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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thank you so much, Wonder Woman Sixty! I’m so glad you enjoyed the read! 🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You guysssss….🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮 🥹🥳😱🙏🏾🌿🫖🔪

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This review from KRLmeant so much to me!🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Thank you so much for mentioning THE BUSH TEA MURDER! 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Kirkus Reviews recently included 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social in their list of "20 Debut Books From Exciting New Talents"! loom.ly/JCYvAP4

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Time to spill the tea! Meet the cover of my debut novel-length work, The Bush Tea Murder, coming from Crooked Lane Books in April 2026! Want to win one of 5 physical galleys of the book? Enter at Goodreads between now and 11/16: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I’ve been MIA for a while, but I’m ready to spill some big news this week! Stay tuned…😉🤫✍🏾

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy VI Emancipation Day! 🇻🇮✊🏾

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

If you’re a Macavity voter and enjoy your (fictional!) murders with a side of 🇻🇮soca and mas, I’d be honored if you’d consider “Murder Can’t Stop de Carnival” (EQMM Jul/Aug ‘24)! Read here free for a limited time: ashleyruthbernier.com/blank

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

You’re going to want to get your hands on this one early—everything he writes is 🔥🔥🔥🤩🤩🤩

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Here we go! Details below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

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Victor De Anda @victordeanda.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I've got a Stack. How about you? victordeanda.substack.com/p/how-you-li...

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Submissions opportunity 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 …important topic AND an awesome guest editor? Check this OUT!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🤩🤩 What a great day when this awesome collection is out in the world! Yes, my story “A Li’l Something Extra” is in here, but there are 11 other hard hitting pieces included, and you’ll enjoy them all!

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

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Stone's Throw 2024 annual anthology — Rock and a Hard Place Press

A year's worth of the hardest hitting noir.

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I enjoyed chatting with my fellow newbies and the OG editors 😎 at @rhppress.bsky.social earlier this week! Listen in for a great conversation👇🏾

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

A ❄️🌨️SNOW DAY❄️🌨️ means a WRITING day! …after playing in the snow, that is. ☃️

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Final lines. I think they’re just as important as beginnings. Drop a comment, #authorfriends… what do you think you do really well?

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

If you’re heading to Malice Domestic, I’d be honored if you’d consider my short story, Afterglow, on your Agatha ballots! 🇻🇮🌅🤫🍹

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Our latest Stone’s Throw story is up and available, and you don’t want to miss it. This one mixes classic noir tropes with a very modern character out to get hers. Read “Tempting Destinee” by Lisa Robertson, now, for free, at Stone’s Throw! www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...

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ST3.1 | "Tempting Destiny" — Rock and a Hard Place Press

Sometimes, rules are there for a reason, and grandpa's rules mean the difference between realizing your destiny, or getting fucked by fate . . .

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I doubled my author bookshelf this year! 🤩 Here’s to lots more great stories and mayhem on the page in 2025. 🥂

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Just dropping this li’l reminder right here…

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

They sure do…I’ve got a story in this one about a quintessential part of every Virgin Islands 🇻🇮 holiday—maubi 🍺!!! Oh, and blackmail, too…

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Yesssss, @stschorey.bsky.social !!!! Great story, fun Christmas noir, and awesome writing!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

It’s the first mystery-related organization I joined when I decided to take my writing more seriously, and it continues to bring so much value to my writing life!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

No joke—I’m thrilled that my story, “Six-Armed Robbery”, will appear in Malice Domestic’s conference anthology, “Mystery Most Humorous”, in 2025!!!🤩🤩🤩🇻🇮🕷️🪲🪳🦗

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

You had me at “micro Christmas crime story”!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

If you’re enthusiastic about short mystery and crime fiction, this is the community to join!

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Since we’re approaching the end of 2024, what writing goal are you most proud of accomplishing this year? I’ll start—it was having a story accepted by a conference anthology! (“Afterglow”, Malice Domestic’s Mystery Most Devious) 🌅🎤🍸🇻🇮 #writingcommunity #writinggoals #shortfiction

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Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier @armbernier.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Between teaching first grade, momming super hard, and writing short mystery fiction, I finally got myself here on Bluesky! Excited to find my people here! 🫶🏾🤩🇻🇮👩🏾‍💻👩🏾‍🏫

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