{Writer/Editor/ Expat in 日本} The Dead, The Dying & The Gone noir series / Love Like Bleeding Out / Poems for Ghosts / Shadows Slow Dancing / EIC:
@punk_magazine
Been keeping this under our hats for a while, but we’ve made
@punk_magazine
into a press. Still early days but hoping to publish noir fiction and poetry. Starting with the re-release of my
@RedDogTweets
trilogy. Still lots of work to do but we’re excited
THE DEAD, THE DYING & THE GONE: Three interconnected stories of hard-nosed, hard-boiled noir set against the backdrop of 20th century America by
@SteveGone58
. PUNK NOIR Press' re-issue of Golds' classic indie crime series returns to
@Amazon
December 12th.
I know it’s probably nothing to a lot of people, but today I got my own private office at university. Coming from a long line of construction workers and truckers it means a lot for me
Never thought this day would come. I’m officially a published author.
A huge thank you to
@RedDogTweets
for believing in my writing and doing such a fantastic job on designs, editing and promotion!
I really hope everyone enjoys the novel ! Thank you!
HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY
@SteveGone58
!
#SayGoodbyeWhenImGone
is OUT NOW!
Treat yourself to the cream de la crème of dirty, gritty, exceptional Noir!
Paperback (directly from us, sent with love)
eBook
Rewatching The Sopranos finale season & think It’s blatantly obvious. Eugene’s wife used the inheritance money to pay a hitman to kill Tony because she blamed him for her husbands Suicide. The whole point of the reference to the MO jacket.
@TheSopranosClub
@talkingsopranos
They say “write what you know”, so after nearly 17 years of living in Japan, today I sat down to write my Japanese noir novel. 2,000 words in. Watch this space.
I’m extremely pleased to announce I got a story accepted at the awesome
@Tough_Crime
Took me five attempts over the last 3 years but I finally got it right.
Stoked
Massive thanks to the editors
@rustybarnes23
and
@TedEMTP
Extremely pleased to announce I just now signed the contract for my third novel
I’LL PRAY WHEN I’M DYING
with the ever awesome
@RedDogTweets
Watch this space!
Just heard I sold my first short story of 2023.
“Pluto’s Place” will be appearing in the Diner Crime Anthology edited by
@CraigClevenger
and pubbed by the awesome
@OutcastPress
Here is the beautiful front cover to my novel Say Goodbye When I’m Gone
If you’ve ever read a short story or poem of mine and liked it, please think about putting in a preorder!
Thank you everyone
#SayGoodbyeWhenImGone
#gritlit
#dirtyrealism
#noir
Due to living in Japan I can’t take a selfie on my way to
@NewcastleNoir
but here’s a selfie of me and my youngest at the zoo today — which I wouldn’t swap for anything.
I wrote this novel because I wanted to write an original love story about that relationship that gave you trauma. That brought out the worst in you.
It’s the darkest and most honest thing I’ve ever written and it’s out TODAY.
Appreciate any and all love you can show it 🖤
The
#Gone
anthology is number 1 on Amazon’s Bestsellers List
Definitely the highlight of such a rewarding project.
Thank you ALL for the support and love you’ve shown.
NEW AUTHOR KLAXON!!!
We're at it again! Another new author has joined the Red Dog Kennel, and we're thrilled to have him. Join us in welcoming Stephen J. Golds to the yard.
@SteveGone58
We offered Stephen a bed in the kennel, but he insists that all he wants is ... 1/3
Completely stoked to announce the international line-up for the
@RedDogTweets
#Gone
Anthology
30 awesome stories
30 great authors
Coming this November
Really proud of the collection of stories we’ve got
Check it out
My messed up, twisted love story
Shadows Slow Dancing
in Derelict Rooms
Slated for this Fall by way of
@OutcastPress
. Just look at this cover by
@slicesofanxiety
Hi Folks,
Every so often I put out a tweet like this. And here’s another one 😬
If you’ve read any of my novels I’d really appreciate any reviews (good or bad) you could throw my way on Amazon or GoodReads.
I know it’s a pain in the ass, but I do appreciate it very much 🖤
A reader contacted me to say they loved
#IllPrayWhenImDying
but wouldn’t review it as they felt it had too many F-Bombs. Asked if I was trying to be “edgy”. The book is about
#OCD
and the frustrations and exacerbations that stem from it. Like constantly stubbing your fucking toe.
My Japanese thriller is almost finished. It’s looking like it’s going to be around 90,000 words. The longest thing I’ve ever written. Perhaps the best thing I’ve ever written too.
And cleanest, there isn’t a single F-bomb in it, as there’s no equivalent out here in Japan lol
They say “write what you know”, so after nearly 17 years of living in Japan, today I sat down to write my Japanese noir novel. 2,000 words in. Watch this space.
My novel coming out March 28th isn’t a crime novel. It’s a messed up love story.
If you’re a fan of
Sarah Kane or John Fante, I think you’re going to dig it.
It’s my darkest and most experimental piece of writing to date.
1 a.m. and I’ve just reached the 50,000 word mark on the Japanese thriller I started in September.
Been waking up early and going to bed late but it’s shaping up to be the best thing I’ve ever written.
Found out today my poetry chapbook Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries
@OutcastPress
has sold treble figures. Which doesn’t sound a lot, but it’s pretty damn good for a poetry chapbook that’s only been out for 6 months.
Thanks to everyone who supported me and got a copy
🖤
Writing is one of the only art forms where people get off on telling each other what they can & can’t do.
Writing is your own individual truth. Write honestly for yourself first. Readers will follow. There are no rules.
If you want to catch fish ask a fisherman not the fish.
Just finished the first draft of my newest novel.
Probably my most mature, most refined piece of writing to date.
A crime thriller/mystery with one helluva hook that will hopefully leave people as breathless as my other novels.
Now onto the 2nd, 3rd, 4th drafts.
#writing
Here it is everyone,
the awesome cover for
the
@RedDogTweets
#Gone
anthology
and a reminder of its
superb line-up.
30 stories covering every sub-genre within Crime Fiction
Slated November ‘22
My two cents: If you do something amazingly charitable but then feel the need to tell everyone about it, wanting pats on the back, you were definitely not doing it out of the kindness of your heart in the first place.
To be honest, I sometimes get a little depressed about my writing, what seems like a constant struggle to get my words out. But tonight I received my trilogy of books in its special edition hardback & was completely blown away by
@RedDogTweets
production. It’s beautiful
“Poet in Residence
@OutcastPress
”
Each and everything these guys put out is a complete labor of love and I’m stoked to have all my poetry collections forthcoming with them
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
Today is RELEASE DAY of my newest poetry collection
HALF-EMPTY
DOORWAYS AND OTHER INJURIES
My heart and blood and soul exposed on every single page
because what is writing without complete and shameless honesty?
🇬🇧
🇺🇸
🚨SUBMISSIONS WANTED
Hey Folks,
Just a reminder
@RedDogTweets
& myself will OPEN for Submissions on the 1st of March for the
GONE
A Crime Fiction Anthology
Gone is the theme
This anthology’s gonna kick ass and take names!
Guidelines here 👇
REPUBLICATION DAY IS HERE!
Back from the DEAD.
With forwards by the awesome
@NolanDom
@semoorhead
@will_carver
A vintage hard-boiled series for fans of James M. Cain, Jim Thompson & David Goodis
#Noir
You can order the entire series on Amazon below:
Folks, this has been a dream of mine for a while. Editing my own crime anthology with
@RedDogTweets
.
#Gone
Get writing your best crime stories.
I can’t wait to read what you all submit
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
***SUBMISSIONS CALL***
We are compiling a crime fiction anthology, edited by
@SteveGone58
, and featuring some of the best authors in crime—and you.
The title (and theme) is GONE, and we want your stories (3,500-6000 words) on this theme.
Details here:
Sneak Peek at my forthcoming Dirty Realism / Psychonaut Romance Novel
@OutcastPress
You’ll probably know by reading page 1 if it’s for you or not. But along with my Noir Trilogy it was a story I felt compelled to write for too long.
The Real Heroes of The Lit Scene
Are the indie presses and small magazines that give so much of themselves (time, money, dedication) to give unheard and talented writers the chance to tell their stories.
#supportthesmallpress
Today’s the cover reveal for the re-edition of my semi-fictional noir tale about 1940’s LA, The Battle of Okinawa and the disappearance of Jean Spangler
#AlwaystheDead
#NOIR
props to
@RedDogTweets
who always do the greatest covers!
As this ship Twitter slowly sinks beneath the waves I stand at the helm screaming into the storm:
I sold another story to one of the best crime literature mags and it’ll be out real soon. Watch this space
2022
This year is my busiest, but hopefully the most satisfying.
July —
F*cked Up Love Story/Alternative Fiction Novel (
@RedDogTweets
)
August —
Poetry Chapbook (
@OutcastPress
)
November —
Gone Anthology
(Red Dog)
December —
1980’s NYC/Okinawa
Crime Novel (Red Dog)
The novel I just finished writing is:
A 55,000 word
love poem
about regret, fixation, depression and toxicity.
The hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. Without a doubt the darkest and it’s not even in the crime genre.
“Were we to canonize such things, Stephen J Golds would be the patron saint of the fallen and the fucked. Out there in the dark wash, up to his knees panning for gold in a placer rich with alluvial deposits of misery and last legs.”— Dom Nolan, Author of Vine Street
@NolanDom
Nearly a hundred submissions in the first 24 hours!!!
Thanks to everyone trying their best and sending their best. Read a lot of awesome stories so far. Keep them coming.
BETRAYAL SUBMISSION CALL
Time to really flex your writing muscles.
Can you write a killer story about BETRAYAL in under two hundred words?
Yeah, 200 words MAX
All genres welcome
(All pieces MUST be in a
Word Doc w/a 3rd person BIO)
Subs Open NOW
👇
(punknoirmag
@yahoo
.com)