Keith R.A. DeCandido
@kradec.bsky.social
He/him. Massively prolific author of novels, stories, & comics; critic; grandmaster; editor; black belt; percussionist; baseball fan; and a whole lot less...
http://decandido.wordpress.com
http://decandido.wordpress.com
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence.
Here's the opening of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
Here's the opening of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence.
Here's the opening of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
Here's the opening of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
1/3
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
1/3
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
1/3
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
1/3
Post you from a different era.
Me in the very early 1970s.
Me in the very early 1970s.
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Post you from a different era.
Me in the very early 1970s.
Me in the very early 1970s.
Not-So-Cool Thing About Covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER in The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch: having to watch KRAVEN THE HUNTER, which, um, wasn't.
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @mikezeck.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social
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@jmdematteis.bsky.social @mikezeck.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Not-So-Cool Thing About Covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER in The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch: having to watch KRAVEN THE HUNTER, which, um, wasn't.
@jmdematteis.bsky.social @mikezeck.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social
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@jmdematteis.bsky.social @mikezeck.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social
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Cool Thing About Covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER in The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch: I re-read Kraven's first appearance in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #15 by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko from 1964 and "Kraven's Last Hunt" by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck from 1987, which was a very edifying experience.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cool Thing About Covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER in The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch: I re-read Kraven's first appearance in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #15 by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko from 1964 and "Kraven's Last Hunt" by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck from 1987, which was a very edifying experience.
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Next week, my periodic revival of "The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch" will kick off. I'll be covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THUNDERBOLTS*, SUPERMAN, FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, THE OLD GUARD 2, and RED SONJA. Look for it on Wednesdays on @reactorsff.bsky.social.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Next week, my periodic revival of "The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch" will kick off. I'll be covering KRAVEN THE HUNTER, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THUNDERBOLTS*, SUPERMAN, FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, THE OLD GUARD 2, and RED SONJA. Look for it on Wednesdays on @reactorsff.bsky.social.
Ready for the onslaught of kiddos! Happy Hallowe'en!
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ready for the onslaught of kiddos! Happy Hallowe'en!
Happy book birthday to SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
@blackstonepub.bsky.social
@blackstonepub.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Happy book birthday to SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE.
@blackstonepub.bsky.social
@blackstonepub.bsky.social
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO ME!
My new urban fantasy series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD, drops today from the Weird Tales Presents imprint of @blackstonepub.bsky.social!
More info here: bit.ly/3EAboQ7
YAY BOOK!
My new urban fantasy series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD, drops today from the Weird Tales Presents imprint of @blackstonepub.bsky.social!
More info here: bit.ly/3EAboQ7
YAY BOOK!
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO ME!
My new urban fantasy series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD, drops today from the Weird Tales Presents imprint of @blackstonepub.bsky.social!
More info here: bit.ly/3EAboQ7
YAY BOOK!
My new urban fantasy series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD, drops today from the Weird Tales Presents imprint of @blackstonepub.bsky.social!
More info here: bit.ly/3EAboQ7
YAY BOOK!
TOMORROW!
From @blackstonepub.bsky.social & #WeirdTalesPresents, my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE will be out!
Ordering info: bit.ly/3EaboQ7
Come to my launch party in the Bronx tomorrow @ 7pm: www.facebook.com/share/1HcDCD...
TOMORROW!
From @blackstonepub.bsky.social & #WeirdTalesPresents, my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE will be out!
Ordering info: bit.ly/3EaboQ7
Come to my launch party in the Bronx tomorrow @ 7pm: www.facebook.com/share/1HcDCD...
TOMORROW!
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
TOMORROW!
From @blackstonepub.bsky.social & #WeirdTalesPresents, my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE will be out!
Ordering info: bit.ly/3EaboQ7
Come to my launch party in the Bronx tomorrow @ 7pm: www.facebook.com/share/1HcDCD...
TOMORROW!
From @blackstonepub.bsky.social & #WeirdTalesPresents, my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1: THE THIN BLUE LEY-LINE will be out!
Ordering info: bit.ly/3EaboQ7
Come to my launch party in the Bronx tomorrow @ 7pm: www.facebook.com/share/1HcDCD...
TOMORROW!
IN FOUR DAYS!
I'm throwin' a party for the launch of my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD! Come to the Tea Room on Katonah Avenue in da Bronx Tuesday 10/28 @ 7pm and celebrate with me and audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social!
Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1BM2Ye...
I'm throwin' a party for the launch of my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD! Come to the Tea Room on Katonah Avenue in da Bronx Tuesday 10/28 @ 7pm and celebrate with me and audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social!
Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1BM2Ye...
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
IN FOUR DAYS!
I'm throwin' a party for the launch of my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD! Come to the Tea Room on Katonah Avenue in da Bronx Tuesday 10/28 @ 7pm and celebrate with me and audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social!
Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1BM2Ye...
I'm throwin' a party for the launch of my new urban fantasy series SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD! Come to the Tea Room on Katonah Avenue in da Bronx Tuesday 10/28 @ 7pm and celebrate with me and audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social!
Event page: www.facebook.com/share/1BM2Ye...
And audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social plans to attend as well!
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
And audio reader @psantomasso.bsky.social plans to attend as well!
IN 1 WEEK Weird Tales Presents & @blackstonepub.bsky.social will release SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk. 1 by me, and I'm havin' a party! Join me on 10/28 at The Tea Room (next to The Burren Public House) on Katonah Avenue in the Bronx at 7pm! Books! Patches! Food & drink! Joy!
See you there!
See you there!
October 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
IN 1 WEEK Weird Tales Presents & @blackstonepub.bsky.social will release SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk. 1 by me, and I'm havin' a party! Join me on 10/28 at The Tea Room (next to The Burren Public House) on Katonah Avenue in the Bronx at 7pm! Books! Patches! Food & drink! Joy!
See you there!
See you there!
Will you be at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social on Sunday? If so, it's your last chance to get a copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1 from the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3455) -- it might even be autographed! If you don't, you'll have to wait until the 28th of this month to get it.......
October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Will you be at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social on Sunday? If so, it's your last chance to get a copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Book 1 from the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3455) -- it might even be autographed! If you don't, you'll have to wait until the 28th of this month to get it.......
Today @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social begins! I won't be there, alas, but my new book will be, a fortnight ahead of the pub date!
If you go to the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of the first book in my new series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
If you go to the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of the first book in my new series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social begins! I won't be there, alas, but my new book will be, a fortnight ahead of the pub date!
If you go to the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of the first book in my new series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
If you go to the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of the first book in my new series, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD!
Hey, look, my name's on the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth background at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social! (Right under Brian Freeman.)
I won't be at NYCC this year, but if you go to the booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk 1 before the official pub date!
I won't be at NYCC this year, but if you go to the booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk 1 before the official pub date!
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hey, look, my name's on the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth background at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social! (Right under Brian Freeman.)
I won't be at NYCC this year, but if you go to the booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk 1 before the official pub date!
I won't be at NYCC this year, but if you go to the booth (3544), you can get an autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD Bk 1 before the official pub date!
GOOD NEWS! You can get an exclusive autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social from the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544) autographed by me!
BAD NEWS! I won't be there to personalize it, as dojo stuff is keeping me away from NYCC this year, alas.
BAD NEWS! I won't be there to personalize it, as dojo stuff is keeping me away from NYCC this year, alas.
October 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
GOOD NEWS! You can get an exclusive autographed copy of SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social from the @blackstonepub.bsky.social booth (3544) autographed by me!
BAD NEWS! I won't be there to personalize it, as dojo stuff is keeping me away from NYCC this year, alas.
BAD NEWS! I won't be there to personalize it, as dojo stuff is keeping me away from NYCC this year, alas.
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent advice, ganked from @adeena.trekgeeks.com .......
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Excellent advice, ganked from @adeena.trekgeeks.com .......
Day 2 of @archonstl.bsky.social 48 in beautiful downtown Collinsville (just outside of St. Louis). I've got panels on world building at 10am and on how ideas are easy, but writing is hard at 3pm. I've also got a reading at 11am and an autographing at 4pm. Hope to see folks!
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Day 2 of @archonstl.bsky.social 48 in beautiful downtown Collinsville (just outside of St. Louis). I've got panels on world building at 10am and on how ideas are easy, but writing is hard at 3pm. I've also got a reading at 11am and an autographing at 4pm. Hope to see folks!
When @anaklimchy.bsky.social showed up at @archonstl.bsky.social, she briefly whisked me off campus to the fantastic @leftbankbooks.bsky.social. We didn't see the store cat, alas, but I did get a Keith Haring book I didn't know about.
Now getting ready for opening ceremonies......
Now getting ready for opening ceremonies......
October 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When @anaklimchy.bsky.social showed up at @archonstl.bsky.social, she briefly whisked me off campus to the fantastic @leftbankbooks.bsky.social. We didn't see the store cat, alas, but I did get a Keith Haring book I didn't know about.
Now getting ready for opening ceremonies......
Now getting ready for opening ceremonies......
Day 1 of @archonstl.bsky.social in Collinsville (near St. Louis), where I am Toastmaster! Today is a panel on world building (12pm Marquette A), Trope Survivor (9pm Salon 4), and the first of my Toastmasterly duties, MC'ing opening ceremonies (6pm Lasalle).
Hope to see folks!
Hope to see folks!
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Day 1 of @archonstl.bsky.social in Collinsville (near St. Louis), where I am Toastmaster! Today is a panel on world building (12pm Marquette A), Trope Survivor (9pm Salon 4), and the first of my Toastmasterly duties, MC'ing opening ceremonies (6pm Lasalle).
Hope to see folks!
Hope to see folks!
10/7 @ noon EST: "Women in Space: Claiming Power & Creating Equity" w/Dr. Mindy Howard (Cosmic Girls Foundation), astronaut Keisha Schahaff, Roddenberry ambassador Sabrina Cartan, Amy Imhoff (NASA IMAP Mission), and Nana Visitor (a.k.a. Kira Nerys on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE).
bit.ly/4o3aux3
bit.ly/4o3aux3
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
10/7 @ noon EST: "Women in Space: Claiming Power & Creating Equity" w/Dr. Mindy Howard (Cosmic Girls Foundation), astronaut Keisha Schahaff, Roddenberry ambassador Sabrina Cartan, Amy Imhoff (NASA IMAP Mission), and Nana Visitor (a.k.a. Kira Nerys on STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE).
bit.ly/4o3aux3
bit.ly/4o3aux3