"His prose is deceptively simple and smooth. It slips between your ribs like a stiletto. Before you know what’s happening, you’re laughing or bleeding or both." -William Shunn, Main Wish Null #BookSky #thriller #crime

“Take Stephen King, Nick Hornby, Woody Allen, and Stranger Things, sprinkle in the spice of a subtle Canadian sensibility...and this is the eerie result.” - Claude Lalumiere, author, Venera Dreams #BookSky #AmReading

“Take Stephen King, Nick Hornby, Woody Allen, and Stranger Things, sprinkle in the spice of a subtle Canadian sensibility...and this is the eerie result.” - Claude Lalumiere, author, Venera Dreams #BookSky #AmReading

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Come! Spend a few days in Trenton, Ontario. Where a movie studio once attracted Broadway and Hollywood stars. Where hunting, fishing, sailing, arson, and drowning are the favoured pastimes. Where dogs maim, trains derail, and people vanish. ...A novel inspired by actual events! #booksky #Canada

Anyone else ever experienced a self-draining, self-deflating watermelon? First glance, we thought we had a leak in the kitchen ceiling. Second glance, we realized the watermelon had peed itself to death.😱 #watermelon #kitchennightmares

“...easily one of the best small-town crime thrillers I’ve read in a very long time…. It’s the Coen Brothers meet Thomas Harris…and I can’t recommend it enough.” - Lawrence C. Connolly, author, Minute-Men: Execute & Run #BookSky

“...easily one of the best small-town crime thrillers I’ve read in a very long time…. It’s the Coen Brothers meet Thomas Harris…and I can’t recommend it enough.” - Lawrence C. Connolly, author, Minute-Men: Execute & Run #BookSky

Jack is the boy who finds things. Gus is the boy who wants things. Annie is the girl who believes in things. Each is obsessed with movies, TV, comics, and the unexplained. And each lives with the fear bad things are heading their way. #booksky #books

Jack is the boy who finds things. Gus is the boy who wants things. Annie is the girl who believes in things. Each is obsessed with movies, TV, comics, and the unexplained. And each lives with the fear bad things are heading their way. #booksky #books

“Libling’s assured, quietly menacing debut [is] based on his World Fantasy Award–nominated novella of the same title. . . . Fans of Stand by Me and the like will find much to enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly #booksky #Hollywood #BookLover #Canada

“Take Stephen King, Nick Hornby, Woody Allen, and Stranger Things, sprinkle in the spice of a subtle Canadian sensibility...and this is the eerie result.” - Claude Lalumiere, author, Venera Dreams #booksky #AmReading

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“...easily one of the best small-town crime thrillers I’ve read in a very long time…. It’s the Coen Brothers meet Thomas Harris…and I can’t recommend it enough.” - Lawrence C. Connolly, author, Minute-Men: Execute & Run #booksky #crime

“Libling’s assured, quietly menacing debut [is] based on his World Fantasy Award–nominated novella of the same title. . . . Fans of Stand by Me and the like will find much to enjoy.” —Publishers Weekly #booksky #Hollywood #BookLover #Canada

The perfect Valentines read for anyone who thinks #romance is DEAD. Like really, really, crazy, nutzoid, whackadoodle DEAD. #booksky #books #thriller #horror

The perfect Valentines read for anyone who thinks #romance is DEAD. Like really, really, crazy, nutzoid, whackadoodle DEAD. #booksky #books #thriller #horror

PLACEMAT ENTHUSIASTS TAKE NOTE! My novelette, THE PLACEMAT AT BALDY'S DINER, is now available for your reading <ahem!> pleasure in the March/April 2026 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. For more on the story, go to michaellibling.com. @asimovssfmag.bsky.social #fiction #stories #booksky

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Kinda sexy. Kinda dark. Kinda funny. Kinda violent. Kinda romantic. Kinda thrilling. Kinda nuts. Kinda exciting. Yeah, it's one of those kinda books. #booksky #crime #thriller #horror

"C'mon, Mike, move your butt!" Nothing quite like being dragged through a snowstorm by a mixed husky who thinks she's a full-bred husky and the bozo slipping and sliding behind her is a sled. #dogs #winter #snow #Montreal

"Libling doesn’t just go for the jugular, he goes for your entire throat, then reaches all the way down and grabs onto your heart." -Ian Rogers, author, Sycamore #booksy #horror #thrillers #crime #mystery 📚💙

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The perfect read for anyone who thinks #romance is DEAD. Like really, really, crazy DEAD. #booksky #books #thriller #horror

"...the same breathtaking mix of riveting ideas and heartfelt humanity that makes all of Libling’s work so memorable.” - Bruce McAllister, author, Dream Baby #booksky #books #thriller #mystery #horror

Kinda sexy. Kinda dark. Kinda funny. Kinda violent. Kinda romantic. Kinda thrilling. Kinda nuts. Kinda unputdownable. Yeah, it's one of those kinda #books. #booksky

She propped her elbows on the table, rested her chin upon a latticework of fingers. She stared him down, direct and matter-of-fact. “Are you one too?” “What?” He’d heard her, all right. She was not the first to ask. “A serial killer. Are you one too?” #booksky #books #reading

"Libling’s assured, quietly menacing debut...is steeped in bittersweet childhood nostalgia and coming-of-age foibles... Fans of STAND BY ME and the like will find much to enjoy." - Publishers Weekly #booksky #Hollywood #StrangerThings #Canada

Welcome to sleepy, small-town Trenton. Where hunting, fishing, arson, and drowning are the favored pastimes. Where dogs maim, trains derail, and people vanish.... #booksky #books #reading #Canada #Ontario