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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I have a fondness for this one that is unexplainable.

weinberg @weinberg.social · 9d

new Overhated for patrons! @dankmccoy.bsky.social of @flophousepodcast.com joins me to discuss this bizarre comedy from 1981.

big thanks to Dan, to all the awesome patrons, and to @effinbirds.com!

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 3d

I’m so sure it’s gotten to the point that I’m telling people not to buy my books because my publisher won’t honour our contract. Who keeps my percentage of a sale? Who receives the money? Not me, apparently. So fucking shitty.

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 3d

May he never have to survive another exCRUtiating evening with Roger Matheson on the other side. RIP John Woodvine. 96! Well done.

Tiz the season but never need a reason to watch An American Werewolf in London...

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Beau. I released two new books this year (so far), the horror novella Bad Tunes and a story collection, Darkness Doubled.

Lotsa nasty in there for those who celebrate. Check em out:

zimwrites.com/new-book/

NEW BOOK! (in fact, TWO!)

A bitter man vows to commit every major crime in one day. A scarred teen asks Santa for her heart’s desire: Vengeance. A mob boss unleashes a new breed of hitman. An ordinary man achieves the perfe…

zimwrites.com

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Retweet this tweet & tell us what you want retweeted. Me, I’m going on an adventure. I’m also bringing the awesome @laurelhightower.bsky.social with me. I hear there might be snacks! @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 6d

I remember finding Tom Robbins in college, which is the time for a young writer to find him.

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks, Gabino. I'll have a new short fiction collection coming in 2026 but lest we forget the one that came out a few months ago!

Darkness Doubled, 16 tales that inspire endless synonyms for WTF dude. Enjoy!

zimwrites.com/new-book/

NEW BOOK! (in fact, TWO!)

A bitter man vows to commit every major crime in one day. A scarred teen asks Santa for her heart’s desire: Vengeance. A mob boss unleashes a new breed of hitman. An ordinary man achieves the perfe…

zimwrites.com

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 7d

I'll keep banging the drum for this novel -- one of the best things I've read this year.

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 7d

It’s #FridayReads time and still Latine Heritage Month! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist that’s perfect for spooky season: dark magic, old gods, revenge, blood, and ghosts.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Spell your name with movie titles

Moonstruck
Interstellar
Kingsmen
Exorcist (any issues with the "The" must be submitted in writing)

Zandalee
Inception
Moonraker
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
Escape from New York/Alcatraz/Planet of the Apes
Robocop
Murder By Death
Animal House
Nosferatu

Frank Reardon @frank212.bsky.social · 7d

Spell your name w movie titles

Frailty
Rebecca
Affliction
North by Northwest
Kill Bill

Rear Window
Eastern Promises
Alien
Raising Arizona
Drive
Once Upon a Time in the West
No Country for Old Men

Frank Vatel @frankvatel312.bsky.social · 8d

Spell your name with movie titles

Fear in the Night
Ruthless
Act of Violence
No Escape
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Victim
Appointment with Danger
Touch of Evil
Edge of Doom
Larceny

Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 10d

Post a you from a different era.

Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Beau! Been plugging the short stuff recently, so why not a whole book of 'em? My latest collection is right here.

16 new stories, horror, crime, horror-crime, crime-horror, and lots of dude WTF/WTF dude. Get some!

zimwrites.com/new-book/

NEW BOOK! (in fact, TWO!)

A bitter man vows to commit every major crime in one day. A scarred teen asks Santa for her heart’s desire: Vengeance. A mob boss unleashes a new breed of hitman. An ordinary man achieves the perfe…

zimwrites.com

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 11d

Wish I could make this, I'll be on a plane. Everybody else go!

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 11d

Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Retweet this tweet & tell us what you want retweeted. Me, I’m going hang out with @laurelhightower.bsky.social & @briankeene.bsky.social at @vortexbooksncomics.bsky.social very soon. Hope to see you there! #BookSky

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 15d

Keep going, dude. You'll get there.

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 16d

When we start out we all have a handful of writers we admire/study/emulate and maybe even imitate. That fades the more you write. I think when we finally are writing without any other writer's voices in our heads, we've found our own.

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks, Gabino! I once again bring your attention to issue #10 of Dark Yonder, on sale now.

My story "Grampy Dargle, Grampy Dargle!" leads off the collection, which makes me happy. And yes, Grampy Dargle is so cool you have to say his name twice.

www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...

Dark Yonder: Issue 10

Getting old is not for sissies — but being young these days is no picnic, either. Join Dark Yonder in exploring the dark side of aging, motherhood, love, envy, and, of course, revenge through the stor...

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 21d

I loved this book. Buy this book.

Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 21d

It’s #FridayReads time AND Latine Heritage Month! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here are horror and noir mixed with Spanglish, history, anti-colonialism, magic, friendship, revenge, and monsters from the deep.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks, Beau -- some smart publisher could snag themselves an entire franchise, hope it happens fast.

Me, my short story "Grampy Dargle" leads off the new issue of Dark Yonder. One of my uglier stories at its core.

DY #10 on sale now!

www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...

Dark Yonder: Issue 10

Dark Yonder: Issue 10 - Kindle edition by Yonder, Dark, Pruitt, Eryk, Munger, Katy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Dark Yonder: Issue 10.

www.amazon.com

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Go get some!

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 25d

Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! RT this tweet & tell us what you want RT’d. Me, I’ve left my publisher. It means these books will be out of print very shortly or they already are. Get ‘em before they’re gone. #BookSky

www.bishopriderbooks.com

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, Rob! Yeah I dig their stuff (and not just cuz I'm in it) 🙂

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Has a real driving up Sidewinder on the last day at the Overlook vibe.

Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks, Gabino. My short "Grampy Dargle" is the lead story in the brand-new issue of Dark Yonder now on sale.

Grampy Dargle is nasty and so is the story and so are the 9 other tales in DY #10. Grab it now!

www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...

Dark Yonder: Issue 10

Dark Yonder: Issue 10 - Kindle edition by Yonder, Dark, Pruitt, Eryk, Munger, Katy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Dark Yonder: Issue 10.

www.amazon.com

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 28d

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Latinx Heritage Month starts in three days, so here’s the perfect read for you. Come find out what makes the racists so angry…

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · 29d

Contributor copy day is always a good day.

Also fun when the editors pick your story to lead off an issue. "Grampy Dargle" is one mean old bastard. Thanks @erykpruitt.bsky.social!

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

Also having Necon flashbacks. Hope you're well, Chris. Sure seems like it!

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Mike Zimmerman @zimwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

Having pleasant flashbacks to the 90s when I worked at Berkley and wrote the jacket copy for the first novels in this series.

A career lifetime ago, it seems, but very happy to see these come back into print. Congrats @cgolden.bsky.social.

Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

NEWS: @cgolden.bsky.social brings his landmark urban fantasy series, THE SHADOW SAGA, to Bad Hand in 2026. Author's preferred texts. New forewords. New covers. @ericlarocca.bsky.social penned the intro for Book One.

Pre-order book OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS: badhandbooks.com/preorders/of...

OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS by Christopher Golden: PAPERBACK WITH SIGNED BOOKPLATE — Bad Hand Books

The landmark urban fantasy series by NYT-bestselling author Christopher Golden returns with a new edition at Bad Hand Books! WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ERIC LaROCCA A secret sect of the Catholic Chu...

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