When a reviewer says my attempts at humor ruined the book.

Happy Record Store Day

I never knew what was on the cover of this. Would it surprise you to know it was a bridge? Look it's a little teeny person.

I would have checked out Patriot a lot sooner if someone would have told me it features a Benchmade 940.

I think its biggest crime is the first song. Holy Police rip-off! Is he also trying to sound like Sting?

His little shimmy over to the bar with the glass is killing me.

Thanks everybody still sending me Head Cleaner shelfies! B&N's at Mall of America, Fallen Timbers, Gilroy, plus indie shops like Word Brooklyn, Penguin Bookshop Pittsburgh, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Green Apple Bookstores in the Bay (I think?) Fantask in Denmark (!) somewhere in New Zealand (!!!)

When the tent finally floats away it leaves behind a family of skeletons then it drifts over to the next house.

Imagine just getting fired from your job, car got towed, lost a shoe in a puddle, you need a drink and these two guys pop up from behind the bar.

I also have a scab on my knuckle that won't heal but I'd do it again.

...Amy was horrified that this was my reaction ("WHO DOES THAT") and thinks I only pretended to know it was there because I'm a psycho who would punch anyone who came over for a surprise visit. The only person who came out on top this year is my daughter who laughed so hard she peed her pants.

On April Fools' Day my family put a mannequin with a creepy mask on the porch to scare me but I saw it on our cameras and realized what was going on so when they asked if I got the mail I opened the door and pretended to be surprised by punching the mannequin in the face.

Check out that distance.

Especially his "ain't it cool!" and talking through his teeth.

If you know you know.

(Okay I'll tell you. This CD is an actual villain in this book)

When actors insist on doing their own stunts.

Travolta smoking cigarettes like a totally normal human.

I'm always shocked to hear Dewey's Theme from Scream in its original incarnation: the music cue for one of the corniest villain intros of all time.

"Anyone with an arsenal of film tropes at their disposal should be able talk their way out of a bullet."

A Head Cleaner conversation over at Volume 1 Brooklyn and a picture of me driving a car.

www.vol1brooklyn.com/2023/05/22/a...

This was such an overreaction.

I wouldn't have used a hyphen (speaking of punctuation)

Why are some movie titles in quotes?

Pig Iron blurb from a neo-Western titan:

"The dialogue is fantastic... a mix of humor, aggression, random opinions, and perilous susceptibility to surprising acts of violence. Eccentric, unexpected, yet spot-on."
-Ron Hansen, author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Good Will Hunting: Robin Williams calls Matt Damon's parole officer when he skips town.

 ♪ Here Comes Peter Cottontail* ♪ 

*General Woundwort

oh I was answering the wrong question. I'm not sure where that picture was, maybe Indy?

Noir at the Bar St. Louis roadtrips

first paragraph of a horror novel

Noir at the Bar Criminal Corner. I miss this scene (and this scene) so much!

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.