Keith Roysdon
@keithroysdon.bsky.social
Writer of true crime, fiction, pop culture. My 1984-set YA crime novel THAT OCTOBER is out now! Coming in 2026: my crime novel "Seven Angels" winner 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from MWA-Midwest. MWA, SinC. keithroysdon dot com
Call your senators. R or D. I’ll make it easy for you:
January 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Call your senators. R or D. I’ll make it easy for you:
Also from THAT OCTOBER:
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Also from THAT OCTOBER:
From my novel THAT OCTOBER:
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
From my novel THAT OCTOBER:
I had to write up a short description of my next book, SEVEN ANGELS, so I figured I might as well put it out there.
It's coming this summer from our Constellate Publishing.
It's coming this summer from our Constellate Publishing.
January 28, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I had to write up a short description of my next book, SEVEN ANGELS, so I figured I might as well put it out there.
It's coming this summer from our Constellate Publishing.
It's coming this summer from our Constellate Publishing.
A newspaper story that got away.
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A newspaper story that got away.
Quote post a random photo from your phone. No new photos.
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Quote post a random photo from your phone. No new photos.
Aldi in Knoxville still sparsely stocked as trucks are still having trouble getting here post-winter storm. @marywhnews.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Aldi in Knoxville still sparsely stocked as trucks are still having trouble getting here post-winter storm. @marywhnews.bsky.social
I'm deep into writing an upcoming piece for @crimereads.bsky.social about William Conrad, best known as portly TV detective "Cannon" but a great heavy in noir films like "The Killers" and director of a series of offbeat thrillers like "Two on a Guillotine."
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I'm deep into writing an upcoming piece for @crimereads.bsky.social about William Conrad, best known as portly TV detective "Cannon" but a great heavy in noir films like "The Killers" and director of a series of offbeat thrillers like "Two on a Guillotine."
Good morning from a domicile that never lost power and got virtually no snow. We got freezing rain last night and I was afraid ice would bring down limbs and power lines but the temperature started going up overnight and stayed above freezing all night.
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Good morning from a domicile that never lost power and got virtually no snow. We got freezing rain last night and I was afraid ice would bring down limbs and power lines but the temperature started going up overnight and stayed above freezing all night.
Ready for the worst if we lose power.
January 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Ready for the worst if we lose power.
We never know what the day will bring, especially with bad weather on the way. But we start this day with coffee and a pot roast that cooked overnight in the slow cooker. We might be eating our lunch in the dark. We’ll see.
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
We never know what the day will bring, especially with bad weather on the way. But we start this day with coffee and a pot roast that cooked overnight in the slow cooker. We might be eating our lunch in the dark. We’ll see.
I’m well known for my role at the corporation called Self Employed. Seriously, why do they send this bullshit out?
January 24, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I’m well known for my role at the corporation called Self Employed. Seriously, why do they send this bullshit out?
Wild. @usatoday.com embedded my tweet about pre-winter storm panic buying into their story about pre-winter storm panic buying.
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Wild. @usatoday.com embedded my tweet about pre-winter storm panic buying into their story about pre-winter storm panic buying.
“Coffee’s not working.”
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
“Coffee’s not working.”
Scenes from winter storm prep: panic buying. At Aldi down here, bread, milk, eggs and toilet paper gone Wednesday night, two days before the storm hits.
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Scenes from winter storm prep: panic buying. At Aldi down here, bread, milk, eggs and toilet paper gone Wednesday night, two days before the storm hits.
We might be in the middle of an ice storm in the South this weekend. Very unfond memories of covering the ice storm in East Central Indiana 20 years ago and going home to a cold dark house with a flooded crawl space for most of a week. (Thousands were out of power for more than a week.)
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We might be in the middle of an ice storm in the South this weekend. Very unfond memories of covering the ice storm in East Central Indiana 20 years ago and going home to a cold dark house with a flooded crawl space for most of a week. (Thousands were out of power for more than a week.)
What are elements of your upcoming book?
Brave young woman runs her family funeral home and combats white supremacists, pill-pushers, killers
Search for a missing Ukraine girl sought by a Russian trafficker
Troubled Tennessee town
Corrupt sheriff
Band of women working together
Brave young woman runs her family funeral home and combats white supremacists, pill-pushers, killers
Search for a missing Ukraine girl sought by a Russian trafficker
Troubled Tennessee town
Corrupt sheriff
Band of women working together
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
What are elements of your upcoming book?
Brave young woman runs her family funeral home and combats white supremacists, pill-pushers, killers
Search for a missing Ukraine girl sought by a Russian trafficker
Troubled Tennessee town
Corrupt sheriff
Band of women working together
Brave young woman runs her family funeral home and combats white supremacists, pill-pushers, killers
Search for a missing Ukraine girl sought by a Russian trafficker
Troubled Tennessee town
Corrupt sheriff
Band of women working together
Penny cowers at the vet but Pearl fights. They have to handle her with falconers gloves. “I’m gonna kill all you fuckers” is her baseline. Photo of them - Penny at left - ready for dinner tonight.
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Penny cowers at the vet but Pearl fights. They have to handle her with falconers gloves. “I’m gonna kill all you fuckers” is her baseline. Photo of them - Penny at left - ready for dinner tonight.
Is it possible for a novel to be comforting and disquieting, a cozy book and a horror story? VANISHING DAUGHTERS is one of the most dream-like novels I’ve read. @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social is so highly recommended.
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Is it possible for a novel to be comforting and disquieting, a cozy book and a horror story? VANISHING DAUGHTERS is one of the most dream-like novels I’ve read. @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social is so highly recommended.
I was assured it did not get this cold in the South.
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I was assured it did not get this cold in the South.
Got my first author blurb for my Tennessee crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, from a kind and gracious bestselling author. Can’t wait to share it with you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Got my first author blurb for my Tennessee crime novel SEVEN ANGELS, from a kind and gracious bestselling author. Can’t wait to share it with you.
I just called my Maga senator and congressman to tell them that ICE just killed a woman in the streets of Minneapolis and they need to withdraw their blind support of the madman in the White House who has enabled this to happen.
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I just called my Maga senator and congressman to tell them that ICE just killed a woman in the streets of Minneapolis and they need to withdraw their blind support of the madman in the White House who has enabled this to happen.
This is startling, but I understand. The newspaper business has changed a lot and continues to change. I hope the readership follows to digital.
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
This is startling, but I understand. The newspaper business has changed a lot and continues to change. I hope the readership follows to digital.
Come to Knox and we’ll take you to Billie Rae’s BBQ Soul Food.
Smoked meatloaf and fried cabbage, fried okra, smoked Mac and cheese and smoked brisket. It’s all so good.
Smoked meatloaf and fried cabbage, fried okra, smoked Mac and cheese and smoked brisket. It’s all so good.
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Come to Knox and we’ll take you to Billie Rae’s BBQ Soul Food.
Smoked meatloaf and fried cabbage, fried okra, smoked Mac and cheese and smoked brisket. It’s all so good.
Smoked meatloaf and fried cabbage, fried okra, smoked Mac and cheese and smoked brisket. It’s all so good.