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Hi! I'm Joe! I'm the editor/overlord of Point of Impact Publishing, heroic purveyors of trashy action fiction, including the Frenzi series by R. J. Calder, and Lash, by Clint Reno! Check us out: www.pointofimpactbooks.com

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just making a new pinned post.

If you are interested in Point of Impact Publishing's books, just click this link to go to a list of all our books! Click, tap, or lick (I don't judge), the pictures to be taken to a page with store links!

www.pointofimpactbooks.com/all-books/

All Books – Point of Impact Publishing

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 2h

Mind you, I was never bored by it, the length was perfect (108 minutes), and it was perfectly fine. It's just that I expected it to be better than that.

I was reminded of Altman's The Long Goodbye in that neither one is Chandler-worthy, but neither one is a bad film.

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 2h

I think the only time I shouted at the movie was when Marlowe said the bad guys "...took his .38" despite the gun clearly being a .45 caliber 1911. 😆

I never once felt like dozing off, the length was perfect (108 minutes), and the movie looked gorgeous. It was totally fine by me.

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 6h

I found Neeson to be just fine, but the script was very conservative and stage-like, which I felt didn't suit his abilities or the rest of the cast.

It was tightly edited and sumptuously filmed in my opinion.

Was I disappointed?

Hell no. I spent $3 on the movie. More than worth it.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly? It's a bit of a jumbled mess to me.

The dialogue is stiff and very stage-like, the plot is all over the place, and aside from the tight editing and gorgeous cinemaphotography, it was average in most other aspects.

I didn't dislike it. But I've seen far better from far less.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 6h

Jessica Lange was, in my opinion, the only performer who understood her role and the requirements of the play-like dialogue.

She was excellent.

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 9h

Now watching: Marlowe.

I know...I've barely watched any movies this year and now I'm watching Liam Neeson as Philip Marlowe? What can I say? I'm a sucker for period flicks, I love detective movies, and I can forgive Neeson his faults.

Also I am awake and ate dinner before 9pm. So...movie time!

Blu-ray art for Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger.

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 15h

My health troubles and disabilities have severely hampered our writing pace. So if you want to support us, check out our novel from last year! It's the perfect tale for this time of year, and this time in history.

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · 16h

The Time For Monsters is 70% off today only on DriveThruFiction!

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#monsterromance #horrorromance #booksky #indiehorror #horror

A Fresh New Monster Romance. Arrows point at a book cover for The Time for Monsters by Alexis Abbott as J.M. Keep. The tropes included are Dark and Twisted, Protective Eldritch Monster, Hurt/Comfort, Eat the Rich (but like for real), Suspenseful Post-Apocalyptic Horror, Touch her and die, touch him and die, How is a romance with a terrifying monster the fluffiest part?, mind the triggers. Now available on Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play, Barnes & Noble.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 11h

Congrats, Mark! 👏

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mark robinson @themarkrob.bsky.social · 15h

It’s been a long time coming. Releasing just in time for Halloween, this will be my first (and only) anthology appearance of 2025.

More details soon…

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Sarah Makes People Watch Things! @torsodapop.bsky.social · 11h

#31DaysofHorror Day 14

THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970), Herschell Gordon Lewis

A reporter investigates a mind-bending magician in this hypnotically dissonant experiment in ordinary patience, its loopy audio, jagged edits & utter disregard for tension the result of a particular hubristic, mad ingenuity.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 12h

I find commentary about past-tense, present-tense, future-tense (not sure if that one is real) fascinating as a reader because the only time I think about the author's choice of narration is when it sucks.

Yours doesn't suck, so I honestly don't think about it. I mean that as a sincere compliment.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Just read: Butch Fatale, Duke Dick: Double-D Double Cross, by Christa Faust.

A pornographic, lesbian, comedy, neo-noir, detective novel was not quite what I expected, but it's quite what I needed.

Any book that opens with fisting and ends with busting a murderous politician gets 5 ⭐

Cover for Butch Fatale, Dyke Dick: Double-D Double Cross, featuring a lavish portrait of our heroine, Butch, gazing at the reader with a toothpick between her lips.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 14h

I love it! The only thing better would be the introduction of snow into her world. I worry it might break her. 🤣

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S.J. Shank @sjshank.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of the Halloween season, I've dropped the price of all my ebooks to 99¢. Whether you're looking for grimy dark fantasy or chilling medieval horror, I've got a book for you.

Excerpts for my books can be found on my website sjshank.com.

Please help spread the word!

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 15h

"Everything the light touches is her kingdom" to paraphrase a line from the Lion King. 😂

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 16h

I am onboard with this. Sure, the choice of words can convey emotion just like dialogue tags, but for me, as a reader, those flavorful descriptions can help paint the scene.

Coming from pulp reading habits, I appreciate the startled exclamations, furious admonishments, and delighted sighs. Flavor!

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 19h

I've gotten several of the reissues from Radio Archives and started with The Torture Trust and it didn't quite click with me. I love the concept of the character though and I'll probably try more later.

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Infested Publishing @infestedpublishing.bsky.social · 1d

An insane amount of talent within these books. We think you're just the right amount of crazy to read them. Thanks for supporting indy 🐁🎃🐀
www.infestedpublishing.com
#BookSky #spookyseason #supportindy

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 22h

I read one of those! That was a neat idea!

Curious, are you reading them in publication order or just as you feel like it? I wonder because I wasn't enamored with thr first and put the series on the back shelf for now.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 1d

That's a more narrative device, one like what Pratchett or Adams used in their books, than what I pictured.

That actually would be a lot of fun I think to pepper in stories about each baddie on the page they were dispatched! I might have to steal that idea!!

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Oh gosh, there are a few really good shows going on there this month! And to culminate with a Rocky Horror shadow cast? That's a real treat! 🤩

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's an under-utilized writing tool, even by myself.

A footnote, I think, can save us from exposition that tears the reader away from the story, yet provides context if they need it.

I guess the same goes for an appendix. I skipped Dune's, but some people probably found it helpful!

Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 1d

As an action fan, describing a firearm in a footnote or a car would be helpful. And then there are specific bits of geography that shouldn't be an exposition dump but could live as a footnote to be read or ignored at leisure.

I just think we (myself included) should use them better.

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Point of Impact Publishing @pointofimpactbooks.bsky.social · 1d

I really feel like it needs to be a thing. Even for non-historical novels.

I'm reading a smutty western and it's mentioning parts of Washington state's geography I knew nothing about and I keep hopping over to Wikipedia to find out more about it! A few footnotes and it'd flow even better for me!

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Joezilla II: Your Sister is a Werewolf @joezillaz.bsky.social · 1d

"Departure" by Jerome Tiger.

A native warrior lies dead with his horse as his spirit rides into the sun.

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