Todd Robins

Former Bookseller / Editor @VautrinPub
"What do I do? Just what I please." --Vautrin in Old Goriot

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

I am re-pinning this to my profile because, push comes to shove, JJ is my go-to groove.
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[Megan Abbott @meganeabbott]

Here I am talking about all my favorite books, especially the deranged ones.
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[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Leavin' Trunk (with Taj Mahal & Jerry Douglas) https://t.co/PjUotYgsmV via @YouTube

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

IF... Vautrin opens to subs, it will be for novelettes. The idea was sparked by a reading of John O'Hara's "Ninety Minutes Away" some time back. An entertaining little tale with crime fiction elements. (One character is a thief.) Sub guidelines (with $) are posted on the site.

[James Robenalt @jimrobenalt]

The Kennedy administration inherited two profound problems, both intertwined, when JFK entered office in 1961: Cuba and the CIA. My take on the new JFK docs.

[Elgin Tolliver @ElginTolliver]

2/ ... by people who were a lot smarter than he was.

[Elgin Tolliver @ElginTolliver]

1/ This piece takes a look at Delillo's Libra in the context of info that came out later. My bet on LHO: he likely knew on some level that he was being used in an operational capacity & had a bit of cleverness about him, but he could also be exploited ...

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[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

I just finished Nick's new one, and it's a pleasure. Where the Bones Lie. Datura Books. Due out March 11.

[Rob D. Smith @RobSmith3]

"Rob D. Smith's raucous debut novel Good-Looking Ugly centers on an unforgettable protagonist in the fiercely loyal and fearsomely violent Daniel, who will stop at nothing to protect his family from the Kentucky Fried Mafia. Finger-lickin' good!"
- Scott Von Doviak

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

Ray Charles - Early in the Morning https://t.co/Y6a7ARbT0k via @YouTube

[Rock and a Hard Place Press @RHP_Press]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
RHP and guest editor Curtis Ippolito are looking for submissions for a new anthology - one related to climate change, the murder of the planet, and all the crimes in between.
Check out the call below and get ready to submit
https://t.co/CwAWUCJ68A

[Rock and a Hard Place Press @RHP_Press]

The wait is over. Rock and a Hard Place issue 12 is finally here, packed with the most exciting talent in noir and dark fiction, all at the top of their game.
Get it here!

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[Coy Hall @CoyHallBooks]

Five free copies of A Seance for Wicked King Death! Links in the original tweet.

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

And the NY Times considers this outfit to be a "select" pollster, worthy of the diamond. @Nate_Cohn

[Josh Marshall @joshtpm]

Regardless of the outcome one of the big stories out of this election in polling nerd land was how this foreign pollster, Atlas Intel, managed to pass itself off as a real operation. I mean, four separate polls in a week with national, all swing states, each with a kabillion respondents. Really?

[Taniel @Taniel]

Here's the final Ann Selzer/DMR poll of Iowa:

Harris is up 47% to 44%. 
(Not a typo. Last DMR poll had Trump up 47/43 in September.)

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

@CoyHallBooks Have you tried Lawrence Osborne's ONLY TO SLEEP. I thought it was excellent.

[Todd Robins @ToddRobins2]

yes yes yes

T-Bone Walker w/ Jazz At The Philharmonic - Live in UK 1966 https://t.co/SwvtBMIB6O via @YouTube

[Rob D. Smith @RobSmith3]

Out tomorrow!! My debut pulp crime thriller Good-Looking Ugly from @shotgunhoneybooks. Two cousins try to heist the World Cockfighting Championship in central Kentucky. Do they pull it off or are things about the get...ugly?

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The Biden economy is so strong businesses are willing to hire convicted felons out on bail.

[Rob D. Smith @RobSmith3]

My story Our Most Sorrowful Mother of the Blessed Hardwood made the Honor Roll of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024. Thanks to @ToddRobins2 at @VautrinPub for publishing it.

[Rob D. Smith @RobSmith3]

Get ready for my debut crime novel Good-Looking Ugly coming from @ShotgunHoney this October. Pre-orders coming soon! @vondoviak, author of Lowdown Road calls it "Finger-lickin' good!"