Rob D. Smith

My crime story Mama will be out this fall in the Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026 edited by @stephycha & @meganeabbott from @HarperCollins @MarinerBooks

@BBW_BFF Hell yeah!

very excited to report that I wrote an essay - and interviewed Shane Black - for Arrow's new release of The Last Boy Scout

@wmboyle4 Why you gotta remind me I'm old, man? 😏

It’s the 25th anniversary of one of the best albums of the century.

Book Release: All of Them to Burn by Beau Johnson. Available today from your favorite online retailers. Back in print, All of Them to Burn pushes us more into world Bishop Rider and his like-minded friends. shotgunhoney.com/books/catalog/…

Sinners, Saints and Screenplays: On Jim Thompson and Stanley Kubrick crimereads.com/kubrick-jim-th… via @CrimeReads @CriterionDaily @Criterion @SightSoundmag @tcm @NoirAlley @boy

Meet Lee Matthew Goldberg canvasrebel.com/meet-lee-matth…

@JoelNedecky Bad? GTFO. Now it may not be someone's jam but this is some skillful storytelling.

“Three investigators—a nightcrawler, a street lawyer, and an underground concierge-chase separate threads through LA’s criminal underworld that converge into one massive conspiracy.” I’ve heard a lot about this one, good and bad. Has anyone read A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE?

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.

Easy Street by Timothe Davis bristolnoir.co.uk/site/easy-stre… #poetry flashfiction #shortstory #story #goodreads #readingcommunity #dirtyrealism #writingcommunity #publishingcommunity #bristolnoir #submisssionsopen #noir

Thanks to everyone who made the debut week for #HailHolyQueens a massive success! And to the readers who gave this “wildly satisfying, gory good time” story such effusive praise! Could not be prouder or more enthusiastic for what’s to come… 🐺 ❄️ 🛐

VIVA Chester Himes 📚 botd

Thanks to all who bought @fringebooks HHQ and helped it get an orange check in the Occult category! shorturl.at/YVobj

Happy Birthday Chester Himes --Violence and Madness in a Chester Himes' Harlem Noir "Run Man Run" crimereads.com/violence-and-m… via @CrimeReads

"I knew from the description it was going to be crazy, but I didn’t expect the level of crazy ... 200 pages of gore, religious fervor, and female rage." Expect the unexpected (re: levels of crazy). Hail Holy Queens - now released. amazon.com/Hail-Holy-Quee…

Prepare to be devoured by @SophiaA_writes' THE BRINK—coming September 22, 2026, and available for pre-order from your preferred book retailer. 🔗 links.ruadanbooks.com/thebrink (Pre-order direct from us for a beautiful cover art magnet!) #BookReaders #horror #bookish #horrorbooks #BookAuthors #historicalfiction #booksbooksbooks #folkhorror #preorder

The @sdut was nice enough to highlight my event w/Curtis Ippolito on 8/12 at Warwick's in La Jolla to launch SURVIVING THE LIE. Hope to see you there! (I'm tearing through Curtis' new novel, WAVES OF BURDEN, now Check it out!) sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/27/bes…

We're happy to share that 3 of our authors have been nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Private Eye Story of 2025! Jojn us in congratulating Libby Cudmore (“Dr. Bones” May/June), Gregory Fallis (“Hours on the Phone" Jul/Aug), and Charles John Harper ("The Shadows" May/June)

Today: Pack an axe for the snow-laden Berkshires. #HailHolyQueens--now released. amazon.com/Hail-Holy-Quee…

Katarina Docalovich looks at the films of Lino Brocka in the current issue of NOIR CITY‼️ Design by @MWKronenberg. Digital: tinyurl.com/2aybbpmr Print: tinyurl.com/w2uczvu4

The girl had been gone three months, so why did her father suddenly care? "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" by Tom Andes is in the all-new issue, our detective annual! amazon.com/dp/B0GZV52M51