Grateful to Lily King for stopping by our book club to discuss her wonderful novel, Heart the Lover.

A digital illustration in simple outlines and flat textured color. A man with a white mustache wearing a sun hat is pushing an ice cream cart with bells hanging from the handle. Along with pictures of popsicles, text on the side and front of the cart reads ‘Maybe it’ll happen today’

The best buck you'll spend today.

Earth Day sale on @rhppress.bsky.social anthology On Fire and Under Water edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social
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Profile of the nose section of a B-17 bomber painted in olive drab and gray. Under the cockpit is a painting of a pinup-style lady who happens to have a guillotine for a torso. There are arms in the sleeves of a military jacket extending from the sides of the guillotine frame, one is holding an empty basket and the other is saluting. Below the hole where heads go sides wearing a short, pleated, olive drab skirt and her legs, covered in gartered nylons are curled up under her. A discarded crown is upside down behind her. In front of her across the nose is text reading ‘Maybe it will happen today’. Much of the rest of the nose is covered in mission markers but instead of bombs they are small images of guillotines.

RIP Oscar, meu amigo do basquete. 💔

My late night reading

My story Mama from the In Too Deep Genesis-themed anthology has been selected for The Best American Mystery & Suspense 2026 edited by Steph Cha & Megan Abbott. Two years in a row my fiction has been included. Beyond grateful.

It's now called Bar Ferdinando, but it used to be called Ferdinando's Foccaceria. It has been there for over a century.

I love it when someone brings a touch of elegance to everyday routines!

A digital illustration of Godzilla silhouetted against a red and orange fire-colored background with his back spines all glowing blue as he blasts nuclear fire at whomever you would most like to have nuclear fire blasted at. Go ahead and make a wish. Jagged lettering on Godzilla’s back and shoulder, also glowing blue, reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’

My favorite Sicilian restaurant reopens in Brooklyn tomorrow. Things are looking up in the world.

No one writes about Brooklyn like William Boyle. Congratulations @wmboyle4.bsky.social!

Excited to announce I’ve got a new novel on the way in early 2027! Set over a single day around Thanksgiving 1991, HEAVY SUGAR is a screwball noir that pinballs from Throggs Neck to Gravesend. Thrilled I’m back with Nick Whitney at @sohopress.bsky.social.

Giants!

146 days until football season

"Going to California (1st time since 2019)" Robert Plant@The Met Philadelphia 4/4/26 YouTube video by Jim Powers

"Made up my mind to make a new start
Going to California with an achin' in my heart"
❤️
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Star Wars is really Saturday Night Fever set in space.

A super mega very Happy Birthday to you!

NJ Gallegos delves into medical and cannibalism horror with her new book, Eat Your Heart Out. We talk about Apollo 18, the weird things cats do, women in horror, what NJ does when she disturbs herself with her own writing, and much more. Links in comments:

The KING OF ASHES paperback is the Barnes and Noble Thriller pick for April.....

Stunningly beautiful

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When you see three of your friends get their new book deals announced on the same day...

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A loose digital painting of magnolia blossoms on a branch. They are against a rectangle of sky blue that is itself outlined in a blotty, splattery darker blue outline. Some yellow scripty lettering in the top left corner of the blue reds ‘Maybe it will happen today’.

Great book club tonight with @annabellegurwitch.bsky.social to discuss her new book, The End of My Life Is Killing Me (hosted by Jean Hanff Korelitz with a cameo by Sandra Tsing Loh)

Gil Scott-Heron - I Think I'll Call It Morning (Official Audio) YouTube video by Ace Records

Good morning, friends. I hope you find beauty and joy today.
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Amen!

Twitter has become so broken that the bots are following me here.