Thomas Trang
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Thomas Trang
@thomastrang.bsky.social
· Mar 21
My novel DARK NEON & DIRT is out.
A neo-noir set in Los Angeles.
Romance, murder, mayhem.
Vietnamese safecrackers, dirty cops, Iraq vets, hackers, hustlers, gentrification, Henri Matisse, Thai food, explosions.
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
A neo-noir set in Los Angeles.
Romance, murder, mayhem.
Vietnamese safecrackers, dirty cops, Iraq vets, hackers, hustlers, gentrification, Henri Matisse, Thai food, explosions.
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
To my Aussie friends on here: I’ve just discovered Peter Coriss and his Luke Dunlop series specifically. I’m hooked.
Love the seedy Sydney 1990s vibe. The vernacular is superb and has me feeling nostalgic.
Love the seedy Sydney 1990s vibe. The vernacular is superb and has me feeling nostalgic.
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
To my Aussie friends on here: I’ve just discovered Peter Coriss and his Luke Dunlop series specifically. I’m hooked.
Love the seedy Sydney 1990s vibe. The vernacular is superb and has me feeling nostalgic.
Love the seedy Sydney 1990s vibe. The vernacular is superb and has me feeling nostalgic.
The weekend haul from Oxford
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The weekend haul from Oxford
From my story in 'The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved' - one of my best in a solid anthology start to finish.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/the-one-perc...
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/the-one-perc...
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
From my story in 'The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved' - one of my best in a solid anthology start to finish.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/the-one-perc...
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/the-one-perc...
There’s a game I play with the kid in the car where he reads the song titles on Spotify. He’s pretty good at it but sometimes I can get one over on him.
October 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
There’s a game I play with the kid in the car where he reads the song titles on Spotify. He’s pretty good at it but sometimes I can get one over on him.
Share your favorite black and white movie
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Share your favorite black and white movie
Six months ago today, I published this book and it continues to find readers.
September 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Six months ago today, I published this book and it continues to find readers.
5 Small Pleasures
1. Elmore Leonard dialogue
2. Michael McDonald records
3. Coffee
4. Robert Williams paintings
5. Eddie Marsan in Miami Vice
1. Elmore Leonard dialogue
2. Michael McDonald records
3. Coffee
4. Robert Williams paintings
5. Eddie Marsan in Miami Vice
5 Small Pleasures
1. The first days of spring when it's warm enough to wear a sundress again.
2. Chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven.
3. Waterfalls.
4. Laughing with someone you love.
5. Singing along to a favorite song when you're alone behind the wheel of a car.
1. The first days of spring when it's warm enough to wear a sundress again.
2. Chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven.
3. Waterfalls.
4. Laughing with someone you love.
5. Singing along to a favorite song when you're alone behind the wheel of a car.
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
1. Cold side of a pillow
2. Autumn in New York City, sweater-weather temperature
3. Crocs (the shoe, not the reptile)
4. Finding stuff after thinking you lost it
5. Cats
September 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
5 Small Pleasures
1. Elmore Leonard dialogue
2. Michael McDonald records
3. Coffee
4. Robert Williams paintings
5. Eddie Marsan in Miami Vice
1. Elmore Leonard dialogue
2. Michael McDonald records
3. Coffee
4. Robert Williams paintings
5. Eddie Marsan in Miami Vice
I had a lot of fun talking with Offer.
He is a gracious host and asked a lot of interesting questions, so I hope my answers were suitably constructive.
Terlson, however, is an incorrigible gutter thug in need of severe help.
open.spotify.com/episode/1ilY...
He is a gracious host and asked a lot of interesting questions, so I hope my answers were suitably constructive.
Terlson, however, is an incorrigible gutter thug in need of severe help.
open.spotify.com/episode/1ilY...
"Thomas Trang"
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September 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I had a lot of fun talking with Offer.
He is a gracious host and asked a lot of interesting questions, so I hope my answers were suitably constructive.
Terlson, however, is an incorrigible gutter thug in need of severe help.
open.spotify.com/episode/1ilY...
He is a gracious host and asked a lot of interesting questions, so I hope my answers were suitably constructive.
Terlson, however, is an incorrigible gutter thug in need of severe help.
open.spotify.com/episode/1ilY...
Friday finds at the local used bookstore
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Friday finds at the local used bookstore
Rick James is back in rotation.
He’s melanin Meatloaf: bombastic, funky, completely over the top.
I’m absolutely here for it.
youtu.be/LyrGXnpSlIE?...
He’s melanin Meatloaf: bombastic, funky, completely over the top.
I’m absolutely here for it.
youtu.be/LyrGXnpSlIE?...
Ghetto Life
YouTube video by Rick James - Topic
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September 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Rick James is back in rotation.
He’s melanin Meatloaf: bombastic, funky, completely over the top.
I’m absolutely here for it.
youtu.be/LyrGXnpSlIE?...
He’s melanin Meatloaf: bombastic, funky, completely over the top.
I’m absolutely here for it.
youtu.be/LyrGXnpSlIE?...
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
August 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
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My review of @thomastrang.bsky.social's smoothly-written crime drama--Dark Neon & Dirt--is up on Goodreads. I recommend devouring this taut thriller in one sitting for a concentrated joy ride, but however you do it--read it!
goodreads.com/review/show/...
goodreads.com/review/show/...
Douglas Lumsden's review of Dark Neon & Dirt
5/5: Taut, tense, and stylish (loads of style!) crime drama that zips and pops from start to finish with no wasted words. Classic "buddy movie" elements with two supremely talented, but morally ambigu...
goodreads.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Hey you, stop piling in on Ocean Vuong and read this book about war trauma and the Vietnamese diaspora instead!
Not endorsed by Oprah or Madonna!
Romance murder and mayhem - with no overwritten nonsensical flowery prose - and that’s a fact, Jack !
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
Not endorsed by Oprah or Madonna!
Romance murder and mayhem - with no overwritten nonsensical flowery prose - and that’s a fact, Jack !
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
August 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hey you, stop piling in on Ocean Vuong and read this book about war trauma and the Vietnamese diaspora instead!
Not endorsed by Oprah or Madonna!
Romance murder and mayhem - with no overwritten nonsensical flowery prose - and that’s a fact, Jack !
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
Not endorsed by Oprah or Madonna!
Romance murder and mayhem - with no overwritten nonsensical flowery prose - and that’s a fact, Jack !
shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...
James Ellroy
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
James Ellroy
A great series of author interviews that touches on different genres.
Insightful questions and some really fascinating answers.
Insightful questions and some really fascinating answers.
If you like learning about your favorite authors like Scott Blackburn, @hlessig.bsky.social , @cterlson.bsky.social , @meproctor.bsky.social ,J Todd Scott, @thomastrang.bsky.social, and others…go my Substack, under my name; find some great interviews with your favorites and maybe a great new find
A new interview on the St@ck with a kind writing friend, @hlessig.bsky.social We talk life, his book, and retirement… a guest appearance from Gus (his dog).
“Fadeaway Joe is the kind of noir I love...”— @robwhart.bsky.social
“Fadeaway Joe is the kind of noir I love...”— @robwhart.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A great series of author interviews that touches on different genres.
Insightful questions and some really fascinating answers.
Insightful questions and some really fascinating answers.
Justified
Take away all the GOAT candidates: The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Lost.
What’s the best show outside of that group?
What’s the best show outside of that group?
August 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Justified
cinephiliabeyond.org/miami-vice/
There are days when I legitimately think this is the greatest film ever made.
“We are at the delicate interface between ocean and air … liquid and gas … the event horizon where molecules evaporate. This interchange is ethereal.”
There are days when I legitimately think this is the greatest film ever made.
“We are at the delicate interface between ocean and air … liquid and gas … the event horizon where molecules evaporate. This interchange is ethereal.”
Take It to the Limit One More Time: Michael Mann’s ‘Miami Vice’ at 19 • Cinephilia & Beyond
By Tim Pelan Michael Mann’s 2006 big screen revamp of 1980s groundbreaking TV show Miami Vice (Brandon Tartikoff, NBC's entertainment president scribbled “MTV cops” on a cocktail napkin; Hill Street B...
cinephiliabeyond.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
cinephiliabeyond.org/miami-vice/
There are days when I legitimately think this is the greatest film ever made.
“We are at the delicate interface between ocean and air … liquid and gas … the event horizon where molecules evaporate. This interchange is ethereal.”
There are days when I legitimately think this is the greatest film ever made.
“We are at the delicate interface between ocean and air … liquid and gas … the event horizon where molecules evaporate. This interchange is ethereal.”
July 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Currently listening
July 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Currently listening