Holly West (she/her)
@hollywest.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Tarot | Dogs
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SUBS OPEN UNTIL NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
SUBS OPEN UNTIL NOV. 22! We want stories that detail life at the bottom or at the margins of human society. Make it sad. Make it dark. Make it the tiniest bit hopeful. More info here: bit.ly/4onmEBw
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The latest review of On Fire and Under Water and its one hell of a ringing endorsement! From the incredibly-talented, Anthony Award winner Holly West at that.
“Best Anthology of the Year.”
🤯🤯
“Best Anthology of the Year.”
🤯🤯
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The latest review of On Fire and Under Water and its one hell of a ringing endorsement! From the incredibly-talented, Anthony Award winner Holly West at that.
“Best Anthology of the Year.”
🤯🤯
“Best Anthology of the Year.”
🤯🤯
I just finished reading this yesterday and what can I say? No one makes me long for Los Angeles more than @jordanharper.bsky.social.
Start your weekend right by pre-ordering A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE by @jordanharper.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I just finished reading this yesterday and what can I say? No one makes me long for Los Angeles more than @jordanharper.bsky.social.
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Just a reminder that I wrote an Anthony Award nominated pulp thriller that I would love for you all to read.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Just a reminder that I wrote an Anthony Award nominated pulp thriller that I would love for you all to read.
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The latest Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social is officially out today. Cold Caller Magazine has done interviews with several writers from the issue and here's mine.
open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...
open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...
BAMS '25: Meet Rob Smith
Part 11 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The latest Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social is officially out today. Cold Caller Magazine has done interviews with several writers from the issue and here's mine.
open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...
open.substack.com/pub/coldcall...
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If you’re excited about On Fire and Under Water, join us tonight and help us celebrate! Come hang with @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and me as @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social hosts.
Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue
Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you’re excited about On Fire and Under Water, join us tonight and help us celebrate! Come hang with @pujaguha.bsky.social, @rjbrash.bsky.social, @cbwell.bsky.social, and me as @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social hosts.
Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue
Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3be5ue
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ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER is out *right now*
This is crime fiction that matters.
This is crime fiction that looks at a burning world, and holds those responsible to account.
This is crime fiction you need:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT3Z7VFP
This is crime fiction that matters.
This is crime fiction that looks at a burning world, and holds those responsible to account.
This is crime fiction you need:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT3Z7VFP
On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology
On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology [Press, Rock and a Hard Place, Ippolito, Curtis, Nokes, Roger] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology
www.amazon.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER is out *right now*
This is crime fiction that matters.
This is crime fiction that looks at a burning world, and holds those responsible to account.
This is crime fiction you need:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT3Z7VFP
This is crime fiction that matters.
This is crime fiction that looks at a burning world, and holds those responsible to account.
This is crime fiction you need:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT3Z7VFP
ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social & published by @rhppress.bsky.social, is out! The authors of these 15 stories did not pull punches—they explored climate change as the existential threat it is. Crime fiction at its best. www.amazon.com/Fire-Under-W...
September 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social & published by @rhppress.bsky.social, is out! The authors of these 15 stories did not pull punches—they explored climate change as the existential threat it is. Crime fiction at its best. www.amazon.com/Fire-Under-W...
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👇👇👇👇Check it out! coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...
BAMS '25: Meet James D. F. Hannah
Part 2 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
coldcallermag.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
👇👇👇👇Check it out! coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...
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👇👇👇👇 Check it out! coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...
BAMS '25: Meet Gary Phillips
Part 4 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
coldcallermag.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
👇👇👇👇 Check it out! coldcallermag.substack.com/p/bams-25-me...
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@rhppress.bsky.social will be open for submissions from Saturday, November 1st, until Saturday November 22nd!
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions
Submissions — Rock and a Hard Place Press
Submissions
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September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@rhppress.bsky.social will be open for submissions from Saturday, November 1st, until Saturday November 22nd!
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/submissions
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Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK
September 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. In On Fire and Under Water, you get both. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK
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“The collection succeeds by following a hallmark of good journalism: show the big picture through smaller pictures.”
Check out this incredible, early review of On Fire and Under Water by @hlessig.bsky.social.
Check out this incredible, early review of On Fire and Under Water by @hlessig.bsky.social.
Hugh Lessig's review of On Fire and Under Water
5/5: A flood erases a town from the map. A wildfire transforms a neighborhood into an ashen hellscape. In a disaster’s wake, the survivors show up on the evening news and the front page. They are the...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“The collection succeeds by following a hallmark of good journalism: show the big picture through smaller pictures.”
Check out this incredible, early review of On Fire and Under Water by @hlessig.bsky.social.
Check out this incredible, early review of On Fire and Under Water by @hlessig.bsky.social.
Cover reveal & preorder link for ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social, pubbed by @rhppress.bsky.social:
1. Click link to see fab cover
2. Press Preorder button
3. Enjoy 15 great stories by crime fiction's stars when the book is pubbed 9/30.
bolobooks.com/2025/09/cove...
1. Click link to see fab cover
2. Press Preorder button
3. Enjoy 15 great stories by crime fiction's stars when the book is pubbed 9/30.
bolobooks.com/2025/09/cove...
bolobooks.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Cover reveal & preorder link for ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER, edited by @curtisippolito.bsky.social, pubbed by @rhppress.bsky.social:
1. Click link to see fab cover
2. Press Preorder button
3. Enjoy 15 great stories by crime fiction's stars when the book is pubbed 9/30.
bolobooks.com/2025/09/cove...
1. Click link to see fab cover
2. Press Preorder button
3. Enjoy 15 great stories by crime fiction's stars when the book is pubbed 9/30.
bolobooks.com/2025/09/cove...
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A HUGE shoutout to everyone who has bought, rated, reviewed, or helped spread the word about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN. The response has been beyond wonderful. Thank you!
September 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A HUGE shoutout to everyone who has bought, rated, reviewed, or helped spread the word about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN. The response has been beyond wonderful. Thank you!
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
Sending a huge congratulations to @curtisippolito.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Anthony Award for Best Short Story. You are amazing, my friend, and I could not be happier for you.
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sending a huge congratulations to @curtisippolito.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Anthony Award for Best Short Story. You are amazing, my friend, and I could not be happier for you.
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SUBS OPEN NOW UNTIL THURSDAY: For October, give us stories of haunted characters. Supernatural stories are okay, but above all else, make it character-driven, and make it noir. Details here: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
September 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
SUBS OPEN NOW UNTIL THURSDAY: For October, give us stories of haunted characters. Supernatural stories are okay, but above all else, make it character-driven, and make it noir. Details here: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
Can’t wait!
✨ Bouchercon Bound? Mark your dance cards! ✨
Friday night, 9:30 PM, join us in the Bissonett Ballroom (3rd floor) for an unforgettable party:
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite authors—or discover your NEXT favorite
Friday night, 9:30 PM, join us in the Bissonett Ballroom (3rd floor) for an unforgettable party:
🍰 Free desserts
🍸 Cash bar
🎟️ Author Bingo
🤝 Meet your favorite authors—or discover your NEXT favorite
August 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can’t wait!
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SUBS OPEN SEPT 1-4: For October, give us stories of haunted characters. Supernatural stories are okay, but above all else, make it character-driven, and make it noir. Details here: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SUBS OPEN SEPT 1-4: For October, give us stories of haunted characters. Supernatural stories are okay, but above all else, make it character-driven, and make it noir. Details here: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
Trust me. You want this.
AVAILABLE NOW from @rhppress.bsky.social: Read what @meaganlucas.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss picking up this collection. Order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trust me. You want this.
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The great @hollywest.bsky.social at @dosomedamage.bsky.social. Read!
Write What You Know
A different kind of unreliable narrator
dosomedamage.substack.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The great @hollywest.bsky.social at @dosomedamage.bsky.social. Read!
I’m so excited for this!!!
Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If you’re a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and I’ll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30.
@rhppress.bsky.social
@rhppress.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m so excited for this!!!
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AVAILABLE NOW from @rhppress.bsky.social: Read what @meaganlucas.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss picking up this collection. Order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
AVAILABLE NOW from @rhppress.bsky.social: Read what @meaganlucas.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss picking up this collection. Order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7