Russell Thayer
@RussellThayer10
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An old man writing old stories @APCON_MAG @Tough_Crime @punk_magazine @OutcastPress @ExpatLitJ @NoirBristol @GuiltyCrimeMag @ShotgunHoney @pulpmodern @press_roi
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Joined July 2020
Just finished this enthralling book about the progressive reforms in women's prisons of the 1920's and 30's, leading to the cutting-edge institution at Tehachapi. I'm doing some research for a story.
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Finally opened the gates to this heavenly yarn by the bright and shiny @carlottadale38. https://t.co/4cOWo6SjuY
literarygarage.com
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When things look bleak, and I mean really bleak, all we want to do is talk to our loved ones. That's it. (If you need a good ab workout, see it in the theater.)
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I gobbled up this grindhouse extravaganza. Keeps my immune system strong.
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Vivian has always been good at helping herself. https://t.co/OSEk63x0pV
bristolnoir.co.uk
“She’s awful cute,” said Vivian, returning the small photograph to Gloria. The baby had dark hair like her mother. Gloria smiled and slipped the
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Part 3 in Vivian's journey to find a better life after Hollywood. She's had it up to there. And Hollywood has had it with her. Call it a mutual breakup. https://t.co/pyjs66PNPh
bristolnoir.co.uk
“Mickey wants a date tonight,” said Delores. “He asked me straight out. Bouncing on his heels like some mush-faced Boob McNutt.”
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The arc of this long-running series is brilliant. Simply delightful to read about a woman who does the Hollywood thing, then transitions to a less soul-crushing career murdering people for money.
Part 2 of Vivian's attempt to break into the movies in the late 1930s. Visions of Hopalong Cassidy. Stag-fueled dinner parties. A broken life. https://t.co/SPHKMQuelO
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This was posted, for the most part, for @carlottadale38
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Saga Noren from the Swedish/Danish series "The Bridge" is now my all-time favorite TV detective. Season 3 is intense.
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Just finished dealing with estate lawyers mid-afternoon.
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Part 2 of Vivian's attempt to break into the movies in the late 1930s. Visions of Hopalong Cassidy. Stag-fueled dinner parties. A broken life. https://t.co/SPHKMQuelO
bristolnoir.co.uk
As she glanced about the room, looking for a seat, she noticed an arm waving at her from behind a phalanx of Roman soldiers gobbling hotdogs around one of the large commissary tables. The arm was...
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It's Thursday and I let my fictional character, PI Declan Shaw, explain why he's up in Connecticut ... You may want to hear what he has to say. Link in the comments...
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Part 2 of Vivian's attempt to break into the movies in the late 1930s. Visions of Hopalong Cassidy. Stag-fueled dinner parties. A broken life. https://t.co/SPHKMQuelO
bristolnoir.co.uk
As she glanced about the room, looking for a seat, she noticed an arm waving at her from behind a phalanx of Roman soldiers gobbling hotdogs around one of the large commissary tables. The arm was...
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I recently spoke with Kenneth Turan about his new book, "Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg." Thinking about old movies makes me want to repost a link to this tale of Vivian in old Hollywood. Part One of a trilogy. https://t.co/ExtEqm0DlT
bristolnoir.co.uk
Patting her pale stomach and the dark pile of hair where her long legs met for pleasure, Vivian calculated it must be her sixth visit to Tully’s private getaway cave, with its bare walls, dark-stai...
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"You think you know someone, Jimmy mused as he got on the horn and rang Classy Lassiter – the one person he knew who could deal with Cappy’s underhanded ackamarackus." - good fun over @NoirBristol by William P. Adams. https://t.co/72gF89b3Up
bristolnoir.co.uk
Saturday morning found Jimmy Lukash fuming in the back office of the Fisheye Lounge - the clip joint near the waterfront he ran for the Bayside outfit, whose turf included the docks and wharves that...
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"He doesn’t know what "Acceptance” means, but he wants it louder than his world is quiet." - I can still hear this one by Patrick G. Roland. https://t.co/p2uiojCk4e
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Slack-jawed, he palmed his forehead. “Ai, mamma, what the fuck?” - an artistic scene painted by @OfferKuban. View it. https://t.co/NhKxjrKodH
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The Most Beautiful Lie by Offer Kuban Gianluca’s mother telephoned late that night. Her voice taut, she said to come over. There’d been “un incidente”. He should hurry. Professoressa Antonett…
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