Paul Ryan O'Connor
@paulryanoconnor.bsky.social
Crime-writing blogger & award-winning mystery author. MWA. Noir, pulp, monsters, fiction, jazz, writing, film, comics. Went by @LBoxGraveyard at that other place.
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Teddy By The Numbers — Paul O'Connor
Breaking down the origin and creation of my first sale.
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Notes on the creation of my first published story, including how long it took to write, and how long it was in submission at Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
Teddy By The Numbers
#WritingCommunity #crimewriting
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/teddy-by-the-numbers
Teddy By The Numbers
#WritingCommunity #crimewriting
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/teddy-by-the-numbers
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Promotional shot for "One Million Years B.C."
(released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam
(released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Promotional shot for "One Million Years B.C."
(released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam
(released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam
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"Do you believe that stuff the old man was saying the other night at the 'Oso Negro' about gold changin' a man's soul so's he ain't the same sort of man as he was before findin' it?"
Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" from 1948.
Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" from 1948.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Do you believe that stuff the old man was saying the other night at the 'Oso Negro' about gold changin' a man's soul so's he ain't the same sort of man as he was before findin' it?"
Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" from 1948.
Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" from 1948.
Doesn't matter if it's snowing or the world is on fire -- it's always time to discuss The Son of Satan!
Son of Satan — Paul O'Connor
Podcast deep dive on one of Marvel’s strangest and most misunderstood comics of the 1970s!
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December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Doesn't matter if it's snowing or the world is on fire -- it's always time to discuss The Son of Satan!
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Jean Seberg
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Jean Seberg
I read more than a few of these. Congrats on a solid year.
There’s all of the books we published this year at our in-house mystery press, Penzler Publishers
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I read more than a few of these. Congrats on a solid year.
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Barbara Steele - BOTD in 1937
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Barbara Steele - BOTD in 1937
Watched:
(Echoes From A Somber Empire)
(Echoes From A Somber Empire)
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Watched:
(Echoes From A Somber Empire)
(Echoes From A Somber Empire)
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Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart in
🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞
🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞
October 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart in
🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞
🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞
Brigitte Bardot in Contempt. RIP.
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Brigitte Bardot in Contempt. RIP.
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Anna Scotti knows a couple things about failure, which means she also understands success.
www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/12/get-...
www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/12/get-...
Get Up. Fall Down. Get Up Again.
A criminally compelling web site featuring professional crime writers and crime fighters.
www.sleuthsayers.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Anna Scotti knows a couple things about failure, which means she also understands success.
www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/12/get-...
www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/12/get-...
I’m fortunate to have the holiday off, and in the absence of a familiar schedule, I pretty much became incapable of recalling the day of the week. A happy problem to have, but disorienting.
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m fortunate to have the holiday off, and in the absence of a familiar schedule, I pretty much became incapable of recalling the day of the week. A happy problem to have, but disorienting.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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One of my favorite Bogie movies. Bogart produced this picture through his own company and plays a deeply unappealing character — always admired he sought to subvert his own stardom. And dark as the film gets … the book is darker!
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, ‘In a Lonely Place’ (1950).
In noir, screenwriters have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood that often results in murder. Click to read.
lalifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2025/12/burn...
In noir, screenwriters have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood that often results in murder. Click to read.
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Burn, Hollywood, burn! Four noirs reveal the horrors of the screenwriting trade
A handful of films noir and neo noirs focus on the plight of screenwriters in Hollywood, who often suffer indignities at the hands of the studios.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
One of my favorite Bogie movies. Bogart produced this picture through his own company and plays a deeply unappealing character — always admired he sought to subvert his own stardom. And dark as the film gets … the book is darker!
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That time between Christmas and the New Year...
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
That time between Christmas and the New Year...
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German poster for THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948)
Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914
Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
German poster for THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948)
Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914
Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914
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December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM