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Paul Ryan O'Connor
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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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Pinned
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

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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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Bille Holiday
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Promotional shot for "One Million Years B.C."
(released in the UK on 30/12/66) #fantasy #1960s #horror #horrorfam
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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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.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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
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December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Jean Seberg
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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
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Barbara Steele - BOTD in 1937
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Watched:

(Echoes From A Somber Empire)
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart in
🎬 House on Haunted Hill (1959)🎞
October 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Brigitte Bardot in Contempt. RIP.
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Anna Scotti knows a couple things about failure, which means she also understands success.

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Get Up. Fall Down. Get Up Again.
A criminally compelling web site featuring professional crime writers and crime fighters.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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ALIEN artist H.R. Giger with Jonesy prop
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 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.
December 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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I Turned In My Husband

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Covers, Magazine, Telephone, True Detective
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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1964
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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!
December 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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That time between Christmas and the New Year...
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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German poster for THE STREET WITH NO NAME (1948)

Starring Richard Widmark - BOTD in 1914
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My favorite of the Fantastic Four isn't one of The Four at all.

#comicsky
The Silver Surfer Is Silver Age Gold — Paul O'Connor
How the Silver Age Silver Surfer works as a Golden Age … musical?
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December 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Tis the Season for Dark Christmas Greetings. 🖤😱🎄 #Christmas2025 #darkgreetings #horrorfan
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM