Who Cares?
It’s hard to care about any one thing when we are all binge-drinking from the endless firehose of fuckstickery emanating from our phones. Hard not to feel...
The Big Goodbye
The Farewell Angel Dare Tour is nearly done. I didn’t end up doing as many in-person events as I might have liked, or visiting as many different places as I...
We Need Diverse Books
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! At The Poisoned Pen in AZ Speaking of books, if you’re reading this you probably already know about The Get Off, but did you...
Resistance in the Bible Belt: Sex Workers as Heroines
When I realized that I was probably never gonna get the chance to moderate my sex worker protagonist panel at any of the big crime writer conventions we all...
Notes from the Rodeo Trail, Part 1
It’s official. THE GET OFF is out in the world now so go get some, if you haven’t already. If you have, get two. In honor of this third and last book of the...
Live Action
I’ve got this new book coming out, so it’s time to make like horseshit and hit the trail. Starting this week, I’ve got a bunch of events lined up to promote...
Not Your Pretty Dead Body: Sex Workers as Main Characters
Stop me if you heard this one already. A beautiful dead girl turns up in a trash-strewn alley of any city. Usually white, preferably naked, violated and...
On Dames and Dark Cities
They called me a femme fatale in the media, back when that Jesse Black fiasco went down. Most people have no idea what it really means. Most people think it...
What Even is Time?
Two unrelated and yet somehow connected facts: 1. I live in the Pacific Northwest now. Gig Harbor, WA to be specific. It isn’t exactly what I planned, but it...
These Interesting Times
We are living in interesting times, Faustketeers. Social media has reached the subterranean nadir of enshitification and is still digging vigorously. Between...