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Zakariah Johnson 🪕

@zakariah.bsky.social

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Writer. Walker. Banjo Player. Progeny of Cannibals. 1. https://zakariahjohnson.com/ 2. https://substack.com/@pteratorn731655

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 14d

Fiction's advantage in illuminating current events is in getting beyond the sound bites, past the clickbait headlines, & in opting out of the looping parade Neil Postman called the “And now THIS!” syndrome where each news segue erases the previous horror.

We need fiction, because narrative lasts. 👇

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 15d

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 4h

He met her at Niagara Falls. You wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 8h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 12h

I loved working with Paul for the UNDER THE THUMB anthology. Wonderful editor. RHP has such a deep bench of great people there, too.

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 13h

We reveal a different side of ourselves through private written communication. It's an art form, a performance for an audience of one.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 14h

Hey now, a cannibal can also be an upstanding family man!

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 14h

Send someone a postcard or letter this week Then don't follow up about it online. I never met anybody who doesn't like getting unexpected surprises in the mail.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 14h

You can't debate a man who would never recognize he had been outclassed & humiliated. H. Clinton & Harris both wiped the floor with him, but he didn't understand it. More to the point, neither did his base. The man speaks like a dumb 3rd grader giving a report on a topic they never studied.

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 14h

In the words of the immortal George Clinton, "Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow." 🕺🪩💃

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

Too bad they can't just shut up & dance.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

Why do these right-wingers feel compelled to have opinions on everything? Also, they're being triggered by an American citizen, loath though they are to admit it.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

The vile abuses of the peaceful residents of Portland, Chicago & other places by an out-of-control executive branch is precisely why the founding fathers were unanimously opposed to America ever having a standing army. #tyranny

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

Look up the "Pig Farmer Killer" of Vancouver, Canada. TL;DR: a serial killer who owned a pig farm where he disappeared a still unknown number of victims. Yep. 🐽🦴🐽

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 1d

Signing up for the 2026 Malarkey Book Club won’t save the publishing industry or the world but it will bring good mail to your house next year.

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2026 Book Club — Malarkey

Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

Reupping this video for folks who haven't seen it. EGG ON HER FACE, my debut collection of crime & crime-tinged horror stories, is approaching its 3rd birthday. A perfect read for Spooky Season, especially "Fireflies," an Indiana ghost story near & dear to my heart.
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"Egg on Her Face: Stories of Crime, Horror, and the Space in Between." Anthology by Zakariah Johnson

YouTube video by Zakariah Johnson

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Bodach (baw-ditch) @imbodach.bsky.social · 1d

To his credit Tom Homan has finally gotten some Republicans to wear face masks.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 1d

Using streaming apps that don't pay artists fair price for their work undermines the existence of art itself. Legalized theft is still theft:

"Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men
Some will rob you with a six-gun
And some with a fountain pen"

-Woody Guthrie

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Elford Alley @elfordalley.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for a Halloween read? @infestedpublishing.bsky.social and I got you covered!

Never Leaving is a haunted house story about a family fighting back. Enjoy a tale of love and chainsaws! On Amazon and bookshop:

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Never Leaving

Check out Never Leaving - <i>"Never Leaving evokes VHS classics like The Amityville Horror, House by the Cemetery, and The Boogens-all with Alley's easygoing humor and wicked penchant for driving like...

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 2d

Can very much confirm this is crime fiction that matters. Grab your copy and tell a friend.

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY: 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 Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about five (or six??) fall speculative mysteries and thrillers for @crimereads.bsky.social: SALTCROP, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST, BOG QUEEN, THE UNVEILING, and the Saga double RED STAR HUSTLE/APPREHENSION, in case your TBR needs to be a little taller!

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 2d

What I need now is a "Bitin' List" 45 with "Eatin' Big Time" on the B side.

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 2d

Alas, the evergreen failure of today.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 2d

Consider Substack?

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 3d

DJT seems to forget he's the president who negotiated the withdrawal with the Taliban, but hey, so does the press so he's not the only one to blame.

Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 4d

The bizarre makeup & hairdos alone of this administration, from Kim Jong Orange to Hegseth to JD Vance to Steven Cheung to Gorka to Cruella de Gabbard & all the way down, would garner stares on any street corner in America. You can see where the lizard people theories come from. Or this:

a group of people with big heads are sitting in a stadium clapping and laughing .

Alt: The Coneheads clapping and laughing weirdly.

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Zakariah Johnson 🪕 @zakariah.bsky.social · 4d

When local law enforcement has a poor record & lacks credibility with the community, that's a textbook case on when & why we need the FBI. Sadly, under the current administration & Kash Patel, the FBI has also lost all credibility.

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