Ryan Zimmerman

One-hit wonder featured in Best American Mystery Stories 2010. Former Floridian, nouveau North Carolinian. I like crime fiction, horror fiction, and fishing.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@BigDaddyThug You published me in Thuglit. Forever proud and thankful for it.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author Love this thread. I’m no novelist, but I make my living writing, and consider my training invaluable. It allowed me to learn things much faster than if I’d have set out blind and hope to discover them myself. Got a story into Best American once. Definitely didn’t pay the bills.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author Harry Crews was a bad ass. Wish I’d discovered him soon enough to take his class at UF when I was there.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@grady_hendrix Appreciate your effort to keep the myth alive.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author Used to drive around with a Hayduke Lives! bumper sticker.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author You know where that originated? When I hear “go-devil,” I think of an outboard motor with the prop extended way out back. Hitting a pig in the head with one wouldn’t produce optimal results.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author It’s a shame. Applying a tax like this to all recreational outdoor equipment is a much needed first step. Pre-first step, we need a government that prioritizes a healthy environment for the good of people, wildlife, and the rest of the planet.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author MeatEater fan? I learned about this through Steve Rinella’s podcast. I don’t hunt, only fish, but would love for this to be applied to all outdoor gear, from waders to mountain bikes. Wildlife and public lands need all the support they can get.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

That’s a quality umbrella right there.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@WNS_Brandon Bo Jackson

[Bloody Disgusting @BDisgusting]

HANNIBAL.

RT if you agree.

[Colleen Schrappen @cschrappen]

At the end of tonight, the copy desk at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will be no more. I have many thoughts on this. Here are a few of them. #copyediting

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@DavidJoy_Author Problem is, Floridians are used to it.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

.@DavidJoy_Author Just discovered you and read The Line That Held Us. Amazing book. I’m going to be thinking about Dwayne Brewer for a long time.

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@huntershea1 I’ve got an MFA and completely agree with you. I had a great time in those classes and learned a lot, but writing makes a writer.

[Richard Chizmar @RichardChizmar]

Found a gorgeous Gift Edition of IT in my office today (no slipcase) — you guys want it? I’ll pick one winner in a week. Just have to Follow and RT to be eligible. Good luck!

[Richard Chizmar @RichardChizmar]

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[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

Just saw a @subzerowolf commercial. Do they share a tag line with @BlackPhillip?

[Ryan Zimmerman @saltylanguage1]

@Deadlightsmag Yep. As a matter of fact, there were actually two professors who taught the course—one a believer in the supernatural and the other a skeptic—and they’d drop in on each other’s classes to provide alternative perspectives.