Chris Holcombe Author

Watching the 1944 “Gaslight.” If any person outside the U.S. wonders what it’s like living here now, watch this movie.

Daily Word account: 1,732

Transition scene which I’m not the fastest at drafting lol. Next scene has more action and plot developments so tomo should go quick!

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Nothing is free in prohibition NYC, especially info. Did gay speakeasy owner Dash Parker make a decision he’ll later regret?

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Gonna share my daily word counts to keep myself accountable. Been spinning too long on this draft.

Been a good week.

Today’s words: 2,255.

Total week (3/1-3/8): 15,607

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Thanks! I hope you like it!

You better read The Double Vice today! It's its 5-year anniversary and we are celebrating all month long! 

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Flier depicting author Chris Holcombe and the cover of his first book The Double Vice. The flier is for a library talk at the St. Agnes Library in the Upper West Side on Friday March 20 at 4 pm. Online registration is required.

In other news: NYC! I’m giving my first ever library talk on Friday, March 20, at 4 pm!

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If we are still doing this ridiculous Daylight Savings Time, they should pair the spring forward with a paid week off for every person, so our body clocks can readjust in peace without dealing with people, spreadsheets, or Teams meetings.

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When you’re forced you to pursue two mysterious people for unknown (but suspected nefarious) purposes…

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It's #WordWednesday! So let's learn some 1920s slang, starting with this one: who remembers those awkward school dances? 🤦‍♂️

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5-Year Anniversary of The Double Vice! The book that started it all. Download the ebook for a special price of $3.23 at chrisholcombe.com.

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Who’s the outsider? Why is he looking for a drag queen? And what happens next?

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Oh look! We elected a Republican President and we enter another never-ending war. My entire life has been Republican Presidents, war in the Middle East. Same as it ever was….same as it ever was….

An outsider snuck into the secret gay speakeasy Pinstripes. Trouble is a-brewing!

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“So I heard from a friend from a friend from a Grinder hookup that this happened to that rich family who lives up on the hill that isn’t there anymore.”

It's been one we--I mean, ***5 Years*** since we launched The Double Vice! The book that started it all!

And for a limited time, the ebook is $3.23 (in honor of its original release date of 3-23-21). Get it at chrisholcombe.com!

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I read a fabulous book called The Poisoner’s Handbook, which tells the history and inner-workings of poisons in the Jazz Age, as well as the history of Norris and Gettler. By Deborah Blum.

The more things change, the more they stay the same *smdh*

What won’t stay the same, tho, is the ebook price! Last 2 days to get it for $2.22!

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The main plots of each book stand alone. In this one, tho, there is a slight spoiler of what happened to one of the villains in the first book. (But the 5-Yr Anniversary of the first book starts next week and it will be also be on sale.)

I’d get Tiger this week and get Vice next week 😉

A statue of Abe Lincoln. Snow accumulated on his arm and his stovepipe hat, so it looks like he’s wearing a tall white fur hat and carrying a white fur muff.

Honest Abe has a new look.

(Location: New York Historical Society)

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The science of arsenic as told by Charles Norris & Alex Gettler, 2 pioneers in forensic medicine in 1920s NYC!

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Snow covering trees, parked cars, and the street.

Even *more* snow covering trees, parked cars, and the street.

How it started (last night)

How it’s going (this morning)

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Unless you were rich in the 20s, you went to the bathhouse, honey. And the setting provided some fun scenes to write. 😉

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I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws.

You know, like a democracy.

A novelty tune I think we should reclaim to parody that ridiculous "queer panic" over-taking the Right. 

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Who doesn’t love the mystery trope of crouching behind a wall in the middle of the night to hear a suspicious conversation?

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Who doesn't love a swearing parrot? 

Find out what Mac the Parrot has to say in The Blind Tiger, now only $2.22 in honor of its original release date of 2-22-22. Only at chrisholcombe.com!

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The weekend is *almost* here and we can soon let our hair down--especially once we're away from Corporate Chads.

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