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P.M. Raymond - Author

@pmraymond.bsky.social

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New Orleans native. Writer of horror, observer of the world. 📖2025 SF Horror2Commic 🎥2025 SF Killer Shorts 📖2024 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award 🎥2024 Killer Shorts Finalist 🏆2024 Claymore Finalist 👀Film & book reviewer https://linktr.ee/pmraymond_author

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Feb 10

Celebrating BHM with a BIG announcement...my Southern Gothic Horror short story collection THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE will be released in 2026 by Uncomfortably Dark Horror!!!

"Blood Simple" meets "Eve's Bayou". Many thanks to @candacenola.bsky.social and Christina Pfeiffer for taking a chance!

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · 11d

If you are a SinC member, please join us today for the book club. Y'all Rosemary's Baby is more than just a classic. The themes are as relevant today as when this book was published in 1967! One of my favorites of all time.

TODAY-Sept 27
Time: 2pm ET/ 11pm PT
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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · 20d

It is second nature to underestimate my right to be in a space. Not this time. I held my own with Hollywood screenwriters with Marvel and Sundance experience. Here's what I learned.
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What I learned sitting on a panel featuring Hollywood screenwriters with Marvel and Sundance experience

And why I didn't feel inexperienced but felt inspired

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Sep 2

Putting my Killer Shorts Screenplay finalist accolade to good use on Saturday at Bouchercon. Come see me as a panelist for "Screenwriting: Unlocking the Mystery".

Or... come find me at the bar and say Hello!

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sign up & join me Saturday, Sept. 13th for “Genre Mashups - Including a Pinch of Horror in Your Next Mystery/Suspense”!

This FREE ZOOM presentation examines how horror blends with mystery, crime, thriller, and suspense elements.

Register NOW! - sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Happy release day to Rena Aliston for PENANCE! www.amazon.com/Penance-Xand...

Happy release day on brick background. PENANCE by Rena Aliston book cover of downtown night city skyline. Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 18

Want to play a game? THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES from Level Best Books (and edited by the incredible Deborah Lacy!) is ready for your crime/mystery TBR list and your preorder cart. Find my story, "Double Dutch Dare", set in 1980s New Orleans, inside its pages!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 15

I made my first pitch ever to Writer's Digest in February. How did it go? Spoiler alert...it worked out fine. Here's a few thoughts on what pitching to @writersdigest.bsky.social taught me about a successful pitch...and how short story writing influenced it.
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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 11

Reviews incoming! Horror, thriller, mystery, and suspense selections from @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social
Andrew K Clark, Asha Greyling, and @blacktopkid.bsky.social for your next great read!

Reviews at Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

#bookworm #bookrecs #writingcommunity #booksky

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 6

If you and your bestie have a falling out, would you have their back during a rage plague? Asking for a friend. 🤔 Check out my review for "Make the Call" at @killershortscontest.

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#filmsky #filmreview #horrorshort

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Aug 2

Time with family today including photo bomb from my nephew Tyler and quality time with pup Kepler because as his auntie I ❤️ seeing that little guy!

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jul 27

Rabbit holes can be your best friend in the writing trenches. A quick read on intellectual scaffolding and regaining my writing sanity. #writingcommunity #booksky

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Crime Writers of Color @crimewoc.bsky.social · Jul 22

Happy release day to @jenngivhan.bsky.social for SALT BONES! bookshop.org/p/books/salt...

Happy release day on brick background. Book cover for SALT BONES of a person in cloak by lake. Crime Writers of Color in magnifying glass.

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jul 16

A cover reveal needs...a cover. Excited to share the amazing artist @grimpoppydesign is working their magic on THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE AND OTHER WORDS TO DIE FOR from Uncomfortably Dark Horror. Sweet tea horror & dread inducing crime noir- 4/21/2026. ARCs/pre-orders 11/2025! #horrorsky #booksky

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jul 12

Here's the tea, y'all!! New review at Goodreads for WHERE DARK THINGS RISE by @theandrewkclark.bsky.social from Quill and Crow Publishing House. Dig in! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#booksky #horrorsky #smalltownhorror

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations! 🎉 So excited to see your continued success.

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jul 6

Humbled that author @theandrewkclark.bsky.social asked for a blurb on his upcoming book, WHERE DARK THINGS RISE, releasing Sept. 17 from Quill and Crow Publishing House. This book is 🔥!

#booksky #horrorsky #appalachiannoir #the80s #smalltownhorror

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you!

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jun 23

With THREE short stories debuting in AUGUST alone, it got me thinking about when I first started out and how in my feelings I used to get about rejections. So why do it? Writing isn't for the faint of heart, so buckle up...here's my reasons why...

#booksky

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jun 18

Do you really know who lives in your home and shares your life? Phil didn’t. Check out my new review at @killershorts.bsky.social for the short film, "Who's There?"

Link in the BIO or below

#filmsky #review #horror

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Killer Shorts @killershorts.bsky.social · Jun 17

“Do you really know who lives in your home and shares your life?”

This week on the blog @pmraymond.bsky.social reviews the #horror short film “Who’s There?” by Ryan Doris!
Streaming now on @watchalter.bsky.social!
#KillerShorts

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“Who’s There” – Answering the Door Turns Deadly – Horror Short Review

When a single father hears his daughter come home late, he begins to question if the voice he’s hearing is really hers... or something else. The logline

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · Mar 2

For those with the Anthony Award ballots, please consider nominating my short story, “Effie’s Oasis,” from MOTEL: An Anthology, edited by @barbarabyar.bsky.social and published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reading an excerpt from my upcoming Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine story, "Rage Ritual" at Larema Coffee Bar on June 14. Grab a coffee and enjoy the show.

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · Jun 6

I guest lectured at NC State for author Sara Johnson's class, Exploring Mysteries. Did I shatter my perceived limitations or social anxiety? Probably not, but I made a serious dent!

#horrorsky #writingcommunity #crimenoirsky #booksky

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P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · May 29

Let me introduce you to one of my fav mythological legends - the Rougarou. This creature lurks in the Louisiana bayous. What fun!

Spend 5 minutes getting to know this one. You won’t be sorry. Unless of course you're a disobedient liar.

Gods & Monsters Podcast - www.podbean.com/ew/pb-h47md-...

P.M. Raymond - Author @pmraymond.bsky.social · May 27

Only "Final Destination Bloodlines" could get me into a theater solo for the first time ever and...yes, the anxiety was worth it.
#horror #filmsky #finaldestination

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