Paul J. Garth
@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
Happy solstice. May your days be long, the sun be warm, and the dirt soft beneath your feet.
You know who I think should add soup to their menu? Taco bell. It'd be amazing, and we all know it.
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ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN: If you're a Bouchercon voter, please consider nominating one of RHP's two eligible collections. Thanks again for your support.
What's this? My new novel from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social is available for preorder! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mighti...
time to be a good little irish chicagoan on st. patrick’s day and watch THE FUGITIVE
THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT DREW STRUZAN DIED?!?! WHAT THE FUCK.
The only political Kennedy not affected by the Kennedy curse is Leon.
Bouchercon ballots are out! My queer suspense is eligible for Best Paperback Original, and I’d be forever thankful for your nomination! 😘
Check out this interview with @marythor.bsky.social from @dosomedamage.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda...
Midwest Shadows: A Conversation with Mary Thorson
The award-winning short story writer talks moral darkness, historical horrors, and the quiet dread lurking in everyday places.
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I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.
Q: How do you build dread in a short story? @marythor.bsky.social: It’s about playing chicken, pushing characters to the edge repeatedly—the edge of what they shouldn’t do, shouldn’t see, shouldn’t pursue. Then asking: what happens if they keep going? dosomedamage.substack.com/publish/post...
I got to hang out with @marythor.bsky.social and @smccaffery.bsky.social on the @rhppress.bsky.social Patreon podcast, where we talked about Mary’s new collection, A WOMANS GUIDE TO TRUE CRIME. It was very fun, and we promise you’ll enjoy listening to it! www.patreon.com/posts/womens...
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Guy who came home very drunk from the bar last night, threw in the old Argo DVD, then passed out a half hour in, waking up and opening his phone this morning: Fucking WHAT?!?
scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe? AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe
Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix
Kyler Fey vs Destoroyah@kylerfey.bsky.social · 5mo agoAs many of you will recall, the poem in the shape of beating Henry Kissinger to death is perhaps the single greatest piece of literature of this century.
Curious about how to integrate research into your historical crime fiction without resorting to the dreaded info-dump? Join this #writing class I’m teaching next month with Rock and a Hard Place Press! Lnk in 🧵to register!
Hello, while everyone is distracted by the State of the Union (which, I assure you, is bad!) I will take this moment to confess my complete obsession with Charlie XCX’s HOUSE.
Tiffany Hanssen talks about the inspiration and writing process for her debut novel, MY NAME WAS GERRY SASS, in this interview with @publisherswkly.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4cIWjuy
Heartland Noir: PW Talks with Tiffany Hanssen
The WNYC host’s first novel, ‘My Name Was Gerry Sass’ (Atlantic Crime, May), traces the aftermath of a Midwestern hit man’s murder.
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I truly believe we would live in a very different world if the people we, as a society, looked to for wisdom took the time to understand even the most basic elements of magic.
Rory Blank@roryblank.bsky.social · 5mo agoi'm not telling anyone what to do but tbh even ironically engaging in the sudden onslaught of using terms like max and mog feels extremely astroturfed and i'm just not doing it, that shit's a tulpa, man all of it is tulpas you don't have to substantiate the tulpa man
i'm not telling anyone what to do but tbh even ironically engaging in the sudden onslaught of using terms like max and mog feels extremely astroturfed and i'm just not doing it, that shit's a tulpa, man all of it is tulpas you don't have to substantiate the tulpa man
I basically think there are two kinds of people in this world. Silent Hill people and Resident Evil people.