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.
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/stories
Pinned
No One By The Numbers — Paul O'Connor
A short story, but a long (LONG!) road.
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The torturous road from conception to publication of my second story.
"When you are bleeding, from the same wounds, day after day ... maybe work on something else for awhile instead of piercing your scabs."
#WritingCommunity #crimewriting
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/no-one-by-the-numbers
"When you are bleeding, from the same wounds, day after day ... maybe work on something else for awhile instead of piercing your scabs."
#WritingCommunity #crimewriting
https://www.paulryanoconnor.com/blog/no-one-by-the-numbers
I made my crime fiction debut in 2023 with this flash fiction story inspired by my career in the video game business.
Teddy's Favorite Thing
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting
Teddy's Favorite Thing
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting
Teddy's Favorite Thing — Paul O'Connor
Mass layoffs and workplace violence, seen through the eyes of a child ... on Bring-Your-Kid-To-Work Day!
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I made my crime fiction debut in 2023 with this flash fiction story inspired by my career in the video game business.
Teddy's Favorite Thing
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting
Teddy's Favorite Thing
#CrimeFiction #crimewriting
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November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"We'll be hearing from that crazy (artist). And I don't mean a postcard. Fade out. The end."
I think this Wood kid’s gonna do OK for himself!
First two pages from “My World”, by Al Feldstein and Wally Wood. From Weird Science 22 (1953).
First two pages from “My World”, by Al Feldstein and Wally Wood. From Weird Science 22 (1953).
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"We'll be hearing from that crazy (artist). And I don't mean a postcard. Fade out. The end."
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Few things delight me more than newspaper headlines from old Universal horror movies. This one from The Walking Dead (Michael Curtiz, 1936)
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Few things delight me more than newspaper headlines from old Universal horror movies. This one from The Walking Dead (Michael Curtiz, 1936)
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Susan Hayward in Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman by Stuart Heisler (1947)
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Susan Hayward in Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman by Stuart Heisler (1947)
Once upon a time, I was possessed by my possessions.
Shelf Conscious — Paul O'Connor
The saddest shelfie you’ll ever see.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Once upon a time, I was possessed by my possessions.
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Tatsuya Nakadai [仲代達矢 1932 - 2025)]
RIP
RIP
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai [仲代達矢 1932 - 2025)]
RIP
RIP
It's time for another Longbox Graveyard blast from the past ... Judge Dredd, He Is The Law!
#comics
#JudgeDredd
#comics
#JudgeDredd
Judge Dredd — Paul O'Connor
Judge Dredd is the law, and don’t you forget it!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It's time for another Longbox Graveyard blast from the past ... Judge Dredd, He Is The Law!
#comics
#JudgeDredd
#comics
#JudgeDredd
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Reposted by Paul Ryan O'Connor
They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)
DoP: George E. Diskant
DoP: George E. Diskant
October 14, 2024 at 5:15 AM
They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948)
DoP: George E. Diskant
DoP: George E. Diskant
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Reposted by Paul Ryan O'Connor
Up next on TCM, Boris Karloff, The Mummy (1932).
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Up next on TCM, Boris Karloff, The Mummy (1932).
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Reposted by Paul Ryan O'Connor
Elizabeth McCrae, THE INTRUSION (Signet, 1967), with cover art, once again, by the great unknown. Signet, it seems, was not good about crediting artists.
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Elizabeth McCrae, THE INTRUSION (Signet, 1967), with cover art, once again, by the great unknown. Signet, it seems, was not good about crediting artists.
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Night view of Clark/Maple Gas Station, Chicago (1940)
Photo: Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
Photo: Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Night view of Clark/Maple Gas Station, Chicago (1940)
Photo: Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
Photo: Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
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BTD - Alain Delon - Le Samouraï - 1967 - Italian release poster - art by Sandro Simeoni
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BTD - Alain Delon - Le Samouraï - 1967 - Italian release poster - art by Sandro Simeoni
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Sometimes a guy's just got to write a dinosaur story.
All the numbers behind my lost world science fantasy romance, "The Sky Falls Up."
All the numbers behind my lost world science fantasy romance, "The Sky Falls Up."
Falling Up By The Numbers — Paul O'Connor
The story behind the story of the secret psychic dinosaur civil war raging at the earth’s core!
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November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sometimes a guy's just got to write a dinosaur story.
All the numbers behind my lost world science fantasy romance, "The Sky Falls Up."
All the numbers behind my lost world science fantasy romance, "The Sky Falls Up."
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November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Organizing a bunch of old photos. This cover is a favorite.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Organizing a bunch of old photos. This cover is a favorite.
I've joined a secret society! (Well, a mysterious one, at least).
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
Secret Society — Paul O'Connor
I’ve joined the Mystery Writers of America!
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November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I've joined a secret society! (Well, a mysterious one, at least).
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery
#crimewriting #writingcommunity #crimefiction #mystery