David Rachels
@davidrachels.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Succinct. Four volumes of Gil Brewer stories. Staccato Crime reprint series. Short stories here and there. Professor of English at Newberry College.
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David Rachels
@davidrachels.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Newton’s Butterfly: An Oral History, by David Rachels
Nicholas Freeman, county sheriff: The incident began during the opening hour of Elderwood’s 3 rd Annual Juneteenth Festival when 25-year-...
redneck-press.blogspot.com
Delighted to have “Newton’s Butterfly” appear in TOUGH. Thanks to @rustybarnes23.bsky.social and crew!
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
Delighted to have provided the introduction for another Gil Brewer reprint. #noir
The Squeeze / -And the Girl Screamed
Check out The Squeeze / -And the Girl Screamed - <p>THE SQUEEZE</p><p></p><p>Joe Maule had been set up. He's into gambler Victor Jarnigan for $12,000. And naturally Jarnigan has a plan for Joe to pay ...
bookshop.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Delighted to have provided the introduction for another Gil Brewer reprint. #noir
This Might Be a Story about My Grandfather
featuring "The Interpretations"
open.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Cleveland! #cleveland #ohio #blues #art #comics #harveypekar #howlinwolf #cemetery #cemeteries #rockhall #museums
Unexpected Joys in Cleveland
featuring Howlin' Wolf and Harvey Pekar
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For any Gil Brewer fans out there. #noir #gilbrewer
Gathering Gil Brewer
featuring "Mow the Green Grass"
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July 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For any Gil Brewer fans out there. #noir #gilbrewer
My Quickest Acceptance and the Book That Never Was
featuring "Shinjū, No Shinjū"
substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's quite surprising to wake up to the news, coming from completely out of the blue, that a novel that you co-wrote 20 years ago has been accepted for publication! 😲😲😲
June 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's quite surprising to wake up to the news, coming from completely out of the blue, that a novel that you co-wrote 20 years ago has been accepted for publication! 😲😲😲
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
June 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
May 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Lawrence Block was a visiting professor in my department for a semester. He was awesome, and the students LOVED him.
Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?
May 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Lawrence Block was a visiting professor in my department for a semester. He was awesome, and the students LOVED him.
Delighted to have “Newton’s Butterfly” appear in TOUGH. Thanks to @rustybarnes23.bsky.social and crew!
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
Newton’s Butterfly: An Oral History, by David Rachels
Nicholas Freeman, county sheriff: The incident began during the opening hour of Elderwood’s 3 rd Annual Juneteenth Festival when 25-year-...
redneck-press.blogspot.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Delighted to have “Newton’s Butterfly” appear in TOUGH. Thanks to @rustybarnes23.bsky.social and crew!
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
redneck-press.blogspot.com/2025/04/newt...
Reposted by David Rachels
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
This is the eighth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
April 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is the eighth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
In a 2023 book from a major publisher. What’s the world coming to? #publishing #nooooooooo
April 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a 2023 book from a major publisher. What’s the world coming to? #publishing #nooooooooo
April 1 is the day when we officially sanction the behavior of assholes.
April 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
April 1 is the day when we officially sanction the behavior of assholes.
This is the seventh entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
March 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the seventh entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
It's true. I have students--college students, some of them honors students--who do not know how to tell time with an analog clock.
March 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's true. I have students--college students, some of them honors students--who do not know how to tell time with an analog clock.
Early to the rock show. #thecopyrights
March 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Early to the rock show. #thecopyrights
This is the sixth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
March 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the sixth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
#photography #litter
#photography #litter
This is what happened when I told ChatGPT that it was "not very bright."
February 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is what happened when I told ChatGPT that it was "not very bright."
This is the fifth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is the fifth entry in my occasional photography series, LITTER: NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA.