Paul Ryan O'Connor

Mystery writer & blogger. Formerly Longbox Graveyard.

Member SMFS @SMFSocy and Mystery Writers of America @EdgarAwards @SoCalMWA

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

They promised me immunity and I rolled right over. Here's the truth about Whitey, and everything else that went down that Christmas Eve.

https://t.co/Op8nJeZbjA

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

The tech I use to improve productivity as a writer, including techniques from my video game days. (Hardly any A.I., I swear!)

#writingcommunity

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

A deep dive on the greatest monster movie of them all!

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

Shamus & Buster is a 1950s Hollywood detective noir ... told from a cat's point-of-view. Published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

My most gonzo crime story yet is now available in Big Smoke Pulp Volume 2!

"A Finger For Frodo"

https://t.co/MGEeaQvs3J

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

Which is the greater monster fantasy? Frankenstein (1931), or Bride of Frankenstein (1935)?

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

My most gonzo crime story yet is now available in Big Smoke Pulp Volume 2!

"A Finger For Frodo"

https://t.co/MGEeaQvs3J

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

How an old cat came home, and changed a writer's life.

https://t.co/p6Wg3nsYQQ

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

My most gonzo crime story yet is now available in Big Smoke Pulp Volume 2!

"A Finger For Frodo"

https://t.co/MGEeaQvs3J

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

How Wally Wood & Harvey Kurtzman's hardboiled seven-page gimmick story from seven decades ago still bends the laws of time and space ... and remains a masterpiece of the form.

https://t.co/1CxCLGPpzY

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

Interview with Anna Scotti on release of her "Librarian On The Run" anthology -- "It's Not Even Past."

#crimefiction #mystery #writingcommunity

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

How Wally Wood & Harvey Kurtzman's hardboiled seven-page gimmick story from seven decades ago still bends the laws of time and space ... and remains a masterpiece of the form.

https://t.co/1CxCLGPpzY

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

It was a short tale, but it took a long path to market. All the numbers and details behind my 7th published short story.

https://t.co/So6T6XngBW

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

How Wally Wood & Harvey Kurtzman's hardboiled seven-page gimmick story from seven decades ago still bends the laws of time and space ... and remains a masterpiece of the form.

https://t.co/1CxCLGPXpw

[Short Mystery Fiction Society @SMFSocy]

The latest #Interview is with @SMFSocy member John M. Floyd regarding #Writing, #Books, #ShortStories, and more.

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Spotlight: John M. Floyd https://t.co/Jw4GV4Styf

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

It's a jungle fantasy Longbox Graveyard blast from the past -- Joe Kubert's Tarzan!

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

My favorite of the Fantastic Four isn't one of The Four at all.

#comicsky

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[Short Mystery Fiction Society @SMFSocy]

The latest roundup of #PublishingNews by @SMFSocy list members as compiled/posted by SMFS President Joseph S. Walker. #Books #Shortstories

The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: Ain't That Good News? Hot New Reads from the Short Mystery Fiction Society!
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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

They promised me immunity and I rolled right over. Here's the truth about Whitey, and everything else that went down that Christmas Eve.

https://t.co/Op8nJeZbjA

[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

Doesn't matter if it's snowing or the world is on fire -- it's always time to discuss The Son of Satan!

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[Paul Ryan O'Connor @LBoxGraveyard]

Every Cat Has His Day

"Shamus & Buster" wins the Ellery Queen Readers Award.

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