ReganMacArthur
@reganmacarthur.bsky.social
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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Star Trek movies ranked.
1. II : The Wrath of Khan
2. VI : The Undiscovered Country
3. IV : The Voyage Home
4. III : The Search for Spock
5. I : The one with Voyager
6. V : I don’t even know what this one is called
1. II : The Wrath of Khan
2. VI : The Undiscovered Country
3. IV : The Voyage Home
4. III : The Search for Spock
5. I : The one with Voyager
6. V : I don’t even know what this one is called
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Star Trek movies ranked.
1. II : The Wrath of Khan
2. VI : The Undiscovered Country
3. IV : The Voyage Home
4. III : The Search for Spock
5. I : The one with Voyager
6. V : I don’t even know what this one is called
1. II : The Wrath of Khan
2. VI : The Undiscovered Country
3. IV : The Voyage Home
4. III : The Search for Spock
5. I : The one with Voyager
6. V : I don’t even know what this one is called
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With the passing of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, we have lost not just one of the greatest villains in all cinema, we lost one of the most skilled actors of an era.
I would have killed to see him star as a grumpy detective in a mystery series. He could have done it.
He could do anything.
RIP
I would have killed to see him star as a grumpy detective in a mystery series. He could have done it.
He could do anything.
RIP
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
With the passing of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, we have lost not just one of the greatest villains in all cinema, we lost one of the most skilled actors of an era.
I would have killed to see him star as a grumpy detective in a mystery series. He could have done it.
He could do anything.
RIP
I would have killed to see him star as a grumpy detective in a mystery series. He could have done it.
He could do anything.
RIP
"Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there only two."
-Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love
-Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"Kissing girls is not like science, nor is it like sport. It is the third thing when you thought there only two."
-Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love
-Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love
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I’ve checked once a year for 14 years. I don’t know why I bother.
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I’ve checked once a year for 14 years. I don’t know why I bother.
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Robert Bloch books from before he was known as the author of Psycho
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Robert Bloch books from before he was known as the author of Psycho
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Pulled this card from my Oblique Strategies deck, wrote 1,400 words in less than an hour, set up a twist that I never saw coming. Monday's going to be fun.
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Pulled this card from my Oblique Strategies deck, wrote 1,400 words in less than an hour, set up a twist that I never saw coming. Monday's going to be fun.
Whether it's F1 or MY DARLING CLEMENTINE or a novel by Philip Roth, I can never really go along with the supposed happy ending of a hero choosing to isolate himself.
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Whether it's F1 or MY DARLING CLEMENTINE or a novel by Philip Roth, I can never really go along with the supposed happy ending of a hero choosing to isolate himself.
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My 2025 book releases. The Owl Men of Shanidar is a weird sci-fi novel & This World of Vile Wonder is an anthology of horror stories set during the Scientific Revolution. Both available on Amazon & Kobo.
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My 2025 book releases. The Owl Men of Shanidar is a weird sci-fi novel & This World of Vile Wonder is an anthology of horror stories set during the Scientific Revolution. Both available on Amazon & Kobo.
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As a primer for noir fiction, this list cannot be beaten.
🧵1/2 : Had a blast talking crime fiction with you during last month’s #Noirvember books tribute. The updated list of featured novels—this year’s thirty, plus last year’s—is attached to the second part of this thread. Happy reading!
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As a primer for noir fiction, this list cannot be beaten.
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🧵1/2 : Had a blast talking crime fiction with you during last month’s #Noirvember books tribute. The updated list of featured novels—this year’s thirty, plus last year’s—is attached to the second part of this thread. Happy reading!
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🧵1/2 : Had a blast talking crime fiction with you during last month’s #Noirvember books tribute. The updated list of featured novels—this year’s thirty, plus last year’s—is attached to the second part of this thread. Happy reading!
"In the primitive Germanic tongues, 'valkyrie' means 'she who chooses the dead'."
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"In the primitive Germanic tongues, 'valkyrie' means 'she who chooses the dead'."
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In the 90s, DIE HARD clones filled the action movie market. This year, better late than never, we published our entry in this subgenre.
Criminals take over a celebrity nightclub and the hostages only hope is one sarcastic bartender with a special set of skills!
books2read.com/cosmochaos/
Criminals take over a celebrity nightclub and the hostages only hope is one sarcastic bartender with a special set of skills!
books2read.com/cosmochaos/
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In the 90s, DIE HARD clones filled the action movie market. This year, better late than never, we published our entry in this subgenre.
Criminals take over a celebrity nightclub and the hostages only hope is one sarcastic bartender with a special set of skills!
books2read.com/cosmochaos/
Criminals take over a celebrity nightclub and the hostages only hope is one sarcastic bartender with a special set of skills!
books2read.com/cosmochaos/
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Putting together my Top 5 books I've read in 2025 (which does not mean released in 2025, just that I discovered them for the first time in 2025) and it turns out that reading 43 books can make that a challenge.
Paring this down to just 5 is going to be...tough.
I need to read crummier books!
Paring this down to just 5 is going to be...tough.
I need to read crummier books!
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Putting together my Top 5 books I've read in 2025 (which does not mean released in 2025, just that I discovered them for the first time in 2025) and it turns out that reading 43 books can make that a challenge.
Paring this down to just 5 is going to be...tough.
I need to read crummier books!
Paring this down to just 5 is going to be...tough.
I need to read crummier books!
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As 2025 winds down, how about we look back on the highlights of some of my shit? 19 pieces published (12 new stories, 2 reprints, 1 soon to be published, and 4 poems), 2 award nominations, and 1 Derringer Award win. Hot damn and joy to the world. Holla!
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As 2025 winds down, how about we look back on the highlights of some of my shit? 19 pieces published (12 new stories, 2 reprints, 1 soon to be published, and 4 poems), 2 award nominations, and 1 Derringer Award win. Hot damn and joy to the world. Holla!
It's a funny thing about making these lists:
Will I ever watch Arrival or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood again?
Maybe not.
Will I watch Iron Man 3 for a fifth time?
Probably.
Will I ever watch Arrival or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood again?
Maybe not.
Will I watch Iron Man 3 for a fifth time?
Probably.
My Top 10 US movies of the 21st century:
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's a funny thing about making these lists:
Will I ever watch Arrival or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood again?
Maybe not.
Will I watch Iron Man 3 for a fifth time?
Probably.
Will I ever watch Arrival or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood again?
Maybe not.
Will I watch Iron Man 3 for a fifth time?
Probably.
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I love this series! It's a modern love letter to 1930s pulps with a vibe of Indiana Jones, X-Files, and Supernatural, all with epic, globetrotting thrills and a cast of lovable rogues!
And you know what? It'd make a swell Christmas present to the adventure reader in your life.
And you know what? It'd make a swell Christmas present to the adventure reader in your life.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I love this series! It's a modern love letter to 1930s pulps with a vibe of Indiana Jones, X-Files, and Supernatural, all with epic, globetrotting thrills and a cast of lovable rogues!
And you know what? It'd make a swell Christmas present to the adventure reader in your life.
And you know what? It'd make a swell Christmas present to the adventure reader in your life.
And the NEXT 10 best US movies of the 21st century are...
The School of Rock (2003)
Miami Vice (2006)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Whiplash (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*
The School of Rock (2003)
Miami Vice (2006)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Whiplash (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
And the NEXT 10 best US movies of the 21st century are...
The School of Rock (2003)
Miami Vice (2006)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Whiplash (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*
The School of Rock (2003)
Miami Vice (2006)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Whiplash (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Arrival (2016)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)*
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
My Top 10 US movies of the 21st century:
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My Top 10 US movies of the 21st century:
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
Mulholland Dr (2001)
A History of Violence (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
The Departed (2006)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Mission Impossible 5 (2015)
Hell or High Water (2016)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Strange Darling (2023)
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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For your #Noirvember viewing pleasure, here’s another post from the vault. My @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a couple of ago on under appreciated American neo-noirs of the first half of the 1970s. I still think this list is pretty solid.
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10 Underappreciated American Neo-Noirs of the Early 1970s
The domestic blowback of the Vietnam War. The sleaze and corruption of Watergate. The incipient rollback of the counterculture and many gains of the 1960s. Economic recession. The upheaval and unce…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For your #Noirvember viewing pleasure, here’s another post from the vault. My @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a couple of ago on under appreciated American neo-noirs of the first half of the 1970s. I still think this list is pretty solid.
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
crimereads.com/10-underappr...
Whoops, forgot about the granddaddy of them all.
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Whoops, forgot about the granddaddy of them all.
Plays I have loved by Tom Stoppard:
The Real Thing
Arcadia
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Invention of Love
Travesties
The Hard Problem
Indian Ink
The Real Inspector Hound
The Real Thing
Arcadia
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Invention of Love
Travesties
The Hard Problem
Indian Ink
The Real Inspector Hound
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plays I have loved by Tom Stoppard:
The Real Thing
Arcadia
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Invention of Love
Travesties
The Hard Problem
Indian Ink
The Real Inspector Hound
The Real Thing
Arcadia
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
The Invention of Love
Travesties
The Hard Problem
Indian Ink
The Real Inspector Hound