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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 11h

#September has been a great month for both #FlinchBooks and #BeckyBooks, and I'm very grateful to everyone who bought a book or three during the month. Special shout-out to everyone who picked up copies of the #FreeformFlinch and #ShudderStories: #GreenGhost anthologies. Looking forward to reviews!

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Time for #Tokusatsu! Today's the fourth anniversary(!) of my ode to all the great #Japanese import TV shows of our childhoods, RISING SUN RERUNS! #Shuwatch! #Ultraman #SpeedRacer #BattleofthePlanets #PowerRangers #Kimba www.amazon.com/Rising-Sun-R...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey, it's the third anniversary of my celebration of Classic #StarTrek, GALLOPING AROUND THE COSMOS! Beam in for multiple memories from grown-up kids about growing up with the OG show! #BeckyBooks #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fundraising for my upcoming DC COMICS PRESENTS guidebook with a huge lot of #DCComics promo items. Take a look, so many cool things there. #Batman #Superman #WonderWoman #JusticeLeague #BeckyBooks www.ebay.com/itm/23708030...

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DC COMICS Huge Lot 60+ Items: Promos, Posters, Pins, Previews & More! | eBay

Again, look through the photos.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just like the monster under your bed, the very *first* review for the all-new #SHUDDERSTORIES: #GREENGHOST may be luring under the link right below these words... #BeckyBooks #horror #fiction #anthology www.amazon.com/portal/custo...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I feel like I was a little daring to write my story "Welcome to Wizzy World" for FREEFORM FLINCH. Truth be told, it was a hard right-turn from what I'd originally planned for the anthology, something that sorta came out of nowhere when the muse departed me for my plan already in place. (CONT.)

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pretty good way of getting to know me as a #pulp fan, #writer, and #publisher (not to mention a snappy dresser with a good singing voice), is to check out one of the best Q&As I've ever done here: pulpunderground.proboards.com/thread/423/i...

pulpunderground.proboards.com

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Down with a cold today, but a new review is always a welcome pick-me-up...especially when it's #ShudderStories Vol. 1 getting some love 😍 #BeckyBooks #horror #anthology www.amazon.com/portal/custo...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's perhaps appropriate we bring our #SHUDDERSTORIES: #GREENGHOST sneak-peeks to an end with @jcbruening.bsky.social's "Mad-Bug," a tale of the end of the world as his protagonists know it, and the #horror that awaits them there... www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJNYFN4D

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The best way *I* know how to celebrate #BatmanDay is to snatch up copies of my #SubterraneanBlueGrotto books on #Batman66! They're the Zlonkiest, Zokiest, Zowiest tomes ever on the show! #AdamWest #BurtWard #GothamCity #Batman www.amazon.com/dp/B09G1GBRCC

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And so it continues... Depressing to see the continuing parade of writers, artists, creators "playing around" with generative AI and worse, spreading it around. I can't comprehend why they'd willingly promote something that ultimately hurts their professions, if not outright trying to destroy them.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here's your #SHUDDERSTORIES: #GREENGHOST sneak-peek for today, a quick look into "The Opening," @honorcpt.bsky.social's spooky short about a young woman faced with a murky, macabre legacy she may not be able to safely turn her back on... www.amazon.com/Shudder-Stor...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today in our #SHUDDERSTORIES: #GREENGHOST sneak-peeks, we pull back the veil on the opening page of @woldnewton.bsky.social's "Corpse Reviver No. 9" and a hint at the horrors it holds in check...for now. #BeckyBooks #horror #fiction #anthology www.amazon.com/Shudder-Stor...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Day Two of #SHUDDERSTORIES sneak-peeks reveals the first page from my novella "Green Ghost." Don't be fooled by the age of our protagonist - this is no #Goosebumps romp. Forrest's about to be plunged into #horror beyond anything he could have imagined... #BeckyBooks www.amazon.com/Shudder-Stor...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s under your bed! It’s in your head! Beware! Beware! #BeckyBooks’ #SHUDDERSTORIES is alive once more with an all-new volume, SHUDDER STORIES: #GREENGHOST, featuring a nightmarish novella and three short scares by some of today’s top pulp fictioneers. #horror #pulp www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJNZ1JY4

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Back in the '70s, not only was I precocious, but likely had too much time on my hands. I was amused by the photo alterations in the humor magazines like Mad and Cracked, and tried to make my own with some duplicate Star Wars cards. Well, *I* thought it was funny then... #StarWars

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Birthday boy @mirthquaketoons.bsky.social's been an amazing, integral part of #DCJONES from the beginning and illustrated the logo, covers, interior illustrations, and promo pieces. He's turned every idea of mine back around with speed and sincerity. Can't imagine #AdventureCommand without him.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Have you seen our official #FlinchBooks website? It's very sparkly and spanky. Plus, we've updated it with our newest book, FREEFORM FLINCH. Please share with someone you love. Or an enemy you'd like to be friends with. It works both ways. #pulp #fiction flinchbooks.com

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Flinch Books | In-your-face pulp-style adventure fiction!

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An oldie but a ghoulie of mine has been resurrected today over at 13th Dimension. #DARKSHADOWS fans take note if you didn't dig it up last time it was staked on the site. 13thdimension.com/dark-shadows...

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DARK SHADOWS: Dig 13 of the Classic Show’s Grooviest Characters

Vampires, warlocks and monsters — oh my!

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As we're slowly creeping up on the release of #ShudderStories Vol. 2, a new five-star review for Vol. 1 pops up! #BeckyBooks #horror #pulp #Halloween #spookystuff www.amazon.com/portal/custo...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our last but certainly not least FREEFORM FLINCH sneak-peek arrives via #StarTrek novelist #DaytonWard with absolutely the most unique title and very definitely one of the most unusual tales in the book! "Naked Came Everybody, Including the Aliens" and no one or nothing will ever be the same again!

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is it. We've finally watched and weighed the 1996 #DoctorWho TV movie. Did we find it wanting, or a win? Listen and find out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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These Shoes! They Fit Perfectly. - The 1996 TV Movie

Podcast Episode · The Doctor's Beard Podcast · September 5 · 2h 13m

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Saturdays is for #DuaneSpurlock and a sneak-peek of his FREEFORM FLINCH tale, "The Sinking Stone." An unlikely couple confront the unknown, but Beware! You'll have absolutely no idea what you're in for with this one... www.amazon.com/Freeform-Flinch-Tales-Unique-Unusual/dp/B0HGH9BZBR

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today's FREEFORM FLINCH sneak-peek comes as a bittersweet for us. The clever and crafty "Hero Forgers" marks the third and last #WillMurray story for our anthologies, and, for the moment, the last published story in Will's lifetime. Please enjoy our small tribute today to him. #FlinchBooks #pulp

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Lots of "M" in FREEFORM FLINCH (pronounced "mmm...!") and today is no exception to that as we delve into "The Timekeeper's Secret" by prolific pulp scribe @writermillhouse.bsky.social. Just remember...time is fluid...time is fluid... #FlinchBooks #timetravel #pulp www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm currently toiling away on my upcoming DC COMICS PRESENTS guide, so maybe it's appropriate that I get a NEW 5-star review for BREAKING BOLD AND BRAVE? Cool, to say the least! #DCComics #Batman #Superman #JusticeLeague www.amazon.com/portal/custo...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You want more FREEFORM FLINCH sneak-peeks? Boom. You got it! When "Deep Signals" are heard from far, far beyond our little blue globe, it stands to multi-faceted writer @robertjmendenhall.bsky.social to interpret them correctly for the sake of the entire human race! www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today's FREEFORM FLINCH flies us down to #Mexico for a date with the dead via crime writer @craigmmcdonald.bsky.social trying to teach us the all-too important lesson of "When in Rome...watch your back when the knives come out!" www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Up next is #TerranceLayhew 's story "The Olive Pit," that asks the musical question "What happens when the gods walk the earth...and the ones with daddy-issues open a bar and restaurant?" The answer may be found thru the link ;) #FlinchBooks #godsandmonsters #heroes www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm now the curator at a small local museum. Thinking about giving tours there in a #TomBaker voice. What do you think? #DoctorWho #amcurating

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Day Three of FREEFORM FLINCH sneak-peeks offers a look into famous author @glen-held.bsky.social's terrific torture of a fellow famous author with a trip down a dark path--for a very, very good reason. #FlinchBooks #timetravel #magic www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's FREEFORM FLINCH sneak-peek is courtesy of @jcbruening.bsky.social! #FlinchBooks #anthology www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've just learned of the passing of the legendary #WillMurray, pulp writer without peer. He was a friend to #FlinchBooks and #BeckyBooks, one that we will never, ever forget. My love and condolences to all his family and friends. Rest in Peace, Will.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

FREEFORM FLINCH flew out of the starting gate and so we're doing some sneak-peeks at the stories in it for ten days straight. First up is my own story, "Moon Over Wizzy World"! www.amazon.com/Freeform-Fli...

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Work on the upcoming book on #DCComicsPresents is moving along slowly but surely. Just did the write-up for DCCP ANNUAL #3, a real slobber-knocker with #Superman, Earth-2 Superman, #CaptainMarvel, #MaryMarvel, #CaptainMarvelJunior, and #Sivana. Whew! #Shazam!

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#BeckyBooks is five years old today. Our namesake would be thrilled about that. About all the books we've published, the readers we've pleased, and the forward momentum we've kept up all this time. And I could never have done it without her spirit always on my shoulder every step of the way.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It's been very interesting and enjoyable to re-read @kurtbusiek.bsky.social's #ASTROCITY after too many years. I'm up to the Confessor story and I've both remembered and forgotten different aspects of it, making it a really engaging read. Looking forward to every issue all over again.

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Jim Beard @writerjimbeard.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Can't recommend @jamesthefourth.bsky.social and #MichaelAvonOeming's #BlueBook and #RedBook enough. They're the modern spiritual successors to the #UFOFlyingSaucers comics of my youth.

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