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Paul Ryan O'Connor
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Crime-writing blogger and award-winning mystery author. Noir, pulp, monsters, fiction, jazz, writing, film, comics. Went by @LBoxGraveyard at that other place. https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · Mar 5
I made my short story debut with "Teddy's Favorite Thing" in 2023. The story would go on to earn a 2023 Readers Choice Award from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, along with a Derringer nomination.

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Teddy's Favorite Thing — Paul O'Connor
Mass layoffs and workplace violence, seen through the eyes of a child ... on Bring-Your-Kid-To-Work Day!
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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · Jul 10
Overcast day in Brooklyn makes it hard to get out of bed. Lana Turner and friend understand.

(Ok, I confess—this is Lana and co-star Cleo on the set of CASS TIMBERLANE (1947). Even Lana didn't sleep in full makeup, lipstick and false eyelashes. At least I hope not.)
Lana Turner, impeccably coiffed, is in bed leaning on a pillow with a most beautiful tabby stretched out and relaxing beside her. (b&w)
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 6h
The extraordinarily talented and versatile Diane Keaton in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). RIP
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Coked-up publishing exec says ... change it to a were-gorilla, and release it as The Apes of Wrath!
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1d
Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel

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John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’
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Clara @claracloud.bsky.social · 1d
William Mortensen #photography #art
Off for the Sabbath (1927)
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🫧 Laurent Potelle 🐝 @laurentpotelle.bsky.social · Jun 25
Et vous, auriez-vous couru ?
Lino Ventura, affiche du film "L'armée des ombres" de Jean-Pierre Melville
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 2d
Writers already worry about everything, so what’s one more?

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Font Of Knowledge — Paul O'Connor
Writers already worry about everything, so what’s one more?
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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 4d
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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 2d
Filmmaker Jacques Tati was born on 9 October 1907.
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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 3d
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Story Group @storygroup.bsky.social · 3d
Frank Herbert - BOTD
💙📚 #LiteratureSky
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 3d
If you were going to ask an engagement question to generate activity on your social media feed, with no intention of replying or having a conversation, what would it be?
A snake swallows it's tail.
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 3d
We used to say you can't push a piece of string.

And things often look better in the morning.

This was a good story that I wasn't particularly ready to write at that time. Live and learn, if you are lucky.
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 3d
Using a superior mind-mapping tool as a pretty good outliner.

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Scapple Of My Eye — Paul O'Connor
Using a superior mind-mapping tool as a pretty good outliner.
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David @scarolinascorpio.bsky.social · 8d
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff during a break from The Black Cat 1934
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 4d
If you are going to become what you measure, make sure you measure the right things.

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You Become What You Measure — Paul O'Connor
Make sure you're measuring the right things.
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AMERICAN RAIN @americanrain.bsky.social · 15d
Creature From The Black Lagoon 1954 🖤🎬
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 4d
I want to talk to the Russian railroad engineers that ran a spur line directly to the edge of the highest cliff in Siberia.
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@dlp. @umadlp.bsky.social · 4d
“The best part was pulling down the shades, stuffing the doorbell with rags, putting the phone in the refrigerator and going to bed for 3 or 4 days. And the next best part was nobody ever missed me.”

Charles Bukowski.
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 4d
Best scene is the end, after the mayhem and dismemberment is complete, when the young protege is reaching for relevance or a moral to the story, and Peter Cushing calmly sweeps up the broken glass so can open shop tomorrow.

Just another day as a mad scientist in an insane asylum. Take notes, son.
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David McMillion @dmreds.bsky.social · Jul 28
#Ransom
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 4d
The "Golden Age" of everything is "12."
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Paul Ryan O'Connor @paulryanoconnor.bsky.social · 4d
Watched:
Poster for Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell.
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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 10d
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Metaphysical detective stories and other literary mysteries
A list of 100 novels and stories from the metaphysical or “anti-detective” mystery subgenre. Includes works by Auster, Eco, Pynchon, and Borges.
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Nat Brehmer @natbrehmer.bsky.social · 5d
This was the first piece in my "Histories of Horror" column way back at Council of Zoom. Finally got it back online. A deep dive into the origins and inspirations behind THE MUMMY. medium.com/@nbrehmer/hi...
Histories of Horror: The Mummy
This article was originally written as the inaugural entry for my “Histories of Horror” column at Council of Zoom.
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