Victor De Anda
@victordeanda.bsky.social
Author with stories in BAMS 2025, Dark Yonder, Myopic Duplicity, Shotgun Honey, Mystery Tribune, and more. Crime fiction, Speculative, Weird.
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Victor De Anda
@victordeanda.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Honored to remind you that my story BAD MAN DOWN pubbed by The Yard: Crime Blog has made it into BAMS 2025 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @donwinslow.bsky.social from
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
@marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
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Love this review (and so excited to have written an actual mystery that gets a review in Criminal Element!) “Sparks writes of her eccentric cast with tenderness and wit, as they engage in a dance of secrets and half-truths”
Book Review: Happy People Don’t Live Here by Amber Sparks - Criminal Element
In this darkly funny gothic tale, a reclusive mother and her saturnine daughter move into a haunted building brimming with eccentrics.
www.criminalelement.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Love this review (and so excited to have written an actual mystery that gets a review in Criminal Element!) “Sparks writes of her eccentric cast with tenderness and wit, as they engage in a dance of secrets and half-truths”
Wow, so grateful for the kind words from @deliapitts50.bsky.social regarding my story. It's just one of 20 great tales in this collection. Makes a great holiday gift for the crime fiction reader in your life! Get your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P #crimefiction #suspense #MYSTERY
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wow, so grateful for the kind words from @deliapitts50.bsky.social regarding my story. It's just one of 20 great tales in this collection. Makes a great holiday gift for the crime fiction reader in your life! Get your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P #crimefiction #suspense #MYSTERY
Woot woot!
BIG NEWS!!!!
We're delighted to announce that we will be publishing a new anthology from @libbycudmore.bsky.social and @nmamatas.bsky.social: THE BLACK TAPES!
Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media:
📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr
#BookSky
Get more details in the press release for The Black Tapes: Haunting Tales of Lost and Dead Media:
📼 links.ruadanbooks.com/blacktapespr
#BookSky
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Woot woot!
Don't miss @cwblackwell.bsky.social's banger of a novelette in this great collection!
Here’s some juicy crime fiction for your ear holes 👂 and eyeballs 👀
Thanks to @victordeanda.bsky.social for the killer blurb, and @jeffcircle.bsky.social & @leonardoaudio.bsky.social for putting this excellent collection together 😎
Thanks to @victordeanda.bsky.social for the killer blurb, and @jeffcircle.bsky.social & @leonardoaudio.bsky.social for putting this excellent collection together 😎
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Don't miss @cwblackwell.bsky.social's banger of a novelette in this great collection!
MAKES A GREAT GIFT for the crime/thriller reader/listener in your life! Big thanks to @jeffcircle.bsky.social @leonardoaudio.bsky.social and @cwblackwell.bsky.social amzn.to/3HSLycg #noir #thriller
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
MAKES A GREAT GIFT for the crime/thriller reader/listener in your life! Big thanks to @jeffcircle.bsky.social @leonardoaudio.bsky.social and @cwblackwell.bsky.social amzn.to/3HSLycg #noir #thriller
Kind words from
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
on my story in BAMS'25, just one of 20 banger stories. Makes a great stocking stuffer for the mystery/suspense reader in your life: bit.ly/4drzg5P #shortstories #CrimeFiction
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
on my story in BAMS'25, just one of 20 banger stories. Makes a great stocking stuffer for the mystery/suspense reader in your life: bit.ly/4drzg5P #shortstories #CrimeFiction
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kind words from
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
on my story in BAMS'25, just one of 20 banger stories. Makes a great stocking stuffer for the mystery/suspense reader in your life: bit.ly/4drzg5P #shortstories #CrimeFiction
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
on my story in BAMS'25, just one of 20 banger stories. Makes a great stocking stuffer for the mystery/suspense reader in your life: bit.ly/4drzg5P #shortstories #CrimeFiction
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Today is UN’s #HumanRightsDay
Women’s health rights are human rights. Today is a reminder of #OurEverydayRights, and how we must commit to ensuring human rights principles are embedded in everyday experiences, especially for women and girls!
Check out more from us and others 👇🏻
Women’s health rights are human rights. Today is a reminder of #OurEverydayRights, and how we must commit to ensuring human rights principles are embedded in everyday experiences, especially for women and girls!
Check out more from us and others 👇🏻
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today is UN’s #HumanRightsDay
Women’s health rights are human rights. Today is a reminder of #OurEverydayRights, and how we must commit to ensuring human rights principles are embedded in everyday experiences, especially for women and girls!
Check out more from us and others 👇🏻
Women’s health rights are human rights. Today is a reminder of #OurEverydayRights, and how we must commit to ensuring human rights principles are embedded in everyday experiences, especially for women and girls!
Check out more from us and others 👇🏻
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I have no idea if these award eligibility posts actually DO anything other than lay bare the good and silly work I've been lucky to achieve in 2025. 11 short stories published (on top of finishing my first novel)! I'm very grateful to all the editors and publications who've given my words a go!
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have no idea if these award eligibility posts actually DO anything other than lay bare the good and silly work I've been lucky to achieve in 2025. 11 short stories published (on top of finishing my first novel)! I'm very grateful to all the editors and publications who've given my words a go!
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The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable" Whalefall brings an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war...
December 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable" Whalefall brings an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war...
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The Girl’s Name was Ella by Jason M. Tucker
Who am I? Call me Charlie. When people need something to go away, I’m the guy they call. Blood, bodies, punk bitches, and snitches. I take care of it all—one-stop shop to make lives easier or make lives end. Just gotta pay me. And keep your fucking mouth…
Who am I? Call me Charlie. When people need something to go away, I’m the guy they call. Blood, bodies, punk bitches, and snitches. I take care of it all—one-stop shop to make lives easier or make lives end. Just gotta pay me. And keep your fucking mouth…
The Girl’s Name was Ella by Jason M. Tucker
Who am I? Call me Charlie. When people need something to go away, I’m the guy they call. Blood, bodies, punk bitches, and snitches. I take care of it all—one-stop shop to make lives easier or make lives end. Just gotta pay me. And keep your fucking mouth shut. I don’t market myself. I don’t put cryptic ads on Craigslist. Don’t need to.
shotgunhoney.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Girl’s Name was Ella by Jason M. Tucker
Who am I? Call me Charlie. When people need something to go away, I’m the guy they call. Blood, bodies, punk bitches, and snitches. I take care of it all—one-stop shop to make lives easier or make lives end. Just gotta pay me. And keep your fucking mouth…
Who am I? Call me Charlie. When people need something to go away, I’m the guy they call. Blood, bodies, punk bitches, and snitches. I take care of it all—one-stop shop to make lives easier or make lives end. Just gotta pay me. And keep your fucking mouth…
Want to read the rest of the story? Check it out at Yellow Mama here: bit.ly/41VXPlU #suspense #noir #shortstories
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Want to read the rest of the story? Check it out at Yellow Mama here: bit.ly/41VXPlU #suspense #noir #shortstories
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Tonight! In a little more than an hour. Hope to see you there.
Tomorrow night! Join John Copenhaver, Mysti Berry, and myself for this free, virtual event. Using our anthologies as examples, we’ll discuss the need for LGBTQ inclusion in crime fiction anthologies, & the importance of raising the alarm about voter suppression, & the consequences of climate change.
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tonight! In a little more than an hour. Hope to see you there.
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Thrilled to see that COFFIN MOON made a number of Best Of 2025 lists over at Multnomah County Library, Portland's library system! Including Best Local Books, Best Horror, and and Best Thrillers. So cool, man.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thrilled to see that COFFIN MOON made a number of Best Of 2025 lists over at Multnomah County Library, Portland's library system! Including Best Local Books, Best Horror, and and Best Thrillers. So cool, man.
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#KindleDailyDeal today and today only for my debut! grab it here if it sounds up your alley, #booksky! a.co/d/h7WTozS 🙏
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#KindleDailyDeal today and today only for my debut! grab it here if it sounds up your alley, #booksky! a.co/d/h7WTozS 🙏
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The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
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Listen, I don't want to peer pressure anyone... but if JFK is getting a copy... maybe you should too...
Go F@!k Yourself is available everywhere books are sold, but here's a link: books2read.com/gfy/
#booksky #mystery #privateeye #coolkids
Go F@!k Yourself is available everywhere books are sold, but here's a link: books2read.com/gfy/
#booksky #mystery #privateeye #coolkids
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Listen, I don't want to peer pressure anyone... but if JFK is getting a copy... maybe you should too...
Go F@!k Yourself is available everywhere books are sold, but here's a link: books2read.com/gfy/
#booksky #mystery #privateeye #coolkids
Go F@!k Yourself is available everywhere books are sold, but here's a link: books2read.com/gfy/
#booksky #mystery #privateeye #coolkids
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Look for my story MURDER ME IN THE NEON LIGHTS in the BLACK MASK section of the current issue of @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social 👇 Grab a copy at your local bookstore 😎
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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TRUE STORY during my winter classes I usually teach in an increasingly delightful set of hooded onesies. Come see for yourself!
Ready to get that manuscript submitted? Looking to learn how to write short stories? Whatever your 2026 Writing Resolution is, let me help make it happen with my virtual courses at The Writers Circle!
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TRUE STORY during my winter classes I usually teach in an increasingly delightful set of hooded onesies. Come see for yourself!
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Awards Eligibility Post: My story, "Snow Angel", published
@horrificscribs.bsky.social, is eligible for the Bram Stoker Award in the Short Fiction category. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
crimsonscreams.com/pdf/snow-ang...
Thank you for your consideration! #AuthorSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
@horrificscribs.bsky.social, is eligible for the Bram Stoker Award in the Short Fiction category. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
crimsonscreams.com/pdf/snow-ang...
Thank you for your consideration! #AuthorSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
crimsonscreams.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Awards Eligibility Post: My story, "Snow Angel", published
@horrificscribs.bsky.social, is eligible for the Bram Stoker Award in the Short Fiction category. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
crimsonscreams.com/pdf/snow-ang...
Thank you for your consideration! #AuthorSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
@horrificscribs.bsky.social, is eligible for the Bram Stoker Award in the Short Fiction category. @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social
crimsonscreams.com/pdf/snow-ang...
Thank you for your consideration! #AuthorSky #BookSky #HorrorSky
READ THE WHOLE STORY: "Two Day Rental," part of the amazing Dark Waters Vol. 1 anthology. Big thanks to @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social for pubbing! Order today: bit.ly/3UVKxEg
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
READ THE WHOLE STORY: "Two Day Rental," part of the amazing Dark Waters Vol. 1 anthology. Big thanks to @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social for pubbing! Order today: bit.ly/3UVKxEg
Like what you've read? Check out Dark Waters Vol. 1 for other great stories too. Big thanks to @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social for pubbing! Order today: bit.ly/3UVKxEg
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Like what you've read? Check out Dark Waters Vol. 1 for other great stories too. Big thanks to @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social for pubbing! Order today: bit.ly/3UVKxEg
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Best short mystery I read this week.
The Skies Are Red, by Richie Narvaez
"The Skies Are Red," by Richie Narvaez, in On Fire and Under Water, edited by Curtis Ippolito, Rock and a Hard Place Press, 2025. This is...
lbcrimes.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Best short mystery I read this week.
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“I saw glass monoliths, the headquarters of financial institutions, and couldn't decide if they should be admired or burned to the ground.”
-The Broken Detective (p. 154)
#crimefiction #noir #mystery#thebrokendetective
-The Broken Detective (p. 154)
#crimefiction #noir #mystery#thebrokendetective
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“I saw glass monoliths, the headquarters of financial institutions, and couldn't decide if they should be admired or burned to the ground.”
-The Broken Detective (p. 154)
#crimefiction #noir #mystery#thebrokendetective
-The Broken Detective (p. 154)
#crimefiction #noir #mystery#thebrokendetective
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My short horror story collection Tales From The Parkland and my horror/dark fantasy/mystery The Candy Witch are now available as audiobooks. I would really like to thank, @seandrc.bsky.social, @veloxbooks.bsky.social, and @spokenrealms.com for bringing my books to life
www.amazon.com/stores/Ronal...
www.amazon.com/stores/Ronal...
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My short horror story collection Tales From The Parkland and my horror/dark fantasy/mystery The Candy Witch are now available as audiobooks. I would really like to thank, @seandrc.bsky.social, @veloxbooks.bsky.social, and @spokenrealms.com for bringing my books to life
www.amazon.com/stores/Ronal...
www.amazon.com/stores/Ronal...
MAKES A GREAT GIFT: 20 fantastic stories for the mystery/suspense fan in your life. Shout out to @donwinslow.bsky.social and @stephcha.bsky.social for including these in BAMS'25. Order your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
MAKES A GREAT GIFT: 20 fantastic stories for the mystery/suspense fan in your life. Shout out to @donwinslow.bsky.social and @stephcha.bsky.social for including these in BAMS'25. Order your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P