Duane Swierczynski
@swierczy.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of CALIFORNIA BEAR, SECRET DEAD MEN, LUSH and BILLION-DOLLAR RANSOM. WGA. MWA. "The Pole WIth Soul." gleefulmayhem.com
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
My newsletter usually isn't this star-studded, but the new one features @mikeflanaganfilm.com! @pattonoswalt.bsky.social! @meredithsalenger.bsky.social! Stephen Root! Link in the comments below.
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
My newsletter usually isn't this star-studded, but the new one features @mikeflanaganfilm.com! @pattonoswalt.bsky.social! @meredithsalenger.bsky.social! Stephen Root! Link in the comments below.
As a spice wimp, I think this is the scariest video ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2gm...
SO HOT IT'S SCARY: THE GHOST PEPPER BURGER
YouTube video by SAM THE COOKING GUY
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November 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
As a spice wimp, I think this is the scariest video ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2gm...
John Carpenter’s PASADENA
November 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
John Carpenter’s PASADENA
Rabbit! Rabbit!
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!
This afternoon I drove past a Michael Myers waiting to cross the street. He had a butcher knife in his hand. I gave Michael the peace sign. He gave me a very friendly wave in return. I love Halloween.
a man wearing a white mask and a black jacket is standing in front of a door
ALT: a man wearing a white mask and a black jacket is standing in front of a door
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November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This afternoon I drove past a Michael Myers waiting to cross the street. He had a butcher knife in his hand. I gave Michael the peace sign. He gave me a very friendly wave in return. I love Halloween.
This year I’m dressing up as Frank Zappa dressing up as Satan. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This year I’m dressing up as Frank Zappa dressing up as Satan. Happy Halloween!
Hard to believe it's been seven years. I miss Evie every day.
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hard to believe it's been seven years. I miss Evie every day.
Make a kid at Children's Hospital Los Angeles smile by sending a Halloween card! (Every card sent adds $1 to the Children's Fund.) Plus, it's an excuse to use those lame spooky Dad jokes you've been saving up all year... secure1.chla.org/site/SPageNa...
Send a Halloween card to a child in the hospital!
You can help a child in the hospital have a spook-tacular Halloween. Send a special card before the deadline.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Make a kid at Children's Hospital Los Angeles smile by sending a Halloween card! (Every card sent adds $1 to the Children's Fund.) Plus, it's an excuse to use those lame spooky Dad jokes you've been saving up all year... secure1.chla.org/site/SPageNa...
The 8th Annual Team Evie Holiday Book Drive begins... today! You can help put new books in the hands of kids at Children's Hospital LA. www.teameviefoundation.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The 8th Annual Team Evie Holiday Book Drive begins... today! You can help put new books in the hands of kids at Children's Hospital LA. www.teameviefoundation.com
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This November the New Bev spotlights Burt Lancaster, highlights the work of Bill Forsyth, presents a special 35mm first-run engagement of Osgood Perkins’ new film Keeper, plus family matinees, midnights, and more! Let us know what you’re most excited to see!
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This November the New Bev spotlights Burt Lancaster, highlights the work of Bill Forsyth, presents a special 35mm first-run engagement of Osgood Perkins’ new film Keeper, plus family matinees, midnights, and more! Let us know what you’re most excited to see!
What I've been up to (so far) during this spooky month. open.substack.com/pub/gleefulm...
October Country
Sometimes, the creepy things are the comforting things
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October 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What I've been up to (so far) during this spooky month. open.substack.com/pub/gleefulm...
Picked up an emotional support cemetery at Trader Joe’s.
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Picked up an emotional support cemetery at Trader Joe’s.
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Macavity Award Winners #mystery #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2025/10/maca... @swierczy.bsky.social and more!
MACAVITY AWARD WINNERS 2025
The Macavity Award Winners 2025 (for works published in 2024) The Macavity Award is named after Macavity: The Mystery Cat , in...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Macavity Award Winners #mystery #crimefiction mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2025/10/maca... @swierczy.bsky.social and more!
Shut the door. Have a seat
October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Shut the door. Have a seat
Rabbit! Rabbit!
October 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Rabbit! Rabbit!
I’ve been meaning to read more Du Maurier, and this new story collection gave me the nudge. With an intro and appreciation by @stephenking.bsky.social!
September 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I’ve been meaning to read more Du Maurier, and this new story collection gave me the nudge. With an intro and appreciation by @stephenking.bsky.social!
Dana Skully is ready for October
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Dana Skully is ready for October
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Thomas Perry, one of the greatest thriller writers of the past four decades, has died, per his publisher, The Mysterious Press:
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thomas Perry, one of the greatest thriller writers of the past four decades, has died, per his publisher, The Mysterious Press:
Very proud to see BILLION-DOLLAR RANSOM, my latest with James Patterson, at #5 on the NYT best seller list!
September 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Very proud to see BILLION-DOLLAR RANSOM, my latest with James Patterson, at #5 on the NYT best seller list!
Currently reading and enjoying SCREAMING AND CONJURING, Clark Collins’s lively and interview-packed survey of horror films from 1996 through 2013.
September 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Currently reading and enjoying SCREAMING AND CONJURING, Clark Collins’s lively and interview-packed survey of horror films from 1996 through 2013.
If you happen to be in Venice, CA this Saturday afternoon, stop by the library! I'll be nerding out on the SF writers who at one point called that crazy beach town home: Bradbury, Brackett, Leiber and Shea.
September 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If you happen to be in Venice, CA this Saturday afternoon, stop by the library! I'll be nerding out on the SF writers who at one point called that crazy beach town home: Bradbury, Brackett, Leiber and Shea.
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Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Killing people we disagree with is wrong in every way, whether it’s Melissa Hortman or Charlie Kirk. This is especially true in a country awash with guns and run by fascists looking to amplify their already militarized policies.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
No thoughts and prayers. Down with fascism and up with gun control.
Happy birthday to my Grandmom Eleanor (a.k.a. “Dolly”) who would have turned 99 today.
September 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy birthday to my Grandmom Eleanor (a.k.a. “Dolly”) who would have turned 99 today.
Rabbit! Rabbit!
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Rabbit! Rabbit!