Y'all...my screenplay, A PRETTY SMILE, has placed in 3 COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR! I just received an Honorable Mention in Frights! Cameras! Action! Screenplay Contest 2026!! Adapted from a story in my collection, THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR! You should pick up a copy...🤔.

Happy release day to Patricia Sargeant for ABOVE THE LAW: JUSTICE HUNTERS, BOOK 2! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...

Happy release day to Carolyn Marie Wilkins for LET THE MURDERER SAY AMEN! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...

Making a dent in my TBR list. Enjoy! #crime #historicalmysteries #lovetoread📚 #booksky

Here is a taste of the New Orleans folklore that inspired THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR. I hope these tales haunt you the way they've haunted me.

From cozy to horror, here is what I read last month. Reviews at Goodreads & Amazon... THE BUSH TEA MURDER by @armbernier.bsky.social THE WATCHERS by A.M. Shine MODEL HOME by Rivers Solomon ONE FRIGHT ONLY by @patricktumblety.bsky.social Happy reading, y'all!

COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK! I'm joining @pmraymond.bsky.social, @authorcreekmore.bsky.social, @samanthabwriter.bsky.social, Jesse Bullington, and Garrett Boatman at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social! RSVP online: quailridgebooks.com/event/summer...

Happy release day to Carlisle Richardson for THE SOFT UNDERBELLY! Pick up your copy today: Pick up your copy today: www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...

⚜️ Goodreads giveaway ends in TODAY! JUNE 1! 🙏🏼 Support an indie author! Enter to win a copy of THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR - a Southern Gothic collection that explores greed, vengeance, and generational trauma in tales that center Louisiana and its rich history. Link👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

This will be happening a week from today at StokerCon. Plan your life accordingly and join me on Saturday, June 6 at 2PM in Pittsburgh because this line up will not disappoint.

My SECOND talk on Southern lit this year at the Piedmont Publishing Symposium hosted by Clemson University Press, Hub City Press, University of North Georgia Press, and University of South Carolina Press. If you're in Spartanburg, SC on May 20, stop by!

One more day to enter the giveaway for THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR from Laura's Books and Blogs before it ends May 4. You've been warned ⚠️! Link in the comments.

Put your hand up ✋️ if you want to win a freebie! In this economy, the answer should be YES! A copy of my book, THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR, is up for grabs at Laura's Books and Blogs! Enter the giveaway by March 5. Tik tok, y'all...⏰️ Link 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

My book out in the wild with @meaganlucas.bsky.social!

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It's finals week so I crawled out of my study cave, and I'm back on my bullshit (fresh pixie, red lip, hawking books) to tell you you need this book. P.M Raymond, y'all. -- a southern Gothic noir journey!! @pmraymond.bsky.social

Art Taylor graciously invited me to the blog, The First Two Pages. I discuss, well...the first two pages of my short story, Things Are As They Should Be. arttaylorwriter.com/2026/04/28/t...

Wow! To be mentioned in CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social with giants like Art Taylor and Anna Scotti, the BEST storytellers out there, is amazing. Many thanks to Ashley-Ruth Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social for including me in such accomplished company. Links in the comments. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Happy release day to @pmraymond.bsky.social for THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR! www.crimewritersofcolor.com/bookdetails?...

🎉What an awesome experience to have a book release! I highly recommend it. The wheels stayed on the bus for the THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR intro to the world along w/ @armbernier.bsky.social THE BUSH TEA MURDER sharing the spotlight! 🙏🏼SUPPORT INDIE AUTHORS! Links below👇🏽

Happy Book Release Day to me! Like. Share. Buy a copy? Support an indie author! This journey began on January 14, 2025. A new phase begins TODAY, April 21, and finally...things are as they should be. Enjoy. ON SALE NOW! Links in the comments.

Today on LBB! Giveaway Alert! Check out my review of Things Are As They Should Be, a horror short story collection by @pmraymond.bsky.social, followed by an interview with Raymond, and enter to win a copy of the book here! laurasbooksandblogs.com/things-are-a... #bookreview #interview #giveaway

Things Are as They Should Be by P.M. Raymond Book Review and Author Interview + Giveaway

Horror works at any length. From a two-sentence flash fiction story to a 1,300-page epic journey about kids fighting a clown demon in a sewer, the genre has the

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Book giveaway alert! Many thanks to @laurabooksblogs.bsky.social for the review and shout out! Book is coming TOMORROW April 21 but feel free to try your luck over at Laura's blog or pass go and head directly to Laura's bookshop.org link to pick up a copy.

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Today on LBB! Giveaway Alert! Check out my review of Things Are As They Should Be, a horror short story collection by @pmraymond.bsky.social, followed by an interview with Raymond, and enter to win a copy of the book here! laurasbooksandblogs.com/things-are-a... #bookreview #interview #giveaway

Join us on April 21 at Durham County Public Library for a deep discussion on Ashley-Ruth's shout out from Kirkus Reviews, my inclusion in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE 2026, and our new books. Author Jon Carroll Thomas on Q&A, one of the best to do it. Registration link in the comments.

I'm a writer AND a reader and boy do I have a story for you! Review for the short story, "Dark Thread, Loose Strands", by award-winning author, Art Taylor, is live at Killer Shorts. #killershorts #shortstory

“Double Dutch Dare” was selected for the 2026 BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE! To be a part of BAMS with writers I admire who have come before me - Tom Andes, Meagan Lucas, Art Taylor, S.A. Cosby, and Ashley-Ruth Bernier - is insane. Truly the craziest thing NOT on my bingo card this year.

Let the countdown begin...links in the comments.

Thing just got real, y'all! My box of books are open and ready for the world on April 21!

Ready to unravel the dark? Join me and Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social on April 21 at the Durham County Public Library. Registration link in the comments. And please spread the word! #bookreleaseparty #crookedlanebooks #uncomfortablydarkhorror

Being on the billing as @caseystegman.com and Eryk Priutt is ALWAYS a treat! Come see us April 9!

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Yoooo, NC peeps! I’ll be at the noir at the bar at Yonder Bar in Hillsborough (@erykpruitt.bsky.social’s amazing establishment) on April 9th. Check out this lineup, which includes the incredible @pmraymond.bsky.social, rad-tactic @steveweddle.bsky.social, and the literary badass himself: Mr Pruitt

"The Red Hourglass" is a clever, layered, thematic piece of horror from writer/director B.C. Jones. Check out my review at @killershorts.bsky.social. Find the film @watchalter.bsky.social on YouTube.

Today for Women in Horror Month, @candacenola.bsky.social and I are shouting out @pmraymond.bsky.social! Check out her interview and learn why you need her new book, coming in April from Uncomfortably Dark Horror: open.substack.com/pub/eliza392... #HorrorWriting

Women in Horror Month: P.M. Raymond

Talking to my Southern Gothic girl, P.M. Raymond

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