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Rob D. Smith
@robdsmith.bsky.social
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Writer of crime, horror, and dark speculative fiction. Editor at Rock and a Hard Place Press. Author of pulp thriller Good-Looking Ugly. Find more about me at https://robdsmith.carrd.co/
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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · Apr 1
My latest story "Mama" is out today in this anthology In Too Deep. I've loved this song the moment I heard it on the Magnum P.I. episode Death & Taxes. Love for you all to read it.
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New from Down & Out Books: In Too Deep: Crime Stories Inspired by the Songs of Genesis edited by Adam Meyer — Down & Out Books
Publication Date: March 31, 2025. Trade Paperback (ISBN: 978-1-64396-389-1) and eBook Formats. Published by Down & Out Books.
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curtisippolito.bsky.social
The 5 star reviews for On Fire and Under Water keep rolling in. This one from Alan Warren, who recently interviewed @ce-mckenna.bsky.social, @kendallbrunson.bsky.social, and myself for House of Mystery Radio.
Check out the full review in the comments.
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A recent interview. www.readporchlight.com/interview-da...
Interview: David Joy
Interviewed by WES HUTCHESON for Porchlight   I first met David Joy at the Tremont Writers’ Conference, where his honesty about writing—and about life in general—stood out right away. He spoke about...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Here’s my cover for BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #2 from DC/Black Label.
Cover for BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #2 from DC/Black Label. Green Arrow faces off against Batman with snowy mountains in the background.
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
robdsmith.bsky.social
Just a reminder that I wrote an Anthony Award nominated pulp thriller that I would love for you all to read.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Hey, here’s some more books I liked. You might like them too. Go on, get some @tananarivedue.bsky.social @cbbernard.com and @robdsmith.bsky.social
Fun was had! #BookSky
#WednesdayRecs
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Crime writer @beaujohnson44.bsky.social joins Brian to discuss writing books and stories with a shared continuity, marketing and promotion for indie writers, and the future of Bishop Rider. Available on Spotify, Apple and Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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PERIL OF THE BRUTAL DARK: AN EZRA CAIN MYSTERY is out in February. A VERTIGO book by @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and yours truly.
Ezra Cain leaps from a fire escape into a spray of bullets
October 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Y’all!
triadaus.bsky.social Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · 21d
Congratulations to @caseystegman.com on the sale of KILL CURRENT! #TeamTriada #BookSky
An Oct 22, 2025 Publishers Marketplace deal report in the debut fiction category which reads as follows: Casey Stegman's KILL CURRENT, the first book in the Jon Hendricks series, a geopolitical thriller centered around a former spy-turned-professor who's pulled back into the field to uncover a bloody conspiracy that would upend the balance of global technology and power, to Nicole Otto at Zando, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027 and spring 2028, by Uwe Stender at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world). Rights: sstovall@zandoprojects.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Beau's a mensch.
beaujohnson44.bsky.social Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 22d
Hey, here’s another book I liked. You might like it too. #BookSky
#WednesdayRecs

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October 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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The ineffable @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social
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#47: This must be the place
BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE 2025, edited by Steph Cha and Don Winslow and including my story "Road to Nowhere," is out today.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The latest Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social is officially out today. Cold Caller Magazine has done interviews with several writers from the issue and here's mine.
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BAMS '25: Meet Rob Smith
Part 11 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
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October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Once more, with feeling. Available wherever books are sold. @arttaylorwriter.bsky.social @twistphelan.bsky.social @erikakrouse.bsky.social @annaptaker.bsky.social @tomandes.bsky.social @meaganlucas.bsky.social @stefanieleder.bsky.social @robdsmith.bsky.social @jfreimor.bsky.social 1/2
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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curtisippolito.bsky.social
Thrilled by this review of On Fire and Under Water in KRL.

“[This anthology] might make you feel uncomfortable, but I suspect it was intended to.”

She’s right! This was an act of art speaking truth to power and rarely will that be comfortable.

Check out the review here:
tinyurl.com/4s4sf3kw
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Gabriela Stiteler is on fire!
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Lubbock to El Paso by Gabriela Stiteler
Sloane and Jess were at a laundromat in a strip mall in North El Paso wearing clothes that belonged to a dead man and watching their jeans run through the spin cycle. The sun was up and the sky loo…
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October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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alexsegura.bsky.social
Big thanks to @chriscoplan.bsky.social at @aiptcomics.com for spotlighting our little comic that could, THE FORGOTTEN FIVE! Check out the story, then please consider becoming a paid patron!

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The ‘sort-of superhero series’: Alex Segura, Sara Century break down ‘The Forgotten Five’
The indie-leaning take on mutants/heroes is run via Patreon.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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It’s All Absurd by B F Jones

www.bristolnoir.co.uk/its-all-absu...

#poetry #goodreads #readingcommunity #dirtyrealism #writingcommunity #publishingcommunity #bristolnoir #submisssionsopen
October 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Elated that my new flash fiction piece found a home. Thanks to the good folks @bristolnoir.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #Noir #goodreads #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bristolnoir

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Into the Drink by Peter Bertlessen » Bristol Noir
Nancy glid down the pier, as the blonde bombshell had done the runway thousands of times before. Her hair billowed daintily, emanating light as if gilded in gold. She unclipped her high heels and clim...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I contributed thoughts on my three favorite Elmore Leonard novels to The Hard Word in honor of the man's centenary. www.thehardword.org/single-post/...
TEN FAVORITE ELMORE LEONARD BOOKS FROM ME AND THREE FROM PEOPLE WHO MATTER
This Saturday, October 11th, will be the hundredth year of Elmore Leonard, a writer who had influence on both western and crime writers as well as other artists. To celebrate and pay respects, I asked...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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meproctor.bsky.social
I have a guest post at Stiletto Gang today ... it's a fun one: What Do the Girls Have to Say About the Guy? ... If you're curious, have a read: www.thestilettogang.com/2025/10/10/w...
What Do the Girls Have to Say About the Guy? | The Stiletto Gang
A Guest Post by Author M.E. Proctor
www.thestilettogang.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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alexsegura.bsky.social
Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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My son @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social did a graphic novel with Francis Ford Coppola!
October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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nkolakowski.bsky.social
I deeply appreciated the chance to write a gnarly little mystery set on Capri, complete with a dead fashion mogul, a shipwreck, and an annoying little dog! #amwriting #mystery
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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BAMS '25: Meet J. D. O'Brien
Part 7 of the 'Best American' Interview Series
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October 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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From @curtisippolito.bsky.social
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A Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change and Crime Fiction’s Role in Meeting the Moment
The new anthology On Fire and Under Water sets out to show how devastating the effects of climate change are for everyday people. Discuss the growing urgency of the climate emergency and the ongoin…
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October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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curtisippolito.bsky.social
When @rhppress.bsky.social approached me early this year about guest editing a climate change-themed anthology, I almost said no. Why? Well, who am I to anchor such an important, timely project?
On Fire and Under Water
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM