ReganMacArthur
@reganmacarthur.bsky.social
Writer of crime fiction under my own name. Published author (starting Sept. 8, 2023!) of morally-deficient pulp novels as Clint Reno.
There's a film that definitely leaves an impression.
“Prime Cut” was a movie filled with stars – and violent, grotesque meat metaphors. Also, it was a mirror for the decade's American experience. crimereads.com/lee-marvin-g...
The Story of Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Quite Possibly the Strangest American Crime Film of the 1970s
Want to talk about one of the strangest, if not the strangest American crime film to emerge in the first half of the 1970s? Then, let’s talk about Michael Ritchie’s neo-noir Prime Cut, as it turns …
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November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
There's a film that definitely leaves an impression.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
This is a fantastic short story. I loved it.
My tale of gunplay and regret in a convenience store has been published by Pistol Jim Press.
pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/filthy-hab...
pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/filthy-hab...
Filthy Habit by Keith Roysdon
from Nails in the Coffin: a Pistol Jim Press series
pistoljimpress.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is a fantastic short story. I loved it.
🎵Crypto - FINGER!
The bro with the phantom touch...🎶
The bro with the phantom touch...🎶
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🎵Crypto - FINGER!
The bro with the phantom touch...🎶
The bro with the phantom touch...🎶
Seems obvious to me. You start the Bond series over and update the titles: DR. MUSK, FROM PYONGYANG WITH LOVE, CRYPTOFINGER... Just imagine an AI Shirley Bassey belting out that number!*
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Seems obvious to me. You start the Bond series over and update the titles: DR. MUSK, FROM PYONGYANG WITH LOVE, CRYPTOFINGER... Just imagine an AI Shirley Bassey belting out that number!*
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The last sentence of this flash story is wonderfully noir. Great work, @keithroysdon.bsky.social.
Published by @witchingmetal66.bsky.social.
Published by @witchingmetal66.bsky.social.
My tale of gunplay and regret in a convenience store has been published by Pistol Jim Press.
pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/filthy-hab...
pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/filthy-hab...
Filthy Habit by Keith Roysdon
from Nails in the Coffin: a Pistol Jim Press series
pistoljimpress.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The last sentence of this flash story is wonderfully noir. Great work, @keithroysdon.bsky.social.
Published by @witchingmetal66.bsky.social.
Published by @witchingmetal66.bsky.social.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
Anthony Burgess. Now there's a writer who could do a fire scene. I felt my fingertips getting scorched from holding the pages.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Anthony Burgess. Now there's a writer who could do a fire scene. I felt my fingertips getting scorched from holding the pages.
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Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Snowy Start. This morning, Chicago's Millennium Park gets hit with lake effect snow while the autumn colors are in their final days.
DRAGONSLAYER (1981)
A superb effort. The 1980s are littered with bold films in the sci fi/fantasy/horror genre that bombed at the box office. This sad fact prompts dark thoughts about the Baby Boom generation.
A superb effort. The 1980s are littered with bold films in the sci fi/fantasy/horror genre that bombed at the box office. This sad fact prompts dark thoughts about the Baby Boom generation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
DRAGONSLAYER (1981)
A superb effort. The 1980s are littered with bold films in the sci fi/fantasy/horror genre that bombed at the box office. This sad fact prompts dark thoughts about the Baby Boom generation.
A superb effort. The 1980s are littered with bold films in the sci fi/fantasy/horror genre that bombed at the box office. This sad fact prompts dark thoughts about the Baby Boom generation.
He's retiring and this is the note he wants to end on? What a disgrace.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
He's retiring and this is the note he wants to end on? What a disgrace.
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Another great read from Andrew about a lost voice from the smut pulp era.
He digs deep and gives us details of the real woman behind the pen. It's a compelling bit of research and it stands as a good reminder that even when the books were meant to be disposable, the people who wrote them weren't.
He digs deep and gives us details of the real woman behind the pen. It's a compelling bit of research and it stands as a good reminder that even when the books were meant to be disposable, the people who wrote them weren't.
To mark the re-publication of her books, my latest Substack post is about the now largely forgotten author Jane Gallion, her publisher Essex House, and the hard life that was being one of America’s first female smut writers. Free to read at the link below.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Another great read from Andrew about a lost voice from the smut pulp era.
He digs deep and gives us details of the real woman behind the pen. It's a compelling bit of research and it stands as a good reminder that even when the books were meant to be disposable, the people who wrote them weren't.
He digs deep and gives us details of the real woman behind the pen. It's a compelling bit of research and it stands as a good reminder that even when the books were meant to be disposable, the people who wrote them weren't.
Writers who can't write well about fire must study writers who can.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Writers who can't write well about fire must study writers who can.
I mean, if that slob Shakespeare could invent new words, why not me?
I have invented a new adverb: locomotively.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I mean, if that slob Shakespeare could invent new words, why not me?
I have invented a new adverb: locomotively.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I have invented a new adverb: locomotively.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
I will not be taking any questions at this time.
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Remember kids, learn something new every day.
(Countdown to new Frenzi: 10 days)
(Countdown to new Frenzi: 10 days)
Do you know what a lupara is?
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Remember kids, learn something new every day.
(Countdown to new Frenzi: 10 days)
(Countdown to new Frenzi: 10 days)
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Do you know what a lupara is?
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Do you know what a lupara is?
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
Why not let Professor Killfrenzy educate you in Frenzi: When in Rome...Kill?
It's a bloody action saga set to be unleashed in just ten days!
www.amazon.com/Frenzi-When-...
Remember: in a Point of Impact book, the bad guys definitely do not win.
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Level Best Books is releasing this soon ... I have a story in it (thank you for editing @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social ). Classic cover!
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Level Best Books is releasing this soon ... I have a story in it (thank you for editing @crimefictionwriter.bsky.social ). Classic cover!
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“Goldberg’s latest roller-coaster installment of modern Los Angeles noir ratchets the action up to 11." —Library Journal
FALLEN STAR is available now! https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B0D9PBSFZP/lg-facebook-20
FALLEN STAR is available now! https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B0D9PBSFZP/lg-facebook-20
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Goldberg’s latest roller-coaster installment of modern Los Angeles noir ratchets the action up to 11." —Library Journal
FALLEN STAR is available now! https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B0D9PBSFZP/lg-facebook-20
FALLEN STAR is available now! https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B0D9PBSFZP/lg-facebook-20
An embarrassing number of these to-be-donated books are the result of accidentally buying the same book twice.
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
An embarrassing number of these to-be-donated books are the result of accidentally buying the same book twice.
Let's spare a moment of kind thought for the Chuck Schumer apologists.
It must be utterly exhausting.
It must be utterly exhausting.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Let's spare a moment of kind thought for the Chuck Schumer apologists.
It must be utterly exhausting.
It must be utterly exhausting.
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Literary fiction requires no plot. In fact, plot is an embarrassment to the literary writer. Being caught plotting is like walking out of a restroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Literary fiction requires no plot. In fact, plot is an embarrassment to the literary writer. Being caught plotting is like walking out of a restroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
You have captured my attention.
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You have captured my attention.
Photographer Andrew Harnik should get a Pulitzer for this one.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Photographer Andrew Harnik should get a Pulitzer for this one.