Jeff Mariotte
@jeffmariotte.bsky.social
Award-winning writer of novels, short fiction, comics/GN, whatever seems fun. Crime, westerns, horror, sf, etc. Member HWA, WWA, ITW, SinC, IAMTW, WF. Husband of @Marsheilarockwell, dad of some. Too busy. Arizonan.
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In context, this one is also a classic. Dr. Oz is talking about the link between obesity and dementia while obese, demented Don snoozes.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In context, this one is also a classic. Dr. Oz is talking about the link between obesity and dementia while obese, demented Don snoozes.
I got to visit with old friend Joe Lansdale his own self (and newer friend Kasey Lansdale) on Joe’s birthday Tuesday night at @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social. A great time was had by all, as is always the case when Joe’s around. Check out Hatchet Girls, his new novel!
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I got to visit with old friend Joe Lansdale his own self (and newer friend Kasey Lansdale) on Joe’s birthday Tuesday night at @poisonedpenbooks.bsky.social. A great time was had by all, as is always the case when Joe’s around. Check out Hatchet Girls, his new novel!
Cold Black Hearts is a WordFire Wednesday Weekly Deal this week! Just 99 cents for this terrifying tale. wordfirepress.com/collections/...
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Cold Black Hearts is a WordFire Wednesday Weekly Deal this week! Just 99 cents for this terrifying tale. wordfirepress.com/collections/...
Sword of the War-Monster is not only funded, it's a Kickstarter Project We Love! You'll love it, too! How could you not? Just look at that sweet face!
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October 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sword of the War-Monster is not only funded, it's a Kickstarter Project We Love! You'll love it, too! How could you not? Just look at that sweet face!
@shannondenton.bsky.social @davidhartmanart.bsky.social @monsterforge.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
@shannondenton.bsky.social @davidhartmanart.bsky.social @monsterforge.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
Good thing I checked my spam filter! I could've missed out on the deal that will make me unimaginably wealthy!
October 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Good thing I checked my spam filter! I could've missed out on the deal that will make me unimaginably wealthy!
October 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yesterday I turned in the current book, more than a week ahead of the deadline. Next up: a copy editing gig, then another book with a January 30 deadline. But also about 6-12 other projects clamoring for attention. i need three of me. How did she do it?
September 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yesterday I turned in the current book, more than a week ahead of the deadline. Next up: a copy editing gig, then another book with a January 30 deadline. But also about 6-12 other projects clamoring for attention. i need three of me. How did she do it?
A happy accident. I was trying to capture the sunset cloud over the field, and had no idea until I looked at it this morning that the football was there. This was pre-game, and I have no idea where it came from.
September 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A happy accident. I was trying to capture the sunset cloud over the field, and had no idea until I looked at it this morning that the football was there. This was pre-game, and I have no idea where it came from.
I took this when he opened for Jackson Browne in San Jose, CA, circa 1977. At his peak.
September 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I took this when he opened for Jackson Browne in San Jose, CA, circa 1977. At his peak.
Why is Cthulhu watching our house from the neighbor’s yard?
August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Why is Cthulhu watching our house from the neighbor’s yard?
Astronomical breakthrough: Jupiter is made of farts.
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Astronomical breakthrough: Jupiter is made of farts.
I’m watching Valkyrie, a 2008 Tom Cruise WWII movie about a plot to save Germany by assassinating Hitler. I suggest not mentioning any potential current-day situations in which parallel actions might be taken.
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m watching Valkyrie, a 2008 Tom Cruise WWII movie about a plot to save Germany by assassinating Hitler. I suggest not mentioning any potential current-day situations in which parallel actions might be taken.
To a kitten, everything is a toy. At 2 am this morning, Charmander invented a new game called “Stab the back of Daddy’s neck with all my claws until he banishes me from the room.”
No wonder I’m sleepy.
No wonder I’m sleepy.
August 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
To a kitten, everything is a toy. At 2 am this morning, Charmander invented a new game called “Stab the back of Daddy’s neck with all my claws until he banishes me from the room.”
No wonder I’m sleepy.
No wonder I’m sleepy.
This week's Substack post (always free)--memories of American Booksellers Conventions gone by. Good times.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This week's Substack post (always free)--memories of American Booksellers Conventions gone by. Good times.
jeffreyjmariotte.substack.com/p/adventures...
jeffreyjmariotte.substack.com/p/adventures...
No particular reason for this post today, except that I love this image, and I'm still grieving over the devastation to the Grand Canyon's North Rim, where I took this photo.
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
No particular reason for this post today, except that I love this image, and I'm still grieving over the devastation to the Grand Canyon's North Rim, where I took this photo.
August 13, 1967. My first rock concert. The Who and the Blues Magoos opening for headliners Herman's Hermits. I don't remember which show my brother Michael and I went to. I know after their set in the evening, the Who and Nils Lofgren (in the audience, not on stage) left to go catch Jimi Hendrix.
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
August 13, 1967. My first rock concert. The Who and the Blues Magoos opening for headliners Herman's Hermits. I don't remember which show my brother Michael and I went to. I know after their set in the evening, the Who and Nils Lofgren (in the audience, not on stage) left to go catch Jimi Hendrix.
This week's Substack post: Some stories of author signings that were perhaps a little more complicated than most--but worth it. Feat. Roger Zelazny, Joe R. Lansdale, and Wallace Stegner!
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August 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This week's Substack post: Some stories of author signings that were perhaps a little more complicated than most--but worth it. Feat. Roger Zelazny, Joe R. Lansdale, and Wallace Stegner!
jeffreyjmariotte.substack.com/p/adventures...
#author #authorsigning
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Never stopped. This is just the fiction section.
August 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Never stopped. This is just the fiction section.