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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A grimy, darkly funny crime story about loneliness, desperation, self-deception—and the kind of trouble that starts looking like opportunity. Today at the Garage: literarygarage.com/handyman

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Handyman | Literary Garage

A grimy, darkly funny crime story about loneliness, desperation, self-deception—and the kind of trouble that starts looking like opportunity.

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today at BEHIND THE STORIES, @JoelNedecky talks about his writing career & "Oil in the Bones" a gripping crime story that asks how far any of us would go to save the people we love. At the St**K: literarygarage.substack.com/p/behind-the...

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Behind the Stories

Get to Know Joel Nedecky

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Alan Orloff @alanorloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

VERY HAPPY to have a story in the groovy anthology, DAYDREAM BELIEVER, with so many awesome writers! You want fun? Here’s your fun! Edited by @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com and @shelkubitz.bsky.social! From publisher @shotgunhoney.com! Out today!

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

DAYDREAM BELIEVER is out today from Shotgun Honey. Thrilled to have my story “Goin’ Down” included in this Monkees-inspired crime anthology alongside a terrific group of writers. Bad decisions, desperation, darkness & a song I knew I had to write from… x.com/kmwriter01/s...

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My last four books together for a group photo 🖤😎

My last four published books: The Cold Dark Forever, Whatever Kills the Pain, Hard Mountain Clay, and Song of the Red Squire fanned out together on a green blanket.

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This week at Side B features Zakariah Johnson’s excellent story. “Bad Road, Wretched Road” is a dark, hard-driving story about bad choices, worse roads, and the kind of trouble that keeps coming long after you think you’ve outrun it. michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-386...

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m pinch hitting at BEHIND THE STORY. Check out this cool look behind @jessebinger.bsky.social ‘s story “Carmelita”, and find out more about him & his writing career. If you haven’t yet any of Jesse’s work, this is a great place to start. michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/behind-the...

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Behind The Story

Get to know Jesse Binger

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We’re checking out @andrewcareaga.bsky.social ‘s story "The Doctor's Version" At SIDE B today. Told with chilling wit & razor-sharp irony, it explores power, manipulation, exploitation & the ease with which evil disguises itself as care. At the St**K: michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-915...

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Happy Publication Day to @cwblackwell.bsky.social on the release of THE COLD DARK FOREVER. I’ve read it and it’s outstanding!!!

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Checkout today’s BEHIND THE STORY with @geonncannon.bsky.social - Great Q and A with an excellent writer. Check it out at the St**k: literarygarage.substack.com/p/behind-the...

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Get to Know Geonn Cannon

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This week's SIDE B at the ST**K: Chance Adorjan’s story "The Beauty Part" is funny, bruised, dangerous & soaked in the kind of beautiful bad decisions Warren Zevon understood so well. As for Chance himself? He prefers to remain somewhere off-camera. michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-af4...

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Editor’s Notes From Inside The Pages of Bad Intentions

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Lawrence Allan @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com · 02/09/2026

Hey, Friends! It's a COVER REVEAL! That's right, after a year(ish) of work, Daydream Believer, edited by me and @michellekubitz.bsky.social will be out at the end of Sept. Here's a link: shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo... List of FAB authors below! #booksky #TheMonkees #anthology #mystery

In 1966, the Monkees was Hollywood’s attempt to cash in on Beatlemania. But they got more than they bargained for in a show that was madcap, counterculture, and poked a finger in the eye of staid, boring, square America. DAYDREAM BELIEVER pays homage to a show and the music that has lasted for generations.

Like a Monkees record, there’s something for everyone. Stories of revenge, stories of unrequited love, stories that involve unusual gardening tips and family shenanigans, and trains going everywhere and nowhere. All inspired by the music of The Monkees.

Net proceeds from this anthology will benefit the American LiIbrary Association (ALA) and its ongoing fight against book banning.

The Monkees were supposed to be disposable. But they have lasted. The songs, the show, the movie. The band and the songs live on.

DAYDREAM BELIEVER features the work of award winning crime and mystery writers:

Lawrence Allan
Eric Beetner
Lina Chern
Libby Cudmore
Michael Downing
Jeff Esterholm
Michel Lee Garrett
Paul J. Garth
James D.F. Hannah
Sean Patrick Little
Alan Orloff
Raquel V. Reyes
Keith Roysdon
Holly West

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Bust open those piggy banks and get ready to throw coins!!!!

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This week on Side B: “Dime Store Patriot” by Dylan Demasi. Anger. Disillusionment. The kind of desperation that makes people easy prey for anyone willing to tell them exactly who to blame. Totally Zevon. At the St**k: michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-f5d...

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“Of course Black Lives Matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter?” - Dolly Parton Icon. Need more ppl to act like Dolly.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hit that preorder kink!!! @cwblackwell.bsky.social is one of the best around. This looks to be a tremendous read!!!!

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This week on Side B: Jesse Binger’s “Carmelita.” Inspired by Warren Zevon’s classic: desire, danger, self-delusion & the expensive realization that wanting to save someone doesn’t mean you can Sometimes you just hand over the money & watch it walk away michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-6ec...

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Got another email today from a “Book Visibility Consultant” who was extremely excited about my novel Perfect Agreement and had all kinds of ideas for improving its Amazon keywords, Goodreads presence, categories, reader outreach, etc. There are only two small problems:

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One of the coolest things about putting together BAD INTENTIONS was working with @frankvatel312.bsky.social - for those of you who don't know, he's not only an excellent artist but one hell of a writer. Take a couple of minutes and check out this Q and A

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This week Side B features Joel Nedecky’s “Oil In The Bones” which draws inspiration from Zevon’s “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” (as well as “Raid” by DOOM REGULATOR). A cool story where getting away with the crime is not the same as escaping it. michaeldowning3.substack.com/p/side-b-f49...

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A man walks into a liquor store looking for a few thousand dollars. A woman walks out with a penny. Only one of them knows what they’re really stealing. A sharp little crime story from Gregory Meece at the Garage: literarygarage.com/take-a-penny

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Take A Penny | Literary Garage

Sometimes you don’t know what something’s worth until it walks out the door.

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Grab your coffee & head over to the S***k to check out this week’s BEHIND THE STORY with @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social -an excellent story that closes out Bad Intentions.. Nate’s an excellent writer-you’ll find him at @MythicPicnic. This Fall his new book is coming out, so get in that preorder line

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Every story has another story behind it. This week’s Side B turns to @tuskmor.com ‘s “Detox Mansion”—a story inspired by Warren Zevon’s song of the same name, but built inside its own strange, darkly comic world (& why the funniest rooms have the darkest doors): open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today at the St**k, we go behind the story with @andrewcareaga.bsky.social, , author of “The Doctor’s Version,” inspired by Zevon’s “Charlie’s Medicine.” He discusses writing a narrator who sees himself as a savior, even as the truth tells a far darker story. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

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Behind The Story

Get to know Andrew Careaga

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Someone ranked Warren Zevon’s 50 greatest songs. Naturally I read the list calmly, considered its merits, & prepared a measured response explaining why parts of it are completely wrong. Also, no “Sentimental Hygiene?” We need to talk… open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

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An Argument Disguised As A Playlist

One man’s definitive ranking of Zevon’s songs, followed by me explaining why it’s wrong

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What happens when patriotism, desperation & bad intentions collide? Today’s Behind the Story takes us inside “Dime-Store Patriot” with author Dylan Demasi. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

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Behind The Scenes

Get to know Dylan Demasi

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Every story has another story behind it. In Side B, we're taking readers of Bad Intentions behind the anthology …Think of Side B as the anthology's liner notes This week: “Boom Boom Mancini” by Whiskey Leavins open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yesterday's unexpected plot twist: our editor @kmwriter01.bsky.social had to explain to Fox News that he wasn't the late author with the same name. Meanwhile, our first BEHIND THE STORY feature debuted. Meet Zakariah Johnson & go behind his story in Bad Intentions open.substack.com/pub/literary...

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Beauty isn't always what we see in the mirror. Today's story from Jill Williams, "The Fairest in the Land," is a powerful tale of friendship, grace, sacrifice, and discovering where true worth comes from. Read it now at the Garage. literarygarage.com/the-fairest-...

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Sometimes grace wears scars

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Every story in Bad Intentions has its own voice, its own inspiration, and its own journey to the page. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be introducing the writers behind the anthology, beginning with Zakariah Johnson. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

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Behind The Stories

Get to Know Zakariah Johnson

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Fox News invited me on to discuss daylight saving time because they confused me with another writer named Michael Downing...who unfortunately passed away. It's the kind of bizarre coincindence that no novelist would dare invent because readers would call them unbelievable.

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

ICYMI earlier today- Today is Release Day. Bad Intentions officially heads out into the world. 15 extraordinary writers. One remarkable artist. Conversations, edits, rewrites & late nights. Every dollar goes to Philabundance. Thanks to everyone who made this book possible

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Geonn Cannon @geonncannon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Coming tomorrow!! A sneak peek at the opening of my story. It's in the middle of the anthology, which is the best position. Peak position. No pressure to be the first and set the mood, not the last to be the final taste of the collection. Right in the sweet spot. 😁

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How 15 writers, an artist, and one sometimes-grumpy editor built BAD INTENTIONS together. open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

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It Was Never Just My Book

How fifteen writers, an artist, and one grumpy editor built Bad Intentions together.

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Nathan Pettigrew @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Cheers, Bluesky! Rock and a Hard Place #16 has dropped and features my story "Brighter Horizons." Special thanks to @suzjay11.bsky.social, @robdsmith.bsky.social and the entire @rhppress.bsky.social team! www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX32LMC7

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hey …that’s me…. Thanks for having me at Friday Five Andrew!

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Bad Intentions is now officially live on Amazon for preorder (ebook now- paperback to follow) 15 writers. 15 stories of crime, consequence, redemption & everything that comes after. Bad Intentions: A Crime Fiction Anthology Based on the Music of Warren Zevon a.co/d/0gG2WpNd

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today's the release day for @curtisippolito.bsky.social 's new book "Waves of Burden". This looks like it's going to be a smoking hot read. Curtis is an incredible writer - check out "Burying the Newspaper Man" or any number of his short stories. Pick up a copy- you won't be disappointed.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This review is so well-written, and a hell of a way to celebrate pub day. Big thanks to Casey for the kind words.

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

You’ve seen the front cover, now check out the back cover as well. 15 incredible writers 1 amazing artist. I’m also reasonably certain a pre-order link will be available tomorrow. I’m pretty sure His Holiness will be ordering a copy…

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Literary Garage @literarygarage.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Some survive prison by staying invisible. Chloe keeps her head down, follows the rules & counts the days until release. Rachel does the opposite What We Whisper Through Walls by Barb DeMoney is a story about loyalty, love & finding the courage to be seen. literarygarage.com/what-we-whis...

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Michael Downing @kmwriter01.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

For months you've heard us talk about Bad Intentions. The stories. The cover. The writers. Warren Zevon. Crime fiction. More Warren Zevon. But there's one question we haven't really answered: Why are we doing this? The answer is Philabundance. open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...

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