Keith R.A. DeCandido
@kradec
He/him. Massively prolific author of novels, stories, & comics; critic; grandmaster; editor; black belt; percussionist; baseball fan; and a whole lot less...
It's official! I'mma be back in the Writers Block at New York Comic Con this October! Woot! I'll have copies of my newest releases: THE INFLICTORS: COME TOGETHER, SUPERNATURAL CRIMES UNIT: NYPD, and RAGNAROK AND A HARD PLACE, as well as a ton of other titles. Hope to see folks this fall!
It's Work In Progress Wednesday! If you subscribe to my newsletter or support my Patreon at $7/month or higher, you get a look at THE INFLICTORS: COME TOGETHER, my new novel about superheroes in 1977 NYC. Please consider supporting! It helps keep the lights on. Links in the thread below.
Last day of @shoreleavecon.bsky.social! See me at 11am talking STAR TREK fiction in Ballroom A and doing "Sci-Fi Squares" at 4pm in the Lincoln Theatre. Elsewise, I'll be at my table in the dealer room selling and signing books. And yes, that's two ALIEN cosplayers with my ALIEN ISOLATION novel....
Saturday at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social! I've got panels at 9, 4, and 6, Boogie Knights concert at 11 and during masquerade halftime, and otherwise in the dealer room selling and signing books. Come see me in Lancaster!
See me at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social this weekend in Lancaster! Panels! Debuts! Boogie Knights! Cool stuff!
IT'S A BOOK! I'm holding a hot-offa-da-presses copy of RAGNAROK AND A HARD PLACE: MORE TALES OF CASSIE ZUKAV, WEIRDNESS MAGNET, my 2nd Key West-based urban fantasy collection. I'll have copies at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social and you can order online. decandido.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/h...
Had a lovely breakfast with our goddaughters yesterday, followed by a great Boogie Knights rehearsal in preparation for Shore Leave. Now off to visit our Raleigh family for the holiday weekend.
I'll also have copies at @shoreleavecon.bsky.social. The eBook should be available later this month, also. Yay Cassie!
New on @patreon.com for all patrons (and for $3 for non-patrons): my review of JACK RYAN: GHOST WAR. www.patreon.com/.../posts/mo...
Day 3 of @originsgamefair.bsky.social! I'm in the Authors Alcove where you can buy all my books! Also doing panels! Come see me in Columbus!
Day 2 of @originsgamefair.bsky.social! See me in the Author Alcove! Buy my books!
Sleep deprived as hell, but set up at @originsgamefair.bsky.social. Find me in Authors Alcove!
Last day of @treklongisland.bsky.social! I've got a panel with fellow writers at 10am in Panel D, and otherwise will be at my table selling and signing books. Come by and buy!
Day 2 of @treklongisland.bsky.social! Come to my table outside the vendor hall and buy books! Come to my panels! Come to Hauppauge and enjoy! treklongislandcom @dattico.bsky.social @gryphonrose.bsky.social @cdanabbott.bsky.social @melissan13.bsky.social @hauman.bsky.social @jakeboyslim.bsky.social
IT'S A BOOK! On sale 6.23, CREEPSHOW: 13 NEW TALES OF TERROR, ed. by @jamesaquilone.bsky.social and featuring my story "Instant Karma." Other tales by @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social @davallone.bsky.social @steveniles.bsky.social & more! Art by EV Cantada. Order here: monstrousverse.com/creepshow
HAPPY BERFDAY! to the finest Mom in the history of Mom-dom, @girasoleazzurra.bsky.social, who turns 79 today!
The curtain obscures part of it, but it says "ROSETOPIA." Me and @wrennnyc.bsky.social are seeing The Rose at MSG!
How is it June, already? Off to teach my antepenultimate afterschool karate sessions of the 2025/2026 school year! #karate #blackbeltlife
Morning office: writing my review of SPIDER-NOIR in Eataly with iced cappuccino.
Here's a preview of my contribution to the NOIR 1933 role-playing game from @noir1933.bsky.social, launching soon on @kickstarter.com -- check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/noi...
Dinner tonight: chicken "not" pie, made by my magnificent wife, @wrennnyc.bsky.social
A joyous and wonderful 57th birthday to my brudda from anudda mudda, my fellow word-scribbler, my partner in so many adventures, the magnificent @davidmack.pro! HAPPY BERFDAY DAVE!
Wishing a most happy 59th birthday to my wonderful fabulous spectacular nifty-keeno wife, @wrennnyc.bsky.social! We'll be celebrating first with lunch with family at V&T Pizzeria then going to a Kentucky Derby party with some of our dearest friends. HAPPY BERFDAY WRENN! LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
HAPPY BERFDAY to my wonderful agent, who is also my dear friend, @luciennediver.bsky.social!
There's a new book out that I edited! It's the latest in the DOCTOR WHO-adjacent spinoff series, CWEJ: LUNGBARROW BY LOOMLIGHT, a grand adventure through time and space by Tomoko M. Banks, published by the fine folks at @arcbeatlepress.bsky.social. Do check it out! Ordering links to follow.