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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hey #Netgalley and #Booksky folks! WHERE THE BONES LIE is back on @netgalley.bsky.social following its Shamus Award nomination if you're looking for a blazing-hot summer mystery.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Always wild to see your fiction translated into a language you can't read...

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 09/06/2026

You are the CISO of a major software company and you've been hacked. What do you do? @nkolakowski.bsky.social and the IT Brew team built an interactive choose your own adventure that shows readers how this can (and does) play out. www.itbrew.com/resources/bl...

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Block the breach: a ransomware game

In this interactive game, navigate a ransomware crisis and save your company from data theft and ruin.

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Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 27/05/2026

POP! is now live over at Netgalley in ARC AND ALC formats! NetGalley: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPNG UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPUK Edelweiss: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPEW Audio: NG: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPANG UK: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPAUK #BookSky

Graphic advertising POP! by Angel Luis Colon and it’s availability on Netgalley/Edelweiss.

Graohic shows the book cover with text beneath reading: Meet Poppy Leathers: this burned-out, bright-eyed sociopath won’t let the retirement of her hitman boss take her out too.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New Stones song is actually pretty good.

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max booth will never die @interrobangbus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

close friends who are aware of my bizarre, fucked-up personal situation have encouraged (bullied) me to create more of a clear-cut fundraising campaign to help with my upcoming move. if you can chip in, great! thank you! but please only do so if you can spare it. 💚 ko-fi.com/interrobangb...

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Buy Max Booth a Coffee

Become a supporter of Max Booth today!

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Every time I go into the @strandbooks.com Mystery aisle I am tempted to sign this one copy of BONES and just…can’t…do…it.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Statement revision: *Many* people work very hard on the stories they submit to these music anthologies, but that doesn't mute the fact that a.) this subgenre is tapped-out as hell, and b.) anthologies in general are a huge slush-pool for everyone's trunk stories.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This 👏 is 👏 like 👏 the 👏 fifth 👏 Zevon 👏 anthology 👏 in 👏 as 👏 many 👏 years 👏 can 👏 we 👏 find 👏 someone 👏 new 👏 please 👏 god 👏 actually 👏 let's 👏 kill 👏 the 👏 music 👏 anthologies 👏 altogether 👏 it's 👏 just 👏 people 👏 slapping 👏 a 👏 song 👏 title 👏 on 👏 their 👏 trunk 👏 stories 👏 holy 👏 crap👏

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A TRIPTYCH FROM NICK KOLAKOWSKI: The “Jake Halligan” trilogy is an action-packed, blood soaked saga that will leave you wanting more! Pick up all three books by @nkolakowski.bsky.social for that crime fiction lover in your life today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN #crimefiction

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hear that dim buzzing sound? That's Bourdain spinning in his fucking grave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MV...

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Tony | Official Trailer HD | A24

YouTube video by A24

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In the new issue of #DarkYonder I have a fiery, twisty story that I intended as a gentle homage to @LeeChildReacher... or about as gentle as you can get with massive vigilantes who hate small-town thugs. Plays as a parody, too, actually... www.amazon.com/Dark-Yonder-...

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Dark Yonder: Issue 12

Dark Yonder: Issue 12 [Press, Thalia, Munger, Katy, Pruitt, Eryk] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dark Yonder: Issue 12

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Kristen Wixx @kristenwixx.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Say "weak on crime" again. I dare you.

Pope Leo on an airplane, standing in the aisle, holding a baseball bat.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

You need a new book. And a fridge magnet.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

He was willing to testify against the cartel — but ICE got to him first. A look at how the Trump administration's immigration enforcement blitz led federal prosecutors to lose a trial against two alleged drug traffickers. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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He was willing to testify against the cartel — but ICE got to him first

Javier Hernandez was ready to testify against two other men involved in a Southern California meth trafficking operation. But six months before trial, ICE deported him without notifying federal prosec...

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Wolfman Amadeus Jack @colonelnemo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

If Sinners came out in the 90s there would be an SNES and Genesis game that would be made by totally different developers. The Genesis version youd play as Smoke and you’d have a gun and in the SNES version you play as Preacherboy and you fight vampires with your guitar

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

It's been way too long since we had an @angelluiscolon.com epic crime caper and I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this. Pre-order!

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Happy one-year anniversary to this little rascal, which (based on Goodreads and the sales numbers) seems to keep drawing them in... Dash, Madeline and Mr. Skull remain some of my favorite characters I've ever created. #amwriting

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This war is gonna be over only when Lloyd's of London says it is.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

GETTING IT RIGHT: Balance telling stories that honor the truth while still being entertaining as hell. A 5-week online course with @nkolakowski.bsky.social on avoiding info-dumps and making your writing shine. Class starts March 15th, sign up today: bit.ly/4rm3Bbs

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

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Getting It Right: Research, History, and Writing Crime Fiction

Nick Kolakowski leads a Rock and a Hard Place Press course on using research in fiction. 3.15 - 4.12. Live Zoom + Discord. $200.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Bouchercon folks! Voting for the 2026 Anthony Awards? Please consider WHERE THE BONES LIE for paperback original! Meg Gardiner called it “a road trip into California’s gleaming, seething underbelly… a heady ride!”

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Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 01/02/2026

I know things are fucking insane and the world is on fire, but it's Black History Month and I'd like to celebrate Black art that has resonated with me.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Curious about how to integrate research into your historical crime fiction without resorting to the dreaded info-dump? Join this #writing class I’m teaching next month with Rock and a Hard Place Press! Lnk in 🧵to register!

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New story out!

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Mary is one of the best in the business. If you have a blog where you discuss writing craft, have her on!

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 06/02/2026

A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."

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So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Good news! MADAM TOMAHAWK, my Derringer-nominated, lightning-quick DC political con-game thriller, has been reissued in #Kindle form via Code 4 Press! I guarantee a couple hours of highly entertaining double crosses and nefarious politicos... www.amazon.com/-/es/Nick-Ko...

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Madam Tomahawk (A Grifter's Song Book 29)

Madam Tomahawk (A Grifter's Song Book 29) - Kindle edition by Kolakowski, Nick, Zafiro, Frank. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Madam Tomahawk (A Grifter's Song Book 29).

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If there's one book I'm looking forward to, it's this badass novel headed your way from @angelluiscolon.com !

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

"I didn't get a Peace Prize 🏆 so I'm going to start a war" sounds like a line Terry Southern might have written.

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a black and white photo of a man in a military uniform

ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a military uniform

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

3 BY NICK KOLAKOWSKI: The “Jake Halligan” trilogy is an action-packed, blood soaked saga that will leave you wanting more! Pick up all three books by @nkolakowski.bsky.social for that crime fiction lover in your life today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Walking in 2026...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 31/12/2025

Marty Supreme is like if Kinky Friedman had written THE ODYSSEY

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Meg Gardiner @meggardiner.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Crime headline of the day.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

If this awful world has room for a petty gripe: I'm blown away by the streaming success of SHE RIDES SHOTGUN. But! Streaming's "shrink the movie the moment the closing credits start" means that most viewers have no idea it's based on a novel. And I, personally, would like it better if they did know.

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Nick Kolakowski @nkolakowski.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Whether or not you've watched David Fincher's "The Killer," it's well worth reading the epic comic it's based on, as I break down in my latest article in @crimereads.bsky.social ...

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

After years of war and crime, Jake Halligan has settled down with his wife and daughter in rural Idaho. He soon makes a bet to get ahead that will have disastrous consequences. RIGHTEOUS TRASH by @nkolakowski.bsky.social. Take it from Scott Adlerberg and get your copy today: bit.ly/3J1ekYN

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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