Josh Pachter
@joshpachter.bsky.social
writer | editor | translator | traveler
www.joshpachter.com
www.joshpachter.com
Sun-Sentinel reviewer Oline Cogdill lists EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH (Level Best Books) as one of the 5 best crime-fiction anthologies of 2025. #stephensondheim #crimefiction
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Sun-Sentinel reviewer Oline Cogdill lists EVERY DAY A LITTLE DEATH (Level Best Books) as one of the 5 best crime-fiction anthologies of 2025. #stephensondheim #crimefiction
Out today from #whitecitypress, and that's no gag!
July 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Out today from #whitecitypress, and that's no gag!
My next anthology, coming in September from #GeniusBookPublishing, 21 stories by Dutch and Flemish crime writers. Yer not much if yer not Dutch (or Flemish)!
June 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My next anthology, coming in September from #GeniusBookPublishing, 21 stories by Dutch and Flemish crime writers. Yer not much if yer not Dutch (or Flemish)!
If you're within reach of Staunton (VA), mark your calendars for June 22!
#jonimitchell #stephensondheim #gratefuldead #crimefiction
#jonimitchell #stephensondheim #gratefuldead #crimefiction
June 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you're within reach of Staunton (VA), mark your calendars for June 22!
#jonimitchell #stephensondheim #gratefuldead #crimefiction
#jonimitchell #stephensondheim #gratefuldead #crimefiction
Very honored to be a double Anthony nominee for FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET (for Best Children's/YA Novel) and FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD (Best Anthology). Congrats to all the nominees in all the categories!
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very honored to be a double Anthony nominee for FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET (for Best Children's/YA Novel) and FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD (Best Anthology). Congrats to all the nominees in all the categories!
Tomorrow only, Open Road Media reduces the price of the digital edition of THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL from $14.99 to only $0.99! To get the discount, you'll need to subscribe to one of OR/M's free newsletters, such as earlybirdbooks.com. Enjoy!
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tomorrow only, Open Road Media reduces the price of the digital edition of THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL from $14.99 to only $0.99! To get the discount, you'll need to subscribe to one of OR/M's free newsletters, such as earlybirdbooks.com. Enjoy!
For the consideration of Bouchercon attendees, Anthony Award nominations open tonite! For Best Juvenile/YA: FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET. For Best Anthology or Collection: FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For the consideration of Bouchercon attendees, Anthony Award nominations open tonite! For Best Juvenile/YA: FIRST WEEK FREE AT THE ROOMY TOILET. For Best Anthology or Collection: FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD
My 2024 Derringer Award finalist "I Don't Like Mondays" is reprinted in the new edition of BLACK CAT WEEKLY. 900 pages of crime, science-fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels for $2.99 — or a 52-week subscription for $20! This is unbeatable value for money from #WildsidePress!
February 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My 2024 Derringer Award finalist "I Don't Like Mondays" is reprinted in the new edition of BLACK CAT WEEKLY. 900 pages of crime, science-fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels for $2.99 — or a 52-week subscription for $20! This is unbeatable value for money from #WildsidePress!
The hits just keep on coming! FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD is a finalist for the first-ever Best Anthology Derringer Award! #DownandOutBooks #ShortMysteryFictionSociety #GratefulDead
February 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The hits just keep on coming! FRIEND OF THE DEVIL: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD is a finalist for the first-ever Best Anthology Derringer Award! #DownandOutBooks #ShortMysteryFictionSociety #GratefulDead
CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION, available now for Kindle apps and readers: twelve tasty tales of Virginian venality and violence by members of the Central VA chapter of Sisters in Crime, co-edited by K.L. Murphy and me! Available on the 'Zon now and soon in trade paper and other e-formats.
January 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CRIME IN THE OLD DOMINION, available now for Kindle apps and readers: twelve tasty tales of Virginian venality and violence by members of the Central VA chapter of Sisters in Crime, co-edited by K.L. Murphy and me! Available on the 'Zon now and soon in trade paper and other e-formats.
Available today wherever print and e-books are sold! #jonimitchell #crimefiction #shortstories #anthology
January 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Available today wherever print and e-books are sold! #jonimitchell #crimefiction #shortstories #anthology
Joni’s back! Coming Tuesday from Open Road Media! #jonimitchell #crimefiction
January 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Joni’s back! Coming Tuesday from Open Road Media! #jonimitchell #crimefiction
My 2024 publications: my first book for younger readers, two anthologies edited, twelve new short stories (one of which finished third in the Dutch Goeken Prijs competition), and four translations.
Now it's on to 2025!
Now it's on to 2025!
December 31, 2024 at 1:02 PM
My 2024 publications: my first book for younger readers, two anthologies edited, twelve new short stories (one of which finished third in the Dutch Goeken Prijs competition), and four translations.
Now it's on to 2025!
Now it's on to 2025!
The new issue of EQMM — #1000 — is the last under the editorship of Janet Hutchings, who has steered the magazine with talent and care and grace through more than three decades. A touching, thoughtful essay from Janet appears on p. 191, and it will bring a tear to many eyes. It did to mine.
December 12, 2024 at 11:21 PM
The new issue of EQMM — #1000 — is the last under the editorship of Janet Hutchings, who has steered the magazine with talent and care and grace through more than three decades. A touching, thoughtful essay from Janet appears on p. 191, and it will bring a tear to many eyes. It did to mine.
If you're in or within reach of Richmond (VA) and looking for holiday gifts for the readers on your list, check out the Midlothian Library's Local Author Book Fair on Dec. 7. I'll be there, along with Heather Baker Weidner, Maggie King, and many others!
November 27, 2024 at 12:23 PM
If you're in or within reach of Richmond (VA) and looking for holiday gifts for the readers on your list, check out the Midlothian Library's Local Author Book Fair on Dec. 7. I'll be there, along with Heather Baker Weidner, Maggie King, and many others!
Only 28 days until Christmas! Here are Santa's suggestions for the readers on your "nice" list (though the books are perhaps just a little bit naughty)....
November 26, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Only 28 days until Christmas! Here are Santa's suggestions for the readers on your "nice" list (though the books are perhaps just a little bit naughty)....
Vagueblueskying: Who are these people? And why am I posting their headshots? Stay tuned. All will be revealed....
November 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Vagueblueskying: Who are these people? And why am I posting their headshots? Stay tuned. All will be revealed....
November 13, 2024 at 7:56 PM