Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
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Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
I always wondered if that move was ad-libbed. It's hilarious and kinda fits with Connery's entire done-with-Bond-who-is-also-just-done-with-Blofeld demeanor in the film.
Thanks, Gabino! New short story in the latest Dark Yonder, just out. "Imagine what it takes for a human heart to beat for ninety years straight." "Grampy Dargle," I hope, does what I do best: Twisted, ugly, and wtf. www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...
House of Bone and Rain is one of the best things I read this year.
In case you missed it, JT does terrific covers.
Same! I just read Panama a few months ago, my first of his. It was amazing. I have this weird dichotomy, I read constantly and yet no matter how much I do, I still feel criminally underread. The writer's curse, I think (one among dozens).
Thanks, Beau! My latest short, "Grampy Dargle," is in the new issue of DARK YONDER on sale last week. Can't wait for you to meet him. If you read DY, you know to buy. If you don't read DY, buy 'em all. I'm very proud to be in these pages. www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...
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Much appreciated, sir! Looking forward to reading the other 9 stories...
Thanks, Gabino! Just out: The latest issue of DARK YONDER including "Grampy Dargle," one of my more twisted short pieces someone has ever said yes to publishing. 9 other stellar short stories to boot, you already know DY is awesome. Go get it! www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing this one because it’s still new to those who haven’t read it! Horror, crime, friendship, magic, monsters, and vengeance… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
This is a healthy perspective, for sure. I live a similar duality -- the writing and publishing brings the joy while the world flings poo.
New issue of Dark Yonder! I'm in it! Not sure what possessed them to take my story, "Grampy Dargle." Probably the same thing that possessed me to write it. Yeah. It's pretty nasty. Thanks Katy Munger and @erykpruitt.bsky.social ON SALE NOW www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...
If you haven't read "The Paperhanger" you really should.
Thanks, Beau! My latest short fiction collection is out there, but it's also, like, out there, you dig? 16 twisted tales all proving the DARKNESS DOUBLED. And on the subject of short fiction, my latest story will be landing soon in the next issue of Dark Yonder. zimwrites.com/new-book/
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Slightly diminish a band: Prettygoodtramp
Thanks, Beau! My latest story collection is out a little over a month now, 16 new tales of horror, crime, horror-crime, crime-horror, and WTF dude and DUDE wtf. See how the DARKNESS DOUBLED... zimwrites.com/new-book/
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"Cage gets top billing! His name first!" "Cage has to be in the middle!" "ALL the names are wrong with ALL the faces!" "YOU wanna call the agents?" "Just make Cage bigger!" "Cusack's face has to be same size, it's in the contract!" "Get Meany in there, too, he's great in this." "Oh for fucksake ..."
I so love how the billing of the cast forces the wrong name above each actor's face and I wonder how many conversations studio marketing people had about that and the final call was "oh ffs just do it."
Ha, excellent. Had em all and still have some.
Thanks, Gabino (give that man his contract!). One month in the wild, my new short fiction collection DARKNESS DOUBLED -- 16 tales of crime, horror, horror-crime, crime-horror, weird, and WTF DUDE. It won't hurt to look... zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share ALL the books! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing this Stoker/Locus/Goodreads finalist! No, seriously, get you some. It’s discounted and I need a new contract. Hah. www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
Thanks, Beau! My first crime novel WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE, is on sale for $1.24 til Thursday. Dirty deeds, dirt cheap! Get some! www.smashwords.com/books/43466
Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I aim to burn them all. #BookSky 📚🪓 www.bishopriderbooks.com
Thanks, Gabino! (give that man his contract!) My first crime novel, WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE, is a mere $1.24 for another week. These dirty deeds are dirt cheap. Grab it! www.smashwords.com/books/43466
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m trying to get a new contract, so every copy counts. Oh, and this Stoker/Locus finalist is almost half off! Go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
I worked for a publisher that did an illustrated Austin Powers book for the first film and had to write jacket copy for it and this is months before the movie comes out, no one knew anything, and I'm looking at the pages like WTF...
Thanks, Gabino! Approaching week 3 of my 2nd short fiction collection in the wild: DARKNESS DOUBLED. 16 new stories in horror, crime, horror-crime, crime-horror, and the rest are weird, wtf, weird-wtf, and wtf-weird. Have a day! zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Listen, I’m serious: if you’re angry right now, please read this novel. Many thanks. Go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/dp/0316584797/ bookshop.org/p/books/coyo...
Love that they brought the cover palettes together like that, they look like parts of a whole.
Got a real nice acceptance on a short today. And it's one of my nastier stories I thought might be a long shot. Never self-reject, folks.
A fun story with an exceedingly well-named main character.
Thanks, Gabino! 11 days on sale for DARKNESS DOUBLED, my 2nd fiction collection. 16 black-eyed, black-hearted, black-stooled stories that go wtf in the night. Find out! zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Hustling to get the next one done and you know every copy counts when it’s time to get a new contract, so…please, get you some! bookshop.org/p/books/hous... www.amazon.com/House-Bone-R...
Thanks, Beau! My twisted deadly dark and angry paparazzo novel A MOSQUITO OVER SUNSET is currently dirt cheap so get some dirty deeds. Only $1.24! Which isn't even $1.25. www.smashwords.com/books/1730930
Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I have an audio book coming out. My first I’ll have you know! It’s also free from Audible until July 20th! #BookSky 📚🪓 www.audible.ca/pd/B0FBMLL5Y...
Hey look, my stuff is discounted over on Smashwords this month! You can get the ebook of my twisted paparazzo novel A MOSQUITO OVER SUNSET for $1.24. Like, that's not even $1.25. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
Thanks, Beau! New short fiction collection full of things that should not be. Lots of crime and horror and twisted, weird, don't-go-there-oh-wait-you-did stories. Cuz we all know how the DARKNESS DOUBLED... zimwrites.com/new-book/
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I consider this a failed exercise. I failed. This only scratches, nay not even scratches, it lightly brushes the surface and is probably less about best than it is about favorite and also reveals a lot. No LAST JEDI what kind of film snob am I.
Your list here is exactly why I don't think I could whittle it down. Jeez...
The more times I saw Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger as a kid the less I cared there was Sinbad, an Eye, and a Tiger in the film.
...Every bit of it feels simultaneously relatable and absurd, like we’ve all experienced stories like this, but not like this, these are his. I hope Seibel writes 500 more. 2/2
My ongoing 2025 writing project: Leave a review when I read something I like. @kylerseibel.bsky.social and HEY YOU ASSHOLES A brilliant collection. Each short is a sharp shot of emotion. You won’t know which emotion til the end, and then it’s time for a new story, a new emotion ... 1/2
Thanks, Gabino! Time for a new release! My second short fiction collection, DARKNESS DOUBLED, is available for preorder and goes on sale 7/1. Ingredients list: Horror, crime, horror-crime, crime-horror, and wtf. Links here: zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books with readers. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing this because the time for angry books is now. Horror, crime, magic, friendship, violence, and monsters. bookshop.org/p/books/hous... www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Thanks, Beau. Following BAD TUNES in April, my next book is up for preorder. DARKNESS DOUBLED, collected fiction vol 2, 16 new tales made from my favorite 4 fiction food groups: crime, horror, weird, dark humor. ON SALE 7/1, MORE PREORDER LINKS TO COME. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD837VYV
Hey, it #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I continue to do what I must. Come, join the resistance. See how me and my imaginary friends make them burn. #BookSky 📚🪓 www.bishopriderbooks.com
Pretty sure this was the first comic I ever bought. Same vibe!
Thanks, Gabino! If Fri the 13th is a day for wrong things, BAD TUNES is very wrong. Which makes it right for some people. The right people. Who are wrong. Who are you? zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s Friday the 13th and #FridayReads! Let’s boost all signals and put books in front of readers. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing House of Bone and Rain because it’s almost half off right now! Get some. Go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Part of my childhood just flashed before my eyes.
Thanks, Beau. How about a COVER REVEAL! My second story collection, DARKNESS DOUBLED. 16 new tales, crime, horror, horror-crime, crime-horror, maybe some dark comedy and some are just plain weird. Cover design by the incomparable @oivas.com On sale date coming soon!
Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I’m bringing back the endorsements. #BookSky 📚🪓 www.bishopriderbooks.com
Thanks Beau! Memorial Day, why not lounge and read? BAD TUNES is nasty bleak drippy trippy horror, novella-sized. Perfect for the gateway to summer. Maybe. zimwrites.com/new-book/
Hey, it #MondayReads time! Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! Repost this post and tell us what you want reposted. Me, I aim to burn them all. #BookSky 📚🪓 www.bishopriderbooks.com
Mission Impossible report from opening night. Packed IMAX showing, full audience applause at the end. It was awesome. Choose to accept it!
Thanks Gabino. New horror novella BAD TUNES out here kickin it. One of those projects when you're done you do the final read and think, yeah I think I got this one right. Enjoy! zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the comeback baby, the first barrio noir, the novel that gave me a career in France, the little book that could! www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-... bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
Agree. When I truly decided to embrace "take the work seriously, don't take yourself seriously" I felt a lot better about it all. Don't think it's a coincidence an ongoing period of explosive creativity has followed.
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
Thanks Beau! BAD TUNES still out there chugging along in its 2nd month. Horror novella, drives fast and takes chances, but mostly it's about a rock star with abhorrent intimacy issues. No sing-along required. zimwrites.com/new-book/
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There were many but I saw this and Live and Let Die at roughly the same age.
Thanks Gabino! Some choose evil but what do you do when the evil chooses you? Horror novella BAD TUNES has all the bad choices plus bad sex, bad acid, bad 90s hair, all the bad (except the writing!). zimwrites.com/new-book/
Hey, it’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. House of Bone and Rain—a Stoker and Locus nominee!—is 39% off on the evil ‘Zon. I’m always a cheap date! Ocean monsters. Vengeance. Magic. Old gods… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Thanks Gabino! A month on sale now, thanks to all who have grabbed BAD TUNES. It's horror, it's a novella, it's dark and ugly and bleak and asks what we all find ourselves asking all the time: "What if I'm irredeemable?" Ok, maybe most of us. Some of the time. zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The Devil is only $2.99 everywhere for a limited time! Get you some darkness. Send one to your mom. Anyway, share what you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09N... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Lol, yeah sometimes I think of it in those terms. Sgt. Elias and Dr. Lecter were highlights.
The pleasure was mine! Def my kind of book.
Some may come away from this thinking it's about what you'll do to save your loved ones, but maybe it's more about what addicts will do to their loved ones to preserve their high. It can be both. 5 stars -- go get it.
... some comfort tones for horror readers to draw you in, the lake, the camp, the fireside stories, but within a few chapters you're right in it and from there it's a descent into pure human darkness, which for me is where the best horror fiction comes from ...
2025 writing project: To leave more reviews on retail sites for stuff I love! Here's one for @markmatthews.bsky.social and TO THOSE WILLING TO DROWN: A terrific novel. Dark and contemplative but also moves quickly. It starts out with ...
Dude, huge. Well done!
Thanks, Gabino. This weekend is the one month anniversary (bells, whistles, firetrucks) of my latest, BAD TUNES, a horror novella that does nasty things with the nasty. With rock stars. Ladies and gentlemen (stadium concert voice)...BAD TUNES! zimwrites.com/new-book/
Hey, it’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a slice of mayhem with heavy doses of grief, violence, love, magic, and monsters. Help a dude get a new contract! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
RIP Mike Peters. Fortunate to have seen him one last time when he hit the Sellersville Theater a few years ago. He ripped through songs like a man on mission, which he was. Some pics from that show:
Mike Peters was amazing and the Alarm was one of the foundational bands of my youth. I thought maybe he'd just keep going, his post-Alarm career thru illness was tenacious, but this is just brutal news. Keep on marchin on and on...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Three weeks in on BAD TUNES and appreciate the support so far! A horror novella that takes the "rock stars get laid a lot" and "rock is the devil's music" tropes and hits puree forgetting to put a lid on the blender. zimwrites.com/new-book/
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Pick this one up today! It’s discounted everywhere. It’s dark and full of magic, grief, love, friendship, monsters, and anger! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ8STW1L/ bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
Thanks, Gabino. New horror novella is out two weeks now, thank you to all who have grabbed some BAD TUNES. Which also depicts bad habits, bad sex, bad attitudes, bad ideas, and to say more would be bad form. zimwrites.com/new-book/
Hey, it’s #FridayReads time! Today we boost all signals because reading is awesome. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. If you like them weird, dark, and full of magic, I got you! You and this book? You deserve each other. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...
So I just came out with a book 2 weeks ago, my novella BAD TUNES. But I figured, if I came out with one book, why not just do another. So I'm gonna. Real soon. Almost have a cover to show. And if you thought BAD TUNES was dark, wait for it ... zimwrites.com/new-book/
Thanks, Beau. My new novella out 10 days now and thanks to those who pulled the trigger. If you like your horror bleak and angry and full of ick, maybe you'll dig some BAD TUNES. zimwrites.com/new-book/
Hey, it’s #MondayReads time! Today we become a marketing machine and boost all signals. Think of it like a key party, but you know, with books! ReSkeet this Skeet and tell us what you want ReSkeeted. Me, I continue to burn them all. Come, join the resistance. #BookSky 📚 www.bishopriderbooks.com
First print copies are always fun.
Thanks, Gabino! My new novella BAD TUNES has been out one week if you like your horror bleak and dirty and set in the bleak and dirty 90s ... zimwrites.com/new-book/
HOOPER, the smokestack near miss (and maybe the whole damn film)
In honor of the new stunts Oscar, I can't wait for the noms in films that have no business at the Oscars, like these older shoe-ins had it existed: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
Thanks, Beau. A great day for escapes. If you like your horror bleak and ... sticky, my new novella BAD TUNES is on sale now. zimwrites.com/new-book/
Context-free quote #10 from BAD TUNES my new novella: “Push me and whisper at me and sweet talk me and stroke and massage and stroke some more like I’m some cock that just won’t get hard for you. Well no wonder, boys, you rub everyone the wrong way.” ON SALE NOW! zimwrites.com/new-book/
Context-free quote #9 from BAD TUNES my new novella: "’They want too much. They send me their underwear.’ After they masturbate in it, he omitted.” ON SALE NOW! zimwrites.com/new-book/
Happy birthday to RDJ, Natasha Lyonne, Heath Ledger, Anthony Perkins, Guinevere, Nancy McKeon, David E Kelly, and me.
Context-free quote #8 from my new novella: “Like a plate of steaming hot food placed in front of a starving man who knows he will be burned with molten iron if he tastes it. Give it to me.” ON SALE TODAY! zimwrites.com/new-book/
Context-free quote #7 from BAD TUNES my new novella: “This feels good. I like this. I can do this without hurting anyone.” ON SALE 4/4 zimwrites.com/new-book/
