Annie Bomke
@abliterary.bsky.social
Literary agent, pizza lover, dance fiend, park enthusiast, and that's just the beginning. There are no limits to what I can do. (She/her.)
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Annie Bomke
@abliterary.bsky.social
· Aug 16
I am currently closed to submissions while I catch up on queries. I'll remove this notice when I reopen. Thanks everyone!
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Headed to San Diego with an amazing crew—Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, and Jon Bassoff—for a Mystery Author Panel presented by Adventures by the Book & the Carlsbad City Library. Get your tix now! adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Headed to San Diego with an amazing crew—Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, and Jon Bassoff—for a Mystery Author Panel presented by Adventures by the Book & the Carlsbad City Library. Get your tix now! adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...
Love this flash piece from Andrew Graham Martin in HAD!
Andrew Graham Martin heater today!
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5
Cheater by Andrew Graham Martin
You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look…
www.havehashad.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Love this flash piece from Andrew Graham Martin in HAD!
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✨ Book Deal Alert! ✨ GODDESS OF LOVE, the third and final novel in my Nightingale Trilogy, arrives in 2027 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social! A new case—and the long-awaited reckoning for Judy and Philippa. I can’t wait to share the ending I’ve been building toward since THE SAVAGE KIND.
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
✨ Book Deal Alert! ✨ GODDESS OF LOVE, the third and final novel in my Nightingale Trilogy, arrives in 2027 from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social! A new case—and the long-awaited reckoning for Judy and Philippa. I can’t wait to share the ending I’ve been building toward since THE SAVAGE KIND.
Yayyyy!!!!
🏳️🌈📚📣 Bywater Books proudly welcomes Lambda Literary & Macavity Award-winning author John Copenhaver & his sapphic noir thriller Goddess of Love—a haunting tale of passion, power & the ghosts that never let go.
@johncope74 #SapphicFiction #QueerLit #NoirThriller #LGBTQBooks #QueerStories
@johncope74 #SapphicFiction #QueerLit #NoirThriller #LGBTQBooks #QueerStories
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yayyyy!!!!
So thrilled to announce the final book in John Copenhaver's award-winning Nightingale series is on its way!!! @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So thrilled to announce the final book in John Copenhaver's award-winning Nightingale series is on its way!!! @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social
Ok, now a third author has come to me saying they were referred by someone. Now the person referring me is Brian Cook, a retired literary agent in Australia, and this "Brian" tells the author to email me at submissions@anniebomke.com. This is not my email address.
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ok, now a third author has come to me saying they were referred by someone. Now the person referring me is Brian Cook, a retired literary agent in Australia, and this "Brian" tells the author to email me at submissions@anniebomke.com. This is not my email address.
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I was awarded a Ditmar for Best Short Story of 2025 for BELLOW OF THE STEAMSHIP COW and another for LET THE CAT IN, the podcast I co-host with Kaaron Warren and J. Ashley-Smith. Ditmars have been awarded annually since 1969, and are basically the Australian Hugos. Congrats all. Deeply honoured.
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was awarded a Ditmar for Best Short Story of 2025 for BELLOW OF THE STEAMSHIP COW and another for LET THE CAT IN, the podcast I co-host with Kaaron Warren and J. Ashley-Smith. Ditmars have been awarded annually since 1969, and are basically the Australian Hugos. Congrats all. Deeply honoured.
Ok, I've now had two authors email me today saying they got emails from someone named Ashley Gille who told them to contact me at this fake email address. If you get an email like this, don't respond. You can email me at the address on my website and I will confirm it's a scam.
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ok, I've now had two authors email me today saying they got emails from someone named Ashley Gille who told them to contact me at this fake email address. If you get an email like this, don't respond. You can email me at the address on my website and I will confirm it's a scam.
Apparently, there is someone scamming self-published authors, telling them to reach out to me at this email address: anniebomkeliterary@gmail.com. This is not my email. I'm not sure what this person's endgame is. Do they impersonate me at this address and ask writers for money?
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Apparently, there is someone scamming self-published authors, telling them to reach out to me at this email address: anniebomkeliterary@gmail.com. This is not my email. I'm not sure what this person's endgame is. Do they impersonate me at this address and ask writers for money?
I'm just going to leave this here. thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I'm just going to leave this here. thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
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New York friends, see you tomorrow night at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division and celebrate the launch of Crime Ink: Iconic!
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New York friends, see you tomorrow night at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division and celebrate the launch of Crime Ink: Iconic!
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
@bgsqd.bsky.social @bywaterbooks.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social
#queercrimefiction
#thrillerbooks #lgbtqreads🌈
Ha! Acrobat wants to save me time by summarizing a manuscript for me. If only it were that easy, Acrobat.
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ha! Acrobat wants to save me time by summarizing a manuscript for me. If only it were that easy, Acrobat.
Is it weird that I really want a scythe now? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
My Neighbors Stared. I Cut My Lawn With a Scythe Anyway.
Avid scythers praise this ancient mowing tool for its quiet, meditative workout. Our writer wondered if it was an exercise in self-denial.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Is it weird that I really want a scythe now? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Ok, I fixed my email.
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ok, I fixed my email.
Yayyy!! Libby Klein's VICE AND VIRTUE is today's Kindle Daily Deal! www.amazon.com/Vice-Virtue-...
Vice and Virtue (A Layla Virtue Mystery Book 1)
Amazon.com: Vice and Virtue (A Layla Virtue Mystery Book 1) eBook : Klein, Libby: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yayyy!! Libby Klein's VICE AND VIRTUE is today's Kindle Daily Deal! www.amazon.com/Vice-Virtue-...
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Friday night, 9:30 PM, join us in the Bissonett Ballroom (3rd floor) and get ready to party:
📚 Free books
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite mystery writer—AND discover your NEXT favorite writer!
📚 Free books
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite mystery writer—AND discover your NEXT favorite writer!
September 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Friday night, 9:30 PM, join us in the Bissonett Ballroom (3rd floor) and get ready to party:
📚 Free books
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite mystery writer—AND discover your NEXT favorite writer!
📚 Free books
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite mystery writer—AND discover your NEXT favorite writer!
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✨ Peek behind the curtain of Crime Ink: Iconic! ✨ Check out this @crimereads.bsky.social roundtable with Ann Aptaker, Diana DiGangi, Margot Douaihy, Renee James, Ann McMan & Jeffrey Round on the project, the process & finding inspiration in icons. 📖 Link in bio 🔗 bit.ly/4p7Tkj9
September 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
✨ Peek behind the curtain of Crime Ink: Iconic! ✨ Check out this @crimereads.bsky.social roundtable with Ann Aptaker, Diana DiGangi, Margot Douaihy, Renee James, Ann McMan & Jeffrey Round on the project, the process & finding inspiration in icons. 📖 Link in bio 🔗 bit.ly/4p7Tkj9
Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...
September 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Love this new flash fiction piece from Andrew Graham Martin! newflashfiction.com/dorothy-by-a...
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🚨 It’s here—Crime Ink: Iconic! 🚨 20+ queer crime stories inspired by legends—Baldwin, Wilde, Rapinoe, Cox & more. From cozy to noir, every tale centers queer lives. A landmark anthology with foreword by Ellen Hart & afterword by Katherine V. Forrest. 🌈🔍 johncopenhaver.com/order-crime-...
September 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 It’s here—Crime Ink: Iconic! 🚨 20+ queer crime stories inspired by legends—Baldwin, Wilde, Rapinoe, Cox & more. From cozy to noir, every tale centers queer lives. A landmark anthology with foreword by Ellen Hart & afterword by Katherine V. Forrest. 🌈🔍 johncopenhaver.com/order-crime-...
Wow! The eBook for Libby Klein's VICE AND VIRTUE is only $1.99 today! Thank you, BookBub! www.amazon.com/Vice-Virtue-...
Vice and Virtue (A Layla Virtue Mystery Book 1)
Amazon.com: Vice and Virtue (A Layla Virtue Mystery Book 1) eBook : Klein, Libby: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wow! The eBook for Libby Klein's VICE AND VIRTUE is only $1.99 today! Thank you, BookBub! www.amazon.com/Vice-Virtue-...
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Part 1 is up! I’m sharing the story of three MFA friends whose journeys to publishing look nothing alike—but all show how messy and unpredictable the writing life really is.
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/on-taking-...
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/on-taking-...
August 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Part 1 is up! I’m sharing the story of three MFA friends whose journeys to publishing look nothing alike—but all show how messy and unpredictable the writing life really is.
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/on-taking-...
johncopenhaver.substack.com/p/on-taking-...
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Just a week away and the buzz is cranking up! Thank you to Oline Cogdill for covering CRIME INK: ICONIC. This coverage means the world to us.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/26/b...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/26/b...
August 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just a week away and the buzz is cranking up! Thank you to Oline Cogdill for covering CRIME INK: ICONIC. This coverage means the world to us.
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/26/b...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/26/b...
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Salem and I are delighted by Neil Nyren’s generous BookTrib coverage of Crime Ink: Iconic! He spotlights amazing contributors—Mia P. Manansala, Christa Faust, Robyn Gigl, Kristen Lepionka, Greg Herren, Cheryl Head & more. Honored by his words.
booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
A Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Crime Fiction Anthology | BookTrib.
There have been some excellent novels published in the last several years looking at historical crime fiction through a queer lens — books set in 1950s Los Angeles, 1950s Washington, D.C., 1828 Edinbu...
booktrib.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Salem and I are delighted by Neil Nyren’s generous BookTrib coverage of Crime Ink: Iconic! He spotlights amazing contributors—Mia P. Manansala, Christa Faust, Robyn Gigl, Kristen Lepionka, Greg Herren, Cheryl Head & more. Honored by his words.
booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
booktrib.com/2025/08/27/c...
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This dog already saw this week's news and decided her dad didn't need to know all that. 14/10 (Sasha via ViralHog)
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This dog already saw this week's news and decided her dad didn't need to know all that. 14/10 (Sasha via ViralHog)