Carlotta Dale
@carlottadale.bsky.social
Still bravely using adverbs in Los Angeles
"The book moves fast, but is not rushed. The mystery unfolds more like a memory than a thriller. This isn't about solving a crime but about understanding why the past keeps showing up."
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"The book moves fast, but is not rushed. The mystery unfolds more like a memory than a thriller. This isn't about solving a crime but about understanding why the past keeps showing up."
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales? Reviews? Well-wishes on my way to the Poor House?
Available at the 'Zon.
Can I get more sales/reviews? Thoughts and prayers? I'm not picky.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Can I get more sales/reviews? Thoughts and prayers? I'm not picky.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
"It’s rhythmic like a beat poet knocking on a bongo, except it makes more sense, and you can follow the storyline. It’s also really funny and subversive."
Available at the 'Zon.
You might like this ... (at the 'Zon)
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You might like this ... (at the 'Zon)
"The Parrots Come Again is a gem of atmosphere and voice. The book is equal parts private-eye noir, meditative ghost story, and tropical urban fable. She knows how to set a scene without over-explaining, letting the surreal creep in at the edges."
At the 'Zon.
At the 'Zon.
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"The Parrots Come Again is a gem of atmosphere and voice. The book is equal parts private-eye noir, meditative ghost story, and tropical urban fable. She knows how to set a scene without over-explaining, letting the surreal creep in at the edges."
At the 'Zon.
At the 'Zon.
"The nuclear family is so fucked up.”
I agreed with him. All those emotionally absent fathers, all those mothers torn in two by rage and frustration, popping Mother’s Little Helpers washed down with bourbon and seven.
Available at the 'Zon! Reviews welcome!
I agreed with him. All those emotionally absent fathers, all those mothers torn in two by rage and frustration, popping Mother’s Little Helpers washed down with bourbon and seven.
Available at the 'Zon! Reviews welcome!
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The nuclear family is so fucked up.”
I agreed with him. All those emotionally absent fathers, all those mothers torn in two by rage and frustration, popping Mother’s Little Helpers washed down with bourbon and seven.
Available at the 'Zon! Reviews welcome!
I agreed with him. All those emotionally absent fathers, all those mothers torn in two by rage and frustration, popping Mother’s Little Helpers washed down with bourbon and seven.
Available at the 'Zon! Reviews welcome!
I miss REAL journalists
October 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I miss REAL journalists
Unsolicited Nick pic
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Unsolicited Nick pic
"No matter how often you attended meetings and protests, no matter how much of an activist you were—at every fucking event the women were nudged, without malice but inexorably, in the direction of the coffee urns."
Available at the 'Zon. Buoy my book, mateys! And I'll stop with the bad jokes.
Available at the 'Zon. Buoy my book, mateys! And I'll stop with the bad jokes.
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"No matter how often you attended meetings and protests, no matter how much of an activist you were—at every fucking event the women were nudged, without malice but inexorably, in the direction of the coffee urns."
Available at the 'Zon. Buoy my book, mateys! And I'll stop with the bad jokes.
Available at the 'Zon. Buoy my book, mateys! And I'll stop with the bad jokes.
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
“In the long run, you can’t keep anything."
But in the meantime, you could be enjoying THE PARROTS COME AGAIN. Available at the 'Zon.
But in the meantime, you could be enjoying THE PARROTS COME AGAIN. Available at the 'Zon.
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“In the long run, you can’t keep anything."
But in the meantime, you could be enjoying THE PARROTS COME AGAIN. Available at the 'Zon.
But in the meantime, you could be enjoying THE PARROTS COME AGAIN. Available at the 'Zon.
Here you go. Resulting nightmares are not my responsibility.
September 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here you go. Resulting nightmares are not my responsibility.
"The Parrots Come Again is a fun and breezy PI novella that I'd best describe as The Sixth Sense meets Philip Marlowe."
Love this! The Parrots are waiting for you at the 'Zon. Purchases (and reviews) are most welcome.
Love this! The Parrots are waiting for you at the 'Zon. Purchases (and reviews) are most welcome.
September 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"The Parrots Come Again is a fun and breezy PI novella that I'd best describe as The Sixth Sense meets Philip Marlowe."
Love this! The Parrots are waiting for you at the 'Zon. Purchases (and reviews) are most welcome.
Love this! The Parrots are waiting for you at the 'Zon. Purchases (and reviews) are most welcome.
"Carlotta Dale's "The Parrots Come Again" is a breezy and funny supernatural noir. PI Penny Lane discovers that odd and forlorn lost souls find her. Full of twists and comforting reminders of Los Angeles from the period. Immensely readable."
New review! Woot! Available at 'Zon.
New review! Woot! Available at 'Zon.
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Carlotta Dale's "The Parrots Come Again" is a breezy and funny supernatural noir. PI Penny Lane discovers that odd and forlorn lost souls find her. Full of twists and comforting reminders of Los Angeles from the period. Immensely readable."
New review! Woot! Available at 'Zon.
New review! Woot! Available at 'Zon.
If you enjoyed this, you might want to give THE PARROTS COME AGAIN a spin. Available at the 'Zon.
September 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you enjoyed this, you might want to give THE PARROTS COME AGAIN a spin. Available at the 'Zon.
"I liked it! I was checking it out to see where to put it in my TBR pile and the next thing you know I had read it straight through. Look forward to seeing Penny and Phanny again!"
The Parrots Come Again, available at the 'Zon.
The Parrots Come Again, available at the 'Zon.
September 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"I liked it! I was checking it out to see where to put it in my TBR pile and the next thing you know I had read it straight through. Look forward to seeing Penny and Phanny again!"
The Parrots Come Again, available at the 'Zon.
The Parrots Come Again, available at the 'Zon.
And if you like that, you might like this, too (available at Amazon):
September 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
And if you like that, you might like this, too (available at Amazon):
This drops tomorrow, August 14th! Kinda excited. Available at Amazon.
August 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This drops tomorrow, August 14th! Kinda excited. Available at Amazon.
Unboxing photo.
I honestly never thought I'd be doing one of these.
Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
I honestly never thought I'd be doing one of these.
Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Unboxing photo.
I honestly never thought I'd be doing one of these.
Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
I honestly never thought I'd be doing one of these.
Thanks, @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
And, in case anyone was wondering, this was the Van de Kamp's bakery. Sadly, long gone.
March 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
And, in case anyone was wondering, this was the Van de Kamp's bakery. Sadly, long gone.
I took this as an inspiration for my recent short story, "The Corpse Came in Person," published by
@punk_magazine
.
Link: punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/t...
@punk_magazine
.
Link: punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/t...
March 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I took this as an inspiration for my recent short story, "The Corpse Came in Person," published by
@punk_magazine
.
Link: punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/t...
@punk_magazine
.
Link: punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2025/03/09/t...
My all-time favorite, also by Gillian Armstrong:
March 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My all-time favorite, also by Gillian Armstrong:
Hope the surgery is quick, easy, and painless.
If you feel up to it afterwards, I highly recommend a drink at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Beautiful view, beautiful room.
If you feel up to it afterwards, I highly recommend a drink at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Beautiful view, beautiful room.
February 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hope the surgery is quick, easy, and painless.
If you feel up to it afterwards, I highly recommend a drink at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Beautiful view, beautiful room.
If you feel up to it afterwards, I highly recommend a drink at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. Beautiful view, beautiful room.
I've read a lot of disappointing fiction in 2025 -- some good stuff, but just sort of half-assed, you know? But ECHO by Tracy Clark @tracyc1.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
February 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I've read a lot of disappointing fiction in 2025 -- some good stuff, but just sort of half-assed, you know? But ECHO by Tracy Clark @tracyc1.bsky.social is an absolute banger.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
Me and the three folks who read my posts.
January 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Me and the three folks who read my posts.