Writer of noir fiction, designer of book covers. Derringer Award finalist. Published by Punk Noir, All Due Respect, Bristol Noir, Revolution John, and Reckon Review.
Frank Vatel
Ghibli, 4ºC, someone: get this cartoon rolling!
Find someone who loves you the way this man loves adjectives.
Cover reveal for my new novel, HEAVY SUGAR, out January 2027 from @sohopress.bsky.social! Love this art so damn much. More dope here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/828881...
When this man promises to "release the full files," we know we can trust him.
TCM’s Summer of Darkness resumes tonight with a nice sampling of everything Old Hollywood did right—and sometimes wrong—with noir endings. NIGHTMARE ALLEY softens its source novel’s finale, SCARLET STREET stays wonderfully bleak, and THE KILLERS ends with a joke. All great films, though. #TCMParty
Those relentless passions. Always getting us in trouble, aren’t they?
FIFA and Donald Trump were made for each other.
“You hate people. Because, really, you’re *afraid* of them, aren’t you? Always have been, ever since you were a little tyke. You’d rather snuggle up in a chair under the lamp and read.”
“There’s a lot worse things I could be doing.”
—Dialogue from Robert Bloch’s PSYCHO.
There ain't enough disinfectant in D.C. for this job. Citizens in Maryland and Virginia are rounding up the Clorox as we speak.
This Wednesday at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT: our #filmnoir watch party of I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941). We'll be leaving it to this week’s host, @vanstanwyck.bsky.social, to make all further announcements. Please join us for what promises to be a very special party; link to watch below. 😊 #TheNoirCollective
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Giles for You
William Boyle
The Noir Collective
Trump: "They rigged the election. Now it's been proven, and it will be proven even more as time goes by even more so. We have things that you won't believe. When we release the full files, you won't believe how crooked the 2020 election was."
BREAKING: Trump’s name scrubbed from Kennedy Center website & the building is next
He thought he could trample the rule of law and put his name/agenda anywhere he pleased
We @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG went to court to make sure he can't -TN
Fuck The World Cup
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The website and a YouTube page were updated Monday, but President Donald Trump’s name remained on the building’s exterior as a court-ordered deadline approached.
Join #TheNoirCollective and @vanstanwyck.bsky.social for a live watch of I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) Wednesday.
June 10, 8PM ET/ 5PM PT, don't miss Betty Grable taking her only walk on the noir side, because those cute pumps can kick ass when they need to.
Link to watch: archive.org/details/iwak...
