Meghan Leigh Paulk
@paulkwrites.bsky.social
Niche Internet Micro Celebrity. Canonically 27. Famous at Starbucks. Published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, @shotgunhoney.com, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and Punk Noir. Rep: @cbuccibookman.bsky.social
As a kid, I loved a ‘50s era novel called DANGEROUS ISLAND where this happened. So, there might be pirate gold on that island. Just sayin’
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterdayAn island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on British Columbia’s largest reservoir By Aug. 5, the island was no longer showing up in satellite data
Bookshop.org has both NEGATIVE GIRL and THE BIG REWIND, and you should read them, because I am very proud of them. #BacklistSaturday
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Mary Wyrd (she/her)@marywyrd.bsky.social · last wk.You don't talk about your older books enough. Good news! It’s Backlist Saturday. So let’s get your older books seen! Authors, share your backlist in the comments or via quote post. Add the hashtag #BacklistSaturday Images? Don’t forget to add alt text. #BookSky #AuthorSky #IndieAuthor
eBook is $2.99 now, y'all! please repost this! i'll make a cute graphic in a bit but it's 6:21am & i wanted to start early
Emily J. Edwards@msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 2w ago****Tomorrow***** Book 3 of the Viviana Valentine series is on digital sale! You should probably bookmark that but I will also spam the hell out of you to remind you tomorrow bookshop.org/p/books/vivi...
This week's @screensleuthspod.bsky.social features @deecherrywriter.bsky.social discussing GLASS ONION, Agatha Christie's legacy, and how sunshine is the best disinfectant: youtu.be/IVnvh9fOsTw?...
Glass Onion (2022) - Danny Cherry, Jr.
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The first season of LEGION is also my favorite Marvel show. Dan Stevens is terrific in it. (Bonus: Aubrey Plaza!)
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 2w agoThe best Marvel show? Legion. By a country mile.
THE MATRIX is that rare movie I wandered into (with my sister) on opening night, spoiler-free, because we just wanted to see a movie on a Wednesday, and "Well, Keanu Reeves is in it." 15 minutes in, we weren't even sure whether it would be good. Then it completely blew our minds.
The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 3w ago27 years later, I just showed The Matrix to my youngest son for the first time. My son:
When I wrote a short story for FIGHTING WORDS, I used four characters I'd created a few years back for my novel GHOST SHOW. On keithroysdon dot com, I explain and touch on how much I love using characters across a shared universe. keithroysdon.com/2026/08/11/m...
My little foul-mouthed scrappers will return in my novel GHOST SHOW
I’ve noted in this space before that most of my books and short stories occupy the same universe that mostly varies from the town of Seven Angels, Tennessee, to the small city of Middletown, …
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Nothing makes me feel old like flipping through all the current music channels in my car and then just listening to a song on the '80s channel.
This looks very cool. Incredible line-up and a sexy thriller from Libby Cudmore? I'm so in!! 👇👇
Libby Cudmore (SHE/HER)@libbycudmore.bsky.social · 3w agoIt was such a thrill to work with Assemble for ARTIFACTS #8. Check out my sexy thriller "Safe With Me" here! www.amazon.com/Assemble-Art...
I join @msemilyedwards.bsky.social for her latest @screensleuthspod.bsky.social podcast and we talk about one of our favorite Hitchcock movies, REAR WINDOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFe...
Rear Window (1954) - Keith Roysdon
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Very excited to hear Emily and Keith discuss one of my very favorite Hitchcock movies TOMORROW! 👇
Emily J. Edwards@msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 3w agoThis week on Silver Screen Sleuths! @keithroysdon.bsky.social joins me to talk about a hot time, summer in the city and how in a movie about voyeurism, Jimmy Stewart must be blind as a bat to not see the beauty of Grace Kelly in REAR WINDOW! It drops tomorrow: www.youtube.com/@msemilyedwa...
Publishers Weekly talks with Olesya Lyuzna about her just published novel LIARS IN PARADISE! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Gin, Jazz, and Murder: PW Talks with Olesya Lyuzna
In the novelist’s ‘Liars in Paradise’ (Mysterious Press, Aug.), advice columnist turned PI Ginny Dugan probes a secret society’s connection to a nightclub massacre in 1920s New York.
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signing copies of JANUARY AND JULY for @poisonedpen.bsky.social bookstore! They should have them soon!
Really hoping for an action/romance between a quirky Aquarius woman and a sensitive Cancer man, but I know it will be terrific regardless.
Jeff Abbott@jeffabbott.bsky.social · 4w agosigning copies of JANUARY AND JULY for @poisonedpen.bsky.social bookstore! They should have them soon!
Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
Regarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA Newsletter
Today I, and every other HWA member, received the HWA newsletter in our inboxes. In that newsletter was an essay (“essay”) of pro-AI propaganda that made a number of specious points in …
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I'm not the first, hopefully I'm not the last, to criticize the HWA Horror Writers Association column welcoming AI with open arms. But here's the latest, on my site. I wrote it quickly, so beware of typos. Complete with link to great @chuckwendig.bsky.social piece. keithroysdon.com/2026/08/05/t...
The horror, the horror: Horror Writers Association column says AI is good and inevitable in an incredible self-own
Now I understand how the characters in the Terminator movies timeline felt when they realized that other humans had totally betrayed humanity in favor of SkyNet. I missed the first couple of hours …
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Check it out! LA, September 9!
Peggy Rothschild@peggyrothschild.bsky.social · 4w agoAn exciting event for #mystery lovers and writers featuring the great @meggardiner.bsky.social @jordanharper.bsky.social and @tessgerritsen.bsky.social Brought to you by @mysterywriters.bsky.social and @sistersincrimela.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/inventing-...
What a cover! I'm so pleased to have a story in this anthology!
Literary Garage@literarygarage.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere’s your first look at Bad Intentions, our crime fiction anthology inspired by Warren Zevon & edited by @kmwriter01.bsky.social . Fifteen writers. Fifteen stories. No clean getaways. Great work & huge thanks to @frankvatel312.bsky.social for absolutely nailing the cover design. Coming July 7.
I can't wait for this one!
Frank Vatel@frankvatel312.bsky.social · 3mo agoCover reveal! Here’s a new one I designed for BAD INTENTIONS, @literarygarage.bsky.social’s upcoming noir anthology inspired by Warren Zevon. Very proud to be part of this. Lots of great talent involved, from editor @kmwriter01.bsky.social to all the contributing authors. Proceeds benefit charity.
NEW ON PATREON: A recurring segment on rejection. Listen to @victordeanda.bsky.social speak to @keithroysdon.bsky.social about his philosophical approach to rejection and more. Patreon memberships start at $5/month. Your support helps us pay our authors and keep the magazine going: bit.ly/4tiGIGJ
OKC FRIENDS! A friendly stray mama cat (Birdseed) gave birth to five kittens in our backyard in the Village. Free to a good home!
I still feel like this one hasn't gotten all the love it deserves! “As taut as a tightrope. Each twist in this tale of a tryst gone very, very wrong spins the plot into a new and daring direction.” —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Survive the Night
Today’s newsletter is about the DC Bouchercon anthology, POWER CORRUPTS. I’m the managing editor, and I’m so excited to work with the guest editor, @almakatsu.bsky.social ! Interested in submitting a story? Check out the guidelines. We’re excited to read your work! buttondown.com/eaymar/archi...
I found this on my parents' bookshelves and it became my favorite book in the world when I was 12-years-old.
Michael A. Gonzales@magonzales.bsky.social · 4mo ago
