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Keith Roysdon

@keithroysdon.bsky.social
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Writer of fiction, true crime and pop culture. Out now: My crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, winner 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. Previous: THAT OCTOBER. Member MWA, SinC. keithroysdon dot com

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 57m
On my site, I write a little about having my short story in DAYDREAM BELIEVER and how it let me relive a memorable day with my brothers. @michellekubitz.bsky.social @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com @shotgunhoney.com @ronearl.bsky.social keithroysdon.com/2026/09/30/n...
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New short story, new anthology: I’ve been looking forward to DAYDREAM BELIEVER all year
Sometimes crime short stories are mean and brutal. Sometimes they’re nostalgic, or at least my story “This Just Doesn’t Seem To Be My Day,” in the new anthology “DAYDR…
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 20h
I'm so pleased to have a story in this anthology and delighted at the incredible company of writers. Thanks to @michellekubitz.bsky.social and @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com and @shotgunhoney.com and @ronearl.bsky.social
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 20h
I'm so pleased to have a story in this anthology and delighted at the incredible company of writers. Thanks to @michellekubitz.bsky.social and @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com and @shotgunhoney.com and @ronearl.bsky.social
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 22h
He is a runner.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote about just how bad the surge in gas prices is promising to be for Republicans in November. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are data centers about to become very popular?
A pie chart mostly in blue, with a yellow wedge. Blue is the portion that is no. yellow is the portion that is no, but in yellow.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I could watch Schmitt humiliate himself and then try to cover it up all day. In fact, I just might. Seriously, people voted for this and other lying and incompetent republican clowns.
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eleventh Circuit refuses to block the district court's sanctions order in the "$1.776 billion Weaponization Fund Settlement" case I'm reading through the panel's 22-page decision now... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#68 in Donald Trump v. Thirty-Five Former Federal Judges (11th Cir., 26-12692) – CourtListener.com
ORDER: The appellants’ motion for a stay is denied. The motions by Oversight Project and America First Legal Foundation to file amicus curiae briefs on the stay motion are denied. The motion of John K...
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ShoutingStreet @shoutingstreet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boy Eric Schmitt is some kind of fuckin clown huh?
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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 29/09/2026
And what a guest @msemilyedwards.bsky.social has for this one. He’s a hoot.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jfc what a moron he is. In other words, yes he would be an ideal Republican candidate. 
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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Hazel Graves books - and one a newly minted USA Today bestseller! Will there be others? Hopefully I can share more soon! hazelgraves.com
The Little Coffee Shop of Terrors, Four Weddings and a Funeral Director, 10 Things I hate About Zombies, The Cursed Brides Club
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI
Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake.  above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services.  the question matching this image is:  "How can I invest in my child's future?"
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
East Tennessee, come see us Saturday!
Flyer for the Fall Book Fest
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
static.klipy.com
You Gotta Be Kidding Me.
Alt: You Gotta Be Kidding Me.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amid outcry, NY prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation into the 7 Cornell gang rapists, a case that was covered up 2 years ago. These assholes would’ve been punished if they had written “free Palestine” instead of “free p*ssy.” Cornell leadership should be investigated too.
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meet Birdie. I love this girl as much as I love this introduction. She is one of the 2 characters you'll meet in "The Damn Train" by @keithroysdon.bsky.social You can find her down by the tracks in our 100th issue. See if you don't love her as much as I do! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-dam...
THE GIRL CAME UP LIKE A SQUIRREL OR SOME OTHER SMALL WILD THING:
IN A HURRY, THEN FROZEN BY CAUTION, THEN SLOWLY. SCRAWNY AND MOSTLY MADE UP OF HAIR THAT HADN'T BEEN BRUSHED, SHE STOPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS FROM LEELEE.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
East Tennessee, come see us Saturday!
Flyer for the Fall Book Fest
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As usual, Stephen is on the nose with this one.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New on my site, I enter the debate about using curse words in fiction. Authors and readers, tell me what you think! keithroysdon.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Watch your language? Um, 5*#& no!
The potential book buyer looked mild-mannered and it turns out he was. At a recent book selling and signing event, a man talking to the author next to me asked if there was any bad language in his …
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This little story is special to me. Thank you to @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing it! Content warning: subtle suicide ideation. Not my typical, not a crime story. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-dam...
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"The Damn Train" by Keith Roysdon
The girl came up like a squirrel or some other small wild thing: In a hurry, then frozen bycaution, then slowly. Scrawny and mostly made up of hair that hadn’t been brushed, she stopped on the other s...
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I can't stop thinking about how many men read that Snapchat and did nothing. How many men in that house knew a woman was being gang raped and did nothing. This is why we say all men. Bc it's your friends, your besties, your fellow frat bros and you do nothing to stop them.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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TyaStar87 @tyastar87.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the most powerful personal aphorisms that I know is this; I'm still here.
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Kishkafka @kishkafka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Real let em eat cake vibes.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This little story is special to me. Thank you to @rfpress.bsky.social for publishing it! Content warning: subtle suicide ideation. Not my typical, not a crime story. www.roifaineantpress.com/post/the-dam...
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"The Damn Train" by Keith Roysdon
The girl came up like a squirrel or some other small wild thing: In a hurry, then frozen bycaution, then slowly. Scrawny and mostly made up of hair that hadn’t been brushed, she stopped on the other s...
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This thread. 🔥
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Residents in communities without a newspaper end up paying more because of graft and corruption than if everyone had just paid for a subscription
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Judith Lynne @judithlynne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He literally could not organize a pissing contest in a brewery
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Come out tomorrow!
Details of the harvest moon festival
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👇🏻
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Stevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a Reminder...
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Probably not the image you want going around the internet when the majority of Americans say they can't afford to pay their rent or mortgage
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Kayla (The Mango) 🥭 @kayla7kat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Real talk my, DMs are open and if you ever want to just shoot the shit and yap ideas I can do that. I love nnew friends. Also @bookspotlight.bsky.social has a discord server with lots of friendly and helpful people, you do not need to subject yourself to the plagiarism and mental decay machine
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are people still talking about that list of the top 100 TV series of the 21st Century? Cause I wrote about the list on keithroysdon dot com. keithroysdon.com/2026/09/25/h...
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Here’s that “100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century” list
Okay, if people aren’t arguing to the death over this, we’ll know that the New York Times has squandered its readership and credibility. I cut my NYT subscription a few years ago so I&#…
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The iced coffee discourse today is fun. Related but coffee-free, I knew a fine-dining restaurant owner who, if asked, would supply a pencil to a job applicant. He'd wait while they filled out the application and then throw it away, in front of them, because they hadn't brought a pencil.
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no one @gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
what’s it like living in the wealthiest country on earth?
quote: When I win lottery I will not tell anybody, but there will be signs.
pictured: a man going to the dentist, doctor, optometrist, and therapist
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Big Beef in the High Plains of Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma, realizing the leopard indeed will bite their faces, and respectfully asking their guy to stop costing them more money from ICE raids on top what he’s cost them in tariffs:
Media Statement from the Kansas Livestock Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association and Texas Cattle Feeders Association Regarding the Ongoing ICE Operations in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas

September 24, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Our organizations respect the responsibility of federal agencies to enforce the law. At the same time, cattle producers, feedyards, dairies, livestock markets, processors, and other rural businesses depend on a stable workforce to care for animals, protect food safety, and keep the supply chains operating. Sudden workforce disruptions can create immediate animal-welfare, operational, and economic consequences that extend well beyond an individual business. These ICE operations are having a massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef on the table and keep the cattle supply chain moving. Additionally, these types of disruptions will lead to higher beef prices for consumers.

Reported impacts to our organizations throughout the past few days have been:
• Thousands of fed cattle slated for shipping to processors now delayed, resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue and additional costs.
• Workforce disruptions at numerous supply chain chokepoints such as feedyards, dairies, processors, feed and grain companies, transportation hubs, and community services.

These disruptions come at a time of enhanced focus and pressure on the cattle and beef supply chain. They are a costly and unnecessary impact to cattle producers already suffering from unwelcome political interference to both the markets as well as the physical supply chain. Frustratingly, the harm these actions cause to cattle producers last for days and weeks after such operations conclude.

We urge federal officials to conduct enforcement actions in a lawful, orderly, and transparent manner; respect due process; and communicate clearly with affected employers and communities.
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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE is conducting big operations in Southwest Kansas — Liberal, Garden City and Dodge City. By the way, all three have massive beef processing facilities. So an awful human toll AND likely raising the price of beef by ravaging the work force. www.kake.com/home/ice-con...
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Are y’all subscribed to @charliekondek.bsky.social ‘s newsletter? You oughta be.
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Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE! @rfpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sometimes in life, you're riding the gravy train. Other times, things go totally off the rails. But let's not get sidetracked. Sorry, I'll stop with the train sayings. "The Damn Train" by @keithroysdon.bsky.social is a train story that really isn't about trains at all. Out Sunday!
THE GIRL PUT HER HANDS ON HER HIPS AND LOOKED AS
OFFENDED AS ONLY A CAT OR A CHILD COULD LOOK.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I guess the first question that comes to my mind is who paid off all of Kavanaugh’s debt?  Bought and paid for SCOTUS.
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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well, it’s a list.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026
This is absolutely deranged: Months before murdering 6 people and injuring 27 more, ChatGPT told the teen school shooter in Tumbler Ridge, BC that using a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun is “brutal” in a “hallway, indoors or a crowded classroom” because “close quarters” is that gun’s “playground”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just ruled the Trump admin can use a government database that includes Social Security info to help state officials identify noncitizens on their voter lists. Critics fear using the system could result in the purging of large numbers of valid voters.
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