List of things I like on Instagram

• Photos taken through glass, including subway windows, amber bottles and (especially) car windshields. 
• Belt-level shots, mostly male, must include jeans and some sort of wallet chain, key hook. Worn leather + raw denim.
• Cityscapes! All.
• Owls and pigeons, either taking flight or looking square at camera.
• Women 18-22, alone in various landscapes. Emotion = melancholy and / or brokenhearted.
• Horizon lines. Moody. Foreboding. Possibly include solitary figure on motorcycle or standing with daypack.
• Cats, inquisitive. Urban background, alley or Dumpster mandatory. Color vs. thick grays and graffiti.
• Stuff my friends designed / wrote / shot.

Instagram.

Eleven crime writing cornerstones

In this Amazon list, I write about the books you have to read to understand crime fiction. And I take a stab at guessing which may have inspired some of my favorite modern authors.