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The Rap Sheet @therapsheet2006.bsky.social · 1d

Book publisher Down & Out has shuttered its doors after 15 years in business. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/10/down...

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

@shannonbowring.bsky.social considers the art of getting inside a despicable character’s head.

Beyond One-Note Nastiness: On Getting Inside the Head of a Despicable Character

I have always been fascinated by the question of whether our lives are determined by fate or by choice. In the final installment of The Dalton Novels, a trilogy about a small town in Maine, my char…

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Auston Habershaw @aahabershaw.bsky.social · 2d

Social media post by Josh Crowley (sp?): If I build a big robot that consumed 33% of my state's electricity so it could go around stealing people's art I would be arrested, and that's how you know law is a social construct.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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The Rap Sheet @therapsheet2006.bsky.social · 2d

Among the most interesting recent crime and thriller releases are works by Richard Osman, Ann Cleeves, Elmore Leonard, Beth Lewis, Thomas Pynchon, and Susie Dent. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/10/revu...

Revue of Reviewers: 10-7-25

Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more. ...

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 3d

"The enemy from within" is POTUS.

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Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve had the good fortune of receiving some ARCs in my day, but I have never—ever—received an advanced reader copy of a book tucked into a can of turpentine before. Chris Panatier’s DAYTIDE for the win. There’s a feather! In hardware stores March 2026. Thank you @rapturepublishing.bsky.social

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Jodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 3d

Vale Jilly Cooper.

Jilly Cooper, English author known for her 'bonkbusters' dies at age 88

The author was best known for The Rutshire Chronicles, including the novel Rivals, which was recently adapted into a Disney+ series.

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Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 2d

feel fairly targeted, in that I just watched my hand do this on the mouse and keyboard:

The Uncanny Valley: Primal Horror Ancient Thriller

“For millions of years… our story has evolved. But perhaps some things have never changed.” | Check out 'The Uncanny Valley: Primal Horror Ancient Thriller' on Indiegogo.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 3d

How tragic! Something is wrong with all the Russian windows 🪟! 😳🙄

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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 3d

So we’re supposed to believe the same White House that fired hundreds of air traffic controllers a few months ago is now deeply concerned about their wellbeing?

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 2d

This is a huge collapse in the book distribution business, especially following the closure of Small Press Distribution last year. Baker & Taylor--originally established in 1828--has been central to the library market for decades.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

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The Rap Sheet @therapsheet2006.bsky.social · 2d

Announcing this year's Macavity Award winners, in five different categories. therapsheet.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

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CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social · 5d

Remember? crimereads.com/remember-the...

Remember The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (available to stream on Netflix), is an anthology of six vignettes about life in the Old West. Each story stands alone—the only apparent lin…

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Vaseem Khan @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

I love small town America thrillers - so much so I wrote my own, The Girl in Cell A. To celebrate the book I wrote this piece for @CrimeReads celebrating 5 such brilliant thrillers, from Deliverance to In The Heat of the Night. Read here: crimereads.com/small-town-a...

Small Town America: Five Books that Serve Up a Perfect Setting for Murder

What is it about small town America—in book and onscreen—that we find so compelling? A question I first confronted as a teenager, growing up in a quiet corner of London, England back in the 1980s. …

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James R Benn @jimmywriter.bsky.social · 16d

My essay on CrimeReads looks at Operation Halyard, the largest rescue of American airmen in history, and how it plays a part in A BITTER WIND, my newly released Billy Boyle WWII mystery.
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James R. Benn On Operation Halyard and Yugoslavian Resistance to Fascism

In 1944, Allied bombers flew missions from Italy to hit targets in Romania. Every day, hundreds of heavy bombers and their fighter escorts flew over the Adriatic Sea and Yugoslavia to reach their o…

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 2d

The 24 new books out today include titles by Thomas Pynchon, Chris Kraus, Cory Doctorow, and more!

Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today!

The clock struck October, and with it, we welcomed in a slew of meaty, fascinating, and binge-worthy books. At long last, Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, a much-anticipated work by the 88-yea…

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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 2d

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 3d

The glory days of Page Six (not the current version) would have a field day with the CBS News stuff, blind items galore

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 2d

Buy guillotine stock.

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Dan Watters @danpgwatters.bsky.social · 3d

Batman: Dark Patterns #11 is out this Wednesday.
In which Bruce is going through some stuff.

Our penultimate issue, with @cleanlined.bsky.social, @treecolour.bsky.social, @gofrankgo.bsky.social, @dc.com.

Batman: Dark Patterns interior art by Hayden Sherman colored by Triona Farrell

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