@maxtalley.bsky.social
Writer of When The Night Breathes Electric & My Secret Place books, painter, and sometimes a gigging musician. www.maxtalley.com
New issue of Iron Horse Literary Review is out, with my story, "Make That a Double." An artistic & lovely issue; one of the best things to come out of Texas. Jill Patterson does a great job! www.ironhorsereview.com/home2
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Calling all readers of crime fiction, historical fiction, hippie fiction from Ventura, Carpinteria, Oxnard & Camarillo. Free event this Saturday!!
30.10.2025 20:47 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
PUBLICATION DAY for my new novel!! Hippie crime & historical fiction, about art, music, drugs, free love, San Francisco, counterculture, rockstars & fake gurus, communes & cults. PL&H is at Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell's, Kepler's, City Lights Bookstore, or from threeroomspress.com
14.10.2025 17:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Alternate cover, only available on Jupiter. Coming in 10 days. Already spotted in bookstores and avaiable for preorder on Amazon, Bookshop, and Barnes & Noble. Who doesn't need a psychedelic thriller?
03.10.2025 17:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nice ad in the Santa Barbara Literary Journal, Vol 12 !!
11.09.2025 19:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New novel coming in a little over 6 weeks. Strong reviews in Publisher's Weekly & Kirkus. Available for preorder at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, & Amazon.
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There's a Goodreads free giveaway for my forthcoming novel through August 11th. The book drops on October 14th and reviews are up at Kirkus Reviews and Publisher's Weekly.
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Celebrate Book Indepence Day on July 6th in Santa Barbara at Mesa Bookstore. Free for all! 1:30 to 4 pm.
02.07.2025 19:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Q&A with Max Talley about his new story collection, DESTROY ME GENTLY, PLEASE.
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My third story collection was published today, Destroy Me Gently, Please, from Serving House Books. Available at Bookshop.org at powells.com B&N and Amazon. 16 stories about men & women: haunted drifters, middle-aged dreamers, restless teenagers all hoping for another shot at glory or redemption.
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No Kings protests all over the country. let's do this every month!
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Last days for this giveaway of my forthcoming hippie crime novel set in 1969. Contest ends May 27th. Absolutely free; no salesman (or saleswoman) will knock on your door.
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Happy Bob-Day, Zimmy!!
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Sounds like a cool giveaway contest that's absolutely free. Hey, I want a print copy of my book too! More info at Goodreads.
16.05.2025 19:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My third short story collection is coming in June from Serving House Books, & on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.
11.04.2025 21:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Resist for however long it takes. Wake up the Dem party. Enough is enough!
06.04.2025 00:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RIP, Richard Chamberlain. One of his best films, as well as Julie Chritie & George C. Scott. A doomed romance amid full '60s psychedelic San Francisco.
30.03.2025 19:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can't wait until mid-October. Glad to see it's official.
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Crowds descend on Washington DC.
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Thank you for Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, The Straight Story, and Mulholland Drive. Thanks for bringing your surreal dreams to the multiplexes! RIP
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My computer stopped recognizing my HP P1102w today and won't print. I think it's mad at me because I don't allow constant updates on my Dell laptop.
05.01.2025 05:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My sister sent me a decanter for xmas, so it will be a wino month. Wet January, it's a thing...
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Z-Man taking a peek at 2025 and deciding if he can commit.
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One person's trash is another incel's treasure...
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I did a lot of revisions on my page numbers, courier, Times New Roman, comic sans...
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"Scuse me while I baste this thigh!" Happy Thanksgiving! Let your freak flag fly!
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