very excited to report that I contributed an essay - and an interview with Shane Black - to Arrow's new release of The Last Boy Scout

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***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on October 11th in the UK and October 12th in North America on separate #4K and Blu-ray from @arrowvideo.bsky.social: #TheLastBoyScout (1991)! THE GOAL IS TO SURVIVE. From the star of Die Hard, the director of Top Gun, the writer of Lethal Weapon and the

If I may be so bold, www.amazon.com/All-Them-Bur...

New short story in @gonelawn.bsky.social about the Yuba County 5. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...

POP!'s online launch party promises a pugnacious protagonist & potentially puns: join us 08.18 at 8 PM ET on Zoom! We are thrilled that @libbycudmore.bsky.social will emcee as @angelluiscolon.com reads from POP! and answers your questions. REGISTER: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPLaunch #BookSky #TBR

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@davewhite.bsky.social book on sale! openroadmedia.com/ebook/an-emp...

This is a good and brand new interview with John Carpenter

‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog

At 78, the king of horror and sci-fi movies is as much of a rebel as ever. He talks about creativity, compromise (he’s not a fan) and how he became addicted to moviemaking

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A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, Jordan Harper, 2026

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I don't think communists should live and die in Los Angeles. I think when they do it they're reinforcing toxicity.

My story, “Home,” (in OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM from @starsandsabers.bsky.social) is my ode to the creature features that thrilled and terrified me as a kid. Check it out: a.co/d/02OtEQ9h

“My father had just had another knee replaced, and my mother was monitoring a clogged artery. He liked to say she worked hard enough to keep the blood pushing through her heart whether it liked it or not.” Read X-RAY by Cathryn Rose from our summer issue 💥 southwestreview.com/volume-111-n...

X-ray

By Cathryn Rose

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For anyone who knows high schoolers in Louisville, KY: cool opportunity with the Courier Journal here, especially for students interested in sports. Pay is $18/hour. "We are looking for talented Multimedia Content Creators..." jobs.dayforcehcm.com/gannett/GANN...

SUBS OPEN AUGUST 1: This month, we’re looking for stories about twins. Whether fraternal, identical, or straight up haunted doppelgängers, twins and doubles have been an indelible part of noir going back to the beginning, and now, we want your take. Send us your <2k flash story: bit.ly/4fQLeGx

So in a TV show nowadays expect some creepy shit to be transpiring when a Roy Orbison song starts to play.

Congrats to @libbycudmore.bsky.social, @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social, and @nkolakowski.bsky.social on their Shamus noms! thrillingdetective.com/2026/07/02/t...

The 2026 Shamus Awards Finalists

From the Private Eye Writers of America The list of finalists for the 2026 Shamus Awards, for works first published in the U.S. in 2025, have just been released. The winners will be announced at th…

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@rhppress.bsky.social has dropped a new issue today. Time to see what all the fuss is. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/issue-sixteen

RHP Magazine Issue 16 — Rock and a Hard Place Press

RHP is the lit mag that knows that sixteen ain't always so sweet ...

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STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...

Thanks to the Newnan Times-Herald for speaking with me.

Newnan author takes readers on a dark ride through Atlanta

A local attorney’s new novel dives into a criminal underworld set in early 2010s Atlanta.

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AVAILABLE NOW: The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Listen to @blacktopkid.bsky.social and order your copy today: amzn.to/49KAdFG #crimefiction

Great review from Casey on why you should buy @curtisippolito.bsky.social just released book!!

Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last mo.

Have a new piece out today at Vautrin! My review of @curtisippolito.bsky.social’s new novel, WAVES OF BURDEN (from @rhppress.bsky.social) vautrin.pub/2026/06/shad...

Crash into @curtisippolito.bsky.social new book out today Waves of Burden!! www.rockandahardplacemag.com/waves-of-bur...

Waves of Burden — Rock and a Hard Place Press

Curtis Ippolito’s Waves of Burden is a propulsive, breakneck thriller that examines the pull of family and the longing to create something for yourself, set against a backdrop of shady characters and ...

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🤠🔥 That Texas Blood rides again this September! @christophcondon.bsky.social and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social return with Hell Comes to Allison Ranch, a new six-issue arc featuring a heist gone wrong, and a powerful Texas family headed for war. Details and preview here:

‘That Texas Blood’ returns with new story arc ‘Hell Comes to Allison Ranch’ this September

Sheriff Joe Bob Coates returns to Ambrose County this fall as a powerful Texas family teeters on the brink of all-out war.

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NEW ON PATREON: Join us as Managing Editor Jay Butkowski talks to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his new novel, WAVES OF BURDEN, San Diego, 90s alt-rock, and more. Help support RHP Press on Patreon! bit.ly/4ecbo6U #crimefiction #ridethewaves #sandiego #wavesofburden

Friends: Paperback pre-order link is below. I’d just as soon you order it from your favorite bookstore (Newnan Book Company and Virginia Highlands Bookstore are great choices), but hey, a purchase is a purchase and I’m grateful for them all.

The Ones in the Corner

The Ones in the Corner [Smith, C. Matthew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Ones in the Corner

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THE ONES IN THE CORNER is out in the world! If you fancy a strange and violent tour of an Atlanta underworld I totally made up, but probably also existed in some form, check it out. And if you like it, I’d sure appreciate you telling your friends and leaving a review on Goodreads or Amazon.

Daniel Brown's cousin Jayla has a big favor to ask him. How would you like to rob the cock-fighting world championship with me? More pulp in this novel than a fresh-squeezed orange. From @shotgunhoney.com shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...

Good-Looking Ugly by Rob D. Smith

Daniel Brown was born with the face only a mother could love and his mother couldn’t much stand to look at him either. This constant scrutiny of his looks brought out over-the-top physical acts of …

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Want a free eCopy of the eco-horror split collection, The Writhing, Verdant End, that I’m in with @ericraglin1992.bsky.social and @tiffmorris.bsky.social??? Then swing on by Goodreads :) www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

The Writhing, Verdant End

An ailing community traverses a chasm of nightmare anim…

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NEWS: We unveiled our KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic today, in partnership with NYC's Civics For All program, Project Open Arms, @nycimmigrants.bsky.social! Words by me, art @davidhahn.bsky.social, colors Ellie Wright, letters @tayloresposito.bsky.social. www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re... @mayor.nyc.gov

Good morning. Today for Women In Horror Year, we're revisiting one of the last GREAT books of the 2000-2010 horror boom -- Sarah Langan's THE KEEPER. www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...

6/9/26 — BRIAN KEENE

And that’s important because the town is as much a main character in this novel as any of the other souls who populate it. I know these people. I know this town. I grew up with both, and it is very ea...

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Began writing the sword & sorcery novel this morning! This is a new tale with the character from my Rider in the Widow Lands short story: mybook.to/widowlands