The Oklahoma Kid is Back Again: Matt Moran's Black Sheep Deluxe Reissue
CJ's @gritvanwinkle gives you the skinny on why you need to revisit this stellar 2020 album in its new deluxe 2026 packaging.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...
Really looking forward to this collection by the wonderful @melissacuisine.bsky.social from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Or how a great album gets greater. Happy to review this one for CJ.
The Oklahoma Kid is Back Again: Matt Moran's Black Sheep Deluxe Reissue
CJ's @gritvanwinkle gives you the skinny on why you need to revisit this stellar 2020 album in its new deluxe 2026 packaging.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/cj-music-rev...
Macho Delusions, the Losses of Gentrification, Urban Decay, Alcoholism, Wasting Time, Wasting Love, Cowboy Myths, Neon Lights in Black and White...it's ripe with inspiration for writing...
LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO (1983) opens with a Chevy pickup disguised as a rat driving the Houston highways and streets on its way to the Alamo, a bar that's been sold to developers. Its gang of usuals, and some strays, are arriving for one last night: youtu.be/jSf9B9vrgGk?...
Book cover of Coyote Girl by Sabrina Hicks. A sketch of a coyote howling.
Need a good book on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @sabrinahicks.bsky.social’s fiction collection COYOTE GIRL is available now from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social 🥳
Get your copy here: buff.ly/D4ANuPp or here: buff.ly/80xqDus
Stegman, Casey, "Effie's Oasis," Mysterious Bookshop Presents The Best Mystery Stories of The Year 2025, edited by John Grisham, Mysterious Press, 2025. As regular readers of this little blog feature know, I hate children-in-jeopardy stories. I have a system: when I hit the mention of a kid in a story/book/novel, I skip ahead to see if the kid is mentioned (and alive) at the end. If the story seems a bit too rough, I quit then and there. (l do the same with pets.) Usually, I find out that the kid's dead or not important, and I don't read the story. So, when I read Stegman's story, with its wonderful voice and great main character, I got to page four or so, when a child starts crying after being called a name, and I of course skipped to the end. Yep, the kid's there. And the ending was so fascinating that I did something I hadn't done outside of my editing days. I read the story backwards. That usually means something kicked me out in the middle, but I'm intrigued enough to want to know what happened. And in this case, I had no obligation to read the story, but I did so anyway. It's good, it's smart, and it's powerful. I suggest reading it forward, however.
Wow! I just saw this lovely shoutout from @kristinerusch.bsky.social on her blog about my story, “Effie’s Oasis” (in THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF 2025 from @mysteriousbookshop.com). This made my day, week, and month!
kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/r...
Some themes for this call are in the video, but it's certainly open to your interpretations.
Think Texas in the 70s and 80s. Think low budget and independent. Think artistry on the edge of addiction. Think Eagle-Eyed....
ANTHONY NOMINATIONS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 30TH: If you're a Bouchercon voter, please consider nominating one of RHP's two eligible anthologies. Thanks again for your support. #bouchercon2026
With Sheldon Lee Compton's passing this week due to heart attack, it's been a shitty one to say the least. I'm somewhat buoyed this Friday by kind things I've seen written about COUNT THE DUST recently by @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @bryanharvey.bsky.social Small things. a.co/d/07kcaYhe
I will be launching my debut novel, IN THE DESERT at @writersweek.bsky.social on 29th May at Noon in Listowel Library.
Author, Noel O'Regan will be doing the honors.
FREE but spaces are limited.
Hope to see you there!
writersweek.ie/project/book...
"...they see the lights. Blinking and twinkling, carousel spinning, Ferris wheel turning and the sound of music crisp and clear as a bell. Calling them. He's been warned all his life about the carnival but maybe, just maybe..."
In the Desert by @barbarabyar.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Excellent haul from @joeyhedger.bsky.social and @sabrinahicks.bsky.social !!!
In case you missed it, new noir by @russellthayer10.bsky.social & @meproctor.bsky.social dropped earlier this week from CJ Press.
Get on board, we're going to Kansas City: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...
Have you really let over a week go by without grabbing one of the best flash fiction collections you'll read this year?
COYOTE GIRL by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social is yours for the having. Get it now from Cowboy Jamboree: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/coyote-girl....
In addition to Amazon, it’s finally available on Bookshop or B&N.
Thanks to all who have ordered!
bookshop.org/p/books/coyo...
In case you missed it, new noir by @russellthayer10.bsky.social & @meproctor.bsky.social dropped earlier this week from CJ Press.
Get on board, we're going to Kansas City: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...
Have you really let over a week go by without grabbing one of the best flash fiction collections you'll read this year?
COYOTE GIRL by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social is yours for the having. Get it now from Cowboy Jamboree: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/coyote-girl....
CJ is working on its own memorial for @ShelCompton as soon as we can get our heads around this major loss for the grit lit community.
His obituary has been posted and there are ways to honor him in the link.
www.lucasandsonfh.com/obituaries/s...
It should pop up on bookshop soon.
Well lookie hrrrr. Congrats to you and Russell, Martine. Knock ‘em dead.
The book is out! "Kansas City Breakdown" is now available in eBook and paperback. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...
Published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, co-written with @russellthayer10.bsky.social, cover by @frankvatel312.bsky.social
It is with the heaviest of hearts that Cowboy Jamboree has learned of the passing of Sheldon Lee Compton last night. We know how many of you knew him and loved his work. He was a talent like no other. We're heartbroken for Sheldon and his kin. He was a giant. He will be missed.
It is with the heaviest of hearts that Cowboy Jamboree has learned of the passing of Sheldon Lee Compton last night. We know how many of you knew him and loved his work. He was a talent like no other. We're heartbroken for Sheldon and his kin. He was a giant. He will be missed.
May 1952.
Mobsters, molls, and muscle are meeting in Kansas City to carve out territory, make deals, assert influence...
KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN by @russellthayer10.bsky.social & @meproctor.bsky.social is here. Out now from CJ Press:
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...
We’re nearing one year since the release of my book, and I still can’t believe all the crazy fun things I’ve gotten to do because of it. I hope you’ll check it out!
And so the TBR pile gets taller... @thedrevlow.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social @tldrpress.bsky.social
Weren't in Northern Arizona you say? No problem. CJ's got you: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-lowest-b...
From today’s reading at Northern Arizona Book Festival! I love you, Flagstaff!