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Casey Stegman

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Writer of stuff. He/Him. Opinions my own. Rep’d by Dr. Uwe Stender at Triada US: @uwestenderphd.bsky.social My stuff: caseystegman.com/fiction

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 15d

It’s pub day for THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR 2025, edited by Otto Penzler and John Grisham! And it features my story, “Effie’s Oasis.”

THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR, guest edited by John Grisham

Back of the book, listing the featured authors

Includes stories by
David Avallone
Craig Faustus Buck
V. P. Chandler
Tracy Falenwolfe
James Hearn
April Kelly
Erika Krouse
Tom Larsen
Billie Livingston
Kai Lovelace
Sean McCluskey
Richard A. McMahan
Lou Manfredo
Karen Odden
Anna Scotti
Shelagh Smith
Casey Stegman
Lamont A. Turner
Joseph S. Walker
Andrew
Welsh-Huggins
NSTERIOUS
PRESS
JOHN GRISHAM
SELECTS THE BEST
MYSTERY STORIES FROM THE PAST YEAR
From over 3,000 considered stories published in the past year, this anthology contains the twenty best, selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham under the auspices of New York City's legendary crime fiction specialty store The Mysterious Bookshop. Included are tales of suspense, detection, and puzzlement that illuminate the diversity of styles contained under the "mystery" umbrella. There's something for everyone in this celebrated anthology, now in its fifth year, which continues to dazzle with the breadth of its selection and which draws from sources as disparate as Black Cat Weekly, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Conjunctions.
Plus, it's all capped off with an additional "bonus story" from an earlier era, sourced from the bookshop's rare book room.
US $17.95 / CAN $23.95
ISBN- 13: 978-1-61316-684-0
9 781613 166840

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1h

Happy birthday to one of the best publications ever

Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 1h

Did you know @nightmare-magazine.com turned 13 this month??!?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Editorial: October 2025 - Nightmare Magazine

We always try to pull out the stops in our birthday issues, and this year is no different. There’s no real theme this month---although regret and reparation loom large---but every single piece is out ...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 1h

Sepulveda

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 2h

Yoooooo

Gina Ippolito @ginaippy.bsky.social · 4h

It’s heeeeeere. If you like spooky movies, campy 80s slashers, and getting a detailed history of film studios and the industry, check out my Witching Hour video essay on one of my favorites - 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street - and how it changed film history. Link in comments!

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 2h

My favorite Soderbergh. And one of my favorite crime films of all time.

Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 2h

On Soderbergh's THE LIMEY, released on this day in 1999:

"I Can't Believe We're Not Still Editing It": Steven Soderbergh Talks 'The Limey' [Film At Lincoln Center Screening]

“I can’t believe we’re not still editing this,” Steven Soderbergh joked, at the conclusion of Thursday’s night’s 20th-anniversary screening of “The Limey,” his 1999 hybrid of art film and revenge…

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Benjamin Bradley @bbradleywrites.bsky.social · 2h

I swear half of writing is looking at a draft of what was once an irresitible idea -- and asking... "is this anything?"

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 3h

I was able to connect with authors I greatly admire and find readers for my dumb little stories. So grateful.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 3h

This man always looks like he has just shit his pants and is wondering if anyone else notices

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 3h

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4h

While I’ve since seen SPEED a number of times theatrically, my first time was at home when it premiered on HBO in May of 1995 and nothing could’ve primed me better for it than the old HBO First Look featurette hosted by Dennis Hopper himself.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 6h

I deeply appreciated the chance to write a gnarly little mystery set on Capri, complete with a dead fashion mogul, a shipwreck, and an annoying little dog! #amwriting #mystery

DoSomeDamage @dosomedamage.bsky.social · 7h

The Man Who Hated Dogs
New fiction by @nkolakowski.bsky.social
in Cold Caller Magazine

coldcallermag.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...

The Man Who Hated Dogs

Fiction by Nick Kolakowski

coldcallermag.substack.com

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 7h

Hope you can all take some time for just you today. You deserve it.

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 9h

"A city grows in my left palm.
The people teeter on curved lines.
The subway wraps around my finger like a promise."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Amplification by Elena Zhang (@ezhang77.bsky.social) (2025 @havehashad.com)

Amplification by Elena Zhang

Amplification A city grows in my left palm. The people teeter on curved lines. The subway wraps around my finger like a promise. I like to send endings to myself and forget who wrote them. When the…

www.havehashad.com

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Robert Nazar Arjoyan @robertarjoyan.bsky.social · 22h

Ok so I returned to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social to buy my son a book and I ran into @joerlansdale.bsky.social and one thing led to another and he asked me to autograph him a copy of SILK & SINEW from the inimitable @badhandbooks.bsky.social. Thanks, Joe! What an afternoon. Bookstores fuckin rock.

Me signing a copy of SILK & SINEW for Joe Lansdale.

Me and Joe Lansdale, who holds a copy of SILK & SINEW

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 9h

AVAILABLE NOW: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to @jordanharper.bsky.social
and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 8h

Also might be time to trim that beard

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 8h

Couldn’t figure out how to solve a scene problem. Went for a run. Problem solved.

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 8h

Glad to hear, Gareth! Well wishes and healthy vibes your way!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Victor De Anda @victordeanda.bsky.social · 9h

ICYMI: Ahuizotl is waiting for you. Part of the @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social
Vol. 2 collection. Read the full story here: bit.ly/48Vhjwf #darkfiction

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Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social · 1d

The happiest of Book Birthdays to STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT ! 🎂🎂🎂 @monizahossain.bsky.social

Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · 1d

Happy publication day to STREET PUPPY, MASJID CAT by @monizahossain.bsky.social! #TeamTriada #BookSky
monizahossain.com/street-puppy...

The cover for Street Puppy, Masjid Cat by Moniza Hossain, illustrated by Wastana Haikal which features an illustration of a black and white cat walking along a fence in front of a mosque. The cat has its head tilted and looks down at the sidewalk where a reddish-orange and black dog stands with its tongue hanging out and ears perked.

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 9h

Starting my October horror posting...

countercraft.substack.com/p/shirley-ja...

Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator

Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 10h

My thanks to the LA Times for letting me write about the life of John Candy and two new projects (a documentary and a biography) that explore his legacy. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

'You never stop thinking about John Candy': How a pair of projects keep his legacy alive

The beloved actor, who would have turned 75 this month, is the focus of an eponymous book biography and "John Candy: I Like Me," a Prime Video documentary.

www.latimes.com

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 9h

Skibidi toilet > The shit on cable news

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 10h

Sure, we make fun of Gen A’s love of brain rot. But we have grown-ass pundits pontificating on TV every day about whether it’s okay for the President to send the military after US citizens.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 19h

You ever think about how there were dudes that probably saw loads of combat in WWII and then 20-odd years later were playing henchmen on BATMAN

Two middle-age dudes playing henchman on Batman

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 19h

Great writing sesh tonight. Super happy with what I put down.