ReganMacArthur
@reganmacarthur.bsky.social
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Writer of crime fiction under my own name. Published author (starting Sept. 8, 2023!) of morally-deficient pulp novels as Clint Reno.
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NYT leading with some story about Santos rather than the largest protest event since 1970. A reminder that the collapse of news into entertainment is one of the reasons we got here.
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If you're thinking of reading this book, make sure you a seat-belt on because this motherfucker starts off at 100 mph and only goes faster from there.
RELEASE DATE AND COVER REVEAL!

I am thrilled to announce the 7th Frenzi novel, When in Rome...Kill! will be landing on November 17th!

John Frenzi must go to Italy in a desperate mission to rescue a kidnapped girl!

Amazon pre-order link below! Kobo and Smashwords coming soon!
"This is the moment when you understand
That there is nothing in between
You and the enemy.
Too soon
You may be lying, one life less, seeing the past,
Or standing over someone you have known
Since childhood (or never known) beseeching you
To finish them..."
Thanks. I wish there had been more young people but it was nice to know so many folks give a damn.
To be a patriot is to be in the minority.

But it is not a SMALL minority.
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For those participating in upcoming protests, I am urging you to know your rights and how to protest safely and peacefully: tinyurl.com/aasfut3e
P.S. I don't know if screenwriter David Benioff was conscious of it, but he was much happier writing Odysseus than he was Achilles.
TROY - DIRECTOR'S CUT (2007)

It's a better film.
Yeah, that's fair. Ellroy's been open about the Webb influence, I believe.
This story was excellent. First-rate journalism.
At the Riyadh Comedy Festival, @helenlewis.bsky.social saw what stand-up looks like in theocracy. The greatest irony was that, given its “newfound interest in comedy, Saudi Arabia is becoming more American—just as America is becoming more Saudi.”
I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future
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Done!
Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!

Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
I laughed.
It’s sad to realize how much of Andrew Cuomo’s career was just riding the coattails of his famous father.

by Meghan McCain
I didn't think it was possible to do, but she did it.
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
He was an off-kilter amalgamation of Clark Gable and Groucho Marx as Magnum.
Whoa!
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
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Paperback of THIS WORLD OF VILE WONDER: HORROR TALES OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION available now!

Release day is Oct 20, so paperback orders should arrive by then. Mybook.to/vilewonder
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Men assume Pride & Prejudice is a Hallmark romance when the plot is driven by the Bennet sisters’ fear of starvation because they will be homeless when their father dies. It’s a book about money, about people, and those who dismiss it as saccharine fluff are cheating themselves.