James D.F. Hannah
@jamesdfhannah.bsky.social
Shamus-winning author of the Henry Malone novels. Appalachian to the bitterest of ends. Rep: @michellerichterbks.bsky.social Insta @jamesdfhannah. He/him jamesdfhannah.com
Alright, Kentucky people! The big guns of crime fiction will be in Richmond tonight, Louisville tomorrow, and—for some reason—letting me hang with 'em.
For the Louisville folks: I'll be reading a brand-new Christmas story, just to get everyone in the holiday spirit. It's sure to warm your heart.
For the Louisville folks: I'll be reading a brand-new Christmas story, just to get everyone in the holiday spirit. It's sure to warm your heart.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Alright, Kentucky people! The big guns of crime fiction will be in Richmond tonight, Louisville tomorrow, and—for some reason—letting me hang with 'em.
For the Louisville folks: I'll be reading a brand-new Christmas story, just to get everyone in the holiday spirit. It's sure to warm your heart.
For the Louisville folks: I'll be reading a brand-new Christmas story, just to get everyone in the holiday spirit. It's sure to warm your heart.
We’re going the distance, we’re going for speed here at That Noise at 2 a.m., where we’re talking about running and nothing else. Nope, just running.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We’re going the distance, we’re going for speed here at That Noise at 2 a.m., where we’re talking about running and nothing else. Nope, just running.
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
Come out, come out, wherever you are, because it’s That Noise at 2 AM, talking to @tonywirt.com about his latest thriller, SILENT CREEK.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Come out, come out, wherever you are, because it’s That Noise at 2 AM, talking to @tonywirt.com about his latest thriller, SILENT CREEK.
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open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
When the bell tolls, it tolls for thee at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his climate change anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When the bell tolls, it tolls for thee at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his climate change anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.
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open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
Not that anyone asked, but here's my definitive list of the 10 greatest rock songs about heroin*.
*The list was limited to one song by the Velvet Underground, a band whose entire catalog seems like an ode to the drug.
*The list was limited to one song by the Velvet Underground, a band whose entire catalog seems like an ode to the drug.
September 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Not that anyone asked, but here's my definitive list of the 10 greatest rock songs about heroin*.
*The list was limited to one song by the Velvet Underground, a band whose entire catalog seems like an ode to the drug.
*The list was limited to one song by the Velvet Underground, a band whose entire catalog seems like an ode to the drug.
It's Tuesday, which sometimes means it's That Noise at 2 AM, and we're talking to @johncopenhaver.bsky.social about the queer crime fiction anthology CRIME INK: ICONIC.
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August 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's Tuesday, which sometimes means it's That Noise at 2 AM, and we're talking to @johncopenhaver.bsky.social about the queer crime fiction anthology CRIME INK: ICONIC.
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jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/41-five-fo...
It's the pictures that got small at That Noise at 2 AM, where we discuss seeing smaller movies on bigger screens.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's the pictures that got small at That Noise at 2 AM, where we discuss seeing smaller movies on bigger screens.
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
Fine, but how else am I supposed to get shrimp super powers?
August 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fine, but how else am I supposed to get shrimp super powers?
TIL Thundarr the barbarian was voiced by Robert Ridgely, who played the Colonel in BOOGIE NIGHT, best known for uttering the immortal phrase "Jack says you've got a great big cock."
Ridgely did a ton of voice work, including The Smurfs and Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandoes.
Ridgely did a ton of voice work, including The Smurfs and Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandoes.
August 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
TIL Thundarr the barbarian was voiced by Robert Ridgely, who played the Colonel in BOOGIE NIGHT, best known for uttering the immortal phrase "Jack says you've got a great big cock."
Ridgely did a ton of voice work, including The Smurfs and Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandoes.
Ridgely did a ton of voice work, including The Smurfs and Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandoes.
We’re a month out from #Bouchercon2025! If y’all haven’t read my Anthony-nominated story “Twenty Centuries,” it’s still available for free on my website, as is the link for the great reading by #rabiachaudry. Check it out and find me in NOLA so we can talk!
www.jamesdfhannah.com/short-fiction
www.jamesdfhannah.com/short-fiction
August 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’re a month out from #Bouchercon2025! If y’all haven’t read my Anthony-nominated story “Twenty Centuries,” it’s still available for free on my website, as is the link for the great reading by #rabiachaudry. Check it out and find me in NOLA so we can talk!
www.jamesdfhannah.com/short-fiction
www.jamesdfhannah.com/short-fiction
We've got #bookmail, y'all! From the inimitable @tonywirt.com, his latest: SILENT CREEK. Big fan of how Tony flips genre, so you never know what to expect—except you know it's gonna be a damn good time. Looking forward to digging into this one.
August 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We've got #bookmail, y'all! From the inimitable @tonywirt.com, his latest: SILENT CREEK. Big fan of how Tony flips genre, so you never know what to expect—except you know it's gonna be a damn good time. Looking forward to digging into this one.
A million options on streaming, and a robust Blu-ray collection, and of course I'm watching DA VINCI'S INQUEST and drinking gin on a Saturday night.
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A million options on streaming, and a robust Blu-ray collection, and of course I'm watching DA VINCI'S INQUEST and drinking gin on a Saturday night.
Some of y’all weren't angry and listening to “Burn” by the Cure on a loop back in the 90s, and it fucking shows.
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Some of y’all weren't angry and listening to “Burn” by the Cure on a loop back in the 90s, and it fucking shows.
To put into perspective just how much coke everyone was doing in the 80s, Bruce Willis released two albums on Motown Records.
July 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
To put into perspective just how much coke everyone was doing in the 80s, Bruce Willis released two albums on Motown Records.
A few old fashioneds in.
AMA.
AMA.
July 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A few old fashioneds in.
AMA.
AMA.
"Easy, sport. I got myself outta Beirut once, I think I can get outta New Jersey."
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charly Baltimore & Mitch Hennessey. An old fashioned. A @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday.
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charly Baltimore & Mitch Hennessey. An old fashioned. A @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday.
July 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Easy, sport. I got myself outta Beirut once, I think I can get outta New Jersey."
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charly Baltimore & Mitch Hennessey. An old fashioned. A @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday.
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charly Baltimore & Mitch Hennessey. An old fashioned. A @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday.
"Easy, sport. I got myself outta Beirut once, I think I can get outta New Jersey."
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charley Baltimore and Mitch Hennessey. A fantastic @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday night.
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charley Baltimore and Mitch Hennessey. A fantastic @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday night.
July 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Easy, sport. I got myself outta Beirut once, I think I can get outta New Jersey."
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charley Baltimore and Mitch Hennessey. A fantastic @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday night.
"Yeah? Well, don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed. The entire population, in fact.”
Charley Baltimore and Mitch Hennessey. A fantastic @mangiotto.bsky.social commentary track. It's a good Saturday night.
For reasons best left unexplored, BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP is on sale over at Jeff Bezos’ rocket fund. I just bought a house, so if you and everyone you know could go buy a copy, that’d be great, thanks!
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June 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For reasons best left unexplored, BEHIND THE WALL OF SLEEP is on sale over at Jeff Bezos’ rocket fund. I just bought a house, so if you and everyone you know could go buy a copy, that’d be great, thanks!
a.co/d/goVbwHb
a.co/d/goVbwHb
Happy Friday the 13th: The TV Series to all who celebrate.
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Happy Friday the 13th: The TV Series to all who celebrate.
We used to be a proper society.
We used to have culture.
We used to know how to design a good-looking paperback cover.
We used to have culture.
We used to know how to design a good-looking paperback cover.
June 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We used to be a proper society.
We used to have culture.
We used to know how to design a good-looking paperback cover.
We used to have culture.
We used to know how to design a good-looking paperback cover.
Things are heating up at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to the one and only S.A. Cosby about Southern fiction, funeral homes, and his new novel, KING OF ASHES.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Things are heating up at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to the one and only S.A. Cosby about Southern fiction, funeral homes, and his new novel, KING OF ASHES.
jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/36-five-fo...
jamesdfhannah.substack.com/p/36-five-fo...
During the recording of DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN, producer Phil Spector—while holding a bottle of Manischewitz—took a revolver and pressed it against Leonard Cohen’s neck and said, “Leonard, I love you."
Cohen pushed the gun away and said, “I hope you do, Phil."
I think about this story a lot.
Cohen pushed the gun away and said, “I hope you do, Phil."
I think about this story a lot.
June 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
During the recording of DEATH OF A LADIES’ MAN, producer Phil Spector—while holding a bottle of Manischewitz—took a revolver and pressed it against Leonard Cohen’s neck and said, “Leonard, I love you."
Cohen pushed the gun away and said, “I hope you do, Phil."
I think about this story a lot.
Cohen pushed the gun away and said, “I hope you do, Phil."
I think about this story a lot.
It’s a fully-caffeinated That Noise at 2 AM, talking with @stefanieleder.bsky.social about balancing character and theme, writing prose vs. writing for the screen, and her debut novel LOVE, COFFEE, AND REVOLUTION.
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open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s a fully-caffeinated That Noise at 2 AM, talking with @stefanieleder.bsky.social about balancing character and theme, writing prose vs. writing for the screen, and her debut novel LOVE, COFFEE, AND REVOLUTION.
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...
what is the greatest line in cinema
May 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
what is the greatest line in cinema
Explain your personality in four movie posters.
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Explain your personality in four movie posters.