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Ash Clifton

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Novelist and blogger. Author of Twice the Trouble from Crooked Lane Books. I write literary, mystery, and speculative fiction novels. Repped by Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary. http://ashcliftonwriter.com

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The growth of Emily as a character is inspiring. THE HAUNTING OF EMILY GRACE by Elena Taylor was a very well paced, emotionally raw, atmospheric thriller. - ScottLovelace.books | pictbooks.tours/ANv3agQm

@elenataylorauthor.bsky.social || #MysteryNovel #BookishCommunity

10.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How have I never heard of this magazine?! This looks awesome. Definitely subscribing.

08.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Queens of the Page & Screen: Zenobia, the Desert Queen who Fought Rome Another queen of the desert, ruled an empire and battled Rome to the very end...

New Substack about a desert queen who also fought Rome!

open.substack.com/pub/booknoti...

08.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Q&A With Doctor Suzan Song - Book Notions Newsletters Q&A With Doctor Suzan Song New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With Doctor Suzan SongΒ  Doctor Suzan Song is a psychiatrist and humanitarian mental health expert. Doctor Su...

This was an excellent Q&A with psychiatrist and humanitarian Doctor Suzan Song! Her book, Why We Suffer And How We Heal, is available to read now, wherever you get your books!

booknotions.com/qa-with-doct...

05.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Bouchercon2026 Eligible Titles #Calgary

>> tinyurl.com/2w8aywne | @sincworldwide.bsky.social @crimewoc.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social @mysterywriters.bsky.social #Canada

03.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well said.

01.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chaperoning a lemonade stand is the perfect time to catch up of writing craft books.
Happy Sunday everyone!

01.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

01.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Noland β€œNole” Twice Created by by Ash Clifton A former University of Florida football star, Β an ex-cop and an ex-con (for a crime he didn’t commit, and for which he was later exonerated β€”just like Rockford), NOL…

I'm very proud to discover that Nole has an entry on Kevin Burton Smith's excellent website The Thrilling Detective! Thank you, Mr. Smith!!!

tinyurl.com/4kubaew3

27.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Images of the Grey Lady who haunts the Willard Public Library.

Images of the Grey Lady who haunts the Willard Public Library.

Another haunted Library, this time in Indiana!

The Willard Public Library is haunted by a Grey Lady. She appears so often they’ve set up live stream cameras in several rooms to catch her. I included a linkπŸ‘‡.

Do you all have a good haunted library story?

www.willardlib.org/ghost-cams

24.02.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poe is BEGGING to read In the Wake of Gods, and so should you:

books2read.com/u/mZDjxl
#darkfantasy #horror #books

23.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This might be a joke, but to me is a reminder of things I used to endure a few years ago in QuΓ©bec. πŸ˜†πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

23.02.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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R.I.P. Robert Duvall CC – Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Yesterday I got a three-word text message from my son Connor: Kilgore is dead. I knew, of course, exactly who he was referring toβ€”Robert Duvall, the great …

My very short, totally inadequate tribute to Robert Duvall...

ashcliftonwriter.com/2026/02/17/r...

22.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

20.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Q&A With A.L. Jensen - Book Notions Newsletters Q&A With A.L. Jensen New Information about Upcoming Book Related News Q&A With A.L. JensenΒ  Mickey Mikkelson has connected me with award-winning author and book coach A.L. Jensen!Β  A.L.’s ...

Great Q&A with author and book coach, A.L. Jensen!

booknotions.com/qa-with-a-l-...

18.02.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another congratulatory email from my alma mater. It feels nice to have my hard work noticed.

17.02.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For the evening crowd...

12.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Tuesday w @gvaljan.bsky.social

>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/do-y... @sincworldwide.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social @hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social @mwa-ny.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social

10.02.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's your commute-friendly interview with BAIT THE DEVIL author, Winter Austin. Catch how she turned in a mess of a story and edited it into a killer book from @tulepublishing.bsky.social

authorwinteraustin.com | thewritersdossier.com | youtube.com/@jeffcircle

03.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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✨✨✨COVER REVEAL!✨✨✨

The Abyss Borne Gods, Book 3
THE HOLLOW KING

Book 1, The Monsters Among Us, is avalable now.

Book 2, In the Wake of Gods, publishes on May 5th.

And now, you can look forward to Book 3 in 2027!

#darkfantasy #horror #books

03.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#Tuesday w @terryshames.bsky.social

>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/02/prom... | rogue gallery incl @jameswziskin.bsky.social @catrionamcp.bsky.social @ericbeetner.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social

03.02.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The novel (by James Dickey) is also amazing.

02.02.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity"

β€” Albert Camus

#writingcommunity

02.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I always think of that great quote from some wise person... "I'll worry about A.I. when my PC can find my printer."

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Poe is the silliest boy.

31.01.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some terrible losses in crime fiction this past year. Ken Bruen, Daniel Woodrell, and now James Sallis.

Rest in peace.

30.01.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯³Congratulations to Connie Berry for πŸ”ŽA Grave DeceptionπŸ”Ž being an Agatha Award Best Contemporary Mystery Novel nominee!

Featured by The Honey Pop, WOSU, and the Akron Beacon Journal, this mystery about a fourteenth-century case with disturbing similarities to a modern-day murder is out now!

28.01.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A surprise addition to my event schedule!

I was invited to be an attending author at Saved by the Book, a book fair at the Locust Grove historical site in Poughkeepsie, NY on March 27th!

Stop by for a signed copy of THE MONSTERS AMONG US!

28.01.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder ALT: a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder

Lifting fellow #writers

@laylahawke2.bsky.social
@georgeyuhasz-7.bsky.social
@jasphoenix.bsky.social
@chriswriter.bsky.social
@jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social
@faerierealms.bsky.social
@jnathanialc56.bsky.social
@wendybayne.bsky.social
@authorstuartmiller.bsky.social

#writingcommunity

27.01.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

26.01.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0