Frank Vatel

Never too late to start…

Thanks for the kind words, Garth.

Good!

My wife’s from KC, too, BTW.

Thanks, Glenn! Much appreciated.

Thanks, Erik!

Thanks, Joe. Agree with you about the writing, too. My fondness for Tom and Viv continues to grow as time goes on.

Got news, friends. Just submitted the final illustration/design files for KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN, the upcoming Proctor+Thayer mystery.

Here’s the cover!

Thanks again to @russellthayer10.bsky.social and @meproctor.bsky.social, who’ve written another banger. If anyone needs a book cover, DM me...

Thanks, friend. Appreciate the kind words.

Thanks, Russ!

Frank Vatel will treat you right. What a cover he gave us. @frankvatel312.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.

FAT CITY’s script is nimbly adapted by Leonard Gardner from his great boxing novel. But the real headline is director John Huston—forging ahead in the grungy, naturalistic seventies—proving he can punch with the New Hollywood kids without breaking a sweat. Worth staying up for tonight. #TCMParty

David Goodis displaying uncharacteristic levity and debonair style with a couple of pals. Circa 1947.

Happy birthday, legend.

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

I agree with your assessment. Very amusing in certain places, as all Willeford novels are, but draggy in others.

Beautiful!

Meme created in some guy’s basement in suburban Moscow.

How wonderful—a 1,575-foot arterial stent that will camouflage one of the architectural marvels of the 20th Century.

Old story:

Penny-pinching studio boss won’t let a director shoot in color. He says, “It’s a goddamned Tennessee Williams play, not a gladiator epic.”

Director replies: “You’re paying for blue eyes and violet eyes and getting neither.”

It was shot in color.

#BOTD #LizTaylor

“His eyes belonged to a dog that gets a daily beating, is due for that beating, and knows he can't escape it.”

—Charles Willeford (aka Franklin Sanders), WHIP HAND (1961)

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Yes!

Great reference.

Floating Fred MacMurray head
(a great name for a band!!)
is here to tell you all about his favorite tuna!
#Freduary #FredMacMurray #ClassicFilms

That's fucking disgusting, Will.

Liverwurst—yuck!

Dr. Frankenstein realising how badly he fucked up

Thats what I kinda liked about it—it's insane in a fun way, always going places you never expect. Doesn't follow any formulas.

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! You better be there.

Curious about how to integrate research into your historical crime fiction without resorting to the dreaded info-dump? Join this #writing class I’m teaching next month with Rock and a Hard Place Press! Lnk in 🧵to register!

Really fun show.

It really is the best herbal tea. Which is...weird.