M.E. Proctor
@meproctor.bsky.social
Crime fiction writer. Declan Shaw PI series "Love You Till Tuesday", "Catch Me on a Blue Day". Novella "Bop City Swing". Stories "Family and Other Ailments". Shotgun Honey, Bristol Noir, Vautrin, Black Cat Weekly. Shamus and Derringer short story nominee.
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I have a short story out today from #PunkNoir! The first time I've ever had a short published by someone else (thoug my first acceptance goes live next week on a different site) [CW] assault punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/n...
Never Wear Heels on a Date by Emily J. Edwards
Never Wear Heels on a Date by Emily J. Edwards Photo by Bella Zhong on Pexels.com I see her clearly: my middle school gym teacher sitting down a gangly group of teenaged girls, all knobbly knees an…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I have a short story out today from #PunkNoir! The first time I've ever had a short published by someone else (thoug my first acceptance goes live next week on a different site) [CW] assault punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/n...
"Never Wear Heels on a Date" by Emily J. Edwards ... today at Punk Noir Magazine. Have a read.
Never Wear Heels on a Date by Emily J. Edwards
from TIGHTROPE: a PUNK NOIR Magazine series
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November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Never Wear Heels on a Date" by Emily J. Edwards ... today at Punk Noir Magazine. Have a read.
Soulless Bug by Eric Richer in our Punk Noir Magazine "Tightrope" series ... have a chill read!
Soulless Bug by Eric Richer
from TIGHTROPE: a PUNK NOIR Magazine series
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November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Soulless Bug by Eric Richer in our Punk Noir Magazine "Tightrope" series ... have a chill read!
Level Best Books is releasing this soon ... I have a story in it (thank you for editing @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social ). Classic cover!
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Level Best Books is releasing this soon ... I have a story in it (thank you for editing @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social ). Classic cover!
What If We Did It Again? When you like the people, is one book enough? Naaahhhh ... On the Stack today.
What If We Did It Again?
ready when you are
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November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What If We Did It Again? When you like the people, is one book enough? Naaahhhh ... On the Stack today.
Toe the Line by Laura Bogner today at Punk Noir Magazine in the Tightrope series .... dystopian you say?
Toe the Line by Laura Bogner
from TIGHTROPE: a PUNK NOIR Magazine series
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November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Toe the Line by Laura Bogner today at Punk Noir Magazine in the Tightrope series .... dystopian you say?
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One of my favorite crime writers walks the Tightrope! Check out this beautifully evocative piece by Nils Gilbertson, published by Punk Noir Magazine.
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A Job in New Orleans by Nils Gilbertson
A Job in New Orleans by Nils Gilbertson I picked up the gun from an old man in a balcony apartment one block up from Bourbon Street. He smoked a joint and didn’t say much. Better that way, I though…
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November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One of my favorite crime writers walks the Tightrope! Check out this beautifully evocative piece by Nils Gilbertson, published by Punk Noir Magazine.
@meproctor.bsky.social
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@meproctor.bsky.social
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A Job in New Orleans by Nils Gilbertson is today's entry in the Tightrope series at Punk Noir Magazine... have a read.
A Job in New Orleans by Nils Gilbertson
from TIGHTROPE: a PUNK NOIR Magazine series
www.punknoir.online
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A Job in New Orleans by Nils Gilbertson is today's entry in the Tightrope series at Punk Noir Magazine... have a read.
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For the evening crowd—
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
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My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
“Empire” by Frank Vatel
“Empire” by Frank Vatel “…for Jacob Nowak, who was given the promise of eternal life in Baptism…” Whenever a spider-man goes home to the lord, there’s always a prayer next day. Priest c…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
For the evening crowd—
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
My new story “Empire” kicked off Punk Noir magazine’s Tightrope series today.
Just 1K words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
"Empire" by Frank Vatel opens the Tightrope series at Punk Noir Magazine ... www.punknoir.online/p/empire-by-...
"Empire" by Frank Vatel
from TIGHTROPE: a PUNK NOIR Magazine series
www.punknoir.online
November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Empire" by Frank Vatel opens the Tightrope series at Punk Noir Magazine ... www.punknoir.online/p/empire-by-...
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Got a new story up at Punk Noir Magazine. This one kicks off their “Tightrope” series.
Just a thousand words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
Just a thousand words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
“Empire” by Frank Vatel
“Empire” by Frank Vatel “…for Jacob Nowak, who was given the promise of eternal life in Baptism…” Whenever a spider-man goes home to the lord, there’s always a prayer next day. Priest c…
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Got a new story up at Punk Noir Magazine. This one kicks off their “Tightrope” series.
Just a thousand words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
Just a thousand words. If you can spare a couple minutes, give it a read. Thanks to @meproctor.bsky.social, who whipped the series into shape.
punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/e...
Hey, I had a little chat about writing and stuff with @armandauthor.bsky.social on his YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqXX...
Armand Chats With... M.E. Proctor
YouTube video by Armand's Opinion
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October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hey, I had a little chat about writing and stuff with @armandauthor.bsky.social on his YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqXX...
A guest post today at Writers Who Kill - It's called "There's more than one way to tell a story" ... Thank you, Kait Carson for having me - writerswhokill.blogspot.com/2025/10/ther...
There’s More Than One Way to Tell a Story
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A guest post today at Writers Who Kill - It's called "There's more than one way to tell a story" ... Thank you, Kait Carson for having me - writerswhokill.blogspot.com/2025/10/ther...
I know you're here because you don't want Twitter, but Mythic Picnic just posted a laugh out loud series of mini-mini stories over there. Mine is called "Buckets!" and I had a ton of fun writing it: x.com/MythicPicnic...
Mythic Picnic on X: "HERE'S TO SOMETHING Mythic Micros by @MEProctor3 @carlottadale38 @keithroysdon @NoirScreenlight @NathanBorn2010 @LauriesLitLines @ScottMacLe59594 @JohnWeagly @me0wmixlaura @deserthorror @writerjcurtis & Clint Noslret Curated by @KennethMGRAY2 / Kenneth M. Gray" / X
HERE'S TO SOMETHING Mythic Micros by @MEProctor3 @carlottadale38 @keithroysdon @NoirScreenlight @NathanBorn2010 @LauriesLitLines @ScottMacLe59594 @JohnWeagly @me0wmixlaura @deserthorror @writerjcurtis & Clint Noslret Curated by @KennethMGRAY2 / Kenneth M. Gray
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October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I know you're here because you don't want Twitter, but Mythic Picnic just posted a laugh out loud series of mini-mini stories over there. Mine is called "Buckets!" and I had a ton of fun writing it: x.com/MythicPicnic...
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Check out "Rosalie" by the short story master, @meproctor.bsky.social. @jeffreymachado.bsky.social shows his enormous talent here in MYOPIC DUPLICITY. He's amazing. a.co/d/dMV3qaU
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October 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Check out "Rosalie" by the short story master, @meproctor.bsky.social. @jeffreymachado.bsky.social shows his enormous talent here in MYOPIC DUPLICITY. He's amazing. a.co/d/dMV3qaU
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Just read a great horror short by @meproctor.bsky.social in the anthology book, This World of Vile Wonder. It's about a paranormal investigator in 1632, tracking down a magic item that's just begging to be used. Proctor delivers intrigue and rich historical flavor in a mere 20 pages. *****
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution [Hall, Coy, Ellis, Stephanie, Thor, J.M., Rivera, Chey, Reynolds, Josh, Dowden, Jack, Proctor, M.E., Ostopovich, Jennifer, Shank, S.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution
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October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just read a great horror short by @meproctor.bsky.social in the anthology book, This World of Vile Wonder. It's about a paranormal investigator in 1632, tracking down a magic item that's just begging to be used. Proctor delivers intrigue and rich historical flavor in a mere 20 pages. *****
Oh @barbarabyar.bsky.social , this looks gorgeous!
Here is the full cover of IN THE DESERT and the stunning tableau by Keith Bernstein. Many thanks to everyone who took their valuable time to read and praise my debut. You'll have to buy the book to read them all and in full! Out March 3rd from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social !
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Oh @barbarabyar.bsky.social , this looks gorgeous!
Have you read this very very short one on Pistol Jim, on Substack? pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/smoke-scre...
Smoke Screen by M.E. Proctor
from Nails in the Coffin: a Pistol Jim Press series
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October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Have you read this very very short one on Pistol Jim, on Substack? pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/smoke-scre...
Talking to @joelnedecky.bsky.social today on Substack... have a read: substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Conversation with Joel Nedecky
broken maybe, but not down
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October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Talking to @joelnedecky.bsky.social today on Substack... have a read: substack.com/home/post/p-...
It's release day for the Coy Hall edited anthology "This World of Vile Wonders" - Historical horror ... I have one in there, 16th Century Ireland, want to have a peek? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGZQGM2F
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's release day for the Coy Hall edited anthology "This World of Vile Wonders" - Historical horror ... I have one in there, 16th Century Ireland, want to have a peek? www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGZQGM2F
I'm at Ladies of Mystery today (thank you Paty Jager) with a little post called "Pretty as a Picture and Far from Innocent" .... enjoy: ladiesofmystery.com/2025/10/18/g...
Guest Blogger ~ M.E. Procter
Pretty as a Picture and Far from Innocent By M.E. Proctor Catch Me on a Blue Day, Book 2 of the Declan Shaw mystery series, takes place in Old Mapleton, a postcard-perfect town on the Connecticut c…
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October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm at Ladies of Mystery today (thank you Paty Jager) with a little post called "Pretty as a Picture and Far from Innocent" .... enjoy: ladiesofmystery.com/2025/10/18/g...
Mmmhh ... I dip a toe in historical unease in this one. Take a peek.
Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mmmhh ... I dip a toe in historical unease in this one. Take a peek.
Mark Yost reviewed "Catch Me on a Blue Day" at his Take Two Noir Substack today ... pretty cool! substack.com/@taketwonoir...
Mark Yost (@taketwonoir)
Texas Gumshoe Meets Connecticut WASPs
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
We first met Houston-based private eye Declan Shaw in @M.E. Proctor debut novel, “Love You Til Tuesday.” For her second install...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Mark Yost reviewed "Catch Me on a Blue Day" at his Take Two Noir Substack today ... pretty cool! substack.com/@taketwonoir...
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Interview with this terrific and twice featured writer in Willesden Herald's Story of the Month
@junelorrainer.bsky.social reviews "Catch Me on a Blue Day" at Murder in Common ... have a look: murderincommon.com/2025/10/12/m...
Catch Me on a Blue Day: Unraveling the Murder of a War Correspondent
Arriving at his friend Carlton Marsh’s house, Declan Shaw finds a police inquiry. Marsh, a veteran war correspondent had committed suicide. Shaw had contracted to do research for Marsh’…
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October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Interview with this terrific and twice featured writer in Willesden Herald's Story of the Month
@junelorrainer.bsky.social reviews "Catch Me on a Blue Day" at Murder in Common ... have a look: murderincommon.com/2025/10/12/m...
Catch Me on a Blue Day: Unraveling the Murder of a War Correspondent
Arriving at his friend Carlton Marsh’s house, Declan Shaw finds a police inquiry. Marsh, a veteran war correspondent had committed suicide. Shaw had contracted to do research for Marsh’…
murderincommon.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@junelorrainer.bsky.social reviews "Catch Me on a Blue Day" at Murder in Common ... have a look: murderincommon.com/2025/10/12/m...