iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

don’t worry I somehow, impossibly, became even cooler with time

A tall, handsome muscular dude wears a Fender Telecaster in a practice space. He is taking a selfie.

in case you guys ever wanted to see me playing with my punk-ska band at my mom’s 50th birthday party more than two decades ago, well, you’re in luck

A really — I can’t stress this enough — cool guy is rocking out with his guitar next to a drum set. Behind him are a trombone and trumpet player. A group of people are watching, clearly impressed.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 8h

me watching a democrat running for mayor in chicago constantly saying republican coded shit

The guy from Dexter who’s suspicious of him and later says surprise mother fucker.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

forgot how much the music in the beginning fucking whips ass

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

if you guys nominate me I promise to show up to the ceremony in all black with sunglasses and white python boots and a general air of mischievousness

A screenshot of an email. It says: Nebraska distinguished alumni

Nebraska Alumni Association

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

do you even live on a prayer bro

A tall, handsome bearded man wears a tank top and a lifting belt in a gym.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

get you a cool group of dudes to go to haunted houses and movies and grow old together with

Four cool middle aged men who are awesome standing under a tent.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

okay see you guys later, time to Get Enspookened

The entrance to Hells Gate haunted mansion.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

not too shabby for 41 tbh. since it’s my birthday you’re all required to like this gym selfie. thank you

A tall, handsome bearded man takes a selfie in a weight room. He has on a tank top, a lifting belt, headphones and muscles.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

they’re calling it the most photogenic city in america, a bastion of beauty and refinement and hard work and joy, available to all, now and forever

A view of the Chicago River facing south from the Kenzie street bridge and that one railroad bridge that is forever stuck in the air.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

happy early birthday breakfast at a classic chicago spot if you know you know

A bunch of pancakes worth chocolate things on them and turkey sausage on a diner table.

A little thing of powdered fried dough and a slice of orange.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

[extreme Vasquez voice] LET’S ROCK!

The Music Box Theatre marquee and it says ALIENS 70MM

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

to prepare for my soon to be birthday, look at this cool photo of me :)

A handsome, tall man wears a hat, glasses, and a Hawaiian shirt and white tank top and has sunglasses hanging off the tank top. He’s taking a selfie. Looks good.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

going to see MICHAEL CLAYTON tonight in the theater :)

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“So there I was, tied to the radiator, and I says to myself, 'Jason, you need to think your way out of this one.' But then the fellas who broke in, they took a shine to my shoes. Brand new they were. Good leather. They says to me, 'We’re taking the shoes, Jason.' And I says to them, I says,”

Screenshot of an ESPN halftime segment with Jason Kelce wearing a flat cap and a beige-patterned overcoat with a black tie and white undershirt. Chiron below reads "Jalen Hurts (PHI): Rush TD at end of half, ball was snapped with 1 second left"

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

when you see a giant empty parking lot that should be housing

A NYTimes screenshot with faces:

Erica, 40, Republican, Latino, customer service Bad.
Pam, 66, Republican, white, retired Amoral.
Becky, 51, Democrat, white, retail Disgusting.
Robert S., 52, Republican, Latino, human resources Two words: morally corrupt.
Hitesh, 57, Republican, Asian, looking for work

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am a soothsayer of the youth

A bluesky post by Andy Boyle
@andymboyle.bsky.social
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saw PRIMETIME and the vibes were off in an immaculately well done way, just fantastic. also I was among the oldest in a packed showing. you heard it here folks: Robert Pattinson doing a weird voice puts YOUNG BUTTS IN SEATS

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

this person is either 17 or 77

A car with a lot of stupid ass bumper stickers.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

read these two back to back this week and they were both very, very good. Emily St. John Mandel’s EXIT PARTY and W.H. Chizmar’s THEM. good shit for very different reasons.

A photo in a bookstore of Emily St. John Mandel’s EXIT PARTY

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

area man takes photo with buddy who’s in town at palmer house hilton

Two cool guys take a photo in front of a carpeted stairwell. One is taller and in a hat and all black and a cool shirt. The other has jeans and also a cool shirt.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

me as soon as I got into a position where I hired people

Batman meme where he is breaking a gun and says “This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.”

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if you buy a copy of the latest anthology I’m in I’ll look at you like this

A talk, handsome man is smirking at the camera as he signs a book. The bookseller is also smiling about it.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it’s kind of amazing how truly dog shit search has become on every tech platform. typed in documentaries on netflix and the top two results are the fictional films THE GOOD SHEPHERD and THE DEER HUNTER. dawg,

A photo of a TV showing the search menu for Netflix. The word searched is documentaries and three of the eight listed are regular fictional movies.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

chicago man celebrates publishing achievement at pizza place, nation cheers

A handsome guy with a beard holds a book at a Lou Malnati’s. It’s The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

found one in the wild and signed with my terrible handwriting because I only know how to sign my full legal name in cursive and you’re not allowed to judge my penmanship unlike Mrs. Frasier in third grade (D+)

The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026 signed by Andy Boyle. His hand is holding the book.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

me and then Jack Reacher. isn’t that awesome? I mean come on. I will never not be thrilled by this.

The contents of a book that says:

CONTENTS
Otto Penzler, Foreword Tess Gerritsen, Introduction
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xili
Mike Adamson, The Affair of the Grave Undertaking

The Strand Magazine (#75)
Doug Allyn, Dead Man's Mail
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (May/June)
Andy Boyle, The Lord God Bird
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Philadelphia Stories (Winter/Spring)
Lee Child, A Better Place
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Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories (Mysterious Press)
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Christopher Fowler, The Luncheon
Playing Dead, ed. by Martin Edwards (Severn House)
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Matt Goldman, The Second Act Twist

Hollywood Kills, ed. by Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff (Level Best)
Richard Helms, The Twenty-Fourth Canterbury
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Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine (May/June)
Christina Hoag, No Evidence
Dark Yonder (August)
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April Kelly, Average American Housewife
Dark Yonder (August)
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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

happy publication day to my first big best of anthology. it’s a very surreal moment to see my work published next to great writers I’ve been reading for decades. going to go cry now before work

A hand holding a copy of THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR 2026. Edited with an introduction by Tess Gerritsen.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

leather jacket weather? leather jacket weather.

A tall man, who is handsome, takes a selfie in the foyer of his home. There’s a lot of Cheey boxes and other delivered goods behind him. He wears a badass Schott leather jacket and a black shirt and black jeans.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

browns is the browns. you guys also see this right. am I have a stroke

A photo of an NFL broadcast where the chyron says COMING UP

BROWNS IS THE BROWNS

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the roughest first draft ever written is done. I fucking did it, man. I fucking did it.

A screenshot of Microsoft Word. It says

THE END
Page 328 of 328. 80150 words

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

dawg why do you need two hours to talk about fucking cookies. like no shit cookies make shit extra special. they're cookies.

A NYTimes headline that says: London Fog Cookies Make Teatime Extra Special 1 HR 55 MIN

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

man in the yellow hat ass fit

A tall, handsome man takes a gym selfie in a yellow tank top. He has a beard and is in a weight room. He is sweaty. Also jacked, just a bit.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if dems just did this when asked to respond to bad faith questions instead of throwing marginalized groups to the wolves they’d win with 86 percent of the vote

A smiley face making an “can you believe this asshole?” face and spinning its finger around its temple

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

weirded out that me and the pope both have photos of us drinking at parties taken with crappy pre-cell phone cameras

Two guys are in frame. One has a beard and shaggy hair. The other has no beard and glasses and a striped shirt. He is drinking a Budweiser.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

when you know you’ll never become known as the chicago pope so it’s okay to let loose at a party and wear a tiny captain’s hat

A photo of the pope wearing a little captain’s hat and holding a drink at some kind of party 20-30 years ago

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

did you know you can sometimes just go get a cannoli? p fuckin great

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

my brother in christ this should’ve been a blog post

A screenshot of bluesky showing it’s the first of 52 fucking posts. It was shared at 9:27 PM.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

area man keeps that thang on him at gym

A beefy, muscular handsome (and tall) guy in a tank top takes a selfie in a gym weight room. He’s wearing headphones and an over the shoulder bag or whatever. He looks really cool.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

emailed this to myself with no body text at 3 a.m. for some reason and jesus christ am I mystified

A screenshot of a subject line to a gmail inbox and it just says "Bon iver"

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

so my story “The Lord God Bird” was selected for the @mysteriousbookshop.com 2026 Best Mystery Stories of the Year by @tessgerritsen.bsky.social. it comes out next week, and here’s me unboxing my copies. I am extremely proud of this. go get it because it’s got a lot of other amazing stories in it!!

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

me posing with corn. moments after this something grabbed me and pulled me in and I was never seen again

A handsome bald man with a beard stands in front of really tall corn. He is also tall but it is taller.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

just a bunch of tall irish cousins

A group of pale people in a barn. One in the middle is bald and tall and handsome.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

we are great at expressing ourselves

Three people stand in front of a green thing that says Back to our roots. They are holding a sign that says Boyle and one’s face is covered and he’s giving the finger.

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