Bryce Heckman
@bheckmanwriter.bsky.social
Thriller Writer. Stories in Flash Fiction Online, Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, Tales to Terrify. iltwitterate.
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Victims of Habit: Crime Flash Fiction By Bryce Heckman
In Victims of Habit, one bad thing leads to another in a suspenseful tale about a young man trying to keep his family in the oyster business.
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New story pub! My latest crime story is out now at Mystery Tribune. Read it here: mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h....
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Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Hey! It's midnight on the east coast, so it's release day. Thanks to @undertow.bsky.social for being such a fantastic publisher. Thanks to family, friends, and fellow writers for their support. The short fic grind has ups and downs, but it's a blast. Fricken love what we do. Thanks for reading.
Hey, @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, sorry to bother you here. I signed up for your Horror University class in June but can’t attend in-person. Will there be a virtual option? Just want to know so I don’t hold up a spot. Thanks.
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey, @brianmcwriter.bsky.social, sorry to bother you here. I signed up for your Horror University class in June but can’t attend in-person. Will there be a virtual option? Just want to know so I don’t hold up a spot. Thanks.
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I'm delighted to announce the release of my new novel "The Shadow Minister", just published by Water Dragon.
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
May 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm delighted to announce the release of my new novel "The Shadow Minister", just published by Water Dragon.
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
A mashup of fantasy romance, police procedural, and cosmic horror set in Lutèce, a magical version of early 20th century Paris.
waterdragonpublishing.com/product/shad...
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There are just 10 days left until the publication of our next tiitle: JUST ADD WRITER by @timwaggoner.bsky.social. Currently available for #preorder.
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Just Add Writer -
preorder for a $3 discount on the paperback • regular price will be $22.99and a $5 discount on the hardcover Adaptations, reboots and relaunches, Intellectual property (IP), working in a “shared unive...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There are just 10 days left until the publication of our next tiitle: JUST ADD WRITER by @timwaggoner.bsky.social. Currently available for #preorder.
rawdogscreaming.com/book/just-ad...
GDB | @rdspress.bsky.social (2025)
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#Excerpt My #ShortStory, Visions of Reality" in this #Anthology from Mysterious Press Ink. #Booksky
Kevin's Corner: Sample Sunday: Excerpt from "Visions of Reality" in Crimeucopia-Say It Again
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Kevin's Corner: Sample Sunday: Excerpt from "Visions of Reality" in Crimeucopia-Say It Again
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Sample Sunday: Excerpt from "Visions of Reality" in Crimeucopia-Say It Again
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May 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#Excerpt My #ShortStory, Visions of Reality" in this #Anthology from Mysterious Press Ink. #Booksky
Kevin's Corner: Sample Sunday: Excerpt from "Visions of Reality" in Crimeucopia-Say It Again
kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2024/02/samp...
Kevin's Corner: Sample Sunday: Excerpt from "Visions of Reality" in Crimeucopia-Say It Again
kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/2024/02/samp...
@sgj.bsky.social any tips for finding horror short story markets accepting submissions? You’ve published so many great stories, but it seems as if there are few markets, and existing ones have small sub windows.
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@sgj.bsky.social any tips for finding horror short story markets accepting submissions? You’ve published so many great stories, but it seems as if there are few markets, and existing ones have small sub windows.
Stylistic features of @joerlansdale.bsky.social ‘s that unconsciously wound up in “Victims of Habit”:
-dark humor shading a brutal situation
-dialogue-heavy prose
-fast pace
-gradually peppered backstory
-vivid metaphors
-southern dialect
I guess your work impacted me more than I realized, Joe!
-dark humor shading a brutal situation
-dialogue-heavy prose
-fast pace
-gradually peppered backstory
-vivid metaphors
-southern dialect
I guess your work impacted me more than I realized, Joe!
Just finished Cold in July by @joerlansdale.bsky.social. At once brutal, hilarious, thoughtful & endearing, I thoroughly enjoyed it! 5/5
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
Victims of Habit: Crime Flash Fiction By Bryce Heckman
In Victims of Habit, one bad thing leads to another in a suspenseful tale about a young man trying to keep his family in the oyster business.
mysterytribune.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Stylistic features of @joerlansdale.bsky.social ‘s that unconsciously wound up in “Victims of Habit”:
-dark humor shading a brutal situation
-dialogue-heavy prose
-fast pace
-gradually peppered backstory
-vivid metaphors
-southern dialect
I guess your work impacted me more than I realized, Joe!
-dark humor shading a brutal situation
-dialogue-heavy prose
-fast pace
-gradually peppered backstory
-vivid metaphors
-southern dialect
I guess your work impacted me more than I realized, Joe!
Just finished Cold in July by @joerlansdale.bsky.social. At once brutal, hilarious, thoughtful & endearing, I thoroughly enjoyed it! 5/5
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
Victims of Habit: Crime Flash Fiction By Bryce Heckman
In Victims of Habit, one bad thing leads to another in a suspenseful tale about a young man trying to keep his family in the oyster business.
mysterytribune.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just finished Cold in July by @joerlansdale.bsky.social. At once brutal, hilarious, thoughtful & endearing, I thoroughly enjoyed it! 5/5
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
I wrote this crime story (mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h...) as an homage to Joe. His work has inspired me over the years, and it’s my way of giving back.
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November 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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The wait is over. Rock and a Hard Place issue 12 is finally here, packed with the most exciting talent in noir and dark fiction, all at the top of their game.
Get it here!
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Get it here!
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Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 12: Fall 2024 [Press, Rock and a Hard Place, Coates, Craig Francis, Hangman, Dave, Gilbertson, Nils, Kolakowski, Nick, Richardson, Ivan, Palmer, M., Ellis, Bob, Smith, S.A., DeMarco-Barrett, Barbara] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 12: Fall 2024
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November 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
The wait is over. Rock and a Hard Place issue 12 is finally here, packed with the most exciting talent in noir and dark fiction, all at the top of their game.
Get it here!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMSPQZSQ
Get it here!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMSPQZSQ
I’ve hit that place in my writing life where rejection (or even a response email from a fiction market) no longer spikes my heart rate. Rejection is the expected norm. Send that story back out and write another one. An acceptance is a welcome surprise.
#amwriting
#amwriting
November 13, 2024 at 3:20 PM
I’ve hit that place in my writing life where rejection (or even a response email from a fiction market) no longer spikes my heart rate. Rejection is the expected norm. Send that story back out and write another one. An acceptance is a welcome surprise.
#amwriting
#amwriting
November 12, 2024 at 9:25 PM
We need more cross-genre stories like this SF spy thriller. In my experience, markets for these stories tend to be few. I have a 4,700-word soft SF mystery that still needs a home. Anyone have market recs for such stories?
Great interview over at Crime Reads with @nkolakowski.bsky.social talking to @alexsegura.bsky.social and @robwhart.bsky.social about their new book DARK SPACE:
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Navigating ‘Dark Space’: How Rob Hart and Alex Segura Mashed Up Spy and Speculative Fiction
Mashing genres can be a tricky business. Do it right, and you’ve created a short story, book or movie that remixes those respective genres’ elements in new and exciting ways—for instance, Philip K.…
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November 12, 2024 at 4:11 PM
We need more cross-genre stories like this SF spy thriller. In my experience, markets for these stories tend to be few. I have a 4,700-word soft SF mystery that still needs a home. Anyone have market recs for such stories?
Happy pub day, Alex! I’ve had my eyes on this one.
So excited that my book, BURN THIS NIGHT is out in the world today!
Check it out if you like twisty, character-driven thrillers.
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Burn-this-Ni...
“The twists keep coming in this devilish PI mystery . . . Lisa Unger fans will devour this.”
—Publishers Weekly
Check it out if you like twisty, character-driven thrillers.
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Burn-this-Ni...
“The twists keep coming in this devilish PI mystery . . . Lisa Unger fans will devour this.”
—Publishers Weekly
November 12, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Happy pub day, Alex! I’ve had my eyes on this one.
Hello! I’ve never introduced myself on this platform, so…I write mostly mystery, thriller, and horror short stories and am planning my first novel. My dark humor often creeps into my writing, as it does in my newest crime story below, so if you have 4 minutes and need a laugh, check it out!
November 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Hello! I’ve never introduced myself on this platform, so…I write mostly mystery, thriller, and horror short stories and am planning my first novel. My dark humor often creeps into my writing, as it does in my newest crime story below, so if you have 4 minutes and need a laugh, check it out!
New story pub! My latest crime story is out now at Mystery Tribune. Read it here: mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h....
Victims of Habit: Crime Flash Fiction By Bryce Heckman
In Victims of Habit, one bad thing leads to another in a suspenseful tale about a young man trying to keep his family in the oyster business.
mysterytribune.com
November 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
New story pub! My latest crime story is out now at Mystery Tribune. Read it here: mysterytribune.com/victims-of-h....