M.E. Proctor

How Things Change when you take the time to look at them …

Talking about shifting perspectives today over there at the Stack...

poking around in all these weird places ...

Bring together a talented graphic artist @frankvatel312.bsky.social, a cool publisher, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, a writer with more ideas than you can sling a typewriter at, @russellthayer10.bsky.social and you get a ring toss game and ice cream. Out April 14. Have we got a surprise for you !

Great to be back with @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social !

Oh, Daddy! Look what's droppin next month from Cowboy Jamboree. The latest noir collab between @meproctor.bsky.social & @russellthayer10.bsky.social. Beautiful pulpy cover by @frankvatel312.bsky.social.

My my my ... all my secrets will now be revealed, sometimes I hunt in different genres!

Good Heavens, what a cover. Thank you @frankvatel312.bsky.social. This latest collaboration between me and @meproctor.bsky.social bursts out of the stables @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social on April 17th. It's a sometimes brutal road trip for our two heroes.

I fell head over heels for that cover! Amazing work @frankvatel312.bsky.social ... thinking that I saw it in November and had to sit on it for 5 months .... Aargh! Hey, the book is out April 14!

a good read coming ....

Whack A Moll - The Yard: Crime Blog M.E. Proctor tells the story of an alliance between a cop and gangster over a woman.

I have a cool retro-noir at The Yard Crime Blog today: "Whack a Moll" ... it isn't always easy to investigate the murder of a gangster's girlfriend... have a read: theyardcrimeblog.com/2026/02/27/w...

Listen, Can You Hear It? on air, sort of

Listen, Can You Hear It? I'm sure you want to know why that dish is used as an illustration ....

Yoo-hoo!

DNDP Quarterly: Issue 01 DNDP Quarterly: Issue 01 [Murray, Joshua] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. DNDP Quarterly: Issue 01

The first issue of DNDP magazine is out. With stories from Stanton McCaffery, Paul Hostovsky, Susan B. Nolan, Keith David Parsons, Joshua Murray, Frank Finney, Stephanie Valente, Raymond J. Brash, Rob D. Smith, Ayaan Fahad, and more. I have a retro noir in it www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN2885P4

😆 Thank you, Stephen! There's one you published in there...

You know I have a short story collection out there, right? And I’m pretty sure you haven’t read these, maybe one, by accident … but 24 stories published in 19 different mags, no, I’m sure you haven’t seen them, and spanning 12 years??? I think you need to go have a look: books2read.com/u/mVEQk2

A Conversation with Kevin Burton Smith about everything PI ...

Today on Substack, I have an exciting conversation with Kevin Burton Smith, the brain behind the brilliant Thrilling Detective Web site... of course we talk about all things related to Private Investigators. Have a read! meproctor.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

@edridgley.bsky.social posted the first review of one of the stories in the new collection: "Icebound" - in "A Book to Live By" - books2read.com/u/mVEQk2

The Emporium by M.E. Proctor from The One That Got Away: a Pistol Jim Press series

First story of the year up at "Pistol Jim": it's called "The Emporium", at the crossroads of crime and fantastic ... pistoljimpress.substack.com/p/the-empori...

This is for those among you who can't stand buying from Amazon. My publisher offers a bunch of options: books2read.com/u/mVEQk2

Thank you, Brandon!

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Bringing Them All Together in collection number TWO

BOOK DAY!!!! Hello Friends! My second short story collection is out! Paperback and eBook on Amazon, for now, more links to other formats and booksellers will be available soon! www.amazon.com/Book-Live-St...

Behind the Curtain Eleven days to book release.... Head over to Substack to learn what it's all about.....https://meproctor.substack.com/p/behind-the-curtain

Look what the mail just brought ... I think @rhppress.bsky.social is in good company ...

Thank you! Yes, it was a crazy year… that started with a Boom… I was lucky.

Schedule? You mean writing all the time, lol!

Congrats, Cole!

Blink and You Go Back, Blink again and ... Happy New Year!

Blink and You Go Back, Blink again and ... I know, I know it's the 1st of the year, but I said I would post on Thursday, so here you go! Happy New Year.

Thanks Keith!