Paul J. Garth
@pauljgarth.bsky.social
BAMS Distinguished Story writer (twice!)
Midwestern Gothic and Nebraska Noir. Crime fiction. Doom metal. Editor for Rock and a Hard Place magazine. Shotgun Honey alum. Should probably be writing. Might be playing Warhammer
Midwestern Gothic and Nebraska Noir. Crime fiction. Doom metal. Editor for Rock and a Hard Place magazine. Shotgun Honey alum. Should probably be writing. Might be playing Warhammer
Thinking about making my entire personality “a metalhead who unironically thinks cheap trick fucking rules”.
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Thinking about making my entire personality “a metalhead who unironically thinks cheap trick fucking rules”.
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James Sallis passed today. If you only know him from DRIVE you are missing out on his incredible work
RIP to a true master
RIP to a true master
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
James Sallis passed today. If you only know him from DRIVE you are missing out on his incredible work
RIP to a true master
RIP to a true master
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here's the evocative, perfect opening paragraph of DRIVE by James Sallis, a bloody flashforward nestled in a further flashforward, and an opening scene sodden with the kind of fatalistic dread that makes the best noir so existentially unsettling
January 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
here's the evocative, perfect opening paragraph of DRIVE by James Sallis, a bloody flashforward nestled in a further flashforward, and an opening scene sodden with the kind of fatalistic dread that makes the best noir so existentially unsettling
I mean, it probably only looks really great because I'm painting nurgle, but I feel like I'm getting really good with an airbrush.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I mean, it probably only looks really great because I'm painting nurgle, but I feel like I'm getting really good with an airbrush.
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icymi Uncertain Sons (novelette) online and free to read for a limited time if you're looking to take a break with distant, gross worlds with touches of Michael Shea and other things
It's a personal story abt parents and children and, while standalone, has a diff feel as the end of the collection, so, harder to discover randomly.
Undertow put it online temporarily (ty!)
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
But whole ebook's $3 until 1/31 too!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
Undertow put it online temporarily (ty!)
undertowpublications.com/uncertain-sons
But whole ebook's $3 until 1/31 too!
undertowpublications.com/ebooks
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
icymi Uncertain Sons (novelette) online and free to read for a limited time if you're looking to take a break with distant, gross worlds with touches of Michael Shea and other things
I live in a red state but give money to a lot of democrats across the country.
Going forward, that well is dried up to anyone who isn’t calling for the abolishment of ICE / defunding the government until ICE is brought to heel.
This should be the basic test for any progressive of any kind of means
Going forward, that well is dried up to anyone who isn’t calling for the abolishment of ICE / defunding the government until ICE is brought to heel.
This should be the basic test for any progressive of any kind of means
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I live in a red state but give money to a lot of democrats across the country.
Going forward, that well is dried up to anyone who isn’t calling for the abolishment of ICE / defunding the government until ICE is brought to heel.
This should be the basic test for any progressive of any kind of means
Going forward, that well is dried up to anyone who isn’t calling for the abolishment of ICE / defunding the government until ICE is brought to heel.
This should be the basic test for any progressive of any kind of means
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people who are very clearly my moral superiors are being killed in the street by and on behalf of the most disgusting creeps imaginable and I don't know how much longer anyone can deal with this
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
people who are very clearly my moral superiors are being killed in the street by and on behalf of the most disgusting creeps imaginable and I don't know how much longer anyone can deal with this
My short noir novel, THE LOW WHITE PLAIN, in which in-love grifters hatch a fake kidnapping plot that gets out of hand during a once in a lifetime winter storm that ends up with a lot of occultist neo-Nazis and their political benefactors dying very badly is back in print today.
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a.co/d/iaGzMvc
The Low White Plain (A Grifter's Song Book 27) - Kindle edition by Garth, Paul J., Zafiro, Frank. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
The Low White Plain (A Grifter's Song Book 27) - Kindle edition by Garth, Paul J., Zafiro, Frank. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
My short noir novel, THE LOW WHITE PLAIN, in which in-love grifters hatch a fake kidnapping plot that gets out of hand during a once in a lifetime winter storm that ends up with a lot of occultist neo-Nazis and their political benefactors dying very badly is back in print today.
a.co/d/iaGzMvc
a.co/d/iaGzMvc
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This is one of the most insane protests I've ever been to. Tens of thousands of Minnesotans in -20°F (-28°C) cold with absolutely manic energy. We are going to throw these goddamn bastards out of our cities.
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This is one of the most insane protests I've ever been to. Tens of thousands of Minnesotans in -20°F (-28°C) cold with absolutely manic energy. We are going to throw these goddamn bastards out of our cities.
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"Daniel Brown is a stand-in for a lot of outsiders I’ve seen. Ones that don’t fit into normal society. That get singled out because they don’t “look” right. The constant judging. And this person is weary. How can they not be?" -Rob D. Smith mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"Daniel Brown is a stand-in for a lot of outsiders I’ve seen. Ones that don’t fit into normal society. That get singled out because they don’t “look” right. The constant judging. And this person is weary. How can they not be?" -Rob D. Smith mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
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Finally got a byline in @defector.com, and it's about a famous crime writer, a pair of retired LAPD detectives, a former NSA codebreaker, and two of the most famous unsolved cases of all time. defector.com/michael-conn...
Michael Connelly Should Stick To Fake Crime | Defector
The origin of Michael Connelly’s new true crime podcast, Killer in the Code, was a rather far-fetched tip fielded by Rick Jackson, a retired detective from the Los Angeles Police Department. A self-de...
defector.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Finally got a byline in @defector.com, and it's about a famous crime writer, a pair of retired LAPD detectives, a former NSA codebreaker, and two of the most famous unsolved cases of all time. defector.com/michael-conn...
The thing that strikes me about these assholes is that they’re so public in asking for grace but *so goddamn silent* in discussing their own faults and the work they’ve done to ensure they don’t arrive at the same shitty beliefs again.
Oh wait it’s because they’ve done exactly none of that.
Oh wait it’s because they’ve done exactly none of that.
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The thing that strikes me about these assholes is that they’re so public in asking for grace but *so goddamn silent* in discussing their own faults and the work they’ve done to ensure they don’t arrive at the same shitty beliefs again.
Oh wait it’s because they’ve done exactly none of that.
Oh wait it’s because they’ve done exactly none of that.
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Hey y'all
If you receive an email purporting to be from me with this address
sacosby75@gmail.com
THIS IS NOT ME.
I would never scam my readers
Dont respond to it. My team is taking action to find those responsible
Thanks
If you receive an email purporting to be from me with this address
sacosby75@gmail.com
THIS IS NOT ME.
I would never scam my readers
Dont respond to it. My team is taking action to find those responsible
Thanks
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Hey y'all
If you receive an email purporting to be from me with this address
sacosby75@gmail.com
THIS IS NOT ME.
I would never scam my readers
Dont respond to it. My team is taking action to find those responsible
Thanks
If you receive an email purporting to be from me with this address
sacosby75@gmail.com
THIS IS NOT ME.
I would never scam my readers
Dont respond to it. My team is taking action to find those responsible
Thanks
I promise you we’re not fucking mad enough.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I promise you we’re not fucking mad enough.
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No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
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Everybody read DOPE THIEF
Next up on the old reading list @dennistafoya.bsky.social 's DOPE THIEF. It's been in my tbr pile a while, better time than ever to start.
I don't have APPLE TV, so I haven't seen the show. One day I'll use the free trial & watch, but I want to read the book first before I watch it.
I don't have APPLE TV, so I haven't seen the show. One day I'll use the free trial & watch, but I want to read the book first before I watch it.
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Everybody read DOPE THIEF
Will Paul go to bed at a reasonable time, or stay awake far too late, caught in the familiar cycle of minor dopamine hits from his phone even though he knows this device and all the connections behind it are killing his soul?
Place your bets now on polymarket!!
Place your bets now on polymarket!!
January 12, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Will Paul go to bed at a reasonable time, or stay awake far too late, caught in the familiar cycle of minor dopamine hits from his phone even though he knows this device and all the connections behind it are killing his soul?
Place your bets now on polymarket!!
Place your bets now on polymarket!!
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The next interview in my interview series is w @cwblackwell.bsky.social If you haven't read his latest short story collection, WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN well, you should. It's an excellent collection of stories and one of my favorite reads of 2025
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The next interview in my interview series is w @cwblackwell.bsky.social If you haven't read his latest short story collection, WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN well, you should. It's an excellent collection of stories and one of my favorite reads of 2025
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
Click on link 👇
mrbullbull.com/newbull/the-...
I’ve never written on my phone before, never felt like it was any kind of solution, but I just cranked out 1k words on a short story, just me and my thumbs and a beer in a bar, and god damn was it refreshing.
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I’ve never written on my phone before, never felt like it was any kind of solution, but I just cranked out 1k words on a short story, just me and my thumbs and a beer in a bar, and god damn was it refreshing.
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they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
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Thrilled to reveal the cover of the final Russell Avery novel SURVIVING THE LIE (which was not intended as a mantra for 2026, and yet...)
Can an ex-journalist get the truth of one final story when he's up against forces that choose their own reality? Find out on August 11, 2026!
Can an ex-journalist get the truth of one final story when he's up against forces that choose their own reality? Find out on August 11, 2026!
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Thrilled to reveal the cover of the final Russell Avery novel SURVIVING THE LIE (which was not intended as a mantra for 2026, and yet...)
Can an ex-journalist get the truth of one final story when he's up against forces that choose their own reality? Find out on August 11, 2026!
Can an ex-journalist get the truth of one final story when he's up against forces that choose their own reality? Find out on August 11, 2026!
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The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Mia Kirshner will return as The Black Dahlia in Avengers: Doomsday
January 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Mia Kirshner will return as The Black Dahlia in Avengers: Doomsday
Its been quite a few years since I've reread American Tabloid but I'm pretty sure I would find it shockingly prescient and uncomfortable.
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Its been quite a few years since I've reread American Tabloid but I'm pretty sure I would find it shockingly prescient and uncomfortable.