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The standard edition hardcover of In Love and Death: The Lost Notebook by Bert McCracken of The Used is now on sale wherever good books are sold. 2nd edition slipcase signed copies are now available for preorder exclusively through Rare Bird.

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AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK FOR THE FIRST TIME [images of the covers of Destiny Express, with an image of the False Maria from Lang/von Harbou's Metropolis; The Great Eastern, with an image of Isambard Kingdom Brunel et. al. at the launch of Brunel's ship The Great Eastern] WHEREVER GOOD BOOKS ARE SOLD MAY 19

"Daringly imagined and darkly romantic — a moral thriller." —Thomas Pynchon

Image of the author, black and white, by Brice Portolano. He's wearing a bleu de travail jacket, a striped shirt, think black glasses, and looks like an editor of Cahiers du Cinema circa 1962.

"Complex, unforgettable characters… a kind of return to what adventurous literature used to be." —Brian Evenson, Los Angeles Review of Books

Thrilled today to be able to join with the wondrous folk at @rarebirdlit.bsky.social and @unnamedpress.bsky.social to announce the reissue of my novels DESTINY EXPRESS and THE GREAT EASTERN, coming this May 19.

DX:
#fritzlang
#theavonharbou

TGE:
#captainnemo
#captainahab
#isambardkingdombrunel

If you’re in the LA area, stop by the (terrific) North Figueroa Bookshop for a small exhibit. They’re showing six of my portraits — characters from my new book (www.onceaman.com), releasing this month from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social

North Figueroa Bookshop
6040 N Figueroa St, Highland Park, CA

The city is rotten. The shadows remember everything.

Individual signed, non-bundled preorders for REVENGER by Andrew Dennis Biersack are officially live and will begin shipping at the end of this month, ahead of the March 31st in-store on sale date.

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Someday We’ll Build Cabins: The Letters of Jack Jerouac, Jacques Beckwith, and Loris Sorrells Beckwith. Out May 26th, 2026.

Limited estate-signed copies available for preorder now: rarebirdlit.com/someday-we-l...

Hey Miami! Bert McCracken is heading to @booksandbooks.bsky.social to sign copies of In Love and Death: The Lost Notebook before he hits the seas for the Emo’s Not Dead cruise. Get your tickets: shop.booksandbooks.com/event/2026-0...

#blueskyartshow #openhouse

A character portrait for www.onceaman.com

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The myth returns. Rare Bird x @coheedandcambria.bsky.social launch a new partnership with Year of the Black Rainbow in 4 limited editions including audio narrated by Claudio Sanchez. New art + limited preorders. Preorder now. rarebirdlit.com/year-of-the-...

Fritz Lang, dining with Marlene Dietrich.

Fritz Lang, peering into a 35mm motion picture camera viewfinder.

Fritz Lang in German, monocle and cigarette.

Fritz Lang as Fritz Lang, director of "Odysseus," in Godard's LE MÉPRIS (a/k/a CONTEMPT).

For Fritz Lang, who would have been 135 years old today.

You can read the story of his very last days in Berlin before fleeing the Reich in my novel DESTINY EXPRESS, forthcoming May 2026 from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social and @unnamedpress.bsky.social...

It’s here. It’s bloody. And it’s beautifully twisted. Bleeders, Andrew Dennis Biersack’s brutal gothic reimagining of Sweeney Todd, is out now and available for instant purchase on Amazon.

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North Figueroa Bookshop was recently featured in the @latimes.com Highland Park neighborhood guide! What started as a small but mighty haven for words and community has officially outgrown its walls…quite literally.

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What happens when a woman takes control of her own gaze?

Camgirl is Isa Mazzei’s brilliantly self-aware chronicle of life at the intersection of art, eroticism, and identity. Wickedly funny and impossible to put down.

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Another in the series of paintings I’m doing to promote the new book. This is one of the main characters. Her name is Ride. (Also seen with book for scale.)

Details on the promo to come.

Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com

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Remains of the Day by John Kiriakou

We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for my upcoming book from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social "Remains of the Day." This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.

✍️ Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...

A modern love story set in New York, Cooler Heads by Julian Tepper is a piercing exploration of intimacy, ambition, and identity in a (often cursed) city that tempts us to believe we can have it all.

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We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Remains of the Day by @johnkiriakou.bsky.social. This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.

Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...

Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. His name is Blaze. (Also seen with book for scale.)

Details on the promo to come.

Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com

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From basement riots to banned stages, Leftöver Crack rewrote the rules and paid the price. This is a punk oral history that’s drenched in blood and brilliance.

The band goes on out this November. The chaos continues.

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Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. Her name is Kendra. Details on the promo to come.

onceaman.com

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It’s that time again when the veil thins, and art like this feels almost alive. This Halloween, revisit 7:42 P.M. The Art of Chris Mars—a stunning collection of eerie, otherworldly paintings exploring the light within darkness.

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Bleeders has arrived and the streets run red once more. Copies are beginning to make their way into the hands of those who pre-ordered.

Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social

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Last night at #ChevaliersBooks, Tom Lutz had everyone hooked with his stories behind "1925" and "Chagos Archipelago." Great conversation with Albert Litewka! 🙌🏽

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #1925book #ChagosArchipelago #CoriolisClient

From backstage chaos to quiet hotel rooms, Malia James—bassist for Dum Dum Girls and Marnie Stern—turns the lens on her own story. Girl in a Girl Band is an intimate collage of photographs and handwritten reflections.

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What if AI is everything we fear AND everything we’ve ever hoped for. My latest novel will be released in November by @rarebirdlit.bsky.social ! Pre-order now at: onceaman.com

#newbook #ai #postapocalypse #dystopian

Happy birthday to Johnny Ramone.🖤

In Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation With the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli, the Ramones tell their own story. Alive again on the page.

Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Gabba-Hey-Co...

📅 10/10, 7 PM – @vromansbookstore.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA | with John Powers
📅 10/14, 7 PM – Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA
📅 10/19, 2 PM PT – @redhenpress.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA

Don't miss your chance!

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #ChagosArchipelago #1925book #CoriolisClient
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Upcoming Chances to Hear Tom:
📅 10/6, 7 PM – @skylightbooks.bsky.social, Los Angeles, CA | with Lisa Teasley
📅 10/7, 10 AM – The Town Club, Pasadena, CA
📅 10/9, 6:30 PM – @dieselbookstore.com, Santa Monica, CA

#MeetTheAuthor #BookTour
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You'll engage with his extensive book about the Roaring Twenties, "1925: A Literary Encyclopedia," and his international thriller, "Chagos Archipelago" (which follows up on the awesome "Born Slippy").

@rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #LiteraryFiction
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