Ed Teja

Black Cat Weekly #208 This is one of our darkest issues, with the world’s first eco-disaster novel (Nordenholt’s Million, by J.J. Connington, from 1923) depicting a world ravaged by a bacterial plague that destroys food su...

My story about a colony ship (Bus Drivers and Nurses) is out in Black Cat Weekly #208.
Cover art by Ron Miller

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Tina Clarke wants to know who betrayed her unit and why. And why was she kicked out of the army? She wants answers, her team deserves them, and the skill set they gave her is assassination.
No wonder they are afraid.

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News and notes Things of literary interest

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Great Writing Quotes by Author Dylan Thomas A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge...

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Graphic of a skull with flowers, a fist in the air, wings and lightning bolts. A woman with big hair in the background. Text reads: STILL ALIVE EIGHTY FIVE

Ah, bonjour!

Guess what time it is? It's time for a star-studded issue of all the good words.

Still Alive 85 is live. Tell your nearest living being.

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I'm working with my good friend J. Lee Porter on a brand new series of action/adventure stories that take place in SE Asia in the period of WWII. Not war stories, but Noir stories in that era. We are mapping them out now.

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Four or so. Paperbacks.

Another flash fiction for your macabre pleasure. This time in Yellow Mama! Thanks to Beatrice Bernice Holtzman for the art.
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Contentment — a Bloody Valentine Story by Ed Teja Contentment by Ed Teja Standing on the corner, catching my breath in the cold morning fog that shadows the streets, the tidal wail of sirens, rising and falling like movements in a symphony,&n…

My latest flash fiction CONTENTMENT is up at Punk Noir.
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Working on edits for book 2 in my storefront assassin series. On preorder now, goes live Feb 22!!
She's on the road, looking to put her feet on the ground so she can get to work. So what takes her to beautiful metropolitan Gallup, New Mexico????
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Five Favorite Markets A criminally compelling web site featuring professional crime writers and crime fighters.

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A thin, scratchy yowl greeted him as he walked into the kitchen. He froze. It sounded like Kafka, his beloved seal-point Siamese. He had to be hearing things. Kafka was dead.

It's time for the last bite of the day and we're serving up some surreal flash fiction. Grab a blanket or turn up the heat. This one might give you a little shiver. It's "The Past Moves With You" by @edteja.bsky.social and it's waiting for you in issue 81!

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You can turn copilot off in Word. Go to File>options and flip the copilot switch.

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Amelia Franz, Crystal Taylor, Andrew Buckner, Robin Herzog.

We couldn't have done it without you, and we ❤️you!

Bright morning light streamed through the bedroom window, waking Ben from his dream.

Wednesday already? Sureal isn’t it? Well enjoy a little more of the off kilter with “The Past Moves With You” by Ed Teja @edteja.bsky.social , time is a construct we know, but it’s almost time to read more of this the 81st edition out Sunday 1/26.

Except they won't read it for, say, a month anyway. When you send a query probably has no real-world effect, except over major holidays when the inboxes overfill with electrons.

You mean software??? How about a notebook? I'm not quite sure why you would want your ideas straight. Straight ideas are boring. They should be twisted and twirly. That's why we talk about plot twists...

For it's own reasons, Amazon is now offering the paperback of my Sherry Proper crime trilogy for 69% off!
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Get the 610 page book for $4.99

Mysteries To Die For For Mystery Listeners and Readers

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My story WHO SHOT LIBERTY'S VALANCE? drops on Friday, Jan 10th.
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Crimeucopia - Hey! Don't Read That! Read This!
on preorder now. With my story "Room Five at Motel Two"

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Available in audio as well as ebook and print... a speculative short story for the Trumpmuskovian era.
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Writing book #2 in my Storefront Assassin series. First draft is nearly done!

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Here's a convenient link to info about the New Mexico anti book banning meeting at the end of January. Remote participation is likely to be available.

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When I hire professional copyeditors, they typically take at least a week and then I take another to read, evaluate and incorporate their suggestions. And, if you are the author, why are you doing the copyediting in the first place? That is best left to a second pair of eyes.

Is your air fryer spying on you? It’s time to stop buying unnecessary ‘smart’ devices There’s an uninvited guest coming to dinner tonight. You might not see them, but they’re listening from thousands of miles away …

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Wondering what the hell a sugar scrub is has me questioning if I actually know anything at all!!!