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Chris Holcombe Author
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Author of the Hidden Gotham series, LGBTQ+ mysteries set in the 1920s.
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A Christmas story done up in Queer noir style. For the naughty and nice alike AND it’s only $0.99!

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December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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GOLDEN RETRIEVER UPDATE: Yesterday, I saw 8 goldens in the park plus 1 at the farmer’s market.

This morning, I saw 4 and 2 of them were puppies!!!!!! 😍😍😍

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December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Numbers was an integral part of everyday Harlem life. Here’s El dealing with a neighborhood man who, let’s just say, has an interesting approach to gambling.

THE BIG TIMER dives into the dizzying, dazzling, dangerous world of Queer Harlem www.chrisholcombe.com/collections/...

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December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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An illegal gambling den in the basement of a building. What does this have to do with a man receiving threatening letters and a building destroyed by arson?

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November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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FINALLY! Can’t wait!
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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This exhibit at the @nyhistory.bsky.social is absolutely fabulous! So well done. I highly recommend everyone see it!

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November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Booze during Prohibition could kill ya! Literally.

Find out what *really* happened to Rosalie by reading THE BLIND TIGER, the ebook on sale for $4.99: www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the...

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November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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GOLDEN UPDATE: back in the Park! And I saw 9 golden retrievers this morning!!!! #goldenretriever #goldenretrievers #floofs #dogs #joy #happiness #parkwalks
Gay author in a red angry birds hat and rainbow scarf very excited he saw 9 golden retrievers in the park this morning!
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Manhattan is a grid but the Village? A geometry nightmare. Maybe that’s why the vibe is so different there—and why an upper class boy had nighttime adventures in “Bohemia.”

THE DOUBLE VICE audiobook on sale for $11.99! www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the...

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Two men, one dressed in a tuxedo, the other in a white work shirt and suspenders, stand in a smoky speakeasy while a trail of smoke from a pistol wraps its tendrils around the audiobook title THE DOUBLE VICE. Smaller text says “Read By Joel Leslie.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here is our year round tree and November decor! #thanksgiving #thanksgivingday #holidaydecor #yearroundtree #holidays #happiness #joy
Christmas tree covered in red and gold leaves for November. Close up of November tree covered in red and gold leaves, gold ornaments, and topped with a pumpkin. Pumpkin spice Stitch, farmer birds, leaf lights, orange gnomes, and a sparkly turkey.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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I loved writing the suspects Tillie White and Marty Grice. Such delightful, witty, utterly messy, disorganized characters.

Find out more about them—and if they “dunit”—in THE BLIND TIGER, the ebook only $4.99! www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the...

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November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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My contribution to tomorrow’s feast: mashed potatoes (made with yellow Dutch potatoes) with a pound of butter, heavy whipping cream, and sour cream. Also mashed and stirred by hand. #thanksgiving #thanksgivingfood #foodsky #potatoes #mashedpotatoes
Gorgeously whipped mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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When you operate an illegal speakeasy during Prohibition, you always have to be on your guard.

Find out what happens next in THE DOUBLE VICE: www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the...

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November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I’ve been lax in reporting my golden retriever counts. (They are my fave dog.) But Saturday, I saw 12!!!! And this morning, it was Golden O’Clock cause I spied 8!

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Cute gay blond mystery author wearing a blue tank top and glasses smiling bigly because he saw 20 golden retrievers—his favorite dog—in NYC.
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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El debuts a new song skewering hypocritical “bluenoses,” ie anti-booze, anti-vice, anti-Queer.

A page-turning mystery with hilarious blues songs to boot!

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November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Every time I see it, I am in awe. Grand Central, in all her glory.

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November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Playing pool while interrogating a suspect. Now that’s a big timer move!

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November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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We all have that one incorrigible friend 😂

Get mystery and intrigue, larger-than-life characters and LOL dialogue.

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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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When you discover a dead flapper in your illegal speakeasy’s bathroom…find out what happens next by reading THE BLIND TIGER

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November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Not sure if this counts as “retrograde,” but when a song hits you just right, your mind can’t help but go back.

Jazz, gin, and murder. All in THE DOUBLE VICE: www.chrisholcombe.com/products/the...

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November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM