Wondering what my book, The Weight of the Light is about? Wonder no more... Now available in hardcover with alternate cover.

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The Weight of the Light — Jason Cleghorn A debut novel by Jason Cleghorn. Two men in 1927 Alabama whose act of survival forges a bond that crosses every boundary the era draws.

Woke up to more readers joining the journey of The Weight of the Light. We’re officially moving up the charts! Thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy of my family's story. Thank you!

#booksky #novel #gritlit #ruralnoir #TWOTL #amwriting #amreading

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Anyone else hitting up this upcoming @gritlitfestival.bsky.social in Hamilton, ON? Looks like they have some great sessions this year. I'll be there with books in-hand!

#booksky #books #writer #cbc #gritlit #hamont #Canada #canadianbooks #canadianwriters

Annette Hamm, Janie Chang, and Kate Quinn seated in front of a packed audience at the First Unitarian Church in Hamilton, Ontario.

The title page of The Astral Library signed by Kate Quinn.

The title page of The Fourth Princess signed by Janie Chang.

It was so fun to attend the #HamOnt #gritlit event today with Janie Chang and Kate Quinn in conversation with Annette Hamm. I finished reading The Astral Library earlier this week and am excited to start The Fourth Princess.

In case you missed it, Reckon Review (@reckonreview.bsky.social) is open for submissions. 📚
The best way to tell if your work is a good fit is to read the magazine. Buuuuuuttttttttt if you're really looking for guidelines....🔽 #gritlit #amwriting #litmag

If you want to have an extended blue Christmas, pick this up from Anexity Press and benefit Feed the Children #gritlit #indylit

The Broken Detective | Thriller Pitch Ep 26 - Mark P.J. Nadon A conversation with Joel Nedecky about character-first crime fiction, setting as character, and stories that don’t rely on easy redemption.

I had a great time on the Thriller Pitch Podcast.

Mark and I discussed my debut novel The Broken Detective, and:

-Winnipeg as a setting

-Unlikeable characters

-Character before plot

-Redemption

You can listen here: markpjnadon.ca/the-broken-d...

#noir #crimefiction #gritlit

#authorquotes #crimethrillerseries #authorinsights #gritlit

#nycreads #gritlit #marginalizedgroups #urbanfiction #crimefiction #thrillerbooks #stockingstuffer #awardwinningauthor

Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit

Happy release to @crimewritermatt , whose novel SECOND LIES THE SON is now available in paperback.

I’m a huge fan of Phillips’ A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD and TO BRING MY SHADOW.

Congrats, man! Can’t wait to read your new one! (Great title, by the way)

#noir #crimefiction #gritlit

RIP Daniel Woodrell – here’s William Blick’s piece for Journal of NoirCon, from 2021: retreatsfromoblivion.com/2021/09/19/n... #noirfiction #gritlit #countrynoir

RIP Daniel Woodrell #noirfiction #gritlit

POV: You’re running through the woods in 1860s America with a price on your head. 🌒 Dark Prairie hits hard. #BookTok #GritLit #Westerns #HistoricalFictionTok #DarkPrairie

My current nightstand reading. When the beautiful pain of @jdclappwrites.bsky.social becomes to much for me, I switch over to the Bosnian genocide #literature #reader #gritlit #Bosnia @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

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A car idles at our pace, window low. He stops. We wait. It drifts. Rain again. The buckle bites—heat up my heel. I say nothing. A true cab where the district gives up. He opens the door like a sworn thing. #gritlit @pshares.bsky.social

Pardon Me for Moonwalking. Red cover with black headphones and blurb by Sara Lippmann, reading, "Pardon Me for Moonwalking is an ode to the ensnared and alone, the lost and the lonely. Transient, searching characters long to 'shed life like an old patchwork coat and walk away to a bright-lit studio apt with no closets and one brick wall as if on stage at an intimate club.' With restraint, razor-sharp precision and astute insight, Patricia Q. Bidar delivers spiky story after deeply human tale. This debut collection is a terrific achievement."

Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites

Its going to take me a few days to recover from reading these beautiful tragedies #lit #gritlit #shortstories #booksky @jdclappwrites.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Did you know John Fante's gritty 1977 novel "The Brotherhood of the Grape" channels his signature raw prose? The Bukowski-adored author (Ask the Dust) captured working-class despair like no other. (Q3821879) #LostGeneration #GritLit

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Grit Quarterly

I recently discovered the Fair to Middlin podcast and the Grit Quarterly lit mag.

One of the stories up now at Grit is “The Bear,” by JD Clapp.

I’m familiar with Clapp’s short fiction, and he just keeps getting better.

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#gritlit #noir #crimefiction

Things are getting darker in my #WIP. Check out this excerpt from "Pure Evil."
And get caught up on Nick Grayson's first case here:
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#PureEvil #NoirFiction #CrimeThriller #DetectiveStory #NewOrleansNoir #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife #GritLit #HardboiledFiction #GritLit #BookExcerpt

Great chatting with Edward Y.C. Lee (The Laundryman’s Boy) & Kath Jonathan (The Resistance Painter), & spotlighting historical fiction by CanLit authors. #gritLIT #HistoricalFiction #RecommendedBooks

“Summer Day’ by William Blair Bruce (Art Gallery of Hamilton) The painting depicts two women enjoying the leisurely activities of reading and painting in a pastoral setting. Or does it…? ;)

Still intrigued by the possibilities for a story about these two women from @garybarwin.bsky.social’s workshop: “If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Let’s Write Them.”

This exploration of ekphrastic writing was part of @gritlitfestival.bsky.social’s Festival Field Trips.

#GritLit #HamOnt

Plaques commemorating the opening of the Hamilton Public Library’s main and a microfilm machine.

Cover of Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery by Margaret Nowaczyk

Thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon in the Hamilton Public Library’s Local History & Archives section.

Learned tips from Margaret Nowaczyk in relation to her genealogy journey, AND from Anna and Ryan of HPL about the library genealogy resources.

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#GritLit
#HamOnt

"On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish" by Terena Elizabeth Bell “On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish” by Terena Elizabeth Bell   When Eddie McCoy walked into Frank’s Corner Market, he did not know John was there. John was sitting at the side, by the grab...

New Lenten flash out in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social today. "On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/on-friday-go... #gritlit #ruralnoir

I’m going to #GritLit!
@gritlitfestival.bsky.social #HamOnt
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Photo of Edward Y.C. Lee and his book The Laundryman’s Boy and Kath Jonathan with her book The Resistance Painter. Photo of Ann YK Choi and a gritLIT logo. Event details: April 26, 2025. Dreams Deferred.

Looking forward to moderating this panel with Edward Y.C. Lee (The Laundryman’s Boy) and Kath Jonathan (The Resistance Painter) at @gritlitfestival.bsky.social in April! www.gritlit.ca/festival-eve...

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