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Rob D. Smith

@robdsmith.bsky.social
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Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at robdsmith.carrd.co

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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Preorder The Best American Mystery & Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social and @meganabbott.bsky.social for 20% off right now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026
“Crime fiction has always been outsider fiction, and this anthology, too, is a safe harbor for misfits and outcasts,” writes guest editor Megan Abbott. Full...
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the best comic series out right now. Not just one of the best crime comics one of the BEST comics.
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Y'all need to pick up @tomandes.bsky.social new short story collection. Now! a.co/d/07iDvxny
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💻Tonight at 7pm EST tune in to the top of the crowdfund page for a livestream interview with @minillajovovich.bsky.social! ✍️ She's the author of the bonus, risograph S&S 'zine which we are getting close to unlocking as a free goodie for all backers... 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Youtube thumbnail featuring two cool S&S ladies drawn by Goran Gligovic, an author portrait of Luana Saitta, and a center-caption which reads "Interview with Luana Saitta".
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Michelle Kubitz (you can call me Shelley) @shelkubitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Haunting, bleak, & timeless, @pauljgarth.bsky.social 's STEAM ENGINE captures the deadly journey of two modern day drifters on a train bound to nowhere. Coming out in DAYDREAM BELIEVER, released on September 29th from @shotgunhoney.com ! Coedited by moi and @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com
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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Preorder for the paperback version of BRAND NEW DARK is now live. The most awesome @laurelhightower.bsky.social took a look at this particular book way back when. Here, now, she has been kind enough to let me show you again what she thought. #BookSky www.amazon.com/dp/196678700...
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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And now I get to say that Muñeca won the Octavia E. Butler award! And I got to be there in person:) This is the first time I've won anything for my writing, and I'm so happy.
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Jason Bennett - Owner of Comics Bodega @tahoejbennett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Preview @imagecomics.com's THAT TEXAS BLOOD: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 by @christophcondon.bsky.social & @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social ~ covers by Phillips, @martinsimmonds.bsky.social, @luanavecchio.bsky.social & Mark Chiarello #ThatTexasBlood #ImageComics comicsbodega.com/preview-that...
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Preview THAT TEXAS BLOOD: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1
THE ACCLAIMED FAN-FAVORITE SERIES RETURNS WITH A JAM-PACKED NEW NUMBER ONE, PERFECT FOR NEW READERS!
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Contains my first co-written sword & sorcery story The Many Mouths of the Endless Night.
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury
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Paul J. Garth @pauljgarth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey, my novella (more a short novel, really) THE LOW WHITE PLAIN is back out and available in paperback. Get it if you like wintery noir, fucked up families, really big guns, triple crosses, and ultraviolence (specifically perpetuated on shithead neo-nazis). Oh and maybe a bit of occultism to!
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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Anyone like cheap, great books?
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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Many thanks to the magnificent @coyhall.bsky.social for his kind support of THE COLD DARK FOREVER 😎
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Michelle Kubitz (you can call me Shelley) @shelkubitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Another amazing story from the TOC of DAYDREAM BELIEVER. Today, @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com & I are psyched to feature @ericbeetner.bsky.social and his story "Gonna Buy Me A Dog."
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 10/09/2026
For the evening crowd, my book—written as Oliver Lowe—is now available for pre-order. Also how about that cover! zandoprojects.com/books/kill-c...
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Kill Current (Hardcover)
A technology that isn’t supposed to exist for another decade. The superpowers who will do anything to possess it. And one ex-agent who needs to find his…
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Ron Earl Phillips @ronearl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Kem Nunn, Don Winslow ... @curtisippolito.bsky.social ? SoCal crime is still going strong.
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Uwe Stender @uwestenderphd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Can't wait for the book and the movie. youtube.com/shorts/Hpm1A...
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Keanu Reeves to Lead Kill Current: A Jon Hendricks Thriller.
YouTube video by THE ARENA HQ
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Man, I love it when great things happen to good people. Way to go Casey!
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 09/09/2026
I should also say that the book is now available for pre-order: jonhendricks.com
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Kill Current: A Jon Hendricks Thriller
Kill Current. An experience from The Arena.
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 09/09/2026
So, I have some news: deadline.com/2026/09/kean...
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Keanu Reeves To Star In 'Kill Current,' Produce Under New Two Dragonflies Label
Keanu Reeves is set to star in and produce 'Kill Current,' a thriller marking the first project to emerge from his new label Two Dragonflies.
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 03/09/2026
Cover Reveal! Here’s a look at the cover to my next crime novel, Thin Dead Line, plus an exclusive excerpt, over at @crimereads.bsky.social! Out in May from Thomas & Mercer! crimereads.com/thin-dead-li...
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Thin Dead Line: Excerpt and Cover Reveal
1984 “Aqui viene el Leon.”  Here comes the Lion.  The words seemed to hang over the tiny Miami storefront. Oscar, Pepe’s boss, spoke to them almost nonchalantly. Because, on any other day, this wou…
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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Im still yelling at ppl to read the best LA Noir novel in 25 years A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE by Jordan Harper. Its a tour de force of existential malaise and philosophical morality set against the Day-Glo false artifice of Hollywood, where there are no rules only prices ( thats a line from the book😎)
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I just backed The Veronica Mars Book Project on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
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The Veronica Mars Book Project
Taking you behind-the-scenes of Veronica Mars. Funded in 24 hrs. Our next stretch goal is $7.5K to open up international shipping!
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you." - Carl Jung
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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Full review from Steve Thomas and Best Thriller Books. Check it out if you’ve been on the fence about grabbing a copy.
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Waves of Burden By Curtis Ippolito — the best thriller books
Curtis Ippolito’s Waves of Burden is a gripping crime novel that combines suspense, family loyalty, and emotional depth. The story follows Drew Jones, a former foster child who has built a stable li...
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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Big thanks to Best Thriller Books and Steve Thomas for this review.
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New @tomandes.bsky.social fiction!! pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/gfe-by-tom...
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GFE by Tom Andes
from Doors, Gates, & Portals: a Pistol Jim Press series
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Worth signing up for! www.sistersincrime.org/events/Event...
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Sisters in Crime
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
very excited to report that I contributed an essay - and an interview with Shane Black - to Arrow's new release of The Last Boy Scout
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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If I may be so bold, www.amazon.com/All-Them-Bur...
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Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
New short story in @gonelawn.bsky.social about the Yuba County 5. gonelawn.net/journal/issu...
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Gone Lawn 66 : Mary Thorson
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Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
POP!'s online launch party promises a pugnacious protagonist & potentially puns: join us 08.18 at 8 PM ET on Zoom! We are thrilled that @libbycudmore.bsky.social will emcee as @angelluiscolon.com reads from POP! and answers your questions. REGISTER: links.ruadanbooks.com/POPLaunch #BookSky #TBR
A black brick background displays text reading, “POP! Online Launch Party” in white and red. Beneath a thick line, the text continues, “August 18, 2026 at 8 PM ET.” A photograph of the POP! paperback sits to the right of two circular black and white photos (one of author Angel Luis Colón, one of host Libby Cudmore). Text beneath their photos reads, “Angel Luis Colón, reading and Q&A with Libby Cudmore.” The Ruadán Books logo is in the lower left. Sign up for the launch party at https://links.ruadanbooks.com/POPLaunch.
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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An Empty Hell
<b>“[A] dark and extremely suspenseful thriller . . . turns Northern New Jersey into a setting worthy of any classic noir detective series.” —<i>Connecticut Post</i></b><br /><br /> Two former cops ar
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@davewhite.bsky.social book on sale! openroadmedia.com/ebook/an-emp...
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An Empty Hell
<b>“[A] dark and extremely suspenseful thriller . . . turns Northern New Jersey into a setting worthy of any classic noir detective series.” —<i>Connecticut Post</i></b><br /><br /> Two former cops ar
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 20/07/2026
This is a good and brand new interview with John Carpenter
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‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog
At 78, the king of horror and sci-fi movies is as much of a rebel as ever. He talks about creativity, compromise (he’s not a fan) and how he became addicted to moviemaking
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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, Jordan Harper, 2026
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 08/07/2026
My story, “Home,” (in OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM from @starsandsabers.bsky.social) is my ode to the creature features that thrilled and terrified me as a kid. Check it out: a.co/d/02OtEQ9h
Home
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CHESTER'S WHINES ARE what wake her.
Millie sits up in bed, struggles to open both eyes at the same time. But all she sees is darkness. She listens for a second.
There's no more heavy rain plinking off the cabin's tin roof. No wind either. The storm seems to have passed finally. Thank God. That was one of the worst ones she'd experienced in... ever. Not just the rain, but the wind. God, the wind. She'd always thought "howling" was an exaggerated descriptor for wind. But that wind had howled. At one point, it seemed to roar.
Everything is quiet now. Except forOf Dread, Decay, and Doom
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Southwest Review @southwestreview.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“My father had just had another knee replaced, and my mother was monitoring a clogged artery. He liked to say she worked hard enough to keep the blood pushing through her heart whether it liked it or not.” Read X-RAY by Cathryn Rose from our summer issue 💥 southwestreview.com/volume-111-n...
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X-ray
By Cathryn Rose
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For anyone who knows high schoolers in Louisville, KY: cool opportunity with the Courier Journal here, especially for students interested in sports. Pay is $18/hour. "We are looking for talented Multimedia Content Creators..." jobs.dayforcehcm.com/gannett/GANN...
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Job Details | Dayforce Jobs
Find your next adventure
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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
SUBS OPEN AUGUST 1: This month, we’re looking for stories about twins. Whether fraternal, identical, or straight up haunted doppelgängers, twins and doubles have been an indelible part of noir going back to the beginning, and now, we want your take. Send us your <2k flash story: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
So in a TV show nowadays expect some creepy shit to be transpiring when a Roy Orbison song starts to play.
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Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 02/07/2026
Congrats to @libbycudmore.bsky.social, @leematthewgoldberg.bsky.social, and @nkolakowski.bsky.social on their Shamus noms! thrillingdetective.com/2026/07/02/t...
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The 2026 Shamus Awards Finalists
From the Private Eye Writers of America The list of finalists for the 2026 Shamus Awards, for works first published in the U.S. in 2025, have just been released. The winners will be announced at th…
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@rhppress.bsky.social has dropped a new issue today. Time to see what all the fuss is. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/issue-sixteen
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RHP Magazine Issue 16 — Rock and a Hard Place Press
RHP is the lit mag that knows that sixteen ain't always so sweet ...
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Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
STRANGE 👽 SURREAL 👽 SHOCKING 👽 BEAUTIFUL Apex Magazine is OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS for the month of July! We're seeking short spec fic up to 9k words. Closing August 1st, reopening in September and November. We can't wait to read your work! 🖤 Submit here: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
"Apex Magazine Submissions OPEN!

We are Seeking:
short sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fiction
short genre-related nonfiction
Up to 9k words

Submissions Close August 1st
https://apexbookcompany.moksha.io/"
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C. Matthew Smith @cmattwrite.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thanks to the Newnan Times-Herald for speaking with me.
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Newnan author takes readers on a dark ride through Atlanta
A local attorney’s new novel dives into a criminal underworld set in early 2010s Atlanta.
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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
AVAILABLE NOW: The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Listen to @blacktopkid.bsky.social and order your copy today: amzn.to/49KAdFG #crimefiction
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great review from Casey on why you should buy @curtisippolito.bsky.social just released book!!
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Crash into @curtisippolito.bsky.social new book out today Waves of Burden!! www.rockandahardplacemag.com/waves-of-bur...
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Waves of Burden — Rock and a Hard Place Press
Curtis Ippolito’s Waves of Burden is a propulsive, breakneck thriller that examines the pull of family and the longing to create something for yourself, set against a backdrop of shady characters and ...
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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 22/06/2026
🤠🔥 That Texas Blood rides again this September! @christophcondon.bsky.social and @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social return with Hell Comes to Allison Ranch, a new six-issue arc featuring a heist gone wrong, and a powerful Texas family headed for war. Details and preview here:
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‘That Texas Blood’ returns with new story arc ‘Hell Comes to Allison Ranch’ this September
Sheriff Joe Bob Coates returns to Ambrose County this fall as a powerful Texas family teeters on the brink of all-out war.
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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW ON PATREON: Join us as Managing Editor Jay Butkowski talks to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his new novel, WAVES OF BURDEN, San Diego, 90s alt-rock, and more. Help support RHP Press on Patreon! bit.ly/4ecbo6U #crimefiction #ridethewaves #sandiego #wavesofburden
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