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
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
Uncertain Sons — Undertow Publications
undertowpublications.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey! Sort of a surprise new story day. @undertow.bsky.social is making my novelette, "Uncertain Sons," (original to the collection) available online for a short time for folks catching up on end-of-year reading. Eligible for most novelette/long fiction categories. Online until end of November!
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"
If you're ever feeling lame, uncool, prosaic, or dull, simply get in your car and drive around while listening to the Unsolved Mysteries theme on repeat.
Instantly you become mysterious.
Captivating.
An enigma.
One of God's most feared mistakes.
Instantly you become mysterious.
Captivating.
An enigma.
One of God's most feared mistakes.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you're ever feeling lame, uncool, prosaic, or dull, simply get in your car and drive around while listening to the Unsolved Mysteries theme on repeat.
Instantly you become mysterious.
Captivating.
An enigma.
One of God's most feared mistakes.
Instantly you become mysterious.
Captivating.
An enigma.
One of God's most feared mistakes.
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the DICKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney ebook is on sale today to 99 cents
Edited by Greg Bardsley/Kieran Shea/ @maybejed.bsky.social
& Stories from Eric Beetner, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Ken Bruen, Jason Duke, @harryhunsicker.bsky.social and more
www.amazon.com/CKED-Dark-Fi...
Edited by Greg Bardsley/Kieran Shea/ @maybejed.bsky.social
& Stories from Eric Beetner, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Ken Bruen, Jason Duke, @harryhunsicker.bsky.social and more
www.amazon.com/CKED-Dark-Fi...
D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney
D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney - Kindle edition by Bruen, Ken, Scott Phillips, Harry Hunsicker, Bill Fitzhugh, Tony Black, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Greg Bardsley, Jedidiah Ayres, Kieran Shea. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney.
www.amazon.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
the DICKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney ebook is on sale today to 99 cents
Edited by Greg Bardsley/Kieran Shea/ @maybejed.bsky.social
& Stories from Eric Beetner, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Ken Bruen, Jason Duke, @harryhunsicker.bsky.social and more
www.amazon.com/CKED-Dark-Fi...
Edited by Greg Bardsley/Kieran Shea/ @maybejed.bsky.social
& Stories from Eric Beetner, Hilary Davidson, Marcus Sakey, Ken Bruen, Jason Duke, @harryhunsicker.bsky.social and more
www.amazon.com/CKED-Dark-Fi...
Not the one I really wanted, but I’ll take it.
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Not the one I really wanted, but I’ll take it.
@roguehobbies.bsky.social wanted to share my wrecka krew kill team, painted almost exclusively with your pro acryl line (except the Bright Jade, but that’s what happens when you let a six year old pick the colors of your models). Thanks for the great paints!
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@roguehobbies.bsky.social wanted to share my wrecka krew kill team, painted almost exclusively with your pro acryl line (except the Bright Jade, but that’s what happens when you let a six year old pick the colors of your models). Thanks for the great paints!
I mean, they blew him up? I think we know what happened to the chicken man. In Philly. Last night.
I don’t need a movie about Bruce Springsteen. I need a movie about what the hell happened to the chicken man.
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I mean, they blew him up? I think we know what happened to the chicken man. In Philly. Last night.
These dudes are far from the best models I’ve ever painted. They’re not even my favorite models I’ve painted this year. But I will say, with certainty, they’re the Warhammer models that make me laugh the hardest when I see them.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
These dudes are far from the best models I’ve ever painted. They’re not even my favorite models I’ve painted this year. But I will say, with certainty, they’re the Warhammer models that make me laugh the hardest when I see them.
This story is one of my favorite things I’ve ever written. It is also the story that took the heaviest toll on me. Months in this dudes head was an unlivable hell, and when he was finally exorcised, I swore never to revisit him. I’m honored Beau loved it as much as he did.
In the past I’ve stated all the stories in this anthology are now canon, although like Shawn’s story, I rolled @pauljgarth.bsky.social ‘s killer tale into Rider’s continuity after the fact. His story giving birth to one I wrote last year. If you get the chance, you should check out Paul’s story.
October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This story is one of my favorite things I’ve ever written. It is also the story that took the heaviest toll on me. Months in this dudes head was an unlivable hell, and when he was finally exorcised, I swore never to revisit him. I’m honored Beau loved it as much as he did.
I love this book so much and I am so excited it’s out in the world now. If your weekend needs a little mayhem, you absolutely can not go wrong with RIGHTEOUS TRASH.
RELEASE DAY: RIGHTEOUS TRASH, the third book in my Boise Noir trilogy, is out today! It's got:
1. The wildest robbery I've ever written.
2. More rounds expended than a Peckinpah film.
3. Snarky sibling rivalry.
4. Tons of stuff done blown up gud.
5. Link in 🧵!
1. The wildest robbery I've ever written.
2. More rounds expended than a Peckinpah film.
3. Snarky sibling rivalry.
4. Tons of stuff done blown up gud.
5. Link in 🧵!
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I love this book so much and I am so excited it’s out in the world now. If your weekend needs a little mayhem, you absolutely can not go wrong with RIGHTEOUS TRASH.
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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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As someone who believes there just isn't enough Eva Green in movies these days, DIRTY ANGELS is an easy sell, but really enjoying her surly hardboiled performance
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
As someone who believes there just isn't enough Eva Green in movies these days, DIRTY ANGELS is an easy sell, but really enjoying her surly hardboiled performance
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
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RELEASE DAY!
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
RELEASE DAY!
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is out now. Nine tales! Appreciate any help spreading the word. Mybook.to/vilewonder
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
Okay THIS is the mariners I’ve been expecting to show up for ten games now.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Okay THIS is the mariners I’ve been expecting to show up for ten games now.
NEW SUNN 0))) EP HERE:
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...
Eternity's Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential, by SUNN O)))
3 track album
sunn.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NEW SUNN 0))) EP HERE:
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...
sunn.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...
I love you. @mariners.com but I gotta go to bed.
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I love you. @mariners.com but I gotta go to bed.
It is genuinely draining to be governed by the dumbest motherfuckers alive.
Some days, you're not even seeking out the news, but it finds you, and you just go UGH and feel all excitement about your day vanish. Thats discomfiting and we should recognize that!
Some days, you're not even seeking out the news, but it finds you, and you just go UGH and feel all excitement about your day vanish. Thats discomfiting and we should recognize that!
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It is genuinely draining to be governed by the dumbest motherfuckers alive.
Some days, you're not even seeking out the news, but it finds you, and you just go UGH and feel all excitement about your day vanish. Thats discomfiting and we should recognize that!
Some days, you're not even seeking out the news, but it finds you, and you just go UGH and feel all excitement about your day vanish. Thats discomfiting and we should recognize that!
I'm on the spectrum, according to RFK Jr, cause ya boi got that deep cut.
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I'm on the spectrum, according to RFK Jr, cause ya boi got that deep cut.
TS isn’t even the best lyricist in her genre. Down-thread Carly Rae Jepsen is mentioned, which is a legit choice, never mind Lorde was dropping line on Royals *at 16 years old* that TS can’t touch.
I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
TS isn’t even the best lyricist in her genre. Down-thread Carly Rae Jepsen is mentioned, which is a legit choice, never mind Lorde was dropping line on Royals *at 16 years old* that TS can’t touch.
I've been talking to a lot of people the last few days, and, in case there's any doubt, I want to be clear: What Down and Out Books is doing is goddamn shameful, and staining an otherwise really incredible legacy.
Question: if your publisher sends out an email stating no more payments will be issued to their authors, do you think they’ve already spent the money they owe them or they’re just keeping it for themselves? Yes, this is about Down and Out Books.
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I've been talking to a lot of people the last few days, and, in case there's any doubt, I want to be clear: What Down and Out Books is doing is goddamn shameful, and staining an otherwise really incredible legacy.