Molly Odintz
@mollsotov.bsky.social
Managing Editor, CrimeReads. Slattern. Zero Mostel stan. Fellow traveler. Cat fancier. Jewish. Y'all means all. Editor of Austin Noir. She/They. Free Palestine.
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Congratulations to @alisongaylin.bsky.social, @blacktopkid.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, @louberney.bsky.social, @patrick-hoffman.bsky.social, @dwyermurphy.bsky.social, @laynefargo.bsky.social, @lauralippman.bsky.social…
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The Best Books of 2025: Crime Fiction, Mysteries, and Thrillers
As we approach the end of the year, it’s time to celebrate the best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of 2025. The works below feature quite a few old favorites at the top of their game,…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Molly Odintz @mollsotov.bsky.social rounds up December’s best fiction (of all kinds). crimereads.com/decembers-be...
December’s Best New Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers
While the last month of the year tends towards fewer releases, this December brings a host of excellent new mysteries and thrillers, featuring new voices, old favorites, and several works in transl…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Molly Odintz @mollsotov.bsky.social rounds up December’s best fiction (of all kinds). crimereads.com/decembers-be...
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Pow! Over at @crimereads.bsky.social today is the cover reveal and an excerpt from PIG IRON, my weird "western" out February 17th from Crossroad Press. New cover art by @justintcoons.bsky.social. Hope you check it out. I invented new cowboy words!
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Pig Iron
Agua Fría, New Mexico, 9:09 a.m. Spring of 1878. The coyote stopped at the edge of the well, a warning rumbling in her throat. On the way up the hill, her entire body telegraphed a change in the ai…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Pow! Over at @crimereads.bsky.social today is the cover reveal and an excerpt from PIG IRON, my weird "western" out February 17th from Crossroad Press. New cover art by @justintcoons.bsky.social. Hope you check it out. I invented new cowboy words!
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
After five days in Iceland, and five days of being being bedridden from the flu and missing the entirety of Iceland Noir, I will be headed back to the States tomorrow, where I look forward to treating my sinus infection. Get the fucking flu shot folks.
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
After five days in Iceland, and five days of being being bedridden from the flu and missing the entirety of Iceland Noir, I will be headed back to the States tomorrow, where I look forward to treating my sinus infection. Get the fucking flu shot folks.
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…what is Louvre
baby don’t rob me
don’t rob me
no more.
🥲🫣
baby don’t rob me
don’t rob me
no more.
🥲🫣
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
…what is Louvre
baby don’t rob me
don’t rob me
no more.
🥲🫣
baby don’t rob me
don’t rob me
no more.
🥲🫣
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One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
Long prison sentences function as involuntary sterilization of incarcerated people
By keeping me imprisoned through the years when I might have become a parent, the prison system reproduces eugenicist logic
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November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
If anyone wants to say hi this weekend during the Texas Book Fest, shoot me a dm! I’m gonna be lowkey this year, as next week I am headed to a crime festival in Iceland :) :)
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If anyone wants to say hi this weekend during the Texas Book Fest, shoot me a dm! I’m gonna be lowkey this year, as next week I am headed to a crime festival in Iceland :) :)
Who knows what unholy creatures lurk beneath the tower
everyone is having a good time
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Who knows what unholy creatures lurk beneath the tower
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'By applying protections meant for vulnerable groups to shield government actors, Apple has created — within its own ecosystem — a new kind of protected class: state power itself."
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SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class
Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
'By applying protections meant for vulnerable groups to shield government actors, Apple has created — within its own ecosystem — a new kind of protected class: state power itself."
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last minute, but for Oregon folks: I’ll be at the Book Bin in Salem today with Kate Alice Marshall, and a little birdie told me there might be early copies of THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT available tonight only.
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
last minute, but for Oregon folks: I’ll be at the Book Bin in Salem today with Kate Alice Marshall, and a little birdie told me there might be early copies of THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT available tonight only.
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#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto
A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...
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The trades have been so kind to my book and the last of them, Library Journal, gives WITHOUT CONSENT a starred review! www.libraryjournal.com/review/witho...
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime
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September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The trades have been so kind to my book and the last of them, Library Journal, gives WITHOUT CONSENT a starred review! www.libraryjournal.com/review/witho...
You can bet on the highest temperature in Austin, and the comments egging on the Texas sun to do its thing are amazing: kalshi.com/markets/kxhi...
Highest temperature in Austin today? | Trade on Kalshi
Track what Kalshi's markets predict for "Highest temperature in Austin today?", or trade it yourself.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You can bet on the highest temperature in Austin, and the comments egging on the Texas sun to do its thing are amazing: kalshi.com/markets/kxhi...
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Over 1,000 people have visited opencommunities.info looking for a place to daven for the High Holidays that isn't gung-ho Zionist in just the last two days
Open Communities · Pro-Ceasefire Jewish Congregations
Observe the High Holidays with an inclusive, values-aligned Jewish community.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Over 1,000 people have visited opencommunities.info looking for a place to daven for the High Holidays that isn't gung-ho Zionist in just the last two days
This guy is rad! He went to my high school!
We’re the underdogs in this fight.
We’re going up against a rigged system and a lot of money.
Big Money is powerful, but it’s nothing compared to People Power.
Chip in to power this campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-so...
We’re going up against a rigged system and a lot of money.
Big Money is powerful, but it’s nothing compared to People Power.
Chip in to power this campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-so...
Donate to send James Talarico to the U.S. Senate!
James is running for Senate to take on billionaires and their puppet politicians.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This guy is rad! He went to my high school!
fuck this shit
ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
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September 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
fuck this shit
Had a great discussion about horror on the Lit Hub podcast this morning, but forgot to add this one-liner that just came to me: horror is just dystopian fiction with a sense of humor, right? Or perhaps I should have gone with, "The world ends not with a bang, but with a slasher..."
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Had a great discussion about horror on the Lit Hub podcast this morning, but forgot to add this one-liner that just came to me: horror is just dystopian fiction with a sense of humor, right? Or perhaps I should have gone with, "The world ends not with a bang, but with a slasher..."
Everyone needs to look up Goya's dog painting...why is this the saddest painting I have ever looked at
August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Everyone needs to look up Goya's dog painting...why is this the saddest painting I have ever looked at
Although I imagine there are many pleasant aspects to the self-driving cab experience, I will never stop taking cabs with human drivers because sometimes they say things like "this body is just a uniform" and "demonic forces are the only thing preventing immortality"
August 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Although I imagine there are many pleasant aspects to the self-driving cab experience, I will never stop taking cabs with human drivers because sometimes they say things like "this body is just a uniform" and "demonic forces are the only thing preventing immortality"
I have a growing list of books set in communes and cooperative housing where I plan to rank them based on the length of their house meetings and I just want y'all to know that
August 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have a growing list of books set in communes and cooperative housing where I plan to rank them based on the length of their house meetings and I just want y'all to know that
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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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had to post this on our Instagram earlier tonight after a bunch of people freaked out about our chalkboard sign so thought we would share here too 😘
August 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
had to post this on our Instagram earlier tonight after a bunch of people freaked out about our chalkboard sign so thought we would share here too 😘
As far as I can tell, the Big Balls thing isn't the burning of the Reichstag, it's Horst Wessel, which means we will probably all have to suffer through a song about it
August 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As far as I can tell, the Big Balls thing isn't the burning of the Reichstag, it's Horst Wessel, which means we will probably all have to suffer through a song about it