc.bsky.social sibs for a terrific panel on short stories! Thrilled to chat with @ninamansfield.bsky.social -- Lori Robbins and @richienarvaez.bsky.social at the historic and gorgeous Jefferson Market Library! Sunday 2pm ET! #shortstories #submissions #anthology

It's a sale! Get THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY at 15% off! Bookshop is celebrating raising $50 million for independent bookstores, and our book is in LxP's curated list for the occasion! 15% off until October 17. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic

Trust the MysteryThe Speculative Detective Agency is a global organization of agents confronting cases that defy conventional logic: haunted environments that resist documentation; a Bloody Mary sight...

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We need all hands on deck over the next 32 days to defeat the fascists and reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Anyone can help get out the vote in the states and districts that will decide the midterms: indivisible2026.org?utm_source=b...

Beginnings are often my favorite to write and excavate. I was delighted to reflect on one here, and for a Substack that focuses exclusively on those ever-important, tricky starts

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4 more interviews with The Speculative Detective Agency anthology authors. @richienarvaez.bsky.social @latinxfiles.bsky.social @lekha-sen.bsky.social hayleyshucker.substack.com/p/more-inter... #thespeculativedetectiveagency #speculativefiction #firstchapters #writing #shortstory

Hey here it is! The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Ricjie Narvaez. I think my only mutuals on here that are in the book are @kjy1066.bsky.social and @theninagalaxy.bsky.social

In one week! The Speculative Detective Agency will be out in the world!

MORE PRAISE FOR THE SDA: Take it from @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4tpEXbT. Proud to be part of this antho, big thanks to Matthew David Goodwin @richienarvaez.bsky.social and @diversionbooks.bsky.social for pubbing! #speculative #detective #cryptid #supernatural

Read an excerpt from THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY: "El Gato Gris" by Alex Hernandez, over on the Latinx in Publishing @latinxpublishing.bsky.social blog! latinxinpublishing.com/blog/excerpt...

Exclusive Excerpt: "El Gato Gris" by Alex Hernandez, from 'The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic' — Latinx in Publishing

Read an exclusive excerpt from The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic, out October 6, 2026.

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More than you ever needed of Roget's Thesaurus, avec word games: poorsampeabody.com

Roget's Thesaurus (1911)

A free, searchable digital edition of Roget's 1911 Thesaurus — 1,000 categories, live cross-references, and the print's own shorthand fully expanded.

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We HAVE to get this bloated grifter and his band of reverse Robinhoods OUT. #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #Blues